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The Boys S01E05: Good for the Soul
#hughie campbell#jack quaid#homelander#anthony starr#the boys#cara gifs#also the way homelander throws hughie down is just#oh it's very good#it feels so violent#ALSO#homelander's grip on his wrist in that last one??#how careful he's being not to push his hand right through hughie's back during that pat tbh#(but still i bet hughie has bruises in the shape of homelander's hands for WEEKS after)#you know i had to include hughie panicking underwater#this whole scene is just so fucking good#THIS EPISODE AS A WHOLE TBH#i'll just be over here#checking ao3 for homelander/hughie fics#of the badwrong variety thanks#yes I do think hughie is the only one homelander might actually get to top thanks for asking
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Can't Trust A Supe
Part 2: Ma Petite Poulette
Part 1
Warnings: violence, implied death, swearing.
The local library wasn't the ideal place to read a top secret file like this but it was the best I could do on short notice. At least it would be quiet.
The papers inside were both typed and some were hand written. I could recognize my mom's curvy and heavy handed handwriting anywhere. The notes had to be written by her. I found my mom's resignation letter to vaught. She sighted wanting to start a family as the reason for the departure. There was also a copy of a legal document that was asking for my mother to return any stolen property she had taken with her. I read further and from what I can guess Vaught thought she stole some kind of serum. The document never specified the name.
There was also documentation of her and Homelander's relationship. The fact Vaught kept track of something like that really cemented to me how creepy Vaught is. They even noted how erratic Homelander became when she ended the relationship.
My chest tightened up as I read lower. It mentioned the incident at my family's compound. In this file they claim Homelander had gotten some intel that my father and his cult was planning a mass suicide. When Homelander came to stop them my father detonated the bombs killing everyone there instantly.
My hand balled into a fist as I looked up from the papers. Bank holidays and annual parades all spawned because of Vaught's lies. Children wear masks of my fathers face and throw candy bombs at each other. The last name Bishop became so unpopular that residents of New York City changed their names to avoid association. Even I had to take on an alias just to live my life in peace. All because a woman broke up with a man. I needed to calm down, I could see right through the librarian who was starting to notice the glowing blue light coming from my eyes.
I closed the file and looked at the number written on the front. Billy Butcher's Mary band of idiots, could they really kill Homelander? Could they do it without getting killed themselves?
I knew I would regret it but I had to be there when Homelander died. Even if I can just make him bleed. That will be enough, enough to show him his actions have consequences. No one is above revenge and at some point everyone's ticket will be punched, even his.
Before I could think about how big of a mistake this was I called (uncle) Billy. He gave me an address to go to and hung up. I wasn't surprised when the address in question was another ran down building. I was surprised when he let me in and I saw a small woman curled up on the sofa and a large black man sitting at a table. Maybe he knew what he was doing. It had been less then a week and he had already conned two more suckered into helping him.
"You got more help?"
"Oh yeah this is Mother's Milk and um oi Frenchie what are we calling her?" He said pointing to the wild looking girl.
"We are still working on that part. Hello ma petite poulette. Good to see you came around." Frenchie said with a wave. I'd have to Google what the hell he just called me. Hughie looked less sick this time which I guess was a good sign.
"Right, well I changed my mind. I want to help." I say walking in. The girl moved from the sofa and closer to frenchie. She looked at me like she was sizing me up. It made me uneasy but they seemed to trust her.
I got the rundown on the plan and all that had happened, it was half baked at best but it was better than nothing.
"Wait, she crushed the guy's head? With her what?" I guess there are worse ways to go.
"It was bad." M.M adds as he helps Frenchie put together some guns.
This group looked disorganized from the outside looking In but the more time I spent with them the more I realized they had some kind of system. A rhythm of some kind they all understood. It is taking me a few days to fall into it. I wasn't sure where I fit in yet. I know Billy is the ringleader. He sets it all up. Frenchie and M.M make it happen for him. Frenchie normally supplied the tools of the trade, M.M had the skills and cool head. The Female was easy enough to figure out. She is a Beast, a force of nature, in the best possible way. It was sickeningly beautiful how quickly she could tear through a guy.
Hughie was the last I figured out but he's the moral compass and he is pretty good for morale to because picking on him is fun. But he's the heart of this outfit without a doubt.
Today Billy had something for me to do. He needed a key card from this security guard at a desk of a medical research center or something. It needed to be clean. Frenchie and I were sent in. It was meant to be Hughie and I but he had a bad cheese dog and couldn't leave the bathroom so we improvised.
It was 11 pm and pouring rain when I walked up to the glass door. I had to get close enough to him to ensure he would survive the encounter. I had been practicing with rats at the hideout and felt confident I could do this on a human. I just needed to close the distance before he got suspicious. I tapped on the glass and held my hands out in a prying motion.
"Please I need help!" I yell past the glass. I needed him to unlock the door. I knew I looked very unintimidating. At least to most men. A 5'5 blonde girl didn't scream danger to most people. He got up and sighed as he walked over to the door.
"I'm sorry ma'am the lab is closed." He shouted back through the glass.
"No wait I'm sorry, I'm super lost downtown and my phone died. Can I use a phone? I need to call my mom." The whole time I was looking inside him. Scanning making sure I could do this clean. He hesitated for a moment before finally opening the door to me.
"Just be quick please." He said as he showed me to the phone at the front desk. He stood next to me and waited for me to make my call. So I did, I called Frenchie's burner to let him know I was in and that he should head this way. The phone rang and just as planned he didn't answer. I looked up at the man and began my real part of the plan. I start by lowering his blood pressure. He begins to sweat. It was a delicate balancing act between being quick enough he doesn't get suspicious and being careful enough not to kill him. He grabs the corner of the desk and I take the change to put the phone down and help him into his seat.
"Are you alright?" I ask as I continue my attack. He tries to grab the phone, likely thinking he was having some kind of stroke. I make his eyes close and apply the lightest amount of pressure to his carotid arteries trying to slow oxygen getting to the brain. Soon his own brain does the rest as he slips into sleep. I run and open the door for Frenchie who comes sprinting in.
"What did you do to him?"
"He's just sleeping. Go do what you have to. I have to stay down here to make sure he doesn't wake up." He nods and grabs the guards key card and takes an elevator up. The cameras had already been taken care of so my only worry was keeping this guy out cold. I let up on his carotid arteries, scared the limited amount of oxygen to the brain would leave him with lasting effects. He stirred slightly but still seemed to be asleep in his chair. Soon Frenchie came running down with some files and a flash drive.
"Help me grab him." He said as he tried to lift the security guard from his chair.
"What why?"
"I might have made a small mistake and caught the lab on fire. Just grab his legs for me, ma petite poulette." Frenchie pleaded as he tried to drag the larger man. I hurried and grabbed his ankles and laid him on the sidewalk as the van pulled up. The cold rain and movement was enough to make him come too. He started to open his eyes as the van doors closed with Frenchie and I safely inside. It was a rush, we were greeted with a very happy M.M who pulled me into the tightest hug I had even received.
"You did it kid! That was great!" He said letting me go. Even Billy was smiling and for once it wasn't for something bad.
I was walking back to the shelter that night when some asshole came up from behind me and grabbed my backpack. It ripped and all my stuff fell on the wet ground. Books, wallet, snacks and my ancient Homelander plush. The mugger tried to grab my wallet but before he could a red gloved hand grabbed him by his head and flung him into the air. I screamed in surprise and fell on my butt. Every hair on my body stood on end as I looked up and saw Homelander himself in front of me. I had thought for so long what I would do when presented with this opportunity. Here he was right in front of me and I was so scared I couldn't even move.
"Oh we got an old fan." He says as he bends down and picks up the old Homelander toy. "One of the first series. Very rare, if you want I'll sign it for you sweetheart." He says with a grin that makes me sick to my stomach.
"N-no thank y-you." I say as I pick up my torn bag and start to put stuff back into it. He just stood there looking at the toy.
"Where did you get this, I don't think it ever went to stores. Marketing thought the smile was too wide on it and that it would creep out kids." He said with a laugh.
"I don't remember." I say quickly I couldn't exactly say my mom you dated gave it to me. I stand up and hold my bag opened for him to drop it in. He stared at me for a second as his grin left his face.
"You know you look so familiar. Did you go to the fan signing in Central Park?" He asked as he put the plush back in my bag. I never looked him in the eyes. I couldn't every time I saw his photo on billboards all I could see was his glowing red eyes. I looked down at the ground.
"Um yeah yeah I was. It was great meeting you. I have to go through." I say quickly as I run across to the other side of the road. I didn't look back as I speed walked away.
"Wait one minute." He said in a commanding voice. I froze solid right in my spot. He walked in front of me and held up my wallet. I must have missed it on the ground.
"Oh thank you so much. It was great meeting you but I have classes tomorrow. " I say as I take it back from him I lie for my life.
"Yes of course school is very important, you have a safe night." He says before he jumps into the air. I had never ran so fast in my life.
In bed that night I was beating myself up. He was right there why couldn't I just do it. It would have been perfect. No one around, just him and I. I could have ended it then and there. I hated myself for being too pathetic to do what I knew was right. Finally I let myself fall asleep. All night I was haunted by his red eyes and the sounds of rubble falling.
The next day I got a new bag and had my lunch under a tree in the park when I heard a familiar voice behind me.
"How's the sandwich?" I jumped and looked around as Homelander floated down onto view. A bit of sandwich wedged itself in my throat. I started to cough and hack before finally it flew out. Homelander made a disgusted face but then smiled down at me. A crowd park might have been safer for me but it made me more nervous. Seeing him in person in broad daylight is somehow more terrifying than you could ever imagine.
I think I have it all figured out I'm going to be posting every other day and on the off days I'll be posting a Batfam fanfic on another Tumblr if that interests you at all here's that link feel free to stop by.
#the boys#billy butcher#fanfic#homelander#oc stuff#the boys series#frenchie#hughie campbell#mothers milk#the female
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Billy Butcher is a genuinely worse person than Homelander and this is plain to see when you actually read the comics.
Homelander actually feels disgusted with himself when he does bad things. And he only does them because he's been led to believe he was horrible without actually having done any of the shit he's blackmailed for in the photos and videos. Including what happened to Becky.
If it's not clear. It was Black Noir, a clone of Homelander, who put on his costume, did those terrible things and enjoyed them, and then took pictures and videos to frame Homelander. Noir was the one to rape Becky, but Homelander got the blame.
And the very few things we actually see Homelander do show us how much revulsion he feels from doing them, to the point where he throws up and has a visceral reaction, like he doesn't actually want to and isn't used to it. Asking himself "what have I done?".
That's far from a spoiler at this point, these comics have been out in full, for several years now. I'm not gonna pull punches or be dishonest about it like some people confessing weird out of context bullshit either.
In contrast.
Butcher kills all of his friends, excuse me. All of the people he used and lied to and made believe he was actually their friend, with no remorse or second thought. Or at least tries to.
Kimiko. Frenchie. MM. Even Vas (Love Sausage). All of them die by Billy's hands. For no other reason beyond.
"They're supes."
Despite the fact that this is after he discovered he was wrong about Homelander the whole fucking time.
Down to trying to kill MM's momma. Down to killing Janine's fucking mother in front of her so that she witnesses it. And then makes sure MM knows that for Billy, he "ain't got no mates".
Hughie is the only one to survive because after killing the others, Butcher threatens to kill Starlight and says he won't stop unless Hughie stops him.
There's no question here. Butcher was always the bigger monster. He just didn't have the power to be as bad as Homelander could be. Potentially.
Potentially. And that is a huge fucking key word.
Barring the fact that Homelander never actually met that potential or even wanted it. Noir was the actual monster, using Billy to confuse him into believing he had, so he would try. Just so the clone could swoop in kill him.
Imagine that.
And there are still people deranged enough to think there's any kind of contest on who's worse between Billy and Homelander?
Fuck's sake, this guy immediately kills a fucking premie baby instead of trying to pacify it because it's terrified out of its mind and has powers it can't control. With a lamp.
I love the show, I love the portrayals and the jobs done by the actors. I think it does a great job touching on the important topics and themes in the comics while connecting it to current events. I do hope it has a different ending. But one thing's clear.
While the characters are fundamentally the same at their cores. They made Billy softer and sweeter while they made Homelander harder and more ruthless in order to make the dynamic more mainstream and less controversial. Which is honestly a bit disappointing.
It also makes me a little worried because if they don't find a way to navigate that well, it may mean they've messed up the finish line before we could ever reach it. They could definitely go for something more comic accurate or even include Billy killing Ryan and just not caring anymore as per typical Butcher fashion, but given that they've already chickened out on some of the more intense stuff, I can't say it's high in the hopes factor.
