>>151143004
I think youre putting the cart before the horse here, The Boys as a concept is really rooted in this idea of juxtaposing comic book concepts with real world structures. Right? That's Butcher being the Punisher, and also a government tool. It's Homelander being as strong as Superman but also as emotionally weak as any man. Its even Starlight being the archetypal superheroine redeemer; while also being a micromanaged celebrity and token resistance icon.
If we want to develop these characters we need to get "more political", we need to mesh them in more with real world structures. Tek Knight, you know how does he feel about intersections of money and race within superheroes? Is he an elitist among elitists, does he believe in some singsong rags-to-riches will-to-power meritocracy, why? Sistah Sage, what the hell is her ideology? Why do anything she does? "Boredom" isnt really compelling and neither is nihilism. And its a shame because she's in a great position to be a patronizing technocrat, telling people she knows what's best. Even Kimiko deserves this treatment, maybe especially Kimiko. She could have been an excellent window into a world of supervillainy and terrorism intersecting.
It'd also help to expand the world. Supervillains are wasted because theyre "just" controlled opposition. Thats great as an intention by the US government, but you know what happened with the Taliban right? The Mexican Cartels? Many, many European organized crime outfits? They go rogue, they take what you give them and use it to take more. There was a lot more meat on the supervillain bone. We needed to see some of these guys taking up real causes, causing real damage, and generally getting way farther with what they were given than expected.
Everything as it is is just so sanitized and clean. Everyone is so controlled and formulaic. There's broad gestures to pop culture but they dont take advantage of any real social or economic trends to establish their characters.
