THE BOYS - Season 3 Episode 7 Analysis!
Hope Turned Hell for Humanity!
Soldier Boy and Homelander, TOGETHER!
July 7, 2022 - Written by John D. Lin
Credit to Amazon
Recently fell in love with THE BOYS! Season 3 Finale is Friday 12AM. Here's my take on it - spoilers and speech tips ahead!
The Boys can teach us a lot about public speaking and persuasion. In each article, I will touch upon an aspect of speech that you can use to develop your skills.
[Speech Analysis - Notice the effective persuasive trope of FAMILY]
Soldier Boy seems to have gained Homelander’s allegiance simply by stating he is his father. Just like that foe turned family. Hughie also successfully gets Mind Storm to stop Butcher’s nightmare cycle once he tells him Butcher is family to him, even if he is a terrible person. Lastly, Kimiko is willing to take Compound V to regain her powers, which she hates, just so she can protect her newly declared family, Frenchie. She convinces Starlight to get it for her.
Battle Analysis
Wow, Soldier Boy’s Homelander’s dad. Bummer, he won’t kill him now.
WORSE -the two strongest villains teamed up. So how can they be stopped?
Here’s the BATTLE PLAN: Team Super Villains vs. Team Super Heroes (The Boys)
Team Super Villains
Homelander, Soldier Boy, Vought Corporation, The Deep
Team Super Villain has to be favorites.
Homelander is nearly invincible physically. That is before Soldier Boy punched him. Now they’re together. Mentally, with his father’s love his mental strength is stabilized. Who cares if he doesn’t have Madilyn Stillwell, Stormfront, Maeve, or even the public anymore - Homelander gets a daddy!
Potential Weaknesses -What if Homelander can’t live up to Soldier Boy’s fatherly expectations? Can his own son, Ryan, reappear and drive a wedge between them? Can Maeve trick Homelander into loving her again? Will Homelander chose the public’s adoration over Soldier Boy?
Soldier Boy took his entire old team to bring him down. Plus now he’s RADIOACTIVE!
Potential Weakness - playing Russian music to trigger his PTSD. But this is unbeknownst to The Boys. Maybe Frenchie can work up a vapor gas, but that is in Russia. How can he get there after his ties with Nina are gone? Soldier Boy hates Vought for dumping him in Russia and now Homelander owns it. This could be a huge conflict of interest! He’s addicted to Butcher’s weed, but I’m sure he can find his own!
*After killing Mindstorm, there should still be 2 more ex-teammates. Black Noir should be one of them, but that still leaves a final mysterious one. The Boys must get to him/her first!
Vought controls the media narrative, they’ll spin Homelander and Soldier Boy back into heroes. Vought’s got all the Compound V and V24 to do as they please. Let’s also not sit on new CEO Ashley. She’s power hungry and desperate to do anything to prove her worth. She’s smarter and more sinister than we may yet know!
Potential Weakness - Former CEO Edgar (The Chicken Man from Breaking Bad!) will want back in and Homelander used to be intimidated by him. His daughter, Nadia, may also be playing Homelander. Her daughter is now a supe it seems, she can fight for her mom. And what was that yellow paper all about? Where she stands remains enigmatic.
The Deep is an idiot, but controls the sea. Considering the world is 75% water that’s no joke, even if he is. 😭
Potential Weakness - his wife, Cassandra runs him. If and when Deep fails on Hannity, he may crawl back to her. Cassandra cares about the media, she doesn’t care about Homelander or Soldier Boy.
BATTLE SCOREBOARD! Team Super Villains = 10 Points! Since it took 3 Supes to hold down Homelander, we’ll give Homelander 3. It took Soldier Boys entire crew to take him down, but since he actually lost his fist fight with Homelander, he get’s a 3. Deep is a Supe, he gets a 1. All regular supes get 1. (the irony of a “regular” supe) Vought controls all the narratives, but then again, Starlight is America’s sweetheart with 193 million followers! They still have all the V though. For now, Vought’s a 2.
