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THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing. We also discuss the satellite shows Diabolical and Gen V.
THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing. We also discuss the satellite shows Diabolical and Gen V.
Rules
See the Complete Rules for full explanations.
A very brief summary of the rules is below:
1. Spoiler Policy
Everything from the current season, including the first episode, until two weeks after the season ends is considered a spoiler.
Comics are always a spoiler and must be marked/tagged in comments and posts.
Leaks are permitted, but must be contained to posts flaired LEAKS only. DO NOT DISCUSS LEAKS IN OTHER POSTS. Intentionally spoiling for others will result in a ban.
FULL SPOILER POLICY CAN BE FOUND HERE
2. No Illegal Content/Piracy
Anything that violates Reddit's content policy is strictly forbidden. This includes pirated material. Do not provide, request or encourage piracy.
Failure to follow this rule will result in a ban.
3. Be Civil
While the show itself often contains content and themes that are explicit, divisive, or otherwise objectionable, Discussion, debate, criticism, and disagreement are encouraged, but you must remain civil when doing so.
Harassment of any kind will not be accepted.
4. No misogyny, homophobia, misandry, transphobia, racism, sexism, body shaming, ableism, etc.
We won't tolerate hatred of any kind against anyone. This overlaps with the civility policy of rule number three. Use of ANY slurs is strictly prohibited.
NO Discriminatory speech, hate speech, or stereotypes
NO Body shaming, gossip, or speculation
5. Content Policy
Any content that violates the subreddit rules, site-wide rules, or breaches redditquette may be removed.
This also includes ensuring proper credit for Fan Art and Cosplay.
Refer to our Content Policy for full details.
6. Self Promotion
While we do love to see fan-created content, we also don't want the subreddit to become an endless deluge of users promoting their YouTube channels, Etsy stores, etc. Posts that result in direct financial gain for yourself will be removed.
Review the Self-Promotion Policy here
7. Politics Unrelated
While The Boys covers many political topics and themes, this is not an inherently political subreddit.
For further clarification and some examples of what is considered relevant under this policy and what is not, see this thread
8. Repost or Spam
Full description can be found here
In an effort to keep the discussion from being too repetitive and fractured, the moderation team will remove duplicate discussions if a similar submission has been made in the last several days or near the top of the subreddit.
For a non-exhaustive list of frequent posts that may be removed under this policy, please see our list of common reposts.
9. Low-effort
Most forms of low-effort content will be removed. This includes self-posts with little to no text, cast-spotting and generic joke posts.
Other examples: low quality memes, reaction images, other roles played by the cast, or low effort content. Posts that do not contain significant commentary relevant to the show will be removed.
Full description can be found here
10. Rape/SA denial or Minimization
Do not deny or minimize instances of sexual assault, play "devil's advocate", or attempt in any way to conflate assault with consensual sex acts. This is strictly prohibited and WILL result in a ban.
This rule covers acts depicted in the show and non-consensual acts in real life.
To clear up any confusion specifically around Becca: In Season 2, Episode 4 at timestamp 57:21 Becca explicitly states that Homelander raped her.
11. Discuss the show, not the Fandom
Submissions that contain meta-commentary by other users (either from within reddit or other sources) are prohibited.
There is no need to bring outside drama to the subreddit; we are not here to call-out bad behavior, unpopular opinions, or “hot takes”.
These type of posts do not promote good discussion and can instigate a witch-hunt or brigade, or contribute to review bombing. This includes criticism about Audience scores and IMDB ratings.
12. Social Media Commentary
Social media commentary posts outside of cast, crew, or a reputable source will be removed.
Sharing a screenshot of commentary from youtube, instagram, twitter, etc will be removed. We encourage healthy debate and discourse, so take the time to form your own opinion instead of using another’s voice (even when using it as a springboard to disagree.)
SPOILER YOUR TEXT
Please review the full Spoiler Policy HERE. When in doubt, hide your text and flag your posts.
To make a spoiler comment, put the part of your text that contains a potential spoiler within the following format:
>!You guys are the real heroes!<
Add the scope of the spoiler in the brackets. For example: You guys are the real heroes
To view the spoiler, simply click on the shaded box.
