>>105111352I think that there is also that DARK & LIGHT element, but not in the "GOOD GIRL TRYING TO REDEEM BAD BOY" kind of way. More in that, as partners they compliment each other. Wonder Woman is the manifestation of the compassion that lies at the heart of both Bruce and Diana, and Batman is very much so emblematic of both of their tireless and unforgiving pursuits of injustice. They both have these elements of light and dark in them, and they each are very expressive of one side of that, and so together, they manage to paint a whole picture that fits them both, and they act in this very yinyang manner, acting as this vivid balance. And, because they both contain those multitudes, they manage to high-light them in each other, while also not diluting their own images and identities, which I think is symbolically important, and from a practical point of view, is actually important to their jobs, and so they allow each other to, in a way through proxy, experience the elements of their selves they can't afford to embrace as much. Batman can intimidate in a way that Wonder Woman can't, and Wonder Woman can show compassion in a way Batman can't. And so they, even in their passionate work, mirror each other and show each other's less open traits, and speak to parts of each other and fulfill part of each other that they feel they themselves are less able to embody. Either can stand alone, but together, they are stronger than the sum of their parts, both in their work, and in their selves.
It's also important that they don't need each other. Vitally, their characters will continue without each other, and both will do so successfully. But they are better when they cooperate, and their personalities synergize profoundly when they work together.
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