Charles Holmes
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And that to me felt like...
not only a fitting ending, but I'm glad that we didn't get too much of Homelander yelling at Starlighters.
I was just like, I was happy that we ended there.
Do you guys think that... One thing that I've been interested in, in just charting the boys, is how... I think in all TV storytelling, because there's so many seasons, not only do the fans, but the creators end up falling in love with the characters.
And what I did find interesting that I think they struggled with is...
These people are abhorrent, so you start forgetting all of the bad things that they do.
And this series finale, the reason I think it worked is because you finally got to be like, oh...
Yes, the Deep is a terrible person.
Like, he almost became such a sitcom character that it wasn't until this, I was just like, oh yeah, I have been rooting this entire time for Annie to like rock his shit.
It's just like when he's on a podcast with Black Noir.
And it's just jokes.
It's just jokes.
It's hard for you to like remember all of this shit.
And I even think larger when we talk about
just the arc of the boys, I do think that it's interesting that it starts at one place in our political landscape where we were having these questions about Me Too movement, Black Lives Matter, and you have that, and then you get to our current political landscape where MAGA won, you know, white supremacy for now has triumphed.
And all of these dorks and nerds who are like, well, if I just ran the world, I would make it better, finally get what they want, and it all falls apart.
Vought is fucking a mess.
There's no more seven.
Ryan looks at Homelander and he's just like, no, you are not a god.
People are just afraid of you.