Why The Boys Season 3 Didn't Kill One Major Supe Like The Comics
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3.
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke explains why Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) didn't die in the season 3 finale like she does in the comics. After the success of the previous two iterations, season 3 upped the ante on Prime Video's bold superhero satire series, intensifying the rivalry between the eponymous vigilantes and the corrupt superhero team The Seven. The Boysseason 3 introduced the original supe, Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), and saw the series villain Homelander (Anthony Starr) take a full sociopathic turn.
Although reactions to The Boys season 3 finale have been divisive, many are satisfied with the show's handling of Maeve's arc. In the final episode, Maeve escapes Homelander's clutches and joins forces with Billy and Soldier Boy to kill the evil supe. But after realizing that Solider Boy is determined to commit a massacre, she prioritizes saving her friends, and jumps out of a skyscraper window with him, enduring his lethal energy blast. While it seems Maeve sacrificed herself, she is later revealed to be alive. Maeve's fate in The Boys season 3 was different than in the comics, where she sacrifices her life to protect Starlight from Homelander.
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Now, in a conversation with TVLine, Kripke explains why he chose not to kill off Maeve in The Boys season 3. As the showrunner explains, there were never any plans to kill the character as Maeve's happy ending was a well-earned one. Another reason why Kripke let Maeve live is that he didn't want to fall into Hollywood's Bury Your Gays trope. Kripke is against the unnecessary killing of queer characters. Killing Maeve, who is bisexual, when she deserves a
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