Homelander: Arrival in Gotham

[The Boys + cathartic power fantasy + invincible + cleaning up Gotham + ironic humor + never taking abuse]

Betrayed by his only son, with a heat vision beam piercing his chest, Homelander (John) finally understood one thing:

Screw approval ratings! Screw the image of a hero!

Tenderness is poison. Pander to people, and all you get in return is betrayal.

When he opened his eyes again in Gotham’s cold, rainy night,

he was no longer the “man-child god” who yearned for love and teetered on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Now he was clear-headed and ruthless, with a complete body of steel.

…

Gotham City.

Dark, damp, crawling with lunatics and ruled by gangs.

Here, a Dark Knight insists on “not killing,” while a green-clad clown tries to define the world through chaos.

Until one day, a golden figure hovered above Gotham, eyes blazing with dazzling red light.

Joker: “John, let’s play a game about the choices people make…”

Homelander (expressionless): “Bzzzt, ” (His heat vision sweeps across the Joker. The Joker is dead.)

Batman: “No killing! That’s Gotham’s bottom line!”

Homelander looked down at the mortal and tilted his head. “Are you giving me orders, Bat? I hate cozy family drama most of all. Now, have them come over and line up.”

The Court of Owls, Arkham Asylum, the League of Assassins…

When these schemers, accustomed to manipulating people from the shadows, faced a Homelander who played by no rules, had limitless power, and was in an extremely “beautiful” state of mind,

Gotham’s nights suddenly grew brighter.

“I used to want to be a good guy. Now I do whatever I want.”, John