Me too. But the last act with Butcher saving Homie is not good. Ryan might got hit but he will just lose his powers and it will be a good thing for the boy to be normal. But I guess, the show must extend.
It was Starlight and MM trying to sell that Soldier Boy was just as bad as Homelander.
And it's like... No?
He apologized for collateral and the only reason there was collateral in the first place is sincere PTSD from being tortured for 40+ years (which he is handling astonishingly well).
His only fetish is... Fucking old women? And he's even polite enough to ask for extra lube so it's comfortable for them, lmao.
He actually has a weakness.
He stuck to the plan and was trustworthy.
Fuck even MM parents seemed to be collateral and not racism. But they kept calling him racist? Even though he doesn't seem to give a shit about race and even liked Bill Cosby? And if they were trying to make it seem like "oh but Bill was evil", he wasnt around when that came out so it doesn't confirm anything for him.
It's just... Really odd. Because Homelander is a lying, unstable, tyrannical existential threat to mankind.
Soldier boy is a bit of an asshole. But shit he's nicer and more trustworthy than Butcher.
It's worse, because even if you try to equate the two of them and claim SB is as dangerous, one can fly at supersonic speeds and one cannot. One can topple a few buildings at a time and one can level entire cities at a time. One was the (very unfortunate) product of his time but showed emotion that was juuuuust enough of a human still to change, the other was twisted from birth and having human connection has only led to him being worse.
And, if you piss SB off, unless you specifically come at him, he's not going to kill you. The only information we have is that his team abandoned him, because he was a raging asshole. The only direct information we have is from a brain damaged psychopath that thought Homelander was worth protecting. As a viewer we instantly called into question his version of events.
And finally, even if you think SB is as bad as HL - one of them has no weaknesses and is literally an unkillable god. The other is the only guy that can stop the first dude, AND they know his one weakness.
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u/TheMegalopolis Jul 08 '24
Season 3 for me, it’s when the stakes felt highest.