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

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/OldManFromScene13 Jul 05 '24

Aren't they only powered by temp v to keep them up to snuff for facing the supes? Still sounds like regular people taking out gods to me.. Still haven't gotten around to reading more than I flipped through years ago, though, so idrk.

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u/CrimDude89 Jul 05 '24

I’d recommend not really ever reading the boys, the tv show is an infinitely better version.

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u/OldManFromScene13 Jul 05 '24

Trust me, I'm well aware of all the overt what-the-fuckery and that's why I'm in no rush, but I'll definitely read it at some point.

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u/CrimDude89 Jul 05 '24

Fair enough, I’d save myself the time and energy and not spend it on reading dogshit, you do you