And a happy ending doesn't exactly feel appropriate either.
But who knows, maybe the set up is there specifically to make everything hurt that much more in the end if or when Billy betrays everyone.
And this is coming from someone who is ecstatic to see Homelander go on a chaotic rampage of blood, death, and destruction. Bring it the fuck on you goddamn chaos cockteases.
But yeah, no. It's no contest. Billy is a far worse character than Homelander in the comics, and he has the potential to get a lot worse in the show. He's not there yet, but it's pretty clear he actively wants to be and it's grating him that he isn't yet.
Guess it'll be interesting to see if that comes to fruition or if there's even some crazy twist that shows us Homelander isn't as bad as people think.
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Hi! I'm wondering a couple things about The Boys if you care to talk about it briefly? No pressure of course! I've heard some things about it that intrigue me a lot, but I also watched the trailer and mostly all I took away from it was that it's quite gory which doesn't particularly interest me. So I'm wondering, from someone who genuinely enjoys it, what are a couple things you enjoy about it? Also as a general vibe, are there any characters you genuinely root for or is this more of a "love to watch them do bad things" situation? Whether you answer this or not, I hope the new season exceeds your expectations!
I'm gonna level with you, the gore is A LOT. More than I'm comfortable with, and it gets worse every season. And the camera lingers on it. It's bad. And even though it's all CG, there's some gruesome animal death that really bothers me every season too.
So there's definitely gotta be some substance to the show for me to put up with all of that!
I decided to watch The Boys because of Karl Urban. I've been a fan of his for a long time. So much so, that I imagine my Dragon Age OC Gabriel Hawke looks like him. And I perk up any time I see him in a new project. He's such a GOOD actor. I luv him. And he does NOT disappoint in this show! Gods, he's so good. Butcher is a perfect anti hero. You love him, you root for him, but also he's such a fucking bastard omg.
Along the way I fell in love with all the characters.
Hughie is adorable. He's constantly in over his head, and it's no wonder everyone in Butcher's crew looks at him like a baby who needs coddling.
MM is a big ol' softie who just wants to go home and play house with his family that he adores, but can't say no to One More Adventure.
Frenchie… gods Frenchie is my fave. He's queer, poly, full of love, ready to build bombs, and I want to be just like him when I grow up.
Kimiko is soft and sweet, but ready to throw down and rip off heads. In the comics she was a nameless feral woman, but Kripke gave her a name and a backstory and someone to hug her, which makes me all mushy inside 🥰
Starlight just wants to be the hero she's advertised as, but has to navigate the Real World while still keeping her soul. She survives things that someone with superpowers shouldn't ever have to deal with, and that's because she's good and strong in her heart, and that has nothing to do with her powers.
Oh, and Maeve. She's an older woman surrounded by people who keep pushing her down, and she just. needs. a. hug. She's a character that grew on me slowly, but is now one of my favorites.
And the "Heroes" are just… disgusting people. They've bought into their own myths, and you can see how power has corrupted them. But the show gives you their backgrounds, and their stories are sympathetic. Poor families to support, insecurities that super powers don't cure, tragic pasts. It's easy to feel sorry for them, but always always always clear that they made bad choices and continue to do so. The story humanizes them, and shows that bad people believe they're good people, but here's how they fell off the path and became bad people. Something that I think is important to understand when thinking about "the other side", because everyone thinks they're the hero in their own story, and learning to recognize when a person goes too far is important. And there's a thread of anti-capitalism throughout all of that. Capitalism is literally the thing that made them this way. Fuck. Capitalism.
Homelander is definitely the character I love to watch do bad things. God he's so fucking terrible. That is a man who needed more hugs as a child, literally, and you almost want to hug him now. But he's too far gone. There's no saving him. And he just keeps getting crazier and crazier, and it's really fascinating to watch.
And honestly, Butcher too. He's on the "right side", but he's toeing the edge of the plank, and I'm just waiting for him to dive straight into the deep end of madness.
A few other things I really like: While there are less female characters than I'd like, every single one is given depth. They're well written, well acted, and are not overshadowed by the male characters.
Not gonna lie, I'm always going to give extra points to shows that have full frontal male nudity.
Also I am not immune to surprise cameos. They delight me every time :D
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Pssst... Try not to take what they say in interviews too seriously. Sometimes things will be intentionally vague or an outright lie to confuse or appease people or throw them off from something. Ennis is infamously known for that although I don't think everyone realizes he does this, but he's also working on the show with them.
They said Marie surviving "wasn't as simple as them needing her alive" and it's kinda funny to see fans take it one way or the other when that can be so many different things in context of The Boys universe and especially what we saw in Gen V.
"Plans to kill Homelander" is Billy every season without success, but even if he did, I think we'll see him getting haunted by Homelander big time after the fact. I still want Hughie to be the one who kills Billy but maybe it's beyond the grave Homelander who's there as Billy is dying instead of Becca. I think that would be fitting and Billy honestly deserves it.
There's definitely an element of groundwork they are following from the comics which has been pretty consistent but what I really suspect will happen is that the control virus will end up used on Homelander by someone to purely weaponize him. I think we'll see him become an attack dog and fully efficient berserker without getting to enjoy any of it and having a different sort of mental break after.
The comics sort of rob you of the gratification Homelander's death could give and I think they want to recreate that effect for the show but who knows.
The scary part for me is all the genocide apologism that is going around but The Boys is sort of meant to unmask people and have us reevaluate the way we think so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Still hurts though.
As far as Cate "going too far", he's technically right. Not because Shetty wasn't a complete scumbag who wouldn't deserve death, but because she'd been completely neutralized with Cate's powers.
Neutralizing someone by killing them and killing someone who has already been neutralized are two very different things. Just jail her and let her suffer and stew in her own anger and actions knowing she lost at that point because death is the easy way for someone like that. She asked for them to just make her forget but Cate should have forced her to remember or even live through the memories of her victims.
Actually, if they wanted to make Billy fail and survive with Homelander permanently haunting him I'd be completely down for that because fuck that genocidal shithead.
Lol I don't know if this will make you feel any better but just things to think about I guess.
I could see Homie being a ghost haunting Billy as Billy already hallucinates Homelander for some reason that they still havent explained but he its a cash cow for Amazon and they might not just give us 5 seasons so I doubt the execs would want to get rid of him... the writers ans Kripke might hate HL but audiences have proven he its likable and profitable and frankly the idea that all of HL fans are maga type fascist its absurd bcuz my gay brown ass sure as fuck isnt maga and i adore him.
Its getting clear that they will copy the comic to some degree like Homie building an army to have a coup and Billy wanting to use a virus to commit genocide.
Will disagree on Cate v Shetty cuz absolutely nothing she did was wrong in my opinion and yes am being an apologist but i dont feel anything for killing child abusers like absolutely nothing. this bitch was Voguelbaum lite and everybody in the woods deserved it. My only issue its just how jarring the writing and ediring made the whole scene play out but its likely the shortened ep count and time per ep did that.
My ideal ending its Homelander winning and realizing it didnt fix anything and that now he its even more alone than before. I think bad guys winning its the most subversive thing for the stale af genre of superhero media. I want him to win not bcuz i love him but bcuz it would be more devastating for the narrative and shocking to the audience if he did.
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Texts I sent a friend the first time I watched The Boys, Season 2:
- Gird your loins
- I’m dying to know more about Black Noir
- Ugh ffs Homelander smarming about on stage at Translucents funeral
- It’s an empty box but I suppose how would people know cause invisible corpse
- WHY IS ANNIE SINGING AT THE INVISIBLE PERVS FUNERAL
- Aw no straight in with Sad Kevin
- Oh ok angry drunk Kevin
- Ugh not these Samaritans Embrace fuckers again
- Oh Annie. Parroting the company line. I hope she’s gonna fuck them all over
- SAD HUGHIE OH NO
- BILLY JOOOOOELLLL
- Aw Kimiko is learning
- Her lil smile
- Oooh Hughie is a liiiiiar
- Meeting on the subway like a couple shifty teenagers
- Oh I forgot they microchipped the supes like dogs
- Oh nooooo young love angst
- Oh no a Sad Kevin incident
- Aaaaand he’s been arrested
- A nice archer bailed him out
- Omfg the fake Butcher re-enactment
- Oh do NOT tell me this crazy bastard is gonna drink the frozen breast milk
- Oh fuck he is
- What the FUCK, HOMELANDER
- This visually impaired ninja seems nice
- That probably means he’s gonna turn out to be a dick
- OH FUCK
- Homelander what the fuuuuuck
- Ok what the shit is happening here in the motel
- WHAT
- What the fuuuuuck
- I – MM is making a dolls house? That’s so cute
- Oh shit smuggled people
- Homelander is nuts with power
- Uhhhh who is Carol and why is she staring at Kevin while he sleeps
- Finally an archer who is honest about how useless they can be once they run out of arrows
- Oh noooo are they gonna try brainwash Kevin with homeopathic stuff? And why do they keep offering him Fresca
- OH FUCK ME NOT ANOTHER RELIGION THING
- Oh Hughie has grown a pair since last season. Good for him
- Where’s Butcherrrrrrrr
- Body gore porn dude is called Gecko that’s too cute a name for him
- Stormfront seems like fun
- She’s gonna be pissing off Homelander so much I like her already
- OH WHAT THE FUCK THE CIA LADYS HEAD EXPLODED
- I like Stan
- Giving Homelander the dressing down he needs
- I know it’s convenient for Toni to wear the padded suit all the time but does Homelander ever wear anything else
- Oh hiiii Becca I still think you’re a bitch and Butcher deserved better
- BUTCHERRRRR YASSSSS
- “Daddy’s home”
- I’m dead. It’s official.
- The fuckin smirk and the voice I’m fuckin dead
- OH NO KEVIN IS TRYING THE CHURCH THING
- Is he making shroom tea
- Why is Patton Oswalt voicing Kevin’s gills this is delightful
- Atrain is awake again that’s not good
- I’m cracking up at Sad Kevin and his singing gills
- Homelander is gone way off the deep end oh boy
- Awwww soft Maeve in the hospital with her girlfriend
- I want to like Becca but I can’t shake the bad feeling
- Homelander is a terrible father
- I mean I know he has no role models to base his parenting on, but yikes
- It’s like if Scar was raising Simba instead of Mufasa
- ….are the gang raiding a party city store
- I love how Frenchie always looks a mix of horrified and amazed whenever Kimiko kills someone
- AWWW IT’S HER BROTHER YAY
- Oh shiiiiiiiit
- Butcher STOP JUST SHOOTING PEOPLE
- You were right this season is weird
- I like Kimiko’s brothers bedazzled denim jacket
- Butcher don’t punch Hughie wtf
- Starting with Hughie listening to the same song again, nice
- Butcher is terrible at apologising it’s so cute
- I’m sorry did Hughie just fall over trying to throw a punch
- The kid’s a dandelion omg
- Why are they on a boat? Did Karl just decide “I like being on boats lemme go on a boat”?
- I see what you mean about Homelander being scary
- He’s completely insane
- Why does this storyboard guys shirt say assbinder
- Chace Crawford is an excessively veiny man
- BLACK NOIR IS CRYING
- Or possibly laughing
- Hard to tell when they have no face
- Annie actually leaked all the compound V stuff good for her
- FRENCHIE KISSED HUGHIE
- Homelander is gonna get this kid killed tryna make him fly
- Honestly the kid looks more like Hughie
- OH MY GOD HE PUSHED HIM OFF THE ROOF
- OH MY SWEET FUCKING JESUS HOMELANDER YOU CAN’T DO THAT
- Oop there’s the laser eyes
- Oh Homelander is back at the Tower and freaking Maeve out
- OH FUCK THE BROTHER IS LOOSE
- Hughie don’t do it
- Oh ok I thought he was gonna jump off the boat
- Kevin and the cult weirdos are up to something
- Hughie no you don’t call the girl you like crying over Billy Joel lyrics
- Oh god boyo you don’t then drop the L word in the same voice message!
- He’s hopeless
- Oh nooooo Kevin is attacking the boat goddammit Kevin
- OH FUCK A WHALE
- For fuck sake Kevin
- Ewwwww
- Butcher what the fuck
- Hughie having a nervous breakdown inside of a whale
- No but why is Karl so hot covered in blood
- Actually I didn’t even need to include the blood part of that question
- Oh boy here we go, the 7 show up to find Sad Kevin crying over spilt whale
- ….why is Stormfront tryna get all up in Homelander’s ass?? I thought she was cool but now she’s all lemme suck that radioactive dick
- OH NO
- Poor Kevin he’s worked so hard to accept his gills and now Homelander has knocked him back down
- Oooo dear Atrain is having a heart attack again this isn’t good
- Oh fuck is Hughie gon get caught
- Oh no it’s Annie it’s ok
- OH FUCK
- ANNIE WHY
- THAT’S YOUR HUGHIE
- OH MAN KIMIKO’S BROTHER IS BADASS YES SQUASH THE SMUG PRICK
- Oh I do NOT like Stormfront holy fuckin shit what’s wrong with this woman
- Poor Kimiko
- What’s with the random woman talking about calling off her wedding?
