Butcher's Superpowers Avoid A Major Boys Season 3 Problem
The Boys season 3's trailer confirms «Supe Butcher» avoids a potentially perilous plot pitfall. Superpowers are not easily attained in The Boys' fictional universe. Most supes were injected with Compound-V during infancy as part of a secret Vought program originating from World War II, paying parents to let their kids be experimented on. The process can be performed on adults, albeit at far greater risk, and supes can also be conceived naturally through a parent already infused with Compound-V, although Ryan Butcher is the only living example.
The Boys' line between supe and non-supe has, until now, remained crystal clear — especially in the mind of anti-Vought crusader, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban). A March 2022 teaser for The Boys season 3 took great delight in blurring those lines. That early footage showed Butcher wielding Homelander's trademark power of heat vision, bloodlust heating up his soul as he struggled to control the twin beams. Annoyingly, the marketing material didn't elaborate on whether Butcher's powers were permanent or temporary. Had The Boys' esteemed leader transformed into a full-time supe?
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The Boys' season 3 trailer definitively smashes this show-breaking theory to pieces. Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) is shown handing Butcher several vials of green chemical (as opposed to Compound-V's traditional blue), specifying the effects will only last 24 hours. This line has likely been dropped into The Boys season 3's trailer to address any lingering confusion regarding Butcher's newfound abilities, and although temporary powers aren't quite as a dramatic, Eric Kripke and co. have dodged a narrative bullet here.
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