Compound V Is No Longer a Secret | The Boys | Prime Video

[@W00KER]

Colby Minifie, who plays Ashley, really deserves a ton of credit. Her constant breakdown is one of the many great highlights of the show.

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

Not really. She deserves credit but this isn't the highlight of the show at all.

[@Andi_andI]

She is my favourite character. My second favourite character is other Ashley.

[@bronyferienminuet2125]

@@Sol_Badguy_GG can't you read, ''one of the many great highlights''

[@flare0080]

She was also fantastic on Fear TWD.

[@Shockkings0714]

@@flare0080She made season 6 good. Went horrible after her death

[@georgeealien]

The interesting thing about The Seven is that whilst most of them are just awful people, they're all miserable. They clearly don't like being superheroes. So it's no wonder this revelation broke some of them, they weren't destined to be superhumans, they could've been normal. It makes even the worst people more sympathetic.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

And that is yet another facet of the overall theme. Not only how much more messed up could the world be if there were actual superheroes in it but what would that do to those individuals themselves since they're just augmented humans. Between The Boys and Watchmen and Invincible, we get that sobering, cynical perspective as a lovely juxtaposition against the classic comic book archetypes.

[@KeeperCharlie]

Idk, some of them enjoyed it for a while and recently changed their minds because of certain events. I would say A Train definitely enjoyed it for a while, though he hates certain part of it.

[@FrancisCastiglione]

​@@ashleybrooke2087 Invincible isn't really cynical. It's just presented as a classic superhero story but with actual stakes, with every action having a permanent effect on the universe they inhabit, and the status quo always evolving, never remaining the same. How is this done? Simple, the entire story's written by just one guy, with a focused vision for how it's gonna go and end.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

@@FrancisCastiglione Invincible is more cynical & sobering to me in the sense of how there are more realistic consequences to the violence that happens as opposed to the more sanitized & kid friendly comic book version that obviously intended to not traumatize children. Also, there's that kind of grey morality where the heroes don't always have the luxury of being the completely clean good guy who doesn't kill the villains. Things get messy. It's sort of like the way postmodern Westerns depict the harshness & brutality of the times as opposed to the older ones with white & black hats & no questions about the morality of it all.

[@RyanGoslingthestonecoldsigma]

Idk the deep seems to enjoy himself when he’s not around homelander

[@tristandaries1129]

The scene with Black Noir makes so much more sense now, he just realised that his parents are the reason he had his skull smashed in and face burnt off, making him functionally mute, and it was just for money

[@eroticjoe1155]

Soldier boy did… he beat him and burned his face on an exploded car.

[@shacharlem4424]

It actually made me think of what would happen if at the scene that black noir cried, soldier boy would come out of nowhere and surprise beat up black noir​@@eroticjoe1155.

[@Kru12794]

He's saying that if Noir's parents didn't hand him to vought to be injected he would've never been in the situation to have his skull crushed in @@eroticjoe1155

[@cubalibre-5238]

@@eroticjoe1155 Yes but if his parents didnt give him compound V then none of his suffering would have happened

[@emancules]

@@cubalibre-5238I don’t think it’s for those reasons specifically but the power he was granted overall. I’m pretty sure Black Noir can’t die but he doesn’t regenerate either. I guess we’ll find out if he actually died after what Homelander did to him but my theory is he just suffers every injury he has indefinitely

[@Bergen98]

I think what we misunderstand about the Deep is that imagine walking by the pet stores, every restaurant, every zoo or aquarium or just swimming in the water - and you hear the other living things. Begging, crying, pleading to not be cut or eaten, to be let out to freedom. You would get traumatized so easily

[@collinsides7941]

I mean, he explains it pretty clearly in the show. I don't think there is much of a misunderstanding between the Deep's character and us, the viewers. Rather, the Deep is made to look like a joke because his powers have little practical use. That's why he is led down this "redemption" path as he becomes invested in these weird cult-like organizations to repair his reputation after being exposed for sexual assault and being booted from the Seven. He tries to become some environmentalist, nature-loving, spiritual influence as he struggles to gain his fame back. We see how much he struggles with the way he is treated and the consequences of his crimes, and yet, like A-Train, he continues to chase the money and fame, making him look like a fraud. We understand how he hears the fear and pleading in the animals around him, and how no one takes him seriously, but he has yet to prove himself as a person with good intentions to gain our sympathy.

[@jamesives4375]

Yes, but good thing the vast majority of things don’t get what’s happening.

[@jeffreysmith236]

actually, if they are in the ocean they would be free. To get eaten by other sea creatures. Everything gets eaten sooner or later.

[@slaptheconsole9301]

@@jeffreysmith236 that’s like not caring about slavery because everyone dies eventually

[@isaaclim3348]

@@slaptheconsole9301 lmfao the mental gymnastics to justify animal cruelty

[@galvendorondo]

This is the one scene where the Deep is shown to be truly traumatized without having any goofy or silly undertones. He's just vulnerable, and I do kind of feel bad despite all the horrible things he's done.

[@Mediados]

A-Train is the same way. They act strong to mask their insecurity, how pathetic they actually are as people.

