If it wasn’t that way, I suspect that Heard wouldn’t have joined the DCEU.
She’s powerful, self-possessed and in control of her destiny, and when paired with Arthur, the dynamic is fair and balanced.
Amber Heard added that her iteration of Mera and Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry have a “very special dynamic” that doesn’t require Mera to be relegated to a “position of dependency or subservience.”
At least visually, Heard’s Mera looked like she jumped straight from the printed page, and we won’t have to wait much longer to get a full sense of her characterization.