“I’m not crazy, I’m just a little unwell…”
So, this is more up Jenn or Ragnell’s alley, but I noticed something that I couldn’t let slide without a little attention brought to the matter. Anydangways, I was reading last month’s Wizard, which had a preview for Justice League of America #1. In the preview, the Holy DC Trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are discussing candidates for the new league. But I noticed something as they were sorting through pictures: Wonder Woman wears nail polish. Red nail polish.
Now, at first, I thought that she wore it because it was a special occasion. I mean, a Greek/Amazon warrior princess wearing nail polish? Surely, it’s because she hadn’t seen Clark and Bruce in awhile, right? Well, I looked back, and Diana was also wearing nail polish when she snapped Max Lord’s neck (I wish I had scans of this stuff, but my scanner’s not operational right now).
It could be said that the killing of Max Lord was a “special occasion”, but that would mean that she planned it when she woke up that morning, and we were led to believe that the killing was a last-ditch emergency act of violence.
So, this leads me to believe that Wonder Woman commonly wears nail polish. This makes NO SENSE whatsoever. I can’t even imagine her applying the stuff, let alone sitting still for someone to do it for her. Did Xena wear nail polish? NO! It’s like a half-assed attempt to make her effeminate. Like, “Yeah, she kills, but look! She’s still a purty girl who likes girly things!”
I see no reason whatsoever for Diana to wear nail polish. Cassie? Sure. She’s just some mallrat who was given powers. Donna Troy? Sure, she’s the village bicycle of the DCU. But Diana? I call shenanigans! What practical reason would she have for wearing nail polish? In battle? Is she goth? Is she in My Chemical Romance? It just seems SO against her character. I wonder if it’s some post-Crisis development that I never noticed until now…
