@xmangosagox: I just started rewatching the cartoons but I’ve never seen hawk girl take off her wings in the dcau so I was so confused when I saw the live action hawk girl walking around without wings 😭. #hawkgirl #superman2025 #dcau #dccomics
to be so fair, they’re also adaptations of two different characters, DCAU hawkgirl is Shayera Hol (the thanagarian one), while the Superman movie uses Kendra Saunders
2026-06-03 20:35:14
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GrandMoffWow :
That’s not the same Hawkgirl from the cartoon. The one from the cartoon is from an alien from Thanagar the one in Superman is a human who bonded with Nth Metal
2026-06-04 05:28:08
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Dread Pirate Robin :
Only in the animated series. There's a couple different versions of Hawkgirl in the comics, either aliens or reincarnations of a god or half reincarnations, and all of them have removable technology-based wings.
2026-06-03 19:42:11
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wyatt :
I like them better when they’re actually attached to her
2026-06-03 20:50:01
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DocPenguinDoc :
Shiera was in the show, Kendra was in the movie.
(The Hawks have a notoriously convoluted history of retcons, so basically, every adaptation is going to be an amalgam of ideas.)
2026-06-04 02:53:35
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🦧 :
I’ve never been a fan of the removable wings. Seems kinda lame
2026-06-04 13:49:30
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Trin :
I thought they were like retractable… like she could put them away when they weren’t needed 😭😭😭
2026-06-03 21:06:10
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Robin Grayson :
hawks lore are a mess
2026-07-17 09:35:16
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Ty :
Probably because the hawk girl you grew up with was shayera hol hawk woman not Kendra Saunders hawk girl
2026-06-04 19:04:14
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david2099_c :
in JLU series they are
2026-06-03 18:52:09
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Himothy :
My hawk girl wings dont come off
2026-06-04 16:33:52
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Phantom_undbound :
So the movie version seems to be able to shrink them back into her or take em out when needed, the continuities have changed a lot so its confusing but at first they were costumed wings but the cartoon version was changed into an alien instead. Also cartoon version is Shayera Hol while movie version is the Kendra Saunders version. Also there is a Hawkgirl and Hawkwoman too so it gets a little mixed up there
2026-06-03 20:09:06
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Tyler :
Sometimes they are, the hawk people history is a little weird
2026-06-05 00:30:23
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no :
those aren’t the same people. they both go by hawkgirl but it’s two different characters
2026-06-03 20:57:57
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CjRich :
different person
2026-06-04 06:53:06
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chasedepp :
They probably didn’t want to pay to have her wings cgi’d in all her scenes
2026-06-04 19:23:12
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️ :
same i thought she was like angel from xmen growing up
2026-06-04 14:12:45
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Khataclysm :
Some versions she has actual organic wings. Kind of like how some versions of Spiderman have organic webbing
2026-06-05 04:38:20
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Sache :
So, my recommendation when it comes to the hawks in DC is to not think too hard about it. They've been ret-conned so often and so frequently that it's hard to keep track. Sometimes they're humans. Sometimes, they're aliens. Sometimes they're aliens that were worshipped as Egyptian Gods that then died and were reincarnated as humans. Sometimes, one of them is an alien and the other is a reincarnated Egyptian. Sometimes it is a combination of these things. Best bet is to just start with a blank slate every time you meet a new hawk.
2026-06-04 17:59:15
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Alonso :
the wings are attached, they're just retractable like cw hawkgirl and hawkman
2026-06-09 17:17:58
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homelybiscuit :
I genuinely still never understood Hawkgirl lore 😭 someone explained it to me once but I'm like. huhhhh
2026-06-04 21:18:25
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THEE DIBBLE :
Shayera Hol is an alien from the planet Thanagar, her wings are fully connected and part of her body with far greater strength than humans but weaker than WW and Superman Kendra Saunders is a human with technology and super sonic scream I believe
2026-06-05 02:44:49
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jim.neutron :
agree shayera hawkgirl was so cool to me since a kid, they definitely should have gone with her character and history.
2026-06-04 21:36:00
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Darth Solo :
In the live action they have a different backstory, in the show they are aliens in the live action they are just reincarnations
2026-06-04 19:51:21
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frick :
Someone never watched DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Embarrassing tbh.
2026-06-11 06:06:42
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