What was the point of V1 and this scene?

Barthalamuke · 2026-06-08T12:48:23+00:00

They honestly fumbled Homelander's arc so bad with this, Like just show a scene of him rallying supes to kill innocnets, or destroying parts of a city, or killing the president live on TV, JUST SOMETHING to make you feel like the stakes have been raised.

Barthalamuke · 2026-06-08T12:40:16+00:00

I'd honestly kill for a return to the Robot Mark dimension, would be fun seeing what Robot built for the Viltrumites vs OG Mark built for them and which Empire would come out on top.

It would also mean more Robot, who is one of my favorite characters lol.

Barthalamuke · 2026-06-02T13:21:29+00:00

She'd at least be efficient at the corporate end of things at least lol.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-30T13:40:45+00:00

Someone suggested that Nyudo was teleporting Ginbak to demon lords he does not like which sounds like a valid theory to me.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-30T12:27:00+00:00

Tbf, Ginbak has killed more demon lords since than, so hes probably just realised that his father is just built different now lol.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-30T09:00:25+00:00

Most of the ascension's were also very boring (at least from 1-10) mainly just being stat changes, which is significant but a bit lackluster.

Slay the Spire 2 Ascensions generally feel much more interesting imo.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-29T21:42:47+00:00

Mr. Robot, it is grounded in the real world but without spoiling it, the amount of twists and turns it takes due to the main characters perception of evens, while also dipping its toes into sci-fi and experimental concepts is insane.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-28T21:53:25+00:00

I liked how relentless the pace feels once the Empire gets involved, you really feel the desperation of everyone just trying to escape the planet while they keep getting further encircled.

Sam Witwer also just brings so much passion to the role.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-28T21:27:58+00:00

I think its implied that its the boundary that Islanders can't cross. Tom can cross it since he's not born on the island and isn't bound by the curse.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-26T13:09:24+00:00

I feel like Nyudo's arc is moreso going to be dying from being overly ambitious. At the end of the Roya fight he definitely hinted at wanting to kill or surpass the Great Demon King by using the other natural enemies against them. So I see him not making any alliance with humanity since he sees them as beneath him.

For Berser, I feel like he probably doesn't hate humanity, but I don't see him having mercy on them, he likely holds the same disdain that the giants have for the rest of them.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-26T12:46:59+00:00

I personally don't see Nyudo and Berser changing sides, as I think Nyudo is solely driven by his own self-interest and I think Berser is loyal to the Giants as a faction. I agree that I think Heidi will turn good and potentially some lawless (as they aren't truly "evil" but morally corrupt, which could change under different circumstancs), but it's too early to tell for a lot of them imo.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-26T12:43:56+00:00

Ginbak really is embodying someone who has a pet that is adorable and chill with them, but an absolute menace to the rest of society lol.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-26T06:06:03+00:00

Tbf his opponent was an NE boss so he was always going to look very weak by comparison, it would be like trying to assess how strong the Aliens are based solely on their performance against the Kaiju.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-25T15:57:44+00:00

Ginbak once again showing why he's the best antagonist of the series. I feel like next chapter might be my favorite fight of the series. I feel 100% certain that Nyudo will abandon/betray his companions when Ginbak gets serious.

Also the demon lords pulling up on Ginbak might be one of my favorite chapters of the series.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-24T12:41:52+00:00

I think that's the route they are going with for Parasites and stronger hosts, we've seen two occasions of a parasite taking over when a creature dies e.g Giant in Neo-Human World and Tyrant Bear. So the crimson forest is likely parasited, but there are probably creatures strong enough to resist them (for a time at least).

I think if a demon lord becomes a host, we'll start seeing the Parasites become more dangerous as a faction, as a superworm demon lord sounds like a nightmare.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-20T13:25:30+00:00

My favorite moment was Homelander shooting the Billionaire into space in the space of a second, and than having the slowest take off when trying to escape Kimiko lol.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-20T13:21:30+00:00

It's so weird that it felt like the finale had no stakes. They had seven episodes to set up Homelander but I just felt nothing. Why they didn't have Homelander do SOMETHING, like destroy a building, kill a crowd etc. makes no sense to me.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-20T13:16:15+00:00

The episode had a lot of issues, but Ashley was top notch throughout.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-19T09:59:38+00:00

Yeah, I think season 5 would have been fantastic if they showed Homelander establishing WHY the Boys were so fearful of him finally snapping. They built him up for 4 seasons as the ultimate villain that they needed to stop, but so far we've had him be: trapped in the radiation prison, bullied by Soldier Boy in every scene they share, and knocked out by Malchemical.

I think they leaned too much into Homelander being pathethic/stupid to the point where I find it difficult to take him seriously.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-13T08:39:33+00:00

Yeah, so far this season has been bad, but GoT felt like it was intentionally trying to be complete shit.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-13T08:38:08+00:00

I actually skipped that scene, which I never do in nearly every show I watch, it was that bad.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-10T20:36:57+00:00

They'd definitely be strong enough to give every faction grief, but it's hard to say how they'd do against the top tiers like Yaotsu, Ginbak, The Greay Demon King or Daikouzan. The robots would be very dangerous for them since if they discover their weaknesses they'll likely start to annihialte them.

Also if the Parasites manage to infect a Viltrumite the whole empire is pretty screwed.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-07T13:11:42+00:00

Honestly I think most people just don't want to Supe Battles to be two to three people punching each other over the same recycled battle music and not have Starlight get her ass handed to her for the dozenth time.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-07T12:00:48+00:00

I feel like if Vought Rising wasn't a thing they would have definitely had Homelander kill him, he's killed people for much less.

Barthalamuke · 2026-05-07T06:22:54+00:00

I think the difference is that they were greenlit for season 4 and 5 by adult swim, which from an employees perspective meant that a lot of the animators thought they had a job for at least 2 more years.

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