Like clockwork, The Boys‘ fandom has responded to the show’s decision to give Frenchie (Tomer Capone) a gay love interest in Season 4.
Reactions have ranged from foaming at the mouth in anger to swooning over the new ship, and some fans have been indifferent to it.
The side that hated seeing Frenchie and Colin (Elliot Knight) will need to take a hike after the show’s creator, Eric Kripke, highlighted the truth about the relationship.
In a not-so-cryptic comeback shared on Twitter, Kripke informed those mourning the loss of Frenchie and Kimiko that the ship was never going to happen, and that had been pretty evident early on.
He shared scenes from Season 3, in which Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) and Frenchie are talking about a kiss they had, and Kimiko says that it felt weird to kiss him.
Some viewers have finally breathed a sigh of relief after Colin and Frenchie because they’ve expected that to happen since Frenchie first appeared in his three-quarter shorts, crop tops, and interestingly worn accessories. He was giving chaotic queer energy, and finally, that energy was being released with Colin.
On the other side were the angry ones who could swear that The Boys had gone woke in Season 4 after totally being not woke for the past three seasons.
In response to the great accusation of wokism, Kripke was clear in his response when he told The Hollywood Reporter:
Anyone who wants to call the show “woke” or whatever, that’s OK. Go watch something else. But I’m certainly not going to pull any punches or apologize for what we’re doing.
Eric Kripke — The Hollywood Reporter
It doesn’t help that Homelander and his cronies have begun resembling Donald Trump and his supporters, something that is catching on to that crowd, and they’re livid.
‘The Boys’ Has Always Been “Woke”
At its core, The Boys is a satirical show about the powerful among us who manipulate our very existence to profit from us. The show has tackled several crazes like corporate Pride, which is a veiled attempt to capitalize off queer people, to mega-churches, whose goal is to capitalize on the believers.
Trump attempts to capitalize off the disenfranchised in the society, and he makes himself an easy target.
The ire came fast and loose with various excuses being given in an attempt to hide the homophobia while others were not that couth.
While it has reduced, the backlash against queer characters has always been expected, but with the Trump information in the background, the hate was extra.
Some justified their reasons by saying that queer Frenchie came out of the left field. Apparently, queer people can’t just exist without it being part of a big storyline, preferably one where they suffer to teach the normies a lesson.
How dare they introduce a normal (by some standards) couple who did not go through hell to be together? Wouldn’t it have been more satisfying to see them fight homophobia and one of them preferably die?
How are they to satisfy their kink for suffering queers?
Frenchie and Kimiko have always had a deeper connection with each other than they had with any other person, and while Frenchie might have had romantic feelings, Kimiko didn’t share them.
She was happy for him when she realized he had a boyfriend and urged him to pursue it.
Kimiko iterated that she and Frenchie would NEVER happen, and he’d be wise not to let go of something good because he was holding out hope for himself and Kimiko.
Despite featuring a plethora of hetero couples, Frenchie and Kimiko not joining those ranks was soul-crashing for some. How are they to survive?
Breaking news: men and women can be friends without wanting to jump each other’s bones.
While pitying people for losing something is okay, you can’t pity those who set themselves up for disappointment. How do you lose something you never had in the first place?
The Boys Season 4; new episodes on Prime Video on Thursdays.