The Boys - Official Trailer - If you haven't, you guys need to watch this show; The "superheroes" serve as a metaphor for many things, celebrities being one, and I'm sure a lot of you will pick up on all the symbolism and the true meaning of this show.

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This is a spoiler, so don't continue reading if you don't want anything spoiled, but it's an example of the symbolism, metaphors and hidden messages within the show.

There's 7 A-List superheros who have contracts with a corporation that work with the government; the newest one is innocent, naive and genuine. She's powerful, she's pretty, but she's not in it for the money, publicity or celebrity status and treatment - she wants to make the world a better place, for real, whereas everyone else with powers says the same shit, but truly only cares about themselves.

Her first night getting welcomed into "The 7" she's forced to preform oral sex on one of the seven superheros she had always looked up to, or else he was going to lie about her, to get her kicked out of the "7" (which would limit the amount of good she could do on a global scale, as well as disappoint both her and her mother), so she does it. That was a #MeToo moment if I ever saw one.

(Sorry, spoiler tags don't seem to work on SaidIt comments)

[–]bagano1 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Deep had no power to do that. No one would have listened to him. He's a chump, always was.