ok so like... conflicted feelings on the boys s3 finale. honestly i would have been disappointed if homelander OR soldier boy had died, just because i like watching them as characters. as terrifying and horrible as homelander is, he's truly one of the best villains ive seen in a long time and can't imagine the boys without him as a threat and at full power. and soldier boy has a great backstory that i want more of and is overall just a good character imo (not that i particularly like him, he's a dick, but that's why its fun).

HOWEVER. purely based on the plot this season - i am so pissed at butcher and COMPLETELY on soldier boy's side. soldier boy did LITERALLY EVERYTHING BUTCHER ASKED AND THEN SOME, was going to KILL HIS SON FOR HIM, and honestly butcher's reasons for stopping him were not strong enough to me. like sure ryan got hurt - TAKE HIM OUT OF THE ROOM AND LET SOLDIER BOY CONTINUE. i'm glad they didn't fully kill soldier boy and left it open for him to come back, but now i'm disappointed because if they do, it'll absolutely be in a way where he's specifically after the boys to get revenge, when it could have been they just have a really strong supe on their side in the way they have kimiko, annie, and maeve.

i did like it overall, the fight scenes were great, and a good set up for s4. but now i hope it has a revenge arc for soldier boy that doesn't turn into just him being another baddie they have to fight for the sake of it and actually acknowledges soldier boy was in the right