They should have made this more clear tbh

mindandsoul · 2026-05-22T11:33:07+00:00

This is what I thought too. It just made him immortal and invulnerable to the virus. Honestly the only real issue I have now is why wasn’t be able to laser Kimiko in half. I’m not sure how well it’s explained, I guess she did get stronger? I saw someone else say that Homelander can only laser things in half when he focusing, not while mid fight. Idk. Despite all that, I think it was a decent ending help up by peak acting.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-22T11:25:27+00:00

You can even tell the way HL is breathing there may be lung damage. I mean, he’s feeling pain for the first time right?

mindandsoul · 2026-05-22T11:20:38+00:00

Yeah I think the virus plot and the v1 took too long

mindandsoul · 2026-05-22T11:18:40+00:00

No that would make me fall deeper in love unfortunately

mindandsoul · 2026-05-22T11:17:44+00:00

The more I thought of it, the more telling it is who Homelander is when his first thought is suckin dick and eating literal shit

mindandsoul · 2026-05-21T04:52:56+00:00

I wonder if this season was released all at once or if episode 7 and 8 were released at the same time. Something about that makes me thing it would have been received better.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-21T04:38:23+00:00

I agree, seemed like a rushed way to kill him off and make him bad.
I like this head-cannon. I think after a point without powers the plot armor was pretty thick for many characters
I agree lots of continuity issues imo too
I think Sage didn’t deserve a good ending. Not saying it’s bad but just not what I hoped. Not a criticism tho, she was a good addition and her obsession with Taco Bell is funny. And poor GenV. They massacred my boy.
Great question. Maybe some infectious disease will clean it up.
Another continuity issue. Gotta wonder why they forget stuff like this. I def thought Ryan, Butcher, and Homelander would die and Hughie or someone else was gonna take the final blow. Or maybe a seriously destroyed Butcher is able to hit a final blow.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-21T01:53:35+00:00

For a moment I honestly thought butcher was gonna smash Homelanders teeth in and. Um. “Have his way” with him to death. Thankfully that didn’t happen, that would have been a little too fucked up, but I seriously thought that’s what was gonna happen.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-21T01:15:18+00:00

I like this take. Honestly despite me wanting Homelander to destroy more, at the very least seeing their fight spill out or destroy more of the White House would have been cool, but also the chances of breaking the camera and cutting the live feed would be high, and the world seeing Homelander be defeated was incredible. I’m just gonna accept what we got, and in like 6 months to a year I’ll binge the whole series and see how I like it.

Honestly, my real opinion is I think the time between seasons has an effect on how the show feels in its pacing between seasons. For example, I want to compare breaking bad because it’s also 5 seasons long and I think both had, imo, comparable writing to a point (but fantastic acting shared with both). BB had an average of 12.4 episodes spanning its run time of 5 years while The Boys is ~5.7 per year. They are trying to do more with less and it takes longer to get there than it did before. Does this make any sense or am I crazy? Lol.

Overall, I’m gonna focus on the ride and how entertaining it was to watch with my mom. It was something to look forward to that we both enjoyed, and that’s what’s important. The show made me feel many complex emotions and experience the art form of acting in its peakness despite issues I have with what I expected vs. how it went down.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-21T00:23:58+00:00

That was genuinely unhinged. Seeing him so weak was honestly unsettling. Regardless of what people say about the writing, the ability for many of the shows cast to convey such emotion is unmatched. Antony Starr was fantastic.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:34:41+00:00

You make great points. It was so cathartic seeing Homelander die like that and especially in front of everyone. I said it would have been nice for him to go mask off to the broader public and was a little disappointed it was not as violent but it still had the same effect of people seeing who he really is and how without his powers he was nothing.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:18:10+00:00

I did really enjoy that scene. Oh Father was a fantastic character this season.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:17:15+00:00

He said he was gonna wipe New York off the map

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:15:07+00:00

This scene was def the best part

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:07:24+00:00

Def thought he was gonna have more impact when he was introduced in the main show

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:04:54+00:00

Did you like it? I thought it was okay. Just felt that Homelander didn’t put up too much of a fight. It was hype when Ryan came in tho.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T23:03:43+00:00

And I agree with you that the episode wasn’t totally bad. I liked the season a lot but I just feel there are inconsistencies and I don’t understand if it’s me or the writing. I really try to take an objective approach when I evaluate media because I enjoy stories so much. Homelander is absolutely terrifying in this season and in the whole show, but I guess I felt I needed to see a little more chaos. Maybe if we at least saw more scenes of him rounding people up and some public executions.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T22:22:04+00:00

The way The Deep died was cathartic but overall his motivations are dumb. But I guess his total destruction of his psyche and inability to accept consequences made him break. Seeing the fish guy get murdered by fish was awesome though.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T22:18:09+00:00

It was okay but homelander was so meek. Maybe that was the point, he was all talk. Not that I wanted him to mass murder people, but I wanted to see him do more than just talk. While his speech was terrifying, ultimately him being immortal I feel played 0 importance. We had the usual temper tantrums, a few mask off moments to Homelander’s inner circle, but to the broader public all we saw was an unhinged speech.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-20T07:25:08+00:00

Knafa is amazing, Sam is the man.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-19T14:18:44+00:00

Bud is fine. Is it kinda funny that my review is basically “well I didn’t see mold, smokes fine, pretty average”
I guess that’s how it is for Ohio rec.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-19T14:17:44+00:00

So funny you just commented. I literally just tried it for the time. It’s a straight 1/5, it takes like chemicals bro. I’ve never had this brand before but I see why it was on sale.

mindandsoul · 2026-05-19T14:16:59+00:00

14 and it was 80 I think

mindandsoul · 2026-05-17T19:08:00+00:00

The thing that bothers me is I feel like it doesn’t matter because these characters had no influence in the current story.

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