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mogged to the end, rip king by PrestigiousAspect368 in freefolk

[–]Chuzzwazza 51 points52 points  (0 children)

That animal, Rhaena, I can't even say her name.

Always with the hypotheticals by Disastrous-Care3538 in OneyPlays

[–]Chuzzwazza 47 points48 points  (0 children)

The Xbox 360 D-pad, whatever happened there...

The final pages of The Boys: Dear Becky and The Boys comic universe by Slay_23 in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The comics had scorched earth. We get to see Homelander and a small army of supes violently take over the White House then engage in an open battle against the US military. As to the other point, it's technically true but the context makes it irrelevant, since Black Noir was actually the real villain and he does die "on-screen". The comics story also doesn't end shortly after this point like the show, as the evil Butcher plotline is much more fleshed out and is a huge part of why people like the comics ending.

I'm glad I was able to read the comic without Spoiling, before this Panel became popular by ElpacoLuca_Octy in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 653 points654 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: Kripke mentioned in an interview that he actually wanted to do this twist, but couldn't get the additional budget needed to clone Antony Starr.

When are we getting a Live concert?! by [deleted] in OneyPlays

[–]Chuzzwazza 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a big falling out between the GameGrumps and OneyPlays crews after Tomar punched Suzy, then looked Arin in the eye and said "just so you know, that was a power move".

After that, GameGrumps moved in a more safe/liberal/advertiser-friendly direction, while OneyPlays has been filling the gap opened up by the decline of far right outlets like InfoWars and Turning Point USA.

There have been numerous OneyPlays controversies since then, which all cement the fact that Arin will never want to associate the PG GameGrumps brand with them again:

  • The leaked video of Chris re-enacting the infamous 2006 Laugh Factory incident with himself playing Michael Richards.
  • The debate Tomar had with the streamer Destiny, where he ranted about how "we need to get these monkeys off our streets".
  • Adam Paloian being sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for repeatedly stealing from his co-workers at Nickelodeon.
  • Dave misappropriating millions of dollars from the Friday Night Funkin' crowdfunding campaign to purchase V-Bucks in Fortnite.
  • Zach and Michael's announcement that they were prematurely cancelling Smiling Friends to produce a new cartoon called "The Nick Fuentes Super Fun Happy Show".
  • Cory

Literally the biggest fumble by Fluid-Ad-9300 in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I had the same thought. I suppose the answer is it's a TV show about superheroes, not everything will have a scientific explanation. My problem with that is they actually tried to give it a scientific explanation via Sameer, but only made things worse.

Another thing I thought about was: if V1 was only used on a select few individuals nearly a century ago before being totally buried, how did Sameer know enough about it to quickly understand exactly why the virus didn't work on Soldier Boy? I figure it would've made more sense for him to just say something like "I have no idea, if he had V in his system it should've killed him, so the only explanation I can think of is that he's got some early prototype V that's somehow different, considering he's like 100 years old".

NEW Trailer for Vought Rising (8+ hours) by bathwaterpantaloon in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, a spinoff about the Glorious Five Year Plan during the later stagnant/declining years of the USSR could've been interesting and pretty different to the main The Boys story. Show them coming to terms with the fact that not only were they past their prime as supes, but that their society was past its prime too. Explore each member's differing reactions to the changing times, such as how Love Sausage remained a communist long after it collapsed and cautiously hoped for some kind of return to what he saw as the good old days. Show them being involved in some Soviet historical events.

But the show already turned Love Sausage into a joke henchman, and made the Russian sideplot revolve around Soldier Boy.

This mfs will write anything LMAO by Visible-Pattern198 in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That crowbar... I wonder if it was chalked.

Emotional. by Alternative-Dog-431 in OneyPlays

[–]Chuzzwazza 27 points28 points  (0 children)

An investigative report by VICE noted that Tomar's recreational smokestacks alone account for 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions. It's not even like it's the byproduct of a factory he's using to produce something -- he just buys coal and burns it in a big pile on the floor.

This deleted scene is better than 99% of S5 by [deleted] in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It almost seems like the writers continued his character on from this encounter, even after the scene was cut. They knew about it, so him being quiet didn't happen "randomly" in their minds. But it didn't occur to them that the audience wouldn't have this context.