- Why is Frenchie taking drugs
- FUCK SAKE FRENCHIE DON’T TRY KISS A GIRL WHEN SHE’S GRIEVING
- What the FUCK is thiiiiis
- Is he dreaming or is this the shapeshifter tryna stay alive by granting Homelander some sick wish
- Yikes I feel bad for Doppelganger
- I am fascinated by whoever and whatever the fuck Black Noir is
- MM sees right through everyone’s bullshit
- I feel so bad for Annie
- Ooooo Atrain getting fired
- MM having to put up with Hughie and Annie having a we didn’t start the fire singalong 😂
- Ok who’s in the weird group therapy sesh with these women with strange views on love
- Vending machine date so cute
- Omfg ahahahaha the girl with the Ed Sheeran tattoo
- I really want to like Becca cause she stands up to Homelander but I can’t shake the suspicions about her
- I feel bad for Butcher
- Homelander is a scary good liar
- Oh shit interviewer lady is pulling out the diversity questions
- OH FUCK
- HE’S OUTED MAEVE
- Poor Maeve what the fuck
- Ugh Stormfront
- Shut your racist hole bitch
- Oh shit Kimiko on the warpath
- Frenchie! Kimiko listen to him he’s tryna help
- MM is doing a lotta sharing this episode
- Ohhhh something bad is gonna come out about this Liberty lady they’re looking for oh fuck
- Wait WHAT. STORMFRONT IS LIBERTY
- Stormfront is like 70????
- She’s really good with social media for an old bird
- Ohhh fuck Homelander is pisssssssssed
- Christ you’d know Homelander was an only child
- Bitch you better not be fucking Butcher over
- I FUCKIN KNEW IT
- BECCA YOU RAGING BITCH
- Got her goodbye fuck then called the supercops on him cause he’s a little broken? FUCK BECCA
- Oh no Annie don’t give Hughie the “we can’t do this” talk
- Pick your emo ass up and stop being melodramatic
- All these women are chatting to Kevin?? Why??
- Also this most recent one is super weird
- THEY WERE INTERVIEWING TO BE KEVINS WIFE
- This cult thing is so fuckin weird omfg
- KEVIN GET YOUR SAD BUTT OUT OF THE CULT
- Oh gross not the Doppelganger shit again
- Doppelganger is really bad at flirting
- ….
- WHAT THE SHIT
- Nonononono don’t do the selfcest
- Not even Homelander is that fucked up
- This is super weird
- Why is Homelander crying
- OH SHIT HE KILLED HIM
- Uhhhh are they doing a lesbian scene in a vcu movie
- Christ that was terrible and way too on the nose
- “Strong female lesbians”
- Homelander you himbo fuck what other kind of lesbian do you get
- I feel bad for Ashley
- She just wants to do her job well
- Poor Butcher. His lil heart is broken
- Oh no baby you’re hurt and upset? That’s so sad let me suck your dick about it
- Oh no what’s he gonna do
- BUTCHER WHAT THE SHIT
- I mean it’s really fuckin hot but still
- There’s always a cut on the cheekbone
- “They’ve been moving her around like a Catholic priest” omg HUGHIE
- Aww he called Hughie his canary
- Oh shit are Frenchie and Kimiko missing?
- KEVIN GOT MARRIED
- BILLY HAS AN AUNTIE
- Doggiiiiie
- Awwwww soft Butcher with his dog
- Aaaand now I feel bad for Atrain cause he’s being kicked to the curb
- Oh gross this interview with Kevin and his cult wife
- This is so cringe holy fuck
- Bring back the Patton Oswalt gills
- Why are the gangsters discussing musicals specifically Hamilton
- FUCKING HELL KIMIKO PEELED OFF THAT GUYS FACE
- Ahahaha the boys showed up at Butchers aunties house
- The dog’s name is Terror that’s so cute
- Hahahaha Hughie was holding the fuck pig
- Why is there a sniper on the roof
- Oh shit it’s Black Noir
- Ugh what does Annie’s mom want and why is Stormfront being her friend
- Oh hey it’s dickless
- These two writer dudes are hella irritating
- Poor Elena getting dragged into this shit
- Yes Maeve scheme against his ass
- Heartbroken Butcher is so tired
- He needs a hug
- Hughie give Butcher a hug please
- Why is Kimiko in a church
- Oh hey its Frenchie’s other girlfriend
- Oh ok Kimiko is doing hits that’s fair
- The old man just looking away like “I do not see it”
- Aw no Frenchie don’t break up with Kimiko
- Oh fuck off Cult Kevin
- Stormfront again?????
- Does this bitch ever fuck off
- DID SHE JUST CALL ATRAIN GARBAGE
- Wait why is Homelander giving an unapproved speech
- This is gonna end in someone getting murdered isn’t it
- OH FUCK
- That’s a lot more murder than I expected
- Ohhhh phew ok he was just daydreaming
- Ashley is gonna go bald from stress
- I adore grumpy Butcher
- Omg auntie Judy is a drug dealer I love her
- Ohhhh shit Homelander is having a nervous breakdown
- BOBBY FROM X-MEN????
- Uhhhh why is Homelander talking to Stormfront this can’t be good
- Ooh MM set a trap this gon be good
- BUTCHER HAS A BROTHER???? THAT HUGHIE IS LIKE
- Oop Lenny is dead
- The random explosions as Black Noir trips the traps
- Oh shit Butcher locked the others out to face Black Noir alone
- YES MM
- OH NO MM
- YES HUGHIE
- Oh fuck did he KO Butcher
- Shiiiit shit shit shit
- Yes Butcher save your Hughie
- Oh good they all survived
- For fuck sake Kevin stop with the cult shit
- Maeve please save Kevin from the cult
- Annie why are you sneaking around don’t do it
- There’s a lot of shots of Annie’s bum
- What the fuck is Sage Grove
- Stormfront needs to go choke on a bag of dicks
- Oh fuck no not Homelander again
- Uhhhhhhh
- Stormfront x Homelander was not what I was expecting
- These two have the WEIRDEST relationship
- They’re gonna do some really fucked up supe bdsm shit aren’t they
- Frenchie is Betty White. Fair enough
- Wait what is happening. Why is Annie letting Frenchie at her with a lil saw
- Ohhh the chip
- “This might sting a little” FRENCHIE IT’S A FUCKIN SAW
- Oh fuck that’s a big chip
- Oh look it’s loves psychotic dream
- Well that’s suitably gross
- Aww Kimiko hugging Annie
- Butcher is so menacing I love him
- Kevin tryna be helpful to his buddies he’s so cute
- NO! NO BAD KEVIN! STOP TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE JOIN YOUR CULT
- Kimiko with her brass knuckle
- Oh man, flowers??? Homelander has it BAD
- Annie back the fuck off and leave Butcher alone
- OH SHIT IT’S STORMFRONT AT THE HOSPITAL NOOOO
- What the fuck is going on at this hospital
- OH FUCK BOBBY FROM X-MEN IS LAMPLIGHTER
- Oh shit who got let out
- What does Cindy do
- OH SHIT SHE’S THE HEAD BURSTER
- Aaaaaaand now they’re all out
- Good job, guys
- Ewwwwww acid vomit
- OH NO HUGHIE
- Are you kidding me?? Annie can’t go all Starlight unless there’s a power source in the immediate vicinity??
- What kinda fuckin shite superpower is that
- Aha Butcher agrees with me
- Ok so I’m guessing Homelander went berserk on set
- Uhhhh apparently Cult Lunch is a therapy sesh?
- Atrain get outta there
- This cult leader guy is an arsehole
- Hospital escape lookin like a horror survival game
- Awwww flashbacks to happy times
- Omfg Butcher with the slicked back hair
- Welp, Annie just killed a guy
- Oh shit a baby seat
- Annie is gonna have a bad case of the guilts now
- Oh fuck ok Lamplighter killed the kids by accident
- So Frenchie went to save his friend instead of tailing
- Oh god that’s the penis isn’t it
- Stormfront to the…rescue? Maybe? She’s gonna kill Lamplighter isn’t she
- Oh, no ok she didn’t kill him
- Aw no sad Butcher cause Hughie’s hurt
- Oh nooooo Elena found a video from the plane
- Mallory gon kill sad Lamplighter?
- Stormfront is coming clean to Homelander? Whaaaa
- She was buddies with the Nazis??? SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE VOUGHT FOUNDER GUY
- Oh fuck the head burster is still alive
- A montage of how Stormfront is brainwashing people into racist attacks, nice
- I hate Annie’s mom so much
- Black Noir has just fuckin LAMPED Annie
- Butchers mum called him 😂😂
- Oh shit his dad died
- Why are Hughie and Lamplighter watching knock off supe porn
- Oh boy a racist rally
- Homelander just threw Annie under the bus
- Hughie that’s a really weird pep talk
- And he’s gonna get Lamplighter killed
- BUTCHERS MUM IS ADORABLE
- Oh shit it’s Denethor
- And he’s not dead
- Oh fuck he’s why Lenny died?
- Shit Lenny shot himself
- Butcher was SAS???
- WHERE ARE MY PICS OF BUTCHER IN HIS ARMY UNIFORM
- Ah fuck he’s bringing stepmommy Stormfront to meet the kid
- I have an urge to run my fingers through Butchers beard
- Frenchie and Kimiko are too cute she’s teaching him her sign language
- Is this a cult birthday party?
- Poor Eagle the Archer. He pissed off the cult so he’s gon be excommunicated
- Uhhhh kiddo made a Lego film?
- Good for him
- I know it shouldn’t be sexy when Butcher starts threatening to brutally murder people in his growly voice, I know, but hear me out: sexy growly voice
- 11/10 would let Karl Urban murder me
- Oh FUCK Lamplighter killed himself
- Poor Hughie
- Why do all the bad things happen to him, like having to saw off a dead guy’s hand with a broken whiskey decanter
- Annie versus Black Noir, beat his/her ass girl!
- HUGHIE COME SAVE YOUR ANNIE
- YAY MAEVE
- Black Noir has an almond allergy that’s such an off the wall weakness
- Annie’s favourite chocolate bar saved her life
- Well Maeve did, technically. But still
- Omg Hughie accidentally saving Annie’s mom
- Hughie and Annie are too cute
- Oh shiiiiit Homelander screwed the pooch and showed the kid everything
- HAHA SUCK IT BECCA
- OH SHIT HEADS ARE BURSTING ALL OVER THE PLACE
- Butcher in his lil jumper
- For a non-American, this school safety psa video is supremely weird
- BOBBY FROM SUPERNATURALS CHARACTER IS CALLED BOB
- BOBBY FROM SUPERNATURALS CHARACTER IS JUST BOBBY FROM SUPERNATURAL BUT FANCY
- Annie’s mom critiquing her choice in boyfriends while in mortal danger is gas
- And typical
- The lads going nuts with weapons they’re so happy look at them
- And Butcher in his lil jumper again he looks so comfy
- I would very much like to cuddle him in the soft jumper and give him beard scritches
- Annie ffs let Hughie enjoy his Billy Joel, that’s a good choice
- Ahahaha Maeve just called Hughie a twink
- She’s not wrong
- Oh fuck off Becca
- Uuuuugh OF COURSE Mr Edgar is in with the cult
- Oop Atrain overheard all of that
- Poor Ashley she’s going bald from stress
- The kid is gonna have a meltdown
- Poor Hughie with his mom leaving
- I wonder if she’ll pop up at some point and turn out to be a supe that would be fun
- ATRAIN YOU CAN’T JUST APPEAR IN A CAR LIKE THAT YOU COULDA KILLED SOMEONE
- Hold the phone is Homelander actually being a good dad for a minute
- What the actual fuck is Stormfront on with this white genocide shit
- Ahahaha the news broke
- Uh oh the Vought soldiers got caught by Homelander
- OH SHIT
- MM BETTER BE OK
- Becca fuckin constantly squawking about Ryan is so annoying
- WHY IS KIMIKO LAUGHING
- It’s adorable but still
- Oh FUCK she snapped her neck
- She’ll be fine
- She’s like a wolverine, snapped neck won’t keep her down
- AYYYYY MAEVE
- The lads just watching them kicking the shit out of her like uhhh
- Oh hey Becca did something useful and stabbed the Nazi in the eye
- Huh. The kid melted Stormfront
- Good for him
- AHAHAHA YES HE GOT BECCA TOO
- BYEEEEE FELICIAAAAA
- I mean yeah, heartbroken sad Butcher isn’t nice to see, but Becca sucked
- Aaaand now Homelander covered in blood has arrived to listen to Stormfront babble in German
- This is like in those scenes where it’s like oh who will the dog go to
- Ayyy Atrain got back into the 7
- Aww poor Kevin getting rejected again
- See Kevin this is why we don’t join cults
- Annie thought he was breaking up with her, girl don’t be daft
- Butcher and the kid, not awkward at all
- The one lesson Butcher can teach a kid – “don’t be a cunt”
- Aww happy endings for all the boys
- Aaaaand a “happy ending” for Homelander too by the looks of it
- Oh ffs a corrupt politician in with the cult, what a surprise
- HIS HEAD BURST
- Wait the politician lady is the head burster? I’m so confused
- Confusion may have been aided by it being almost 3am
- Hughie getting a real job, bless him
- Too bad it’s with the head burster
- Oh this is such a good song to end the season with
- Welp, now begins the long wait for season 3, I guess
- Should I sleep or find fic to read
- Body says sleep, heart says fic
- That’s a lie, heart says Butcher
- ….Butcher fics it is
#theboys#theboystv#theboysmemes#theboystextposts#I'm back with more insanity#middle of the night is probably not a good time to be texting but hey ho#I'm still a shameless ho for Billy Butcher#that's so sad let me suck your dick about it#I mean like damn#Karl Urban doesn't mess around when it comes to thirst trapping#I need season 3 like yesterday#amazon please#the boys#season 3#I need it
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A day off
Authors note: filled with randomness and comfort here and there, just wrote this to escape from studying
Word count: ca.2400
The third bang on your door, made you give up on getting your sleep.With sloopy steps you made it to your door, only to find Frenchie,Hughie and Butcher happily standing in front of you, once you your eyes could focus propberly.
