Wondergirl Essay

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How The Arrowverse Could Incorporate WonderGirl

“You should see my other jet.” - Olivia Marsdin, SuperGirl

WonderWoman was a massive success for DC Entertainment after mixed to lukewarm responses to its previous entries Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman and Suicide Squad. Not to mention, it was directed by a woman and starred a female superhero - outdoing Marvel. Ha! Take that Marvel Entertainment! Sorry. I couldn’t help it. In June this year, the Patty Jenkins superheroine made its male oriented flicks quiver in their knee high boots. Why? The film broke massive box office records and pulled the DCEU out of dangerous territory.

In DC’s television universe affectionately dubbed the ‘Arrowverse’ by fans, there are already two shows that have leading female heroes. In the form of Supergirl and Vixen, the Arrowverse is leading the way for more female heroes to take the lead. A …show more content…

Who Is WonderGirl?
Before we go into how WonderGirl would be introduced, we need to ask the very simple question of ‘who is WonderGirl’?

The original WonderGirl was Donna Troy, the lookalike little sister of Wonder Woman, Diana Prince. Raised by Diana’s mother, Queen Hippolyta as her adoptive daughter, Donna was raised as a human rather than an Amazon like Diana. She married Terry Long and bore him a son, Robert and became the stepmother to his daughter, Jennifer. Because of her uncanny likeness to Diana, Donna was constantly at risk of being kidnapped in the thought she was Diana. Her marriage to Terry becomes troubled, leading to divorce before he and Robert are killed in a car accident.

The second WonderGirl was Cassandra “Cassie” Sandsmark, a daughter of Zeus and Helena Sandsmark.

Where Donna Would Fit Into The Arrowverse
Now we know who WonderGirl is. There’s one other question we need to address - just where would she fit in to the Arrowverse. My theory is

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