![]() ![]() “Our theory became that there’s no circuitry on the island, but they’re using natural science, meaning gravity and magnets and stones, and the sun and such to create great advances and innovations. In her world, chemistry is used to improve people’s lives not end them. Poison’s mustard gas is such a horrifying perversion of the systems she understands. They’re focused on health and wellness, not destruction.” Through this lens, we can understand how Diana learning about Dr. It’s had to be women creating what they needed for their island, which means they aren’t creating weapons, but tools for sustainability. ![]() ![]() “We obviously needed science on Themyscira to be very different than what we consider science. The film even hints at Rucka and Scott’s invented Amazonian science and innovation when Steve asks Diana a series of panicked questions, including, “What does your water look like that?” Scott says she and Rucka had to develop a version of science that felt both fantastical and logical. “What kind of queen am I,” she asks, rhetorically, wondering why her people would ignore her word.Ĭonnie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta in 'Wonder Woman' The Nerdy Bird When Hippolyta discovers that her sister has disobeyed an order in Wonder Woman, she’s more disappointed in herself than angry. “It’s a benevolent monarchy in which the people have a voice,” Scott adds. To suggest otherwise is rooted in sexism,” he says, perhaps alluding to early depictions of Themyscira, in which Diana and her people simply lounged around in revealing clothing. There’s a direct reward from their labor because their environment was given to them by the Gods, but that doesn’t mean their society doesn’t function through complex systems. “You have to look at it with a different view. “That’s like saying anyone who gets married is instantly boring,” Rucka laughs. However, the society of women being “flawless” doesn’t mean it’s devoid of conflict or drama. He says murder on Themyscira would suggest a flaw in the island society which doesn’t exist. “Amazons argue with each other, they fight with each other, but they don’t murder each other,” Rucka says. That’s a recent invention as well Rucka and Scott developed a complex society for Themyscira based in open communication and healthy conflict. Many inhabitants of the island are simply townspeople, or else they’re senators and political leaders. An early version of Paradise Island from DC Comics DC EntertainmentĭC’s major changes to Themyscira aren’t limited to the way its soldiers appear in Wonder Woman, we watch Hippolyta and her sister Antiope debate whether a war among mankind is worth endangering their people, and it’s implied that not every citizen of Themyscira is a trained soldier. ![]()
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