didn't read the comics, and apparently it deviates a lot from source material, but my questions is why is Homelander taking orders from some corporate breaking bad nigger Edgar?
he has power that Alexander the great only dreamed of, he could conquer and unify the world where everyone worships him. He could cuck North korea in 1 day if he wanted. he doesn't bleed, yet why is he such a bitch to that Edgar guy?
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Corporate America ain't nothing to fuck with.
Probably understands the need for his public image and that going against vought would be career suicide. Sure, he's the most powerful being in the world, but what good is that if everyone has been turned against him.
There's also the fact that he seems to hate everyone and views them as insects beneath him. He probably has no interest in ruling the people he hates.
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>but what good is that if everyone has been turned against him.
because...fear.
he could still rule the world with an iron fist of tyranny.
Vought still made him and raised him to be what they wanted, all he has ever known is Vought.
Milkies.
>he could still rule the world with an iron fist of tyranny.
True, but he clearly has no interest in it. He seems happier playing games with everyone.
In the comics, Edgar is a background character that dies early, but considering Stillwell is the one that died early in the show, Edgar may take her place as Homelander's "father".
in case you didn't notice, Homelander is a text-book sociopath.
He's the type of person that gets off on having a public image and having it all be a facade.
It's a similar thing to Ted Bundy, it absolutely strokes the ego of this type of personality to be an evil person that hides in plain sight.
he can erase Vought in a day and rule the world through fear and brute force, so what's stopping him?
>fear
That's not interesting, unless you're an angry impotent manlet.
This is interesting in the comics, but they didn't reproduce in the series because they had to gender bend that corporate dude to make some hamfisted feminist statement or something. See in the comics the dude from vought who had to control him was a peculiar fellow, completely unimpressed by homelander. By subtly manipulation and his lack of fear he ensured Homelander would stay being controlled by vought. Eventually he would rebel and try to take over the world, but the fact it took so long was all thanks to that one dude.
more like... unrealistic expectations of this TV script.
It's always the ones that are three apples high that want people to fear them. It's all so tiring.
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the mommy milkies fetish is a nice touch tho.
i thought the whole point of his character is he is a child
conquering the world would be pointless because as a child, he thinks he already has. as far as destroying north korea or whatever, its pretty clear he wants to do that kind of shit, and was only held back by being heavily manipulated by stillwater.
Easiest answer is that in the comics Vought is actually a weapons manufacturer that branched out into public relations after disastrous results in Vietnam. They aren't some namby pamby "we'll ruin your image" pussies, they literally mow down dozens of supes at a time with uranium tipped rounds from helicopters after they get too uppity and start unionizing. Or if the kids start talking to people about all the sexual abuse they will herd them into a shipping container and drop it from orbit.
For Homelander, they had a nuke strapped to him until they could make an emotionless clone of him so that they'd always have something to keep him in line.
Day 1 Takes over
Day 2 Eats a nuke
You're a nigger
his fake biceps got really distracting at times, when he sits down they ruffle up too much and it looks silly
nukes dont hurt him.
he could destroy all the armies in the world and they can't do shit.
dunno i haven´t watch the live action series, in the comics they´re just a bunch of cunts that are satisfied with the things that brings the status quo.
A nuke won't KILL him NOW. When he was a child it was different. And at the end of the comics he does exactly what you describe, taking over the U.S. and his clone murders him for it. His clone is so damaged in the fight that Butcher easily destroys what's left.
Vought knows what it's doing.
My read is a combination of nature and nurture. He's a textbook sociopath and that's sort of the point, but they want you to understand that he was raised from infancy in a lab, with handlers and owners and people telling him what to do all his life. Even if he hates it, which he does as demonstrated by the blanket, it's still baked into him.
Which is why his original plan of creating villains wasn't for him to win more glory, it was to impress his "mom" and increase the reach and power of the company, to show her that he can do more and accomplish more than they thought. It's also why when he discovers his son, his rebellion isn't to lash out and destroy things around him, it's directly against the people who raised him and lied to him.
He doesn't care about the outside world or the people in it. He doesn't care about the people he saves or doesn't save, the ones he kills or ignores. They're literally insignificant non-entities. He only cares about A.) Impressing the people that he has developed a paternal relationship with, and B.) When that turns on it's head he cares about destroying them and rebelling against their control directly.
Meaning that the next logical step for him isn't to become a dictator of the world (it might eventually be), but rather to take over Vaught because that would be him exerting that dominance over the people that raised and then lied to him.
how does black noir defeats homelander in the comics if hes basically a clone of him?
how does it end? is it true that butcher turns?
he could wipe out all the corporate elite in one day so there's nobody left to give orders.
>His clone is so damaged in the fight that Butcher easily destroys what's left.
how convenient...the bag of meats are afraid... but in reality he would have found a way to kill his clone(maybe 100 nukes set up as a trap on some island) and then proceed to rule the world with brute force.
Same with his chest.
>maybe 100 nukes set up as a trap on some island
that's some silly shit
>HE IS INVINCIBLE NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING TO HIM
>NOT EVEN HIS CLONE
>HE WOULD BEAT HIM SOMEHOW LIKE USING NUKES ON AN ISLAND WHICH COULDN'T BE USED AGAINST HIM!
Are you a fucking retard? He literally didn't know about Black Noir until Black Noir FUCKING KILLED HIM.
I think that's the point. Like everything else in the show it's calling out the things they're based on. It's a satire remember.
Your complete lack of imagination is pretty spectacular, would you like a job writing Marvel Comics?
>How do two beings of completely equal power, ability, training, and mentality beat each other?
One of them gains/holds a very slight tactical advantage over the other and wins by virtue of being the one who lives, if only barely.
Butcher doesn't "turn" per say. He simply does exactly what he always said he was going to do. Nobody else seemed to get the memo except Frenchie who was just as crazy as Butcher.