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TW: opinion

Someone worded this better than I could - the beauty of Antony’s Starr’s portrayal of Homelander is that he had no other performance / interpretation to base it off of.

He had the comics (bad and also different) and a vague “Superman but evil”. He had to (or rather got to) craft the character into his own vision of who Homelander should be, with very little to go off of.

Every choice made is Starr’s interpretation to who Homelander should be.

Kripke even said by season 5 Antony was deciding most of the character moments for Homelander that Kripke had forgotten about - for example it was Antony who added that Homelander would try to impress his dad by drinking bourbon, because at the end of the day Homelander himself is still a child seeking approval. That kind of brilliance was all Starr, with very little influence or direction, at least in the beginning.

It would not be wild to say Antony Starr’s Homelander rivals Heath Ledger’s Joker as the best superhero villain in filmed history. That isn’t to say he *wins* necessarily (obviously it’s hard to compare a 5 season show vs. 1 movie).

But truly - it would not be a far fetched argument.

#tw: opinions #deep breaths it will be okay #the boys #antony starr #homelander #homelander the boys #the boys finale #Antony Starr Emmy when

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Something that deeply unnerves me, and likely a lot of my audience too, is how often people bring up the fact that Gooseworx is a trans woman, as if that somehow excuses her behaviors recently with the "nega" jokes and her old, frankly disturbing, tweets.

Marginalized identity is not a shield against accountability. She is still a white person, and being queer does not exempt anyone from perpetuating anti-black racism. This situation alone shows a desperate need for a BASIC understanding of intersectionality.

Being a woman does not erase her white privilege. Being a trans woman does not exempt her from anti-black behavior. Neither is calling those things out misogynist or transphobic.

And even if she weren't white, like the friends she was laughing with, identity defenses still fail: being a POC person doesn't erase anti-blackness when you are not a Black person. Non-black POC people can, and absolutely do, perpetuate anti-black racism.

P.S.

Now that we have heard gangle is revealed be Indian (or black, mixed reporting).. lots of questions as to why exactly your (you, Gooseworx) self insert, Jax, is so comfortable humiliating and harming gangle who is found out to be that in your canon...

Feels like another Vox and Rosie thing with Alastor situation that Viziepop suspiciously of her only black ace character.

But I digress...

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Now this is the one scene I’ll give Kripke credit for and anyone saying this is out of character for Homelander has zero media literacy. Time after time he’s been called pathetic, this is who he really is. A scared, weak little boy who’s nothing without his powers.

#the voice change is SO good #the boys finale #the boys series #the boys s5 #the boys spoilers #the boys season 5 #the boys

I have many thoughts on the boys finale, but in regard to Homelander I’ll say this:

Kripke’s problem is that Homelander has to take on two conflicting roles in the show.

Homelander is, regardless of Kripke’s intention, one of the most interesting and complex villains maybe in recent TV history, an exploration of capitalism and corruption and how victims transform into abusers.

AND he’s a satirization of Donald Trump.

In spite of what everyone else is saying - I think Homelander begging pathetically is the ending we needed for him. Too many people misunderstand what he is supposed to represent, and that kind of power will ALWAYS go out self-serving and pathetically.

But it’s unfortunate that for that to happen, we have to disregard his first identity as related to the story. Vought and Stan Edgar standing tall, as realistic as it may be, is not as hopeful as Kripke may think it is.

Which is unfortunate - because then the message becomes “actually it is just one evil person not the system itself, don’t do anything about the system”. Which is uninteresting and bland.

#people calling this game of thrones or stranger things are reaching though #this was a solid 6/10 #the boys tv #the boys episode 8 #the boys series finale #Homelander #william butcher #erik kripke #the boys finale #blood and bone #scorched earth #hughie campbell #the boys prime

Remember when Superman (2025) came out and Gen-z men were kind for like 2 weeks

#that was cool #I miss that #superman #politics

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i need to kiss tim curry with tongue

Courtney from Total Drama Island developed OCPD as a result of the trauma from TDI over the course of TDI to TDWT, which explains her personality change.

#in this essay I will #Courtney #total drama island #TDI #hot take #courtney tdi #Courtney tdwt #total drama world tour

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#the vibe i bring to the function because i don't wanna be there

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I think the most concerning thing for me about our current media literacy crisis is the refusal to engage in character analysis outside of the morality scale of “good” versus “evil.

It quickly slides into a very a black and white way of thinking that I ultimately believe is dangerous.

#this is about firecracker #and Homelander #the boys #the boys season 5 #the boys s5 #firecracker #Homelander #media literacy #media literacy crisis

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getting on tumblr and finding out that there is a new obey me game coming out and that IT LOOKS AMAZING HOLY SHIT I AM GOING INSANE SGSJJDKDKD–

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This is getting confusing

girliechester

this is genuinely what watching season 5 is like

#the boys season 5

Cannot believe this has to be said but Benedict is still bisexual even if he marries a woman.

#“no hate to Sophie I miss bi Benedict #WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT #benedict bridgerton #benophie #sophie baek #benedict x sophie #bisexual #bisexuality #bridgerton #bridgerton season 4

actually fuck every single one of you that made fun of Steven Universe cringey and pushed the “gems are fascist apologists” bullshit and made enjoying any aspect of Steven Universe the equivalent of waging a war. fuck every single one of you that pushed the “Steven forgiving everyone is poor writing”

is it perfect? absolutely not.

are there valid criticisms around the show perpetuating racial stereotypes? absolutely.

but that was truly one of the first shows that had a predominant female / feminine cast, where female / feminine characters were the “default”, where there wasn’t a “token girl”, where there were LESBIANS and they KISSED and GOT MARRIED, that centered positive mental health lessons such as the importance of grounding, feeling our emotions, letting go, processing grief

and I will never forget some of you made me feel bad for enjoying it