Homelander (3), Soldier Boy (3) The Deep (1), Vought (2) = Total score 10!
CAN THE BOYS EVEN SCORE 10?
Team Super Heroes (The Boys) -The Underdogs
Starlight hates Homelander. She gets 1 point. Kimiko will protect Frenchie, and Frenchie will follow Butcher. Butcher will kill Homelander. 1 point. They both have real blue Compound V. Frenchie knows to make vapor gas to make Soldier Boy. He’s not a supe so ½ point.
Hughey has taken 3 dosages of green V24. 1st in Russia, 2nd at Herogasm, 3rd at Mindstorm’s cabin. As a Supe he would earn one, but remember what Starlight said - 3 to 5 dosages and your brain is swiss cheese. He’s uncanny and solves problems. He offed Translucent and found Mindstorm. But he’s human. 1/2 point
Butcher could die any day now too. There was blood coming out of his ear in the forest. V24 Count? 1 versus gunpowder, 1 in Russia releasing soldier boy, and 1 wasted in the forest finding Mindstorm. Butcher’s got leadership and hatred of Homelander, but he’s human. 1/2 point
M.M. Mother’s Milk continues to draw a hardline not taking V24. His hatred for Soldier Boy alone earns him ½ a point. Since Soldier Boy and Homelander are on the same side now, hes no longer at odds with Butcher. Butcher has no reason to keep Soldier Boy around. 1/2 point.
Starlight (1), Kimiko (1), Frenchie (1/2), Hughey (1/2), Butcher (1/2), MM (1/2) = 4
Team The Boys will enter a slaughter fest.
Here are all the steps they have to do to have a chance! it’s Recruiting time!
Step 1 - Queen Maeve +1 (Total 5)
Maeve hates Homelander. Seeing Homelander scared was a top 3 life day! She can make Homelander think she wants him to have her eggs and set a trap. Homelander has feelings for her. But how can they find her?
Step 2 - A-Train (Total 6)
A-train may be fed up with Vought’s crap. He wasn’t buying anything Ashley was selling him on the hospital bed. He hates Homelander. With his new heart, maybe he can actually find a heart for good. He was on the right track getting Blue Hawk to apologize. But The Boys doesn’t know he’s alive. He only has interaction with Starlight, and she can’t trust him after he got Super Sonic killed. But what choice do we have but to put A-Train on the good list, otherwise it’s just slaughter.
Step 3 - Black Noir (Total 7)
He will fight Homelander, who literally made his brain swish cheese. Revenge! But no one can locate him since he removed his tracker. He has no relationship with anyone. At least, Starlight was kind to him when she first joined the force and was excited to work with him. What a cute scene with his furry friends, that’s what he was drawing during one of the meetings!
At this point it gets real hard to recruit … but here goes..
Step 4 - Nadia (Total 8)
It’s uncertain if she can blow off Homelander’s head, but maybe she could do that to Soldier Boy. Still, she’s smart, has power, and influence. On the surface she likes Hughey and may avenge her father.
Step 5 - Mystery Soldier Boy Former Teammate (9)
It’s unclear who this is. After Mindstorm’s death, there should be 2 remaining, 1 is Black Noir. At The Legend’s place they said they found 8 of 11. (9 is Mindstorm, 10 is Black Noir)
Step 6 - Cindy (10)
Cindy escaped prison and boarded a bus. Perhaps she can be recruited too. But for now at least we have a score of 10-10! Of course, the villains already have all their points stacked and lined up.
Step 7 - Ryan! (11)
He’s a kid but in season 4 he can grow strong. He may be the wildcard deciding factor.
The Boys need to do a lot of strategic work and planning!
But hey, that’s what season 4 is for right!
Note - a new member of the 7 may be appointed. This will probably go to Team Super Villain.
About the Author - John D. Lin is a 7 Continent 114 Country Traveler and Public Speaking Professor in NYC. The Boy’s is a great show that can teach us a lot about life and speech - he’s a new fan!
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