re: The Boys Season 3 Spoilers

A-Train's Smooth Menthols

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The show takes shots at everyone, sure its political but it hits all sides.

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We say that, I’ve said that. That’s the overall takeaway.

But they’ve devoted a lot of time and material to trashing Christianity pretty hard. And the Vought/Homelander rallies which many have mentioned. Have they depicted leftists or “the other side” in any negative or mocking way?

I think we say “balanced” because the references are often nuanced as to who/what is being referenced, but with a more detailed look, there’s a lot of shots taken at the right but don’t recall much if any to the left. Have they depicted some antifa type mobs?

I don’t care mostly. I just roll my eyes and stick to the story, but if we’re discussing, and we enjoy discussing the show, just giving a point of view.

The hardcore leftist throwing shite at Ryan and Vought being an ultra woke corporation kept calling Maeve lesbian when she’s stated many times she’s bisexual all happened in the final five minutes

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They literally showed the only lesbian in the entire show having sex with a man.

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That doesn’t strike me as much I guess. There’s been ample gay sex coverage so I think they’re good there.

The mockery of AT’s faux black pride attempt was something balanced. I’m sure there’s been some other balanced depictions that I don’t recall.

Yeah there was a whole storyline about how much Maeve hated being called a lesbian because she’s actually bi. It’s a pretty funny take on how even the left and media in general ignores bi people

Lets not forget the woke amusement park, all the random background advertisements, etc.

This show is INTENDED to be offensive.

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In the comics Noir was a clone of Homelander. Maybe Vaught can bring him back with Soldier Boy DNA or something.

It is a sad day to be a Noir fan :(

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This was my first thought as soon as that scene went down. Maybe not as a Homelander clone like in the comics, but give him the powers of Soldier Boy, Homelander, or I guess whatever they really want him to be. Basically follow what the comics did to him and bring him back to basically act as a fail-safe against Homelander.

Could you imagine that scene? Black Noir comes from around a corner, displays his new abilities, or some shite and Homelander is shocked but also scared shitless of his ability. That would be great. Also, there's no way that's the last we see of Soldier Boy or Maeve.

Lastly, am I the only one who wishes they would either follow the Netflix format of just releasing it all at once or the Disney+ format of week by week? They basically did the middle with releasing almost half the season in one day and it made the show feel like it came and went super fast.

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Noir has said like 15 total words and he is still easily my favorite character

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Wait, what? Noir hasn’t spoken a single word the entire series, right?

Finished the finale a little while ago. This is such a fricking awesome show.

It seemed a little too easy for HL to win Ryan over. But I guess it was necessary for the story for it to happen that quick.

Is Maeve stronger than I thought or was HL taking it easy on her? Seems like he’s should’ve wiped the floor with her fairly easily. He smoked Noir in half a second with one punch.

I was mad at Butcher for SB being stopped ONCE AGAIN from using his power laser on HL. But I guess it makes sense with Butcher’s promise to his wife with Ryan. But still, I was hoping for some sort of resolution.

So Maeve sacrifices herself and destroys SB….but neither one of them are actually dead? At least with Maeve she’s lost her powers. But SB seems like he’s just being put in cryo until the plot needs him again.

I liked the scenes with HL and Ryan. Anthony Starr really does deserve an Emmy for this shite.

Was hoping to get some TempV’d up MM, but it didn’t happen. Womp womp.

I was also wondering if they’d have the balls to kill off Butcher at the end. But thankfully they didn’t.

Can someone explain the significance of the VP candidate that Deep killed? I didn’t remember if he was important from previous episodes/seasons, or if that was just a way to get head pop chick more into the fray. OR, was that the “transaction” angle she offered to HL in the last episode or so..?

And this show is teetering carefully on present-day politics. HL killing that dude at the end and being cheered for it feels a lot like political idiots of today (on both sides). I was wondering if we’d start to see him go completely off the rails this season, but we didn’t. But that last scene was certainly a glimpse into that, and Ryan enjoying it was a little unsettling.

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Is Maeve stronger than I thought or was HL taking it easy on her? Seems like he’s should’ve wiped the floor with her fairly easily. He smoked Noir in half a second with one punch.

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I think he held back. He's still got some feelings for her, which they have made obvious.

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I was mad at Butcher for SB being stopped ONCE AGAIN from using his power laser on HL. But I guess it makes sense with Butcher’s promise to his wife with Ryan. But still, I was hoping for some sort of resolution.

So Maeve sacrifices herself and destroys SB….but neither one of them are actually dead? At least with Maeve she’s lost her powers. But SB seems like he’s just being put in cryo until the plot needs him again.

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So, this puts a big dent in what Butcher did.

Apparently Soldier Boy would have killed the weak folk, and depowered the strong ones. Ryan and Homelander, like Maeve and Kimiko, would have survived, but have been "normal humans" afterwards. Starlight was iffy, everyone else is dead.

And this would have been exactly what Butcher wanted; with the exception that Soldier Boy would still be alive. But he's knocked out and taken prisoner... was that from the fall or from his blast? If it's the blast, the Feds get him and put him on ice again, like what happened anyway.

No idea how Maeve survives, if she loses her powers a fall from that height kills her instantly.

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Wait, what? Noir hasn’t spoken a single word the entire series, right?

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He spoke in flash back scenes I think?