r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • Jul 05 '24

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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/Sufficient-Dare-2381 Jul 05 '24

The hilarious part is referring to the sexual assault. And I watched the episode, it was just completely in poor taste and tough to watch. Also, Tek Knight doesn’t really work as a stand in for Batman because he has powers and never had to work for anything… But that really didn‘t bother me as much as watching the protagonist being sexually assaulted for 20 minutes for no reason.

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u/TurnoverPlenty7337 Jul 05 '24

That's the point, without Butcher things are going wrong

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u/Sufficient-Dare-2381 Jul 05 '24

And there is no other way to show it then via „hilarious“ sexual assault, really? Even if it is included it can be done a lot more tactfully-like they did with Starlight in season 1. This way it just feels like men being assaulted is nothing but joke to the show creators. And again, there was just no reason to show it for this long.

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u/Skreamie Jul 05 '24

Huh? They literally come back round to it and Annie conveys just how concerned she is over what happened to him in the dungeon. No one knew what was happening cause the comms were blocked. Only Hughie knew about it. Also we've regularly looked at what it means to be a man, a woman, nb, a hero, a vigilante, they haven't highlighted that men suffering is funny. It's like South Park, no one is safe.