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Homelander: a therapists worst nightmare and a psychologists biggest paycheck

@Sunthaz

2 күн бұрын

Until he inevitably lasers the psychologist.

@thememeslinger7506

2 күн бұрын

@@Sunthaz fair point but the paycheck's still boutta be huge

@DanFarrell98

2 күн бұрын

I think his version of therapy is brutally murdering everyone who raised him

@Sunthaz

2 күн бұрын

@@thememeslinger7506 Very true. Let us just take it as a reminder money is not everything. 😅

@yiosomething

2 күн бұрын

@@Sunthazhigh risk, high reward

The cartoon also goes into how he was literally groomed at 16, and taught to deflect blame.

@TuberoseKisser

3 күн бұрын

Pretty sure the cartoon isn't canon though?

@Mike90317

3 күн бұрын

​@@TuberoseKisserthat episode is! -That one only- Edit: there are 3 considered canon.

@Crashthefool

3 күн бұрын

@@TuberoseKisser last two are iirc?

@CloneByDesign

3 күн бұрын

@@Mike90317I think there are 3 canon episodes

@Xehanort10

3 күн бұрын

Also Vought covering up his wrongdoings is a big part of why he thinks he can do whatever he wants.

i love how she has an outfit prepared for every charcter she does. Like how Roger from American Dad has an entire warehouse for his disguises.

@tawumpas

3 күн бұрын

Roger had entire families 😂 whole lives richly lived through his persona/disguises

@jeremiahmorris1852

2 күн бұрын

​@@tawumpasits Roger

@weirdkidwithacrystalball1322

2 күн бұрын

They're so good too! I love the effort she's great 😂

@tawumpas

2 күн бұрын

@@jeremiahmorris1852 ✌️ Rad. Big fan of the show?

@jeremiahmorris1852

2 күн бұрын

@@tawumpas yep

Apart from torture, when he was killing his nannies as a child by accident, they company & scientists kept telling him "don't worry, we'll find a new one". They treated humans like toys that can be replaced therefore child HL started liking killing them.

@KingMuncheez

Күн бұрын

That’s terrifying as someone whose done a lot of child care. When kids throw things n see u pick them up, they throw it again because they feel reassurance n joy n makes them laugh (and because humans in general are just little shits😅 imo) so imagining toddler “John” lasering caretaker after caretaker n just….giggling like a happy baby

"It is the way of men to make monsters...and it is the nature of monsters to destroy their makers" -Harlan Wade, F.E.A.R.

@GeorgiaDow

3 күн бұрын

well quoted

@ThatGUY666666

3 күн бұрын

@@GeorgiaDow Harlan Wade may have been an unforgivable reprobate for what he did to Alma. But at the end of his life, he finally seemed to develop some sense of empathy and self-awareness. Pity he didn't develop it about thirty years earlier. Fair warning if you never played F.E.A.R. and decide to check it out, the first game is terrifying and the last revelation at the end left me in a state of stunned silence for about 10 to 15 minutes.

@hoboquillz

3 күн бұрын

Somebody remembers that game it's a classic

@G.D.G.

3 күн бұрын

iconic game

@TheMockingjay74

3 күн бұрын

I hated this character so much. The Point Man training against the soldier in the final level of 3... sick man

Oh boy she's doing this character 😅

@ChaoticDoodle

3 күн бұрын

I think you mean. Oh no, she’s doing this character 😭

@obara7366

3 күн бұрын

?? She's talked about him a bunch before.

I remember a superman comic where a kid started bullying clark and beat him up. His father ran out and chased the kid away and his dad asked Clark "are you okay son?" "Yeah, it didnt hurt." "I dont mean physically, are you okay?" And he kneels down and hugs him. This is the security that Homelander had never knows and its horribly sad. Because the episode with the farm house and the blanket is what homelander couldve had

@jamesrobinson2086

6 сағат бұрын

LOL! That was the movie 'Man of Steel', not the comics

21:00 this makes me think of the phrase, "The Lumberjack will not remember cutting down a tree, but the tree sure does"

@GeorgiaDow

3 күн бұрын

very good point

@thebigkorn

3 күн бұрын

The axe forgets, the tree remembers

@RockModeNick

2 күн бұрын

Bison, by Raul Julia, original Street Fighter movie, to Chun Li: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

"Get in the oven." Aww, Homelander takes after his mother. 😊

@thatHARVguy

3 күн бұрын

👀 I did not see that coming.

