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The Boys discussion thread

He couldve just thrown him after a certain distance,or he could just be overexaggerating.

But at face value yeah its a fair Mach 200 ish feat(Around those values i think).
Looks like a stretched assumption. Homelander even said "I took him to space". If he wanted to throw he could have just done it from ground.
 
Also brought up why are we assuming Homelander physically went to space with the guy instead of chucking him like a human-javelin away that fast.
Assume Mach 1 HL

At 2 second, he would have flown 600 meters in the air, and would have to chuck the dude the remaining 99,400m. This interpretation implies HL can chuck a person that high. If that's the case, why would he even bother to fly up instead of just chucking him?

Was it said that Homelander is faster than A-Train?
Statements of HL being Mach 1.5 in flight speed, where A-Train is Mach 1.
 
Looks like a stretched assumption. Homelander even said "I took him to space". If he wanted to throw he could have just done it from ground.
Pretty much what I said.
At face value its a mach 200 feat.

You could argue against it or question it.
But yeah fair enough.
 
Looks like a stretched assumption. Homelander even said "I took him to space". If he wanted to throw he could have just done it from ground.
It's not impossible for Homelander to take him to the clouds then throw him. Really, either of the two could have happened. It's not stretched. It's just a shaky supporting feat. I don't subscribe to it personally, I don't take things at face value here because Powerscaling in The Boys has been very off in S5.
 
Eh I could agree with mach 200 ish homelander,since its getting a lot of dispute here.

All is fair to me as long as my goat Spidey still slams.
 
Idk if we should just straight up disagree with author's statements though.
The author's statements matter less than the story he wrote.

It's not impossible for--

But that's not what was stated, and it's nonsensical to fly up 600 meters to chuck a person 100km in the air, he could've done it at ground level. You're inventing an alternate interpretation to solve for a seeming outlier.
 
Was it said that Homelander is faster than A-Train?
No, but the opposite isn't stated in the verse either, All those statments that the A-Train is the fastest are just marketing hype.

In addition, just as A-Train’s speed was measured using speed-measuring devices, Homelander’s speed was also measured and found to be faster than A-Train’s top speed.

The statement that A-Train is faster than Homelander comes from a WOG and contradicts the characters’ previously stated speeds. And A-Train’s scene in Season 5 contradicts both itself and all previous statements. I think A-Train should be scaled according to his own statements and showing, and Homelander according to his own statements and showing, and we should write a note explaining why this is the case.
 
The author's statements matter less than the story he wrote.
Even on screen feats show that Homelander us about to on par with A train.
I almost never disagree with statements,i think its a bit stupid(Except when its not from a valid source).The author is asserting the narrative with statements,and I take narrative over feats.

Still im fine with Mach 200 Homie.
 
The Boys has been one of my favorite shows, and I’ve been following it religiously since Season 2. Honestly, I really enjoyed the finale. At its core, this story was always about Homelander and Butcher, and we’ve been waiting years for their final confrontation—it definitely satisfied me. Butcher was even stronger than I expected, but the part that truly satisfied me the most was when their powers were gone, and Butcher ended up beating Homelander to a pulp with his bare hands
 
I thought the episode was fine for what it is, but it wasnt great. The pacing has been horrible since most noticeably season 4 and it doesnt really feel like a proper finale.

I think the space feat is probably MHS but trying to scale it to general physicals instead of flight speed is how you get the feat dismissed altogether so I'd be careful and not try to jump the gun on it.
 
I thought the episode was fine for what it is, but it wasnt great. The pacing has been horrible since most noticeably season 4 and it doesnt really feel like a proper finale.

I think the space feat is probably MHS but trying to scale it to general physicals instead of flight speed is how you get the feat dismissed altogether so I'd be careful and not try to jump the gun on it.
I mean time frame is 2 seconds ish.
Assuming he reached the karman line.
Mach 150.
So that is probably the lowball.
 
I think the space feat is probably MHS but trying to scale it to general physicals instead of flight speed is how you get the feat dismissed altogether so I'd be careful and not try to jump the gun on it.
We'd have to deliberately argue that flight speed is this weird statistic that scales far above everything else when that's really not the case.
 
Saw the episode finally. It manages to hit the emotional beats, the problem is how it gets there makes no sense. Also Vought. Here is the thing, Homelander is not the Devil, Vought is, Homelander was just a symptom. Even the posters act like it will be the end of Vought with the destroyed Vought tower, But the real villain gets of scott free.

This was very disappointing. Gen V was wasted, the world of Supes is just relegated to Homelander only even though 98% of the supes are just as twisted and ****** up as he is (they just didn't have the power) and this doesn't even feel like a high stakes finale because it's not.

I will give props to the music though, it really elevated the scenes. But Butcher sneaking into the White house when they literally have that Iconic walk to adapt is just, wtf.
 
Saw the episode finally. It manages to hit the emotional beats, the problem is how it gets there makes no sense. Also Vought. Here is the thing, Homelander is not the Devil, Vought is, Homelander was just a symptom. Even the posters act like it will be the end of Vought with the destroyed Vought tower, But the real villain gets of scott free.

