Comic book writer Grant Morrison believes that the DCCU version of Wonder Woman goes against the character's roots. During an interview with Nerdist, Morrison was asked how his graphic novel Wonder Woman: Earth One is going. While giving an update on its progress, he mentioned how he didn't want to do the "warrior woman thing" like what the movies are doing.
Morrison said, " I can understand why they're doing it, I get all that, but that's not what [Wonder Woman creator] William Marston wanted, that's not what he wanted at all! ... You see the latest shots of Gal Gadot in the costume, and it's all sword and shield and her snarling at the camera. Marston's Diana was a doctor, a healer, a scientist. So I went back to those roots and just built it up again." The writer went on to say that a 7,000 year old civilization of women "wouldn't still be chopping men's head's off" now that they have art, architecture, philosophy, and poetry.
Morrison, who has been writing comic books since the 1980s, previously wrote Wonder Woman during his run on JLA and a few other stories, so he does have experience telling stories about the Amazon princess.
Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC comics. The character is a warrior princess of the Amazons (based on the Amazons of Greek Mythology) and is known in her homeland as Princess Diana of Themyscira. When outside her homeland, she is sometimes known by the secret identity Diana Prince.
Many writers have depicted Diana in different personalities and tone; between that of a warrior, a highly compassionate and calm ambassador, and sometimes also as a naive and innocent person. What has remained constant is her ability to feel compassion and give love without discrimination.
