What does a superhero do when he tries so hard to “keep fighting” but ends up losing everything?
This isn’t referring to Starlight, Butcher, or Hughie, who are certainly not heroes, nor are they all that effective crime fighters.
Instead, it’s all about Jared Padalecki, his own version of the penultimate superhero, who’s as strong as Aquaman but has all the chivalrous restraint of a free-spirited Superman.
Jared Padalecki on The CW
Despite his best efforts to create a hit show for the CW Network (“Walker,” a grippingly centrist tract), Jared was left without a hometown to return to.
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Now, as he ponders his future, one can only wonder what his next big role will be and — more importantly — will he remain stoic as Cordell Walker or will he let the devil take over and become A full-on supervillain?
One only has to take one look at The Boys , Eric Kripke’s relentless, edge-lord parody of superhero movies, to realize the latter is inevitable.
Jared Padalecki talks The Boys
After all, in Kripke’s world, there are no heroes. Superheroes are either narcissistic or greedy.
Anti-superhero groups are incompetent and ultimately unable to change the world.
Politicians and CEOs are corrupt, and even the victims of superhero crimes aren’t as innocent as they seem.
Jensen Ackles, the notoriously tough guy actor, finally lost his soul after being reincarnated into the Kripke universe.
He transforms from the gruff but admirable Dean Winchester into the morally empty soldier boy, an idealistic patriot corrupted by the toxic masculinity of the old world.
Yes, it seems like every one of the boys has jumped to the dark side, even Jim Beaver, who is reincarnated from the grumpy but lovable Bobby Singer into the corrupt President of the United States, Robert Singer.
Predictably, Jared Padalecki will follow Janssen’s path and create a diabolical supervillain for the role he established in Blackboy Season 5.
Of course, one of Hollywood’s most grumpy actors has every reason to shock us and topple the worst deeds done by Homelander, The Abyss, Stormfront, Firecracker and other dastardly villains.
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After all, Eric Kripke’s take on Garth Ennis’ Pitstain comic books knows no bounds.
If there’s any Hollywood internet star who has a reason to be miserable (and develop a supervillain persona to express his displeasure), it’s Jared Padalecki!
Jared Padalecki loves playing heroes
But what if this can’t happen?
Call me crazy, but I always find a pattern in Jared Padalecki’s long list of leading men. Wholesome, enthusiastic, and maybe a little naive.
His puppy eyes and sad boyish frown are unparalleled.
Even though Jared himself plays the devil (Supernatural), he embodies the character with such desire and empathy for his antagonist that he’s still seen as a hero.
He’s the kind of guy who would cry when he performed alongside Peter O’Toole in Thomas Kincaid’s Christmas Cabin because he was plagued by cathartic altruism.
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Maybe this is what Eric Kripke saw in Jared years ago.
He’s the kind of prophet who can convince you to fulfill your apocalyptic predictions and smile at you in thanksgiving as the world burns.
That’s the beauty of Jared’s performance of “Good.”
Yes, it’s easy to imagine Jared as a supervillain in The Boys’ final season, especially since we can only assume things will get even more unstable before Homelander’s downfall.
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But am I crazy to think that if Jared Padelecki swims against the tide and finds a true heroic figure to play in the nihilistic Kripkeverse amid moral corruption? , will this be a brilliance that no one foresees?
Seeing Jensen Ackles go bad is something new.
It’s strange and fascinating to see our precious superhero institutions destroyed.
But we’ve seen Jared Padalecki try to go evil, and the man just can’t seem to break the heart.
He’s the kind of guy who can pin your best friend to the ground while staring at you, begging for your forgiveness with tears in his eyes.
He seems to have too big a heart of gold to play a one-dimensional villain.
Even if he were to knock a guy out of the park, in terms of the level of despicable behavior and brutal gore, it ultimately means nothing in the world Kripke has established.
Kripke spent more than four years promoting “Home” as the epitome of evil. Now to conquer evil in Homeworld would be to miss the point of it all: that good will eventually triumph over evil.
It seemed a shame for Jared to become yet another close friend of Homelander.
Another weird cameo in the show (seriously, Rob Benedict, why?) seems so rude for a leading man who has given so much and lost so much because of the people he trusted.
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The only way to make Jared’s performance in The Boys Season 5 memorable is to stick to the rule of only playing good or redeemable characters.
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My advice to Jared is, if you really want to impress your old friend Jason with your playful masculinity, play the nice guy on The Boys Season 5.
This is in stark contrast to Jensen’s Soldier Boy.
He is a hero who finally succumbs to the world and its villains.
But Walker Cordell survived the storm and never compromised his morals.
Maybe Eric Kripke is lost in this Stan Lee-esque philosophy and, like most DC fans, only sees the darkness at the end of the tunnel.
But comic book fans can still believe in heroes, right?
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