@cesarlenai4297

3 сағат бұрын

And Lemongrab

Homelander reminds me of that saying “every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child.” His entire character, like many in this show, is tragic and avoidable.

@ImHerbert-moon

2 күн бұрын

It’s kinda not tho, the moment he was born he killed people. Contrast that to his son Ryan, who didn’t kill anyone when he was born. I think Homelander (in the show) is a tragic character that will always be pining to have some piece of humanity when really he was evil since birth.

@Boatanga

2 күн бұрын

You’re a bad person you are genuinely not a good person

@Boatanga

2 күн бұрын

Homelander killed everyone that tried to raise him as an infant

@Dr-tw3bb

5 сағат бұрын

@@ImHerbert-moon Looks of supe kids killed their parents on accident. Homelander is no different.

On the note of Vought's creation and grooming of Homelander, I'm still floored by the revelation that his attachment issues were carefully engineered by Vought after consultations with psychologists. The idea that anyone could use that kind of knowledge with the explicit intent of inflicting trauma on another human being is one of the single most disturbing things in the entire series.

@craykard8325

3 күн бұрын

Reality TV employees that tactic to create character conflict.

@bigperk345

3 күн бұрын

Shit dude, they teach those techniques in marketing school.

@serafine666

3 күн бұрын

Even more disturbing is that consulting with psychologists and neurologists to create unhealthy effects in consumers is something done IRL. Social media is deliberately designed to create addiction.

@AlexiasPlaylist

2 күн бұрын

Bruh it's already done, do you know how many people don't grow from therapy and just learn how to justify behaviors and manipulate people? I've heard people act surprised about this stuff before when to me it's common sense someone would do that

@Skyisgoingbacktopluto

2 күн бұрын

​@@serafine666to add a specific example, infinite scrolling was made to encourage continuous engagement which is just a cute way to say it was made to create addiction.

Butcher's imaginary friend = his dead wife. Homelander's imaginary friend = lol... himself.

@hazardrage113

3 күн бұрын

Black Noirs imaginary friends>>>>

@Xehanort10

2 күн бұрын

No one loves Homelander more than Homelander.

@night-streakmedia3319

Күн бұрын

I Also think that Jeffrey dean morgan is a imaginary friend as well since we don’t see him interact with anyone else

26:50 Barbara used the mom voice. Guys know it. Homelander picked it up as soon as she got off the elevator.

The line "I've given you everything I've ever wanted!" Hit the hardest. It shows he is giving Ryan this "perfect" life that he always wanted but still can't get past what he wants and see what ryan really wants. I love homelander. Such an interesting n complex character

Please do a video about how the different parenting styles effects Ryan! We seen how positive and caring Becca was, How Butcher does care but his own trauma makes his relationship unstable and how Homelander is so utterly emotionally immature to be a parent and immediately is insecure and blames Ryan for his own personal feelings of not getting love as a child.

I know Homelander is a terrible person, but i really do feel sorry for him.

@TheLinposterIsSus

2 күн бұрын

Yup. A broken man with godlike powers. Like, wow.

@shrimplyfantastic

2 күн бұрын

Yeah, he never stood a chance of being a good person. Not excusing anything he has done, but it does explain it. And i can’t help but feel bad for the child that was locked away and basically tortured mentally and physically. That image of him with his blanket in an uncomfortable, sterile room is very sad. They treated him like an animal or a monster from the very beginning and that’s what he became.

@Crashthefool

2 күн бұрын

@@TheLinposterIsSus exactly he was s tortures imprisoned child then teenager manipulated and mentally broken to crave love to point it became warped.