[@TheJarlath9]

they both are pieces of trash lol one a rapist one a drugged up killer that acted like it was a minor inconviniece that he killed someone then got mad becouse people went after him @@Mediados

[@emergensiexit]

i don't understand why he was tripping if he already has gills. did his gills showed up after he started to hear animals? if so that don't really makes sense :D

[@CosmicEncounter7]

@@emergensiexitHe already had gills. He's tripping about them talking back to him. Edit: Misread. I'm pretty sure yeah his gills developed after. It does seem weird how it would happen but I suppose with the body's rapid growth spurts during puberty the holes probably opened up then and developed into gills. Right in time for him to start liking women.

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

It doesn’t make sense why he isn’t vegan. If he can hear those animals crying out, why pay for it to happen?

[@anthonyhanlon9808]

every hero is realizing that their parents cared about money more than their own children

[@hardcandy9880]

What they dont realize is it is more complicated than that. It isnt just about the money, but the parents thought they were giving their kids a better future

[@srami004]

Sad

[@LuxsorFlare]

Kinda explains why most heroes in the boys are terrible people whenbthey raised by people like that

[@gl5399]

@@hardcandy9880what? By turning their kids into egotistical and narcissistic assholes who don’t care about anyone except their own image

[@bestmind-tm2me]

@@hardcandy9880 that's just excuse, parents should not ditch their children for money or for others wanting their children unless they live in poverty? their lifes is not to be traded

[@ghostlore3660]

frenchie and MM congratulating hughie on this was my favorite scene in the entire show. it reminded me of the value of all the little victories we have against a cruel and indifferent universe

[@stormtraitor6545]

What makes it more heartwarming is the fact that Hughie spent most of the first part of the episode feeling suicidal to the point of watching that Billy Joel video that starts with a kid contemplating jumping off a bridge. MM and Frenchie’s reaction is just what Hughie needed that day.

[@shady8045]

I don't think getting something this big on national news is a "little victory", it was at the time believed to be world changing (though I guess ultimately wasn't).

[@MrKabanchik]

YES! It was so warm, family greetings! It was f*cking good, I cried in it)

[@comicsans6487]

Frenchie kissed him on the mouth, he was bi since back then.

[@zxylo786]

​@@comicsans6487Doesn't mean its bs what the writers did to his character.

[@isadoreuniverse2831]

The sad thing is that most supes like Starlight, the Deep, Black Noir & other supes they've been lied by their parents. Having a normal life like everybody else was an option.

[@randomgeekcrap]

And there the lucky ones with grate powers that doesn't effect there good they look

[@galahad6300]

Thats well thought out. The Supes really are so opposite to heroes like the JLA and the Avengers. The writing and buildup is impeccable.

[@Bopmyglizz]

​@@randomgeekcrapalot of supes arent physically deformed from their powers

[@Mabra51]

@@randomgeekcrap they're*

[@Bopmyglizz]

@JohnWall-lj1mx they do not get ridiculed for veing supes in the boys unv bruh. Nor are ppl born supes unless their parents are wilfully exposed to Compound V or expose the cjild to compound V

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

I love Stan's "we're investigating" he's the head of the company and he's acting clueless. It's so realistic too.

[@sauhaardbatra1680]

I think he said "investigating"

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

@@sauhaardbatra1680Yeah, whoops.

[@mkultra2456]

@@judeconnor-macintyre9874 Edit your comment.

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

@@mkultra2456Okay fine. I didn't know it meant so much to you. I'm so sorry.

[@mkultra2456]

@@judeconnor-macintyre9874 LOL now now this isn't about me, this is about you fixing your mistake.

[@diegoaponte8512]

I wish these writers would have been in charge of Paramount’s Halo series. They made the whole parent/company theme so well.

[@nocomment6421]

Master Cheeks ready to take of His helmet in battle. Seriously who thought this is going to be good^^

[@anorouch]

srsly, Ironman showed us how it's done, cut to INSIDE the helmet for a face shot. Not hard.

[@PassierscheinA38]

I hope that these writers are in the Warhammer 40K Series. I think they also would understand the core of the 40K universe.

[@aouyiu]

Maybe when the writers strike ends we'll get the good ending and industry writers get their needs met and become competent. New age of Hollywood, one can hope.......

[@Levahk]

Or fallout, amazon really destroyed. A franchise there

[@funnysapiens]

2:10 this is why i love this show, you see atrain is not just a dummy side character with evil intention, he has his own philosophy which is sometimes justified.

[@ConradDunkerson]

Self interested greed is a "philosophy"? Let alone, "sometimes justified". The kicker... his big comeback about how the only ones who say there are things more important than money are, "the people who grew up with money"... we've seen Starlight's childhood. She didn't. My childhood was in the same Des Moines suburbs as the character. Ritzy it aint. A-Train certainly isn't evil incarnate, but in three seasons he hasn't strayed far from his core character trait of self-centered narcissism.

[@averycheesypotato]

He’s still selfish & a coward. The people around him pay for his choices. Popclaw, his brother, his brother’s family

[@omgstopturd6566]

@@ConradDunkerson I really liked the way they portrayed it. Nobody thinks of themselves as a villain, there's tons of people like A-Train but they'll always get you by saying things that seem really reasonable. Just ignore what they said and look at what they do. A-Train is scary narcist.

