I recently picked up the DC Finest: Wonder Woman: Origins & Omens compilation. These are the first stories mainline WW stories I've read. Absolute WW was my first real introduction to the character, and as I love that story — her hopeful outlook, the humour, & the kaiju fight with a massive sword hooked me — I wanted to dive into the OG flavour. I am only a few issues in (literally just reached #21) and I am.... completely enamoured with her.

I know different writers will have different takes on her character but the way Gail Simone writes her, as someone who enjoys battle for the challenge it poses — for the opportunity to test herself and her skills — but who HATES unnecessary bloodshed, who is always, always, ALWAYS looking for an opportunity to stop fighting and resolve things peacefully.... it honestly makes me emotional.

She stops mid-battle with Tolifhar to try to convince him that he's meant for more than waging war. She shows compassion to a man who calls himself CAPTAIN NAZI even while he's sending an invasion force to wipe out Themyscira; "Punishments for the adult, empathy for the child. Even for him." She gives those invaders a chance to surrender, and when they inevitably don't, she prays that they choose the path of peace — "To those above from those below, I ask that my enemy surrender, or failing that, that he fall in battle, without further bloodshed and grieving from his loved ones." When she beats them and they ask for mercy, even though they'd shot down her mother, she grants it to them. She forgives Alkyone for trying to kill her and her mother. She stops in the middle of a fight that the Khund started to talk things out peacefully when they call for a ceasefire.

My absolute favourite moment so far is the one above, where she reaches a hand out to a grieving GL after she beats him and steadfastly refuses to retract it, even when he continues to lash out. That scene made me tear up.

There's a lot in this run I'm a bit confused by (why did the Amazons attack humanity? Why does Diana have a secret identity? Why is she some kind of SpecOps agent? Who the hell is Tom Tressor?) but man, there is nothing confusing about the kind of person Diana is. Every opportunity she is given to try to understand rather than fight — to hold out an open hand instead of a fist — she takes. When she fights, she anticipates the end of the fight. She is ready and willing to drop her sword the minute her opponent says, 'Stop.' She sees the worst, most cruel people the universe has to offer and loves them anyway, because she understands that saving the world means changing it, and that change begins with love.

That's my favourite theme from Absolute Wonder Woman: "Love is transformative." I think I'm starting to see where Kelly Thompson got her inspiration from...

I apologize for rambling. There's not much point to this post lol. I just wanted to say, as someone who's relatively new to comics, I absolutely fucking love Wonder Woman

Maybe some tea as well!

I just got the physical copy hard cover, Absolute Wonder Woman volume 1. I love it so far, reading in short parts to make the excitement last longer.

Do you guys and gals like to buy the individual short comics or the combination volumes? Just curious.

I actually wish I had bought the alternate dust cover artwork. But I had already purchased this.

I made this one inspired by a Brazilian song about Absolute Diana! The song is really good!!

I really enjoy Cassandra Sandsmark, she's my favourite wonder girl and I feel other than being a daughter of Zeus and a member of the young justice she hasn't got much going on. So I've come up with a idea. What if Cassandra Sandsmark was Veronica Cale and Ares daughter. I know big change but think about it we just switch Isadore Cale for Cassie it makes Phobos and Deimos hunting her down make more sense as they're trying to bring her back to her true father. Also it creates a more interesting dynamic between Diana and Veronica as Cassandra slowly becomes wonder girl and becoming more distant from her mother while also training the daughter of the god of war. Anyway that's enough of my rambling what do you guys think?

(I also thought of making her the daughter of Sif and Thor tying her to her nordic surname)

As it turns out, if you search "who killed Myndy mayer" into Google, it just spoils the ending. So I want to know if the story is good enough that my enjoyment won't be ruined by knowing the ending.