I see the SJW retards over at r television are jerking themselves pretty hard over the new character "Stormfront*" being a Trumpesque Nazi. I was planning to wait until the season ended to watch, but if it's just another show telling me how terrible I am, I'll throw it on the ever growing mountain of trash TV.
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- I'm pretty sure nuclear bomb would be more subtle.
The second season is less fun than the first. Hughey and Starlight act like teenage drama queens, Butcher is a pathetic cuck, Stormfront is a lame caricature of a racist, and The Deep is no longer a compelling punchline.
Homelander, on the other hand, continues to rescue the show. He's one of the most menacing television characters in recent memory. He radiates pure danger every moment he's on screen. It's honestly mesmerizing, and the only reason I'm still watching.
Even Homelander is a pathetic caricature. His entire premise is petulant child who wants his mommy and was never told no. That's not danger, strip away the powers and you have a 3 year old toddler.
Which is the whole point of the show. Everyone has their downsides. Some more than others.
People who see The Boys as left vs right, it's not.
It's about the flip from protectorate to dictator. The power creep from elected to fascist. The advancement of excessive authoritarianism in a who Watches the Watchmen manner. It doesn't ascribe authoritarianism to just left or right, or the stereotypical traits of either. It applies it as a trait in itself.
Whinelander is authoritarian in a mommy's favorite, original child manner.
Stormfront is not there yet, but does have species ism behaviour (norm vs supe).
Hughie is a fish out of water trope, and is meant to be an anchor to reality. He is willing to stand up but lacks the power to do it.
Starlight is his pure inverse. Has the power stand up, but is lacking the will to actually do it.
The Deep, just feels like they put him there as an easy punchbag to bring out when needed. Even with the church he is a punchbag, still doing the same self humiliation to be part of a group.
Butcher is far from a pathetic cuck, though he has his moments. He wants his wife back, but was unwilling to take the illegitimate too without much haranguing.
There's a reason his pet is a bulldog. He is possessive. It's his wife, it's his dog, it's his cause, it's his hughie. He also doesn't roll over and let other people take it, he simply had his I'm done moment, no different to Hughie.
Homo.
Just kidding. I actually am a homo so I can say that. BTW, I agree with you, Homelander is pretty much an insane demigod. When his eyes light up it is weirdly scary. That was a great scene with Stormfront last week.