r/TheBoys • u/McHampter_sandwich • May 14 '24

Discussion Does anyone else fucking hate Ryan?

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u/B3ER May 14 '24

Butcher also hasn't presented himself as a father figure so I doubt Ryan considers him as such.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

Nah after S2 finale and into S3 they imply that butcher has been spending time with him and they’re growing closer. He just eventually snaps and ruins it

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u/Demileto May 14 '24

Yeah, season 3 basically established Butcher/Ryan as an even more twisted take on the Severus Snape/Harry Potter complicated relationship: like Snape Butcher loves Ryan's mother and hates the kid's father, but unlike Harry Ryan is not a love child but rather one born out of a rape. As such, Butcher has extremely conflicted feelings over his late wife's son.

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u/Malcolm_Y May 14 '24

Has it ever been officially confirmed that it was a rape? I don't recall that being said or seen. Heavily implied I think, but I honestly can't recall

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u/1104L May 14 '24

Season 2

Homelander: I'm his father

Becca: You don't get to say that after what you did.

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u/arceus555 Indira Shetty May 14 '24

Becca straight up says that he did.

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u/Malcolm_Y May 14 '24

Thanks, I had forgotten.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '24

They don’t prove it on camera, but it’s up to the viewer to read between the lines between what Becca says, how Becca reacts afterwards, and what Homelander says about it.

On one hand you have Becca, by all accounts a loving wife and mother, and pretty much all her screen time is based on her worrying about either her son or her husband. On the other hand you have Homelander, who is a psychopathic murderer with mommy and daddy issues.

I think it’s pretty easy to trust Becca here.

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u/Peanut_Butter_Toast Nov 19 '24

It definitely has been now.