Personal thoughts about "The Boys" show ending.
Homelander had to be stopped because of the innocent people he killed.
But the majority of people who wanted him to be physically massacred like that are, in a way, not so different from the violence they condemn in him.
I strongly believe that prison, with nothing to see or do, powerless and isolated, can be worse than death for a human being.
It would have been an extremely harsh punishment for him already: exposed before the entire world, stripped of his powers, and rapidly incarcerated. A fallen “god” forced to finally face humanity as an ordinary man.
I say this because Homelander is also a tragic character. He could have become a Superman-like figure, but instead he was raised in a laboratory without love, empathy or human warmth, and turned into a deeply broken and dangerous person. This does not excuse his actions in any way, but it is still important to acknowledge.
The final scene disturbed me not because he died, but because once depowered and terrified, he was no longer the untouchable tyrant he had been. In that moment, he was simply a frightened human being.
May his soul finally rest in peace, and may heaven belong to the innocent people he murdered.