[@JBrander]

Big emphasis on the word "sometimes" because it is definitely not justified here. If anything, this is showing that his "philosophy" is self-centered greed and that he idolizes wealth.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

He played the game for himself. Starlight didn’t care about the money and he suffered poverty but he abandoned those he cared about to protect his precious lifestyle.

[@androsram641]

-Starlight blackmailed stillwell into letting her be a hero in her own terms -Starlight leaked the news about compound V with hughie's help -Starlight leaked info of stormfront's past that revealed Nazis were involved with compound v since before Vought was founded. -Starlight took down stormfront thanks to maeve and kimikos help -Starlight blackmailed homelander to stop him from murdering people -Starlight revealed the truth about supes being phoneys -Starlight and the boys took down soldier boy I cant wait to see how she reacts after everything above wasnt enough to stop vought or homelander.

[@thaumiel2013]

these are good things though like, are you on the side of the antagonists?

[@smileyr]

@@thaumiel2013 ⁠yes those are good things but as you know, just like cooperations in the real world it does absolutely nothing. These corporations are essentially invulnerable. They honestly don’t even care how the public feel about them. Good, bad it doesn’t matter to them. Like the only way these companies can go down would that they hav etc do something really really bad.

[@justinguyos5476]

​@@thaumiel2013 I am on the side of those that actually accomplished anything. To be honest, Starlight's actions never really made much difference. She tried outing the Deep for sexually assaulting, Vought just capitalized on her as a female empowerment symbol. She tried leaking the truth about Compound V, Vought just pinned the blame on Madelyn and moved on. Starlight leaked how Stormfront is actually a Nazi, Vought just cut all ties with Stormfront and moved on. Starlight tried to blackmail Homelander? Homelander made it very clear exactly what he would do if he ever lost the love of the public and tells her if she wants to try him. Starlight tried to turn the public against Homelander? It turns out Homelander has die-hard fans who love him even if he kills someone in broad daylight. Starlight and the Boys defeated Soldier Boy? Homelander is still there who would have killed everyone if Ryan did not tell him to leave. I won't deny those were good things she did. It is a shame they were pointless in the end.

[@androsram641]

@@thaumiel2013 I cant wait to see how Vough and homelander are eventually exposed. What I want to see is starlight response to all her failures. In the last season, we got to see hughie going to the dark side, agreeing with butchers methods to take down homelander but Hughie eventually realized his mistakes and tried to fix them. According to Eric kripke, Starlight is one going bad on season 4, which is understandable after seeing people cheering when homelander publicly executes someone. What else can she do after everything named above?

[@ntinosaggelopoulos6718]

I mean vough is like hydra you cut a head a another growns up

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

Everyone talking about how bad they feel for the Deep despite his actions and yet, no one forced him to be piece of garbage, trauma or not. All that money, all that fame, all that influence and I don't think I ever once saw him try to wholesomely fund an Animal Rescue, Marine Biology Ceneter, or kicking Pocher butts...

[@EgertBola]

Thats not how it works and you are the only one who doesn't see

[@unbothered5240]

​@user-iz1qw7og4q Actually it is. He's a famous and powerful superhuman with an entire world groveling at his feet. He could have easily humanized animals, and explained how as a child having his power was a trauma because of the life begging, etc, and moved to protect more species. Or at the very least, added more sane and fair hunting laws and restrictions to animals as a whole. Even if it required him buying out aquariums and fish stores, he could have protected "his people" much more than he did. Instead he was banging an octopus while those fish begged for their lives. It makes his entire pity party story very mute, because all he does is use the sea creatures for his fame and fortune . He's even less humane than non-supes...because he KNOWS the animals have lives, dreams and families. But uses them and let's then be killed.

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

@@EgertBola He doesn't have to be at Vought as one of the Seven, there are plenty of Supes that aren't, hell, he even got kicked off the team. And what did he do with that? He kidnapped a Dolphin and let himself spiral like an idiot for a position that no one respects him in, not even a position he himself respects. He could've gone solo and live on a beach with all his money, beaten poachers or explored the ocean. You clearly didn't even read into my comment, this was an easy win for you all you had to do was shut up and not make everything an argument saying I'm the "only one who doesn't see that."

[@duishungry]

@@unbothered5240 He tried to do this in the first episode or two by freeing some of the dolphins in the aquarium. Vought said no, so he took actions into his own hands kidnapping them to set them free. If I remember correctly he crashed the truck though and the dolphin flew out the windshield, dying.

[@unbothered5240]

@@duishungry Exactly. No mass movements. His entire life. It was not that hard to demand something be built underwater, and he could've even controlled a "mini atlantis" theme park underwater.. where fish that wanted to work as performers came to the park to see humans. There's so many ways it could've been executed. He's just not smart.🤣

[@nathanseper8738]

Even though A-Train and Deep aren't good guys, scenes like this remind us that they are human beings with vulnerabilities and baggage. A-Train's comment about money and its importance hits many of us hard.

