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There ’s a powerful new scourge lurking in the shadows doing everything in his power to take downWonder Woman . ThenewWonder Womanserieshas seen the public turn against the Amazons after a rogue warrior named Emelie killed an entire pocket billiards hall full of man . And fomenting the undulation of anti - Amazon hysteria is the Sovereign , the secret Martin Luther King Jr. of America and the overarching antagonist of Tom King and Daniel Sampere ’s Word of God . But who is the Sovereign ? What are his finish and desire ? And most importantly , what does his universe have in mind for Wonder Womanand her Amazon baby ' futurity ?
The Sovereign is Working to Destroy Wonder Woman and Everything She Stands For
The Sovereign makes his first coming into court inWonder Woman # 800 in the story “ Trinity ” by King and Sampere . The story is typeset in the future and seesWonder Woman ’s future daughter Trinityventure to the most secure prison on Themyscira . With the help of her allies , Jon Kent and Damian Wayne , Trinity make her way to the prison ’s jail cell , where the Sovereign is being held . Trinity asks that the Sovereign severalize her her origin taradiddle as Diana has refused to do so . This sets the stage forWonder Woman , which is narrated by the Sovereign .
Wonder Woman # 1begins with Emelie ’s attack on the pocket billiards hall after a man unsuitably touches her , which leads to the United States ban Amazons from the country . Wonder Woman stays behind and interrogates a gamey - visibility commandant named Sarge Steel , who reveals thatthe Sovereign is behind the effort of hateand bigotry towards the Amazons . It ’s in the yield ’s last few varlet when the Sovereign reveals that he was the secret swayer of America and that his family has been in mastery of the land for generations .
The Sovereign ’s yarn also disclose the mystery of his home ’s iron rule over the state . Just as Wonder Woman has the Lasso of Truth , theSovereign is in mastery of the Lasso of Lies . The magic souvenir once belong to the cleaning lady tribes of central Virginia until it was steal by the Sovereign ’s ancestor . With the Lasso ’s great power , the Sovereign ’s family made people believe in their lies until they held the mellow authority possible . The Sovereign even demonstrates the Lasso of Lies ’ major power inWonder Woman # 3when he convinced a soldier to drink down himself to further stir up scandalisation against Wonder Woman .
The Sovereign is Wonder Woman’s Thematic Opposite
As observe to begin with , the Sovereign is separate Wonder Woman ’s account to Trinity after he ’s been defeated and shut up away . But in the present twenty-four hour period , the Sovereign is still around and is on the Q.T. wage a warfare against the Amazons . While Emelie was responsible for the syndicate hall murders , the Sovereign is responsible for for organize the United States ’ response . But the Sovereign ’s actions go well beyond just creating affair like the Amazon Safety Act . The Sovereign has been intentionallyskewing public percept of Wonder Woman to destroy her trope .
But why is the Sovereign attempt to make the public work against one of its most beloved picture ? The reply to that is touched upon inWonder Woman # 2 . As Diana struggle the United States Army , the Sovereign mentions how much of himself he experience in Wonder Woman ; someone who was also more of a myth than deadly . However , the Sovereign does n’t speak out of warmheartedness , but contempt . The Sovereign makes it clear in his story thathe wanted Wonder Woman to recognise and submitto his authority .
The construct of meekness and authority are ideals woven into the core of Wonder Woman ’s grapheme . Her carbon monoxide gas - creator William Moulton Marston unequivocally made Diana to transmit his beliefs that multitude are happy when submitting to be intimate authorities . Wonder Woman and her earliest adventures with the Amazons and her enemy reflected this theory . The Sovereign , on the other hand , is counter to Marston ’s ideal . The secret big businessman cares not for the desires of those accede to him , just that they obey his will and recognize his transcendency . Writer Tom King cite he want to giveWonder fair sex her own ‘ Joker ’ , someone who exists as her full opposite . With the Sovereign and his fascistic outlook , its dependable to say she finally has that .
What the Future Holds for the Sovereign and Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman and the Sovereign have n’t met as of the series ' fifth offspring . Diana has been too engaged fighting off the United States armed forces to investigate who the Sovereign is . Meanwhile , the Sovereign has been pulling out every resource he has to put down Wonder Woman ’s public double . He ’s almost succeeded too , as he used the suicide he give away to change the world ’s angriness towards Diana , anger that only worsened once theSovereign had the President of the United States condemn Wonder Womanin a speech .
That say , despite the immense uphill battle she ’s face , Wonder Woman is ultimately go to get the Sovereign . Thanks to the short chronicle inWonder Woman # 800 , readers screw that the Sovereign is going to not only be strip of his rule , but that he will be imprisoned in the most secure installation on Themyscira . The Lasso of Lies also wo n’t be a concern as it will finally light into Trinity ’s possession ( as will her female parent ’s golden lariat and a third , nameless Roland de Lassus ) .
But just because Wonder Woman is destined to deliver the goods against her foe , that does n’t mean thing are buy the farm to be easy . The Sovereign has done serious wrong to the Amazons ’ image in the United States . He ’s fostered an environment of paranoia and hate that is n’t going to suddenly go awayjust because Wonder Woman ’s foe is defeat . While removing him from his stance of power and taking the Lasso of Lies away will be a effective start , the real heavy work is kick the bucket to be undo the perniciousness the Sovereign ’s kingdom was built on .
The Sovereign Has Potential to be Wonder Woman’s Greatest Opponent
Wonder Woman has fought gobs of powerful enemy , from mighty illusion - users to literal god . And though she ’s never shied aside from a challenge , the Sovereign is a different kind of threat . He ’s not physically strong , and without his Lasso of Lies , he ’s no more daunting to Diana than any other human being . However , the Sovereign , like Wonder Woman , is a symbol . The symbol of an institution that is built on falsehoods , oppression , exclusive right .
The Sovereign stands for everything that Wonder Woman is oppose to . Hatred instead of love . Tyranny rather of liberty . The Sovereign and the thing he make up is everything Wonder Woman was create to crusade . seldom has a baddie represent such a personal and meaningful challenge to Diana , nor one has a foe affect her world this much . America ’s undercover mogul may reign for now , but it ’s die to be a victorious mess whenWonder Womanfinally swear the Sovereign .
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