Butcher was right.

[u/MrSluagh]

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.

[u/I_might_be_weasel]

I think they covered that pretty well already with Hughie forgiving A-Train. 

And I believe Sun Tzu said something pretty applicable here, something along the lines of if you want your enemy to retreat, build them a golden bridge. As in, if Neuman/ A-Train wants to stop fighting you, let them stop fighting you. 

[u/RanRanBobanis → u/I_might_be_weasel]

The problem with that is she might change her mind if a better opportunity comes along. Butcher's way ensures she's not going be fighting or popping anyone's heads ever again, and that's just swell.

[u/I_might_be_weasel → u/RanRanBobanis]

If that's the case he should have killed Zoe too. And locked up Ryan. And killed Homelander with Soldier Boy when he had the chance.

[u/[deleted] → u/I_might_be_weasel]

He shouldn’t have locked up Ryan because homelander would’ve killed a million people to get him back. Zoe maybe and he definitely should’ve killed homelander with soldier boy

[u/I_might_be_weasel → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like he's got to kill Ryan too.

[u/Timely-Use2919 → u/I_might_be_weasel]

I think he just wants to kill homelander to prevent Ryan from having too much

[u/YeylorSwift → u/I_might_be_weasel]

looks to me like he knows that