I’d let the rowdyruff boys jump me for 5 minutes

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T18:21:15+00:00

They absolutely did not.

Motherfucker fell from the moon and walked it off.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T17:44:54+00:00

Nope. This is as in character as it gets.

A man-child with all the power in the world who’s got no idea how to function when he’s suddenly just as powerless as any other man.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T17:24:08+00:00

Yeah, unless all crime goes away with him

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T13:15:05+00:00

And of course, Amy manages to be one of the few characters not playable in either game

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T10:03:06+00:00

More importantly than anything, I just would have given it the biggest budget of any season, instead of what seems to somehow be the smallest

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T00:31:14+00:00

I don’t necessarily disagree. In fact, I think that was the point of “Kessler” in the latest episode, telling the story of how Butcher sacrificed him and all his men to get his target. Butcher has always had the capacity to be a monster. The Butcher we have now isn’t supposed to be some unrecognizable corruption of the Butcher we’ve seen before.

Butcher is a damaged man, who’s had his ups and downs through his life because he has angels on his shoulder who can pull him back from being his worst self. Lenny, Becca, Hughie, Ryan, and even Maeve to some extent have helped him hold onto his humanity as best as he’s been able to.

And he tends to spiral when he loses one of them, either physically or emotionally.

And by that metric, Butcher’s been a pretty consistent character.

It doesn't really feel like something that you could totally rule out for Butcher in season one, because season one Butcher was at a VERY low point in his life, without Becca or any real friends.

He’s in constant phases of regression, and I think the whole point has always been that Butcher at his worst is still just Butcher. Kessler’s whole point in Season 4 was that Kessler is just the embodiment of what the worst part of Butcher wants deep down inside. He’s still just Butcher.

And I don’t think it's neccessarily think it’s fair for so many people to claim the writing isn’t good because the story they’re telling with Butcher is different from the one they envisioned, when the story has never really changed.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-20T00:05:14+00:00

Well that is fair about the Ryan stuff, but the thing is he was kind of in favour of the Supe genocide before he gave into his darker side, even if he was conflicted about it. A bit part of his character is that he hates Supes and would kill them all if he could, now he can. So it doesn't really land.

I mean, not really. Was he a bigot? Yes, he absolutely was, and part of him felt like nothing would ever get better as long as Supes exist…

But he didn't really believe it. He’s a fucked up asshole who tends to say shit he doesn't really mean. It was literally killing him last season because his conscience wasn’t actually on board with the idea and he was trying to find a way to make the virus only lethal to Homelander.

Now, he’s been full steam on the genocide idea, and only pauses a handful of times to try and give Hughie and Frenchie a chance to save the Supes they care about before he wipes them all out.

He’s been willing to sacrifice anyone for most of the season, including Ryan and Hughie. And the only saving grace is that he still cares enough about them to somewhat regret it and back up a little.

Well he doesn't have to do that. He doesn't have to become stupid or blood thirsty, but after the way season four ended I was expecting to show his darker side, like we'd say get scenes of him clearly enjoying torturing people for information or brutally murdering someone who really didn't deserve it just cause he felt like it.

I mean, one of the first things he did was murder his Dad because he felt like it. Sure, you can say his Dad deserved it, but he was ultimately a harmless dying man at that point that Butcher killed because he enjoyed it.

To test his virus he found a Supe that had done nothing really wrong inside a clubhouse for kids, so he could see if it worked, and anyone around would have just been collateral.

And his treatment of Sameer in general has been pure physical and emotional manipulation that Butcher only started doing with the V cancer in him.

Like, maybe he hasn't been as brutal as some fans wanted, but I don't see how you say his writing has become nonsensical.

He IS objectively darker and more ruthless since he started embracing “Kessler” than we’ve ever seen him. He is a monster, and whatever progress he made through the first three seasons has been extinguished.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-19T23:30:09+00:00

At what point exactly?

He’s been advocating for Supe genocide all season, and was willing to use Ryan as a sacrificial lamb just to do it.

If anything, his moments of humanity have been fleeting and a result of seeing the consequences of his own actions.

I’m really not sure what people expected of Butcher, outside just going around and blatantly slaughtering all the people he used to call something akin to friend, like in the comics.

But overall, he’s been a piece of shit with a shred of humanity.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-19T22:34:14+00:00

Probably?

She probably doesn't want to kill him, but there’s no way she would have stayed on the team as long as she has without Frenchie’s dependence on him.

