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Yes and no. Vought made a terrorist supervillain for the reasons you described, yes, but they couldn’t control what kinds of powers he’d get. The ones who decided he’d blow himself up were the show writers.

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Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Vought has a history of playing into racist stereotypes in the narrative, so they probably overlooked more powerful/capable candidates in whatever experiments they were doing once they got this guy.

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- ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sure, that’s possible, but there’s no evidence in the show that they did that.
  
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  - Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    the-boys.fandom.com/wiki/Naqib
    
    Yeah you are right he’s the only one, I forgot Homelander got them the dose of V
    
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- starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This feels like a thermian argument. In-universe explanations don’t justify racism on the part of the author. Plus, this is The Boys we’re talking about… Kripke had Hughie raped last season because he thought it was funny. Don’t give them any credit
  
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  - Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Nice reference
    
    Also I should check more what was in the comics vs the show.
    
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