The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with Bloodsport, Peacemaker soon discovers that his freedom comes at a price.
At the beginning of the show, Peacemaker has just gotten out of prison. He was arrested without telling Vigilante and he still kept trying to contact him while he was in jail
I mean kinda, a women is possessed by an alien, she attacks a man in her underwear and is exploded. However the man is also in his underwear. I wouldn't call the violence misogynistic though.
Chris grapples with loving his dad and knowing he was an awful abusive person. He blames himself a lot. He finds a alternate universe where his dad isn't abusive (yet, season 2 isn't done airing yet) and he tries to make a family there.
Two dead possums and a squirrel are shown. Other animals die on screen, but their bodies aren’t focused on after the fact. Refer to the “does an animal die” question for more in depth details.
Chris sleeps with Emilia from an alternate universe. He pretends to be from that university and alt Emilia has no idea he isn't. Also his universe Emilia has rejected him. There are major consent issues.
There is a torture scene where Vigilante’s genitalia is electrocuted and half of his pinky toe is cut off. The scene is referenced multiple times following this.
**THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS** In episode 3, two children are shot offscreen. In episode 4, a child is briefly shown dying following a hit to the head and subsequent seizure; this is graphically shown in episode 7, and is very upsetting for individuals sensitive to child death.
I don't think he was supposed to be a ghost, but rather a depiction of how an abusive parent never leaves your mind when you have PTSD. As a person who suffers from that exact thing, I thought it was an okay depiction.
In episode 8, right when Economos enters the Butterflies’ barn, he immediately barfs out of sheer nervousness. It’s visible, but zoomed out enough that you don’t see a lot of detail. The scene lasts only a few moments.
There's a non explicit suicide metaphor. Chris leaves for an alternative universe with no intention of coming back. He leaves a note and his friends sob about it.
While looking at an xray, Peacemaker is upset that his arm muscles don't look big enough. He asks a doctor if they can take an xray that makes the muscles more pronounced. Peacemaker becomes defensive about the size of his arms when the doctor tells him no.
While not outright confirmed (but acknowledged by the creator), Vigilante is very strongly autistic coded and is often treated as creepy, weird, or an a*****e for not understanding others’ feelings. Not necessarily abuse, but something I as an autistic person found mildly upsetting.
They are fighting nazis, there are swastikas and murals of Hitler. I don't explicitly remember any antisemitism but it's very clear some characters violently are anti-Jewish.
Chris throws an orgy, Adrian gets upset he wasn't invited. Chris sincerely said Adrian didn't seem all that into sex, Adrian agrees he isn't, he only likes it as a way to bond with his best friend Chris.
Vigilante, who’s portrayed as autistic and ambiguously mentally ill, is often insulted by other characters for being weird and “crazy”. Peacemaker mostly. It’s played for laughs and isn’t too harsh. An instance that comes to mind as particularly abliest is in episode two, peacemaker describes vigilante as having “mental issues” to his coworkers
The main character’s neo n**i father hatefully uses the full two-syllable F slur multiple times, memorably at least twice in episode 7 (though there might have been more instances)
No, Adrian is a few years younger then Chris (we don't know how many) and they knew each other as kids but they don't sleep together till well in their 30s so I think its fine.
God is mentioned a lot. The White Dragon says how God challenged him with Peacemakers birth. Peacemaker says he believes God put him on earth for a purpose. He also prays to keep his pet alive
Peacemaker lies to Vigilante that he doesn’t cry and this comes back at him when he cries after killing his father, Auggie. There’s an initial misconception that Peacemaker is “doing face exercises” but when Economos tells Vigilante what’s actually happening he shows care. Auggie was also extremely abusive and ridicules Peacemaker for his sensitivity and bisexuality.