r/ATrainFanClub

Vought and Homelander held a false funeral as if A-Train was still one of them, claiming that he had been murdered by Starlighters. It paints him like another Vought rat who was rightfully taken down by the Resistance. I hope information pertaining to Reggie came out once Homelander died.

His memory and story deserves to be his complete life as that of someone who committed and paid for past sins, and chose to make a sacrifice by confronting Homelander.

Going down as just another Homelander lackey is just disrespectful.

He was indeed the best part of season 5. He laughed at the end because he knew the show died alongside him. True cause death; back broke from carrying the series since season 4.

So recently there has been a lot of disappointment and dissatisfaction among fans of The Boys regarding the final season, especially with Homelander snapping, which reminded me of another series that pulls this off amazingly: Powers by Brian Michael Bendis.

In this universe, superheroes are actual heroes and try to live up to the comics, but it’s still pretty grounded, so they’re kind of messed-up people. Not evil per se, just flawed. The series really gets into the nitty-gritty of whether our society would truly accept and function alongside people with extraordinary abilities. It follows two ordinary cops in this crazy world and explores how regular people deal with all of it.

Now I’d like to get to the evil Superman of the series: Supershock. He started out as a well-meaning individual and eventually began questioning why things had to be this way. Why should he do what he does? Why does the world work like this? Which eventually leads him to developing a god complex, amplified further by the fact that he is supreme in his universe. A line from the main character goes something like: “We ranked him in the highest tier because we don’t know how strong he is. For all we know, he could be God himself.” That line sent a chill down my spine.

And what does Supershock do to convince people of his divinity? He intervened in the war between Israel and Palestine, putting an end to it by completely vaporizing the entire area. Then, aiming to present himself as the only godly being on the planet, he went to Rome and melted the Pope himself.

One of the last scenes has Supershock in space, seemingly teleporting our main character out of her house. Is this guy really God?

It really doesn’t help that nothing is known about the origin of this mf. For all we know, he could be as ancient as the world itself, since he was always there for humanity as a guardian angel

Would have a more impactful death/better conclusion than Frenchie, people would've called you insane.

I've seen more discussions arguing over HOW Frenchie died than people crying about it and its now the lowest rated episode of the season, one of the lowest rated of the series. Meanwhile, the season 5 premiere remains the highest rated episode of this season and I'm certain A-Train's conclusion is a large part of that.

Shout-out to u/mrslick98 the original creator.

Link to the original: https://youtu.be/3EvOjqLUsBE?si=OlSd5F4MBpDxezwQ

A-Train would've escaped from Homelander if not for the woman, Kirpie himself said so. But he sacrificed himself first by luring Homelander away so The Boys could escape and then by choosing to dodge the innocent woman. The Deep could've gone out a hero by saving this innocent man in the new episode. But he was too cowardly to do so, caring more about himself than helping someone. A-Train died being seen as a hero by even Hughie, while The Deep is hated by society and marine life, going to either live despised by everyone or die pathetically in the finale.

Truly incredible how far A-Train's come, from the character who kickstarted everything in the show to the best character development/writing in the series, including Gen V and having the best conclusion

The fact that after everything she did for Homelander, the latter was more saddened over killing A-Train (who betrayed him and insulted him at the end), than he was with her and arguably even gave the latter a far quicker and more dignified death.

A-Train got a funeral, not just The Boys but Ashley and even Homelander was sad for his death (and obviously his family will be too). Firecracker and (Black Noir 2) just gets forgotten about, only Hughie and Annie (her arch-enemy) show any sadness for her. This would especially piss her off knowing how racist she was

Homelander made it clear from start to finish he didn’t give a damn about her, but A-Train he truly respected for finding the balls to stand up to him and sincerely thinks he loved him as a brother

Fuck kripke

Still love how he went out laughing in this pathetic piece of shit clowns face and telling him what he really was. Homelander knew Reggie was completely right and that if his powers get took he’s just another pathetic loser who desperately needs attention