,,There she is.Morning sunshine.'' said Butcher stepping past you into your dorm.
,,Is that a Star Wars poster?'' asked Hughie following Butcher.
You were far too tired to reacte, too overwhelmed with this situation.The long sleeves of your hodie hid your yawn.
,,Naww petite Y/N.All sleepy and cute.'' said Frenchie bringing you in his embrace petting your messy bun.
,,Guys!Its fucking Sunday what are you doing here?'' you asked with raspy voice, still hiding your face from the sunlight that came in, due to Butcher shoving the curtains away.
,,Right.Perfect timing for some quality time for the group.What could be better for that than a Comic Book Con?'' asked Butcher joining Hughie with getting through your stuff.
,,Fuck off boys.I need sleep.I finished my essays just four hours ago.'' you whined not at all convinced of that idea and resting in Frenchies arms.
,,Shut up Y/N I thought you were into this stuff.'' said Hughie while looking through your merchandise.
,,Can't I just go back to sleep and bring you some waffles later?That would have way more quality.'' you said but already gave in and pulled away from Frenchie.
,,Nope.Actually we have a little mission to do there.'' said Hughie turning with your lightsaber in his hands to you, looking amazed at it , when it turned out to be a green one.
,,Besides Frenchie makes the better ones.You were the one who wanted to join us, go get dressed.'' said Butcher taking the lightsaber from Hughie.
,,Fine.Just give me second.'' you said gathering up some clothes, your lightsaber from Butcher and your washbag and left your room.Only to come back after a moment to throw your weapon onto your bed, when you realised that you still had it in your hands.
,,Hey did you guys ever heard of privacy?'' you asked when you had entered your dorm again and saw Butcher at your laptop and Hughie still going through your merchandise stuff on your shelves.Frenchie layed in your bed, almost half asleep.
You walked strictly to Butcher and looked at your laptop's screen, seeing the text of your essay, but you could swear you saw the screen just had changed.Giving Butcher a daring gaze while you brought your washbag back into your vanity, trying to analyse his hidden grin.
,,What is that?I don't even know that.'' said Hughie looking at your gallyfreyan writing.
,,What ever this might be proves that Y/N is more of a fucking nerd than you are.'' said Butcher.
,,Its Gallyfreyan for fuck off.'' you said when you took the papers from Hughie to put them back into their box.
,,Can we go now?'' Butcher asked standing up from your desk and clapping on Frenchie's shoulder when he walked past him.
,,Just a second.'' you said, when you reminded yourself to do something you insisted on, now that you had Butcher here at your dorm.
You showed him a news article from the university, about your litertature club, writing about their performed works from last weekend praising especially your work.
,,Behind her creativity always lies an interesting critic to several current topics, that is clearly structured and could even knock out Homelander.'' you read out loud, while doing an awful job of hiding your pride.,,See I was right when I said I could at least put you over my knees rhetorically.Appearingly I can do that even with Homelander.'' you added.
Butcher continued to read the article.,,Homelander is a stupid cunt, who somehow managed to get taking serious while wearing latex.'' said he when he had enough of the reading.
,,I don't care about Homelander, I care about you Butcher.'' you said when you took the article and laid it back on your desk.
,,Now you're becoming soft on me again Y/N.'' said Butcher while walking outside of your dorm with the rest.
,,I mean it.Did someone wrote something like this ever about you?'' you said, insisting that this got accpreciated by him, since his critic on your arguments left you frustrated last time.
,,Listen love.I don't need an article that tells me I'm good in putting everyone over my knee.Even though I start to think you wouldn't mind if I did that to you – rhetorically of course.'' he added with a grin leaving you a bit irritated behind him,when he walked further down the hallway.
You were thankful for yourself bringing sunglasses for today to hide your tired eyes, since Hughie listened loudly the radio during the whole trip to the Convention, taking the last chance of sleep from you.
The plan was to talk with a supe about some former actions form Vought he should know of.Frenchie and Hughie were send to do this, while you and Butcher waited for them on the convention, that reminded you of a graveyard that came halfheartedly back to life.
,,Seriously ,did I really need to come with you guys for this?Its not that we do something helpful.'' you said still looking around.
,,We do.We stay here until Frenchie and Hughie are done with their part, I'll do the driving part and you can just take a break from studying.'' Butcher said.
,,Writing.About what?Failed artists or sexual frustrated fans?'' you asked not very convinced.
,,Funny that you mention that.'' said Butcher while he took out his mobile to show you something.
,,You asshole.How?'' you only managed to ask, mouth opened in disbelieve when you recognised your account with your posts.
,,I have my sources.'' said Butcher with a grin and started to scroll through your account.
,,I stayed logged in from last night.'' you said already knowing the answer while palming your face.
,,That answers my first question.All those thirsty posts from you are current?'' asked he while grinning down at his mobile.
,,No!They are in fact very old.Almost as old as you are.'' you said trying to stop Butcher from reading your stuff.
,,Screw this stupid article and you for that - I'm not that old.This is just pure smut- or is there also a perfectly argumented critic behind getting fucked by Eddie Vedder.I can't believe it you're writing texts to jack off to. '' said Billy still amused.,,Our sweet and intellectual Y/N does such naughty things in her spare time.''
,,My only texts to jack off to are my works, once they are approved by my professors.'' you said not interested in talking about your dark past.
,,And thats the problem.You need a day off, even I noticed that you have been fucking tense lately.'' Butcher said, you could tell that the last part was truly concerned.
,,With spending my day at this sad convention.Thank you Butcher.'' you said playing it down.
,,I can't let the guys be alone by themselves love.Besides I think I might can help with that, getting rid of some tension, you know?'' he said in his cocky voice.You eyed him up with a strange grin.
,,Is that an offer? I never thought you could be so generous yet so romantic.'' you said with a snort.
,,Same goes for you, in all this dirty talk and kink stuff I still can find your romantic side between the lines.Even though many seemed not to think so, according to your likes.'' said Butcher with a last look at his mobile while you gave him a last warning look.
,,That was not written from my heart nor my head, and I'm lucky my libido is not supposed to generate likes.'' you said.Butcher had to laugh at this genuily, before both of you continued you walk.
,,This is just fucking sad.When you read all those comics you can clearly read what people need right now and if you compare it to our reality it makes this whole shit even more worse.I hope Frenchie and Hughie can handle this guy.'' you said when you had stoped by a booth with comic books and looked over them.Butcher humed.
,,I guess they will be fine.The only special thing he can do his talk to animals.'' said Butcher and you noded with a chuckle, now you knew what Supe they wanted to meet here.
,,I thought you like this stuff, at least according to your shelves.'' said Butcher looking over your shoulder into the comic you held in your hands.
,,Since when do you look for people to interriogate that I could possibly like?'' you asked with smirk, before you put the comic back.
,,I'm not.That was just a lucky coincidence.Or unlucky - you still seem pissed.What's wrong?'' Butcher asked.
,,Honey I have work to do.Sundays are planed for studying.'' you explained tired but still had to smile since you thanked Butcher for his effort.
,,Honey huh? You really start to become soft with me.'' said Butcher with a smirk and followed you when you turned away from him to continue your walk.
,,You should know by now that I use those names when I just don't want to call you something mean.'' you said.
,,Well if you hate it here we can at least have a bit fun with your writing.'' Butcher said putting his mobile out again.
In the next minutes Butcher managed to get to know about all your preferences that your posts could reveal and he clearly seemed to enjoy that.You would also start to ask him out since you wanted to keep this interriogation fair, that leaded to the both of you having a very open conversation about sex and some weird stories about some experiences, almost in the middle of a convention.But you didn't care this entertained you clearly more than the comic books.
You got interrupted by a call you had to answer.After some time you came back to Butcher to tell him that you needed to go back to your dorm since a friend reminded you of the upcoming test next next week.
You already wanted to turn on your heel and call your friend back again, when Butcher reached out for your hand.A discussion started about wether you would leave this convention or not.
,,Are you mad you can't just forbid me to stay.'' you said after you gave up on explaining yourself properly.
,,When was the last time you just did nothing?You're completly stressed out Y/N.Have you at least eaten something today?'' asked Butcher.
,,No.Thanks to you guys I got kicked out of bed.'' you said, having Butcher cursing under his breath when he realised that.
,,I will make it up for you, just try to stay calm now.Your lips look terrible already.'' said Butcher still holding your hand in his.
,,What?'' you asked clearly a bit confused at this remark.
,,You always chew your lips when you're stressed out and they look awful right now.'' said he and you had to praise him again for being sensitive, recieving an grumpy look.But he was right when you gave him a smile in response you noticed how chapped they were.Great now you looked tired and terrible.
,,Maybe next Sunday.I still need to get a job once this whole detective thing with us is done.'' you said, tears started to fill your eyes caused by your rising stress level and even with the sunglasses Butcher could tell how you felt right now.
In the same moment Hughie and Frenchie ran to you , being completly out of breath but still managed to tell you that they messed up.The Supe had no interest messing around with Vought and called the security.You tried took calm down, that your tears would stay in your eyes and focused on the conversation between the boys.
,,This stupid eco- fucker.'' said Butcher.
,,Did you just asked him nicely or did you also brought some good arguments with you.'' you asked.
,,What should we havve against him? Sometimes you just have to hope that some people still have the balls to do something good.'' said Hughie.
,,Or you have to hope that they also just assholes.'' you said and pulled your phone out to search for something.
,,Here that's a list of women , who accuse him of sexual harassment, there are even videos and pictures on this side to prove their accusations.I thought you were prepared.'' you said and handed Hughie your mobile.
,,Where did you get this from?'' asked Butcher.
,,I have my sources.No matter how stupid the fandom we nerds stay together.'' you said a bit exaggerated.
,,At least something for today.'' you said now a bit satisfied when you looked after Frenchie and Hughie who walked back to the supes booth.
You even allowed Butcher to lay an arm over your should to pull you close to him.
,,That was fucking diabolical.Don't you ever think less of you love.'' said Butcher.
You pressed yourself against him and hid your face in his jacket, afraid that someone would see you start crying otherwise.A deep breath came from him and you could hear his smile out of it, while his hand stroked your hair softly.
,,Thanks.'' you said once you found your voice again, with your head buried in his shirt.
,,Come on lets get you back home.Guess the boys won't take long now.'' said Butcher and brought you to the car with his arm still around you.
While you were driving back you fell asleep.Butcher had decided to take you with them despite your saying but when you woke up after some nice hours of sleep and all cuddled up in your blanket you didn't mind at all.Frenchie had even made some waffles before he and Kimiko went away to spend the rest of the day together.
,,You know when you aren't tired or hungry you actually look kinda hot, even with those chapped lips.'' said Butcher when you stood next to him to you lay your empty plate on the kitchen island.
