Spoilers all over this post!
You know what? I put a lot of spoilers in here, and I was going to go through and try to hide them all, but I’m just gonna hide the whole thing lol. I don’t wanna give anything away to anyone who isn’t done reading yet 
World of Wonder Week 24 Discussion
- Did you find the conclusion to The Darkseid War satisfying?
As far as Grail’s storyline goes, I was quite satisfied. I felt like the path that she takes after the war and her attempt to give herself and her father a second chance is very cool. Nieve in all likelihood, but cool nonetheless. Though she fights back against her nature, it is just too strong for her to overcome it seems. Deep down though, I feel like she does have good intentions. She’s just got so much riding against her with her parents. First, her dad is basically evil incarnate, then her mom teaches her that she can save the world by starting a war between cosmic entities. Then to top it all off, the only person that she truly loved and who truly loved her back, her mother, ends up dying by her own hand (ok, well, her own evil eyeballs anyway). Talk about a seriously rough life. But yet, she still finds the strength and compassion to try and find her path back from all the darkness and to give her father a second chance as well by “re-raising” him. Definitely weird and kinda messed up for sure, she turns Superwoman’s baby into Darkseid, and then turns Darkseid back into a baby lol, but still touching and kinda cool in its own way.
As for the other characters, I found some of their endings to be satisfying, while others were certainly up in the air. The epilogue was rather jarring. Metron and Owlman talking about their respective schemes, then suddenly, “No. He’s here, he’s —” BAM, Owlman/Metron Chair down! WTF? That part is certainly not a satisfying ending. Batman’s storyline is also left disturbingly unresolved with the information he is trying to process about the Joker.
I guess I have to say that there’s a lot left open-ended at the end of this story, but I still don’t know that I would call it unsatisfying. As far a the events of the war itself are concerned, I felt like the ending was satisfying. I liked how the war itself was wrapped up. As for the storylines that were left open-ended, they serve as set-up points for them to be continued. Those parts aren’t meant to be wrapped up neatly, so they really don’t bother me. Overall, I really enjoy all of this story and I will give it my stamp of satisfied approval.
- What stood out to you the most from these issues and the entire event in general?
The one thing that has always stood out the most for me in this series is the story of Myrina giving birth to Grail on Paradise Island on the same night of Diana’s birth. The story is broken up into a few different parts throughout the story, and I have actually gone back and cherry-picked just the “flashback to that night” scenes and read them in succession together. It’s a side story, but all together it’s about the same size as a small comic book issue by itself. This whole little side story is so well done and has always been one of the things that I remember most distinctly.
- Which character was your favorite throughout the event?
I’m honestly surprised by it myself, but my favorite character in this story is Grail. As I’ve probably given away from my first two answers, I am quite partial to her background and her potential to do good. Especially when you take her backstory into account, she has a pretty in-depth character development for someone who just came onto the scene at the beginning of this story. Like I mentioned before, I really love how she is still attempting to find a path to be “good” even at the end of the story. In many ways, she is a villain in this story, but she also has many redeeming factors for me. Also, I just think she looks so badass lol. I love the way her character is drawn and I love looking at her during the story. When I read Darkseid War for the first time, I spent a lot of time studying the panels with Grail because I love the way she looks so much.
- The Trinity has some world-changing revelations, which one intrigues you the most?
This is a really interesting point to think about. Batman’s revelation of their having been three Jokers is pretty amazing. I have to go back to my ongoing theme here though. I have to say that the last revelation when Myrina tells Diana that she has a brother is what I find most intriguing. It goes back to the backstory of Myrina and Grail that I find so interesting, as well as the way that Diana is beginning to understand that she really doesn’t know everything about her own home and past. I just can’t help but be morbidly fascinated by it lol.
Cruz got her ring from Power Ring, a member from the Crime Syndicate in Forever Evil, if memory serves me right.
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