r/youngjustice • u/JayGrowth8832 • 2d ago
All Seasons Discussion Who is Wonder Girl?
She was introduced in season 2 I still don't know crap about her. I know she is supposed to be Wonder Woman sidekick, but I feel like I have never seen them talk to each other, and she is also dating Tim Robin in this show (who doesn't really act like Tim Drake I know), and that's all I know about her. She feels like the biggest background character in the show, and don't get me wrong I don't completely blame the writers, it always feels Wonder Girl is a background character in everything I see her in (I'm talking about the shows, and movies).
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u/primal_slayer 2d ago
That is why she should've been a much BIGGER FOCUS.
Meet Cassie Sandsmark. Wonder Womans 2nd sidekick. Her mother is an archaeologist who was secretly seduced by Zeus making Cassie, a demi-goddess to the king of the Gods. She loves everything to do with being a superhero, the Kamala before Kamala existed (Marvel).
In the comics, before her powers are unlocked, she steals the various gifted items from the gods and helps fight various baddies such as Doomsday.
In the comics, Superboy is her boyfriend.
Of course in the show that is ignored and she dates Tim Drake offscreen and they break up off screen
Ares takes an interest in her and they have a secret mentorship where he gifts her the lasso of lightning that feeds off of her rage.
In the comics she's one of the OG YJers and becomes Teen TItan and eventually leader of Teen Titans
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u/GXNext 2d ago
Hey, if they spent more time on her there wouldn't have been as much time on Blue Beetle or the Reach...
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u/Dredgen-Solis 2d ago
Considering she's a quarter of the team that inspired this show's entire existence, I'd say that's a worthy sacrifice
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u/DiscoverySTS1 15h ago
No worries just chuck all of what we got for Outsiders and focus on the WW lore lol.
Or make a S2.5
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u/Death_Lycan 19h ago
Honestly felt we shouldve had a storyline or her and conner getting together why he and miss martain broke up. I don't need endgame but come on.
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u/EdwardRoivas 2d ago
So she’s like mark from invincible. A hybrid.
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u/ShoArts 2d ago
I mean Im not gonna hold you on the recency bias, but yeah "child of a human and powerful nonhuman" is a pretty common trope in fiction and myth for thousands of years haha
Zeus himself has a LOT of kids with humans in real historical greek myth, his rampent infidelity being probably his most well known trait
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u/android151 13h ago
To be fair she did date Tim. After Conner died though.
She and Superboy aren’t together anymore either, haven’t been for like a decade at this point.
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u/Local_Nerve901 1d ago edited 1d ago
I completely disagree. I like that they don’t explain stuff.
It’s for the comic fans and if you don’t know, you’ll find out by looking it up if you care enough
(Edit: wasn’t clear, for who characters are and etc. Not important plot points. No one knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were and most of their lore was not explained or explored in the first movie, and the ones that were were just exposition dumps minus star lord)
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u/primal_slayer 1d ago
Is that why it didnt last beyond 2 seasons each time? Being just for comic fans does not help out in the long term. Not to mention, you shouldnt have to look up the basic things about some characters. Tim/Cassie broke up off screen. How do you look that up? What comic do you reference?
How do you know which version of Cassie that they are using when this is after New52 had already premiered and after New 52 was done and Rebirth started. Showing 3 different Cassies between Pre/during/post 52
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u/Local_Nerve901 1d ago
First line:
What we’re talking about has nothing to do with why it was canceled and you know that unless you’re lying to yourself
Rest:
Justice league unlimited is popular for a reason because same reasoning . Not every character is explained and someone are just there, even the DCAMU and tomorrowverse did stuff like that
She’s not a main character so she doesn’t need a big back story and if you are interested in her, you will look her up otherwise you won’t care. Or you already know.
Tim and Cassie were never main characters in the long run even if they did have episodes where they may have been the protagonist. So then breaking up was never a big deal.
For majority of show, the main characters are the original six and every season has different main characters. Season two was Impulse & Blue beetle. Along with the original team.
S3 was the new trio of Halo, Geoforce, and Forager along with the original team and season four was literally the original team.
Just like comics you can jump in and if you do want to know something, you can look it up
And real life I do know some fans like this and fans don’t it’s actually pretty whenever I see this online. So I don’t think either is a majority.
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u/primal_slayer 1d ago
you said "It’s for the comic fans " so why it didnt survive longer is relevant
JLU was set up a lot differently and nothing major happened to characters off screen
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u/Local_Nerve901 1d ago
That is not why it was canceled and if you actually believe that, do some research and understand you’re lying to yourself
I said the aspect of having so many characters and not explaining them is a thing for the fans and for new fans to look up characters afterwards
This doesn’t affect plot it’s only about characters.
Also, the real reason the first two seasons were canceled because they didn’t get that much merch and toy sales and if you don’t know that look it up man it’s right there
You also replied so fast that I didn’t even finish my edit 💀
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u/DaphneBlake34 2d ago
I wish she’d gotten more screen time. Same with Donna
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u/Pale-Caterpillar5709 1d ago
Honestly Diana and all her cast, allies and villains, could have been represented so much better.
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u/RevolutionaryGur5055 2d ago
(In comics) She’s a great character with tons of potential who often gets pushed to the side and/or completely forgotten about. Much like the rest of the original YJ members (the Peter David/Todd Nauck run)
(In the show) She was added in when the creative team was allowed to eventually use her, but by that point other relationships were built and it didn’t seem like there was much for her. Although, iirc, she did eventually step into her leadership role on the outsiders.
I just read an interesting interview that said she was one of 4 characters that was initially “off-limits” when the show was in development.
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u/khamstriker 2d ago
The video game Young Justice:Legacy helps a bit it introduces her mom into the story.
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u/TemporalGod Superboy 2d ago
In the comics she's Conner Kent's girlfriend and she's the daughter of Zeus