男孩们的比利·布彻可能已经成为他最讨厌的人

当比利·布彻（Billy Butcher）一边靠借来的时间生活一边应对自己的失败时，他可能已经成为了他所讨厌的人。

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·布彻在《男孩们》中一直是一个复杂而有动力的角色，但他最近的经历和选择将他带到了一个新的十字路口。当他努力克服自己的失败并过着借来的时光时，一些粉丝不禁想知道布彻是否已经成为他所鄙视的人。

[Possible spoilers ahead]

【前方可能有剧透】

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.

在本季开始时，布彻与中央情报局特工乔·凯斯勒的遭遇为熟悉的故事奠定了基础。凯斯勒试图说服布彻重返服役，然后国土人和他的同情者将他们围捕并关进营地。

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，这可能会被认为是重新点燃布彻消灭超级英雄热情的通用论点。然而，随着第四季的展开，凯斯勒看似无害的声明慢慢被揭露为国土人一直以来的计划：建立一支超级军队并压制敌对势力，利用泰克·奈特的资源为对手准备监狱。

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.

由于使用了临时 V，凯斯勒被揭露为布彻想象中的虚构人物，看来男孩队的前领袖一直都知道家园者的结局。现在，让我们深入研究粉丝理论，看看它们是如何叠加的。

Butcher and Homelander are two sides of the same coin

屠夫和家园者是同一枚硬币的两面

"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《家园者》都以截然不同的方式纠结于自己是人类还是怪物，”剧集制片人埃里克·克里普克在接受采访时说道。

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.

虽然家园者的疯狂螺旋在此时几乎已经形成，但布彻的疯狂仍然悬而未决，他对死去的妻子贝卡产生了幻觉，而凯斯勒仍在为他的灵魂而战。 “凯斯勒代表了屠夫怪物的一面，贝卡代表了屠夫人性的一面。这两方都在互相交战，但他们都是屠夫，”克里普克补充道。

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.

该剧不再严格遵循原始材料，但值得注意的是，布彻在漫画中有着令人难以置信的黑暗弧线，他最终抢断并谋杀了男孩们，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，像家园者一样思考可以让他处于优势，因为他和男孩们想出了一个提前两步一劳永逸地阻止超级英雄的计划。

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.

随着本季接近尾声，观众将看到布彻是否会展现出恶魔般的一面，以同样具有破坏性的火焰来对抗家园者的火焰，因为他知道他可以用戈多尔金大学开发的病毒消灭他的同类。

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

《男孩们》第四季目前正在 Prime Video 上播放。