You gave him a smirk.,,Do you always flirt with women like this?'' you asked.Your gaze on him tried to stay unimpressed, when he pressed you against the table with his familiar smirk on.
,,Only if they are also into quickies on kitchen tables.'' said Butcher, his hands roamed over your curves carefully to test the waters.
,,You really needed my bad writing for this?'' you asked in disbelieve, when you already were sat on the table and started to kiss Butcher.
,,Don't worry love I myself have plenty of ideas for us.'' said Butcher before he started to kiss you again.
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The Boys 2x01 - 2x03
I’m going to try to write weekly reviews of the second season of The Boys, though judging by my reaction to the first three episodes, I may quickly lose steam.
When I wrote about the show’s first season last year, it was with mingled surprise and skepticism. Surprise, because although the core concept of “they’re superheroes, but bad!” sounded trite and juvenile (and the original comics are apparently even worse than that), The Boys ended up being smart and even thoughtful, using its violent, selfish, sociopathic superheroes as a metaphor for everything from Hollywood’s diseased star culture, to the way corporations mask their anti-social behavior with empty gestures towards diversity and social justice, to how the evangelical subculture feeds into and promotes America’s militarism. Skepticism, because as much as I enjoyed the season, it had some obvious pitfalls, and I wasn’t certain that the show’s team knew how to avoid them.
The first three episodes of the second season are, on the one hand, a thorough rebuke to those concerns. I worried that the show, having been praised for its outrageousness, would forget how to balance extreme violence with a recognition of how real and damaging that violence is. And I worried that Butcher, by far the show’s least versatile, least interesting character, would be allowed to take over its story and made uncomplicatedly heroic. On both of those counts, these episodes have allayed my fears. When Butcher shows up, it’s to a resounding chorus of basically everyone else on the show having had enough of his bullshit, and though by the end of the third episode he has clawed back some ground with the rest of the team (and especially Hughie) it’s only to the point of being tolerated, not of having his self-absorption and arrogance validated. And while there’s no shortage of violence, it still feels grounded - even a motorboat ramming into a beached whale is horrible and tragic as well as darkly funny.
On the other hand, no amount of impaled whales can obscure the fact that these episodes are, well, kind of a slog. Not because nothing happens in them, but because the position the show left itself in at the end of the first season doesn’t lend itself to particularly propulsive storytelling. S1 spent most of its time establishing its world and setting up the show’s central metaphor. But having done so, there’s really no place for the story to go. The new episodes embroider a bit around the ideas we’ve already taken in - Madeline Stilwell’s replacement Ashley cooing about getting a “differently abled” superhero into The Seven, then taking it (mostly) in stride when Homelander mutilates and possibly kills that hero. Ashley’s boss, Stan Edgar, calmly explaining to Homelander that Vought isn’t a superhero company, but a pharmaceutical company that’s using superheroes to sell the things that make real money. A former colleague of Starlight’s who has, like a failed child star, taken to turning tricks to make ends meet.
The problem is, all of these elements add up to the same conclusion they did last season - the real enemy isn’t superheroes, but capitalism. And capitalism isn’t going to be brought down by a bunch of guys hiding out in the utility closet of a drug den and their megalomaniacal boss with an increasingly implausible accent. Nothing that happens in these three episodes makes the Boys - or even characters who are closer to the action, like Starlight - seem like anything more than a sideshow to the very story they introduced us to in the first season. Vought is too powerful, too embedded at all levels of government, and too rooted in the foundations of American culture (as seen, for example, in the 9/11-ification of Transluscent’s death, and how it, in turn, is used to sell memorabilia) for any one person or group to dismantle it.
To be fair, the show itself seems to realize this at least a little, because the prevailing theme of these episodes is being stuck and feeling powerless. Hughie is stuck with the consequences of his impulsive decision to involve himself with Butcher and participate in his crimes, forced to rely on criminals for the little bit of safety and freedom he still has, and tied (probably for life) to people he doesn’t trust, or even like that much. Annie is stuck in her position with the Seven, unable to leave, constantly in danger of being exposed and killed, and forced to play a role the she finds increasingly distasteful. Rebecca Butcher is literally stuck, in an enclosure that no longer offers the safety that was its one saving grace, and even the people who put her there can only shrug when she points out how much danger she and her son are in. Maeve is still stuck in her position as Homelander’s fallback girl, unable to be with anyone she actually cares about for fear that he’ll kill them in a jealous rage. Even The Deep is stuck in a dead-end job and a downward spiral, and it seems unlikely that his new cult-y friends are going to make things better for him.
There is some small amount of forward motion in these episodes (though the fact that so much of it happens to the Deep is rather disturbing; I thought the character was well done last season but that doesn’t mean I’m particularly interested in his emotional journey, much less in such trite revelations as “he abuses women because he hates himself”). One promising sign is that Kimiko is being positioned as the Boys’ driving force for the rest of the season, though that idea is hobbled by the fact that we don’t really know her as a person. Why, for example, does she refuse to let Mouse go, even though she clearly agrees with him that America and its superheroes have become a menace to the world? It’s never made clear, and with Mouse’s death, probably won’t be. Still, it’s good to have a protagonist with a clear goal, and the fact that this is the character who in the comics was just “The Female” is especially encouraging.
And then there’s Stormfront. The publicity materials for the second season have been talking up “the Nazi superhero” for weeks, which is a bit of a shame given that the episodes themselves are clearly setting up Stormfront’s politics as a big shock at their end. It also means that I was paying more attention to the character than I otherwise might have, which has left me more than a little uncertain about the show’s ability to handle such a concept. It’s not surprising that Stormfront isn’t spewing white supremacist buzzwords in interviews - people like her know how to maintain plausible deniability. But she should be throwing out dog whistles, seeking out fellow travelers and people she can convert to her worldview. Maybe that’s still to come, but the fact remains that until she utters a racial slur at the end of the episode, there’s no real indication of what Stormfront is. Which makes the whole exercise feel cheap, not at all unlike the empty diversity drives and social justice buzzwords that the show decries with its other storytelling. The fact that she does it for racist reasons doesn’t, after all, make Stormfront killing all the inhabitants of an apartment building in her pursuit of Mouse significantly worse than Homelander downing an airliner last season.
Like the other superheroes, what makes Stormfront truly terrifying is what she symbolizes - Vought’s openness to (thinly-veiled) white supremacist ideology if it gets them a previously under-utilized market share; the normalization of racist rhetoric under the guise of patriotism and fighting terrorism; the ties between corporate America, evangelicalism, and white supremacy. There’s very little of this in these episodes, and while there’s obviously room for the show to get there, that feels like a retread of what it did in the first season. We already know where we stand with this world and these characters. It’s time for this story to move forward, and judging by these three episodes, I’m not convinced the show knows how.
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Is Homelander a Psychopath?
Even the fandom page calls Homelander sociopathic (mostly synonymous with psychopathic in the medical sense), but is he really? In this way too long meta-post I use the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised to put Homelander’s psychopathy score on a scale from 0 to 40. Welcome to my TedTalk.
Disclaimer
I am not authorised to diagnose anyone with anything. I am not a professional. See the end of the post for my sources on psychopathy. My main source is the book The Psychopath Whisperer by Dr Kent Kiehl. Also this is how I see Homelander based on the show The Boys, so I do not take the comics into account. Lastly, the fandom page also uses the word ‘psychotic’, which refers to psychosis, not psychopathy.
Glibness/superficial charm
Ok yes, definitely. Homelander knows how to entertain a crowd. His whole persona is based on nationalism. He has that charming smile down, has this ‘you are the real heroes’ thing going on. Superficial charm is a big check in the present and given that Homelander apparently has been doing it for years, I say it was in the past also a big check. Psychopaths also tend to talk so much that people can not deeply analyse all that they say and then only remember the ‘good points’ the psychopath made. Homelander does this well in interview scenes and you often see him interrupting other people. On a three-point scale from 0 to 2, I’d give him 2 points.
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Also called narcissism and it is so obvious in Homelander. The thing is that narcissists usually don’t think they are the best, but they feel like they deserve to be treated like they are the best. Actually, narcissists commonly base their entire self-worth on the feedback they get from other people. Without that they get aggressive and start blaming others for their own short-comings. Sounds familiar? The big question is if this had been the case for Homelander’s entire life. His narcissistic behaviour could’ve developed under the limelight. Still he deserves 2 points.
Need for stimulation
This is where I start to question Homelander being a psychopath. Psychopaths are very prone to boredom, so they usually cannot keep one job for long. They tend to travel around. Homelander has worked for Vought for years and it is not that much of an exciting job. It involves a lot of interviews that all seems similar. Photoshoots are not exactly peak entertainment either. Reshooting scenes for his movies? Psychopaths with this trait also tend to do drugs and drink a lot to get that stimulation, but Homelander is seen drinking champagne at a social gathering and a whiskey or two in front of the TV at most as far as I can remember. He really scores 0 on this part.
Pathological lying
Yes, Homelander lies a lot, but it is not pathological. Pathological liars will lie for no reason at all and are unfazed when they are caught in a lie. Homelander can go to extreme measures to keep his lies standing. His whole good guy act is a lie, but he protects it. Not only is he trying to protect his lies, but he also lies with reason. Pathological liars will lie about things that can be fact-checked with a single Google search. Homelander is not like that. He scores once again 0.
Manipulation
And back to classic psychopathic behaviour, the manipulation. Not to be weird, but Homelander does it so well. He got the population wrapped around his red-gloved fingers. He knows where to push people. He plays into people’s weaknesses and desire. How to get control of his floor? Simple, recommend to hire someone he can control. Those meetings starting from season one? Perfect for his manipulative mind-games, establish control. The way he played Ryan? Genius! Homelander’s ability to manipulate people is honestly impressive, 2 points.
Lack of Remorse or Guilt
I think this is one of the iconic Homelander traits. How he could just let a plane full of people die? How he could just murder people? The lack of any remorse for killing that innocent person when he stopped that ‘terrorist’? Iconic. I don’t recommend it, but wow it is such a good trait for his character. I just wonder if this is a recent trait or something he already had. It is also possible that he got a lot of collateral damage from the start and got desensitised to it over time. Madelyn Stillwell loved to say ‘we fix it’ and ‘I’m just trying to protect you’. Imagine accidentally killing people over time and everyone around you keeps telling you ‘oh it’s no big deal’, at some point you might just believe it. Giving him a 2 for this, but I also think Vought is to blame.
Shallow Affect
Basically psychopaths generally don’t give a fuck. Whereas normal inmates tend to feel depressed when they start their prison life, psychopaths are completely indifferent. They often see it as a mild inconvenience at best. Psychopaths don’t care. Homelander, on the other hand, may not care about people, but he really cares about some things. He cares deeply about his reputation to the point he would ask for help from Stormfront. Knowing how prideful Homelander is, him asking for help is big. When he found out Stormfront lied? He cared a lot. He cares about ‘owning’ Maeve enough that he would go out of his way to kill someone. And Ryan? Oh Ryan… Homelander did not care about Ryan, but he really cared about having someone on his level. Homelander is a very lonely boy and he cares a lot about not being lonely. Not really shallow if you ask me. 0 points.
Lack of Empathy
This is oddly enough questionable in Homelander. Like I said before, he could kill without remorse. He could manipulate without guilt. BUT he understands people. The full-on, full-point psychopath does not understand that a mother would worry about her child when they are out late. Homelander does understand how people feel. How else would he keep his public opinion high? He could understand why people feel fear or pride or love. That requires a certain level of empathy. Becca’s threat: “I will kill myself in front of Ryan and tell him your father did this to me.” Someone without empathy could not see how that would affect Ryan. Homelander understood what that would do to Ryan and he understood that complying would increase his chances with his son. Someone without empathy would never understand that. He also could tell when Ryan was uncomfortable. He could give Ryan space when he thought Ryan needed it. He told Ryan a personal story when he thought that his personal experience was similar to Ryan’s. I don’t know if the story is true, but the fact that he could play into Ryan’s feelings like that shows empathy. Homelander is not empathetic, but he also has no complete lack of it, 1 point.
Parasitic Lifestyle
Psychopaths often ‘burrow’ money, life off others, don’t keep jobs and don’t buy their own things. They leech off others, because they couldn’t be bothered to obtain things themselves. I don’t really see this in Homelander. He takes a lot of initiative. That whole creating super-terrorists? That was a lot of effort and he was the leader of that operation. Sure he let others do the hard work, but he still planned it all out FOR MADELYN. It was no personal gain thing. Homelander scores 0 on this if you ask me.
