Every Time The Boys Parodied Evangelical Christianity (ALL SEASONS)

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

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[@emptimagazine]

Christ is king

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

​@@emptimagazine Only in your irrational and poorly reasoning mind. Is being utterly unconvincing a hobby of yours?

[@emptimagazine]

@@skateboardingjesus4006 The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@emptimagazine]

@@skateboardingjesus4006 The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@emptimagazine]

Why are you deleting my comments 😂

[@MrDeadhead1952]

I think the most scary thing is that anyone can watch The Boys and not realise it's a parody of whats going on around them.

[@Kirasfox]

Oh you know hoq some folks are...."i turn my brain off when im watching stuff"

[@vladys5238]

there's like a million references it's impossible lol

[@seand.g423]

​@@Kirasfoxuntil the simple light switch becomes a dimmer switch with no stop.

[@kloa4219]

right-wingers look at media at its surface level, not it's subtext. if homelander was a black woman they would complain about it being woke and wouldn't watch it. They just see a white guy praising Jesus with an American flag cape and think it is a right-wing as a result. The hypocritical stuff they see is a plot beat.

[@Colddiggs]

@@Deridusthere isn’t any leftist movement with the fanaticism and worship of right wing Donald trump supporters. BLM was diffuse and without consistent leadership. America is generally a much more liberal / right wing country than “leftist”

[@TheMooseCaboose]

I genuinely refuse to believe that people are genuinely not aware of the "right-wing" comparisons. It's one of those "No it's not" you hear from a child that doesn't like the answer they are given. Just trying to save face that they are the target.

[@Account81658]

My mom is extremely right wing and genuinely loves it. She truthfully doesn't get it's mocking her. I think the actual explanation is that right wingers have no media literacy whatsoever

[@kacado]

Cognitive dissonance

[@cubonefan3]

I saw a comment on a The Boys related video that said “Honestly the only thing in common between Homelander and Trump is their blonde hair”. Never underestimate human stupidity.

[@ukkisragee9983]

​@@Account81658this idea is supported by how they keep flocking to media that's usually is portraying something they like (like dictatorships) in a bad way, but they never seem to realize. When they actually realize the media doesn't support them is when there's a gay or trans character or anything "woke".

[@LoLo1k2k3k]

@@No1specialatall this is what I’ve seen too. Most understand I think. But they can only engage with it on a very surface level so they also genuinely think the show criticizes both sides equally.

[@aliasfakename3159]

The Boys is very good at showing how companies play both sides. Vought does rainbow capitalism while also funding conservative or right-wing Supes on the side. In this way, no matter what's trending, Vought still churns a profit

[@markmurphy3189]

Yes! I have missed this aspect in S4.

[@BJ52091]

Just like how, no matter whether left-wingers think The Boys satirizes right-wingers or vice versa, Amazon Prime still churns a profit.

[@alonsoarana5307]

Precisely, it's a fairly anticapitalist critique, which is why it's dumb when some fanboys say the show calls out leftism

[@The-Doctor6969]

Theyll be like "rightwingers are sooo media illiterate" then say rainbow capitalism is a critique on leftists ​@@alonsoarana5307

[@rangercommandervelvlarumai7589]

It’s not “both siding” it’s just showing leftist critique of both liberals and conservatives.

[@dawnmcauley6411]

Hey, at least Firecraker's sign was properly punctuated. "Jesus. Guns. Babies." is a very different message then "Jesus guns babies."

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Firecracker got the message wrong it's not 3 words it's a phrase.

[@S.D.323]

lol

[@Dire_Pants]

But Jesus does guns babies.

[@cosmic2750]

Depending on the amount of rest you give between each, it still sounds like “Jesus guns babies” lmao.

[@_SoCalDude_]

Baby Jesus guns

[@TylerChambers-yx2lx]

“People agree with what I have to say. They just don’t like the word Nazi”. It’s so hauntingly true. My paternal grandfather is practically a Nazi and he doesn’t even realize it.

[@АлександрГаврилов-п7з]

He evades realising it cause he won't be a good guy anymore.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

He believes in white supremacy? Is he even "pure 100% white"?

[@gandalainsley6467]

"Brothers will turn against their own brothers and hand them over to be killed. Fathers will hand over their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and will have them killed. Everyone will hate you because you follow me." So when you will bash your paternal grandfather since he is practically a nazi?

[@zklpr4661]

It's scarily easy to get modern American conservatives to completely agree with Nazism as long as you don't mention the word Nazi.

[@mggaming4624]

I am not even American but the fact that you just accused your own grandfather of been a literal Nazi is enough to convince me that all of you are crazy as fuck, completely demonizing those who are on the other side of the political spectrum. That or you just dont even understand what a nazi is, it wouldnt surprise me neither

[@Brian_on_a_cross]

America is literality a parody at this point

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

The entire point of satire is that it points a mirror at us. We need to start recognizing that reality is more absurd than imagination will ever be.

[@maxdanielj]

We've gotten to the point where actual news is more ridiculous than what the onion puts out

[@ghostagent3552]

It's just the nature of group thinking. The more people divide and polarize, the stronger the group becomes in its actions. Boosting each other while completely disregarding others will always be the consequences.

[@jas9574]

I unfortunately live around people who suck up Fox News and even Newsmax and one thing I hear secondhand all the time on these channels is 'the world is laughing at america". Yeah, you're a part of what people might laugh at conservatives. The fanaticism for Trump for one is absolutely out of hand and ridiculous, and it would be funny if not incredibly concerning.

[@Dovahkiin0117]

I think we’re 20 years from John cena being our president and 50 from idiocracy

[@mehhhhh421]

It’s incredible how long it took for people to realize the boys was making fun of their psycho thoughts and behaviors

[@nuclearbugman]

KotakuinAction actually doubled down on it after Season 4 and said Stormfront (the admitted, honest-to-goodness Nazi) was right about everything. These are the same people who'll throw a screaming temper tantrum if you even imply the right has a Nazi problem.

[@zappyapp]

because they're so delusioned they don't see themselves in the show, they don't see how absurd their behaviours are until someone else points out the similarities

[@Luziferne]

Don't tell them! They still have to cope with the Fact that Star Trek was woke the whole time Not to mention that Star Wars dark Side and the Empire was a reference to the USA

[@gauthierlagrange490]

@@Luziferne Wasn’t the empire more inspired by Nazi Germany (especially with a chancellor becoming a dictator) and fascism in general rather than the US? I know the battle of Endor is a critique of the Vietnam War, but apart from this? I’m asking btw not trying to prove you wrong. I’m not American so maybe I didn’t see some parallels.

[@ravageroosgamecorner543]

​@gauthierlagrange490 The Empire is definitely a reference to Nazi Germany (with the prequels parodying Hitler's rise to power), however one could also draw how it also parodies the USA being imperial itself, just by seeing how the Republic and the Jedi Order was. Intentionally or unintentionally, George Lucas managed overt political commentary that most American directors have not been able to do.

[@RemixedVoice]

Plenty of fascists just unironically are like "yeah, firecracker and stormfront are based and I don't care if the soy writers mean for it to be mocking me" lmfao

[@spanglelime]

I admit it took me until the backstory of Stormfront to "get" the name. I'm working through the series very slowly with my fiance. It's our long-distance date night show so we're only halfway through season 2. I am fine with this video bc I am part of the 1% of people in the world who like spoilers 😆

[@1Dark.Paradise.Lost1]

​@@spanglelimeall it took for me to get it was knowing that her name was Stormfront

[@munchkingod6]

@persuasivebarrier2419i don’t think they can. The logo is copyrighted, so it’s super off limits.

