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Just finished watching this series for the first time and loved it. Picked the show initially just to see more of Antony Starr after the Boys but got completely hooked. Definitively a criminally underrated gem.

However, for some reason S4 felt...off. I'm not saying that I disliked it, I think the quality remained consistent throughout the whole show and that the ending was a well-executed conclusion. However, some of the things that went down like >!Rebecca (one of the most important characters) being murdered off-screen and the season being a murder mystery, the ''government assassin'' backstory and plotline that went nowhere etc.!<as well as the season being 8eps instead of the usual 10.

Again, I don't think it fell off or was bad. Just, anyone who is familliar with the series BTS can maybe explain it? Were they facing cancellation or something? Wrote themselves into a corner?

It's a very common layman take when discussing the era.

After being no-scoped by the Lord-Ruler, Kelsier wakes up in Boys-Verse NYC and immediately starts robbing places. This draws the attention of the british anti-supe terrorist known as Billy Butcher. The rest of the Boys are in their bi-weekly ''how to kill Homelander'' brainstorming session and won't show up. Butcher thinks that Kel is a ''supe'' with metal-based powers, but otherwise both go in blind. Kelsier has all metal reserves he needs.

Round 1: Comics Butcher vs. Kelsier without atium.

Round 2: Comics Butcher vs. Kelsier with atium.

Round 3: V24 Butcher vs. Kelsier without atium.

Round 4: V24 Butcher vs. Kelsier with atium.

Round 5: Full-Super Butcher vs. Kelsier without atium.

Round 6: Full-Super Butcher vs. Kelsier with atium.

Round 1: The chosen alien species attacks at random tomorrow.

Round 2: Humanity had a decade of prep-time.

By ''remain sane'' I mean:

• He never develops his substance-related issues.
• He goes easy on the plastic surgeries.
• Most importantly, he never molests/grooms children.

Maybe Joe Jackson is a better dad in this timeline, or MJ meets more good people across his life that keep him grounded, or any number of potential ''breaking point'' incidents do not happen (the Pepsi Accident comes to mind).

Amazon Deep used. Jaken has the Staff of Two Heads. Single round to the death.

After some rogue Super lays waste to Banshee, ''Sheriff Lucas Hood'' joins the anti-super domestic terrorist group known as the Boys. Assume that his coincidental physical resemblance with Homelander doesn't create issues. Amazon version of Boys used, Hood joins in Season 2. How does the story changes?

A group of ancient humans get magically transplanted into the Cretaceous, about 5 million years before the KT Meteor hits. Assume the group is culturally homogenous and it's above the ''minimum viable population'' threshold.

How long the humans survive? Can they build an enduring society?

Round 1: Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherer.

Round 2: Neolithic Early Farmers.

Round 3: Bronze Age tribesmen.

Round 4: Iron Age tribesmen.

Yuji has feats and abilities from the whole series and Modulo. Dennis has feats ans abilities from part one and two.

Round 1: Yuji vs. Makima

Round 2: Yuji vs. Yoru

Round 3: Denji vs. Mahito

Round 4: Dennis vs. EOS Sukuna.

Team Machine consists of Reese, Harold, Root, Shaw, Carter, Fusco and Bear. The Boys (show version) are (Pre-V) Butcher, UE, MM, Frenchie, Kimiko, Starlight and Terror.

Round 1: Team Machine gets transported to the Boys-verse with the mission of destroying the Vought Corporation and the Supers. They have basic knowledge about the setting and access to the Machine. If they find V or Temp-V, they can use it. Can they do it?

Round 2: The Boys get transported to POI-verse mid season 3. Kimiko and Starlight have their powers, they have basic knowledge of the setting. Can they destroy Decima Technologies and prevent Samaritan from going online?

Bonus: Composite World. Team Machine and The Boys team up. How does that go?

Composite prime Jaime used. Both in-character with standard equipment. Single round to the death.