[@thezachman1]

It was an excellent line because it taps into a very real thought people have around "old money vs new money". It's so GOOD

[@simonemeekins8389]

Agreed. He came from nothing, now has everything, and was facing the possibility of going back to nothing again.

[@nathanseper8738]

@@simonemeekins8389 A terrifying feeling, to say the least.

[@mariobenedicto3582]

@@nathanseper8738 Money isn't everything... so why is it that if you have no money you have nothing?

[@SouSemFoco]

​@@mariobenedicto3582"The only people Who say this, are The people Who grew UP with money"

[@joshuaspruett]

I think Deep is a good character to remind us that some of these characters aren't just bad people, they're just insanely messed up individuals. As bad as it is you can make it make sense why they are how they are.

[@generalpeeps]

I would argue that there are very very few truly bad people (your 0.4% serial killer level psychopaths). Everyone else does bad things either because they actually believe they are doing the right thing, or because they have been made suffer horribly and genuinely believe that despite their actions they are the victim. That is why even when we want to do good we have to reflect and hold ourselves accountable because almost all of us desire to do good yet we have the capacity to do such harm as a means to that end.

[@johnsai4074]

They are bad people, don't get that twisted. However, they are bad because of their circumstances. Like a school shooter who was bullied horribly.

[@glowhoo9226]

It’s gotta really mess you up being around sea life all the time, knowing they’re actually intelligent and you can hear them speak. But nobody else can. Then you see one of them screaming and begging as it’s being taken away to be cooked and served to someone.

[@phunkyphresh3799]

If a dog has rabies do you let it run around and bite whoever it pleases?

[@jhonhoppins522]

nah he's a bad person, his trauma doesn't justify his actions

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

No matter what happens in the series. Stan Edgar, a mere "pathetic" human keeps being the most badass character. Evil, indeed, a corporate monster. But badass

[@xX_3R3NJ43G3R_Xx]

i found it really interesting the concept A-Train proposed about people who grew up with money being the ones to say there are more important things. was kind of bummed they didn't build on this further in the show

[@Anverse-14]

It's what everyone says about rich people. It's just how the truth is. And it's better to use it for a good cause rather than only complaining about their privileges

[@Margatatials]

Does A-train have no savings? He has been earning the big bucks longer than Starlight, surely he would have more to fall back on tham her.

[@rishiredij2449]

Watch training with A-train😊

[@xX_3R3NJ43G3R_Xx]

@@Margatatials he probably does but maybe his family/friends don't, or without Vought he would have nothing

[@aaradhyapatil2382]

The whole leaking of compund V segways into Gen V because the kids at Goldolkin are the first generation to know that their powers are given from vought

[@haithammohammed4821]

The actor for A-Train is actually pretty good, he sells the role so well that I can't think of him as a character but more of a real person.

[@Patrick_Lateman_2006]

I feel bad for noir he realizes that homelander could hurt him and others like soldier boy when the information was released

[@maddyc2412]

He also realises that everything he went through is because of his parents

[@joaquin8637]

@@maddyc2412 he probably knew that already

[@stormtraitor6545]

I loved MM and Frenchie’s reaction!

[@theomoreau7365]

Yeah, me too !

[@hampeppero]

love how A-train shamed starlight into feeling bad for having a good life. nice touch that make the script so realistic

[@valeriawilliams6412]

Sadly A-Train is a good example of a lot of black Americans today. Thier only focus is money. They have no morals, principles, unity, or boundaries beyond that they are willing to fight for, or uphold. Starlight is the example of a person (who happens to be white) who understands money is only good for so much, but it can't buy you love, peace, or your way into heaven. So sometimes you have to make a moral stance.

[@MouldMadeMind]

​@@valeriawilliams6412 what a wierdly racist rant.

[@billzsigray1504]

There’s plenty of people who aren’t materialistic. The religious, people who value family over anything else, or even extremely purpose driven people. Extremely american thought process.

[@fatalshore5068]

@@billzsigray1504 You kidding me? America worships the dollar as holier than God. All the way from the top to the bottom, it is sacred. There is no country on this planet that worships money more than American. On a side note, being unaware of this and claiming the opposite is "Extremely American" is also a classic American denialism and projection thing. So much in your comment makes me sigh.

[@presage23]

@@fatalshore5068 Eh, not necessarily. Granted this anecdotal on my end but for me and most of the people in my life, money is nothing more then a resource we manage. We don't have a personal attachment to it but just understand that we need enough of it to live comfortably. And there are plenty of communes that rely on barter more then cash (granted their an outlier). But same time, materialism is heavily propagandized here. But there are a lot of people who don't buy into it either. The only people I've known that worship money are those that came from extreme poverty and made it out or those that were born into an ultra rich family.

[@Bilbo_191]

Thinking back to this I find it hard to believe that not a single parent never leaked this information out.

[@alexandredesouza3692]

I kinda assumed some of the parents were paid or informed at all.

[@moonceIl]

Hush money, + no proof. Besides even if they did, Vought controls the media. They’re just random parents, they’re easy to control. Starlight is a member of the glorified seven, so her interference is MUCH, MUCH more effective

[@rileyhogan8919]

​@@alexandredesouza3692they were given lots of money and had to sign a disclosure contract. Once they signed it. Vaught took complete control.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Yeah, this kind of large operation is impossible to keep under wraps for a long time, especially if its involves normal everyday people (aka the parents).