[@emptimagazine]

@@RemixedVoice The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

@@emptimagazine What if you are wrong? How long of Jesus not coming back would it take for you to realize you were wrong?

[@willowwright4638]

"jesus with an AK-47" now that's what i call, Biblical Cannon

[@HungryWarden]

*Ba-dum tsss*

[@willowwright4638]

@@HungryWarden Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

[@stylesrj]

Everyone knows Jesus and Moses fought off the Roman Army with A-15's though...

[@kenjinpiniteu]

@@stylesrj Apparently, Jeanne d'Arc really loved cannons and having them used against the English during the Hundred Years' War, so you might be on to something....

[@stylesrj]

@@kenjinpiniteu And the blood on La Hire's sword almost ran dry...

[@mithilbhoras5951]

It took the Evangelicals three seasons to realise this show is about them lol

[@seand.g423]

Hey, that's a speed record for _any one_ of them.

[@SaberSin-mu4kt]

Yeah it took the writer's dumbing down the satire at the cost of good story telling just so they could spite the people they were whining about in their show.

[@hellishthehellrellish5672]

​@@SaberSin-mu4ktwheres the satire? This is just evangelism lmao

[@moreplease998]

Wait, there's Americans who failed to see the parody of the religious right in The Boys? It couldn't be more obvious!

[@malanenix4033]

I actually just asked my fiancé about this after we watched the recent season finale. I said, "Do you think there are any far-right MAGA supporters who watch The Boys and don't realize or don't care that the show is parodying/making fun of them?" lol

[@BlxxdLeaf]

I'm surprised people think they're only parodying the right. They lay heavy on the left too. Season 4 is just right heavy. Haha

[@malanenix4033]

Idk if you were referring to me or just in general, but I wasn't saying that they only parody the right. I gave my personal experience as it relates to this specific comment and video.

[@BlxxdLeaf]

@malanenix4033 in general, wasn't directly replying to your comment haha. I just see a lot of other comments saying they only make fun of the right lol. Either way I just like the show hahahaha I don't have a political stance.

[@maxdanielj]

There are a lot of ultraconservative people who claim to be huge Rage Against the Machine fans even though these people are supporting the "machine" 😑

[@10Gpixels]

Far-right-wingers finally realizing the show was making fun of them the whole time: "The new season is woke liberal garbage!"

[@myself2noone]

Yeah, right? I'm center left and have been saying that sense season one. Stop treading of my heels!

[@rustomkanishka]

Took them a really long time to get there. Now, i hope they realise that Homelander is the bad guy and Vought is a stand in for corporate America.

[@RatFilth]

Literally. My “libertarian” coworker six months ago talking my ear off about how interesting Gen V, a spinoff of The Boys, is. Cut to the start of the new season he approaches me in the morning asking if I can believe that liberals are saying now how The Boys is about Trump. I just had to be like “Really? Crazy, man. Thought it was about superheroes haha.” Cut again to two weeks ago someone says “The Boys is good.” and he says “Well it was at first but this new season they went woke. Go woke, go broke!” which is something he repeats like a cartoon catchphrase.

[@jloiben12]

One thing about the “God told me to [x]” bit is Maggie in the Newsroom had the right response. Any time anyone ever says that, there should only be one response: “what does god’s voice sound like?” Treat the argument seriously, while treating the person as the joke they are

[@vvinicius100]

Damn... i miss that show

[@nikosantos1172]

they'll say, " its a feeling in your heart of hearts" lmao

[@AnimePokerTX]

Also, what language does god speak?

[@AD-dg3zz]

How did God tell you that?

[@alexrogers777]

No matter how they describe god's voice just say it sounds like the polar opposite of that to you and watch their heads explode as they splutter to rationalize the fact that anyone can just make up anything and claim "god told me so"

[@StealthBoyElite]

You can tell The Boys is really hitting home when it gets review bombed in Season four and every one of the "bad" reviews is saying the same thing: They dislike the political messaging. As though The Boys was ever NOT political. The only difference is that it's shifted towards topics they themselves dislike (i.e. trans rights).

[@StealthBoyElite]

@@JD-wu5pf Each to their own. I don't think S4 is the best of the four, by any stretch (some scenes were really out there, like the flying sheep sequence) but there's nothing wrong with some in-your-face satire from time to time. The story is still there, as basic as it's always been (not sure why you think it has "super heroes from time to time", it basically has them in almost every scene?) and I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next season. I don't think The Boys has ever been subtle, that's where I differ on this opinion. Season 4 just became more abrupt. And you know what? That's what's needed, these days.

[@thechosenone5644]

Nah, I don’t think you’re mistaken. The quality dipped a fair bit but not so much that the show can’t make a full recovery like it did with the last episode. As ridiculous as the show is, I still wasn’t able to buy the idea that Vought would cater hard to a right wing crowd. Even though they’d definitely want Homelander acquitted, I couldn’t buy that they’d make anything other than the most sanitized content imaginable for the sake of reaching the broadest audience. I especially couldn’t buy that they’d back conspiracy nuts. Even in this world I think you’d only be appealing to at most a quarter of people with that shit, especially after the Firecracker shenanigans. That being said I enjoyed the depiction of the Homelanders vs. Starlighters and the fight that broke out. Hospital arc was enjoyable and emotionally effective but (SPOILER) I kind of want to know how they got away after accidentally killing a bunch of people. got brushed off immediately after it happened lol

[@neoqwerty]

@@thechosenone5644 I mean, Vought is mainstream media, basically, right? Look what the US has been undergoing. CNN used to be... Well, not owned by the right wing. Now it is and SHOCK, it's started moving to parrot right-wing points (the website still seems to be balanced ish, at least. Also look at the farce that happened to Canada's media-- nearly ALL in the pockets of the right-wing oligarchy and it is actively pulling normies to US right-wing populist rhetoric. Vought caters not to a right-wing crowd, but to right-wing FUNDERS. If they're paid to cater to a right wing crowd, they will. Like real life does. You may think it's bad writing, but in this case, it's truth in television. Depressing as hell, but The Boys continues to satirize what's going on.

[@grisflyt]

@@JD-wu5pf Stormfront represented the alt-right. The commentary has always been on the nose. We wouldn't have bought Homelander's character in season 3 if it wasn't for Trump. Pettiness. Insecurities. Demanding complete loyalty. America has just made it too easy for the writers. Like when the quote "Your ego is writing checks your body can't cash" from Top Gun was used verbatim in Hot Shots. Likewise, David Andrews as Senator Calhoun was essentially quoting Todd Akin's claim that “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Why should The Boys be expected to be more subtle than reality is? I'm not one who believes Trump will end democracy or can. The irony of it all is that it was white feminist women and their identity politics that put Trump in the White House. Twice. The Rogan bros were with Bernie Sanders.

[@idontknowyou6319]

@@JD-wu5pf Im not American and always saw it as a show about American poltiics with superheroes in it from time to time, at least after Sesaon 1. I literally paraphrase Stan Edgar when explaining it to people who dont watch it because they think its a uperhero show - "its not a superhero show, its about a Pharmaceutical company, American Poltics and capitalism".