This was very disappointing. Gen V was wasted, the world of Supes is just relegated to Homelander only even though 98% of the supes are just as twisted and ****** up as he is (they just didn't have the power) and this doesn't even feel like a high stakes finale because it's not.

I will give props to the music though, it really elevated the scenes. But Butcher sneaking into the White house when they literally have that Iconic walk to adapt is just, wtf.
Agreed. The show tells you time and time again Homelander is the way he is because of Vought being comically evil and turning a child into a product. Yet Stan isn't punished despite overseeing the project that was dedicated to torturing saidchild. It genuinely annoys me how the fanbase glazes Stan Edgar as this "Stoic, Stone-Faced Sigma with aura" when he is legit a piece of shit he deserved a fate worse than death, but people gloss over this fact cause "aura bro".

This is another reason why I think it's a very poorly written finale, not just scale or stakes. Where's Stan's punishment?
 
On the scaling side, it's all over the place. Can fly to space in less than a second, but can't escape a room. Oh Father's scream should have popped MM's shoulder's out given he was holding the strap.

Butcher can keep up and throw around Homelander, but got absolutely stomped out by Bombsight, because Jensen needed the screen time to himself. Kimiko can take a laser beam and not be cut in half which implies her durability is now way way higher, except it isn't since we saw bullets pierce her. Oh and the big point of SCORCHED EARTH MY ASS,
 
We'd have to deliberately argue that flight speed is this weird statistic that scales far above everything else when that's really not the case.
I don't really get the separation in this case. We do know the Homelander - even as a young inexperienced Supe - has super speed on foot, as shown in Diabolical when he disarms the people in his first save. I think you'd have to go through a lot of hoops to argue Homelander physically moving his own body through space doesn't require some degree of reactions comparable to the speeds at which he's moving.
 
I don't really get the separation in this case. We do know the Homelander - even as a young inexperienced Supe - has super speed on foot, as shown in Diabolical when he disarms the people in his first save. I think you'd have to go through a lot of hoops to argue Homelander physically moving his own body through space doesn't require some degree of reactions comparable to the speeds at which he's moving.
This is a problem that has a fairly easy solution.
Butcher reacts to Homelanders flight speed,and Homelander can keep up with Butcher in combat.

But Butcher got Blitzed by bombsight.
What is this scaling oh my god.
 
Deep's death is so contrived. You are telling me that on a Random coast, all these animals (who don't appear in shallows unless hunting seals or something) were just waiting for Deep somehow ? Also what tf do you mean for Ambrosia ? You are a shark, you literally eat her species. You eat anything that can fit in your mouth.

Why is a Deep sea Giant Squid on the shore (the live in abysal zone and only come up if they are dead or dying) and since when can a squid crush and go through a normal ass human much less a supe ?

So this confirms a Bear is 100% bodying 99% of all supes.
 
Now can we finally get a Calc for A-Train's speed feat alongside all the other new speed feats
 
Didn't pop Ashley's shoulder when she was using it on him. Although a much weaker strap.
She is a supe. Ashley strapped it, did kinky stuff and then he screamed. MM was holding the strap behind his head. He would literally be flung into Oh Father's back.
 
Deep's death is so contrived. You are telling me that on a Random coast, all these animals (who don't appear in shallows unless hunting seals or something) were just waiting for Deep somehow ? Also what tf do you mean for Ambrosia ? You are a shark, you literally eat her species. You eat anything that can fit in your mouth.

Why is a Deep sea Giant Squid on the shore (the live in abysal zone and only come up if they are dead or dying) and since when can a squid crush and go through a normal ass human much less a supe ?

So this confirms a Bear is 100% bodying 99% of all supes.
I'm like 90% sure the way Deep died was a parallel to Adam Bourke's death and he died through his bum, which would bypass his hard exterior. That's just what I thought.
 
Fallacy of association. Homelander lied about being a morally sound super-hero, so all his statements are lies!

Of course that's silly, but it's spiritually the same argument you're making.
Also, all these characters know how fast Marathon is, if that was an outlandish claim, it would've been called out.
 
Serious question. Homelander takes the guy "to space" in 2.5 seconds but why are we being generous and assuming Homelander physically went to space in that timeframe, holding onto the guy the entire time instead of him simply THROWING the guy to space that fast after flying a certain distance like cloud level? I really think you guys should take this as a supporting "MHS" feat with a grain of salt. It happened, and it's still degree some hypersonic but the method still matters.

That’s actually a fair point, that he could’ve thrown him
 
Fallacy of association. Homelander lied about being a morally sound super-hero, so all his statements are lies!

Of course that's silly, but it's spiritually the same argument you're making.
It makes sense for Mr Marathon though since he was trying to butter up Soldier boy.
 
Also, all these characters know how fast Marathon is, if that was an outlandish claim, it would've been called out.
Soldier boy didn't know shit about MrMarathon and Homelander was sitting in a corner waiting for the V1,he has no reason to stand up and call MrM out, because he simply didn't care if he lied or not.
 
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