THIS IS JUST AN IDEA FROM A FAN:
The basic premise is this: What if Themyscira wasn't a perfectly unified paradise, but a massive island with thousands of years of history, different cultures, competing political factions, and unresolved generational trauma?
Synopsis: 10 years before Diana was born, a great war occured in Themyscria for control of the island. This is the story of how the war started, when tensions were starting to rise after the death of the queen. This is the story about Hippolyta, leader of the Themyscrian Warriors, and Carmela, the mob wife who washes up on the island the day of the queens funeral running away from her violent crime boss husband. This is the story of how they became friends and how they ended up becoming each others worst enemies. This is the story of the battle that occured between all the sects of Themyscryia vying for control that led to Hippolyta becoming the new queen.
My version of Themyscria: AMAZONIAN DOES NOT MEAN GREEK. Make Themyscria a massive island, almost a country. Different tribes and groups of women have come from different poitns of time to escape the vicious nature of men, from Ancient Greece to modern day. This means different cultures have thrived and grown and there have been conflicts over the centuries. Each sector of the island has its own leader as well as their own rules and customs. The queen, an ancient greek queen who was there when the island was made by Athena, maintains central control over the island while allowing each sector to be governed individually. And so when the queen dies everyone wants the throne for themselves.
- The queen has spies going out of the island and learning about human culture secretly, making sure the island is safe and keeping up to date with mankind and being prepared for any threats. This means that the island also has access to modern weaponry, Hippolyta even teaches her warriors to shoot all kinds of guns and theres a whole armory kept hidden, only Hippolyta and the queen could access it.
Forces outside of the island have an interest in Themscyria. Artemises huntresses come in because Artemis wants control of the land. Hera plays all sides and is more of a manipulative mobster. Ares wants Themscyria under his protection so that the warriors can join his army.
Carmela is the secret antagonist. She recognises her ability to get power on this island, as well as the power she can get on the outside world if she takes over. She starts of as the timid scared survivor, Hippolytas friend who helps her grieve in the aftermath of the queens death. How she goes from victim to powerful player to leader who has manipulated all sides and formed her own army is her story. Her inability to mentally escape the world of violence and cycle of abuse that she physically escaped from changes Themscyria itself and makes her the main enemy.