[@tomanyfandoms1726]

I do like how the creators did their research and it wasn’t just a basic criticism of Christianity. They acknowledged actual conspiracy theories related to Christianity, used real examples like the pillow guy, and knew the language Christian leaders use when they’re caught assaulting a child I think the reason some people didn’t realise The Boys was insulting them was because it seemed real and genuine to them

[@miscellaniac3367]

Putting myself in my Fundie shoes for a minute, if I was watching The Boys, I'd not recognize Evangelicalism was the target because "Those people on the show aren't actually Christians, and I am so I'm not the target, but maybe x denomination is because they're not real Christians" It's like they don't recognize it because their personal, individual daily behavior doesn't mirror the obvious propagandists in the show.

[@DancerVeiled]

This. Purity culture extends to the faith too, and there's so many christian denominations that any visible dysfunction in a christian fundamental group is simply a form of heresy that the rest of them *obviously* don't or 'wouldn't' exhibit. You can run this cope effectively forever, since new branches split off all the time. It's an extremely resilient form of psychological control, which is why it's endured so long.

[@jloiben12]

How anyone failed to realize this starting in season 1 I have no idea. The political and cultural illiteracy to watch this show and take until season 4 to realize the messaging is so worrying to me. Like a not insignificant chunk of people this applies to. How could you miss this? This show was never subtle

[@MugenHeadNinja]

A key feature of Right-Wing Politics is a shocking degree of Media Illiteracy. Just keep in mind, there are many Right-Wing System of a Down and Rage Against the Machine fans who do not understand the message or ideology of these band's lyrics.

[@ultraanonimo1461]

In my defence,i didn't watch the show,and i'm not american

[@KommandantAegis]

@@MugenHeadNinja takes a certain level of brain disfunction but not surprising from conservatives

[@austinhernandez2716]

​@@ultraanonimo1461this has absolutely nothing to do with you then

[@rogaldorn4759]

@@austinhernandez2716 They make a funny yet also dark point, however. Collective ignorance/literary incompetence comparable pretty much only to a lack of needed baseline cognition, awareness or required senses to analyse the information in the first place. And that shit affects the entire world, so...

[@TheIronDonkey]

GMSkeptic and The Boys? This is the combo I was born to watch.

[@mustakimfilumar1465]

Same! A little taken aback by the crossover but hey I'm not complaining

[@radiocorrective]

FRRRR

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

When I was first watching Season 4 and the announcement of “Vought Faith” came up, I was like ok I guess I’m making a video

[@TheIronDonkey]

@@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic amaaaazing. I'm getting Teen Mania vibes all over again. Really though, they needed a supe Christian ska band to really sell it.

[@emptimagazine]

@@TheIronDonkey The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@nosuchthing8]

17:49 "rapists are entering our country " Takes one to know one trump

[@mitochondria558]

That purity culture moment also felt like a reference to how they pestered Britney Spears to say that she was a virgin.

[@YoussefIbrahim-dc3jt]

Good point. I think they were trying to liken the two. I read many comments on episodes calling similarities, and I believe the "Baby One More Time" she sang in one of the episodes (as young starlight) was the cherry on top

[@davidhutchinson5233]

I think these places are just as dangerous as the teen help movement. Those places that say they can help your troubled teen but have NOBODY on staff who is degreed.

[@Willingtohearyourside]

As an ex-evangelical, I didn’t realize that people missed these connections. We really can all be blinded by our biases, myself included.

[@J-manli]

I can’t necessarily blame them, especially when they come from churches where they don’t actually read their bible but instead just follow their pastor’s interpretation of it.

[@117-d7r]

Yes, the danger is to think we have moved beyond these biases because we have left evangelicalism or Christianity or whatever.

[@ashwylde3131]

Honestly, I didn't know it was a parody because I thought it supported these views rather than made fun of them.

[@rringler]

what they are really doing is parodying the bad Christians opposed to the good ones 💀

[@Ttyumbra]

@@rringlerwell that and realizing that even the bible says “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” Or Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. They gotta read it more

[@VanAlexi]

Here is a deep cut: Misty Tucker Gray (Fircrakers real name) =MTG, just like Marjorie Taylor Greene =MTG

[@taragnor]

Oh cool, I missed that one.

[@tinkergnomad]

🤯

[@DevilOfRoses]

I'll never look at Magic: The Gathering the same way.

[@serryx1944]

@@DevilOfRoses Goddamnit. Both made my day and /facepalm a bit lol. Great call man

[@seand.g423]

Okay, go home, Dale...

[@randomyoutubecommenterr]

The irony is The Boys had a lot of "over the top" parodies that were a bit exaggerated ......... but the parodies about Evangelicals was spot on and not even exaggerated lol (as someone who also grew up in the Evangelical midwest and grew up with all this shit).

[@Gouda992]

True, and the firecracker character is also spot on and barely hardly exaggerated, especially when they literally copy right wing arguments word for word like “if starlight cares about women so much then why does she allows transgenders into bathrooms”

[@GeraldEatsSoup]

I think the less subtle the show got, the more accurate it became

[@strongman5243]

😂

[@miscellaniac3367]

​@GeraldEatsSoup I haven't been part of the Evangelical/pop Christianity scene for 13 years. The most recent religious satire seems really exaggerated, but it's got the political shit down.

[@ElectricAlien577]

@@Deridus The left doesnt have any presence in the mainstream media what so ever. Youre thinking of liberal media. Very different things.

[@gavinmatthewlyall]

By definition, a parody is a comedic commentary about a work, that requires an imitation of the work. Satire, on the other hand, even when it uses a creative work as the vehicle for the message, offers commentary and criticism about the world, not that specific creative work. The Boys parodies a lot of specific superheroes; but it *satirizes* right-wing evangelical and corporate America.

[@dentoncrimescene]

Perhaps take a day off mate.

[@fatemakarim5054]

Good point.

[@cezar211091]

​@@dentoncrimescene actually he's right.

[@t0dd000]

I was trying to work up how to say this, but you said it far better than I could have.

[@t0dd000]

​@@dentoncrimesceneNo. It's important to understand words. It doesn't diminish the message of the video, but it really does need to be called out (and ideally acknowledged by GMS).

[@Idontknowhowtoread]

Feels nice to listen to a real "skeptic" that seems to actually have watched the show then whatever The "Critical" Drinker thinks he's doing.

[@neoqwerty]

Grifting and getting money and attention is what the Drinker thinks he's doing. He's about as genuine as boogie2988.

[@AnqaOdyssey]

Hate gets views.

[@costelinha1867]

The drinker and many of those "anti-woke critics", are just frauds. Most of them never actually paid attention to the shit they watch.

[@Parpeing]

Who?

[@beastkidsgamershow368]

@@Parpeing a guy who didn’t watch the show but still made a video because “WOKE WOKE I HATE THIA SHOW”

[@callmeandoru2627]

Really feel sorry for the common religious folks who want to practice their faith in peace but have evangelical Christianity ruining the entire religion altogether.

[@viridianacortes9642]

Trust me. It’s sucks so much.

[@richborn6700]

Not as sorry as I feel for those considering less than during the crusades.

[@lucyferos205]

Feel worse for the people who aren't Christian at all, especially the ones who are visibly of different faiths like Sikhs.

[@phyllisford2130]

And then they tell you "if you're not a hateful jerk you're not a Christian." I'm sorry but I just don't see how "You will not mistreat immigrants in this land for your ancestors were immigrants..." Tracks with having an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent rip Abuela from her rocking chair and throw her in a holding cell. Just don't get it.

[@kit1063]

I honestly love how unabashedly The Boys is about where they stand politically. While I don’t think the entire political message is only about evangelicals, I definitely see them putting up a mirror to reflect current extreme right-wing sentiments and tactics.

