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/Space_Gemini_24 Jul 23 '24
I think it was a massive mistake, she was an impressive asset that could help in the coming war with a good motivator (the rogue part of the CIA could have sheltered Zoe and Sameer and hold both hostage in the worst case).
You basically had the perfect team-up with Hughie if he had taken perm V, they teleport in, she pops off a head or two and then disappear without a trace.
Was she dangerous, ofc but she had predictable intentions and was clearly in the ropes when Butcher killed her.
A tragic waste both in and out of the story.