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The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game
by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson
"I wanna hit the supes, an' they're the ones with the resources to do it. I mean what else am I gonna do, use my billion dollar inheritance an' operate out of a cave?"
What if superheroes really weren't all that awesome? What if the casualties they caused were much worse than the good deeds? I mean, just think about all the destruction that is glossed over in the movies? Kinda sucks, right? Right. So, sometimes a group of people are brought together to handle the supes-by whatever means necessary.
A dark, crude, explicit and yes, funny almost character study. I'm pretty certain I've barely scratched the surface of getting to know everyone. I like the social commentary and of course there is a bunch I don't know yet about our anti-hero+ but I kept having a thought pop up throughout my read. Do you think that Ennis is really a softy trying to prop humanity up and say yo, our "heroes" are the worst and only YOU have the capacity for good? For this thought alone, I might go out on a limb and say this is my feel-good read of 2019. :)
Now for the critical stuff:
Annie January. I know there are many women that say if they never read about a woman being assaulted or manipulated by misogyny that they would be fine. Truthfully, I feel the same but it isn't realistic in the world we live in. It changes you and the choices you make and the growth you have as a person. Everything is different after terrible things happen to you-not just assault. That should be reflected in our reading because it is honest. Is it a lazy writing tactic? Yes, absolutely, it is done all the time when it doesn't need to be but there are also times when it feels like an integral part of where the story needs to go and I think this is one of those times. I really fucking hope it is because I am really curious to see how she comes out with all of this. She made a choice to get what she wanted-I just hope it ends up being worth it.
On the other end of it-I hate that fucking dog. I hate that it is ok what he is told to do and does just because he's a dog. What. the. fuck.
The Female. It isn't unusual to have a badass woman on the team that is a loner and doesn't talk to anyone. She's quiet and mysterious and everyone knows not to fuck with her or they will pay a stiff penalty. None of that is bad except that it is and really sucks. This plays on the idea that any woman that hangs with the boys has to be ten times more weird and ultra violent. That is the only path to acceptance of being good enough AND it also completely de-sexualizes her on purpose because of course there couldn't be a woman that could hold a conversation, be hot as hell and also be more than just a sexual object to the men in the group. This is the one that actually pisses me off. Give her a fucking voice.
What if superheroes really weren't all that awesome? What if the casualties they caused were much worse than the good deeds? I mean, just think about all the destruction that is glossed over in the movies? Kinda sucks, right? Right. So, sometimes a group of people are brought together to handle the supes-by whatever means necessary.
A dark, crude, explicit and yes, funny almost character study. I'm pretty certain I've barely scratched the surface of getting to know everyone. I like the social commentary and of course there is a bunch I don't know yet about our anti-hero+ but I kept having a thought pop up throughout my read. Do you think that Ennis is really a softy trying to prop humanity up and say yo, our "heroes" are the worst and only YOU have the capacity for good? For this thought alone, I might go out on a limb and say this is my feel-good read of 2019. :)
Now for the critical stuff:
Annie January. I know there are many women that say if they never read about a woman being assaulted or manipulated by misogyny that they would be fine. Truthfully, I feel the same but it isn't realistic in the world we live in. It changes you and the choices you make and the growth you have as a person. Everything is different after terrible things happen to you-not just assault. That should be reflected in our reading because it is honest. Is it a lazy writing tactic? Yes, absolutely, it is done all the time when it doesn't need to be but there are also times when it feels like an integral part of where the story needs to go and I think this is one of those times. I really fucking hope it is because I am really curious to see how she comes out with all of this. She made a choice to get what she wanted-I just hope it ends up being worth it.
On the other end of it-I hate that fucking dog. I hate that it is ok what he is told to do and does just because he's a dog. What. the. fuck.
The Female. It isn't unusual to have a badass woman on the team that is a loner and doesn't talk to anyone. She's quiet and mysterious and everyone knows not to fuck with her or they will pay a stiff penalty. None of that is bad except that it is and really sucks. This plays on the idea that any woman that hangs with the boys has to be ten times more weird and ultra violent. That is the only path to acceptance of being good enough AND it also completely de-sexualizes her on purpose because of course there couldn't be a woman that could hold a conversation, be hot as hell and also be more than just a sexual object to the men in the group. This is the one that actually pisses me off. Give her a fucking voice.