[@nikosantos1172]

it's about the right wing in the us as state at the start of the video

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

Someone needs to point that out to major rightie KZbinr Alteori.

[@nabilshah9184]

the producers arent exactly morally amazing though. They let hughie be raped and sexually assaulted in one season very graphically with no closure. Now ofcourse, I normally wouldve been like let them cook its fine, its going to be a statement on how "male trauma isnt taken seriously"... until the producer said it was just to make the show funnier.

[@ilikesnakes4695]

I agree, I think season 4 is the most blatantly obvious about attacking the far right and Christian Evangelicals, which might be why more viewers with those beliefs realize it's mocking them. People who take that as the only or even overall message of the show are missing the point too though. It has many things to say about corporate greed, holding people in power accountable, and a lot of other things. It's not like Homelander actually believes what he's saying to his base, all he cares about is power and his god complex, which can also be a comment on far-right ideology and its leaders, but above all and also speaking to The Boys as a superhero show, it shows that giving people a lot of power while not holding them accountable for their actions, or putting them in a place where you just can't hold them accountable, is dangerous and wrong.

[@gabeparks8173]

The main characters are literally Antifa terrorists

[@patstonmarcus]

People dont seem to understand that its also a criticism of capitalism... Mainly the power vought has.

[@zitronentee]

Seriously? I thought it's extremely blatant with parodies of corporate stunts.

[@richborn6700]

That tracks as an Amazon based product

[@myself2noone]

Everyone got that.

[@Parpeing]

​@@richborn6700...ok?

[@Ryuujinv01]

Typically they attribute those anti capitalist things to "poking at the left" like "the left" is somehow responsible for hollow pandering by corporate America.

[@thebiblemademeatheist5]

When we first started watching, I don't think we were through the first episode when I looked at my wife and son & said "Homelander is Donald Trump" My son paused the program & said no that's not who they are parodying. I said "okay then" After two more episodes my son said "yeah you're right that is Trump"

[@NitrogenVM]

at least homelander is young and doesn't have complete access to nuke earth 😂

[@Birthday888]

To be more specific, Homelander is moreso satirizing how Trump runs his campaign and remains popular within Right Wing groups despite demonstrably being a hypocrite.

[@trianglemoebius]

​@@NitrogenVM I mean, he has the ability to cause just as much - if not more - damage, and nobody so far could meaningfully stop him. If anything, Trump as president has significantly less destructive power than Homelander. Although only the President can give the order to launch the nukes, after they do the Chiefs of Staff have a short window where they can override the order and stop the launch. Homelander is entirely unchecked.

[@NitrogenVM]

@@trianglemoebius true, although maybe 10 supes or so jumping him could win, especially heavy hitters like Soulja, Butcher, only problem is all the supes agree Although Homelander is probably deadlier than nukes due to speed and invulnerability

[@rustomkanishka]

The comics were written in response to the US going whole hog into supporting George W Bush and his invasion of Iraq. Back then, the US had been shaken up by 9/11 and was very trigger happy, and kinda decided God wanted them to bomb other people. I dont think most of us could have seem Trump coming, the man has a vice like grip on his evangelical support base.

[@BruceLeedar]

People don't have to wait for the next season of The Boys, they just need to change to a news channel.

[@NitrogenVM]

Trump assassination was season finale 😂

[@rastachech1375]

Grindr outage in Milwaukee during the RNC is beyond parody.

[@martibee8984]

True, but if you know about the statistics of the Bible belt, or how frequently they get caught doing what they preach against, it's not surprising.

[@rustomkanishka]

Its always the the loudest homophobes that get caught with a penis in their mouth. Never understood why these folks just don't grow up.

[@TheIronDonkey]

Maybe I'd still be a Christian if paid 15000 for an elite baptism...

[@marmalademc3913]

You missed out. could’ve gotten the heaven+ subscription for $2500 a month too

[@pony-chan9638]

​@@marmalademc3913 They Got Those Now??? Dang... 😔😔😔

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

I know nothing about those Christian music festivals but I'm absolutely certain they're full of musicians who failed with real music and are now whoring themselves out

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

Gotta utilize that sunken cost fallacy

[@leafgreensniper13]

If you only have the uncommon tier baptism, that doesn’t cut it

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

The Handmaid's tale shows practically how this can happen in complete detail and should be required watching for everyone who cares.

[@jaadn6197]

but hasn't the handmaid's tale happened already for black women in slavery?

[@blkmagi]

​@@jaadn6197 yes and that's not the only thing. The author of the book the show is based on said she didn't write anything in the book that she didn't pull directly from historical events. So the show isn't only showing what can happen, but what already has happened and will happen again if we aren't paying attention.

[@wittyreviewer]

Something I always found interesting was how when Stormfront starts going on her blatant Nazi propaganda rant to Ryan, about 'white genocide' and so forth, you can see Homeland very clearly cringing.

[@daraghmcquaid3277]

If we take the homelander trump metaphor to the fullest extent, I think the point of that was Trump doesn't actually believe a lot of the stuff he preaches (was pro choice and donated to democrats) but he just likes being in power and being adored, just like homelander

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

its simply because Homelander doesn't care about any "pure" ethnicity or race, humans are all equally worthless to him. Only thing he is interested in is everybody worshipping him as God-Emperor , so he can feel validation that will never ever fullfill him since he is rotten to the core

[@Living-pretzel]

Homelander being an enabler generally angered me the most

[@S.D.323]

yeah Homelander isnt a racist hes a Supe supremacist and even then hes more of a Homelander is better than everyone uhh -ist

[@Muhluri]

36:45 it's crazy that Christians don't understand how religion has _always_ been used as a political tool

[@MerryXmasMfkrs]

Evangelicals aren't christians. They're an heretic cult vaguely related with christianity but everything they spew goes against what Jesus preached. They put more emphasys on the tenets of the Old Testament than in the Gospels. Don't mix those heretics with the whole christianity.

[@kloa4219]

​@truthismycause2800 It's not Protestants, Catholics, or Orthodox but all of Christianity. It's attractive to conservatives because it's inherently hierarchical and automatically places faithful (Christian) heterosexual (white) men over any other group in its texts.

[@zitronentee]

It's all over the world, especially in developing countries. Using any religion as political tool. It's much easier to manipulate people who are spiritually and emotionally dumb.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@kloa4219its even funny when extreme religious people dont even fully read the bible, like they just read what they like and ignore the rest, jesus saved a woman that was a prostitute when she was about to be plebbed to death because of "sin", and also the law is another thing but the thing here is that those who are extremist and harass or bully other people for not believeng or doing something that does not affect or hurts anyone are commiting a sin themselfs

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@kloa4219and also the bible doesnt state that white people are over anyone, it says that everyone was created at the portrait of god, no race exist for jesus christ, but then some people will ignore this and do stuff like manifest destiny, so they can do stuff without any guilt

[@ArcherJLady]

My mom went to highschool with Mark Driscoll, and he is the reason why my mom doesn't vote in elections where there is a single unopposed candidate. He ran, unopposed, for student body president, and my mom didn't want to vote for him

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

So he's always been this way?

[@ArcherJLady]

@@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS Well considering he moved to Arizona because the churches in washington were too liberal for him... Edit: my mom told me it was his own church that was too liberal for him

[@thoroughsix999]

It's alarming that The Boys isn't even that far off from real life

[@chillinsquirtle]

Season 4 was giving me mild anxiety lol

[@iantaakalla8180]

The Boys is our world with superpowered people.

