I've read through different Wonder Woman runs as well as Red Hood and the Outlaws, there's still A LOT of stuff that's not explained. Or in some cases things that need to be explained in the new canon. But I narrowed it down to the questions that I'm most curious about.
1. Where are all the children? There's a lot of questions to cover so I'll try to put them all together. When Perez introduced them (granted a more evil version) we saw pregnant Amazons. We've seen Artemis as a 16 year old in RHATO and as a 14 year old in Trinity. When Akila first turned up in old canon she was referred to as a teenager. But what about all the other kids? In old canon they were the tribe that could have children so you'd think it would have been a big deal especially when they combined with the Themyscrians, the group that REALLY wanted to have their own kids.
What happens to the baby boys? Given that the first version of the Bana-Mighdall came off worse than the New 52 Themyscirans the answer might be similar. I'm hoping there are other answers that aren't so brutal for new canon. Maybe something like the Gerudo from Legend of Zelda where they mostly have girls.
How do they have children? This one is more related to how they get together with the fathers. We see in RHATO that the Bana-Mighdall Amazons were still living separated from the rest of the world until the end of the arc. The original way they had kids wasn't pleasant for the men. So do they just have flings or do they leave the tribe to have actual relationships? Does it vary?
2. Do they have immortality or not? Originally they didn't when we first met them which is why they could have children. But the Orlando arc (*1) really confused me on this since people and things are mentioned that shouldn't have happened in Artemis' or other Amazons' life time.
3. Who is Artemis' mother? This was only talked about slightly in RHATO. But her mom still had a big impact on her life by setting Artemis down her path to train to be her people's champion. Why name her child after one of the gods their people abandoned? I think there's potential for a good parallel between Hippolyta and her. Hippolyta didn't want her daughter to be their champion and in old canon set Artemis up to die in Dianas' place to protect her own child. It could be the pushy mom vs. the overprotective mother.
4. Have the Egyptian Gods abandoned them or not? This was always unclear. Sometimes they appear but they rarely get as involved as the Greek Gods have. If not where are they? If not why did they abandon their worshippers? I believe they appeared more in the Rucka run but I can't really recall him doing much with them.
5. Why was Akila chosen as the Shim'Tar and what happened when she was chosen? Pre-Flashpoint she was chosen by Hippolyta so this only applies to the new canon. Anyway, while she seemed like the right choice on the surface it ends up disastrous. Does this mean the gods made a bad choice or did they purposely not chose Artemis for reasons only known to them? While Akila seemed to be a better fighter than Artemis in the flashback she loses to Artemis twice after she gains her powers. When talking to their fellow Amazons she also claims Artemis is the best warrior when it comes to swordplay. Akila also wasn't as devoted to the gods before she became Shim'Tar while Artemis was.
It's not clear if Akila decided to use the Bow of Ra or if the gods gave it to her. Most assumed that only the Shim'Tar could use the bow but Artemis was warned not to touch it as a sixteen year old since the weapon choses the warrior. Yet Akila wasn't told and the gods overlooked a rule that concerned one of their goddesses?
When Artemis finds Akila after she was chosen Akila was wounded and seemed shaken. The warrior that's faith in their gods was pretty low is now loyal to the point she refuses to tell Artemis everything. What happened?
*1 I know that arc didn't work with canon for a lot of reasons but it was the most recent example of confusion over their mortality/immortality that I could think of.
4. Have the Egyptian Gods abandoned them or not? This was always unclear. Sometimes they appear but they rarely get as involved as the Greek Gods have. If not where are they? If not why did they abandon their worshippers? I believe they appeared more in the Rucka run but I can't really recall him doing much with them.
5. Why was Akila chosen as the Shim'Tar and what happened when she was chosen? Pre-Flashpoint she was chosen by Hippolyta so this only applies to the new canon. Anyway, while she seemed like the right choice on the surface it ends up disastrous. Does this mean the gods made a bad choice or did they purposely not chose Artemis for reasons only known to them? While Akila seemed to be a better fighter than Artemis in the flashback she loses to Artemis twice after she gains her powers. When talking to their fellow Amazons she also claims Artemis is the best warrior when it comes to swordplay. Akila also wasn't as devoted to the gods before she became Shim'Tar while Artemis was.
It's not clear if Akila decided to use the Bow of Ra or if the gods gave it to her. Most assumed that only the Shim'Tar could use the bow but Artemis was warned not to touch it as a sixteen year old since the weapon choses the warrior. Yet Akila wasn't told and the gods overlooked a rule that concerned one of their goddesses?
When Artemis finds Akila after she was chosen Akila was wounded and seemed shaken. The warrior that's faith in their gods was pretty low is now loyal to the point she refuses to tell Artemis everything. What happened?
*1 I know that arc didn't work with canon for a lot of reasons but it was the most recent example of confusion over their mortality/immortality that I could think of.
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