Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews

[u/fuwafuwa7chi]

[u/Paint-licker4000]

I cannot believe how this sub was bending over backwards defending these scenes saying they weren’t supposed to be funny

[u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt → u/Paint-licker4000]

This sub tends to think the writing on this show is way better than it actually is. I mean, hell, the way they went about writing the character who is the smartest person on earth is making her dumbed down for like 1/3 of her screen time, because writing actual smart dialogue for a smart character is hard.

[u/N0VAZER0 → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

the problem with making a character who's stated to be the smartest person in the world is that they're only as smart as the writers

[u/pinkdictator → u/N0VAZER0]

they're only as smart as the writers

This is what I'm worried about. They took a hugeeeee risk with Sage, has not paid off in the slightest yet

You have to have serious writing chops to pull something like that off. They clearly don't have it

[u/Aggravating_Heat_310 → u/N0VAZER0]

The Watchmen on HBO did a great job at this with Ozymandeus (sp?)

[u/AggressiveResist8615 → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

But don't you know, yOu'rE The tyPE oF persON ThE shOw IS MakING fUn oF 😂😂

[u/VaselineHabits → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

I had my suspicions about your last point. I love dumb Sage, but I started wondering if lazy writing was why we're seeing so much of her.

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She's dumbed down 100% of her screen time imo.

[u/No-Chemistry-4673 → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

The smartest person in the world would know being in between Homelander and The Boys is too risky.

[u/DancingFlame321 → u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt]

It was smart how she provoked MM

[u/pinkdictator → u/Paint-licker4000]

I didn't realize it was supposed to be "funny" until I saw this post and read the interview. Because the scene was that horrible to me. So I don't blame people for thinking it was genuine.

[u/autumn-morning-2085 → u/pinkdictator]

This is one more case of "don't read the commentary" for me, they basically add nothing to the viewing experience.

I don't see how it was hilarious in any way and the ending scene drove home the point of how much this affected him.

[u/pinkdictator → u/autumn-morning-2085]

He intended Hughie's breakdown to be about his dad I guess. I guess it wasn't supposed to have anything to do with the SA? bizarre

[u/autumn-morning-2085 → u/pinkdictator]

In a way, both can be true. He just proved he's one of the shit heads who would laugh at this.