Links
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Related Subreddits
r/OkBuddyFresca - a sub for The Boys memes
r/TheBoysFanFic - for all your fanfics, rewrites, and to see fans' creativity shine
r/TheBoysMemes - for all your The Boys memes outside the main sub
r/GenV - Dedicated to the spin-off show Gen V
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When your Tinder friend finally revealed their secrets, but you still like them
13:30 UTC
Just cus we’re all just here waiting around for the next season, doesn’t mean we can’t all get a reminder about our ocean dammit
08:17 UTC
A Theory On Love Sausage And His Potential Arc In Season 5
THEORY A - I believe that there's a good chance Season 5 Episode 1 will reveal that Love Sausage is actually a good guy, with him helping MM and joining The Boys.
Basically, I think that the ending of Season 4 is a misdirect, and Val Valinski, or Love Sausage, will end up leading some form of resistance against Vought and Homelander. He'll help Mother's Milk, the two will bond, and he will join The Boys. I won't be surprised if the two guards that apprehend Mother's Milk turns out to be some form of undercover resistance.
Here's some reasons why I believe this to be the case.
1. Episode Title - The title of Season 5 Episode 1 has been revealed as "Fifteen Inches Of Sheer Dynamite" - In addition to using the arc names from the comics as episode titles (The Name Of The Game, The Bloody Doors Off, The Big Ride...), The Boys also uses teaser lines from the comics as episode titles (The Insider, The Department Of Dirty Tricks, Life Among The Septics...)
Why does this matter? Well, "Fifteen Inches Of Sheer Dynamite" is actually the teaser line for the end of Issue #11 of the comics - which is Love Sausage's introduction. In fact, the page the teaser line appears on is in fact the first time we are shown Love Sausage's superhero persona.
2. Possible friendship with Starlight - Love Sausage has actually demonstrated that he knows Starlight and considers her a good friend. In Herogasm, he even greets her jovially and implies that they know each other ("Starlight. I did not even recognize you! Come in. You are more than welcome to party.") - since we do not see much of Starlight's superhero life during the 1 year timeskip between Season 2 and 3 and the 6 months between Season 3 and 4, there is plenty of time for Love Sausage to have developed some sort of friendship between him and Starlight - especially after her publicly turning against Vought.
3. Val Vs. Vought - Love Sausage has been a victim of Vought several times in the show. He initially starts off as a victim of Sage Grove center being trapped and illegally experimented on, and is almost killed by Soldier Boy during Herogasm.
4. Vought's Russophobia - It's implied that Love Sausage is still highly patriotic to Russia, like in the comics. Love Sausage has a Russian accent, speaks Russian in Herogasm, and plays Russian music. It's implied that he was born in Russia and has a lot of love for the place. It's important to note that after Soldier Boy nearly killed him, Vought would then blame Soldier Boy's actions on radicalization by Russia, which is a pretty serious accusation and not something that Love Sausage would like.
5. SPOILERS: Raise the stakes - Non-comic readers look away. >!Love Sausage is among the first of The Boys to die in the comics. If Butcher's final arc appears to be coming true, and he really will go after the rest of the team, introducing a lovable character at the beginning of Season 5 to kill him off later on will be a good way to gradually raise the stakes.!<
6. EXTRA: Potential Leftist Perspective? - The Boys has characters that serves as commentaries on various political ideologies. However, despite the fact that many Supes are representative of right-wing ideologies (Stormfront - Nazism, Soldier Boy - Reaganism, S1 Homelander - Bushism, S4 Homelander & Firecracker - Contemporary Alt-Right...), representation of Leftism is pretty lacking, aside from Starlight and some of The Boys being liberals. Introducing Love Sausage as a protagonist could be a good way to have a leftist character that doesn't just pop up out of nowhere.
THEORY B - Love Sausage has no significance and dies immediately in the Season 5 premiere after his dick explodes.
Bravo, Kripke!
In all seriousness, I can't rule that out as a possibility, either.
08:13 UTC
What's the best Acted scene in the entire series so far?
05:44 UTC
hold up
04:27 UTC
Scooby Doo characters as The Seven!
01:32 UTC
How do you think they’ll explain Andre’s absence in Gen V Season 2 without disrespecting Chance’s legacy?
16:09 UTC
Tried to give Homelander his S1 hairstyle in 3x07
06:16 UTC
Supernatural
03:31 UTC
what would you like to see butcher do with his super cancer in the fifth season of the boys
01:51 UTC
what if every supe from the boys had swapped their debut dates with their original marvel/dc counterparts?
22:08 UTC
I might have just forgotten, but does Vought ever come up for a reason for Ryan's existence?
Like, did Vought ever cover up how Ryan was the result of rape, or how his mother was never sighted or revealed when the public found out about him, or how Homelander just didn't know he existed for all those years, or that despite Homelander apparently being Christian and having a very religious following, he was never married and Ryan was most likely born out of wedlock?