Poor Behavioural Controls
I want to say yes, but that one scene with the crowd where he thought of lasering them all down, but didn’t? That’s behavioural control. You often see him wanting to hit someone and then stop himself. A psychopath would just lash out, because they can’t think of the consequences. Homelander can think of the consequences and keeps himself in check, because of what might happen when he goes through with his impulses. He showed control when he wanted to kill Starlight where she stood, but then he didn’t. Homelander does lash out at times, but his eyes glow and yet he doesn’t laser someone to death. That’s self-control. Still, I am giving him one point for throwing bratty tantrums like a toddler.
Promiscuous Sexual Behaviour
Ok his kinks were weird, but while Madelyn was alive, he did not seem to have sex with anyone else. Some goes with Stormfront. He always has one bed partner. What he gets up to with them is not my problem, but important to note is that he shows loyalty to one person. 0 points.
Lack of Realistic Long-Term Goals
Ok his long-term goals are fucked up, but he does have them. Creating super-terrorists was such a fucking long project. He could see himself in Stormfront’s ideal of a super-army. He planned how to get Ryan from the start. Homelander does more planning than me. Whether his goals were realistic… Well… He succeeded in two of the three things and definitely had the tools for the super-army. So I say they were realistic for him, 0 points.
Impulsivity
Yes and no. He sometimes acts on impulse, but like I said he shows self-control and the ability to plan. However, he does not always think things completely through like that speech at the expo or taking down that plane after that dude found out about compound V. Almost drowning Hughie in front of other people? Impulsive. Going to that rally? Impulsive too. I give him one point on this one.
Irresponsibility
Seeing Homelander with his son, yes he can be responsible. He doesn’t leave Ryan somewhere unsupervised. He also tried to protect and help Madelyn. He shows a sense of responsibility towards being the face of Vought and towards being ‘Madelyn’s golden boy’. He does not take responsibility for everything he should, but he shows that he is not completely incapable of taking responsibility, one point.
Failure to accept responsibility
Not sure how this exactly differs from the previous one, but as far as i can tell, the previous one is a general feeling of responsibility and this refers to individual actions. Homelander does have a general feeling of responsibility, but when things go south, he does not take any responsibility. Becca was not his fault, he just raped her. That plane going down was not his fault, even though he fried the controls. That innocent person in the video dying was not his fault either. Blah blah blah. According to him, it’s never his fault, but those of the people that are in the way or those that ‘test him’, two points.
Many Short-term Marital Relationships
Nope, not Homelander. He is said to have had a relationship with Maeve and later he is with Stormfront. He also had this weird thing going on with Madelyn, BUT he never married any of them. Psychopaths have the tendency to just marry someone out of impulse. Homelander is even picky about who he fucks, 0 points.
Criminal Versatility
Human trafficking, homicide, mass murder, feeding the population lies, assault, rape, supplying terrorists of compound V, yeah I’d say he is pretty versatile, 2 points.
Conclusion
Due to lack of information or it simply not being applicable to Homelander, I omitted 3 factors (juvenile delinquency, early behavioural problems and revocation of conditional release). I did some reverse math on how omitted scores were handled in The Psychopath Whisperer and I came up with the following formula: score * (1 + amount of omitted items * 0.04) and then rounded up to one decimal point. This gives Homelander a score of 18.0. The cut-off for psychopathy is a score of 30 in the US and 25 in the UK. The average citizen scores around 5, while the average criminal scores around 22. So as unhinged as this bastard is, Homelander is per my analysis not a psychopath. He is just a cunt. Thanks for reading this.
Sources
Kiehl, K. A. (2015). The Psychopath Whisperer (1st edition). London, Great Britain: Oneworld Publications.
Neumann, C. S., & Hare, R. D. (2008). Psychopathic traits in a large community sample: Links to violence, alcohol use, and intelligence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(5), 893–899. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.76.5.893
Kiehl, K. A. (2006). A cognitive neuroscience perspective on psychopathy: Evidence for paralimbic system dysfunction. Psychiatry Research, 142(2–3), 107–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.013
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Babysitting Butcher Chapter 60
While I would have LOVED to rush in and nabbed Ryan to bring him home with us, that wasn’t exactly doable. For one, Billy wasn’t quite ready for that just yet. Not after a full night of my back being turned to him, my anger radiating like waves at him, and me being shut down from our usual evening activities - no, we had to make up first and foremost.
Billy Butcher had needed intimacy - at least my kisses to keep him focused and free from rushing headlong into attack mode when we learned that Stormfront was most definitely NOT the mysterious headpopper. He’d shown me, after we both spent time learning how to coexist and work together - building tension that no doubt could be seen by the densest of the dense - that he wanted me even when he didn’t need to use me JUST as a distraction.
I’d seen how he could be when he felt territorial. The night of that damn date with the LAST man who would ever get to BUY a date with me would burn bright in my memory banks for a very long time. And I knew how I could forget dinner just to taste HIM.
But this? Finding our way back to one another after we truly had a battle of wills, after I shut him out and turned my back on him? This was an intimacy that both of us came into knowing that we had to prove to the other that we were all in and that we BOTH had to show that we knew it meant a give and take.
We went inside, taking the chance that Terror’s snores wouldn’t throw us off our game TOO badly, but in all honesty we wanted to be in our bed - inside our house.
Slower, softer, calmer - we took our time - taking one another’s clothing off, appreciating every inch of skin that was bared. Reminding one another of every reason that we loved each other - through words and actions. I wasn’t sure I’d ever seen Billy look so soft - not bodily, that was just as BILLY as always, but his eyes and his touch. The way he traced my curves, the way he said my name - soft, quiet, almost as if he was praying and I could only reciprocate.
By the time we came together, truly joined and fully bare, I felt like we had finally truly seen EVERYTHING - that nothing was left to expose - that William “Billy” Butcher and Veronica “Ronnie” Taylor knew one another better than they ever had. And maybe now we could finally move past any hiccups and insecurities - maybe now, our eyes locked on one another’s - we TRULY believed in one another.
Mornings got back to our normal routine, so did our workdays. We returned to the meetings with supes - because as MM and the others found those listed in our files, we had to check in - either in person or via virtual meetings. Terror was doing well with my parents, we were luckily dodging the need for that damn salve from the vet - and we’d talked Mom out of buying MORE additions for his playroom.
Sunday rolled around and I felt sick. Not only because we hadn’t come to a decision, not a final one anyway, about Ryan, but actually physically ill. FUCK. I could hardly roll out of bed, much less get up and dressed to go with Billy for the visit.
“Ya can’t go,” Billy was staring down at me with enough concern to make me want to die. “Ronnie ya look like death,” glaring up at him he chuckled. “Gorgeous death, but death nonetheless.”
I groaned. “I have to go,” moving hurt, from the soles of my feet to the tips of my hair, it felt like I was on fire. “I’m not steaming, am I?”
He shook his head, but looked MORE concerned. “No, why?”
“Because I FEEL like I should be,” another groan and I pushed my face into my pillow. “Everything hurts.” It was muffled, but I figured he could make it out.
“I can stay home,” ugh, no. “Ronnie, ya can’t stay alone.”
Peeking out, I rolled my eyes. “I’ll live,” sighing, I had to force him to go. “Ryan’s expecting us - YOU, Billy.” He wanted to argue, I knew it. “GO, please?”
“Let me call someone,” I considered it, who - “Yer mum?”
“They’ve got that thing -” his turn to groan. “Just go, I’ll be fine.”
“Ya can’t get outta bed,” he shook his head and grabbed his phone. “Give me a minute.”
Frenchie and Kimiko were going to keep me comfortable - MM and his wife were out of town with their little girl and Hughie and Annie were off doing whatever Hughie and Annie ran off and did. All I planned on doing was sleep, possibly lay and contemplate how horrible I felt when I couldn’t sleep - so I could have given a shit who was keeping me comfortable or company.
Billy kissed my forehead before he left and PROMISED me he’d keep his cool, visit with Ryan and NOT make waves. Honestly, I just wanted quiet and peace. He could have said he was planning on kidnapping Ryan, beating the shit out of the male half of his guard, knocking Miss Whatsherface out, and nuking the neighborhood and I would have agreed.
Frenchie and Kimiko kept Terror occupied downstairs, after Frenchie assured me he’d check in to see if I needed anything during the day - and then blissful quiet.
The flames of hell have to be cooler than the fever I was feeling. And pain, dear GOD the aches, body and otherwise, because I still didn’t know how my HAIR could hurt. Exhaustion took over and I passed out - thankful for the quiet, but wishing like fuck that I could also have some relief from the heat and pain.
Have you ever gone to sleep - whether sick or not - and had a dream that made you go “wait a fucking minute” because it made you question what you were going through in reality? If you haven’t, congratulations, that kind of dream is both irritating and fucking creepy as hell. When I drifted off, achy and feeling like someone had doused me in lighter fluid then flicked a BIC, I had nothing on my mind other than “sleep, glorious, sleep”. My brain, however, had different fucking plans.
Out cold, without the coolness sadly, all the conversations I’d had with ALL the labrats, doctors, and other weirdos that I’d come across during my time after Homelander had decided to play “let’s shoot Ronnie up with my little swimmers AND some funky ass self destruct variant”. Warnings about future pregnancies, birth control options, and all the ways I nearly died weaved into the dream that flickered through my fevered brain.
Every birth control method has a percentage of failure - we ALL know this, it’s not like it’s hidden. When Homelander, the caped asshole, chose to play GOD with my body, he fucked up my genetic makeup - while eventually Grace’s group had gotten me “fixed” there were still issues to worry about. Issues that were reason enough to fear a future pregnancy - hence the birth control option topic. I’d used the shot method for as long as I could. Who wouldn’t? It was the less mess less fuss method, plus, if you were lucky (I was), it meant you were menses free until you went OFF it.
We had sat down, me and the labrats, and worked out the odds. The shot seemed to be logical - condoms were a given too, but again, those were easily forgotten or one tiny hole AND - One by one we shot down the other options, until the shot was what was left. But what if - what if we were WRONG?
I woke up when the bed dipped, my eyes were burning and I still ached, but the fire had died down a touch.
“Hey,” Billy was back, his hand - always hotter than me felt cool on my forehead. “You still feel hot.”
“I know I’m hot,” he chuckled. “How was Ryan?”
“Still needy,” he laid down beside me and pulled me close. “Are you sure -”
Nodding, I snuggled into him. “About Ryan?” His lips brushed my forehead. “Yeah.”
“Then we get ya better and we start plannin’,” I sighed, now I just had to -
“There’s -” clearing my throat, dry from sleep and lack of hydration, I smiled when he reached out and a bottle of water appeared in his hand. Helping me up, he held it while I drank. “Thank you,” licking a drop from my lip, I sighed. “I need a pregnancy test.”
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You’re Only Human
Summary: Hughie knew hiding his anxiety from the others was a mistake, but he was only human... and by this point his mistakes were the only thing he had left to call his own.
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Their boat cut through the ocean's water and Hughie makes a point to stand on the side of the ship Butcher isn't. Lyrics play through his headphones, how sad was it that Billy Joel was the only fucking constant in his life now? With a sigh Hughie rested his forearms against the railing of the ship as Homelander's face haunted Hughie's mind. The supe's laughter was forever ingrained into his soul. He almost drowned in that fucking tub, the last thing he saw before his vision blurred was Homelander’s cold, soulless, dead eyes. “Oi Hughie,” Butcher said in greeting. Hughie made a point of ignoring him, Frenchie and Mother’s Milk might be fine with welcoming him back with open arms, but Hughie wasn’t stupid anymore. He wasn’t innocent. Butcher burned them before and he’d do it again, as long as he got what he wanted in the end. “Hughie,” Butcher said a little bit louder than the last time.
“Fuck off,” Hughie grumbled as he felt his anxiety start to bubble under his skin. He didn’t need Butcher to see him have anxiety attack. He tried to focus on Billy Joel as the familiar lyrics floated through his phone. And you’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood, Hughie almost laughed at the irony of the sentence. Turning away from Butcher Hughie felt the familiar tightness of an anxiety attack tighten in his chest. As if anxiety was just something he could just ‘suck up.’ As if they were magically friends… loose acquaintances at the very least… again and Butcher even had the right to offer advice.
“How long is this thing going to go on huh?” Butcher asked Hughie as he settled, leaning against the banister next to him. “You throwing yourself a goddamn pitty party like you’re a fucking emo-twat.” Hughie shifted so he was turned away from the offending man. He just wanted to be left alone, but unfortunately for him Butcher suckedass at reading body signature. “Oh come off it,” Butcher prodded, poking at Hughie’s side. Hughie curved his chest away from the attack so instead of stabbing him Butcher’s finger caught on his earbud cord and pulled it out of his ears. Hughie glared at him as he shoved the cord into his pocket, ignoring the fact that it was going to definitely get tangled up the next time he wanted to use them.
