Do the Female Furies defeat Darkseid’s sexism in the final issue?
By Monita Mohan
Barda in Female Furies No. 6 (Credit: DC Comics)
Starting a Revolution
As Aurelie found out much to her dismay in the first half of Female Furies, a lone voice has no power. She screamed herself hoarse about Willik’s ill treatment of her, but it took her horrifying demise to shock Barda into action.
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Barda’s reaction to finding her sister dead was to run away to Earth with Scott Free, but the moment she’s back on Apokolips, she makes it her mission to leave the planet a better place than she found it. But the five Furies can’t start a revolution on their own, so they try to employ women from other echelons of society. This process is harder than it looks, as the other women have even less clout than the Furies and much more at stake if they abandon their livelihoods to join a coup.
The Furies then turn to their part-time nemesis, Beautiful Dreamer, in the hopes that she can implant visions that will change the citizens’ minds. Dreamer’s abilities are formidable and had actually worked on Barda earlier in the series, but she refuses to help the Furies. In an overt attempt at addressing the false premises under which many attacks and revolutions have been sprung in the real world, the series creators subvert the trope by making sure the Furies actively engage with the women of Apokolips.
The Furies are honest about their revolt, and tell the women exactly why it is needed and how they will benefit from it – the message is clear, only if these women stand together can Darkseid be defeated.