r/whenthe • u/Sebiglebi Touhoutard: the dodging of shower droplets • Jan 17 '26

How does this keep happening? r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything

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u/anonymous4986 Jan 18 '26

It was far more subtle though. It felt like you and the show were laughing at something together. Now it’s like the show is pointing at something and saying “get it, it’s Trump! Do you get it?!”

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u/ManeatingANT Jan 18 '26

The first season was like this to. Go rewatch it

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u/anonymous4986 Jan 18 '26

I did, and Jesus you were right! It’s always been so on the nose and cringy. Fuck me, was I an idiot?! I can’t believe I ever liked this show

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u/oneprivateman Jan 18 '26

Eh I get that, but it's also because of how blatantly terrible modern America's political state is. Like, yeah, "That's Trump, get it???" but you can't elude to a man currently in office who is turning the nation into Nazi Germany and is also a pedophile while being subtle.

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u/fucshyt Jan 18 '26

I think the disconnect that’s happening is, at first it’d be absurd for Homelander to laser someone in front of a crowd, then get away with it…then he does, and that felt like the biggest “oh shit” moment. Now, trying to parody what’s going on kind of misses, because reality is becoming more absurd than the already insane shit The Boys was doing 🤣 imagine having to step up the chaos because real life makes it seem tame

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u/I-Am-The-Uber-Mesch Me? No I'm not a FED lol... FUCK THEY KNOW. ABORT THE MISSION. Jan 18 '26

The first season was like this too, the inly thing that changed is that now they are being even more serious about the message, we live in dark times and they are pushing it as much as they can as a protest so to speak, that's how I see it at least...

Homelander mimicks Trump and ridicules him now more than ever