:reddit-logo: /r/theboys is melting down as the show continues to satirize their politics.
Hasn’t Matt said something slightly similar in that these oligarch rulers are at this point pushing the war and state violence button because that’s the only power still left on their hands?
Well there goes my hope that Soldier Boy is going to be used as a critique of Biden the same way :homelander: is clearly :trump-kaneki:
my personal theory is that they’re
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building Homelander up like Geoffrey Lannister or Ramsay Bolton in GoT - make him as despicable as possible to kill him off in a graphic, humiliating and highly rewarding way later in the season, then use Soldier Boy as the new Homelander to a) retain a supe antagonist at the top of Vought and b) make a point that change within the system is pointless and will always only lead to more of the same.
what i’m not expecting is full Russiagate brainworms. the show’s depiction of Russia and Russians in this season is problematic, but it’s mostly the usual “eastern europe = super dangerous mafia thugs” cliché, which is still a chauvinist and prejudiced take, but probably as “harmless” as a portrayal of Russia can be in a show on Amazon Prime made in 2022.
Trump’s supporters, which was 49% of the voting electorate, all think he’s devious, competent, loved by all, attractive, and a good speaker.
See the world the way the enemy sees the world.
