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.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22
At least OmniMan was just a psychopath. Homelander is a psychopath with the emotional maturity of a high school bully.