After the episode aired, followers on Reddit in contrast the Butcher scenario to Diabolical’s “John and Sun-Hee.” The animated anthology episode adopted an aged married couple, with Vought janitor (John) stealing Compound V and administering it to his spouse (Sun-Hee). Like Butcher, Sun-Hee was dying from most cancers, however ultimately, her powers manifested as a tentacled monster that grew inside her. The most cancers finally breaks free from Sun-Hee’s physique, and after she develops powers of her personal, she goes to struggle it because the episode ends.
Although most of Diabolical’s eight-episode run is taken into account separate from the occasions of The Boys, showrunner Eric Kripke highlighted “John and Sun-Hee”, “One Plus One Equals Two”, and “Nubian vs Nubian” as the one ones which might be canon with the live-action sequence. Butcher truly appeared in Diabolical’s non-canon “I’m Your Pusher” episode (voiced by Jason Isaacs), so it appears odd that Kripke would give a heart-warming love story like “John and Sun-Hee” the nod until it was necessary.
There’s extra proof that Butcher’s powers are manifesting in surprising methods, and like how Sun-Hee wasn’t in control of her superpowered most cancers, there’s an necessary second when Butcher loses management in episode 4. When confronting Ezekiel (Shaun Benson), Butcher is sort of killed when the stretchy supe chokes the life out of him. As the imaginary Becca pleads for Butcher to maintain combating, he seemingly blacks out. When he comes round, Ezekiel (or what’s left of him) is strewn over the trailer. Like Sun-Hee’s most cancers took on an entity of its personal, it’s instructed that these powers won’t be Butcher’s.
For now, it doesn’t appear that the worm helps Butcher a lot but, as when Homelander realized of the tumor in season 4 episode 1, he estimated Billy solely had about six months left to reside. Even although Butcher himself tells Hughie in episode 4 that taking Compound V had truly accelerated his deterioration, we doubt that is the case. Similar to how Sun-Hee’s most cancers may devour bullets and kill a legion of Vought brokers to maintain its host alive, the concept that Butcher’s tumor has a thoughts of its personal isn’t so far-fetched. Like the aforementioned Venom, we’ve seen the symbiote depend on Eddie Brock, and as we all know The Boys likes to pay homage to Marvel, it’s a strong idea.
Others took it one step additional and guessed that if the supe virus that was teased within the Gen V finale finally ends up being launched, it’d simply kill Butcher’s superpowered tumor and depart him alive. Unfortunately, as Amazon’s model of The Boys is so totally different to Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comedian e book of the identical title, the supply materials doesn’t supply many clues. Every member of the group takes Compound V within the comics, giving Butcher excessive energy and enhanced sturdiness. His arc goes down a very totally different route and doesn’t embrace the most cancers storyline, however both manner, a supe model of Butcher who thinks he has nothing left to reside for could possibly be simply as unhinged as Homelander.
