| “ | "Fine, you know what? You take my family, I'll take yours. After I kill you, I'll kill your entire f*cking family. I'll start with your parents, your "brother", your cousin and then your little sh*t-stain son. Now that I think of it, you probably have a wife too..." | „ |
| ~ Homelander, finally pushed over the edge completely, vowing to make Superman suffer after discovering his son has abandoned him. |
Homelander is the central antagonist of crossover15's The Boys: Real Justice, a crossover fanfic between The Boys TV series and the DC Universe during the events of season 2. Starting at the beginning of the episode "What I Know," the Justice League suddenly appears in the world of Vought to save it from an invading Felix Faust after he defeats Homelander and Stormfront. From there, things begin to change the show's canon timeline.
After the Justice League arrives, they begin integrating themselves into the world of the Boys, or Earth 7 as they call it, and form an alliance with Vought. And Homelander is anything but happy with this. His envy of Superman's accomplishments and power begins to cause his to commit more desperate and crude methods to maintain his popularity, such as publicly criticizing the League and Superman despite their kindness and turning the public against them. And thanks to the Joker's influence and Ryan's growing admiration for the League and newfound independence, Homelander begins finding himself less concerned with his popularity. As the Joker put it, "It's better to be feared than loved."
Homelander finally goes over the edge and launches a violent revolution to take over Earth 7. And thanks to Stormfront, he becomes a member of the Sinestro Corps. He is then forced into an alliance with Sinestro to take over Earth 7 and is defeated and de-powered by the League before being killed by Butcher.
In the end, Homelander died a petty supervillain with his legacy tarnished for good and a powerless human. Made even more cathartic is his own story was nothing more than made for the purpose of entertaining the story's inciter, Bat-Mite.
Personality[]
As in the show, Homelander has the image of an altruistic, compassionate and charismatic guardian of the innocent and a man of the people. On the inside, he is an unstable, sadistic, egotistical and childish monster who only cares for his way. He is a living and contradiction as he wants nothing more than things to go his way but his sad past as a lab rat has given him a crippling and starving need for affection and admiration. He lives only for his selfish wants and undaunted worship.
When the Justice League and their villains appear, his worst traits begin to grow thanks to nasty dose of envy and frustration. When confronted by beings that are not only more powerful than him and with a tendency to rightfully question his motives, Homelander's integrity begins to take multiple blows. And thanks to the Joker's manipulations, Homelander's outright anger causes him to get multiple killed and tarnish his reputation severely.
What is Homelander's biggest flaw is his unbound pettiness. Whenever Homelander interacts with anyone, it is rife with insults and attempts to demean them. He consistently sees those who get defeated as weak and those without power as cattle. He arrogantly refers to Batman as the "team cripple" due to him not having powers.
His envy of Superman's strength, respectful legacy as a hero, character and loving family causes him to develop an unbound hatred of Superman. Made even worse when Superman's kind attitude and son begin influencing Ryan to become independent from Homelander and see through his false act as a loving father. Batman is a special hatred of Homelander's due to his lack of fear, pity, and catching the Boys, something Homelander wanted to do.
It reaches a boiling point when Joker manipulates Homelander into abandoning his craving for public affection that Homelander commits mass murder and personally destroys his reputation on live TV.
In the end, Homelander was just an arrogant, petty monster who only cared about his reputation and power. And without it, he died a broken coward.
Trivia[]
- When Homelander refers to Superman's son as his "little sh*t-stain son", it is possibly a reference to the Omni-Man vs Homelander DEATH BATTLE, which Homelander lost.