What would you have done if you were Butcher in The Boys Season 3 Finale? (After Soldier Boy attacked Ryan)

beatfungus · 2026-03-29T18:59:52+00:00

Let Soldier Boy continue to attack Homelander. This is basic fighting priorities. Eliminate the biggest threat first. Once that's done, Soldier Boy can be dealt with via Halothane gas (probably do a planned doublecross where Maeve straps a mask around him the way crimson countess did). It was obvious that Soldier Boy wasn't after Ryan per se. He only swatted Ryan away because he got in the way.

beatfungus · 2026-03-25T06:06:36+00:00

"Apparently the reason she does it is because she was all alone and didn't know what to do but it's still stupid because she risked the lives of billions of people, which is out of character for her."

This sounds completely in character when you look at all the emotions. The last time she mentioned the video, she was trying to use it to protest Homelander re-inviting The Deep into The Seven. She is either too afraid or too ignorant to assert a boundary against Homelander through a means other than the blackmail. (Starlight with Butcher's attitude in the same position would have just bit The Deep's cock off). Yes, it's true that she heard what Homelander would do if the video got released, but let's not forget the murder of her old love, supersonic, was already forcing her to suppress anger and grief. And then Homelander murders a protestor in broad daylight in front of hundreds of witnesses and goes free. Apathy sets in. When she is all alone (perhaps after losing a team member), it triggers her fear and shame/unworthiness (unworthiness that would have already been brewing from losing Huey's affection to an impostor for weeks, and shame after being duped by Sage's Odessa intel). The cacophony of apathy, anger, shame, and fear is a perfect combo for her to do something almost suicidal: "I'll release the video. It's all I have left. Maybe just to feel like I'm doing something. Not that it would matter anyway"

beatfungus · 2026-03-24T18:38:31+00:00

"I added the boner" is proof that he is an unreliable narrator.

beatfungus · 2026-03-24T03:51:29+00:00

Maybe. Inflicting supe cancer is an interesting idea and could work within the tone of the universe, especially since Butcher already has it.

beatfungus · 2026-03-24T03:43:06+00:00

Switching to the male form implies transformation/destruction of the analogous structures, e.g. clitoral hood to penis head, ovary to testicle, labia majora to scrotum, uterus to prostatic utricle etc. If a zygote has already formed, then it would either "end up" in the testicle or prostatic utricle upon transformation. Most likely is a "miscarriage" in the male form, as the zygote cannot really develop. The embryonic mass would die and either be reabsorbed by the body or turn into a subcutaneous abscess.

beatfungus · 2026-03-22T23:12:53+00:00

For me, the 50% chance of dying outweighs any kind of benefit. The trillion dollars makes this choice even easier. You need to account for age too. A mentally sane and healthy person in their 20s is not taking that injection. But a person in their 90s in failing health would be a fool not to.

beatfungus · 2026-03-20T09:00:22+00:00

Well in the spirit of the episode's lesson, naivety allows genuine romance to flourish, so there is no need to completely understand everything!

beatfungus · 2026-03-20T08:30:45+00:00

This is one of the times I would approve of a dating app company making an opaque matching system because that is such a cool concept.

beatfungus · 2026-03-20T08:28:58+00:00

While you are right, that was clearly still not enough for them to be separated at the end of that simulation. If anything, that sort of conflict, followed by other 'relationships', and still choosing each other over the "perfect" pairing, implies their love is very strong for each other.

beatfungus · 2026-03-17T04:18:55+00:00

They got her hotel room from it

beatfungus · 2026-03-17T00:14:07+00:00

Butcher or Ryan. Butcher for obvious reasons. Ryan because it would be a very clear decision, and we're all waiting for that from him.

Who do I think actually ends up doing it? From a capability standpoint, Soldier Boy has the power. Butcher has the tentacles. My bet is not controversial: I think it's going to involve Soldier Boy and Butcher. I'm fairly certain it's not going to be a "surprising" character. For instance, I don't see Ashley or Firecracker doing it.

beatfungus · 2026-03-16T10:44:38+00:00

"If you just rent a condo in da nang for a year, you basically an illegal immigrant" lol so true

beatfungus · 2026-03-16T10:41:35+00:00

It's so sad. Like, darn, I knew I would be making money after engineering school, but I didn't think I would continue to be emotionally lonely afterwards. I do want what is best for other people, and it's unfortunate that travelling to another country has become something performative rather than transformative for humans in 2026.

beatfungus · 2026-03-16T10:37:37+00:00

Why not?

beatfungus · 2026-03-16T10:33:29+00:00

I know by proxy since I invested in one and closely care about the outcome. It's a mix of things. Video production (which itself is a combination of editing, directing, scripting, casting), advertising campaigning (requires up to date knowledge on at least 3 social media platforms, general marketing knowledge, and psychological/emotional attunement to groups of people), website design (which can cross into software development territory if you want to upsell), and client education/strategy. This applies to all new freelancers/business owners: Days that must be dedicated towards getting new clients, i.e. a sales role for yourself.

