Why didn't Hippolyta lift the horse?

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In the scene from Justice League where Steppenwolf attacks Themyscira and Hippolyta was riding the horse with another Amazon carrying the mother box, when Steppenwolf strikes them, why did Hippolyta not lift the horse to help the other Amazon that was stuck under the horse?

I assume she has superhuman strength as per what the Wiki says, I'd even say the Amazon that was stuck has superhuman strength too, but maybe she was tired or can't draw enough strength when she was stuck. So why didn't the queen help?

This is the scene I'm referring to.



Best Answer

The queen did help; she offers compassion (in the moment of her own personal peril) lifting the horse would not have saved her life.




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What did Hippolyta not tell Diana?

At the beginning of Wonder Woman, Diana leaves her idyllic home of Themyscira to put an end to World War I. But before she leaves, Diana's Amazonian mother Hippolyta warns that she won't be able to come back home.

Did Zeus and Hippolyta have a child?

Through his rage, he killed his divine family off one by one, until only Zeus remained. After defeating and banishing Ares from Olympus, Zeus conceived a demigod child with Hippolyta, a child capable of one day defeating and killing Ares (therefore known as the "Godkiller"), a daughter named Diana.

Why did Hippolyta join the Justice League?

When the Frost King awoke during the Endless Winter event, Hippolyta joined the Justice League in battling him because she had defeated him in the past. But in the process in the process of learning the true motivations of the Frost King, Hippolyta learning a lesson from her daughter and her friends.

How powerful is Hippolyta?

Superhuman Strength: Like all Olympians, Hippolyta is superhumanly strong. Her strength is much greater than the vast majority of Olympian females, or even Olympian males. Hippolyta used to be of class 50 strength, whereas the typical Olympian male is of class 30.



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Answer 2

To elaborate on the existing answer by MCU And You Film Blog: if someone is being crushed beneath a heavy weight, simply lifting the weight off of them will not necessarily save their life.

There is a known medical phenomenon called "crush syndrome". As a person is crushed, and their blood supply is cut off, their muscles break down and release toxic byproducts. Suddenly releasing the pressure causes these byproducts to be released into the person's bloodstream, with invariably fatal results.

If we assume that the trapped Amazon was indeed being crushed to death beneath her own horse, then simply lifting the horse off of her wouldn't have helped. The only way to treat crush syndrome is to slowly and gradually release the pressure, to give the body time to adapt, and Hippolyta didn't have time for such a gradual release because, as you said, Steppenwolf was right there, and would have just killed them both long before she had finished.

So in short, there doesn't seem to have been anything Hippolyta could have done under the circumstances that would have saved that poor Amazon's life.

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