Warning! Spoilers ahead for Future State: Aquaman #2
The future Aquawoman—and daughter of Aquaman and Mera—just took the origins of the CW's Arrow and gave it an epic sci-fi remix in DC's Future State. When young Andy Curry and the future Aquaman Jackson Hyde get lost in the Confluence, they end up traveling from world to world across the multiverse, swimming in alien oceans, attempting to do good, and trying to survive long enough to find a way home. However, when Jackson is captured and imprisoned on Neptune for five years, Aquawoman hones her skills and abilities in isolation, preparing to one day rescue her mentor and friend in the future of the DC Universe.
In the CW's Arrowverse, Oliver Queen is stranded for five years on the island of Lian Yu after the destruction of his family's yacht. Over time, Oliver gains skills and abilities (primarily combat and archery) in order to not only survive his time on the island, but also to become something completely different from the young and reckless socialite he has been. Eventually, Oliver Queen returns home to Star City to become a vigilante the media calls the Hood, which evolves into his transformation into the hero known as the Green Arrow. It should also be noted that while the Green Arrow of the comics was also stranded on an island, it was only for a year.
Likewise, the previously reckless and young Andy, aka Aqualass, has five years on her own to hone her skills and powers to become something else in the pages of Future State: Aquaman #2 from writer Brandon Thomas with art by Daniel Sampere. Remembering the lessons she has been taught by Aquaman, Andy Curry soon becomes an extremely capable warrior and hero, gradually becoming the Aquawoman she was always meant to be over the course of her five years alone. She has even had lessons with a bow and arrow.
While the origins of the Aquawoman and CW's Green Arrow are rather similar, Aquawoman's challenges are definitely more of the oceanic and extraterrestrial variety, seeing her traveling the Confluence's One Great Ocean in search of Jackson. In contrast, Oliver Queen's five years are much more grounded, seeing him being trained by Slade Wilson's Deathstroke, working for the organization ARGUS, and joining the Russian mob known as the Bratva.
Regardless, both experiences of being marooned make for for some pretty epic origins for two incredibly tough and formidable DC heroes. Additionally, just as Oliver Queen goes on become the heroic Green Arrow with equally heroic friends and allies such as the Flash and Supergirl, Aquawoman is reunited with Aquaman. The pair continues on to join the next generation of the Justice League once they made their way home to their own Earth. In any case, whether it's in alien oceans or the island of Lian Yu, it apparently takes five years for DC characters to become epic and hardcore heroes both on the page and on the screen.
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