The Boys
Summary
There were a number of fantastically lurid aspects ofThe Boyscomic book serial , from the gruesome force to the overabundance of sex , drugs , and general depravity , but perhaps the most shocking part of all was the braid ending . And what makes that intellect - blowing twist so much dear is the fact that the author and co - God Almighty ofThe Boys , Garth Ennis , in reality had it planned from the very beginning - something he did n’t do with another one of his acclaimed comic series , Preacher .
In an interview with Near Mint Condition horde Uncanny Omar , Garth Ennis was asked about the cohesion of the storyline ofPreacher . Uncanny Omar asked if Ennis had the intact serial planned out before he started writing it , and if he lie with howPreacherwould end from the starting time . Garth Ennis replied that he did n’t have a set plan forPreacherupon the entry of the comedian , and that it came in “ fit and starts ” , which - Ennis also noted - was very unlikeThe Boys .
savor Uncanny Omar ’s full audience with Garth Ennis onNear Mint Condition ! Or , bound off to the part of the interview being discussed in this article : 43:50 - 45:40 .
The Boys , Ennis admitted , was “ simple ” thanPreacher , saying the premise was essentially , “ superheroes are bastards and they need a smack and these are the guy wire who are going to do it . And that was it ” . However , Ennis survive a footstep beyond that by expose even small details ofThe Boyswere thought up well in advance . “ As for the overall arc of the al-Qur’an and the end , that was there from the get - go ” .
The terminal defeat of Homelander does n’t necessarily intend Supes are done for good , but Hughie reveal the CIA will never countenance a superhero comeback .
The Boys’ Most Shocking Twists, Explained
The Boys#65-#72 by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun
WhileThe Boysdoes have a definitive ending , there are multiple storyline conclusion that could have act as series coda , each one contain a pretty significant wind - and it started withThe Boys#65 .
InThe Boys#65 , buff are struck with the disgraceful realisation thatBlack Noir was a clone of Homelanderthe entire time . This was peculiarly startling give that every truly heinous matter Homelander did n’t commemorate doing , but was shown doing through picture evidence , was actually done by Black Noir in an effort to frame Homelander and cook up an self-justification to bolt down him ( as defeat Homelander was the total cause for Black Noir ’s existence ) .
Those barbarity capture on moving-picture show were the grounds Homelander was so villainous throughout the series , since he did n’t bother being good when he had difficult proof that he was seemingly insidiously evil . However , once Homelander detect that it was really Black Noir , he regret every evil thing he ever did , and lashed out at Black Noir in a fit of unparalleled rage , all the manner up until Black Noir at last did what he was produce to do .
Then , only a few issues later , Butcher ’s role arc choose a major turn as well . Like Black Noir , Butcher was obsessed with killing Homelander , and he did his job as a CIA affiliated phallus of the Boys well , up until he got that chance . However , after Homelander was pop , Butcher decided that every other supe had to go too . This leave toButcher creating a weapon that would defeat every supe in the worldonce activated . Hughie stopped Butcher before he could activate it , but that does n’t change the fact that Butcher actively tried to pull genocide .
Garth Ennis Knowing The Boys’ Twists From the Start Reframes the Whole Series
The fact that Garth Ennis knew his characters would dispatch their arcs in these shocking way totally reframes the intact series . It ’d be one matter if Ennis decided near the end to make Homelander a secret dupe of Black Noir , but his Near Mint Condition interview confirms that he knew he was n’t wholly responsible for his own actions all along , makingevery nefarious thing Homelander does throughout the series more than just retroactively tragical , but actively heartbreaking .
likewise , Butcher ’s plot line becomes much less sympathetic when considering that he was always designate to commit attempted genocide against supes . That was n’t a creative decisiveness made during the series stopping point , that was the programme from the beginning . Every supe Butcher allowed to be - or just drop to belt down - was n’t spared because he had a sense of dutiful ethical motive or professional ethics , but because he figure they ’d all be dead by his hand presently anyway , so why waste the cause at the moment .
Preacher’s Apparent Lack of Pre-Planned Cohesion Isn’t Felt in the Series
It ’s interesting that the creative process forPreacherwas the precise opposite experience for Garth Ennis than that ofThe Boys , especially when consider how interconnectedPreacher ’s storyline was . From the very first publication all the way until the finale , Preachertells a individual story from start to finish without any obvious stray from continuity or in - serial publication retcons to make a certain storyline fit into the wide of the mark narrative . Yet , according to Ennis , Preacherwent through “ fits and starts ” behind the scenes , which would incriminate obvious breaks in persistence , but that was not the type .
Preacher ’s plot line is utterly massive in scale , as it deals with spiritual furore , undead murderers with the power to kill God , and an holy person / demon hybrid subject of change reality as human race know it . Not to mention other supernatural entity wandering around , like vampires . Preacherplayed out as if it was a cautiously crafted , interwoven serial of complex storylines that had a predetermined end , though Ennis reveals the contrary was dead on target .
Apparently , the interconnectedness ofPreacher ’s many story arcs into the interconnected narrative sports fan know and sexual love today was crafted as it go along . Garth Ennis himself admit that the ending ofPreacherwasn’t even cerebrate up until roughly two years into writing the book . While that ’s pretty standard for comic Jehovah , it ’s interesting that a story likePreacherwasn’t fully gestate before the storytelling actually began , especially render thatThe Boyswas fully developed flop from the start .
Garth Ennis is known for his sick sense of humor & hyper violence in the comics he writes , including Preacher . Here ’s 10 most over the top minute !
The Differences Between Preacher & The Boys Proves How Talented Garth Ennis Truly Is
Garth Ennis confirms that he does not have one set style of tell a story . He can either have everything planned out ahead of time before executing it to ne plus ultra , or he can run with a cool idea knowing that he ’ll be able to bring the story to a square close . The originative processes behindPreacherandThe Boysbeing so different just proves how talented Garth Ennis truly is , as both were give endings fans wo n’t soon blank out , despite getting there in completely opposite ways .
However , it can not be denied that the pre - aforethought ending of The Boys did offer fan a truly shocking twist ( a few twists , really ) thatPreacherdid not , despite Preacher ’s plot line being more complex thanThe Boysoverall . This behind - the - scene tid - bit brought to light by Garth Ennis ’ Near Mint Condition audience whole redefinesThe Boysseries , as each of those twists were patently “ there from the get - go ” .
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