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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

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.

Honestly makes his decision to dodge her even more admirable tbh. The only reason why Homelander was able to keep up was likely because A-Train was intentionally luring him away so The Boys could have a chance to escape. Initially, I thought Homelander was going to cacth him anyways. But this confirms no, he would have actually gotten away. He just wasn't that person anymore and sacrificed himself to spare her.

A-Train a story of reclaiming one's identity, Firecracker is a story of losing identity.

A-Train was willing up to stand up for what is right at the end. He became someone willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of other's. Nathan was the person who raised him his entire life. A-Train was willing to abandon Vought and fight for the sake of his family. I love the symbolism of his glasses falling off because at the end, he died as Reggie, a real hero.

Firecracker instead shows what happens when you sacrifice everything for a false idol/God. She was shown to have some morals, like her genuine horror at Webweaver's murder. But she was willing to sacrifice her faith and morals for the approval of Homelander. Threw away her Jesus figure. And unlike A-Train, she betrayed the person who raised her instead... and it was all for nothing. She died anyways as an afterthought.

A-Train told a story of someone learning stand up for himself, Firecracker just kept digging herself deeper.

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

Soldier Boy was pretty much the fan fav of the show but now pretty much everyone seems sick of him constantly flipping every 5 minutes and agrees his relationship with Stormfront being THIS huge is out of nowhere and there's too much set-up for Vought Rising.

Sister Sage is seen by many as one of the worst-written characters. Black Noir 2 >!got possibly the worst conclusion!<. Many agree Kimiko's constant talking is extremely obnoxious. The Gen V cast haven't appeared ONCE and we just have two episodes left.

Before this season, Kimiko or Soldier Boy would probably have been the show's most beloved character but at this rate, its looking like A-Train will take the crown for that.

Because in season 5, A-Train isn't wearing his costume that Vought made. He's done with Vought and the fake hero they made him out to be. He's Reggie now. But still using his powers to be something, a hero. Its why the video The Boys account posted of him hoping to be remembered as Reggie is so powerful. I love the detail of Starlight calling him "Reggie" when they met and his glasses falling off at the end, he died as himself. Meanwhile, Homelander only has his powers. Without them and the suit, he's just as A-Train said, a pathetic, sniveling loser.

Its funny because it seems The Deep truly thought of A-Train as his "bro" when the latter was with Vought but A-Train openly admitted "I have always hated you".

But in this scene, A-Train is sincerely warning him that being with Homelander will only lead to your demise but The Deep is so far gone, he can only see it as A-Trian looking down on him.

Like yeah Ashley may be a corporate shill but she was like probally one of the only people who seemed to actually care about Reggie and even was crying at his funeral showing that she felt bad for him and ended up actually feeling bad. I hope Ashley can have some sort of redemption arc because she kinda reminds me how A-Train was scared early on to do the right thing out of fear of homelander

Not gonna lie after Atrain saved them all in that camp I thought this season was going to be peak but sadly was I wrong. Kripke has been so trash and most the deaths feel like shock value and just to say “Oh we killed this character”. like the way frenchie died off screen is honestly so disrespectful and pointless, if your gonna push soldier boy this whole season just for him too get put back in the chamber that’s pretty damn stupid. But I digress Atrain is the only person who this season I enjoyed while he was on screen the show made a very dumb and stupid decision to kill him off and I’ll stand by it not just saying because he’s my favorite character but Atrain brought a swag to the show and always had a great presence I understand his arc had to come to an end but other than his scene in episode 1 this show has been garbage I miss Reggie so much but in a sense I’m glad they wrapped up his arc so he didn’t have to live in this trash ending and show

The Deep only became more desperate to get Homelander's approval. We see throughout his arc in season 4 he becomes a far darker character, who even starts enjoying murder and encouraging Black Noir 2 to do the same, as well as completly lacking remorse his crimes towards Starlight. We only further see this in season 5 as >!his betrayal of Black Noir 2 and murder of Adam shows just how ruthless he's becoming, only looking out for himself!<

Ashley became more fearful. She didn't exactly get worse, she was even remorseful over getting Cameron Coleman killed. But she still hasn't found the coruage to stand against Vought. We see this when Anika gets killed and she decides not to resign and when she's too scared to leave with A-Train, albeit does remind him to cut his tracking chip out. She's not getting worse or better.

But A-Train is my favorite. When Homelander leaves the room, he doesn't have fear on his face like the other two; its realization. When he looks at Black Noir's helmet after Homelander killed him but doesn't say anything. He finally realizes what Starlight meant by "Why do you want to be with people who hate you". He realized that Homelander is a ticking time bomb that will kill him sooner or later anyways. If he just killed the guy he called worth more than all of them put together, he won't hesitate to kill him too. Being kicked out by his brother certainly helps him realize further. Its not Homelander's approval he wants, its his family's. This was when his arc was set in stone.

They would have been an iconic duo

So many people call this scene bad writing or stupid but it makes a lot of sense. A-Train would be able to easily dodge her in a normal situation. But this wasn’t normal, he was being chased by the most dangerous man in the world who was right on his tail and kept looking back at him. By the time he noticed her, it makes sense he would panic dodging her. Considering Kirpie confirmed he would have escaped if she hadn’t been there, it’s likely Homelander as only keeping up because A-Train was trying to lure him away from the Boys (and also got grazed in the shoulder by the lasers).