We’ve officially been given a glimpse of Wonder Woman 2’s primary villain! Here’s a primer on the character and how I hope the movie uses her.

There have actually been four different characters who have taken on the mantle of Cheetah, and initially we weren’t sure which of the iterations Kristen Wiig had been cast to play (though we were pretty sure she wasn’t going to be an Argentinian business tycoon named Sebastian Ballesteros).

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Now that we know she’s Barbara Ann Minerva, we have a little bit more of an idea about the character and her history. However, as this is DC Comics we’re talking about — which loves to routinely reboot its entire universe — we have a few options we can pick from.

Who is Barbara Ann Minerva?

Post-Crisis continuity (1986-2011)

The first version of Barbara Ann Minerva was a British archaeologist from a wealthy British family. Her love for acquiring ancient artifacts is what leads her to hunt down an ancient African plant god, which leads to her transformation into Cheetah. This same desire for ancient artifacts is also what leads her into conflict with Wonder Woman herself.

When she hears that Wonder Woman has the storied Lasso of Truth, Minerva attempts to obtain the lasso through trickery. This works — until it doesn’t, because obviously the Lasso of Truth is going to reveal someone’s untruths. She then tries to to attack Diana in the form of Cheetah and loses and holds a grudge against the Amazonian superhero from then on.

New 52 continuity (2011-2016)

In this version, Barbara Ann Minerva is a bit of a dark mirror to Wonder Woman. Raised in a group home/cult called Amazonia and run by ‘Aunt Lyta,’ it took the phrase “kill or be killed” a little too seriously, and raised the children to view life as a hunt and everyone around them as competitors or prey. This led to Barbara Ann killing her own brother as a child.

In this version of events, Barbara Ann still has a strong interest in ancient relics, and is actually cataloguing ancient artifacts for the government when she meets Wonder Woman. Though initially in awe of a woman from the culture she had been raised to worship, she decides to pursue vengeance against Wonder Woman when Diana laughs are her seriously wacked out beliefs.

DC Rebirth continuity (2016 – present day)

In the most recent (and my personal favorite) version, Barbara Ann is still an archaeologist, though this time with a strong interest in Greek mythology — specifically the legends of the Amazons — and languages, rather than on relics. With 2 PhDs in archaeology and a mastery of 7 languages, she’s called in to help translate for newly arrived transplant from Themyscira, Wonder Woman.

Because she’s one of the few people who can actually converse with Diana and is the one who helps her learn English, Diana and Barbara become close friends. Because of her close proximity to Diana, she’s able to witness the existence of Ares and many other Greek gods, which leads her to seek out proof of other divine beings. This is what eventually leads to her transformation to Cheetah.

Who is Cheetah?

Post-Crisis continuity (1986-2011)

In this initial version, Barbara Ann becomes Cheetah in pursuit of immortality. She’s told that drinking a combination of human blood and berries from the ancient plant god Urzkartaga will grant her eternal life as Cheetah; however, because this ancient plant god sucks, the host of the Cheetah is supposed to be a virgin.

Because Barbara Ann was not, this meant that she would transform into her Cheetah form every full moon, but would suffer from severe pain while in human form for the rest of the month. In her Cheetah form, she’s so bloodthirsty and animalistic that she barely retains any of her humanity.

New 52 continuity (2011-2016)

In this second continuity, steals the God-Killer Knife, an ancient artifact from a lost tribe of Amazons. The San Tribe had a tradition in which every generation, one member becomes host to the Goddess of the Hunt and is transformed into Cheetah. This tradition is broken when a hunter kills the current host, and the tribe curses the knife that is used to kill her.

A.R.G.U.S (Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans) somehow finds the knife and stores it away, hiding it from any one who might use it. However, Barbara Ann gets her hands on the knife and, reasonable person that she is, stabs herself in the heart. In doing so, she becomes possessed by the Goddess of the Hunt and turns into a human/cheetah hybrid with a huge chip on her shoulder against Diana.

DC Rebirth continuity (2016 – present day)

The most recent iteration of Barbara Ann’s transformation is much more tragic than her previous two. After seeing proof that the Greek gods exist, Barbara Ann becomes somewhat obsessed with finding proof that other gods exist. this leads her deep into the jungles of Africa to find the plant god Urzkartaga.

Though Diana is worried for her, she sees that she cannot stop her friend from this journey, and gives her a Wayne Industries GPS signaling device to call for help should she need it. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Barbara Ann’s expedition is being funded by a nefarious group with malicious intent, and they disable the tracker. This leads to Barbara Ann not only finding Urzkartaga, but being forced to marry him and turn into the bloodthirsty Cheetah. Because Diana didn’t come for her as she promised, Barbara Ann comes to hate Wonder Woman, blaming her for her transformation.

What I hope to see in ‘Wonder Woman 2’

As much as I loved Wonder Woman — and I loved it enough to watch it six times in theaters — I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see Diana become friends with any female characters after she left Themyscira.

My hope is that this is an issue that gets rectified in the Wonder Woman sequel.

With a variety of backstories and storylines to choose from when it comes to the character of Barbara Ann Minerva, the biggest thing on my wishlist for the wonder Woman sequel is that the movie draws mostly on the DC Rebirth origin and narrative. The post-Crisis version of the character is rather petty and sexist, while the New 52 reads a little too close to being a full on sociopath.

Having Barbara Ann as an archaeologist gives her and Diana the perfect opportunity to cross paths and have a genuine shared interest, and from there build a deep, authentic friendship. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind at all if this was the “great love story” Patty Jenkins alluded to when she first started talking about the sequel.

As we saw in previous DCEU films, Diana in the present day seems to work in some sort of art history/artifact preservation capacity for The Louvre. Perhaps meeting Barbara Ann in the early 80’s is what gives her the idea to pursue that as a profession in the mortal world.

Seeing Diana interact with and be friends with another woman on the screen would be a great way to improve upon the dynamics of the first Wonder Woman movie. That movie gave us familial love and romantic love, but very little platonic love. Now, if you’ve read anything else that I’ve written, you know that I think love stories are important — necessary, even, given how loveless our own world can often feel.

But friendships are love stories, too, and they likewise deserve to be shown on our screen. Both Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot are talented enough to highlight both types of love — romantic and platonic — and I really, really hope we get to see that.

Because while I’m thrilled to see Steve Trevor back in any and every capacity, I also want to see Diana’s relationships and friendships with other women take front and center.

It will turn tragic, of course, as Cheetah’s story always does. But it’d also be a really powerful story — and a another perfect example of Diana’s compassion and empathy — to have Diana continue to believe in the goodness of her friend and fight for that goodness no matter what.