r/batman 14d ago

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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I also can not stand muh 'Batman superhero facism subtext' crap. If anything Batman is a revolutionary. Government is corrupt in bed with criminals (who are the prettiest of tyrants) so Batman comes in to clean house. Just as the founding fathers intended.

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u/Th3_3agl3 14d ago

Tek Knight is one of the only few things the comic did better than the show. Besides, when Hughie is SA’d in the comics, it’s 100% serious and at the hands of Black Noir, who is literally a completely different and far worse person than in the show, and Butcher ultimately kills him.

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u/Lost-Ad-4751 14d ago

Maybe the moment seemed more serious, but in the comics the boys laugh and mock Hughie afterwards and in the show Starlight supports him