**Update:** Seems I was mistaken; writer inconsistencies and era changes more or less threw all that out the window.
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In case you are out of the loop with DC stuff, despite having the physical strength and flight ability of Superman and having a lasso as a weapon, she has this odd weakness of being tied up specifically by men. On the surface level, this is sexist… In reality, this has a lot to do with her creator, William Moulton Marston, and his own proclivities. This includes… Polyamory (he was with both his wife and housekeeper). There’s a deeper meaning that I’ve missed.
Women had been more writer dependent. I’ve seen some sources say women count towards her weakness and others that say they don’t… You do what you wanna do with that info. Feel free to correct any misinfos as necessary.
Either way, I don’t think Diana appreciated having her planet-moving strength being removed just by simply tying her up.
UlyssesWrath on
Who cares?
KnickersTwisted on
Of course she has to have a weakness. All superheroes have to have one. The fact her weakness was kidnapping and probably rape says a lot about the writers, not the character.
LuxeOcean on
Wait until they find out about the original creator’s specific interests, That lore is a wild rabbit hole
Miserable_Cod_8196 on
In the 90’s around the time Artemis was wonder woman, Diana was bound by men in chains and broke free so it’s a little inconsistent. Personally I haven’t come across any time when she couldn’t break free after being bound by a man, though I’ve only read 87-2011.
BagOfAnuses on
Has a magic lasso.
Weak to being tied up.
Sexism thing aside, the irony here is kinda funny.
Definitely_Human01 on
Idk if it’s sexist.
I feel like people wouldn’t jump to sexism if a male superhero’s weakness was being tied up by a woman.
It is really stupid though. I’ll give it that.
Crunchy_Biscuit on
More like “affected by two women’s barely disguised kink”
machwulf on
Keep seeing FtM conversions, still posting for sympathy on socials.. wanna help the new guy
asher030 on
Think that got reconned out. Though they kept the secret ‘weak to piercing damage’ her armor bestows as the flaw Hephaestus in that universe always adds to his creations as a personal mark. So…balances out. Also why she’s using her restraining gauntlets that hold her power back to do all the blocking rather than just tanking the bullets, all the time, would ironically be more invulnerable to the piercing damage of the bullets regardless of caliber naked than in her armor, but the gear DOES make her nigh invincible to any blunt damage at least.
FitLychee6807 on
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DerSisch on
One of the weirder superhero weaknesses (and one of the most obvious ‘author’s barely disguised fetish’ trope ever)… but Green Lantern being weak to the color yellow might still be the top pick as the most random and hilarious one.
Lionbearnar on
She isn’t sexist though? That’s only really in the tv shows. Diana is not a misandrist, she’s for equality, she has love for all
Edit: disregard everything I said, I read the meme wrong
Embarrassed-Sign3106 on
It’s not sexist, it’s just kinky. Author judt had a fetish and wrote it in to his own character. Sexism is insulting a gender in general by unjust reasons, not writing your kink into a character.
zukosboifriend on
Greek mythology also has the gods being weak to being bound up. Happens to Hera multiple times if I remember correctly. Sometimes it’s them being completely bound up, every limb being bound and tied, rope around the neck unable to move at all. Sometimes it’s just being loosely tied to a chair by the hands and legs
Jokesaunders on
Well Superman is weak to jewellery.
Flashlight237 on
I think I brought in some pretty chill people from the DC side of things.
kiddrekt on
Oh no, being tied up has left me weak… at the knees.
Super Step Brother what are you doing?
Parking-Figure4608 on
I mean there have been instances of wonder woman breaking out of the lasso at great personal cost cause it’s basically like ripping an arm off to break through it.
I think that’s later writers trying to save it from the original author overt sexism and not at all hidden BDSM kink.
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**Update:** Seems I was mistaken; writer inconsistencies and era changes more or less threw all that out the window.
—-
In case you are out of the loop with DC stuff, despite having the physical strength and flight ability of Superman and having a lasso as a weapon, she has this odd weakness of being tied up specifically by men. On the surface level, this is sexist… In reality, this has a lot to do with her creator, William Moulton Marston, and his own proclivities. This includes… Polyamory (he was with both his wife and housekeeper). There’s a deeper meaning that I’ve missed.
Women had been more writer dependent. I’ve seen some sources say women count towards her weakness and others that say they don’t… You do what you wanna do with that info. Feel free to correct any misinfos as necessary.
Either way, I don’t think Diana appreciated having her planet-moving strength being removed just by simply tying her up.
Who cares?
Of course she has to have a weakness. All superheroes have to have one. The fact her weakness was kidnapping and probably rape says a lot about the writers, not the character.
Wait until they find out about the original creator’s specific interests, That lore is a wild rabbit hole
In the 90’s around the time Artemis was wonder woman, Diana was bound by men in chains and broke free so it’s a little inconsistent. Personally I haven’t come across any time when she couldn’t break free after being bound by a man, though I’ve only read 87-2011.
Has a magic lasso.
Weak to being tied up.
Sexism thing aside, the irony here is kinda funny.
Idk if it’s sexist.
I feel like people wouldn’t jump to sexism if a male superhero’s weakness was being tied up by a woman.
It is really stupid though. I’ll give it that.
More like “affected by two women’s barely disguised kink”
Keep seeing FtM conversions, still posting for sympathy on socials.. wanna help the new guy
Think that got reconned out. Though they kept the secret ‘weak to piercing damage’ her armor bestows as the flaw Hephaestus in that universe always adds to his creations as a personal mark. So…balances out. Also why she’s using her restraining gauntlets that hold her power back to do all the blocking rather than just tanking the bullets, all the time, would ironically be more invulnerable to the piercing damage of the bullets regardless of caliber naked than in her armor, but the gear DOES make her nigh invincible to any blunt damage at least.
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One of the weirder superhero weaknesses (and one of the most obvious ‘author’s barely disguised fetish’ trope ever)… but Green Lantern being weak to the color yellow might still be the top pick as the most random and hilarious one.
She isn’t sexist though? That’s only really in the tv shows. Diana is not a misandrist, she’s for equality, she has love for all
Edit: disregard everything I said, I read the meme wrong
It’s not sexist, it’s just kinky. Author judt had a fetish and wrote it in to his own character. Sexism is insulting a gender in general by unjust reasons, not writing your kink into a character.
Greek mythology also has the gods being weak to being bound up. Happens to Hera multiple times if I remember correctly. Sometimes it’s them being completely bound up, every limb being bound and tied, rope around the neck unable to move at all. Sometimes it’s just being loosely tied to a chair by the hands and legs
Well Superman is weak to jewellery.
I think I brought in some pretty chill people from the DC side of things.
Oh no, being tied up has left me weak… at the knees.
Super Step Brother what are you doing?
I mean there have been instances of wonder woman breaking out of the lasso at great personal cost cause it’s basically like ripping an arm off to break through it.
I think that’s later writers trying to save it from the original author overt sexism and not at all hidden BDSM kink.