THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing. We also discuss the satellite shows Diabolical and Gen V.
See the Complete Rules for full explanations.
A very brief summary of the rules is below:
1. Spoiler Policy
Everything from the current season, including the first episode, until two weeks after the season ends is considered a spoiler.
Comics are always a spoiler and must be marked/tagged in comments and posts.
Leaks are permitted, but must be contained to posts flaired LEAKS only. DO NOT DISCUSS LEAKS IN OTHER POSTS. Intentionally spoiling for others will result in a ban.
FULL SPOILER POLICY CAN BE FOUND HERE
2. No Illegal Content/Piracy
Anything that violates Reddit's content policy is strictly forbidden. This includes pirated material. Do not provide, request or encourage piracy.
Failure to follow this rule will result in a ban.
3. Be Civil
While the show itself often contains content and themes that are explicit, divisive, or otherwise objectionable, Discussion, debate, criticism, and disagreement are encouraged, but you must remain civil when doing so.
Harassment of any kind will not be accepted.
4. No misogyny, hom*ophobia, misandry, transphobia, racism, sexism, body shaming, ableism, etc.
We won't tolerate hatred of any kind against anyone. This overlaps with the civility policy of rule number three. Use of ANY slurs is strictly prohibited.
NO Discriminatory speech, hate speech, or stereotypes
NO Body shaming, gossip, or speculation
5. Content Policy
Any content that violates the subreddit rules, site-wide rules, or breaches redditquette may be removed.
This also includes ensuring proper credit for Fan Art and Cosplay.
Refer to our Content Policy for full details.
6. Self Promotion
While we do love to see fan-created content, we also don't want the subreddit to become an endless deluge of users promoting their YouTube channels, Etsy stores, etc. Posts that result in direct financial gain for yourself will be removed.
Review the Self-Promotion Policy here
7. Politics Unrelated
While The Boys covers many political topics and themes, this is not an inherently political subreddit.
For further clarification and some examples of what is considered relevant under this policy and what is not, see this thread
8. Repost or Spam
Full description can be found here
In an effort to keep the discussion from being too repetitive and fractured, the moderation team will remove duplicate discussions if a similar submission has been made in the last several days or near the top of the subreddit.
For a non-exhaustive list of frequent posts that may be removed under this policy, please see our list of common reposts.
9. Low-effort
Most forms of low-effort content will be removed. This includes self-posts with little to no text, cast-spotting and generic joke posts.
Other examples: low quality memes, reaction images, other roles played by the cast, or low effort content. Posts that do not contain significant commentary relevant to the show will be removed.
Full description can be found here
10. Rape/SA denial or Minimization
Do not deny or minimize instances of sexual assault, play "devil's advocate", or attempt in any way to conflate assault with consensual sex acts. This is strictly prohibited and WILL result in a ban.
This rule covers acts depicted in the show and non-consensual acts in real life.
To clear up any confusion specifically around Becca: In Season 2, Episode 4 at timestamp 57:21 Becca explicitly states that Homelander raped her.
11. Discuss the show, not the Fandom
Submissions that contain meta-commentary by other users (either from within reddit or other sources) are prohibited.
There is no need to bring outside drama to the subreddit; we are not here to call-out bad behavior, unpopular opinions, or “hot takes”.
These type of posts do not promote good discussion and can instigate a witch-hunt or brigade, or contribute to review bombing. This includes criticism about Audience scores and IMDB ratings.
12. Social Media Commentary
Social media commentary posts outside of cast, crew, or a reputable source will be removed.
Sharing a screenshot of commentary from youtube, instagram, twitter, etc will be removed. We encourage healthy debate and discourse, so take the time to form your own opinion instead of using another’s voice (even when using it as a springboard to disagree.)
Please review the full Spoiler Policy HERE. When in doubt, hide your text and flag your posts.
To make a spoiler comment, put the part of your text that contains a potential spoiler within the following format:
>!You guys are the real heroes!<Add the scope of the spoiler in the brackets. For example: You guys are the real heroes
To view the spoiler, simply click on the shaded box.
Gen V Season 1 episode discussions
r/OkBuddyFresca - a sub for The Boys memes
r/TheBoysFanFic - for all your fanfics, rewrites, and to see fans' creativity shine
r/TheBoysMemes - for all your The Boys memes outside the main sub
r/GenV - Dedicated to the spin-off show Gen V
