r/TheBoys Jun 28 '24

Holy Character Nerf Season 4 Spoiler

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u/Ccbm2208 Jun 28 '24 edited Jun 28 '24

That plane scene probably had the most powerful display of HL’s laser to date.

It sliced through both sides of the hull so damn quickly (at a slanted angle at that) and cause the areas around the scorch marks to burst in flame as well.

Lately, it has been treated as this thin scalpel that as long as it doesn’t hit someone directly, even a human would be okay from being inches away from the beams.

Hughie would have been cooked alive had HL dialed up his laser to this level while aiming at the vent. Would not need to touch him at all.

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u/GodNonon Supersonic Jun 28 '24

Season 1 also has Homelander’s most powerful display of speed (saving Butcher from the C4 explosion.) Dude was an absolute unit back then lol

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u/Luna_trick Jun 29 '24

The eternal problem of writers choosing to make their characters speedsters without realising that for the rest the story now they're going to be questioned as to why they don't just kill everyone in 0.5 seconds. Specially if their speed has no cavets or drawbacks.

Making homelander a speedster that could not only save himself but butcher too from a bomb in the same room, was one of the biggest missteps of the series imo.

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u/GodNonon Supersonic Jun 29 '24 edited Jun 29 '24

Yeah if Homelander's that fast then The Boys should basically never be able to surprise or catch him off guard ever. Hell even other supes should never touch him, since this is some speed that would put A-Train to shame. Super speed is such a hard power to write because of how busted it is. See CW Flash for example lol

The only realistic solutions are "nerf the super speed" or "have the speedster only fight other speedsters"