erikahammerschmidt:

i think this year was the first time i realized

(because of how Tumblr keeps showing me both 1. stuff about the new Superman movie and 2. ads for Tumblr Premium)

that Superman’s S symbol is within the shape of a diamond.

Not a diamond as it grows in nature, on any planet where carbon exists and has the conditions to crystallize in that form

(octahedral D-8 shape, reason why we call that type of quadrilateral a “diamond shape”)

but like. the side view of a cut diamond. in the typical way it is usually cut by jewelers. in present day, on the planet earth.

flat top. girdle. the whole thing.

i know canon superman comics have some after-the-fact rationale about what the S means in Kryptonian… but do they have anything about why the diamond shape? …or is it just part of the rationale for the symbol as a whole