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whims take us wonder girl you're a floor the time is now yes it's wonder girl not wonder woman she
was wonder woman in future state which is a future point in the timeline potentially she hasn't been
demoted it's nothing like that we're just in the past i've been excited for this comic so much so
that i actually went and tried to order it a week before it actually came out and then pre-ordered
it so yeah that was a thing that happened but i have to say upon reading it i have no regrets the
hype is real so let's take a look together and see if you agree feel it's meh or even this but
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okay back to wonder girl yara flor debuted in dc comics future state and for many seem
to be the breakout character while some claimed it was largely because of her appealing design
diagnosing readers as having a sickness for the thickness others potentially on top of that were
genuinely intrigued by her her future state entry which we reviewed was one of the more fun entries
in the event and with full mythology references in the promise of a more action adventure legend
folklore myth-based wonder woman comic and many were excited for the character who had been
dubbed the brazilian wonder woman now it wasn't all praise some felt she didn't seem brazilian
enough a sentiment that grew stronger when it was revealed that she had been raised in idaho though
some people that explained her more colloquial american speech patterns and slang use others felt
that she was a failed ip push as it was announced initially that there would be a wonder girl series
showcased on the cw shortly after she was unveiled back in late 2020. that however fell through time
recording we'll see you could come back who knows the future some were annoyed because they wanted
to see cassie or donna previous wonder girls while others were excited about the prospect
of representation there was more but we touched on a lot of it previously and we don't want to
bury the lead more there are lots of thoughts feelings projections well now people must wonder
no more because it is here the solo series issue one so let's do it and see how we feel at the end
this issue has the same creative team as future state joelle jones is writing and illustrating
with jordie bellaire on the colours the cover features yara standing in her already recognizable
wonder girl or later wonder woman outfit she's screaming sword clasped in the hand as a rush of
water rises behind her and the wires themselves contain washed out images fallen bodies cities
gods it's a really solid cover and full of little clues and details and references as the whole book
is if yara's origins veer at all towards her Tupi -Gurani mythological or folklore roots well then
this cover is doing some very clever foreshadowing we open on a flashback as the narration box talks
about a plane in its descent one of the big mysteries presented in future states surrounding
yara was who is she where is she come from what is her connection to the past wonder woman lore
and what is your connection to that side of the amazon mythology because there are many amazonian
myths but they do originate in greece and then branch out this flashback seems to be giving some
answers we were given a glimpse of a young girl watching her people's battle with ancient Greek
soldiers a young Yara who weird to assume is a young Yara runs forward to confront the leader
breaking the formation that was protecting her and her mother she gets close enough to even strike a
blow oh dear i do hate the optics of killing a child current jargon at the time this recording
aside these panels do convey menace even just in the sense of scale how disproportionate they are
how much bigger he is than her but her mother runs forward and offers herself in her place very well
it must be noted that some of the relationships are assumed or inferred so time recording there
may be reveals later and so she stands regally silently and gets beheaded in front of her the
girl tries to follow but is stopped but she never closes her eyes as she watches them right away we
then cut to Yara on a flight of brazil where they find a good way for her to expose at some of her
backstory a woman see it beside her asks her a casual chit chat question of oh is this your
first time in brazil and Yara's off she will not stop talking it's to the point that the woman only
escapes after the plane is landed by getting on her tour bus this is nice because you get the back
story and also establish a character trait for yard that she's a bit of a motor mouth that she
can't stop talking and that is something that was seen in some of the other comics in future stage
superman slash wonder woman she talked a lot she details how she was born in brazil and
this is her first time back and how her aunt raised her but would never talk about her past
we then get several pages of panels in different locations across the wonder woman universe
as yara's arrival in brazil seems to have caused a ripple effect first themyscira where queen nubia
and her regal looking self senses that something is amiss also note her armor which appears to be
paying homage to the fact that in some myths of amazonia and amazon's the woman would cut off
one of their breasts if that is the reference is a deep yet subtle cut there's indications of
great degrees of passion and attempts at research put out throughout this project you can see it in
the art manifesting in various ways next is mount olympus where Hera has a more volatile reaction
could it be last up the clan of bana migdal and look at this image it looks like the cover
to an album that i need immediately the women are showcasing their training under artemis when their
queen faruka reacts an alarm saying something isn't right we are then treated to a panel of
yara walking rio de janeiro the quarter is lined with various characters who will undoubtedly come
into play cassie is there for all those who are missing cassie so yay there are also some figures
you may not recognize right away if you're not familiar with brazilian folklore though calling
