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In regards to the 3 episode premiere:

The Boys season 4 couldn’t come at a more timely manner, aligning with our current events. What is currently fantasy could potentially become a reality in some form. This is a sort of wake-up call in a digestible format, helping you question the empathy and morality of those around you while also questioning yourself at the same time.

This is quite a risk in today’s environment with cancel culture and hate spreading on the internet more rapidly each day. Positivity, however, is rarely heard about, so we don’t go searching for it anymore. It encapsulates both sides of the story, hoping that you can align in the middle somewhere and understand. This is done by contrasting what we see with Starlight and Homelander fighting about the trial’s verdict versus Butcher, finally being able to show empathy towards Hughie as a result of Hughie’s father’s stroke and hospitalization.

So many parallels from The Boys in real-life history and thinking of possible outcomes for the future. Ryan is in a state of determining who he wants to be. With his parents being absolute opposites—his mom ever so empathetic and his narcissistic father—he has quite the battle of morality ahead of him.

This battle is something that’s common throughout storytelling. Take Tony Stark, for instance, the playboy billionaire turned full philanthropist, who had the same question when he was at his lowest.