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/I_might_be_weasel Jul 22 '24

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. 

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u/ashton_4187744 Jul 23 '24

Butchers scorched earf is the only thing guaranteed to get them out of the way. A-train and neuman kindof have the same killing power. It doesnt make sense for butchers philosophy to allow a train to live, it just worked out in his favor. But the MOMENT nuemen became known as a super then her value to butcher droped to 0.

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u/Brier2027 Jul 23 '24

Hehe. Earf.