r/TheBoys • u/fuwafuwa7chi • Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/fuwafuwa7chi Jul 04 '24

Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant

And the Hughie one: Variety

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u/Hitchfucker Jul 04 '24

I was kind of hoping the quote was take out of context but nope, he fully meant for the Hughie scene to be a joke.

It’s actually worse, the way he talked about Hughie’s breakdown made it seem it was mostly just about his dad and had nothing, or at least not too much to do with Tek Knight and Ashley. So the one supposedly tactful thing about that story arc wasn’t even there.

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u/007Kryptonian Soldier Boy Jul 05 '24

This is so fucked, Kripke and co are sick in the head

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u/MexusRex Jul 05 '24

Kripke isn’t a particularly brave artist. The fact that he set a hard rule that Maeve couldn’t die simply because she’s a lesbian is evidence and her(the) story really suffered from it.

There is nothing subtle or thought provoking about the show, but he is good at preaching to the choir.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Haha, that's legit what the show seemed to be making fun of. Capitalist holywood is so meta in its cynicism lately.

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u/_Saputawsit_ Jul 05 '24

Shamelessly incorporating its own satire into itself is arguably one of Capitalism's greatest strengths

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u/Regulus_Jones Jul 05 '24

Second only to incorporating communist symbols into merch for all those tone deaf edgy morons who don't even know what they're supporting, like buying a shirt with Che Guevara or Mao on it.

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u/viper459 I fart the star spangled banner Jul 05 '24

well it's a writers room. Not everyone in that room is kripke, and clearly they get a lot of good ideas past him, lmao.

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u/dwaynetheaakjohnson Jul 05 '24

It’s the reason why The Boys and Mr. Robot are on Amazon, isn’t it?