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/Infamous-Lab-8136 Jul 22 '24

I took it to kind of be mocking that moment when our hero gives the great emotional speech about how if we just try to understand each other, hold hands, and sing Kumbaya together we can defeat any threat.

Only for the realist to do what Butcher did for the reasons you said. Hughie's not going to save us by winning hearts and minds.

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u/BoisTR Jul 22 '24

I actually think that Hughie’s speech about humanity not coming to fruition instantly was more so to go along with his overall suffering in season 4. I believe his words will ring true by the end of the series.

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u/chamoflag420 Jul 22 '24

Well i am putting my money on the fact that finale will be UE confronting Butcher in finale,considering butcher kills HL in 6th or 7th episode and he doesn't stop there and goes for the mass genocide route.

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u/Yurus Jul 23 '24

Butcher might kill HL before the last episode but might still live in his brain or something