The Logic Problem in Wonder Woman #7

[crabby_lioness]

This is a sequel to my post yesterday http://crabby-lioness.livejournal.com/86813.html and to this post on noscans http://noscans-daily.livejournal.com/513387.html  If you're not up on the latest attempt to make Wonder Woman "edgy" read them first.  I say "edgy" and not "realistic" because I'm about to discuss why it doesn't work.



If all the females are having reproductive sex once in their lives and magically all getting pregnant at the same time, BUT 49% of the babies are males (that’s standard) who are discarded, that means the population is shrinking by HALF with every generation. That’s not going to work. Didn’t these men even check their biology before writing this crud?

I solved this problem in my headcanon 30 years ago. The Amazons magically gather unwanted female infants who have been abandoned to die — a horrific practice that occurs throughout the world and even occurred in this country as late as the early 20th Century. That solves the problem elegantly in a way that enhances their reputation instead of diminishing it.

Comments

[kiev4am.livejournal.com]

Ha! Epic logic win! That is so ridiculously obvious, now that you mention it, that the people on the book should be very embarrassed. Or is this just more proof that the envisaged target audience is adolescent males who are female-illiterate and want to keep it that way? :/

I really like your headcanon, too, btw. Makes perfect sense and is perfectly in keeping with the Amazons as originally conceived. (clearly the 'enhancing their reputation' bit is the reason this idea has never been adopted by TPTB...*snark*)

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I'm saying this but, gods, I'm glad that Alex (who was a huuuuge WW fan) isn't alive to see the dreck that has been the DC reboot...

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Ugh. This whole thing just seems tacky and ill thought out. And it's not even as though it's original. The "captive men being used to repopulate the species" trope has been done so many times it's ridiculous.

I don't follow comics, just the TV and movie adaptations usually, so I don't have any affiliations one way or another, but looking at the way DC is going lately... Batman is so faux dark and introspective that it would have even Kurt Cobain yelling at it to cheer the hell up; and now this. At least Marvel's kept its sense of humour. This summer, when I'm watching Robert Downey Jr throw himself repeatedly at a giant flying robot snake, I shall spare a thought for the DC fanboys. Actually I probably won't, as I'll be too busy watching Robert Downey Jr throw himself repeatedly at a giant flying robot snake. But you get the drift. ;)

[kiev4am.livejournal.com]

I was just reading the comments to the Kelly Thompson piece. Mark Waid high-five, go you :D

You know, quite aside from the political asshattery of it, the other reason this plot is bad is that it's just so incredibly cliched, trite and done. A matriarchal society which is developed, compassionate and functional? Completely unique to comics. A killer tribe of eeeevil naked black-widow-spider sirens? The stuff of hundreds of bad Roger Corman-esque schlock horror comics/b-movies/pulps/fevered manchild fantasies. Creative and imaginative super-fail.