[@ShadowTheHedgehog003]

They literally predicted the assassination attempt, that episode was filmed 2 years ago

[@chillinsquirtle]

@@ShadowTheHedgehog003 or they were just referencing the 2016 insurrection

[@emptimagazine]

The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@Morjensful]

As a non American I thought Boys was exaggerating. Damn. I hate the fact that it is imported to my country.

[@jaya1000]

Its a disease. Especially amongst rich people who want to bypass any guilt of how they accrued their wealth. Lot easier to believe God's just blessed you because youre option. Not because you're exploiting a government subsidy while paying your staff minimum wage

[@allwillberevealed777]

You need Jesus, specifically white Jesus. 😂

[@FoodFanBoy7845]

May I ask what your country is?

[@Morjensful]

@@FoodFanBoy7845 you may receive an answer that it is europe

[@basicsimp8798]

It's weird how Conservatives never thought the Boys were mocking them too but it actually make sense. The same reason they can't see that South Park is making fun of them too, they have to cherry pick in order to make everything on their side.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Well it would be fair to say that all conservatives didnt, a lot of them realised that it was satire and didnt take it to serious, mainwhile another very loud side started crying when they realised that the show was mocking rainbow capitalism not the lgbt or blm movements

[@ghostbowandenvysmithfan]

Also South Park made fun of evangelicals because they made an episode where Cartman becomes a megachurch preacher and rallies all the kids to give him money to build a church and cure everyone

[@rttrttyan]

When a show/movie is bad and just so happens to also feature LGBT+ characters, conservatives are super quick to blame the failure on it being “woke”. When the show/movie is actually good and does that, the conservatives clearly watch them with blindfolds and earplugs, as they don’t mention anything about it. See Doctor Who as a good example. It’s been gay AF the entire time. Captain Jack Harkness kisses both Rose Tyler and The Doctor in the first freaking season. But now that they goofed with the plot for a bit, it’s “woke”.

[@rozamakamaka]

You missed in season 6 during the party - the politician who talked to Newman (who can’t talk to a woman unless his wife is there) was talking about “legitimate rape”. Couple of years ago a real Republican politician was saying exactly the same thing. That if it’s a “legitimate rape” the woman’s body rejects it and there can’t be pregnancy,

[@joshmadden4000]

The fact that the finale was made long ago compared to what's recently happened is insane. I hope the finale of season five ends with the good guys being alive and we all have free healthcare.

[@NitrogenVM]

I hope it ends in dystopia cause why not

[@justaghostinthesea]

It'll probably have a bittersweet ending

[@viridianacortes9642]

@@justaghostintheseathe original comic has a bitter sweet ending.

[@zitronentee]

Butcher will definitely die, probably by Ryan out of mercy. If Homelander somehow survive, he will lose his power, probably by Soldier Boy, the way Maeve lost her power. It will be a huge humiliation for him.

[@hansalanson3497]

@@zitronentee Homelander was born a supe... I wonder how Soldier Boy's de-V-cation ray would affect him.

[@stevenduvall2549]

I hate it when evangelicals talk about me and others in the LGBTQ community solely in terms of behavior. It's intentional, of course, but it's incredibly reductive. Being LGBTQ is an orientation, not simply a behavior. If I never dated or had a relationship again, I would still be gay. It's about orientation, not behavior.

[@khrawbryan]

Can you tell me more about your supposed orientation to being Gay. I just want to collect information. Can you explain in detail if you're willing to about it?Like I genuinely am interested to learn and understand things. I'm not joking alright😂Cause I really want to get myself to working.

[@Ali-cya]

​@@khrawbryan Being gay is about how a person feels innately about what they like and dislike in another person's appearance and body. It is not something that is wilfully decided on, the only decision that is made is to either deny it or accept it. Denying it means the person is pretending to like things they truthfully don't and disliking things they truthfully like essentially living in a lie to fit into how others might want them to be not what they really are. Someone is gay long before they interract with the same sex in a way that others can visibly see as gay behaviour so to outsiders people "suddenly" become gay thus think it's a decision they make when in truth they were long before they told or show anybody, the only behavioural decision they made is to reveal it.

[@khrawbryan]

@@Ali-cya Okay thank you. Can I ask something or rather argue something about your take?Like I see a flaw in your objectivity.

[@Ali-cya]

@@khrawbryan Sure go ahead.

[@The-Doctor6969]

​@@khrawbryanur edging me here, bud. pop off

[@navybutton8860]

I used to make boxes for opperation Christmas child as a kid, I thought they went to poor kids whos parents couldn't afford gifts, I used to pack each box filled with toys and just children stuff, it kind of haunts me to think that what I thought was just an act of kindness and charity was used as propaganda, all I wanted was for the kids to be happy to receive something, I didn't want religious ties to it, just pure kindness, I loved doing it because I thought I was helping a kid in need, but it turns out I was aiding propaganda unknowingly as a kid, it makes me sick that someone used my kindness for their own personal gain

[@martibee8984]

Don't feel bad. The way you felt was intentionally crafted. They know they can't tell most people the true intention, and still have all that free labor and gifts. They needed you to believe what you were doing was all about kindness and charity. Plus you were only a kid, you couldn't have known better without someone telling you.

[@Maxrepfitgm]

😞😢

[@AisteOsinskyte]

I was a recipient of one of those boxes, and it was quite confusing. Our whole primary school received them, not clear why. We weren't poor, though maybe uneducated assumption that everyone in all post-soviet countries were poor? We received some toys, a religious book and even underwear (which we threw out, why would you wear underwear of mysterious origin?). What is also funny, is that the school was actually due to become catholic in a few years, but I guess that was wrong kind of Christianity?

[@navybutton8860]

@@AisteOsinskyte yeah catholics and your general christians don’t typically agree, they interpret the bible very differently and it causes more harm than good, im sorry you received that box, that must’ve been a bit uncomfortable for you (especially the underwear, I don’t think I ever put clothing in mine but I could be wrong), it also pisses me off that kids who actually might’ve needed that stuff didn’t get them, just goes to show that operation christmas child doesn’t actually want to help anyone

[@alejandrovallejo4330]

It’s honestly incredible evangelicals/conservatives are just now realizing how they are being mocked 😂

[@jordan11752]

Okay but are we really that surprised? Most of them haven’t even read their own book

[@alejandrovallejo4330]

@@jordan11752 very true, more than surprising is just ironic, given how they claim to be the peak of knowledge, wisdom and intelligence 😂😂😂

[@emptimagazine]

@@jordan11752 The mass of the sun is 4.4 × 1030 lbs (2 x 1030 kilograms), that is 4.4 followed by 30 zeros, equivalent to 333,000 Earths. 3 = The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit Jesus died at age 33 and rose from the dead 3 days later Jesus said "**I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.**" **- John 8:12** The sun is the light of our world Jesus is coming back and I hope you find the light before the darkness consumes you

[@jordan11752]

@@alejandrovallejo4330 yeah you’d think their god would’ve showed them the light about before now 🤔 damn liberal media 😂

[@taragnor]

I can see how it'd be hard to tell. I saw Alex Jones and it's hard for me to believe the guy isn't someone doing a parody of a conspiracy theorist, but it's somehow meant to be taken seriously. The dude is bare-chested barely coherently screaming at a camera about Jesus saving the country from Satan. But the crazy thing is... it's not meant to be a parody. I still to this day find it so surreal anyone can take it seriously.