His murder of all of those people is ironic, because, malice is a behavior that is incredibly human. The worst monsters that have ever taken a breath on this planet have been human beings. If he were really above humanity, he wouldn’t have been so sadistic, he would have remained detached. He may have still killed them, but I suspect he might have just used his lasers, something quick and practical. No use in getting people’s entrails in his eyes, nose, and worst of his hair. I pray his son didn’t see him walk in like that, but the boy has the same powers so he could definitely smell it

@smileyhappyface5864

2 күн бұрын

That part in the middle is incorrect. There was not a single laser mark in that entire room except for the melted hinges. He got blood on every part of his body as he tore them all apart in front of Barbara, then sealed her in there and left, likely without a word.

If I lived in this universe I’m living on the opposite side of wherever Homelander is. Preferably in a bunker 😭😭😭😭

The way Barbara was speaking tells me she already knew everyone there including her would die. There was no escape from that facility, so for once she told John the entire truth. No remorse, no half-truths, she was honest because she knew this was it for her.

@CuteKiller313

2 күн бұрын

I got the impression she was trying to goad him into losing his temper and killing them all at least quickly to try to avoid the drawn out process he ended up with.

@LordVolkov

14 сағат бұрын

I think that with that in mind, Barbara wanted to hurt HL in the only way she could before the end.

23:55 I think what's also worth noting is, the fact that "John" is the name he was reffered to as in the time of this trauma, bonds this name to those memories, so the name itself can also be a trigger that reminds him of what he went through

An interesting follow-up video with someone like Homelander, would be a video just covering how the heck would you, or any therapist, might go about providing therapy to someone like Homelander? That would be quite the minefield to navigate.

@Naptosis

2 күн бұрын

Probably from as far away as possible...

@volunteer4awesome

23 сағат бұрын

​@Naptosis "So Homelander, the therapist wants to do this by Zoom call."

Barbara was cruel and up front because she knew there was zero chance they were getting out of there alive. She knew he came to kill them all and there was no deescalation possible.

The reason Barbara tells Homelander to put him out of his misery instead of trying to save him is just to show how heartless and inhumane Vought officials are... not that we needed any more examples of it, but still. She simply felt it wasn't worth the trouble of trying to save him, so it was better to get rid of him. She was speaking to him in the way she was both because she wanted to get in his head but also to throw him off and get him to stand down and back off. Not everyone resorts to begging for their lives when faced with death after all. She was scared of him but didn't want to back down regardless because she knew how fragile he really was. Obviously it wasn't the best course of action...

@rosenrot234

3 күн бұрын

The guy was bleeding REALLY bad from that laser hit so he wasn't gonna make it even if she tried.

@thatguythere6161

3 күн бұрын

I think it's also an accurate assessment of Homelander that he wasn't gonna let him live.

@christopherjones5700

2 күн бұрын

yeah she was just guessing that begging for mercy would get her killed or humiliated whereas trying to pretend to be edgar might be what he was most affected by.

@millerrepin4452

Күн бұрын

I think it's a power move. She knew he was going to die by telling homelander to kill him that gives her a sense of presence and power over homelander. From the first moment we see this bitch she's playing power games.

You're such an underrated content creator, love the attention to detail you put into each outfit dressing up as the characters while you get into their heads and give us a perspective on their thought process. :DDDD

@Gonzora

3 күн бұрын

Hm... She's not mainstream but I have a hard time understanding how anyone can think that a creator with 230k subs is underrated (even if they obviously don't watch all her videos). I mean, she probably "deserves" more (technically merit doesn't exist on this type of platform since it's all about luck and algorithm), yeah, but she's not a hidden gem or whatever since she already has a fairly large audience.

@punkinboi

3 күн бұрын

dude.

@masonzeo801

2 күн бұрын

​@Gonzora 213k is really not that big nowadays 1 million is still the "big" benchmark, though so many channels are in double digit millions now

Homelander was groomed from CHILDHOOD to be a product of Vought

@mellennia9

2 күн бұрын

From *BIRTH* pretty much.

@millerrepin4452

Күн бұрын

His creation was planned out before his birth. No matter his temperament or personality he was always going to be screwed up.

"When we feel like we are being accused of something anyway we might as well just be that." Makes me think of (book) Tyrion. He is called a monster, so often, he might become one of the most destructive advisors for Daenerys in the books.

