User:WA3ZGT/Wonder Woman (June, 2017) – Epilogue; Fan Fiction & Commentary

The new Wonder Woman movie will be [was] released on June 2, 2017.

I was told that the use of any of Wonder Woman’s 15 (*not* counting her bracelets, shield, sword, lasso and invisible airplane) other powers & abilities in the film, other than her formidable fighting skills, would be a sure cure for insomnia by movie goers…

This Movie must be blood and guts - and NOTHING buts! (?)

I disagree!

Wonder Woman will discover her *full* powers, and her *true* destiny (from the *actual* 2017 movie ad)

While Diana *does* look good wielding her battle sword, and while she IS a warrior Princess – who was raised & trained to know how to fight & win any conflict, she is much more than just a formidable fighting Amazon woman.

I base this fan fiction write up on summaries of the 2017 movie; “The Secret History of Wonder Woman” by Jill Lepore (2014); other write ups about Wonder Woman & her creator, William Moulton Marston – as well as *real* world history.



What is Past is Prolog .or. This Soup Spoon Fights Fascism!

Place: AFSC (American Friends [Quaker] Service Committee) Soup Kitchen, Frankfort, Germany

Time: November 11, 1919; exactly one year after the Armistice was signed, ending the war to end all wars.

Diana, dressed in old civilian clothes, serves lunch to war weary and hungry Germans.

She feeds a young German man…

Clearly labeled in on-screen subtitles as speaking in German:

Diana Prince: “Good afternoon, Colonel Frank. How are you today?”

Otto Frank: “I am fine, but my Fatherland is not. The terms of surrender of Germany have imposed an unbearable burden on ordinary citizens. I am afraid that our entire economy will eventually collapse.”

Diana: That’s why I’m here. Germany must be rebuilt, not punished, or more pain and suffering will follow.”

And She feeds an even younger (almost age 20) German woman…

Clearly labeled in on-screen subtitles as now speaking in perfect Hebrew:

Diana: “Good day, Edith!

I know your question; yes, as always, I checked myself; this is vegetable soup; there is no pork – or un Kosher meat of any kind - in it. I know that your religion is very important to you - as mine is to me.”

Edith Hollander: “Thank you for thinking about me ! You are always so kind and understanding, Diana. I wish that everyone stationed here after the war had as good a heart as you do. IF I ever got married, and had a daughter, would name her Dianna - after you.”

Diana: “That is sweet of you, but why not use the name Anna; I think that is a pretty name. You know, the former Army Officer who just went through the line is single; why don’t I introduce him to you?

Don’t worry! He is a Nationalist, but NOT a fascist. He is Jewish, and I think he owns his own business…”

US Army Air Corps Captain Steve Trevor: “I was told that this is where I would find you, but I had come here to see for myself!

WHY are you here? Aren’t you giving aid & comfort to the enemy?”

Diana: “All men are brothers – not enemies…

No one should be made to suffer just because of who they are, where they were born, or what they believe in. And you cannot punish people for aggression by radical elements in their Government that they cannot control.

I thought that you Americans even wrote these rules to live by down as part of your code of law, and your actual past conduct was based on these principles?

You did NOT punish the citizens of your Southern States when a rebellion caused a long -- and bloody - civil war about 50 years ago, right?"

Steve: [thinking, then] “Yes, [pause again] BUT this is different; Germany MUST pay for their past aggression – or they will do it again.”

Diana: “You just do NOT get it, do you, Steve? Your ‘war to end all wars’ will NOT work!

In about 20 years you will have ANOTHER world war – one even WORSE than this past one!”

Steve: “How can you possibly know what will happen to us??”

Diana: “I cannot actually SEE the future, BUT the Goddess Minerva gave me the great gift of wisdom…

Germany is now rapidly becoming a failed State...

In about 10 years, economic and social collapse will lead to the rise of an internally repressive, nationalist Government, with an aggressive, expansionist foreign policy…

In the 1940’s, “world war - number two” will begin – and it will be so bad that it will take something like an atomic bomb; a weapon of mass destruction - to end it.”

Steve: ”Come on !

That‘s just an unproven theory by a Germany University Professor!

Look, Diana, I do strategic military analysis and planning for a living.

I’ve read about the work done by Albert Einstein…

He has an interesting idea, but I doubt that a real “super-bomb” could ever be made…

R&D costs - just to try - might be a billion dollars !

And, even IF we could design and build such a weapon, there would never be any military targets big enough to use it on….

It could – and would - destroy an entire  city…

America would NEVER use such a device - or any weapon of mass destruction – especially against an innocent civilian population.”

Diana: “War makes you do horrible & stupid things, Steve. You may end up being stuck in what you people call a “damned if you do, but damned if you don’t” situation.”

Steve: “Diana, you seem to be pretty damned sure about the future will bring!

Sarcastically…

Next, you will tell me that my grandson will be the Captain of a spaceship that travels to other planets!”

Diana: “Oh, no. I would never say that…

It will take 200 years for you humans to develop the technology to travel to the stars, not just 20…

BUT it WILL happen - IF you guys don’t blow yourselves up first.

You MUST create a Justice League of Nations that insures world peace & stability --- BUT one that will fight back against the dark forces of tyranny, oppression and hate –when they arise.”

Steve: “Diana, we are WAY ahead of you! Our President Wilson HAS created just such an Organization as part of the implementation the Paris peace treaty, signed just 5 months ago to officially end the Great War.

I am sure that our US Senate will agree with President Wilson that America should lead this group of Nations united for peace & security when they vote to approve the Paris treaty early next year.”

Diana: “For your sake, I hope you succeed. The future holds MUCH promise, but also much peril.

Aries, the God of War, is STILL out there; he feeds on fear & hate, and thrives in conditions of chaos & instability.

I will stay among you humans to be sure that peace is preserved, and war is averted in the future.”

End Scene…

Readers will recognize that Diana got Anne Frank’s future parents to meet each other.

It is now November of 1919…

I sure hope that Anne, born in 1929, has a long and happy life, and Diana’s worry & warning about a worse world war...

[where 60 million will die, and atomic weapons will have to be used to end the conflict

- but that sets off a global arms race where us humans easily COULD blow ourselves up]

will never come to pass!

Readers will also recognize that Chris Pine’s descendant WILL eventually pilot a star-ship!

IF we don’t blow ourselves up first, of course!

While not required, it would really help the scene if [Israeli] actress Gal Gadot spoke fluent Hebrew!

No, audiences wouldn’t know what Yiddish is, but they would know that Hebrew would be what Jews spoke.

Note: AFSC *did* serve food to Germans from 1914 to 1922. While they usually served children, for this write up, they feed everyone.