[@lupine.spirit]

I cant believe youtube put an ad in this video FOR A PRAYING APP. AN APP TO PRAY

[@obeythemugglet5359]

I can. What? a video that mentions Christianity in the title description and video has an ad for Christianity? What? I could’ve never expected this.

[@lupine.spirit]

@@obeythemugglet5359 omfg…yes of course this is obvious. But the discrepancy is still funny you know? „I can’t believe“ was not meant literally but figuratively

[@BlackEpyon]

I've been on KZbin Premium for years. Worth every penny.

[@lupine.spirit]

@@BlackEpyon good for you

[@olivermorin3303]

I love how The Boys points out that hero-worship is... well, worship.

[@PsychoMuffinSDM]

I feel it was clear political satire the whole time. I think S3 is when they really put it on a billboard though, as it felt that S3 is when they really went into almost every talking point in the past decade. But I guess S4 had to put it on an even bigger billboard before some people really noticed.

[@Omneyvdwatering]

how did people only now understand that homelander is the bad guy?

[@musiccer7446]

thats wasnt the point of the video

[@croaker517]

Some people still don't. The amount of Homelander fanboys is disturbing.

[@chongwillson972]

@@croaker517 and due to people just fucking around and ironically liking him it makes it difficult to the ratio of people who actually think he is not a bad guy.

[@rompevuevitos222]

People should start to simply say "Homelander is a great villain" to avoid confusion.

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I saw him as the bad guy literally in the first episode.

[@nrgpup77]

Always always remember - conservative accusation is confession.

[@Scottie_McNaughty]

💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯

[@Refertech101]

and the left is all ways guilty of all they accuse you of.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Bro thats hasty generalization and a bit of ad hominem

[@nrgpup77]

@@Literallyryangosling777 it's pretty dang accurate and a very safe assumption, especially with those of the evangelical persuasion. The ad homs towards the left are far, far worse and more common than otherwise. I know there are good people on the right too, but they're not gonna do anything about it.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

@@nrgpup77 i think it would be kind of hypocrite because a great part but not everyone of the conservative media uses the ad hominem or hasty generalization, when someone that is part or a progresive movement commits something bad and then try to associate it to everyone that is part of that group, if there is a way to show that you're better than them it is by not commiting their own fallacies

[@DannyS177]

When I came out as a bisexual to my evangelical mother, the first thing she told me was that I was being selfish (because the time I spent figuring out my sexuality should have been spent praying to Jesus) and the second thing she told me was that I am going to hell.

[@HungryWarden]

🤢

[@NitrogenVM]

damn, hell must be a nice place then

[@allwillberevealed777]

It doesn't matter. You people have the same spirit as your Greco-Roman fathers. You play both sides.

[@trianglemoebius]

@@allwillberevealed777 Jesse what the fuck are you talking about?

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

It’s so ironic how people whose religion is built off unconditional love are some of the most callous, heartless people when it comes to showing that to their children. It really is funny how much the hypocrisy shows.

[@jas9574]

I've been hearing this recently that the parody that the show is has flown over peoples heads. The show is so blunt about it. I can only assume people who miss the parody actually agree with what homelander and all his associates in the show do to some degree.

[@NitrogenVM]

I've haven't really seen people who agree with homelander but some agree with Soldier Boy and genuinely root for him, despite him being a manchild who bullys everyone around him, anted to kill his own grandkid even when he never met him before, and abused everyone on his team especially Gunpowder

[@gilberthamilton9312]

"People like what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don't like the word Nazi, that's all."

[@lopoa126]

@@NitrogenVM I've seen a lot of right wingers with shirts and flags that have Trump's head on Homelander's body. Both have such fragile egos.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Yeah neither i have seen someone actually rotting for homelander, like all are padories or humour, but soldierboy is to charismatic to be hated, i wish people like him didnt exist on real life, but it is a fun to see him on a show

[@richborn6700]

​@@NitrogenVMpeople just cheer Soldier Boy out of fandom for Jensen Ackles. He's just playing a more realistic version of Captain America

[@presentfuture7563]

Oh yay! I love it when you do these, like when you broke down Midnight Mass. I can barely stomach the gore in this show, but I love it anyway because of the parody/social commentary aspects and Kripke's wicked sense of humor.

[@markschroeder885]

I love The Boys... I enjoy how it takes the whole super hero genre and flips it upside down... The mockery of the Christian right is just the icing on the cake...

[@nikosantos1172]

if you think they aren't connected then your consuming "super hero genre" non critically

[@nikosantos1172]

all comic supes do is maintain the status quo

[@grisflyt]

@@nikosantos1172 The status quo of American politics, including its gun-to-your-head foreign policy. There are no European supes for a reason. Well, a few ironic ones. Like Ranxerox.

[@marcospatricio8283]

​​@@grisflytmarvel has many British superheros, tho. Including a school for British superheros (Braddock Academy, if memory serves). And members of the X-Men are notably diverse (for american media, at least), with european characters (including old school ones such as the russian Colossus, the german Nightcrawler and Magneto, the British psylocke) and south american characters. Also the X-Men have been notable in storylines about self-determination and self governance for over 10 years, specially the island of Utopia. The Phoenix Five storyline had not so subtle commentary about nuclear armaments too. Oh, and DC once had a whole project about attracting people from other nationalities to them with the "Batman Incorporated" series, where the BatFam went around the world supporting conveniently bat-themed vigilantes to get their thing going, and focused on the local struggles of each character and place. It didn't sell well, tho, so it got axed, but it was quite cool. And involved a lot of political commentary, both implicit and explicit. My favorite bit is with the native American batman, because by putting him in the same space as batmen from other countries, they were implicitly accepting his place of origin as an independent nation.

[@grisflyt]

@@marcospatricio8283 You do know that that "Russian" Colossus is American? He wasn't created in Russia. All those Marvel and DC things are American. I know Britain has Marvelman, based on the Big Cheese. Britain is closer to the United States, but even then they are different. “American heroes are seductive in their power, and hence popular abroad, but similar heroes developed abroad either fail, being models of a foreign and ‘unrealistic’ ideology, or take on different meanings,” Darcy Sullivan, “The Politics of Super-heroes,” The Comics Journal, #142 (1991). Marshal Law is another British supe. He's a hero hunter. He hunts heroes, as he puts it. Hasn't found any. The American hero is the Messianic hero. It's the product of a puritanical society. This is basically what Marx meant by religion being the opium of the people. Don't wait for somebody to save you. Get off your knees and take your rights. Darcy Sullivan is wrong in one regard if he by heroes mean supes. Supes have never been very popular in Europe. Superman and the likes were mostly read by children, back when comics were a thing. Comics have traditionally been divided into color and b&w. Children read color comics. (Here are modern Euro supes: www.europecomics.com/catalog/) B&w were for more mature readers. Graphic novels, as they now often are known, were an exception. They are the likes of Tintin and Blueberry. Donald Duck by Carl Barks was also big. The biggest of them all in the case of Scandinavia.

[@johncunningham1889]

My favorite is the argument I have constantly seen by right wingers online regarding it, which pretty much boils down to, "Everyone is saying that we are just now realizing that it's making fun of us, but that's not true! We always knew! I'm so sick of them saying that as if it's a gotcha when it just isn't the case at all, as if we didn't know!!!! But anyway, it's stupid how the Boys totally wasn't making fun of us before but now it is! It just turned political all of a sudden!" It's like bruh..... you JUST DID THE VERY THING.

