With every release in the DC Extended Universe, more information comes to light about its characters. Wonder Woman 1984 has also established a lot more about the protagonist, who displayed more powers and abilities, along with features about her characterization that weren’t seen before.
The downside to this is that there are also elements that contradict things about her. Some were carried forward from previous DCEU movies and remain hard to explain, while others were seen in Wonder Woman 1984. All things considered, there are a lot of things that don’t make sense about Wonder Woman and this takes into account all her appearances in the DCEU so far.
Her Reason To Help From The Shadows
Wonder Woman 1984 effectively changed the series’ chronology, as it was shown that Diana had been helping people all along. However, this seemed to contradict her storyline in Batman v Superman, where it was established that she had exiled herself after the First World War.
Her reason to help from the shadows doesn’t make sense since she had no-one to challenge her in this time for her. And yet, she was shown to be helping out quite a bit in 1984. If she had been helping this whole time, then why did Dawn of Justice make it appear as if she hadn’t been?
Why She Wasn't Able To Restrain Superman
The Wonder Woman movies have confirmed that the titular character is the “Godkiller” and she defeated someone as enormously powerful as Ares by herself. She also used the Lasso of Truth with a 100% success rate up until her fight against Superman.
This is why it doesn’t make sense why she lost to Superman in a full-on stomp battle. Wonder Woman initially restrained herself but was shown to begin unleashing her full potential, only to lose despite having the backup of the Justice League. It doesn’t add up how the Godkiller could be beaten so easily.
Her Ethical Integrity Was In Question With The Man Steve Possessed
There were lots of times in Wonder Woman 1984 where Diana was downright selfish. The most prominent was when she allowed Steve’s spirit to inhabit a man who had no say in his possession. She went so far as to refuse to renounce her wish to free this man in order to keep Steve in his body.
All this goes against her personality, which has so far been shown to be fully benevolent. She’s also aware of what’s right and what’s wrong, with Wonder Woman portraying her to be extremely kind to a fault. However, going so far against her ethical integrity is too much of a departure from her characterization.
Her Choice Not To Have Friends
Diana is a very pleasant person who’s never cold or distant from anyone. And yet, she went several decades without having any friends, even avoiding talking to people in general. Considering how she’s always the one to initiate conversations with characters shown on-screen, it’s hard to believe she went so long without having any friends.
It also doesn’t make sense how she retains such great social skills since being introverted to this extent should mean her ability to interact with others has to be very poor. Along with that, choosing not to have friends didn’t have a point either since she had no real reason not to have a social life.
Why She Behaved As If She Never Met Steve Again After The War
Diana’s introduction to the series was based on her need to acquire the photo she had taken with Steve, which brought the attention of Bruce Wayne toward her. She also told him about Steve’s sacrifice in the first war, highlighting her lack of closure.
This goes against the closure she did receive in Wonder Woman 1984, where Diana had significant time with Steve and finally got to say the goodbye she couldn’t the first time. In Justice League, though, she behaved as if she and Steve never met again.
Not Using The Asteria Armor Again
When Wonder Woman engaged in her fight against the Cheetah, she took out the Asteria armor to do so. While the armor did get damaged, its core elements remained intact and salvageable. However, Wonder Woman didn’t bother to think about donning this again against bigger and more powerful enemies.
It would have been most useful against Doomsday and Steppenwolf, against whom Wonder Woman didn’t even consider putting any kind of armor. Considering she had something that could protect her in her possession, it’s nonsensical not to have made use of it.
Why She Felt Out Of Place In Themyscira
Diana spent centuries on Themyscira, so it’s a sad fact about her that she felt out of place in her homeland. By the time she came across Steve, Diana was pretty much by herself without any firm friends surrounding her or any purpose at all.
It would have been understandable had she been a normal human, but it’s not really believable for someone who was several hundred years old to still have an identity crisis. That, too, being the person who had the most power and the best skills on the island.
Her Extreme Naivete Despite Being Centuries Old
Diana told Steve she wasn’t uneducated or underprepared while leaving Themyscira, owing to the fact that she had studied a wide range of topics for centuries and was knowledgeable about most of the things in the world to a degree.
However, she then engaged in a cheesy display of ignorance about societal norms upon reaching the human world. Diana was so naive that she took people’s words at face value and believed she could destroy all evil in the world by herself. This clashes against the wise teachings she received from her mother and aunt, along with all the studies she claimed she had done.
Her Powers Being Duplicated Through The Dreamstone's Wish
Being the Godkiller, there was nothing or no-one else like Diana in the world. However, the Dreamstone ended up turning Barbara Ann Minerva into someone just like her simply. Barbara didn’t even specify she wanted Diana’s powers but she still got them nevertheless.
This was enough to make Barbara basically an evil version of Diana, especially after Maxwell Lord granted her further powers, going so far as to defeat Wonder Woman in a fight. If Diana was supposed to be the daughter of Zeus, and therefore a demi-god, then duplicating her powers through the Dreamstone shouldn’t be possible.
Her Vulnerability Despite Her Powers
Wonder Woman is among the most powerful characters in all of the DCEU. Although she’s placed in the ranks of superheroes like Superman and Shazam, she’s somehow susceptible to getting hit by bullets. While she likely won’t die by being shot, she also makes sure to avoid every single bullet.
On the other hand, Superman can simply shrug off similar attacks, which should mean that Wonder should be as well. However, she makes sure to deflect each bullet to save herself. If she’s powerful to the point of taking clean hits from Steppenwolf and Ares, bullets should be child’s play for her.
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