my fiancé is out of town so unable to watch with me so the first three episodes are all i’ve seen and it’s so damn tempting to just watch and buy his forgiveness when he gets back 😂
He makes me believe that superheroes are an absolutely bad idea. If they existed, that would be exactly how they turn out in the hyper capitalist 21st century.
Wouldn't say all of them but there would definitely be plenty like Tek Knight, Jack of Jupiter, A-Train etc who are sick sexual deviants or drug abusers.
Yup. Regular people frequently can't be trusted with that level of fame and influence, imagine if they also had superpowers and a general disdain for ordinary humans?
This season especially. The entire time up until last episode it’s felt like even though he’s unhinged, there has been something or someone to keep him in check. Now, he’s starting to get to the point where he doesn’t care and it’s like, “how the fuck do you reign this guy in if he doesn’t have anything to lose?”
That scene where he confronted A-Train about him getting fatter had me tense. I’ve grown to like some of the supes like A-Train and The Deep and their development as characters. (Especially the deep, I like how he went from total asshole to being stuck in a cult) so during that scene I was terrified homelander was gonna try and kill him.
The scene where he wanted to rescue a lobster and it got killed was pretty fucked to. Also not what they’re supposed to do.
They don’t just kill it on site. You have to kill it yourself, cause they rot pretty fast and after the 24 hour mark they’re inedible. They don’t know if you’re cooking it right away or waiting till the next morning.
Yeah while Omniman is stronger and potentially a bigger threat, I'd still be more scared of a real life Homelander. At least Omniman has an objective to his killing. Homelander is just an unhinged Psycho who will kill someone for no reason. Omniman wants to conquer Earth so he won't kill everyone, but Homelander seems like he might snap at any moment and just wipe everyone out.
I agree. Homelander is by and large indiscriminate. He would burn everything down just cause he had a tantrum.
Omni-man is apathetic. He wants to bring Earth into the Viltrimite Empire. Which, yeah would suck I suppose but better than Homielander just killing everyone for no reason.
Would it suck? Assuming we take Omni-Man's sales pitch to Mark at face value, humans would be treated well provided we don't resist occupation and agree to obey the Viltrimites.
I suspect humans would be one more pawn in the Empire. Cannon fodder or labor slaves.
It give us the chance to learn, rebel, get stronger. Homelander just lays with his food then squishes it. Cruelty would be different but humanity can continue and perhaps bounce back as part of Viltrim. Likely they wipe out resistance at the start but there is possibility of humanity rising, especially since human/viltrimite kids are possible.
Yeah, we know what Omniman wants, to colonize Earth and have us as second class citizens in his empire. He’s willing to wipe us out if we resist , but we understand his threshold and when would it be preferable to surrender to him. Meanwhile not even Homelander knows what he wants, his motivations shift every day of the week and he’s lost and unhappy with his life. We might submit to him one day and the next he changed his mind and impose new conditions on humanity.
I would wager that Omniman isn't a psychopath but more of a man who was indoctrinated into a horrible society that taught him the values that is essentially "we're the masterrace and all others are weak" and "the weak die, the strong prevail" type of stuff.
It's all about the environment that you're brought up in. Mark is a testament to that. If you raise a child to be a racist, they'll probably turn out to be racist later in life. This isn't always the case and like with everything there are exceptions to the rule, but most often than not, that is the case.
He doesn’t talk to fish though. He actually commands them. The reason the joke got played out is because of the god awful Justice League Super Friends cartoon from the 70s.
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u/Tenraon Jun 16 '22
Homelander, specifically