[@AidanKelly-m7g]

They STILL think Archie Bunker was the hero, not the butt of the joke

[@gregbors8364]

My dad thought that

[@riffhammeron]

​@@gregbors8364so did mine. I made a similar comment above before I saw this

[@gregbors8364]

@@riffhammeron To be fair to my dad, he was an immigrant and English wasn’t his first language so he didn’t really grasp satire

[@AllDogsAreGoodDogs]

"Dat's right, Edith. Gahd wanted man to have guns. Dat's why he gave us dat priest, Martin Luger." How this guy could be seen as the hero says a lot.

[@Sean-oy8xm]

My father is one of them…he modified his own personal character to match that of Archie. He thought he was funny.

[@Tamisday]

Omg. I did NOT draw the parallel between them all finding out about V and the existential crisis of learning creationism is a myth. I thought I had caught all of them. I need to go stare into the middle distance for several minutes, good job. Good fucking job.

[@nikosantos1172]

it's fucking terrifying that people don't see the show for what it is, dear lord they're praising homelander

[@mtt3000]

Yup. Stupid people are dangerous

[@aldimrmr4108]

are u a christian?

[@aahhhhhhhhhh]

after finishing the boys season four, this show is getting way too real man

[@OakenTome]

The topics the earlier seasons tackled felt much less topical, despite their still being present in our daily lives.

[@Bauermayers]

The fact it took them literally 5 YEARS to understand the show was mocking them the whole time tells everything you need to know about the far right.

[@animefurry3508]

Omg I grew up sending those stupid Christmas boxes every year as a child. Yikes now that I know who, what and why there are.

[@seand.g423]

I mean... at least they had some potential kindling...

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@seand.g423yeah, the church can have corruption and at all but it also has a bit of good, local catholic churches on my town let homeless people sleep on them, and they go and built houses on poor neighborhoods, much of the problems are those "shepherd" that ask for a stupid amount of money and they say that they can cure all sorts of illness with the "power of god" just like ezequiel does on the show

[@Hailfire08]

Reminds me of when someone was telling people to stop making Helldivers political and that it's just a game about shooting bugs. It's so incredibly on the nose that the war against the bugs is fought over a substance called OIL, but no, completely apolitical!

[@desdenova1]

Usually the same type of people who don't realize that the Starship Troopers movie was antifa.

[@stylesrj]

@@desdenova1 Or how Robocop is a parody about corporate America...

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@stylesrjwe can even go way more back in time, from once upon a time in the west or the searchers, to citizien Kane

[@headphonesaxolotl]

Quick correction-it's not oil. It's E-710 which spells oil upside down. But it's still /technically/ bug juice. I think Helldivers doesn't get nearly as much flak for "being too political" because it satirizes something so extreme that very few people would actually say that Super Earth is actually the real good faction (although to be fair, none of the others seem to be particularly good either.) If you swapped the politics and had SE be an extreme Communist faction rather than fascist, you'd probably only offend the "tankies" anyway, much like how only actual fascists seem to agree with Super Earth.

[@Hexsmasher2099]

Homelander epitomizes the worst traits of humanity, showcasing how unchecked power, egotism, and moral decay can lead to catastrophic outcomes. His character is a chilling representation of what happens when someone with immense abilities is devoid of empathy, accountability, and a moral compass. Homelander’s actions, driven by his insatiable need for adoration and control, reveal a profound narcissism. He exploits his powers for personal gratification, disregarding the lives and well-being of others. His facade of heroism masks a deeply corrupt and malevolent nature, highlighting the dangers of idolizing powerful figures without scrutinizing their true intentions and character. Moreover, Homelander’s manipulation of public perception and media exemplifies how those in power can distort reality to maintain their dominance. His lack of empathy and frequent displays of cruelty reflect a fundamental disregard for human life and dignity. This portrayal forces viewers to confront the terrifying potential of power without accountability and the dark consequences of a society that elevates and empowers the morally bankrupt. In essence, Homelander is a stark cautionary tale about the corruption of power, the fragility of moral integrity, and the dangers inherent in blind hero-worship. His character is a potent reminder of the capacity for evil within humanity when power is left unchecked and ethical boundaries are ignored.

[@Cloudsurfer69]

this is beautifully written... please write a book

[@humanleader184]

b-but he's sigma!!!

[@HungryWarden]

Sorry, but I think this was written by ChatGPT.

[@Robespierre-lI]

Nice AI-wrtten text.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

Truth but also chatgpt ahh comment

[@godwings101]

I loved/hated the ending because it was eerily close to reality in that it was a hyperbolic version of Project 2025 and the Trump agenda.

[@yoyosworld2773]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Myder_Dragon]

Would it be possible for a video going over every time an anti-gay politician or religious leader was secretly gay?

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

I've seen 12 hour videos on KZbin but I haven't seen a 12 month long video.

[@kloa4219]

they need to do this

[@HungryWarden]

We need that video.

[@seand.g423]

​@@julesmasseffectmusicI was just gonna say "video, no. Playlist, yes." But _dayum!_

[@richborn6700]

Like the politician who got caught in the Minneapolis airport trying to ask for gay shit in a bathroom stall by using Morse code tapping his foot into the next stall...which had an officer in there taking a shit 😂

[@CatDaddyGuitar]

This is so surreal and when you realized that it's really happening is frightening. It reminds me of the movie,"Don't Look Up".

[@dandrive3249]

One of my favorite things about the Boys especially in season 4 is that while they tackle the dogma of evangelical Christianity they don’t say that it’s worthless or a shame. Like for example Hughie wanting to practice forgiveness on the people who wrongs him like A-Train or the characters learning to forgive themselves. Which as someone who is a Christian/Omnist is something I respect a lot because they’re are a lot of good things said by it but is perverted by greed, pride, and arrogance like the super heroes in a meta textual sense. It’s something that I think is very well done in the show compared to the comics.

[@Omegas_XB]

25:42 You didn't have to drop this bomb on me.

[@tofu3040]

Honestly the scariest part is that I used to be what they are parodying. It's fuckin wild 💀

[@Gemma1006]

I'm still are... 💀 But, I don't really care. It's still a nice story to watch😂

[@Joel-nu1ed]

4:54 skip the sponsor

[@AdmiralBison]

Tax the $#!t out of the multi-billion dollar Religious industry. Also tax religious conventions that are essentially real estate corporations.

[@StillCisTho42]

I'm from south america and watched this new season with my brother who has little to no knowledge on american politics, while i was kinda on edge by how similar to real life it was my brother was laughing from the thought of people thinking vaccines cause disseases and the extreme religious nonsense. is really funny to think that for some people in the world evangelical cristianity is the kind of weird character/institution that only exist in fiction.

[@zitronentee]

It is weird. I'm from Asia, and people in my country who vocally denied COVID-19 and its vaccine were people who were exposed by American media. The ones who weren't exposed were more relaxed.

[@Literallyryangosling777]

​@@zitronenteeon my country there wasnt so much of anti vax people, in a way thanks to corruption, because the president told everyone that he will be the last to inject the vaccine, but then the media exposed it and he was the first mf on the country to use it

[@No-tw6qj]

Stormfront was the name of a white supremacist forum that got (temporarily, apparently) shut down in 2011 by the Italian police. Interestingly enough, the name was in the comics as well, so after a quick search, the site has been around since 1995. It is still up as well, despite going down multiple times.

[@anotherjunkie2]

I literally feel like I moved to an alternative universe somewhere around 2008.

[@NativeTexMexican]

Same.

