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Wonder Woman

I know this is off topic but I finally saw Wonder Woman (I know I’m so late to the party). It was a fantastic film, I really enjoyed it. As a Buffy fan I saw a lot of parallels. Diana was the one woman in all the world who could save everyone, and she did. She sacrificed everything; her home, her mentor, her mother, her first love, for the greater good.

The thing that struck me the most was the fact that Steve accepted that Diana was strong and capable without protest. He didn’t try to ditch her, he didn’t belittle her or doubt her. She saved his life and he saw her fight and he realized that she was an asset. She was never belittled for being a woman.

I’m so over the trope of “you can’t do this your a girl” followed by an hour of the girl having to prove herself to the men before finally, begrudgingly winning their respect.

Steve Trevor saw that girl deflect bullets with her freaking wrists and he was like “right ok you take over”.

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