"I'm dissapointed in you" , Asians know how much this stings from parents

@Naptosis

2 күн бұрын

Worse than the slipper. 😔

@darlalathan6143

Күн бұрын

"Great expectations bring great disappointment. Lower your expectations and performance will rise." I learned that in my anxiety support group.

@ColdCutz

10 сағат бұрын

EMOTIONAL DAM…. I’ll see myself out.

A video on Sage would be awesome shes the most interesting new character this season

I shouldn't like how well Georgia wears her Homelander costume as well as she does I post this a minute into watching the video, so I'm looking forward to her insights into Johnnyboy's character

One thing about the motivation of the woman in the massacre scene, speaking as she did. This is something I've noticed about Voight management. They treat Homelander, as a boy growing up, and here, just like they treat a recalcitrant employee. I think it's possible she also saw the writing on the wall. Homelander was fishing for some unvarnished truth about his childhood and treatment, and wasn't going to leave until he got it and he was going to do whatever he was going to do. So she gave him the thing he wanted, seemingly accepting that by this point, they'd just have to weather his reaction.

I actually think the smiling is about his own freedom. that may be the first time, in all his life, that he killed teh very people that groomed him into what he had become. That he freed himself of that pain, that past. I think that it's not much about his humanity and ego than his own satisfaction and ability to think "and now they cannot do anthing more to me or my son". The way he does it, is like an internal joke, somehow, so maybe it also dawned to him the fact he could have done it so much earlier.

I’m an aspiring writer and I always have an idea of what goes on in a characters head, but hearing the way you methodically, from a place of empathy, pick apart a characters decisions and actions and how they might connect back to a pattern of behavior is helping me think more critically about the fictional worlds I hope to create. I love your content :)

I think one of the greatest aspects of the show, all the supes, and homelander especially, is even through they do terrible things and victimize others and eachother, they are all essentially victims themselves. Homelander is no exception. He is probably the biggest victim of the whole show. He didn't choose his life. It was chosen for him. I'm not excusing the terrible things that he did, but that's one of the best things about him and why he's such an amazing concept of a superhero character and the things he's done that describe him and what he wants.

17:57 _Oo,_ I just noticed how much this scene mirrors Gollum's "Nobody likes you!" monologue in LOTR.

@LordVolkov

14 сағат бұрын

John's not listening 🙉

Georgia, your videos are great ! Love your cosplays, how professional you stay while tackling delicate subjects, and all the efforts you put into them. Plus, you need to know how many people you help understand and/or cope with the troubles you talk about. You have all our support, your work deserves it.

@GeorgiaDow

3 күн бұрын

thanks so much = ) that is what i hope to do

I do not know much about Homelander or The Boys, but I do know that they are not meant to be good guys. Seeing as this is how Homelander was raised, it is understandable how he turned out this way. It's still not right. These people were monsters.

Unfortunately I don't think the laser wound was something a hospital could deal with adequately. The bleeding was severe but more importantly it seems like the pelvic bone and possibly some important tendons got burned away. I can't imagine he'd have ever walked again had they managed to stabilize him

No one was getting out of that room alive after seeing the first guy go. I think she is locked in with the dead bodies (not 100%, but it looks like he might have lazered the door shut.) He might also trust that she won't say anything as it implicates vaught.

I LITERALLY PERKED UP SO FAST!!! Especially as an actor, one of my favorite scenes to do is the Pep Talk scene. I’ve always had an affinity / psychological connection to complex villains and would rather much play a villain and find them fascinating than play a hero.

Not to be that guy Assuming form what he seen his laser eyes before It dose not cauterize So he would have bleed out. He hit major attires.

@nansw

3 күн бұрын

It is a thing that people would think laser eyes would do. But his usually cause blood spatter so it must not be.

@kalebdoom7944

3 күн бұрын

@@nansw yeah granted head vision is different every where but seeing what we see . Definitely a lot less blood

@nansw

3 күн бұрын

@@kalebdoom7944 his power from his eyes is more like a hydro power than a fire power. But it causes injury like a water jet but with no water.

