>>113984947I think it's a little hypocritical that the story pushes this narrative of 'heroes are dangerous because they're untrained, and don't have a plan,' and then nearly immediately throws Hughie totally unprepared into a fight, which results in him accidentally killing someone as a result of his lack of training. Hell, even giving him powers without any kind of warning or preparation is pretty extreme. And then you realize that most of Butcher's 'plans' come down to 'we'll jump out of a van, hit these superpowered freaks with a crowbar, and then drive away,' with no regard given to their powers or surroundings. Or when the superheroes DO come up with a plan, and execute it perfectly, Butcher just goes 'it's fine, I'll just solo the entire superhero team with my crowbar in, like, ten minutes.' The only time he actually cares about what his enemy can do and plans around it is when fighting the shapeshifter, who can't be kneecapped.
But really, I think this is just part of a larger problem that giving your heroes superpowers that nobody, not even Homelander
since Butcher's magic crowbar breaks him apart as easily as any other hero, can match in the second chapter kinda invalidates any threat they face in the future. I'd have much preferred if Butcher had to plan out counters and weaknesses whenever they wanted to take down a hero, with the super juice as a temporary last minute resort. As it is, The Boys never feel like they're in any real danger.
>>113985630>Superheroes made a little too incompetent/useless.I'll definitely agree with that as well. When over one hundred heroes die in five minutes against four guys with machine guys, it really made me think that the superheroes weren't really a threat, powers or not, and makes it baffling that they could take over the pentagon.
