Ares And The Sword
Diana wields a sword that she refers to as the Godkiller – because her mother told her that it’s the weapon that would kill Ares, the God Of War. However, when she finally confronts Ares in his human form, he turns her sword to dust with the palm of his hand. The revelation is that the sword was never the Godkiller – the Godkiller weapon is Diana herself, because only a God can kill a God. This causes conflict within Diana, because she’s instinctively an advocate for peace and leads with love. To be a weapon herself challenges her sense of identity.
But, the result of this turn of events is that she must face her greatest foe unarmed – with neither sword, nor shield – which causes her to dig deeper than ever before for the self-fortification to win the day. As Ares attempts to corrupt her, with suggestions of joining him to rid the world of humanity and rule together forever, Diana is reminded of the love she feels for Steve, the compassion and empathy she feels for his friends, and the love mankind is capable of feeling for each other.
Diana chooses optimism, and refuses to condemn mankind for their crimes against each other. Instead, she uses the depth of her belief in them and herself to increase her power, and defeat the being that would end the world. Unarmed, she chooses to turn herself into a weapon of love, rather than hate.