@Naptosis

2 күн бұрын

@@nansw That's an interesting perspective. That also explains why both beams fired at each other (temp V Butcher vs Homelander) spray perpendicularly instead of passing through and blinding both users, as happens with light.

@Joseph-sg3jz

2 күн бұрын

​@@Naptosishis laser vision definitely has heat to it because you can see scorch marks and burns when he lasers something. I remember in S2 when homelander lasered the speakers in the finale there were flames on the ground. I think his laser eyes primarily serve as conccussive beams similar to cyclops from x-men

27:23 i agree , just by watching this clip I don't watch the show, shes speaking to him as an equal to deescalate, thats why she survives, but he also gets to call her bluff by letting her live. Power trip

@aaronstorey9712

51 минут бұрын

"survives" she's trapped in there

'You are simply bad product'. Oof, that line hits hard every time but unfortunately sums Homelander up well to outsiders. To himself, though, he's doing all he can to become that role-model, that shining source of inspiration that can do no wrong. I'd say I have sympathy for him, but honestly I don't. Truly a very tragic character.

The way I interpreted the smile was him self-validating that he did something good. That morality is as he dictates it to be. Those people did wrong by him and his vindication made him feel good therefore following that drive was beneficial and pleasing.

I feel like the Homelander Storylines are something out of a Camus novel. The man is driven absolutely insane by the absurdity of the situation, and not just the powers but the attitude and behavior of everyone around him. It reads like Vought is a narcissistic parent and he's granted the power to strike back, but there is no physical body to retaliate against so he just rages against the world.

I wish I had you as a therapist. Just hearing you talk about the way we suppress our emotions and figuring out what makes you happy really touched me. I struggle with chronic depression and it has gotten much worse over the last few years. My brother blamed me for my dads Alzheimer’s and said it was my fault. Even though I know logically he is wrong I’m still stuck and feel like my mental health had an impact on him. My brother was someone I looked up to so much as a child and just like homelander having that last sort of fatherly figure reject and turn on you. Even though I know he’s wrong I still hear his words in my head every day. Telling me I should’ve saved my family the trouble and offed myself as a teen. This inner dialogue you talk about is so hard to fight. And I’ve had therapists talk to me about it before but the way you talk about it somehow gets through to me better. Thankyou for this video. I know it wasn’t for me but I feel like it helped a little.

@GeorgiaDow

Күн бұрын

i am so happy that it was helpful and i appreciate you sharing this it will help others also. I hope you continue to heal

Homelander is what Superman would be if he got raised by the Luthors.

What I think is fascinating with the mirror scene is the personality saying "he's your son" that part seemed almost sweet. Like it may be who John would have become with a better life. It makes him more tragic but doesn't excuse what he's done. Just shows how evil this organization is and Homelander is just the logical conclusion of their cruelty

Homelander is like Superman but without the moral restraint!

@DeathcoreOfKrieg

3 күн бұрын

We have seen that for more than 3 seasons now. But thanks for sharing this insightful thought.

@aaronstorey9712

43 минут бұрын

Superman had an amazing family behind him. Homelander had those psychopaths

I loved this season so far. It’s clear that confronting one’s past is a theme. Whether it’s trauma or a wrong you’re trying to right. I also really like how using alcohol, drugs etc to shut down those feelings is clearly shown. Which is something that is extremely common and can lead down a dark path.

Wish this was taught in school.

@lilunette9319

3 күн бұрын

Critical thinking skills, logic, and psychology should all be taught from at least middle school.

@GeorgiaDow

3 күн бұрын

truth

I think Barbara was trying to pull a Stan Edgar. Belittle Homelander and get him to back down. But this is not the same Homelander, and she is not Stan Edgar.

I was waiting for this video as soon as I watched the episode: thank you so much!!

Yes yes and yes I was kinda waiting for you to do another Boys video especially on Homelander keep these videos coming all through this fourth season of The Boys.

Love your content Georgia. Looking forward to more.

Thanks for coming back to this character. So much to talk about. Great vid.

Great video! Great analysis! I absolutely love the extra touch of you dressing up like homelander. Good work

Homelander's inner turmoil doesn't matter once he let a plane full of people crash to save his image. It's interesting on an abstract level but he's not redeemable at this stage.

