The Boys: Why Butcher Wants to Kill ALL Supes (Not Just Homelander)

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In The Boys, the deep-rooted hatred that Billy Butcher feels towards Homelander is the apparent reason why he wants to kill all Supes in the world. However, the spinoff miniseries that takes a look at Billy's past shows that the Supes are nothing more than proxies for the real object of Billy's hatred: his violent and abusive father.

In The Boys, the team led by Billy Butcher is a CIA-sponsored unit that has the job to watch over Supes, the super-powered individuals who act like heroes or villains but are actually nothing more than spoiled and depraved celebrities. At several points in the series is clear that Butcher's own personal mission goes way beyond that. He hates Supes, even the most innocuous ones, and feels real pleasure when he can inflict them pain and suffering. The true depths of Billy's rage and madness become clear in the series finale, when it is revealed that he plans to kill every person in the world who has traces of Compound V in them, the substance that is the secret source of superpowers, including his own friends. In theory, Butcher's personal crusade is born from the traumatic experience of having his wife raped by Homelander and then killed by the super-powered fetus in her womb.

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In The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the creators of The Boys explore Butcher's past, giving readers meaningful insight into the motivations of the character. Billy was raised in London's East End by a caring but fragile mother and an abusive father, who used violence both inside and outside his home. Eventually, things get so bad that