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Batman v Superman screen grabs

My eyes are just riveted on Henry and Gal. They look perfect when in frame together. It just baffles me they didn’t get to interact more than they did or say more to each other. This is freaking Superman and  Wonder Woman! The Power Couple! The source material always has them as very close allies and or sometimes even lovers. Hell, when the Avengers met they spoke more than one sentence to one other and gave each other eye contact!  I think this was a wasted opportunity for a memorable  first meet by Snyder and Co of two major players in the DCEU. The Trinity isn’t even getting a chance to become a Trinity because one of them is now dead! And there was no need to kill him at this stage.  You have to be alive and have a dynamic to earn the title, haven’t you? So even calling them the Trinity is sort of premature and pointless. sigh.

Anyway if I think about all they did wrong in BM v SM I will start to go off on a tangential rant. And I just want to appreciate the superwonderful  Henry and Gal now....oh yeah and you too in the back there, Ben!

Trinity Appreciation.

The importance of this relationship  is not only the different abilities and skills they bring for the greater good or their different personalities which creates for entertaining dynamics. They are a team, yes, but they are also close friends and family. They have built up a lot of trust over the decades, and sometimes have had disagreement, but ultimately they have a lot of affection for one another. Clark is the glue that keeps this Trinity together, I feel.

 I love Clark and Diana as a couple, and their innate optimism and  compassion I think helps Bruce and tempers that loneliness and darkness that surrounds him. That they do this unconditionally is what makes their open heartedness so significant.  For me Bruce sees them as the brother and sister he never had. 

The greatest testament of their trust, love and respect is seen when they ask him to be Godfather to their child in Kingdom Come. The timing of it is perfect too because it is all earned via the narrative of hope overcoming tragedy/ light triumphing after darkness.  Bruce,  of course, says yes. I mean, the idea of training and influencing a Kryptonian/Amazon kid, I can just see a seasoned and older Batman would love that!

It’s also why I think Kingdom Come is such a great story and seen as a perfect finale to the DCU. It ends on a high note and a whole epilogue celebrating the Trinity.