So i just recently started watching The Boys and I'm currently on s3 e3. But something I noticed about the previous episode was that Gunpowder had superhuman durability, evidenced by the fact that he was able to temporarily take a beating from a Temp-V-powered Butcher. But here's the thing, if he could survive that beating, he should absolutely be bulletproof, meaning he had no reason to worry about getting shot during their first fight. So, couldn't he theoretically have just walked over to Butcher and shot him? He saw which pillar he was hiding behind in that mirror, he had absolutely no reason to hide behind a pillar himself when Butcher was incapable of hurting him. Why would he not just walk over and shoot him?

Again, I might be missing something, and if I am, please be respectful when pointing it out.

it isnt sam btw

There are many things in “The Boys” that intrigue me! V1 is presented to us as the pinnacle of Compound V1. How was it able to create Soldier Boy (the strongest supe), as well as Stormfront (as strong as whom? I’ll talk about that later)? And regular V, being diluted Compound V1, does not provide biological immortality, but it does provide powers. Weaker ones...

It is revealed in the series that Compound V1 was injected into people who were already adults (Soldier Boy was already over 30); even so, it created the strongest supes in the series. The second lineage is that of the supes created within Project Odessa, which was created based on the theory that, in the case of regular diluted Compound V, the earlier it was injected, the better it would be. They decided to inject it while still in embryonic state.

Project Odessa produced Homelander, who can go head-to-head (being far superior) with ALMOST any regular supe and, in terms of strength, match Soldier Boy, who took Compound V1. That said, we have an intriguing character: Queen Maeve.

She took Compound V as a child/teenager, so she is not from Project Odessa and did not take Compound V1, since all of it had been destroyed (except the ones in Bombástico’s possession). Queen Maeve managed to face and defeat Stormfront and fight evenly with Homelander. Would Queen Maeve be the strongest supe (with regular V) in this universe?

I thought Marie was gonna be involved in the final fight with her finding away to weaken homelander powers son they beat him with solider boy,ryan butcher, mavie jumping him because he got a boost from V1. Thats what I thought was gonna happen from season 5 ep 1 but what would u have done to balance it

Everyone loves to say on how Homelander is Dictator with Super-powers that is turning America into a Dictatorship that uses Supes to oppress the weak Humans! And we all know that Billy Butcher is a Ruthless Bastard that has no qualms being a Monster to even out The Plain Field! However could you name me actual Anime Heroes that have lived under genuine Horrific Oppressive Regimes that would have just ended Homelander and his Regime after seeing The Injustice of The Boys Universe! As unlike Billy Butcher they’re actually Heroic yet Powerful Figures that truly care about others and save lives out of The Kindness of their own Hearts! Like how would these characters deal with Homelander? What do you folks think? Let me know in the comments

oh no scorched erf!!!!

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Is it possible that this Soldier Boy takes away only part of the power (immortality) but lets the superpowers stay? I would always want the immortality, but if I ever got bored, I would still want my superpowers.

Edit: I don't mean Bombsight still has powers. I mean I wanna explore the different possibilities of Soldier Boy's blasts. Sometimes they Vaporise (TNT twins), sometimes they incinerate (Crimson Countess, Quinn), and sometimes they Desupe (Bombsight, Kimiko, Maeve).

So I was wanting to explore if he could only take the immortality away without taking the powers.

He Is So Funny In My Opinion.

If you only choose one u get a god tier version, if you choose thee u get these versions.

1. ⁠Elemental Manipulation (one elemental ability of your choosing: hydrokinesis, aerokinesis, geokinesis, pyrokinesis, electrokinesis, chlorokinesis, ferrokinesis, photokinesis, umbrakinesis, hetemokinesis, etc…)
   
2. ⁠Enhanced superhuman attributes (senses, strength, speed, and invulnerability)
   
3. ⁠Immortality + Regeneration
   
4. ⁠Telepathy (mind reading, mind link, mind influence, mind control)
   
5. ⁠Teleportation (u get to keep your clothes and bring whatever you touch)
   
6. ⁠Shapeshifting (versatile and can shape shift to pretty much anything within reason, like animals and other people. Plasticity and Changing your size is a stretch but whatever let it be.)

God Tier Version

1. ⁠Elemental Manipulation (can choose multiple associated elements. Fire is associated with lightning and light. Water is associated with blood and plants. Air is associated with storms and lightning. Earth is associated with metal, crystals and lava. And so on…)
   
2. ⁠Superman level attributes. How about dat…plus longevity
   
3. ⁠Immortality and Regeneration, Life Inducement(Healing), Death Inducment, Age Manipulation, Ressurection.
   
4. ⁠Telepathy on a city wide scale
   
5. ⁠Create portals and teleport anything u can see to anywhere you can imagine(that is real) without touch.
   
6. ⁠Shape-shift to an insane degree. Turn into fictional creatures like dragons, increase your size to building level, phase through objects by shifting your density, etc…u cannot give yourself any superpowers by altering your genetics or smth tho)

What will you do?

Like it’s not even a fight, it’s a slaughter, it just would’ve been satisfying

He is technically more powerful than Homelander isn’t he?