The Boys

[Juanpiz]

Most important part.
The characters and show itself became more and more flandarized with each passing season. Season 1 Homelander would make Season 5 Homelander (and Stand Edgar and Homelander and Soldier Boy etc) cry just by existing.
The show just became a walking case of "let's outedge ourselves in every minute of an episode". Dick jokes, diccks being frozen off, crawling inside of dicks, 50-word tumblr/reddit one liners that would get you rammed in a locker in real life (or even worse, ignored completely).

Dicks…?

 

[Jew D. Boy]

Most important part.
The characters and show itself became more and more flandarized with each passing season. Season 1 Homelander would make Season 5 Homelander (and Stand Edgar and Homelander and Soldier Boy etc) cry just by existing.
The show just became a walking case of "let's outedge ourselves in every minute of an episode". Dick jokes, diccks being frozen off, crawling inside of dicks, 50-word tumblr/reddit one liners that would get you rammed in a locker in real life (or even worse, ignored completely).

Homelander stayed pretty sinister until the last scene, but you’re right, he was much more intimidating at the beginning of the show and became a bit too exaggerated by the end. To your other point, one of the most egregious changes in the final season is not only making Kimiko talk, but making her sound like some TikTok brainrot aggregator/porn addict ruined an otherwise intriguing and complex character…I get that most shows eventually fall into these rhythms, but they could have really stuck the landing if they could just give up a fraction of the shock humor