Hughie watched as his knuckles turned white due to how tightly his fists were clenched around them. He turned to face the ocean again, refusing to say anything, not that he’d be able to if he wanted. Hughie was far past the point of nonverbal, signaling to him this wasn’t going to be an easy ride. Clenching his fists he dug his nails into the palm of his hand, just barely breaking the skin. “Leave me alone,” Hughie managed to croak out, voice cracked and broken. Butcher just laughed at him,
“Okay maybe I was out of line when I popped you one but hey, water under the bridge right?” Butcher said reaching forward to clap a hand on Hughie’s shoulder. “Hey mate,” Butcher said with a cheeky ass smile Hughie wanted to wipe off the asshole’s face. “I’m sorry.” Gathering whatever strength he had left, Hughie swung his right arm wide and his fist hit Butcher’s face with a painful sounding crack.
“Fuck!” Hughie swore as his right hand flared up in pain. Focusing more on his anger than the pain, Hughie turned and attempted to launch himself at Butcher screaming, “I’m going to fucking kill you! You fucking bastard!” Luckily for both of them Mother’s Milk ended up grabbing Hughie around the waist and dragging him away from Butcher. Butcher, who had the audacity to hold up his hands as he said,
“The kid’s stark raving MM!” Hughie tried to claw his way out of MM’s arms, but his grip was too tight.
“I know,” MM said in an attempt to calm Hughie down. Glaring at Butcher MM shouted, “get out of here!” Butcher just rolled his eyes then stalked off to the other side of the boat. Hughie took a shuddering breath as MM grabbed his wrist in an attempt to ground him. “Hey you’re okay yeah?” MM asked as Hughie regulated his breathing, matching the pace MM set. Nodding shakily Hughie said,
“Yeah.” MM patted Hughie’s back and glanced worriedly at the direction Butcher left. Hughie bent over the boat, stomach queasy as he finally started to relax. He refused to look anywhere but at the horizon, ignoring the blatant look of concern on MM’s face. The two of them fell into a semi-comfortable silence, Hughie tried to pull away but MM kept him in place to ensure his panic attack really was over. “You know we don’t think you’re liability right?” MM asked suddenly. Hughie side-eyed the other man, unsure if he was really telling the truth.
“Butcher doesn’t agree with that sentimentality,” Hughie said with a scoff. MM rolled his eyes,
“It’s a good thing Frenchie and I are the only two Spice Girls who matter then. We’ve got your back alright?” Hughie turned his head,
“What are you talking about?” He asked, frowning in confusion. MM shrugged,
“You’ve proven yourself more times than I can count Hugh, and I’m not just talking about you killing Translucent.” Hughie looked down at his hands, still unsure of his worth in the group. MM grabbed Hughie’s shoulders and forced them to look at each other. “Hey, I’m trying to give you a pep talk you fucker. You better listen up.” Hughie’s eyes widened, then he nodded and leaned against the banister with his arms crossed. He gestured for MM to continue. With a sigh the older man said, “look, you saved us from… I don’t even want to think about what those bastards were planning on doing to us. If it came down to it, and Butcher goes too far off the deep end, Frenchie and I agreed we’d be there to pull you back.” Hughie winced,
“What about Butcher?” He asked, worried about the answer. MM shrugged,
“Fuck the dude. He left us to rot kid, trust me, that’s not something I’m going to forgive him for easily. We’re using him just like he’s using us.” Hughie shifted his feet then looked at where Butcher was pacing around the inside of the boat on a phone call. Maybe everything really would be back to normal… eventually...
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What other fics are you looking forward to that you haven't mentioned? -R and R
I was so mad because I went to answer this last night and accidentally closed out the page when I was halfway through them!! T~T So!
Here goes attempt two on that venture. So I have a few, some of them are really old stories I wrote pre-tumblr that I want to write again/ redo. Some are entirely new and I can’t get them out of my head.
Mystic’s Evergrowing List of OCs (which will be a gifset soon, as well as plot bunnies)
1. Andrea Wilson in Redemption By Earth (The 100 Bellamy, x Oc)
Andy was a pain in the ass who had a penchant for getting herself caught up in various pranks and shenanigans throughout the Ark. She also was known as her dad’s perfect student and learned everything she could about surviving anything. Wanting to follow in her dad’s footsteps, she works towards becoming a member of the guard, and even makes it to some of the final steps towards getting the training. Then she is arrested after she is drugged and framed for the murders of two other members of the guard. Her mother doctors adjusted her documents and bought her more time. Granted, she was stuck in solitary, but she was still alive, and then she is put on the ground with 99 other teenagers and a stowaway adult.
All the training her dad gave her, and now it would all be put to the test.
2. Zamora Singer in An Untitled Supernatural Project (Dean x Oc)
Her original summary*:
Zoe’s only memories of normalcy burned the night her mother died in the nursery of her younger sister. Then her dad joined up with an old Marine buddy a few weekends down who fell under the same circumstances. It was a rebirth for the Singer and Winchester families. When Sydney and Sam run away to school, Dean and Zoe work together on and off while John and Benjamin did the same. Then they didn’t hear from them. So it was time to bring both families together and figure out what the hell was causing the common thread between them.
3. Rachel Dawes in An Untitled Supernatural Project (Sam x Oc)
Her Original Summary*:
Rachel Dawes was a country girl who didn’t have a Daddy, the remains of him his beat up old car in the shed. When she was sixteen, and trying to run away from home, she found his journal and old hunting notes. Little did she know that the woman who raised her was a stepmother and that she had a far more sinister background that she thought. It certainly explained how she was always able to read people so well.
*so the reason I say original summaries is because these are from old stories I was co-writing with people that I have since been unable to write with. But I really love the characters and want to have them be partners.
4. Lillian Greenly in Not Your Average Lass (Boondock Saints Murphy x oc x Conner love Triangle)
Lillian is born and bred Boston Irish. She went to church, she went to work and she was respectful to her brother after their parents moved back home. She spent her nights hanging out with her favorite Twins and their Italian Package Boy (well…man, he was too old to be called a boy anymore) at their local bar where she occasionally helped as a bar back. Then came that fateful Saint Patrick’s day that had them getting on the wrong side of the Russian. Lilly wasn’t surprised by much, but when she is given a message from God to become a Vigilante with her boyfriend and best friend, that throws her for a loop. Still, she answers the call. Little did she know that she also would learn about the divine intervention that would enter her love life.
5. Emily Hendrickson in Just Passing Through (Haven, Duke x Oc)
Emily was a pain in the ass, plain and simple. She finds out she has these powers, or ‘trouble’, as her family called it, and she became even more of a pain. Stealing, pranks, and smuggling goods to and fro, you name it. Her best friend didn’t help with this, so after a few years,she decides to try and get out of the life. She goes on a hunt for her missing dad, but what she finds sends her right back to her childhood ways, only this time, she knew what she was doing, and the troubles were back.
6. Natalia Petrova - The One Exception (The Boys, Frenchie x Oc)
Talia found Billy Butcher at a time where their hatred for Supes was matched, sometimes even contested. Having lost her brother to their Compound in an attempt to be the runner of The Seven, she worked with Mallory to find work towards a common goal ;Tear down the pedestal Vought put their heroes on. Expose their lies of being Divinely chosen, of being the best humans that exsisted all of it. Then she and Frenchie mess up, and their handler suffers for it. After their failure with Mallory’s family, Talia undergoes a personal mission after Vought herself.
Little did she know she was going to play into Homelander’s secret plot and become the thing she hated most with some stupid Genetic Marker that she shared with her Twin. Barely Escaping from his plan, she finds her ringleader, doing the best she can to hide her secret. Everything she believes in is put to the test when they agree to help Hughie, and she is forced to face the mistakes of her past n order to finally avenge her brother. Afterall, not all Superheroes are created equal, and every Villain thinks they’re the hero
7. Ace/ Sophia in The Replacement (6 Underground, Billy/Four x Oc)
Sophia was One’s ace in the hole when he came to his little band of misfits, a sort of insurance for the risks that he may or may not have assessed properly. Geared with Photokinetic Reflexes and an Eidetic Memory, she is paired with each member of the team to learn their skills so she can slide into whatever Position was needed. This goes without a Hitch with the CIA spook, the hitman, and even the Doctor. The Driver she was friendly with, but still professional. No, the problem came with the fourth member, the Skywalker. It’s thanks to him that she learns how to run freely through more than just car chases and escape routes. Hiding their connection from the others, the pair must come to terms with what they want more, their purpose in the team, or each other. Oh, not to mention that the whole reason the team is together in the first place is to start a Coup in Turgistan.
8. Genevieve Marks - Untitled Lost in Space Project (Don x Oc)
He was the Schemer, she got everything done, Marks and West were your go to team to get whatever you wanted to the colonies. You needed something fixed on the Resolute? Done, they needed to earn honest money somehow. Then Gen is selected to stay on Alpha Centauri and settle in the colony. Making plans to set up shop while the opportunity presented itself. The team is met with a new challenge when a Doctor who claims to be someone she isn’t highjakcks their Jupiter, and they crash. Now, they have to navigate their way on a new planet, all the while trying to avoid the bitch. Oh, and they’re also raising a Chicken together- Which trust me, was the last thing Gen would expect.
9. Jenna Miller - Untiltled Triple Frontier Project (Ironhead x Oc )
There is not a lot here…not much of a plot, or a FC, but she is Ironhead’s Wife and puts herself into the situation to stop her Husband and his friends form killing themselves in the name of one final mission. She runs Communications and Drone Surveillance.
So..yeah sorry for the long post!
#asked answered#oc asks#riley ❤️️#rhuben 💜#raging violets#thanks so much for asking#feel free to ask me about any of these guys#plot bunnies#so many of my characters
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Hard to deny that we live in an age dominated by the superhero. That classic Superman chestnut, “Look up in the sky!“, feels as apropos as ever when you can’t drive down a major road without Tony Stark’s mustachioed mug or Clark Kent’s Kryptonian biceps flexing down at you like judgemental gods. They rule the box office, they rule the pop culture conversation, they rule the graphic t-shirt real estate at every coffee shop. We’re about one particularly effective after-credits scene away from fandom spilling over into actual worship—pull up any video from inside Hall H if you don’t believe me—which means there’s no better time to ring up The Boys.
Adapted by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke from the Dynamite comic series by writer Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the eight-episode Amazon series has a wickedly sharp eye for what an actual modern age of superheroes would look like. Costumed vigilantes come with an army of publicists to craft public apologies. Major media corporations schedule the crime-stopping “team-ups” that would drive the optimal amount of social media engagement. And there’s the possibility that the superheroes themselves, so shiny and glossed in front of a camera, are the type of A-list TMZ trash-monsters in their private lives who might smash a man’s skull during a particularly aggressive round of analingus. This is an actual thing that happens in The Boys. A lot of wild things happen in The Boys. But underneath all that superpowered ass-murder is genuinely one of the most timely TV series I’ve seen in a long time.
Our way into the mayhem is “Wee” Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), a completely normal A/V salesman living a completely ordinary life until a super-fast superhero named A-Train (Jessie Usher) literally runs through his girlfriend Robin (Jess Salgueiro), turning her into a cloud of blood and guts. A-Train is essentially untouchable as a member of The Seven, the world’s premiere superhero team, along with aquatic fish-talker The Deep (Chace Crawford), silent ninja Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), the invisible Translucent (Alex Hassell), superstrong ass-kicker Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), and the squad’s Superman-esque leader, Homelander (Antony Starr). Quieted with a half-assed apology and ironclad Non-disclosure Agreement, Hughie’s thirst for revenge leads him straight to Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), former leader of an under-the-radar squad that worked to keep the “supes” in check: The Boys.
Running parallel to Hughie and Butcher is the story of Starlight (Erin Moriarty), The Seven’s bright-eyed and optimistic new recruit who quickly learns she’s joined a team of corrupt corporate suits, perverts, and murderers. The two plots intertwine, and soon a grand conspiracy emerges surrounding the mysterious super-steroid “Compound V” that could completely destroy the superhero game and the mega-corporation that funds it, Vought.
The Boys operates on a few different levels, all of which the creative team nails on one level or another. It’s your classic gettin’-the-band-back-together story, as the Compound V conspiracy convinces Butcher to track down the rest of the retired Boys, Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso) and Frenchie (Tomer Capon), who are eventually joined by the hyper-violent killing machine known only as The Female (Karen Fukuhara). It’s also a pretty dang intriguing mystery tale dressed up in tights and capes, as well as a pitch-black comedy filled with enough flying guts, exploding dolphins, and C-4 shoved into a person’s unholy crevices to keep even the sickest of you puppies squirming.
