The Boys: Something's Wrong with That Giant Manchild Homelander

[Rebuilding Homelander’s Core + Iron-Fisted Superman + Transmigration Across the Multiverse + A Loving Father and Filial Son + Vought’s Twin Stars]

Do you believe it?

A god.

He possesses the greatest power in the world and enjoys the worship of billions, yet he’s nothing but an infantile giant who longs for his mother’s milk and fears being abandoned.

You’re a monster adored by the whole world, yet even the face in the mirror feels like a stranger. Would you be willing, from this moment on, to tear off that false cape and rebuild your broken divinity?

Atop Vought Tower, John (Homelander) had just finished a flawless PR stunt.

He looked down at the city below, tiny as ants, savoring the loneliness and arrogance of being a god.

But the cold mechanical voice in his mind sounded again, like a fly that couldn’t be burned away by heat vision, buzzing incessantly in the world he ruled absolutely and repeating the words that set his blood boiling:

[Warning: The Host has been found to be severely mentally deficient and classified as an “overgrown baby.”]

One year later. On a street in Florida.

Just as a superhuman criminal reached for the children,

there was a sonic boom in the sky, and two figures descended from above.

It was Homelander and Soldier Boy.

“Everything’s all right now, kids.”

John held out both hands, his voice low and resonant, like a god’s unwavering proclamation in the ears of his faithful:

“Because... I’m here.”