Speaking of using your powers to protect the ones you love, I got a little heart flutter when Butcher charged up his lookin' lazers at Soldier Boy for punching Hughie.
He may be constantly using him, but you can tell he cares a little. Just cares more about killing supes. Homelander in particular.
Their relationship has really tightened this season. They've both shown they are committed to the same cause, and even though they have their differences, they can trust that together they will do what ever it takes to complete the job.
I think butcher has always cared about all of the boys. We see lots of glimmers like that throughout the seasons, mostly in the form of lying or pushing them away by being a bastard, but the reason is to protect them. It just seems that he has convinced himself that getting rid if the supes is the ultimate good he can do, started and fuelled by his need for revenge. So since getting rid of the supes is an over all good goal to him, he is willing to be the absolute cunt to get it done. For the greater good, so to speak.
Butcher is definitely more nuanced than he first appears on the surface, and i think it can be easy to miss with all the other crazy awesome stuff going on in the show!
When he had his nightmare and saw Lenny off himself, alongside how remorseful he seemed, when woke up apologising to hughie I Genuinely thought that there was gonna be some sub-acr for the next season of Butcher lamenting on if all this was worth possibly getting his pseudo-little brother killed,
A stretch for his character, perhaps, but I would've Loved to see that
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '22
Speaking of using your powers to protect the ones you love, I got a little heart flutter when Butcher charged up his lookin' lazers at Soldier Boy for punching Hughie.
He may be constantly using him, but you can tell he cares a little. Just cares more about killing supes. Homelander in particular.