@csg_cl: True. That's another thing though -- Paradise Island has gotten trickier to write as the years passed. I suppose when Marston wrote it he didn't think about it too much, but modern readers would definitely find that sort of anti-male approach opposite to any notions of gender-equality. There were fans, I remember, who generally disliked the way Themyscira was portrayed in the animated film because there was the notion that it was "like a prison." Hippolyta kills Persephone, the betrayer, and says that "You were given a life of peace and beauty" but she responds by saying "and denied one of family and children. Yes Hippolyta, the Amazons are warriors but we are women too!" Now... first of all, Persephone's claim that all women would want children really IS generalising and not to mention a stereotypical prejudice. A lot of women would not want to make families or be bothered with bearing children. Secondly, the Amazons under Hippolyta DID have a family and the possibility of children (it wasn't established that Hippolyta's conception of Diana was a forbidden one, and seeing as how the Queen practiced it, I don't think Hippolyta would have forbidden her sisters of it as well), the only difference was that these families did not have any men in it. Now, this is the tricky part -- in a sense Persephone is right since Themyscira does have this extreme ideology. It's a separatist form of feminism, and a matriarchy. The problem is, fans complained how Paradise Island should have been written with much more sincerity and indeed portrayed AS a paradise instead of a prison. That's, as many have said, poor writing.
What Themyscira offers to modern readers is not this military-ruled prison-island, but rather as a paradise. They ought to show that anyone can leave Themyscira whenever they wanted, perhaps have their memory wiped of its location. The sort of political ideology Hippolyta practiced isn't unheard of as the US itself had been isolationist and there are isolationist nations in the world even today (North Korea). The problem is the cynicism that most writers bring to that interpretation, and even Simone is guilty of this when she showed that Themyscira is an absolute monarchy. Those are poor imaginings of the sort of sincere paradise that Marston originally came up with. As a "paradise island" the people within Themyscira should be shown happy with their lives, otherwise we're REALLY looking at the bad guys and Diana's entire mission of spreading Peace as Themysciran culture and philosophy throughout the world would be seen as a facade for something sinister. I'm not okay with that sort of interpretation, and I'm sure a lot of fans would agree with me.
What I agree with you is that yes, a bisexual relationship of Diana's WOULD seem sensationalistic at this point, which is why I said we ought to do it in an OGN, which wouldn't mind deviations and would be generally accepting of such explorations. It should, of course, be done tastefully so that it doesn't come off as pornographic. I never meant it to be that way. In fact, Diana's love-life itself should explore her emotional side, and PERHAPS her ideas about sexuality, but it shouldn't be graphic or done for the sake of it. I truly believe that human sexuality IS an important aspect of ourselves that every individual needs to express. That's something that WW as a character seems ready to explore. That emotional and sexual exploration is something even Alan Moore suggested during his tenure in DC. Superheroes are sexual beings too, but they are also adults about it. Most comics portray sexuality like all of these characters are in a porn-film or are 12 years old. I don't recommend that. :)
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