@mudshrooze

Күн бұрын

Thankyou. I'm honestly sick of people trying to paint him as not a villian. He is evil incarnate. But then again most of the characters in the show are as worse as they can be. Honestly can't deal with it anymore. If the show doesnt end with this season I'm done following it

@unityfusion6674

3 сағат бұрын

I haven't seen any comments that are trying to forgive him, only saying that is is fascinating to see how his morality and behavior was created, he has done plenty of unspeakable things even before the plane, and many since. He cannot be redeemed but that doesn't mean we're not allowed to understand why he became who he is and sympathize with him as a child who was abused

My first time watching your videos and I'm already hooked. Keep up the good work 💪👍

Okay I like the Homemade homelander suit Honestly this episode Kinda made me relate to homelander and like rocket said “I didn’t ask to her made or ask to be a monster “ Yet here we are still beside all tte horrific stuff he’s done you wonder what would’ve happened if he was raised correctly and not treated like a test subject

One thing that really stuck out to me was when you mentioned how being an extremely powerful man surrounded by sycophants makes everything meaningless, and how it mirrors many of ancient Chinese emperors who had everything they could have wanted but it wasn’t enough. Many of them went mad, did horrendous things, and/or died seeking immortality. Sometimes all three

I don’t think Barbara was trying to de-escalate the situation, I think this was more of a Sam Edgar situation. She knows that Homelander came down to kill them all and so now she’s just laying out her true feelings about him and his situation - like hey if I’m going to die I’d like to know that the nails of my coffin pierced you too.

I do also think the reason he wants to be called Homelander instead of John, is because John is the name the scientists gave him and Homelander is the name that Vought gave him. Its to distant him from being "their" project anymore. idk, thats was my take when I watched it.

C'mon now, Barbara knew full well that no one was leaving there alive. Maybe having your groin lasered through isn't necessarily fatal, but we both know, everyone there was going to die. (Not sure if you noticed, but Homelander welded the door shut. Barbara will die from dehydration/starvation in that room, surrounded by the blood of those who worked for her). I'd reckon if anything, she wanted to reduce him -- to take away the power that he was exerting/feeling in his petty revenge mission. I think the importance of her words will be seen in future episodes. To your point, those words probably didn't help, if anything, they made things worse. But she DID get to him, she DID trigger him, I suppose as an act of defiance in the face of death, sort of like spitting in someone's face when they have a gun to your head. She's saying "you think you're so big because you can kill me, but I always had more power over you." Barbara was, basically, his Mom, insofar as a toddler Homelander perceived. She has influence over him in a very different way than most. His need for love and acceptance has been called out more than once before this, but I think this one is what actually breaks through (holy hell, Antony Starr deserves an Emmy for just the way his eyes and smug grin shift, ever so slightly, as she speaks). She was his Mom, so she can cut deeper than anyone else. Alternatively, she might have cut him deep enough that something changes -- she knows how he operates better than anyone. She might have ACTUALLY exposed a weakness that actually turns the tide, in some way. His whole obsession with milk is clearly tied to never having had a real Mom...I'd be curious to hear what you have to say in that regard. There are a number of stone cold villains who just looove their milk. A Clockwork Orange, No Country For Old Men, The Professional, Inglorious Basterds, Westward, Shrek, there are a TON of examples. It's fairly clear with Homelander that it's a Mommy issue, but why has this kind of become a thing amongst villains in pop culture?

I would like to see a psycho analyzation of Sister Sage and the burdens of carrying her intelligence

@leeomega4999

2 күн бұрын

She is the mirror reflection of The Watchmen. Creating this solitude for one of the most powerful beings in the world

@jessiepiquette

Күн бұрын

So, still want it

Brilliant scene and great analysis.

Omg thats your best cosplay yet, I love it!! Also a great video

@GeorgiaDow

Күн бұрын

oh yay i reworked this one from my last homeland video so appreciate that so much

If I had not witnessed the ineptitude of corporations first hand, I would have thought that they could not possibly be this stupid to have had his childhood this horrible. He was not taught any good cooping skills for life at all. Just the opposite in fact. Of COURSE he was going to turn out really bad. Of course it was going to come back around on you. The chance of it not blowing up in their face would had been a winning lottery ticket chacne for sure.

