Gen V (TV series)
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| Name: | Gen V |
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| Creator: | Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson (original comic) Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke (TV) |
| Date(s): | September 29, 2023 - Present |
| Medium: | Live-action Television |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | at IMDb at Wikipedia |
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Canon
Overview
Gen V is a spin-off of The Boys, focusing on the first generation of superheroes who are aware that they got their powers through Compound V and attend the Godolkin University School of Crimefighting. Lead character, Marie Moreau, has a tragic past resulting from her own powers and, within the first episode, she becomes embroiled in the secrets of the university.
Gen V has the same satirical, outlandish and violent tone throughout the episodes as The Boys, though, by focusing on superheroes in their teens, it also explores aspects of the indoctrination, how superheroes become the self-interested and self-serving villains showcased in The Boys, and what happens to potential superheroes who don't have useful powers or who fail to toe the line.
Fandom
History of the fandom
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The fandom around Gen V is moderate-to-small at the moment, though there is a reasonable amount of activity of Tumblr, particularly in the form of screencaps and GIFs.
Characters and Pairings
As well as lead, Marie Moreau, the main cast of Gen V consists mainly of other students from the university, including: Andre Anderson, Emma Meyer, Cate Dunlap, Jordan Li, and Samuel Riordan.
Other characters include staff at the university, previous students, and characters from or referenced in The Boys.
F/M and F/F works are both popular within the fandom, with there also being a poly ship in the top pairings on AO3:
- Marie Moreau/Jordan Li - Jordan Li is bigender, and part of their superpowers is being able to change sex. Many fanworks for the pairing are tagged with both F/M and F/F.
- Emma Meyer/Sam Riordan
- Andre Anderson/Cate Dunlap/Luke Riordan
- Cate Dunlap/Luke Riordan
- Andre Anderson/Cate Dunlap
Fandom Activities
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Common Tropes, Headcanons or Fanon
Impact on / Interactions with other fandoms
Being set in the same universe, there are a lot of crossover fanworks with The Boys.
Communities
- Gen V Spoiler Thread discussion at SuperHeroHype
- Gen V discussion at RPG.net
- r/GenV at Reddit
- r/TheBoys at Reddit (a lot of Gen V discussion also happens here)
Example Fanworks
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