How Hughie & Butcher Can Survive Their Supe Death Sentence
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3.
The Boys season 3 episode 7 reveals that Hughie and Butcher signed their death sentence the moment they injected Temp V to become one-day supes, but there is still a way they can avoid their impending doom. By introducing temporary Compound V, aka "V-24," The Boys turned the tables on Homelander and gave Hughie and Billy Butcher the opportunity to have a toe-to-toe showdown with him. Unfortunately, they find themselves at odds with their bad luck again when Starlight learns that three to five doses of V-24 are all it takes to make it lethal. Considering how Butcher and Hughie have taken more than three doses and are likely to take a few more in the season's finale, their fate seems to be sealed unless they do one thing.
The V-24 research notes found by Starlight claim that the drug can cause "Hyper Accelerated Malignant Tumors." A pivotal scene in The Boys season 3 episode 7, in which Butcher's ear starts leaking blood for no reason, also confirms that the drug has started taking its toll on him. Perhaps one more dose and Butcher will tip off to the point of no return, and while he succumbs to his own miseries, he will probably take Hughie down with him. But could the pair still somehow reverse V-24's damage?
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The obvious way to turn this around would be to get off the drug and hope that it has not caused enough damage to kill them, though both have potentially passed the point of no return already, or likely will soon in the next episode. On the other hand, the not-so-obvious course of action for Hughie and Butcher would be to get their hands on Permanent V and survive, but live with the burden of
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