[@azyy1248]

Think of it like steroids/PEDs in modern sports. 99% of high level athletes are on it but it's still a secret.

[@point5zero]

Someone tell me why this series is so bloody good! Can't wait for the next season, I'm chomping at the bit hard.

[@j.t.6741]

its good cause they got competent writers who stick to the source material

[@ricksmith3045]

@@j.t.6741 They stick to it in broad strokes. The comic is still wildly different than the show.

[@Shockkings0714]

@@ricksmith3045They still stick to it. Look at this show compared to the MCU which doesn’t stick to nearly any of it source material.

[@kevqwe123]

@@j.t.6741they didn’t stick with source material thankfully; they took the best and worked it into an amazing story. The boys comic is pretty childishly edgy the show is edgy but in a good way.

[@farazahmed7]

@@ricksmith3045 no one cares about the comics

[@A_divisive_scarecrow]

2:16 This was one hell of a great quote from A-train. He is absolutely correct.

[@VDA19]

His point is somewhat dampened by the fact that he gets rich while murdering innocents and being on the same team as terrorists.

[@A_divisive_scarecrow]

@@VDA19 Of course, but this does not change the fact that mainly those think "that money does not matter" who never lived in poverty before. The more poor you were the more you learn to value the money you have now.

[@Centaur987]

@@A_divisive_scarecrow Yeah but he's talking about being ultra rich. He's lost the value of money too as he's complaining about it despite being wealthy enough

[@yazurai4667]

2:04*

[@Mediados]

While it isn't untrue, that is not an excuse for people who grew up poor to only look after the money. In A-Trains case, this attitude just made him extremely greedy and corrupt. Everyone should know better than to care about money first.

[@unowno123]

1:52 first time A-train says something smart, correction, the only thing he actually does think ahead about

[@umahnator8613]

He seems like a smart enough guy tbh

[@realhuman5688]

4:45 the way frenchie says 'petit hughie' is just so cute. then mm going nononono at 4:50 lol

[@NoahSundayCompletionist]

The Deep in this scene gives major Jesse Pinkman vibes.

[@koseorhun]

DO YOU JUST... ACCEPT THE LOBSTER? When an octopus is on your plate, DO you just accept?

[@JoeMama-dt4jg]

Probably the bald head and forehead veins

[@summer7034]

1:02 😅

[@higherquality]

Glad i wasn't the only one who noticed that

[@Henry-yf2np]

LOL. That’s a good comparison, because it’s true.

[@silentgamer2434]

"I could have been normal" resonates so much with me. My dad was a depressed alcoholic, my mom was depressed with anxiety. Both of them were smart enough to be self-aware, and they knew how their own condition would affect their kids. They could have at least tried to do something about it. Searching counseling, seeking help through a psychiatrist. They could have done something to raise us in a better environment. I'm not saying this would have fixed everything. But they should have tried to do at least something. Anything. But they didn't. It didn't have to be this way. I could have been normal.

[@Shatter149]

the moment frenchie is starting to give signs 💀

[@akira_veliki]

Bro kissing the homies💀

[@heheaoe9817]

@@akira_veliki average homie behaviour

[@alpbet2518]

Give us the 4th season already!!!

[@jobobbob5825]

Let them cook, you wouldn't want your meal spoiled.

[@cleverlilvixen]

@@jobobbob5825 it’s being delayed by the strikes. I want my MTV just like anybody else, but I stand with the unions.

[@johnjones_1501]

@@cleverlilvixen If the Unions lose, it is gonna be the end of good TV. It will just be crummy AI scripts from now until the end of time. Now AI can write okay shows now and then, but all AI really does is recycle what has been done already. There will never be anything original ever again, and the suites won't care, because they will have their money, and the executives who are running things now will have all moved on with golden parachutes when their companies finally pay a price.

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

@@cleverlilvixen It was originally planned for early 2024. Are you saying it is delayed? Where did you see that?

[@jimjamjon2285]

All of Hollywood is on strike. Everything is being delayed, even the most popular shows like stranger things@@Buc_Stops_Here

[@tirthpatel8805]

💀💀 Frenchi going straight for a kiss was a sign 4:44

[@aliettokadi]

Aint no wayyyyy

[@troy2223]

The french(i) do swing either way

[@gutzbin]

A sign? We’ve known that he’s bisexual since the first season.

[@blacksnow1152]

A train was cooking for a second ngl

[@tobyhenney8591]

"ooh frenchie is suddenly gay now" ...just go back and watch it again

[@newt4949]

hes bi and they shoulda kept him with kamiko

[@billieeisenhower406]

​@@newt4949 poly

[@indyphobia]

@@newt4949boy do i have news for u

[@tucosalamanca5818]

I saw some people confused about Frenchie liking men but shi's been hinted at for so long in scenes like 4:47

[@ayaanlatif2296]

Wouldn’t say that’s gay, we all do that with the homies right? In all seriousness I thought it was just a French stereotype

[@comicsans6487]

Yeah he wanted to kiss MM in the mouth too.

