So, harder to be Superman's Daughter or Wonder Woman's Son?

Assuming for the moment that the offspring also inherited their powers, which character would have the more difficult time in life living up to the aforementioned parental legacy?

(I do think that Statesman's daughter Miss Liberty probably had an easier time forging her own identity than she would have had if she had Mister Liberty instead ...)

Superman's Daughter. Can you imagine the overprotective dad trip with him? No guy would stand a chance.

Wonder Woman's son would be the luckiest guy on the planet. Summer vacations to Paradise Island?

Hm.

Superman's parenting role models: Ma and Pa Kent. Some of the best parents in all of fiction. I think Clark is going to be a good parent. Biggest likely downside will be if we assume the most likely scenario and Lois Lane is the mother, the we have two very "career-focused" parents. And that can be rough to grow up with.

Extra upside: Pretty likely Batman is going to be the godfather. Uncle Bruce is going to be good for some awesome childhood memories, and some great birthday gifts.


Wonder Woman's natural empathy and wisdom means she's bound to be a amazing parent in the long run. Some obstacles along the way, though. No role models in how to raise boys. In fact, she had no socialization with other kids her age growing up. She'll have to do a lot of reading up, and ask for advice from other parents. Which she's smart enough to do.

I would think that Wonder Woman's son is likely to grow up to be very much like Joss Whedon. Very respectful of strong female figures. But also very well nurtured, encouraged to follow his natural talents, and good at getting into other people's heads. Well, he'd be like Joss Whedon, only with enough combat training for a special forces commando. Diana isn't gonna skip on the exercise and self-discipline for her kid.

Are we including their classic weaknesses?

Cause if Wonder Woman's son becomes powerless by getting tied up by a man that could be..... well, pretty hot actually.

(That really is the first thing that popped into my mind... I'm terrible, I know.)

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Wonder Women's son by far would have the hardest time being her son. No clue if the character has a secret ID or not anymore but could you imagine a kid that has a crush on wonder women looks up all sort of 'images' on the internet.. and then gets told that Wonder Women is his mother when he's like 18ish years old.

Superman's daughter is going to have a really hard time dating boys due to the fact they would be scared of her dad.

Wonder Woman's son is going to have an entire island of "aunts" who hate men while at the same time all his male friends in school want to spend all their free time over to his house to ogle his mom.

I don't think either would end up enjoying High School.

I think it really depends on their environments while growing up. A lot of Diana's problems stem from coming to "Man's World" as an adult. Her son wouldn't necessarily have those issues if he grew up in Metropolis, for example.

It also depends on who their other parent is. Is it another metahuman, or a normal person?

Superman's daughter would also have to carry the secret that her dad is Clark Kent (or vice versa, I suppose). That would be a tough burden. Wonder Woman doesn't disguise herself.

Clark's daughter would also have to grow into her powers as she absorbs solar energy, while Diana's son would already have everything, but lack the warrior training. Call that a push, I think. Neither one would be ready to do much fighting as kids.

Superman is a bigger target for the super-baddies than WW is, so his daughter would be in more danger by proxy. I think that's the decider. It would be tougher being his daughter.

Even if he grew up on the island, I think most of his "aunts" would likely mother him, as far as amazon's mother a child of course.

In fact, I imagine them saying things like "You don't expect us to take it easy on you just because you're a man, do you?" during training.

Which, if he wasn't up to his mother's level of ability at the same age, he'd likely get ribbed for not being as good as his mother.

Wonder Woman I think would love him either way, but some of his "aunts" on the other hand.

Also, living on the island, I have no doubt when he reaches puberty, he'll have a much "harder" time than Superman's daughter.

Superman's daughter would likely have the over protective dad, and she'd likely go through the "I always come in last to daddie's jobs." issues.

I'm not to sure daddy would really have to worry about his daughter, if she inherents all his abilities though.

Really, no matter who she dates, it's more about being worried that she says "Yes" rather than "No means no." After all, she's Superman's daughter, super strength and invulnerability. Any guy who didn't respec the "No" would likely wind up in traction just by her.

But if we take a cue from Supergirl, Clark would likely be that over protective father, and I can imagine him still giving the guys a hard time "Now remember, her eyes are up here."

WW's son would likely end up with a bit more of the emotional issues, while SM's daughter would end up with the "daddy issues"

Both would be tough, and I just can't imagine to many villains finding out about their children.

I think I'd give it to WW's son. More to live up to, with a larger group of people to live up to, while I do think they'd mother him, it's still a amazonian version of mothering, with a bit of bias against men.

Have to see if I saved it or not, but I recently recall someone on /co/ creating a few pics of life as Wonder Woman's son.

Something else to consider with Superman's daughter. Say she wanted to go into the heroing biz. Can you hear Clark saying, "You are not going heroing in THAT outfit young woman! Back up into your room and change into the baggy sweater and sweatpants that Grandma made for you!".

Good question I am going with the concensus. Plus I don't think Greek mythological characters have a great track record when it comes to parenting. Mind you thats "mostly" abscentee fathers.

*stern looks at Zeus*

Actually, it'd be hardest being the son or daughter of Aquaman.

In high school: "Wait wait wait....so you're family can breathe underwater....????"


Mr. True Shot.

Would Wonder Woman let her son take the invisible jet to "makeout point"?