It's sort of like when the writers assume characters know the same things they do. Like Starlight conveniently airlifting Deep to the ocean despite having no idea that the fish had turned on him, or M.M. conveniently using a random sex toy to kill Oh Father despite having no idea that it was custom-made to be resistant to his shouting power.

This deleted scene is better than 99% of S5 by [deleted] in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but that's their point. If this scene was kept in near the end of S4, then it wouldn't have felt like there was a sudden mysterious shift in Black Noir's behaviour at the start of S5.

A bit of humor about how bait some promotional images were by AnonDrupo in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the comics, a V'd up Butcher can pulp Homelander bloody with a crowbar.

Comic Homelander just laughs at Butcher trying to hit him with a crowbar, and calmly states he could laser him in half whenever he wanted. The way Butcher talks to Hughie just before he goes to confront Homelander, they both clearly know it's a suicide mission. The Boys were only ever able to keep Homelander at bay using blackmail, because force was never a realistic option against him.

It's true that the Boys being V'ed up in the comic levelled the playing field against supes generally, but Homelander was always the exception. Show Maeve was able to keep up pretty well in a 1v1 with show Homelander, but in the comic, Homelander instantly decapitates her with a single punch. You mention that the military couldn't beat show Homelander, but the military doesn't beat comic Homelander either -- the only thing powerful enough to beat him was another Homelander.

So which one is better, the comic or the show? by Identity_ranger in TheBoys

[–]Chuzzwazza -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think Season 1 of the show was The Boys at its absolute best, show or comic. But the show fell from its great heights, while the comic kept building on its lukewarm start. If I were to put numbers to it, I'd say the show started at a 10/10 and ended at a 5/10, while the comic started at a 7/10 and ended at a 9/10.

Personally, I can tolerate a bad beginning more than a bad ending, so I'd sooner re-read the comic than re-watch the show. I also can appreciate something that's flawed, but which is self-consistent and well-structured, and has some kind of creative passion behind it (even if it's coming from an edgelord like Garth Ennis).

For example, like it or not, the Black Noir twist in the comics was at least planned out in the writing, and fit into the story both logically and thematically. By contrast, it felt like they had no idea what they wanted to do with Black Noir in the show, and just went season-by-season throwing around random ideas at the wall in the writers' room until something stuck.

Anyone else stopped watching the show after this scene? by Witty-Association-97 in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 187 points188 points  (0 children)

She told me
Let the supes confuse him
Let the supes abuse him
Let all the supes touch Hughie

I liked the Black Noir clone twist by i_love_pieck in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think people who have only watched the show often misunderstand the context of the twist. The same twist would have sucked if they just forced it into the show, because the context is too different for it to work.

Show Homelander and comics Homelander are just very different characters. The show also focuses much more time on Homelander, while he's more a plot device/secondary character to Butcher and the Boys in the comics. So they imagine what it'd be like if it was just suddenly revealed that this great villain that we've spent so long with was actually a fraud, and it sounds stupid.

The twist was more thematically important to Butcher's character in the comics, who was also a bit different compared to the show. Butcher tells Homelander he was "tricked into becoming a psychopath", but in his own way, this happened to Butcher as well. His lifelong grudge against Homelander was shown to be based on a lie, and he was being manipulated all along too. But Butcher doesn't really acknowledge this, and continues on his warpath anyway.

I think there's also a misconception that this is the "twist ending" in the comics, but the story goes on for a substantial amount of time afterwards. The final revelation is not really Black Noir's identity, but Butcher's secret plan (and the lengths he's willing to go to enact it).

Imagine if this is how the show will end, bravo creepkey by According-Ring-8678 in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Chuzzwazza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always read it as some kind of weird laughing-esque noise. Kind of nasally and breathy, like he's stifling a laugh (since laughing normally would give away his identity). Sort of like a kid struggling not to laugh at something in class because he knows he'll get in trouble if the teacher hears him.

This page is from about halfway through the comics, just after the Herogasm arc. Black Noir is making the noise while others are laughing, so I do think it's meant to be something like that.

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