‘The Boys’ Strongest Supe Isn’t in the Main Show

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• The Boys Presents: diabolical
  features an all-powerful character, Ghost, who could potentially destroy both sides of the superpower war.
• Ghost's intangibility and ability to possess others make her a formidable force in the franchise, with no known countermeasures.
• Ghost's future in the main series is uncertain, as his power could diminish the show's tension and excitement.

With all its messages about morality and human folly, much of Amazon Prime Video's hit series the boys it comes down to one question: who is the most powerful? Created by Eric Kripkethis series shows what a world with superheroes would really look like, substituting the fantastic whimsy of similar concepts to show them instead. how terrifying a world full of narcissists with superpowers would be. Throughout its four seasons, the show has offered viewers an extremely bloody display of good versus evil, pitting a group of vengeful anti-heroes known as “The Boys” against countless Supes who use their superhuman abilities to commit horrific atrocities without repercussions

It has featured numerous characters over the years, each vying for the massive amount of power they need to finally take down the others. It's an intriguing battle that the show has spent four years exploring, with many observers unaware that the creators already answered it. Because in the spin-off show, The Boys Presents: Diabolicalthe series presents to fans a character who has the wits, the powers, and most of all, the thirst for revenge to completely destroy both sides of this superpower war.. She's an all-powerful, unstoppable force whose abilities have terrifying implications, and comes from an episode titled “An Animated Short Where Angry Supes Kill Their Parents.”

'The Boys' proves that true power comes in different forms

Throughout its four seasons, the boys has interrogated the concept of power and how it actually looks in the modern world. Of couse, It's easy to say that the character with the strongest literal power is the strongestwith this universe's Superman stand-in Homelander (Anthony Starr) becoming such an unstoppable antagonist due to his wide range of abilities that make him virtually invincible. However, while his built-in powers are formidable, he isn't the only one with a shot at the title of “most powerful”; Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) is a shadowy politician who combines his power to unlock people's abilities with an understanding of how to easily manipulate politics, leveraging both his powers and social connections to get what he wants.

Similarly, the main anti-hero of the series Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) may not have a power (usually), but it does he used his immense strength and discreet government connections to create a team of people who excel at assassinating Supes, fighting against those that this world normally considers untouchable. With these characters and the countless others introduced over the years, the show has offered numerous images of what true power could look like, questioning which of these approaches actually grants some people dominance over others. However, whether it was intentional or not, his spin-off created a character that could easily defeat any of these people.

The Boys Presents: diabolical is an animated spin-off of the main series that shows aspects of this universe that fans wouldn't otherwise see. Most of these comics are biased, with its second episode starting no different. “Animated Short Film Where Angry Supes Kill Their Parents” Takes Viewers to Red River Institute, an in-universe home for children with superpowers whose parents have died or, in the case of those this segment focuses on, are found too strange to care for. This is a completely weird group full of people like Aqua Agua (Xolo Maridueña) (can turn into a puddle), Boobie Face (Kevin Smith) (self-explanatory), and their leader, the eternally intangible Ghost (Ashley Cooper).

The kids learn that they weren't born that way, that their parents injected them with Compound V in order to create future Vought superheroes that would keep them well-paid for life, eventually. negate their “investments” once they realized their powers were too strange to take advantage of. Ghost inspires his peers to seek revenge, directing their collective fury at the parents who only saw them as potential paychecks and leading them on a bloody crusade; in the process, however, she reveals herself as the strongest Supe this universe has ever seen. .

Ghost's power could wreak havoc on “The Boys” universe.

In a world full of laser eyes and cannibalistic mouthworms, intangibility doesn't strike immediately the boys viewers as the most powerful skill this show has ever featured. In fact, according to Ghost herself, she is a living nightmare; his inability to turn off his power means he can never physically feel things, can never eat something to satisfy the hunger he still feels, and can never interact with the world around him, at least at first. In the thrilling climax of the episode, when Ghost brings his team of bloodthirsty Supes to his parents' house, viewers learn two very important aspects of his power: he is immune to the Homelanders' eye beams and can possess people.

Homelander's laser eyes have been a determining factor in character invulnerability throughout the franchise, as only the most durable can withstand them, meaning that when the supervillain arrives and slaughters the entire group of children, Ghost's immunity indicates that even he couldn't hurt her. any way that mattered. That's amazing in itself, but what's more important is the fact that Ghost was able to inhabit his friend's body and push him to stab his father. These two revelations make one thing very clear: the other characters in the series can't touch her, but they can she enters them.

The implications of this type of ability are universe shattering. At least as far as the series has revealed, there's no countermeasure for Ghost, no way to push her away or keep her still like Vought and The Boys have done with countless rebel Supes over the years. Furthermore, whether using Homelander's immense physical strength or donning the politically powerful form of Victoria Neuman as a disguise, her ability to inhabit the bodies of others means that could use these ultra-powered characters to wreak havoc — if we don't turn them against themselves.

There is a possibility that characters with mental powers will go against her, but first, the only character who could do it without the need for physical contact died horribly in season 3, and it's questionable whether the intangible brain of Ghost could be manipulated, regardless of the person's superhuman abilities. He's an infallible being, who can never be caught off guard, who can invade and destroy any building he wants, and after the episode's devastating climax, one that is willing to slaughter all people who would dare to stand in its way.

'The Boys Presents: Diabolical' could have broken this franchise

Despite how powerful she is, or perhaps because of it, it's unclear where Ghost's fate lies outside. The Boys Presents: Diabolical. At the moment, there are no concrete references to this animated spin-off in the main show. Even more, the creators may understand that Ghost is too powerful to put him in the central plot; although interesting having a random character who could walk in and kill Homelander without resistance would diminish most of the series' exciting tension..

Regardless of her future and if there's a place for her, it's undeniable that Ghost is absolutely one of the most powerful characters this franchise has ever seen. His skills are unmatched by any other we have seen so far and the young character's wits (and murderous tendencies) make her a colossal threat to anyone who might even think of confronting her.. It's a true marvel within a franchise with dozens of superhero clichés.

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