And after season 2 when Ryan kind of vanished, did the public get confused or suspicious that Homelander's kid just disappeared for a while and then came back?
Or perhaps my biggest point, when Ryan literally mentioned his mother on live TV, and that she HAD A FUCKING HUSBAND, and NO ONE cared?? Haven't seen season 2 in a while so I probably just forgot something important so please remind me if that is the case.
21:45 UTC
Firecracker taking over Stormfront's legacy.
Not literally, but remember when in episode 2x04 Stormfront tells Homelander that she had to adjust to new times, in order to spread her message and ideas, she knew how to communicate and to address it to her audience on social media. She said that all it takes is people pissed to make them her soldiers. And it feels that in someway, Firecracker knows how to do it as well, with alt-right minds. She knows her audience, how to connect with them, pissed and mindless citizens and make soldiers of them to do her dirty work. The same way that in episode 2x07 a random dude killed a man in a store influenced my Stormfront's message, in episode 4x03 another random man influenced by Firecracker, showed up with a gun on Starlight's house. So they are unrelated characters, and yet they operate the same way.
21:28 UTC
The Walking Dead
12:32 UTC
What Would You Like To See From A Video Game Based On The Boys
Personally I would love to see a GTA styled "The Boys" game. As the Boys you would go on missions to sabotage Vought, expose, and assassinate supes, etc. As your star meter rises you get chased by stronger heroes; level 1 is The Deep, level 2 is Black Noir, level 3 is Queen Maeve, level 4 is A-Train, level 5 is Stormfront, and level 6 is Homelander. You can also play as the heroes; saving people, killing terrorists, and fuck shit up along the way.
What would you like to see from a video game adaptation of The Boys.
06:01 UTC
I know I asked a similar question earlier but I’m a little curious. If a supe’s body is durable enough to handle a bullet from a gun, would it be possible to tip a bullet with muscles, carved bones, and skin from a supe to kill more powerful supes since their powers don’t go away when they’re killed
23:07 UTC
how would a catwoman-esque character fit into the boys?
A sort of morally grey but not totally evil supe who uses her powers to rob people and get away with it. I feel like they haven’t really got a character that fits her trope in the series.
20:44 UTC
How would this dude interact with the boys if he was...
Real?
Let's say he has the same personality but real, and Butcher told the boys about him, how would they be towards Kessler? From all we know, Hughie is a gaping wet pussy for him, MM is on the verge of a breakdown, Frenchie is a junkie, and the other two are just supes
18:30 UTC
Ashley never interacted with Firecracker
I'm rewatching S4, and something I've noticed is that Ashley always had an individual scene with each member of The Seven, mostly with Homelander, but there was always a personal interaction with each of them (except Old Noir, basically because he doesn't speak, or Supersonic although they were more recurring roles) however, she never exchanged any word with Firecracker. She did only with Sister Sage. I would have been curious how these 2 characters would have interacted.
17:12 UTC
Arc came full circle right here
A-Train started the show off accidentally killing Hughie's girlfriend. He still utterly lacked remorse about the crime though, even giving off a fake apology.
However, in season 4, A-Trains ends the season intentionally saving Hughie's girlfriend from The Deep. A nice way of showing he's come full circle from the first episode.
14:55 UTC
What characters are most likely to die by...
Based on the interactions that everyone had throughout the show, there are some characters that will be most likely to be killed by someone in particular. What possible ideas do you have? Here are some of my guesses:
!- MM will kill Love Sausage.!<
!- Starlight will kill Firecracker.!<
!- Homelander will kill Soldier Boy and/or Sister Sage!<
!- Butcher / Ryan will kill Homelander.!<
!- Hughie will kill Butcher.!<
!- Frenchie will kill Little Nina (Although I think that for 8 episodes left, they will not invest time in that).!<
!- Butcher might kill some of The Boys (MM, Kimiko or Frenchie).!<
!- A-Train/Starlight will kill The Deep / Black Noir.!<
11:05 UTC
When are you getting married?
08:31 UTC
What do you think is butcher’s immediate gameplan right after the s4 finale
06:12 UTC
who would win in a fight
02:01 UTC
Anxiety inducing scenes? This was mine.
00:41 UTC
Mr. Marathon was meant to be in s4 played by a guy named Ben Rumson
In the script Amazon posted, you can see that Mr. Marathon was gonna be in s4 played by Ben Rumson. My theory is, since there is an omitted scene in Ashleys office, that he was gonna meet with Ashley on replacing A-Train again.
20:53 UTC