r/TheBoys • u/MrSluagh • Jul 22 '24

Butcher was right. Season 4

Hughie had it backwards. It's the desensitization that made him sympathize with Victoria Neumann. Someone who has murder victims at least in the double digits, very conservatively counting only on-screen killings. And most of those were cold-blooded and for Machiavellian reasons. She had an understandable point of view, and deserves more sympathy than Homelander, who deserves more than none. Sure, she was manipulated, but there was no sign she wouldn't kill more innocent people given a reason. There isn't room in the world for a bulletproof blood-Magneto, unless maybe she's been conditioned from childhood to abhor all violence and devoted her life to medicine. If you had a good opportunity to kill Victoria Neumann, that would be the ethical thing to do.

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u/EquivalentSnap Cunt Jul 22 '24

Crazy how strong those tentacles were like she stopped homelanders blasts with her eyes, bullets bounce of her and acid does nothing

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u/hotdogaholic Jul 23 '24

i dont think her eyes were stopping HL.

i posit that he just gave her a quick zap to prove she was a supe, and then she tried to pop his head but couldn't.....u can see her eyes get cloudy.

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u/NoX2142 Billy Jul 23 '24

I think the eyes are just her powers activating and she maybe just fortified herself against the laser blast.. Even HL would have had a nosebleed at best if she actually tried to pop him. Maybe her powers are just automatic in self-preservation vs when on the offence?

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u/Conroadster Jul 23 '24

Or just kinda like charging / getting ready if needed just like starlight