Here’s When & Why Homelander Fantasized About “Lasering” the Crowd

The Boys are primarily known as a comic book series, but Amazon Prime’s streaming adaptation of the comic book – which contains a lot of changes and additions – has helped the series become a global phenomenon. Now, The Boys are full of mysteries and questions, regarding both specific characters and concepts. In this article, we are going to discuss a scene from Season 2 of the series where Homelander finally snaps and kills a bunch of random protesters. We are going to tell you whether he actually did it or not.

Does Homelander really kill a crowd of people in The Boys?

The scene we are talking about happened in Season 2 of The Boys, and before we continue, you can check it out for yourselves:

Homelander visits Stan Edgar, where he asks to be consulted regarding further additions to The Seven. Homelander threatens Stan that he might decide to move on after his contract expires at the end of the calendar year. Stan then asks him what he knows about Frederick Vought, the founder of Vought.

Stan explains that while Homenlander might feel like a superhero, Vought is, in reality, a pharmaceutical company and that Homelander is not their most valuable asset; Compound V is.

Driven by frustration and anger, Homelander swiftly takes flight to visit Becca’s house and see their son. During a break on the set, while discussing matters with Queen Maeve, Ashley reveals footage of Homelander’s battle against another super-terrorist. This confrontation results in Homelander utilizing his heat vision to eliminate the threat, inadvertently causing the death of an innocent teenager who shares the same heat vision ability, succumbing to the overwhelming power of Homelander.

Homelander ignores her and asks Ashley how many views the video has. He then goes to a demonstration where people are protesting against Homelander for his war crimes. Homelander gives a speech about freedom having a price, but this escalates the protest. Homelander then has a morbid vision of him using his heat vision on protesters and killing many people.

Nevertheless, he opts to abandon the protest and walks away. Disturbed by the protest’s outcomes, Homelander journeys to Stormfront to assist in restoring his public image. Stormfront aids by generating memes such as “Better there than here” and dismissing the images as fraudulent. With renewed enthusiasm, Homelander returns, resolving the conflict between Starlight and Stormfront.

In a rare display of gratitude, Homelander expresses thanks for her assistance, prompting Stormfront to inquire about how he can repay her. The two then return to Seven Tower, engaging in intense sadomasochistic intimacy. Homelander and Stormfront’s relationship becomes official, even extending to public displays of affection in the same vicinity shortly after dealing with a criminal.

Contrary to appearances, Homelander refrains from actually harming the protesters. Instead, he entertains thoughts of violence as a coping mechanism for his wounded ego. However, he exercises enough self-control to leave the situation rather than succumb to his darker desires, recognizing the potential consequences of confirming suspicions and exacerbating his downfall.

Why does Homelander fantasize about killing a crowd of people?

In order to understand the answer to this question, we have to analyze Homelander’s personality. For a superhero, Homelander is pretty brutal and aggressive. He throws a bank robber in the air, drops him to his death, and brutalizes A-Train. He is highly intelligent as he put together a meticulous plan to get superheroes into the military. He is also charismatic and goes out in public to give him support.

Vought and the Seven have always been his home, so his worldview consists almost entirely of what Vought has built around the superheroes. So Homelander has long since given up his civilian identity and is always called “Homelander,” even by those closest to him. dr Vogelbaum was one of the last people who still knew him by the name “John.”

As that worldview begins to crumble, he shows signs of losing his temper. Homelander struggles to understand love and humanity because he grew up in a lab. There, he was educated and taught. At a young age, for example, he “crushed” several teachers with whom he was looking for a mother while hugging.

This made Homelander sociopathic and amoral, he also intimidates the members of the Seven into keeping them informed while also killing anyone who stands in his way. This act of murder is also used to his advantage, as after Flight 37 crashes and all passengers die, Homelander spreads the rumor that the plane was destroyed by terrorists, thereby pushing both Vought and himself into the superhuman gun control agenda.

He is sadistic and takes pleasure in the people he hurts or kills. Homelander also suffers from an Oedipus complex, which is projected onto Madelyn Stillwell, who is the closest thing to the mother. However, when she confesses her feelings of anxiety to him, his relationship with her doesn’t stop him from killing her.

When Queen Maeve joined the Seven, she and Homelander had a relationship of unknown duration, which probably ended when she recognized the personality behind his facade. Though people fear and love him, Homelander seems to have respect for Butcher. When the two finally confront each other, Homelander is both intrigued and impressed that Billy Butcher isn’t afraid of him but hates him passionately.

He wants a relationship with his son Ryan. He seems to be the only person he likes and shows empathy as he pulls Ryan out of a crowd that overwhelms him. When Butcher takes away Ryan, he goes on a rampage he kills the Vought units sent to pick him up.

As you can see, Homelander is a selfish person. He is a brutal superhero aware of his superiority, but he still lives on his popularity among the people. He feeds on it, and it allows him to function normally; normally for him, that is. But, the issue with Homelander is, as is with all narcissists, that he despises when he is being challenged. The crowd did that; they called him a murderer and a villain, and his bloated ego simply couldn’t take it. That is why he fantasized about killing them, although he had enough self-control to not do it really.

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