But where the writing staff really excels is in the world-building. They’ve kept large chunks of the comic book story intact while also stripping away a bit of the X-Treme Edginess—I like Garth Ennis a lot, but Garth Ennis is occasionally too Garth Ennis for his own good—and setting it firmly in a setting that’s both comic-book elevated and so perfectly 2019. Superheroes argue not about the number of lives saved, but their cut of the merch and box office sales raked in from the Vought Cinematic Universe. ESPN runs 24/7 coverage of a race between speedsters. SEO experts and video editors cut together image-boosting clip shows of The Seven interacting with the common folk. (Possibly my favorite joke in the entire show is the fact newcomer Starlight’s segment is placeholder text that just says “Starlight relating to people.”)
And with that comes a really dark, unique relatability to the material that’s completely different than any on-screen comic book series out there. Though we don’t live in a world of actual superpowers, we do live in one filled with supremely shitty people in extraordinary positions of power and wealth. Tune into literally any news outlet of your choice—or just log on to Twitter dot com—and you’re bombarded with the latest government figure or Hollywood elite who was caught and/or just outright said the depths of their sheer shittiness. It makes you long for the days when a celebrity’s name trending meant they were just dead, not a sexual deviant. The Boys, similar to the comic series, leans hard into this idea: What if the rich, powerful fraudsters and public masturbators of the world were actually sitting in the position of the gods? It’s the darkest material on the show, but the story approaches it unflinchingly. There’s a real stomach-churning familiarity to a high-ranking member of The Seven dropping his pants in front of Starlight and asking how badly she wants to be a part of a superhero team. But even the worst parts come with a sense of wish fulfillment; as awful as it is to see and recognize a world run by all-powerful assholes, it’s thrilling when you realize The Boys is really about how ordinary people can fight back.
As Starlight, Moriarty shines brighter and brighter with each episode, a fantastic foil to Quaid’s increasingly twitchy Hughie. The cast is pretty electric across the board—especially Karl Urban out there throwing around c-words like his name is Cookie Monster—but there are two performances in particular that really make the story tick. Antony Starr is terrifying as Homelander; he plays the main supe like a petulant child given the strength of a nuclear bomb—a Shazam who also burns people’s faces off—and it’s chilling how quickly the actor switches between Homelander’s toothy-smiled choir boy image and the stone-cold persona below. Standing behind him is Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell, Senior Vice President of Superhero Management at Vought. The Oscar-nominee is perfectly icy in the role, and low-key the most terrifying character on the show. As the mass murders and war crimes pile up around her, Madelyn is just booking the dates and scheduling the meetings, proving there’s nothing more horrific than a suit who signs lives away with a smile.
If there’s a complaint to be had about The Boys, it’s that its first eight-episode run ends awkwardly, right in the middle of the narrative with several loose threads dangling and a few key characters left forgotten in the home stretch. You have the sense the creators were pretty confident given the fact casting announcements started to pop up before a season 2 was confirmed. [UPDATE: Which it was, just now, at Comic-Con.] But the roller-coaster ride to that abrupt end is something you must experience. Like Alan Moore‘s Watchmen in the late-80s, TV series has the chance to be the superhero deconstruction of our time. Less a peek behind the curtain, and more a seedy glimpse behind the social media likes and box office numbers, a story that manages to be heartbreakingly relevant while still finding time to have Karl Urban kill a room full of goons with a super-powered baby.
Oh shit, did I not mention Karl Urban kills a room full of goons with a superpowered baby earlier? Yeah, man. Watch The Boys. A lot going on there.
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How The Boys Pulled Off Its Wildest Episode
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Director Sarah Boyd had a lot to unpack in The Boys’ standout episode “The Bloody Doors Off”. The season 2 installment kicks off with a disturbing sex romp between a turned-on Stormfront (Aya Cash) and Homelander (Antony Starr), but only after he crushed a man’s face in with his hand.
Meanwhile, Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Annie a.k.a. Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) take a road trip to the Sage Grove Center, a facility Annie stumbled across on Stormfront’s laptop. They discover the institution serves as a testing ground, where reluctant subjects are being injected with Compound-V… to varying results. To further complicate matters, former Seven member Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore) had been recruited to keep the patients in line – or roast the unruly alive with his fiery powers. And, as it turns out, Frenchie and Lamplighter shared a shocking history together.
Boyd spent years as an editor on such high-profile shows as Lost, The Killing, and Bates Motel before successfully pivoting to directing on Bates Motel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Flash, This is Us, and The Boys. Currently in pre-production on The Boys’ final two episodes of season 3, Boyd spoke to Den of Geek about season 2’s wildest episode, the series sex and violence, and what’s in store for season 3.
Den of Geek: When you received the script for “The Bloody Doors Off”, what was it about this episode that spoke to you?
Sarah Boyd: I’m not sure it spoke to me, but I got excited about the Sage Grove craziness, and the tension and action in there, and then the reveal of Lamplighter. I was really looking forward to introducing and creating a new character that the audience hadn’t seen before. I didn’t know who they were thinking of casting at first. Then I saw Shawn Ashmore’s audition tape. That’s when I first got super-excited.
How comfortable were you with the episode being so special effects-heavy?
Special effects and VFX, I’ve done both. And as a longtime editor, I’ve worked on lots of shows with visual effects and special effects. The action stuff was pretty comfortable for me. It involved a lot of prep. It takes a lot of time and forethought to orchestrate how you are going to shoot it, how you are going to make it look real. Of course, it’s not real, so how are you going to make it real? And when the stunts are happening, how are they going to be done faithfully? What’s the best angle to film them from? This show has a lot of gore, a lot of action and a lot of sex. These are all things that need to be carefully orchestrated and done to make sure everyone is comfortable and safe. Sage Grove was one example of where we knew we had a lot to do, so we had very jam-packed days at the Sage Grove Institution.
Taking into consideration the action and sex, were there any particular sequences that required extra discussion with the cast or producers?
We always have meetings with actors, individually and then together, when there’s going to be an intimate scene. For example, the scene with Homelander and Stormfront in the alley at the beginning of the episode… It’s not particularly graphic in terms of how much of their bodies you see, but anytime there’s enough people insinuating sex, you have a discussion with each person. Then there’s practical things like, “When you wear the super-suit, it’s hard enough to take off your pants if you don’t take off your boots.” It’s like, “OK, we have to think about this.” There’s a certain amount of conversation that goes into that. But we talk not only about logistics, but about the characters’ emotions. I wanted to make it clear that it was a scene where they were really having a connection and that it was an emotional thing. It wasn’t just graphic, and it wasn’t just empty sex or empty violence. It was all part of their commonality that brings these characters together.
The Boys is known for its extremes. How did you approach the bloody component with Homelander crushing a man’s face in?
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We always have prep conversations about how we are going to shoot something. Is he going to smoosh a dummy or a prosthetic imitation of a person? Is he going to start pushing into a real person’s face and then we cut, and then VFX takes over? You go over different angles. In that particular scene, we were prepared to do a prosthetic, but we decided it would be better and more effective to what we needed to get done if we put a whole bunch of dots on the actor and then let VFX take over. Also, the actor had to get smooshed and then fall. When a dummy falls, it looks like a dummy falling. Whereas, when an actor falls, even if he’s missing a head, everything else about him would be himself. It was more effective for the actor and for us to change his head in postproduction.
For the Sage Grove segment, production took place in an abandoned asylum. In what ways did filming on location create an atmosphere and vibe for the episode?
It was an amazing, but also disturbing, location. It really did have the vestiges of what it used to be. It used to be a hospital for the criminally insane. It had a very musky old smell to it. We had to air a lot of those hallways, just so we could tolerate being in them. Then, of course, the production designer and team had to create a lot of specific things in those rooms. Those rooms were empty, and we had to fill them up. But the location was inherently right for what we were looking for. It had a labyrinthian layout. There were different looks in each hallway, in terms of the color scheme or whether it had carpeting on the floor. It was large, but it felt even larger.
And there was so much extra stuff we had to film for the security cameras. We ended up having a second unit working one of the days of that same week, just to get those extra bits. They weren’t just random. We carefully planned them. There’s little bits of people running and screaming and going down the hallways, running down the hallways and getting attacked. There’s even a little Easter egg with Love Sausage grabbing someone and pulling them by the leg down the hall. Each of those take a while to set up.
There’s a brief scene outside where Butcher has Starlight in his line of fire. There’s a certain look in his eyes. In your mind, how close was he to killing her?
There’s always that tension between Butcher and Starlight. There’s no love lost there. It’s interesting because it puts Butcher in a position. Hughie likes Starlight so much. Butcher is conflicted there. I love that moment and the payoff as soon as Starlight gets back to the van, when they have it out and she’s like, “What’s your problem with me?” It’s an example of Butcher’s pickle. He needs Starlight, but doesn’t like her.
You mentioned Lamplighter earlier. What were some of the challenges of establishing the aesthetic of his fiery powers and how they would manifest?
Shawn and I had a bunch of Facetime conversations, where he would try different things. He got a Zippo lighter and practiced and became really comfortable with that. That was a big aspect to his character. It had to become second nature. There are over 50 ways to light a Zippo lighter. There are all these tricks. There’s actually a lot of videos about tricky ways to light your Zippo lighter. There were a few we loved, and we were like, “This is great. Let’s show it to Eric (Kripke).” Eric was like, “It can’t be too tricky.” At the end of the day, we had a couple of pitches that were more complicated. We wanted to make it different from other flame-throwing characters, which he is, but we wanted to make it wildly different, and Eric wanted it to be more grounded. We came to a happy medium.
We had concept art from visual effects. They present lots of drawings and options. Is it going to look like a plume? Is it going to be a straight shot? Is it going to be similar to a laser? We had lots and lots of conversations and choices there.
Cindy knows how to make an entrance. The telekinetic Sage Grove patient made an orderly explode. Take us behind the scenes of pulling that off…
In terms of the splat and the crunches, again, it was a conversation and an evolution of ideas pitched and then coming to an agreement of what it should be. The idea is she doesn’t have to do much with her own body. She just has to bend her fingers in to make multiple metal doors crunch and fall. The smaller little things are more chilling than some giant movement on her body. That was an example of multiple layers. There was an element of her, an element of green screen and an element of gore.
What was it like for you to get to explore Frenchie’s backstory and his friction with Lamplighter?
It was great. Tomer took it really seriously and we dug in together. It was excellent. I enjoy those flashback scenes. I like, in any story, when you learn about the past, as long as the flashbacks aren’t too early. There’s a sweet spot for when you want to introduce a flashback and it has to be when you are curious. It can’t be when you don’t care. The show waited just the right amount of time. “What’s the deal? What happened? What made Frenchie so haunted?” To get a glimpse of the good old days, when Frenchie was robbing banks and killing Supes… And, then when everything took a turn for the worse in regard to their drug use and Frenchie getting caught and joining forces with Mallory, just finding out how those things happened is very satisfying for an audience.
Was there anything in the script that didn’t make it to the small screen?
The only thing I can think of is this tiny scene, which was at the end. Annie is in a car, having left Hughie and Butcher at the hospital. What she is doing is driving to see her mom, I guess, but you don’t know that. So, she’s driving and looking conflicted about having left and where she’s going and how she feels about what she’s becoming. It was a lovely little scene and Erin did a great job with it.
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You are currently in post-production for the final two episodes in season 3. What drew you in about the script for the finale?
It’s always exciting to get the actual script you are going to be working on. But, in order to understand my script, I had to get all the scripts before it. I got all the scripts in a big clump and just tore through them. I was so excited. It’s always amazing when a season that you already like, such as season 2, was as good if not better than the first season. And now, the same thing has happened again with season 3. How do they keep doing it? How do they keep finding the stories that are exciting and surprising you with unexpected things and irreverent moments and smart political satire?
In what way do you approach directing a finale differently than a regular episode?
No matter what episode you are directing, you try to tell that story as captivatingly as you can. The stakes are high for the finale, so generally they pull out all the stops. There’s just more work to do. I don’t know if it’s any different than any other episode, because you try to make every episode you work on as good as it can be.
Maybe one thing that’s different about the finale is these are going to be the images you leave fans with, and for quite some time. So, you want to do right by each character and leave them in a place where you understand where they are at, whether that’s a good place or a bad place, depending on what’s happening. It’s just making sure everyone has their moments.
Jensen Ackles joined the cast as Soldier Boy. What’s impressed you about the Supernatural actor?
Jensen is fantastic. I’ve already met with him a couple of times, just to talk about his character, and get to know each other. He seems extremely kind and hardworking and thoughtful and is having a great time with his character. That kind of enthusiasm is contagious and I’m looking forward to working with him.
The Boys seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Amazon Prime now.
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