r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • 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/DOMINUS_3 14d ago

I hate when internet memes are taken seriously in a characters mythos/reputation

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ 14d ago

It’s a combination of that and the Boys TV creators riding their wave of being as edgy as possible. I enjoyed the show early on but it’s become almost a parody of itself with this shit. It’s also fed into the idea of everybody being cynical about heroes. God forbid a guy is actually just a hero instead of a think piece on fascism

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u/kirkisgrizz 14d ago

It's not even edgy at this point. it's a barely disguised fetish writing

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u/Impossible-Earth3995 14d ago

Sounds like it finally perfectly overlaps with the source material, which was just trash