New Boy's analysis! LETS GOOOO

Good stuff!!!

I love your psychoanalysis of characters

Georgia Dow Please do Mike a video on psychiatrist Of Virgil From Devil may cry

Man I started to cry when she started talking about meaning that was worded beautifully damn

Wild to me that so many people thought he was right for getting revenge. It isn't right that they did that to him, but I hope people can see how that was a bad way to address his issues

Id find it really interesting if the show gives Homelander a redemption arc he has one voice that just wants to be a good father to Ryan and I'd love for that side to win BUT if he did get a redemption arc i would want no one to forgive him because he doesnt deserve it at this point but it would add an interesting layer to the show

This may go unseen, but I have a recommendation on what you could watch and analyze at some point soon! The shows long, and close to being over, and it’s called Evil! I’d love to see an analysis on the most likely psychopathic Leland, how Kristen deals with grief (to do with exorcisms she has to watch, with stuff going on with her husband, getting fired, etc), how David doesn’t listen to his Priestly duties, or maybe about how Andrea has most likely dealt with demonic trauma due to her knowing very well that she can hit a demon with a shovel to kill it! It’s a show about three people who analyze people who are supposedly possessed, they find out if they’re Possessed or mentally unwell. It does go into showing that most of it IS real, but it takes a while. It’s a very good show, and I’d love to see an analysis on the different characters!

My read on Barbara's actions is that she's fully aware Homelander isn't planning on letting anyone leave alive, but believes herself still capable of controlling him the same way she used to, well enough to disarm the situation. A part of this is putting on a mask of not fearing him, and that's where I think the execution order comes in. It's one step ahead of just not being fazed by the violence in front of her, putting Homelander down for what she wants to convince him was a pointless gesture and essentially telling him to clean up the mess he's made. Saying that him killing all of them won't achieve anything continues the same play, with the end goal of making him submit by pushing the same buttons that worked when he was a child. I'd say it's immediately obvious to us that she won't succeed. But from what we're able to glimpse of her character, she comes across as cold, cruel and arrogant enough that I think it makes sense for her to believe she could. Her ultimate fate also seems like Homelander understands her well enough to know how to strike back and make it hurt. Deep inside she's probably as afraid of dying in that lab as most people would be, but I also doubt she'd give him the pleasure of showing it at threat of instant death by laser. Locking her in the bad room with a pile of bodies to presumably starve to death slowly is a kind of cruelty beyond what she's able to keep up the mask for, and so that's what he does. Thank you for unpacking this horrifying scene, insightful as always!

I love ur work

could you make a video on dexter morgan from dexter?

I'm not sure how I feel about the cosplay, but I appreciate the committment. 😂❤

i've said for a long time now that i have felt sorry for Homelander. people think that makes me a Nazi sympathizer, but sympathy does not equal agreement. I feel sorry for him, but trauma does not excuse behavior. My sympathy originally was due to compound V seeming to have some sort of mental/emotional degradation on the individual. almost every supe has some sort of heightened disorder. we see it a lot more in Gen V. Even Starlight is affected by this, but she has managed to fight through most of those issues - maybe with the help of Hughey or a combination of other things, but we see that even she was a bully when she was a kid. but that is also my point of "trauma doesn't excuse behavior" Starlight managed to overcome or at least hide/ignore whatever intrusive thoughts she has - for the most part. I mean she did mess Firecracker up.... don't blame her TBH, but still it was an over reaction that any normal human would be held accountable for (Assault is assault, even if it was for a good reason). I didn't know the full details of Homelander's back story, but i knew he was grown and raised and tested on, his story is tragic. An what he has chosen to do with his power is even more so. Instead of helping those who were helpless like he felt, he chose to become like those that harmed him. He saw that harm as power and since he was powerful, he feels like that power over him was his. and now he uses fear as a form of obedience. I highly doubt they will do a redemption story for him. Too many people would be mad due to the political nature that he embodies. But i would love to see some sort of attempt at redemption, ending with him sacrificing himself to save the world or something cheesy... but i want it to have story, not just a "oh final episode, pushes asteroid into sun and falls into the sun's gravity well which is just too strong for him where he burns like he did in the oven until he dies of old age...." but at least it looks like A Train is getting a redemption.