[@richborn6700]

The housing collapse that started it all

[@ethanstump]

As a young millennial, it was Bernie 2016. I never understood the significance of that leading to where I am today, but it felt more warm than almost anything I was raised with.

[@Nick-Nasti]

Just one election away from The Handmaids Tale.

[@HungryWarden]

My mom watches that show.

[@milkenobi]

The Handmaid’s Tale has already been a reality for many people of colour throughout history.

[@jenn9027]

Can't vote your way out of tyranny, this was the inevitable conclusion to not stopping the federal reserves from taking over the country.

[@aldimrmr4108]

Cry about it 😂

[@HungryWarden]

@@aldimrmr4108 yeah, go cry about it.

[@timmygibsonkc]

As a former Evangelical Christian Pastor your content has been so helpful in my Deconstruction process, keep it up Drew!

[@edelric]

24:22 i also think scene references to when trump said, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters"

[@shloprop4751]

The scary part is that he probably wouldn't lose any voters.

[@Robin_hsr12]

In fact he would probably gain some. As he did with the 34 felonies and the attemp on his life. ​@shloprop4751

[@batmansoracle8111]

When I tell you this show is therapy for people who grew up conservative and left that world behind

[@samweston7779]

The rich guy that mansplained abortion to the head popper was parodying Newt Gingriches infamous "legitate rape" quote.

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

Good catch!

[@samweston7779]

Oops, need to correct myself, it was Todd Akins quote, not Gingriches.

[@trigtheboss8032]

I'm not going to lie I am so happy that this video was made. While watching the boys I was curious about what the skeptic would think. Hope that's not weird thanks drew

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

In this video I learned that The Boys is parodying Matt Walsh specifically. Which is hilarious.

[@hismajesty6272]

As a right winger and Christian, I’m all too aware and unfortunately will corroborate that that style of thinking is all too common in our “christian” and “conservative” circles. My message to them is this: like whatever politicians you want, but if Jesus isn’t a good enough savior for you then don’t call yourself Christian and drag the rest of the faith down

[@TheManDude]

3:30 Honestly, as a Muslim in the US, I honestly forgot that most people don’t celebrate Christmas, me included.

[@Fleato]

Im surprised you didnt mention that the lead for "Sound of Freedom" literally was Jesus in passion of the christ lol.

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

Eric (the editor) had to tell me that lol. I never watched that movie because my church saw it as too Catholic.

[@Fleato]

@@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic yeah like I wouldn't have known but it was a big part fo the conversations around it haha.

[@richborn6700]

​@@GeneticallyModifiedSkepticso they didn't want y'all watching because it was TOO FAITHFUL to the source material?

[@GabrielMartinFlores]

Drew, you are absolutely the best!! Thank you for your thoughtful videos and your kindness and understanding tone always. You are an amazing human and I always enjoy your videos! Keep them coming! SUPERHUGGS from London!

[@davidstorrs]

To me, the funniest part is that every time a new image came up I had to think for a moment whether it was real or from the show unless it had a highly visible Boys character in it.

[@yoyosworld2773]

The lack of self awareness to not realize you’re the joke is great. This show also makes fun of the other side too, just like family guy, South Park, etc. it’s why I love those shows.

[@mikejohnson3338]

I got halfway through this video not knowing it was GMS. I kept thinking this guy is smart & insightful. I need to subscribe. It was then I realized I subscribed years ago 😇 Keep up the great work 🙏

[@NitrogenVM]

I keep subscribing and unsubscribing because my home page gets bombarded with his videos 😂

[@jagoda6921]

Strangely enough, the most shocking in this video to me was that your passion plays have someone portraying crucified Jesus, this would be a gigantic scandal in Poland 😂

[@hansalanson3497]

Is portrayal of Jesus/Isa outlawed in Poland in some way?

[@Robin_hsr12]

​@@hansalanson3497idk having a kid portrayed as crucified kinda uh. Doesn't make sense

[@kloa4219]

36:46 The religious right is doing the same thing with IVF btw. No Christian had a stance on it until 2020

[@viridianacortes9642]

I know. Such gullible dinguses. I sware 😅.

[@reviewchan9806]

Every once in awhile I'll find the comment section of the boys clips on Amazon just flooded with comments that think that this is somehow a parody of Hollywood or Democrats or whatever, and I'm like bra are you just blind.

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

I mean the show definitely portrays celebrities, companies, and politicians who use cynical appeals to marginalized groups to gain popularity and power. So in a way it is a parody of those things, but the critique is not “socially liberal ideas are bad,” but rather, “people pretend to care about social justice when all they really want is money and power.” I’d say this is still a criticism of capitalist and right-wing authoritarian power. There’s hardly any discernible criticism of actual leftist ideas as far as I can tell, but I don’t think those commenters would even know that when they saw it.

[@reviewchan9806]

@@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic There's ofc complacent liberal/dems who have to play along with american capitalism. It's got some critique of empty representation too. But in the end, it's showing that companies are only interested in ratings and optics instead of morals, which is philosophically clearly anti-rightwing-thinking. Maybe these people don't realize they hate true conservatism yet.

[@slip3102]

Oh my god Operation Christmas Child brought back memories I had long forgotten. I remember being a kid and asking my parents why we had to put stuff about god in the boxes, after all I wouldn't want that for Christmas I would only want the toys. They were not happy

[@Vashkey]

Smooth transition to the ad

[@Lollero200q]

😂👍

[@douglasphillips5870]

Selling vip packages to religious events sounds a bit like indulgences

[@LabGecko]

You haven't heard? Current stance is those people are rich because that's what God wants for them, ignoring the grifting or other ways they got that money of course

[@chrps0at0cops]

Drew I shit you not, one of my best friends in high school and his gf practiced the poop hole loop hole. It's more common than you may think haha ha!

[@GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

Saying “I shit you not” in this context is devious 💀

[@vvvvxxxx9999]

I watched The Boys yesterday for the first time. I am horrified that Americans have seen this, and people are supporting this type of script in Washington DC. It is a real nightmare.

[@LabGecko]

_"I watched The Boys yesterday for the first time. I am horrified that Americans have seen this, and people are supporting this type of script in Washington DC. It is a real nightmare."_ Could you be more specific? Why are you horrified Americans have seen it?

[@EscherJames]

I like the parallel with Ezekiel where in Season 1, he says... "You shouldn't need proof," And in Season 4, he says... "What more proof could you need" I think it might be a reference to... Something good happens: god did it Something bad happens: gods divine plan

[@LabGecko]

Good: _"I prayed for ..."_ Bad: _"He works in Mysterious Ways"_

[@espenstoro]

It blows my mind that anyone couldn't see the blatant parody from the very first season. This show is complex with many layers, but it is NOT subtle.

[@MoodyHD-]

If they don’t get that the Onion is parody, they certainly won’t see the parody in The Boys.

[@oaktreeholler]

I recently learned that it wasn't Christianity i was opposed to, it was evanglizm. If i ever went back, itd be a less evangelical sect.

[@kloa4219]

It's Christian right-wingers, Protestants/Evangelical right-wingers are just as bad as Orthodox and Catholic right-wingers.

[@allwillberevealed777]

Christianity, Catholicism are like the democrats and republicans. In the end, they all have the same agenda.

[@LabGecko]

You sure? I've never met a pastor who disagreed with Evangelical messages - just how they present it. _"We all know what we're saying, but saying it like that just causes problems."_

[@animdalf9178]

Homelander killing the protester in bright daylight and the crowd cheering was IMO referencing the Trump quote, that he could shoot somebody and not lose any voters.