[@wamblimakesroom2194]

The fact that the supes wanna be normal is crazy and that they don’t want the powers or what happened to them

[@Nexooos]

Black Noir sobing 😭

[@Seth_rs]

The you dont f with the money is a reference from the comics, nice touch

[@SICPARVISMAGNA3018]

"The only people who say that are the people who grew up with money." that line is so true

[@thomasfisher763]

Could you imagine having a boss as level and cool headed as Stan is in high intensity situations? Like, this is easily one of the worst things to happen to the company (compound V being revealed to the public) and he isnt even breaking a sweat. Meanwhile ashley is about to have a heart attack and everyone around him is freaking out. In a way, i feel like we all could use a Stan running the show at our jobs lol

[@ArcturusAlpha]

a train saying only people who grow up with money think that proves he didnt learn anything when he was poor and he lost anything he learned becoming rich.

[@thezplayer3002]

he's not entirely wrong, there are some things that more important than money but people who grew up with money tends to be out-of-touch with the world and don't understand the suffering of people who grew up poor

[@AmphysvenaCorp]

Every single scene with Giancarlo is simply amazing.

[@saintvalkyrie142]

Looking back I used to empathize so much with the deep until I realized what he was saying. He heard a species subjugated and tortured begging for their lives en masse and he heard them, hes the only one who could. And he wantes it to stop. Not by stopping the situation that caused the suffering. He cared more about himself.

[@TheManinBlack9054]

I think you'd want so too, if you'd be subjected to this every day, it would drive you crazy. Just think about it. Being constantly in this loudness among the suffering that you cannot stop all the time, not knowing whats happening. And people know about factory farming, what do they do? People have spare cash to help humans, what do they do? There are many millionaires and billionaires and yet they hoard their wealth instead of helping their fellow human beings. People know about climate change, ocean pollution, and many of them do nothing? I honestly emphasize with him more now. What you ask of him is a tall ask that not many people, and I assume you, would be able to make, espeically under such heavy psychological torture, if you think its egoistic to care about yourself in any capacity then i disagree. Personal mental health is very important. And if you cant save anyone, at least save yourself.

[@saintvalkyrie142]

@@TheManinBlack9054 I may be biased because I am in fact a torture victim. So I would make that choice, every time. Because i understand that none of us are free until we all are. I have endured that level of psychological suffering, but with people. I do care. It's not unrealistic, it's his choice. Which is why I feel so strongly about it. I had to watch my abusers not give a shit. And in the show they clearly show how the deep ends up using the marine life of his own pleasure and exploits them, and even tells homelander he will kill as many fish as he wants him too. He dehumanizes them completely and it gets worse. It's sorta the point of his character. He's making that choice. You can want for yourself and for others simultaneously. You can still choose your own survival, obviously put on your own oxygen mask first type thing. He could want to stop hearing their suffering, but still make a better world for them. He could take breaks, bit still be advocating. Instead he is trying to erase it, become ignorant and ignore it.

[@saintvalkyrie142]

I'm literally an activist because of what I've gone through.

[@JaBr07]

Somewhere around, Sam is putting a fist through a guard's mouth during this.

[@sabcam2000]

Lol

[@ander9917]

The way Edgar calls the 7 the infants

[@WaltDevil060]

So, everyone forgot about that in season 4 huh? 4:46

[@ratatoskr9366]

We thought he was being French.

[@billieeisenhower406]

I love americans

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

Having the world's superhero's being the children of liers who cared more about money than their children, and allowed such things on them, is indeed a pretty dangerous premise.

[@bufongodemdabae308]

Rare A-train W with that statement

[@Abuqital2000]

It's not true at all though lol

[@legallyregarded]

Imagine Erin Moriarty looking into your eyes & telling you that she loves you

[@BlackDiamond2718]

How many of you came back to this scene when you watched Gen V and thought about whether it was Marie's fault that she killed her parents?

[@anthonyortiz350]

Oh my god! I have never thought about that scene from this point of view before! It really makes you think!

[@MK-fm3ln]

I’m surprised how long this secret was kept with compound V being around for 100 years or so and the number of supes there are.

[@darkkey19]

A train is really annoying here. There's a deleted scene that shows how financially irresponsible he is, and yet, here he is complaining about how people who grew up with money are the only ones that don't care about money. He acts like growing up poor lends him a moral superiority, but his attitude toward money just further underlines his carelessness and lack of respect.

[@user-ty7cg9lk1r]

Maybe that's why they deleted the scene, maybe they wanted to give him some more depth so he is not just an annoying side villian

[@JulioMendoza-up1pv]

I mean people who grew up without money and stumble into vast quantities of wealth usually are irresponsible at first, because it opens up a world that they have been locked out of for so long. It may have been removed for sympathy, but it DOES make sense

[@darkkey19]

@@JulioMendoza-up1pv You're not wrong, that happens a lot when people win the lotter, for example. It's just annoying how he tries to use his upbringing to justify his valuing of money so much, when he doesn't take care to manage it well.

[@pablo13201999]

people literally complaining about frenchie being bi while he literally kissed hughie of excitement

[@123adasd]

Well we thought it was a french thing back then

[@Darpee]

4:45 frenchie kissing hughie doesn't feel normal now...

