feysera:

Some excerpts because it’s a long piece: 

The stark contrast in their childhoods – and subsequent adolescence – is something many people tend to overlook or gloss over when comparing the two. A huge oversight, especially when it’s such an important factor that shapes their characterizations.  (…) Likewise, with the vast difference in their respective beginnings, it should be expected that Diana and Clark will develop different personalities.

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Their different backgrounds hold the root of their altruism. Diana is under no obligation to leave her paradise – where she knows peace with her loved ones – for our messy world, but she chooses to do so. Clark is under no obligation to help a world that continually hates and mistrusts him, but he too chooses to do so. It’s the Right Thing to Do, and they know it. This selflessness propels them forward in their heroic journey.

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Is it all contrast between them? Not really, for there are parallels too.

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People are also complex, and often, no sole character can embody everything we wish to relate with. 

As a woman, Diana is to me the feminist dream of someone empowered. (…) However, Diana coming from a place of privilege, a literal paradise island, is something that I can’t relate with. That’s where Clark comes in. There are many moments where I better related to him in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, than Diana in Wonder Woman. 

As a person who feels othered and has grappled with depression, Clark offers me a shared experience many other male superheroes in movies don’t.

Superman v Wonder Woman: A look into the Alien & the Amazon