The term "Shock value" means literally nothing.
The definition of horror is "a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror in the audience" if it does that, then it did a good job.
The term "Shock value" means literally nothing.
He’s not trying to shock you he just thinks a fat guy getting raped is funny
ok
But The Boys isn't horror nor does it implement any of the techniques used to build horror. Crossed is more horror than the boys.
Jerking off =/= horror
The author is mentally stuck in his teens.
That's why it bothers so many people mentally stuck in their infancy.
It’s cringe. It’s the same reason I think Helluva Boss is garbage besides the shit writing, saying “Shit, cock, asss” every sentence is mind numbing and immature . I don’t understand why this hack of a writer even got a tv show.
If you're really bothered by the mere crassness, that should have made you close the book and never read it or speak of it again. But you keep coming back to cry about it.
It's not even that bad. Not among the worst, unfortunately. That Bendis style of writing adopted by other comic writers is infinitely worse.
There's a significantly-sized audience that's also stuck in its youth. You should know this. You watch cartoons. Not sure why you're confused.
You brought it up pal. I read it, and It’s an edgy fantasy of author who hasn’t grown up past his highschool years.
His other works are also the same, gore sex, cursing x 100000. It’s quite embarrassing that he published this and people brought it.
>You brought it up pal.
I didn't. You, however, are here.
He's a decent writer, but dummies that can't get past the crude humor see nothing but crude humor.
Go back to watching cartoons. Stop wasting your time here.
Its a literal shit post comic on heros.
Ennis doesn't care about "shock". He just thinks gay rape is the pinnacle of comedy.
People use "shock value" to describe acts of ultraviolence that have no point other than to attempt to shock the reader. Nobody actually uses it to describe actual shocking plot twists or suspenseful scenes.
Like when Kyle Rayner's girlfriend is fridged and its supposed to be shocking, but it falls flat aince we've only known her for six issues.
Or on Law & Order: SVU, where every episode is about some horrific rapist in order to distract from the shit writing/acting/dialogue.
>People use "shock value" to describe acts of ultraviolence that have no point other than to attempt to shock the reader.
That's what the definition of horror is. Shocking the reader or the audience.
A jump scare with a creepy photoshopped John McCain head can momentarily shock somebody, but it doesn't make it good writing.
nigga this isn't horror, it's gross out humour about USA celebrities thinly disguised as superheroes
The Boys is just shitty edgelord humor and thinly veiled seething about cape comics.
Horror is a very malleable genre but this isn't even if the same neighborhood.