[@lesliethomas9532]

Why the hell would it be normal to kiss a guy on the mouth

[@john-5ty]

Y’all were blind that’s it

[@blankblank6919]

2:03 dudes worried about losing cars when he can run in an extreme speed

[@Blaza303]

It's a status symbol, how else he gonna flex

[@munkhtur]

Frenchie kissing Hughie makes so much sense now

[@rebal180]

I love how Stan Edgar just puts the Supers in their place. I think he wanted compound V to be exposed to the public to make people see the Seven as the frauds they are.

[@arthurs.7741]

4:46 "Frenchie being bissexual was out of nowhere"

[@Andromeda-lo6lf]

this is exactly why i'm not against the political satire being so blatant in S4 some of y'all can't understand subtext even if it's thrown right in your faces

[@TheDownward.Spiral]

that's just being french tho

[@Freestyle80]

where did your precious Frenchie's story go? They backtracked on it you are so caught up in your inclusivity you lost the ability to think.

[@arthurs.7741]

@@Freestyle80 huh

[@justanotherguy1357]

writing in this show is top notch

[@ruskyhusky69]

Agree 💯

[@Graver81-69]

The actor who plays A Train is pretty good. I saw him in a horror film called “Smile” recently and he did a great job in it, although I almost expected he use his supe powers in a couple scenes 😅

[@chosen-wan2188]

Invincible And The Boys kicks the shit out of Marvel

[@sammiller6631]

Marvel's Legion is just as good as Invincible And The Boys

[@mr.punisher5100]

Yeah I'm glad the superhero medium isn't gonna completely fade away

[@himmick5438]

Very true, the issue with Marvel and DC is that they’re so mainstream that none of the characters really matter. Like if a character dies, they’ll just bring them back. No consequences, in The Boys and Invincible, any character that dies stays dead.

[@theharvinator7935]

@@himmick5438 I love Invincible but c'mon, there are several characters that die then come back.

[@mncrft3386]

infinity war disagrees

[@douglashenry6996]

No wonder Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy.

[@KNDCHV]

Frenchie kissing Hughie on the mouth is the most french thing you could think of.

[@rappabuzzzbud]

Looking. Forward to season 4 hope they don't make us wait as long for season 5 or 6 ,7,8,9 and 10 .

[@Nekotaku_TV]

What happened with your writing at the start?

[@rappabuzzzbud]

@@Nekotaku_TV what ?

[@Nekotaku_TV]

@@rappabuzzzbud You wrote "Looking. Forward"... for some reason.

[@miyagifatghost2684]

​@@Nekotaku_TVtyped on this phone bro chill

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Chill, what? Still weird and I'm just asking haha.@@miyagifatghost2684

[@interviolet6675]

Chase acted his heart out in season 2, like he's a scummy person but here I just kind of want to hug him Also noir grew up thinking supes just happened naturally as well rough since he's an older generation of supes

[@fwm983]

Prime Video has been epic for the past few years

[@rodmar1874]

*Rings of power enter the chat*

[@alexdamand9003]

​@@rodmar1874Epic.

[@philippeblais8594]

​@@rodmar1874Halo enters the chat.

[@Random_dud31]

Ads enter the chat

[@HolyknightVader999]

To be fair, A-Train is correct. Most of the people blasting others for greed usually come from money.

[@pyroblade888]

4:48 This makes more sense now

[@magiccouponsREAL]

I knew I wasn't crazy in thinking Frenchie was bi from the start

[@TheSerpent21]

Well I mean that headline isn't wrong though is it? Seems like far as we know Ryan is the first actual like real born hero that was bornb with his powers and didn't just get them from V like pretty much every hero all over the world has.

[@What-ki4we]

I thought it was a teaser for Season 4. Imagine if it is "leaked" to the general public literally.

[@rhunter42dragon]

2:10 "The only people who say that are the people who grew up with money." Nice theory, but you're talking to someone who disproves it. I'm pretty sure Starlight DIDN'T grow up with a lot of money.

[@vontai4553]

She definitely didn’t grow up poor lol

[@rhunter42dragon]

@@vontai4553 Yeah, she did. Her house is about as modest as it gets, and when talking to Hughie she mentions her dad going away "and all the money with him." She absolutely grew up without money.

[@vontai4553]

@@rhunter42dragon she prolly wasn’t Rich but from her home it doesn’t look like they were poor and I can bet she never went without

[@rhunter42dragon]

@@vontai4553 The only reason she might not have gone without is because her mom went without instead. Any money they did have went right into her superhero pageants and training. There's different levels of poor. She might not have been the go to bed hungry or sleep on a park bench kind of poor, but she was definitely poor.

[@rojetx8204]

she grew up in iowa dosent mean she grew up poor. She went to pagents etc. atrain grew up in the HOOD. which was set up to fail by the american government. What are you talking about.

[@king.crabby]

4:47 Frenchie....thats assault

[@openyourmeet.2958]

Virginia and Gus? Man I really should watch this show, so many great actors.