I feel you just gave a possible spoiler in how that Therapist who to talk down to Homelander was encourage by someone we didn’t see to so that Homelander will become his own hubris.

I don’t know this creator is, but when I saw her in a homelander costume right when I click on the video, I lost it 😭

@GeorgiaDow

3 күн бұрын

haha thanks I hope that is a good thing

26:27 the reason she asked him to put him out of his misery instead of asking him to take him to the hospital is because she understand that honelander wasn't going to allow that. She understood that they were all going to die down there so she asked him to give him a quick death instead of a drawn out, torturous one because that's the best they can hope to get. 26:55 the reason she speaks to homelander with such condescension is beacuse homelander (more so in the comics than in the tv show) cannot kill someone unless hes able to instill fear in them. Or not so much that he cannot kill them, but more so that he does not get any satisfaction from killing someone unless he can terrorize them with fear before killing them. Thats why she is the only one he didnt kill and thats why he has never been able to kill Edgar, even though he has always wanted to. Because Edgar has never once given him the satisfaction of fearing him. And its not enough to pretend to not fear him because he can hear their heartbeat so you have to legitimately not fear him.

Once the whole season is out, you should totally do Sage. I wanna see your analysis on the chess game she's playing.

I hope she psychoanalyzes Stan Edgar or Noir next. Do you think Edgar is a sociopath or just cutthroat and ruthless?

No having emotion is the worst thing you can do as a person. Homelander is the hero all humans should strive to be 🫡

I didn’t watch season four episode four yet, but seeing the title “Homelander kills everyone “feels like I’ve been spoiled. . .

@skellyp7804

3 күн бұрын

I will forgive if you make more AOT videos 😊

@rosenrot234

3 күн бұрын

Nah no main character deaths. You're good.

@millerrepin4452

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Homelander killing someone is hardly a spoiler if you are up to season 4. It would be more of a spoiler if he didn't.

I believe him demanding that they not call him John was to make clear to them that they are not friends nor colleagues. To basically to put on display his contempt he has for them while he attempts to put on this jovial act as he enacts his revenge

Homelander, may be one for the ones who defeat the final boss of therapy

I don't know if you know The Boss a.k.a. The Joy, from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. But I am curious to know your take on her and her psychology. She is not only a staple for woman characters in video games but also a staple for all characters in any form of media and also she gives a powerful message to live by.

Excellent!

heh, never was that early to a video on YT

Honestly not a fan of homelander but when John says "yeah but they followed the order" I felt that, yeah i don't condone homelander but those people sealed their fate when they tortured a child. I mean why do you think this is John and not Clark. Love my friends that's the secret compassion to be more accurate. Great but prickly video really enjoyed this.

Although I am aware of the comic and show, I haven’t watched it. Still super interesting to hear your thoughts on all these characters.

I am curious how he would've handled it if they had taken accountability and sincerely apologized! I do believe the woman speaking to him the way she did made it worse. My heart goes out to her therapist after this event! Lol

I was watching this season with... well... the boys and we were straight up talking about how this would be interesting to see Georgia talk about

Fantastic video! You should analyze Klaus Michaelson from the originals!

The Boys is one of my favorite series due to their interesting characters, there are so many contrasts they draw between their characters that are really interesting to see work against each other, like last season how Homelander is a bad person who actively hides his imperfections for everyone including himself, and Soldier Boy is a somewhat well-meaning guy too stubborn to even realize that he isn't perfect at all. I think a new contrast was drawn when Homelander refused to be called "John". Whereas Annie is trying to discard her Starlight persona as she feels like it has eaten away at her, Homelander WANTS that to happen to John, they both prefer opposite sides of themselves. This is probably gonna be a moral subject later on.

23:35 i don't believe John is his name i think that's just want they called him and that remind him of his horrible childhood