The hoelandah archive. Moved but evidence remains.
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I do not assault my eyeballs with Kripke's botched show, I'm a former big SPN/Destiel fan, not a blind hater. I genuinely think that he is a very weak writer who is only carried by captivating characters that the actors give life to and active fandoms filling in his weak spots with fan works.
I basically read "The Boys" episode synopses, note audience and fandom reception/reactions and consume in other ways to try to know what I'm talking about. So, I may get things wrong or miss context that I would have gained watching the show. Just be patient with me.
I do not read the comic. I cannot stand it, I can barely take in its canon for comparison it squicks me so goddamn bad. I cannot read anything that Garth Ennis does. I personally think it's just shock value schlock with no artistic merit but that's an opinion. I tend to give comic less criticism than the show, however, because it is not trying to be anything besides what it is and it is not lampooning a current political climate clumsily. Ennis's work can absolutely be adapted successfully. Preacher, another Ennis property, was adapted pretty well for AMC and it was just as gross comic-wise.
So, in my opinion, The Boys and the characterization of Homelander suffers from trying to make something unfilmable mainstream, being unfortunately timed in US history, and the pervasive neolib tone of even the most progressive of American media.
About the Blog
This is a Homelander thirst blog ofc. I also play in the sandbox of the universe and love analyzing possible themes, in show politics and characters, in particular, in relation to Homelander. I'm a leftist that consumes politics and social issues discourse on a daily basis as a special interest so that features heavily in my meta and analysis.
Do know that my analysis is subjective. It is simply engagement with the media. I am not condemning or assuming malice of anyone in the writer's room unless it seems obvious and even then. The nature of analysis with art is that sometimes there are no right or wrong answers, there is only what we see, how it may be perceived, and what it could reflect. Talking about our media frankly with a conscious, not necessarily critical lens, is healthy even when it is deemed pretty "unproblematic." There is also a lot of Watsonian vs Doylist fuckery going on.
I'm also american, leftist, black, DFAB, bigender, and queer, I mention this only so that you all know what angle I'm coming from in my analyses.
Feel free to ask me anything or chat.
Disclaimer:
This is not a "Homelander Apologist" blog. I do, however, critically engage with how culpable Homelander is for his actions considering his neglect, absolute lack of genuine human relationships, lack of good behaviors to model, and people in his life actively influencing him to take questionable actions. Basically, I ponder on: If you were never taught "good," are you "evil" if you never knew the opposite? So, in my controversial opinion, he should not pay for his crimes because he would never understand it and it would let everyone else off the hook. Instead his demise is simply a public safety service.
Tags for your blocking pleasure:
Meta: 'the kays meta'
All meta is tagged this. Sometimes I back and forth reblog if I'm having a good meta discussion.
Asks: 'the kays asks'
Messages I answer are tagged this. Feel free to drop a line.
Me just yappin: 'kay talks'
Stuff that's not meta, just me talking in general, are tagged this.
My OCs tags
Celestia (a Magical Girl Supe): 'oc: celestia' | 'the contingency plan' | 'oc: naomi edgar'
Virtue (A secret Empath Supe): 'oc: virtue' | 'cursed virtue signaling' | 'oc: sera velois'
(Tags have my old name and I'm too lazy to change them. 😩😩😩)