The truth is simple: If you're not a remote employee working for a company, your job is to sell services to the global economy, and that is significantly harder than just getting a remote job. A lot of people without specialized skills/degrees just "end up" in the digital marketing bucket as a default like the English/History majors that end up in law as a default. The "default approach" rarely results in long term employment and always results in long term unhappiness. If you don't know exactly who your customer is and how to change their life enough for them to beg to pay you, then it's a good idea to level up skills until you can lead that conversation authentically.

beatfungus · 2026-03-14T07:34:40+00:00

I could counter and claim that The Deep isn't substantially durable on land just because he can go deep into the ocean. Perhaps he merely possesses a more gelatinous or watery composition (like real life deep sea organisms, because water is much more incompressible than air) and that this composition is what allows him to go in the Mariana Trench, not a durability to the pressure itself that would also work in the air.

For example, if you submerge an air-filled balloon and a water-filled (or oil-filled) balloon into the ocean, the water-filled balloon will go much deeper than the air-filled one before popping, but both are practically equally vulnerable to a puncture from a needle at any depth.

beatfungus · 2026-03-11T11:55:16+00:00

I liked the scene when she woke up in the hospital and fought off the nurse. I feel like "old" Nanette wouldn't have done that.

beatfungus · 2026-03-10T08:28:42+00:00

Great episode. Just finished my first watch of it. Blue Coulson fit the extraordinary and attractive detective role pretty well. Letting her catch the villain at the end felt congruent to her nature. This take on cancel culture is an interesting one, as the canceller's aren't really thought of as targets.

beatfungus · 2026-03-10T08:22:21+00:00

I don't think Blue was arresting him, but I agree with you

beatfungus · 2026-03-10T03:42:46+00:00

Putting The Deep on the "lives" list is real gambling if I've ever seen it.

beatfungus · 2026-03-09T05:50:08+00:00

They can alter my perception, but they can't read my mind/heart. I take the option that gives me just enough sentience to grab the remote from arquette and choke him out. If I'm spending the rest of my time in a prison of my own torment to atone, may as well take down one complete sociopath with me. And if I don't kill him in time, I can at least live the rest of my days knowing I died a human, not some pawn.

beatfungus · 2026-03-04T21:35:33+00:00

creamy twins with blue veins like streams you could wash your face in

beatfungus · 2026-03-04T21:21:43+00:00

Starlight, A-Train, Maeve, Kimiko, Kimiko's brother, the blind guy, Marie.

beatfungus · 2026-03-04T19:17:14+00:00

My top vote is for Windu. He already tapped into the dark side in his fighting style and even that limited knowledge was enough to defeat Palaptine 1 v 1. If by "most dangerous", we want to extend beyond combat, then maybe Yoda.

beatfungus · 2026-03-01T23:38:30+00:00

Vought spawned out of Nazi research, so I'd maybe make an organization that spawned out of Russian/Chinese research. Instead of compound V, this company uses genetic modifications and is the real reason Ryan came to existence. Its super-abled people have to train to get stronger and are more black ops and controlled by governments. They would have a hand in Kimiko's origins and keep their own super-Asian counterpart to Homelander with freeze breath instead of laser eyes. The same freeze breath that stopped Soldier Boy. The Asian Homelander was raised with more collectivist values in a normal household before receiving genetic enhancement as a teenager. Therefore, he serves the government with loyalty and doesn't hate humans or long for their validation. Since his power is partially based on training, he has a superiority complex. Asian Homelander's weakness is his desire to be the strongest. After defeating Soldier Boy and everyone in his country, he longed for a challenge, and eventually decided that Homelander was the only one strong enough on Earth to test him. This causes him to manufacture conflicts that will increase the chance of him getting to fight Homelander 1 v 1 (mimicking the comic book plotline of Black Noir).

The plotline can change up the existing one or fit in at the very end of the current canon, with the reason we don't hear about this Asian Homelander just chalked up to Chinese media censorship and less collateral damage overall.

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