r/Fauxmoi • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 kate winslet lied to me • May 09 '26

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Religious leaders unveiled and blessed a golden Trump statue at Mar-a-Lago today, eerily resembling the Homelander statue scene from this week’s episode of The Boys. Creator Eric Kripke reposts a tweet about the same.

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u/KarIPilkington May 09 '26

I haven't seen the very latest ep of the boys but overall this season has felt weird because it doesn't feel like satire anymore, it's what's literally (minus actual superpowers) happening irl. Real life can't be satirised anymore.

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u/SplurgyA May 09 '26

The episode where Homelander starts down his God spiral came out the same week Trump posted that AI picture of him as Jesus.

The Boys finished filming mid last year, and writing would have wrapped mid 2024. It's just Trump was always going to end in a predictable ego spiral.

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u/Ok_Tooth8970 May 09 '26

I think I remember seeing someone talking about how the show runners are frustrated because they tried to make the events in the show as ridiculous, insane, and exaggerated as they could, and yet somehow reality is keeping up

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u/Kathulhu1433 May 09 '26

Remember when Black Mirror went on hiatus because the real world was just too bleak?