Why superhero satire The Boys turned off its rightwing fanbase
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#3> "All he ever wants is to be the most powerful person he can be, even though he’s completely inadequate in his abilities to handle it. So it’s white male victimisation and unchecked ambition. And those issues just happened to reflect the guy who, it’s just still surreal to say it, was fucking president of the United States"
Curious to what "white male victimisation" meant in this context it's apparently this idea that white men cannot be victims, or that issues they are concerned with don't matter.
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#4> "All he ever wants is to be the most powerful person he can be, even though he’s completely inadequate in his abilities to handle it. So it’s white male victimisation and unchecked ambition. And those issues just happened to reflect the guy who, it’s just still surreal to say it, was fucking president of the United States" Curious to what "white male victimisation" meant in this context it's apparently this idea th…
I didnt see Homelander as a victim.
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#5That's a lot of words, but the only support I could find that "rightwing fanbase" is upset is this one tweet from someone with 65k followers from the article:
> And last week, writer Ryan Broderick posted some outraged screengrabs from Reddit. One read: “Was really liking Blue Hawk until the end of his speech’. Another read “There’s no need to apologize for helping eliminate criminals.” These fans, Broderick claimed, have been patiently waiting for Homelander’s redemption arc. Now that it seems as if it won’t be coming, they’re angry about being tricked into liking the villain.
I love the show but I think that scene was a little too cartoonish. Normally Boys is a noir where every character, with few exceptions, is neither good nor bad. Even the evil Homelander is nuanced enough to be interesting. This was just lazy writing.
> And Rick and Morty had a decent shot at the title a few years ago, when fans furious that their favourite show had the temerity to hire a female writer published her personal details online.
I have never heard about this. I feel like there's a whole sub-genre of articles that are reactions to anon twitter reactions. Where do they find this stuff? It's weird coming from a major newspaper.
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#6> "All he ever wants is to be the most powerful person he can be, even though he’s completely inadequate in his abilities to handle it. So it’s white male victimisation and unchecked ambition. And those issues just happened to reflect the guy who, it’s just still surreal to say it, was fucking president of the United States" Curious to what "white male victimisation" meant in this context it's apparently this idea th…
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So it seems you missed the point. The world's strongest, deadliest, most powerful person, Homelander, feels like a victim because people aren't constantly praising every little thing he does.
He has literally no limits on what he is allowed to do. He can do whatever, rape whoever, kill whoever, etc., with impunity. And he does. And he still feels like he is the victim. (Note: Homelander is a more nuanced and sympathetic character in the TV show than he is in the comics, where he's more one-dimensional.)
And that's where the critique of the "white male victimization" comes in, especially with respect to Trump. Trump, like Homelander, was for 4 years the most powerful man in the world. He literally broke dozens of laws without consequence, not including all of the laws he broke without consequence before he became president. And he still felt like the victim because people weren't praising him as the next coming of Jesus.
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#8Also, what exactly are Superheroes motives? Why would they want money?? They could just steal whatever they want and be done with it.
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#9> "All he ever wants is to be the most powerful person he can be, even though he’s completely inadequate in his abilities to handle it. So it’s white male victimisation and unchecked ambition. And those issues just happened to reflect the guy who, it’s just still surreal to say it, was fucking president of the United States" Curious to what "white male victimisation" meant in this context it's apparently this idea th…
I didnt see Homelander as a victim.
He's pretty f'd up. He's a villain for sure, but he has a host of issues himself. It's a more honest portrayal of what someone with near infinite strength and powers would become. You see it this season too after some of the boys take V and they all become terrible .
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#10I'm reminded of this HN comment by gwd, specifically:
In superhero comic books and movies, the real superpower is certainty. The good guys always know who the bad guys are; it's just a matter of defeating them. In the real world, we have plenty of power to defeat the bad guys; it's just not always clear who the bad guys are.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26619006
It seems as if The Boys is playing with that concept and blowing minds.