# The Boys S3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047 "2021-04-29T17:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/163 "2022-07-05T20:40:08Z")
HL has certainly threatened to do so, in order to get his way. SB is an asshole, HL is a megalomaniac killer. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/164 "2022-07-05T20:51:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > SB is an asshole, HL is a megalomaniac killer. I mean, we’re still learning what Soldier Boy was up to. But so far: 1. He has killed multiple innocent families. 2. He attacked protestors in Birmingham 3. He killed students at Kent State 4. He may have killed JFK I think put in a similar situation to the airplane, Soldier Boy would have made the same choice Homelander did. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/165 "2022-07-06T02:23:08Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I think put in a similar situation to the airplane, Soldier Boy would have made the same choice Homelander did. Did SB threaten to kill everyone in a city if he didn’t get his way? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/166 "2022-07-06T03:22:00Z")
Ok guys, going back to when I rated Homelander and Soldier Boy by relative assholeishness it was in the context of them dealing with their newfound father-son relationship. And even then I’m not all that sure because of the enormousness of their assholeishness. In any situation you can find reasons why one or the other is engaging in the greater acts of assholery. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/167 "2022-07-06T09:50:17Z")
The mass eye-beaming. Re: asshole-ness. I think SB is worse because he kinda knows what a regular person is like whereas HL just doesn’t have a concept of normalcy. He needs a new word, almost. When you consider what teaching him as a kid must have been like…Man, Vought really are idiots. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/168 "2022-07-06T13:40:27Z")
It kind of doesn’t matter which one is more willing to be a mass murderer. Homelander is clearly more **capable** of it. Between flight and laser eyes, he could demolish downtown Manhattan and kill tens or hundreds of thousands in an afternoon. Soldier Boy is invincible and has super strength, and some kind of blast power that he apparently can only use when Russian pop music is playing. So without the blast power, his kill rate is maybe 1% of Homelanders, even with the blast power, maybe 10%. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/169 "2022-07-06T16:25:33Z")
Homelander is scarier due to the nature of his powers. SB has to work at killing you, he has to really want it. To Homelander killing someone is like stepping on an ant, he would barely notice nor care. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/170 "2022-07-06T16:28:09Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > To Homelander killing someone is like stepping on an ant Or a shrinky guy. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/171 "2022-07-06T16:58:07Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > When you consider what teaching him as a kid must have been like…Man, Vought really are idiots. Oh, I don’t know. I’m sure he was [perfectly adorable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f8YkDkcZ8k). ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/172 "2022-07-06T16:58:16Z")
BTW, it seems that Soldier Boy didn’t have his chest blast that either incinerates or depowers other supes until he was captured by the Russians. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/173 "2022-07-06T17:32:52Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > ncinerates or depowers other supes until he was captured by the Russians. Is that correct Yes. Apparently a side-effect of the radioactive testing done on him. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/174 "2022-07-06T17:56:10Z")
Oh, that’s right, Hughie has that geiger counter that keeps going nuts when SB gets angry. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/175 "2022-07-08T00:51:53Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yes. Apparently a side-effect of the radioactive testing done on him. I thought perhaps it was done on purpose for later use as a Winter Soldier sort of weapon, but if they could do that they’d be manufacturing heroes anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/176 "2022-07-08T00:58:10Z")
Or a Nuclear Man sort of weapon? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2KLf6pNcizk/maxresdefault.jpg "Superman IV (4/10) Movie CLIP - Nuclear Man (1987) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KLf6pNcizk) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/177 "2022-07-08T01:06:26Z")
Letting an insane Supe who could depower other Supes run wild would be a handy way to mess up an enemy country. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/178 "2022-07-08T02:03:14Z")
While much of this season has been good, ultimately the storyline didn’t move forward at all by the end of the last episode. There are really no more points for the show to make. They need to wrap this up, unless they have some superfantabulous new premise going forward. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/179 "2022-07-08T04:02:28Z")
FYI it looks like the finale dropped a day early. Just watched it and it did not disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/180 "2022-07-08T08:00:27Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > FYI it looks like the finale dropped a day early. ??? This was the normal schedule, wasn’t it? Anyway, interesting to see that Bobby Singer wasn’t just a one- off joke because Jensen Ackles was on there but will apparently play a significant role next season. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/181 "2022-07-08T14:42:54Z")
Anyone else think that Homelander would be the guy who was going to be announced as VP pick at the end? Well I guess it’s still a supe, but a hidden one. So the “Seven” are now down to 3 - Homelander, The Deep, and A-Train. The Deep is in waaay too deep (no pun intended), but maybe A-Train will flip on Homelander? Though now Homelander can just kill randomly people and his fans will cheer. We know there is a 4th Season, but really how many more can they do at this point? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/182 "2022-07-08T14:50:46Z")
Figures that the Deep eats Ranch Doritos. I’m really sad about Black Noir. I hope his story isn’t over - we’ve seen him regenerate from fatal injuries before, haven’t we? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047.md?page=10)