[@vond5829]

Man, I miss Starlight pre-surgery

[@tromar5758]

Remove your bg3 pfp you’re an embarrassment to the community

[@tromar5758]

And people are surprised that frenchies gay lmao 4:43

[@TheDownward.Spiral]

bi*

[@JarodFarrant]

2:20 that is a deep saying, yes, money isn’t always everything, but those who say that usually have never done with issues that come with the lack of money. Like poverty, no food no healthcare no runny water no proper plumbing.

[@yucol5661]

Well, then his brother gets seriously hurt by a supe and then suddenly he gets other things to worry about. He wants worried about food or water poverty, he was worried about not being a millionaire poverty

[@sandeepj7414]

2:06 to 2:24 very relatable in real life. There are people like that irl both starlight and A Train from different sides of life.

[@RasuiTheFallen]

buzz cut deep is top 5 in the verse

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

The Deep's confession just hearing it now, enough to make me cry.

[@954mari]

ahhh the good old days

[@GreatMewtwo]

1:12 This is Not-CNN.

[@nkg___5172]

Vought created these supes, gave parents enough money to overlook any ethical/moral objections and inject their kids with compound V. Then gave them no guidance or even misguidance in their upbringing, giving children powers that can seriously hurt people. As far as we can tell just let the parents go with basically WMD's in kids bodies and expecting them to know how to raise them. Some of the supes like starlight were even made to go onto those super kid pageants by their parents, would you expect the average parent to raise a super powered brat into becoming a well functioning person. Homelander is the worst example, Vaughts Frankenstein. Stan Edgar inherited this system when he became CEO, creating kids with god powers then offering little to no guidance, and Stan even looks down on them for how they turned out. It's all just evil

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

2:02 and she sent it all off a cliff like Wil E coyote.

[@TheSerpent21]

A-Train isn't wrong, Starlight did grow up in money and wealth, she never knew what it was like to not have much or be without because she had everything.

[@randomplaylistshere6616]

A-train is a horrible person and we all know that but his comment about money shows so much about what made him this way

[@ProfessorPro242]

Gus has it under control

[@LaManchalandsDonQuixote]

Such a coincidence that he runs a company thats main product is a blue colored drug.

[@shabeo]

This comment is simply bad product.

[@Editzboy52]

They're hinting the next season is coming very soon

[@thelukeofficial9626]

I NEED session 4 RIGHT NOW!!!

[@Nekotaku_TV]

no. (session haha)

[@mkultra2456]

@@Nekotaku_TV maybe?

[@Fact_core]

MORE SPIT

[@seantyler7401]

Deep has the best ark. From raping starlight into his personal destruction. Doesn’t take away from his terrible actions, but does provide an understanding of how he became so f-Ed in the head

[@Knightfall182]

He didn't really rape her, she consented to it ... real superpowers rape happens in the comics, too hot for Amazon

[@jhonhoppins522]

It really doesn't, hearing animals talks doesn't make u a rapist

[@arnoldgreen4278]

@@jhonhoppins522 Will make you go crazy. And animals don't operate the sane way humans do. Hes receiving advice from animals with animalistic goals

[@jhonhoppins522]

@@arnoldgreen4278 dude literally if it was animalistic goals being expressed half the dolphins would try to mate with him too

[@eddymercan7487]

@@jhonhoppins522 isn't there a scene where he tries to rescue a dolphin and that almost happens? the one where it flies through the wind-shield in a car accident

[@chevin0]

lol Ashley is so glad that telling Homelander is someone else's problem

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

2:06 This is why I'll keep coming back to this show despite how bleak it is. It understands why some people would act like this.

[@icer1249]

2:15 and the only people who say that are greedy and only care about themselves

[@PassierscheinA38]

I really hope that these or at least some of these writers are also involved in the upcoming Warhammer 40K Series. I think they also would understand the core of the 40K universe very well. The whole "The Boys" series has such a great world building and visual style. The well set violence but also the mercilessness are perfect for Warhammer 40k.

[@yjzhou1]

There's a 40k movie coming out?

[@mkultra2456]

@@yjzhou1 He said series, not movie.

[@mrwarrior2224]

4:48 bros intrusive thoughts won 💀💀

[@EH-vzzy]

Surely the parents taking the money would know the truth, and that must get out somehow?😅

[@zamn7937]

They did and there were rumors about it to people who are not involved

[@john-5ty]

Them DA’s would destroy their entire lifes ig

[@mattwho81]

All that time and effort battling the supes, when they were only a symptom of the disease not the cause. The Boys should have been targeting the money from the start.

[@fica1137]

Whether they liked it or not Vought under Stan Edgar was only thing that was keeping the Supes on the leash relatively speaking.

[@logan-vq3dm]

huh i just realized when both homelander and starlight get confronted by a black person they both say i dont know what youre talking about

[@gp-1542]

Genuinely curious How did vaught keep it a secret for so long? Like, with the internet and stuff, someone would have said something, right?

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

“He’s my wife’s son!” - Butcher Oh no…🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

The deep only gets feelings from fish. He is anthropomorphically adding the pleading and begging and the like. Like a kid would do and hasn't stopped as an adult because of how traumatic making animals seem sapient is. My head canon anyway

[@orbitalbutt6757]

Your head canon is dogshit