"We are each other's shelter from the storm."
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #6

One day I walked into a library and my eyes fell on a book called Kingdom Come. I picked it up and to my surprise it was a comic book...or rather as I later learned, a graphic novel. But I saw beautifully painted panels and heroes that I recognized from my childhood who seemed ...well, grown up. I borrowed that book and I was moved and fascinated by, not only the story of men and women who are great heroes, but by they way they showed their humanity. They suddenly were not two dimensional people who just fought bad guys. They were deeply complex. I love books and reading on the whole and I guess getting into the comic genre as an adult woman was a case of serendipity. It led me to finding DC comics and the heroes I grew up with on TV and saw in movies and newsprint. It led me to finding Clark Kent or as he is known by his other name, Kal-El, and Princess Diana. I fell in love with them and am obsessed with all things Amazonian and Kryptonian now. I love their relationship. I love what they stand for. I love the contrasts of the princess/farmer's son; reporter/ambassador; pragmatic warrior/idealistic protector and empathetic teacher/enforcer of justice. A girl born of the earth and a boy who fell from the sky. The first daughter of Themyscira and last son of Krypton. And it surprised me to find that there were many fans like me, who adore them too.

DC rebooted their universe in 2011 and my favorite pairing is now canon!!! Yay.



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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Screen Grabs of Kal and Diana from Superman/Batman Apocalypse


DCAU ignored two scenes close to our shippers hearts (once AGAIN.)..uggh Bruce Timm, you suck! But Clark, for a change, was portrayed well. Diana was powerful and tough but she acted like a bit of an arrogant tight-ass...(worse than Batman, who was actually cool in this) and was horrible to Clark at times. There was none of the affection and mutual respect they share in comics. I think Timm must be on a campaign to censor this ship. However, in a weird way...and I don't think they banked on this...it turned out there was chemistry between our couple even as they sniped at each other over Kara.










Here is one of the scenes they undermined. Instead of this.


                            We got this.


No comparison whatsoever. But then we never get any Kal and Diana tender moments even though the source material has them.

They also left this out.


Stupid. Diana's best moment.

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  1. MamiMay 27, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    Actually, this is my favourite of all the AU movies. The art and character designs (I'm talking Clark and Bruce) is better than all the rest, and the music is also cool. There are quite some epic scenes that I like a lot. But since as you said its the AU and no hope of any SMWW chemistry as in the comics, on that quarter its, meh. The rest is quite enjoyable for me.

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