He also had progressive, complex, and intertwining views about gender, relationships, and sex. The original creator of Wonder Woman is a man named William Moulton Marston, who was, among other things, credited with inventing the lie-detector machine (which brings to light why Diana uses a lasso that compels people to tell the truth). Wonder Woman’s creator didn’t want men to be part of Diana’s origin story The movie leaves the final interpretation of Diana’s origin to its audience, and in doing so reflects a debate over Diana’s origin that’s been going on in Wonder Woman comic books over the past several years. And if that’s the case, then it’s not clear what else the Amazons lied to Diana about. But Ares implies something a bit more sordid: that Zeus had a relationship with her mother, Hippolyta, and created a child. By way of magic and myth, Zeus has symbolically been a father to her. ![]() Up until this point, Diana believed what her mother had told her - that she was made out of clay and Zeus had given her life. The two mythic beings have the character-defining philosophical battle of the movie, and then he slips in a declaration that makes Diana question everything she was ever taught: She is the daughter of Zeus, the king of the gods. Diana confronts Ares, the god of war, about the nature of man and mankind’s goodness. One of the biggest revelations in Wonder Woman is tucked into the end of the film.
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