Yes, Homelander on ‘The Boys’ Is Supposed to Be Donald Trump

[spankmypirate]

#TheBoys showrunner Eric Kripke on why Season 3’s big twist "scared the shit" out of him, how Homelander is like Trump, that giant penis prop, and much more.https://t.co/Ec57fgIgVH
- Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 17, 2022
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, showrunner Eric Kripke has admitted that Homelander is becoming more and more of a

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[waffletaco]

Give Antony an Emmy!
Also, I don’t need the producer to spell it out for me. It’s rather blatant what type of person he is. But whatever they are doing, I like it.

Also, last nights episode was sooo good. Ironically, the herogasm part wasn’t even the most memorable thing.
So much going on.

I think I’ve become desensitized by a lot, as the herogasm stuff was more like a well lit, longer club scene from season 1.

It was funny seeing the main actors doing their lines while everything was happening around them 😂

[potter_lover456]

I saw some things from The Boys Reddit where guys were saying, "Wait, Homelander is evil?"

So maybe Kripke explicitly stating it are for people like them who are only just now learning it.

[andromakhe001]

I think they try to spell it out because a lot of people really are just clueless and do not get it.

[zibbydoo324]

Don't watch this show but I hope they fucking torture the living shit out of this character before killing him. It's what he deserves.

[chismet4u]

[zibbydoo324]

I mean, I'll probably tune in if they kill him like I want. It'll be the closest I can get to roleplaying my fantasies right now.

[chismet4u]

[firstknivesclub]

It's in Handmaids Tale territory where it's just nonstop hopelessness and I'm getting annoyed at it.

[spankmypirate]

Rly? I have my problems with it but I feel that the black humour and irreverence kind of balances the rest of the stuff out. Handmaid's Tale is literally non stop misery

[manu19]

THIS. Didn’t know how to put it but it’s just exhausting to watch

[waffletaco]

i dont find it that deep at all..

[klutzy_girl]

Soldier Boy is the worst and I love him. Not over him telling Homelander he's just a fucking knock-off.

And while we're here because I keep forgetting to post it -please enjoy Jensen imitating a Valley Girl after a fan prompted him to do so. LOL, still obsessed with this.

@JensenAckles as a Valley Girl in the Empty #SPNCHI #SPNFamily #SPNCHI2022 pic.twitter.com/2sWYqFUtFQ
- 🍐Pares🍐 (@pare6386) June 5, 2022

[betgfm]

He’s hilarious. And I agree I’m loving Soldier Boy, I’m rooting for him to, not kill Homelander but strip him of his powers. Seeing Homelander as a pathetic powerless dick would be such karma for him.

[waffletaco]

thats the only way i'd like to see him stick around for another season.

[vatulele]

I agree with you OP. It was fine to have all his white fragility and inadequacies on full display.

I don’t need a Trump satire in my entertainment. He already cost me NPR for 4 years.

[spankmypirate]

Exactly, it just feels too recent and played out, he was fine as a villain in his own right

[waffletaco]

heres the thing.
when it's not blatantly stated by a person tied to the show about a villain, people complain UGH POLITICS. THEY'RE CLEARLY MAKING HIM A TRUMP TYPE CHARACTER.

They do the same every star wars film (especially Rogue One) (because tyrannical villains never existed in film before trump, i guess).

So damned if you lean into, damned if you leave it up to people to make that comparison on your own.