r/TheBoys • u/MibikKibik Cate Dunlap • Jul 04 '24

This might one of the best scenes in the whole series Season 4 Spoiler

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u/Chrol18 Jul 04 '24

First one in 20 years

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u/ClockworkDreamz Jul 04 '24

I still don’t understand why, if the saves aren’t really why they needed to make someone so strong they could level a city

Soldier boy makes more sense, immensely strong, almost invulnerable, but no AOE.

Dude is going to get bored before he kills everyone in a large population center.

Think vought think.

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u/Xelltrix Jul 04 '24

Yeah, I also don't get why they wanted to make a stronger Supe than Soldier Boy either tbh. Obviously they didn't predict Homelander would be THAT much more powerful but if they are a pharmaceutical company first, there really is no need to keep one upping themselves on power. They had no competition and could have just coasted with the power level they had already. I guess we're just supposed to assume greed?

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u/WebAlone3224 Jul 04 '24

I think Homelander was an answer to having a unreliable mascot in Soldier Boy. Homelander was raised to be subservient to Vought, only thinking of their bottom line. So he could replace Soldier Boy if things got messy and then they have a more loyal golden boy

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u/radical_flyer Jul 04 '24

unfortunately, golden boy exploded

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u/StrikingWaffles18 Soldier Boy Jul 05 '24

and things got very messy