it that is an oversimplification because really you need to break it down by region however that
aside here are some of the things you can see we see sace perere probably pronounced a bit
differently a one-legged con artist and trickster often blamed for misdeeds and misfortune on farms
there is the cuca or while coco in her humanoid alligator form there is the caipora who some feels
more like a curipura who we already met in future state then you have your more superhero-based fare
your superman your wonder woman your nightwing holding his new dog i don't know it got me excited
yara finds yourself stuck in traffic and gets to a conversation with a bus driver who'll end up being
named so he has recurring character potential he also seems quite smitten she sees the cause
of a traffic jam as an accident and a car that is about to explode so she rushes into the scene to
pull out the driver shielding him from the blast with her body this highlights the fact that there
is something different about her that she is invulnerable in some way also that her clothes
are too makes sense for her but her outfit cause comics code I mean cause unofficial but still
alive in spirit comics code we then get something that is not everybody's favorite thing a splash
page they have to turn on its side to read it's a triptych of the three different women allured to
yara's presence and as the dialogue flows between them we see how they each have very different
plans and methods slash goals surrounding yara eros i believe it is time to put our little plan
into motion this can be done with diplomacy but the amazon must be excised from her native soil
kill her if she's allowed to exist it leaves us vulnerable to attack from hera we then get
a youtuber side character who i hope recurs just because after working on youtube for almost a
decade well he seems quite real hey it's your boy kevin back with another episode kicking it
with kevin all right spin off comic when will you say girl easy Iguacu falls worth the trip
last time i checked kevin i'm a grown woman not your girl sorry i tried to make you famous jeez
you probably mispronounced the waterfall but i'd choose to believe that was kevin that's what kevin
would say for kicking it with kevin subscribe now he's on his way to a thousand subscribers as yara
looks over the guardrail she starts to hear a song like a siren call when suddenly she is lassoed and
pulled into the depths she is pulled down drowning but suddenly her eyes spring open and she sees a
magnificent sea nymph before her it actually looks like how yara or lara the mythological
figure is depicted next a hero's journey begins okay listen i'm excited i really liked this it's
a lot of setup it is and i can see some people not liking that but the things it was setting
up kept me interested the fact that yara is kind of a chosen one-style figure she's important but
doesn't know why she's lost her past and must find it she has duality in her nature she is of
two worlds in more ways than one she has three factions after her that are gonna approach her
from three different angles or in three different ways and they have ties to classic wonder woman
lore so you know she's gonna be folded into that but also she feels more independent than wonder
girl's past unless she can do a bit more of her own thing plus that one panel shows that she's
going to play in two people ronnie mythology or folklore as well as dc lore so you're going
to get references to not often mythological and folklore figures and that's exciting and for those
who are completely unfamiliar with it it may make you want to seek it out and learn more about it
plus it's a treat for those who do recognize and know those references however i mentioned before
when we've talked about yara in this channel in the past they are artistic interpretations so it's
not a hundred percent accurate which will bother some but not others yara's personality flows from
her previous depictions and is reinforced even from the opening sequence though for those who
do not like her that is not a good thing side note some compare it to korra from avatar the
legend of korra which yeah i see it's not complete one to one but i get where people are coming from
is yara a water bender the comic is full of little nods here and there in the art and there has been
care to try for some levels of accuracy in the depictions of mythological historical being
settings but again of course some artistic license has been taken the art is gorgeous
everything and everyone looks amazing i can't wait to see jerry the pegasus again i was also thrilled
to see nubia doing things i don't want her to be made queen of the amazons and then never get to do
anything more nubia please more stately nubia yara is also shown to be heroic in this first issue
she rushes in to save someone in danger and it's a little thing but it's endearing to see your hero
or eventual hero doing something good right out of the gate the story seems like it's going to be a
grower with more layers and details added issue by issue as it goes this was meant to be the hook and
hooked me i'll be back maybe i'll never leave if there were any nods or lore or any kind of little
things i missed please leave them down below i love hearing stuff like that this comic seems
like it's set to be a fantastical mythological superhero adventure and i'm ready now of course
if one was salty that yare was being highlighted instead of cassie or donna it's unclear if this
would do anything to change that and for those who wanted a more brazilian wonder woman again you'll
have to tell me how you feel about that down below there is clearly care being taken here and effort
put in whether that will be enough for everybody is of course a miles may vary type deal i've also
seen and had convos with people who felt this was myth or a letdown so i want to hear from you are
you hype are you a member of the Yara Flor gang thick thighs save lives did you like it it wasn't
for you or did you dislike it i want to hear it all leave your thoughts down below and while
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