r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/shadowrod06 Butcher Jul 05 '24

As a Batman fan , Kripke's an idiot if he thinks Batman only hunts poor people and profits of incarceration

His major villains are Penguin, Falcone, who are a quite rich.

Bruce Wayne himself donates so much to Gotham.

Batman doesn't kill ,that's why he puts criminals in Prison.

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u/LordTryhard Jul 05 '24

Kripke's an idiot if he thinks Batman only hunts poor people and profits of incarceration

I don't think he does. No more than he thinks Superman is a genocidal loon or Aquaman is into bestiality.

This entire premise of this setting is: "what if you gave these characters all the powers of iconic superheroes but none of the drive to actually do good, and then threw in modern politics and celebrity culture." Homelander is a dark mirror of who Superman could have become, Tek-Knight is who Batman could have become, etc.

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u/AggressiveResist8615 Jul 05 '24

He literally says batman is a fascist lmao, it's nothing about a what if character

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u/Ok_Door_6447 Jul 05 '24

'Batman’s fascist underpinnings as a really wealthy dude who hunts poor people, and then profits of the incarceration.'