(I confess, the anon who sent the question about HL trying to force people back into the 50s was me; I was just worried my idea sounded stupid, so I was afraid to put my name out there at first. Now that I know you think it isn't, I won't be afraid to ask again lol!)
I really did love the response you made to my ask; I would love to see you write more about this idea if you have anything else to say. Like, I could definitely see HL trying to make people obey 50s norms, wanting to return America to its supposed "Golden Age", according to him.
Yes! Golden age is a great way to put it! He’s so into strength, power, golden light. He thrives on being praised and respected for all the hard things he went through. He wants a nation that will be thankful, happy, satisfied to be HIS. To live FOR him. To exist. Not to praise an invisible man in the sky, but a real man who actually took a sacrifice.
Homelander believes that he is more Jesus than Jesus himself. He is not shitting on religion, he just doesn’t care. To him it’s another story in a book and he is a living result of that. He was raised on watching movies of those stories, reading the Bible, comic books. Soldier boy was his real icon. He was his father before he was reveal to actually be one.
Like I wrote before, I feel like he wouldn’t want to pastels of the 50s but the aesthetic that we see being created for Vought Rising. This show will give us an insight into how heroes used to be branded. The same insight Homelander grew on.
I grabbed some pictures off Pinterest to show u how I see the aesthetic he’d go for:
His mission would be to protect and support. He doesn’t want a pathetic nation, he wants to be a good father.
His version of beauty is very classic, I got a lot of questions about chubby girls. I genuinely believe that he wouldn’t be into wide hips and bodies that can handle childbirth and supporting the nation etc.
I also feel like his version of baptism would be giving the strongest citizens compound V hahaha
Also, he’d definitely not allow anyone to smoke or drink. He’d ban everything that isn’t natural for human bodies.