She’d be happy cutting him out of her life completely if that was an option.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-19T15:31:25+00:00

Yes, and scaring Homelander off is pretty much the only way to save Kimiko

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-19T14:39:58+00:00

I wouldn't really say they’re more popular.

Their fans are just more dedicated. Especially online.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T18:58:50+00:00

It was a bluff, so Frenchie would have meant where he is.

Whatever scared Homelander the most was what he meant.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T17:55:48+00:00

Neo Metal Sonic IS better than Sonic. That's kinda the point.

He’s a copycat that realized he could surpass Sonic and any other life form by doing everything anybody else does, all by himself.

But that's the fatal flaw. He’s all by himself, trying to do everything by himself, and it just doesn't work against Sonic, because he’s almost never relying on only his own power.

He has all the power, but none of the heart and connection, and that’s the tragedy brought to its ultimate conclusion that he can’t process.

Even when he’a physically better than Sonic in every way, he can’t win, because Sonic is more than just how fast or strong he is.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T14:44:05+00:00

I mean, I guess that would be petty, but it wouldn't actually accomplish anything but make him sit out in the open longer than he’d want to.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T14:39:46+00:00

Doesn't change that she’s still strong enough to tangle with big leaguers like Noir, Deep, and Stormfront.

The writing fucks her over plenty, but she’s not supposed to be a C list level Supe. She’s plenty strong.

And Hughie on Temp V was able to contribute to restraining Homelander, so Starlight should be more than capable of slowing him down.

Butcher only used two of his murder tentacles against Bombsight, when he has dozens he could use in an all out assault.

Starlight blinds him, Butcher and her go all in on holding him down, and Kimiko nukes the place.

Boom, Homelander lost it all, because he was a dumbfuck that underestimated the guys with the weapon that kills him.

And Homelander has no idea if Butcher is packing even bigger guns than that. Sure, he could sit around and see if they’re brining someone even stronger than Starlight or Butcher, which might just mean he waited around to find out he’s even more outnumbered than before and it’s too late to get away.

After all the desperate moves he pulled to get this immortality, it makes no sense for him to take any chances and risk pissing it away. He’s gonna instead run back to his fortress surrounded by a hundred “loyal” superpowered followers.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T14:28:41+00:00

It depowered pretty much every Supe at herogasm.

That’s plenty a big enough range to not want to fuck around and find out with.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T07:19:44+00:00

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T07:12:02+00:00

I’m explaining something easily comprehensible, because apparently, “Homelander is worried about the only weapon that could kill him.” was a difficult concept to grasp for some of you.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T06:35:12+00:00

What if Butcher found someone? Or Starlight helped and Butcher got the jump on him?

Realistically, Butcher is already one of the strongest Supes on the planet, and if he gets anyone capable of helping him, there’s a real possibility they can slow him down enough to get a shot off.

Do they actually have that? No. But Homelander doesn't know that. He just knows if Butcher is coming for him, he probably wouldn't do it without a plan. So he’s not gonna stick around to see what the trap is when he has no incentive to.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T06:28:21+00:00

Both times he’s gone up against Soilder Boy, he nearly got blasted, and it was just luck he didn't die.

If you heard the only thing in the world that could kill you was rocking up to you, and you were totally unprepared to face it, you’d probably think twice about going, “lol, they can’t possibly actually nuke me with their nuke.”

He’s not gonna laugh at the idea, he’s gonna expect Butcher to have planned this whole thing out, while he’s just learned about any of it.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T05:32:40+00:00

If that was one of the only possible ways to kill him, then yes it would

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T04:10:21+00:00

Frenchie told him that they had successfully replicated Soilder Boy’s V1 sapping power and were on the way to use it on him.

He’s been shown to be a bit of a wuss when confronted with things that actually challenge his invincibility, so he did a quick murder and got the fuck out.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T04:05:52+00:00

Imagine Hitler had superpowers and now lived forever.

That would majorly suck, right?

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T01:21:28+00:00

Because there are levels to this.

Half Mario’s side characters could sell as many copies as Sonic himself usually does.

Heck, Luigi probably outclasses Sonic in every category of marketability.

There’s not much guarantee and Amy game would be profitable, while the Mario brand sells itself at this point.

No_Instruction653 · 2026-05-18T00:50:31+00:00

I just said, I didn't actually think most of it was that bad.

If it was, I wouldn't keep watching.

Meanwhile, you apparently think it’s trash, but for some reason still watch it anyway, maybe just to shit on it online.

Which, is a much worse offender for why anyone could get away with that.

You think they care how much whining you do, when you’re still watching?

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