Wonder Woman in Blackest Night: one panel summary

[thebigapricot]

Comics Alliance has put up what I think is a pretty accurate (and funny) 60 second overview of Blackest Night. My favorite is Wonder Woman.


And for legality, Wonder Woman and her "crush" in the Hiketeia


Tags:
char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, char: batman/bruce wayne, title: blackest night

Comments

[warpedhand]

He begins to recite it before Diana smacks him down for abusing the ritual.

[sherkahn]

Oh, I knew Batman knew the ritual, but his reason for attempting the ritual was a sound one. If Bruce had completed and had Diana accepted, they could talk a solution out instead of resorting to fisticuffs.

[scottyquick]

No, then Bruce could have stolen the girl and Diana wouldn't have been able to stop him without the Furies killing her.

[bluefall]

Well, actually, Bruce would have tried to steal the girl against Diana's orders, in violation of his own oath of Hiketeia, and the Furies would have killed him.

Though given he had no intention of honoring the ritual and was merely trying to use it for his own ends with no sense of respect for what it actually was, I doubt she'd have accepted his offer even if it wouldn't end in someone's death.

[yaseen101]

[q99]

The funny thing is, the way they treated it acceptance was pretty much assumed.

It was a real 'screw-over the protector' ritual.

[warpedhand]

To be fair, he was probably operating under the assumption that because the Furies law had been defunct some several thousand years, it wouldn't apply to him. That ignores the whole "he just completed their ritual" thing, though.

[valtyr]

I think Bruce didn't believe in the Furies, really. In League of One he didn't really believe in the Oracle at Delphae. So he had no personal fear of being killed by Furies.

[sherkahn]

Nope. Part of the agreement / bond of Hiketeia is that the supplicant obeys every command of their protector without question or hesitation until released from bond. Bruce would not be able to take the girl if Diana commanded it. It's a clever move by Bruce, as it would force Diana to choose between the needs of the two of them (Batman and the girl): Does Diana value justice of the law of the land (man's law that Batman represents) vs. the justice of her ancient ways (the law that belongs to Diana's people and that the girl is using for sanctuary)? An individual seeking justice or a murderer?

Diana was smart enough to recognize the ploy and stopped it from morally compromising her position.