男孩們的比利布徹可能已經成為他最討厭的人

當比利·布徹（Billy Butcher）一邊靠著借來的時間生活一邊應對自己的失敗時，他可能已經成為了他所討厭的人。

Billy Butcher has always been a complex and driven character in The Boys, but his recent experiences and choices have brought him to a new crossroads. As he grapples with his failures and lives on borrowed time, some fans can't help but wonder if Butcher has become the very thing he despises.

比利布徹在《男孩們》中一直是一個複雜而有動力的角色，但他最近的經歷和選擇將他帶到了一個新的十字路口。當他努力克服自己的失敗並過著借來的時光時，一些粉絲不禁想知道布徹是否已經成為他所鄙視的人。

[Possible spoilers ahead]

【前方可能有劇透】

At the beginning of the season, Butcher's encounter with Joe Kessler, a CIA agent, sets the stage for a familiar narrative. Kessler attempts to convince Butcher to return to service before Homelander and his sympathisers round them up and put them in camps.

在本季開始時，布徹與中央情報局特工喬·凱斯勒的遭遇為熟悉的故事奠定了基礎。凱斯勒試圖說服布徹重返服役，然後國土人和他的同情者將他們圍捕並關進營地。

Initially, this might come across as a generic argument to reignite Butcher's passion for annihilating Supes. However, as the fourth season unfolds, Kessler’s seemingly harmless statement is slowly revealed to be Homelander's plan all along: build an army of Supes and neutralise opposing forces, using Tek Knight's resources to prepare prisons for their opponents.

最初，這可能被認為是重新點燃布徹消滅超級英雄熱情的通用論點。然而，隨著第四季的展開，凱斯勒看似無害的聲明慢慢被揭露為國土人一直以來的計劃：建立一支超級軍隊並壓制敵對勢力，利用泰克·奈特的資源為對手準備監獄。

With Kessler being revealed to be a figment of Butcher’s imagination as a result of his Temp V usage, it appears that The Boys’ ex-leader has always been aware of Homelander's endgame. Now, let's dive into the fan theories and see how they stack up.

由於使用了臨時 V，凱斯勒被揭露為布徹想像中的虛構人物，看來男孩隊的前領袖一直都知道家園者的結局。現在，讓我們深入研究粉絲理論，看看它們是如何疊加的。

Butcher and Homelander are two sides of the same coin

屠夫和家園者是同一枚硬幣的兩面

"Both Butcher and Homelander, in very different ways, are wrestling with whether they're human or whether they're monsters," shares showrunner Eric Kripke in an interview.

「《屠夫》和《家園者》都以截然不同的方式糾結於自己是人類還是怪物，」劇集製片人埃里克·克里普克在接受采訪時說道。

While Homelander’s spiral into full madness is almost established at this point, Butcher's is still up in the air, with hallucinations of his dead wife Becca, and Kessler still fighting for his soul. “Kessler represents the monster side and Becca represents the human side of Butcher. Those two sides are at war with themselves, but they're all Butcher," Kripke adds.

雖然家園者的瘋狂螺旋在此時幾乎已經形成，但布徹的瘋狂仍然懸而未決，他對死去的妻子貝卡產生了幻覺，而凱斯勒仍在為他的靈魂而戰。 「凱斯勒代表了屠夫怪物的一面，貝卡代表了屠夫人性的一面。這兩方都在互相交戰，但他們都是屠夫，」克里普克補充道。

The series no longer follows the source material religiously, but it is worth noting that Butcher had an incredibly dark arc in the comics, where he ends up snapping and murdering The Boys save for Hughie.

該劇不再嚴格遵循原始材料，但值得注意的是，布徹在漫畫中有著令人難以置信的黑暗弧線，他最終搶斷並謀殺了男孩們，只留下了休伊。

Conversely, thinking like Homelander can put him at an advantage as he and The Boys figure out a plan that’s two steps ahead to stop the Supe once and for all.

相反，像家園者一樣思考可以讓他處於優勢，因為他和男孩們想出了一個提前兩步一勞永逸地阻止超級英雄的計劃。

As the season approaches its finale, audiences will see if Butcher will lean into his diabolical side and fight Homelander's fire with equally destructive fire, knowing that he can wipe out his kind with the virus developed at Godolkin University.

隨著本季接近尾聲，觀眾將看到布徹是否會展現出惡魔般的一面，以同樣具有破壞性的火焰來對抗家園者的火焰，因為他知道他可以用戈多爾金大學開發的病毒消滅他的同類。

Season 4 of The Boys is currently streaming on Prime Video.

《男孩們》第四季目前正在 Prime Video 上播放。