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THE BOYS and other shows that ruined themselves in their final season

This meme uses the popular fantasy knight council template, where multiple armored knights stand around a carved stone table pointing their swords inward towards a shared central point. Each knight or sword is labeled with the title of a well-known American television series: The Boys, The Man in the High Castle, Umbrella Academy, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Westworld, X-Files, The OC, and How I Met Your Mother. Bold yellow text in the center of the table reads 'Fucking up the entire show in the final season', a sarcastic joke pointing out that all of the listed series are commonly criticized by fan communities for having poorly received, underwhelming, or plot-destroying final seasons that negatively impacted the reputation of the full series.
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Fucking up the entire show in the final season

Overview

This meme uses the popular fantasy knight council template, where multiple armored knights stand around a carved stone table pointing their swords inward towards a shared central point. Each knight or sword is labeled with the title of a well-known American television series: The Boys, The Man in the High Castle, Umbrella Academy, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Westworld, X-Files, The OC, and How I Met Your Mother. Bold yellow text in the center of the table reads 'Fucking up the entire show in the final season', a sarcastic joke pointing out that all of the listed series are commonly criticized by fan communities for having poorly received, underwhelming, or plot-destroying final seasons that negatively impacted the reputation of the full series.

Origin notes

Per the provided source information, this meme was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit with the original title 'THE BOYS 💔'. It is a remix of the widely circulated 'knights pointing swords at center' fantasy art meme template, which is frequently used to group items that share a common negative or positive trait.

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