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You Are Homelander

For discussion and debate about anything. (Not a roleplay related forum; out-of-character commentary only.)

You are Homelander, they may or may not have a Fail-Safe against you, what do you do?

1. Continue to be a good company boy and a patriot, maybe work on getting a LITTLE bit more respect from the owners but don't do anything over-the-top and enjoy what you have, just bask in the glory of the celebrity and the fake love from the people, all benefits... no real work.
4
27%
2. Test the company by actually switching companies or switching countries. Let's see if they do have a Fail-Safe or not. Let them come. You take no disrespect and you're being undervalued (you're getting millions every year in all sorts of contracts from them and you're a celebrity but you still feel undervalued)... alternatively test the waters by making a few corporate members dissappear
4
27%
3. Attempt to coup the US government. Millions could die if they fight back (or you might be taken out fast if they do have a Fail-Safe) but what the heck
0
No votes
4. Same as option 3 except you go for complete world domination (be warned though, even if you win, you might find yourself suddenly hated and this may turn out to be the pain of managing a business you hate x 1,000,000)
2
13%
5. Attempt to retire and live a normal life. Try to do this peacefully with the US government and the company, tell them you wish them no ill will. Tell them nicely not to come after you and make it a nice break. (All this killing and fighting and acting is getting really tiring, maybe something like writing a novel could be better).
3
20%
6. Other
2
13%
 
Total votes : 15

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Infected Mushroom
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You Are Homelander

Postby Infected Mushroom » Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:41 am

Please consider the following hypothetical based on The Boys tv show (no comic spoilers please):

You are Homelander, the USA's most powerful superhero, widely loved and admired by billions.

To the public, you are America's wonder boy (serving a prestigious corporation and the US government) in that you grew up in a healthy home, played baseball, are patriotic, moderately right-wing Christian, discovered you had great power, and decided to save people and fight bad guys (kind of Superman). And of course along the way, you had a number of responsible, clean, morally correct heterosexual relationships. You know the PR moves and you look very good in your costume and cape.

However, the reality is that you were bioengineered and raised by a corporation Vaught (secretly founded by Nazi scientists) since you were a baby to be the ultimate weapon. You grew up in a laboratory under the watch of scientists and you were abused and manipulated into becoming the world's first, widely known superhero over a period of 20+ years.

Your power eclipses that of all other "supers" but it is a corporate secret that your power, like the power of all supes, is weaponised and created. As of now, you are, to the best of your knowledge, the only person with this immense power. Hence most of the planet (even with tanks, nukes, guns etc) do literally nothing to you and you can wipe out entire armies with your eye lasers.

Aside from being used to fight, apprehend or kill criminals you are sometimes used in military operations (and sometimes black ops) across the world wherever the US military goes.

Recently, the CEO and his other corporate buddies who run the company you are signed to (and that trained you to be a superhero) has been getting a little uppity and obnoxious. Whenever you complain about the slightest thing and bring up the past (where they weren't nice to you), they remind you that you are loved by billions today and you are the world's greatest superhero BECAUSE OF THEM. Whenever you bring up the possibility of switching companies or something (ex not renewing your contract), you get the impression the corporate owners don't seem very intimated at all... almost like they have some kind of Fail-Safe they can use against you if you challenged them.

You COULD theoretically try to take them all down and if you went even more nuts, take on the US government and install yourself as new supreme ruler. On paper, and to the best of your knowledge, nothing would be able to stop you (you've singlehandedly won many wars already for America). But there would still be a risk because you NEVER know for sure... I mean maybe the Corporation or the military have some kind of a fail-safe against you. Also, if you turn against your handlers, you'd have to kill lots of people and then there's a high chance you WON'T be loved by billions of people anymore (in fact, you'd likely be hated). And yes, you could take over but then it may become a complete chore to actually GOVERN. I mean let's say you win and all these people are dead... then what? You'd have to babysit the population? Actually run the thing? Maybe not so much fun.

So what do you say?

Your options:
1. Continue to be a good company boy and a patriot, maybe work on getting a LITTLE bit more respect from the owners but don't do anything over-the-top and enjoy what you have, just bask in the glory of the celebrity and the fake love from the people, all benefits... no real work.

2. Test the company by actually switching companies or switching countries. Let's see if they do have a Fail-Safe or not. Let them come. You take no disrespect and you're being undervalued (you're getting millions every year in all sorts of contracts from them and you're a celebrity but you still feel undervalued)... alternatively test the waters by making a few corporate members dissappear

3. Attempt to coup the US government. Millions could die if they fight back (or you might be taken out fast if they do have a Fail-Safe) but what the heck

4. Same as option 3 except you go for complete world domination (be warned though, even if you win, you might find yourself suddenly hated and this may turn out to be the pain of managing a business you hate x 1,000,000)

5. Attempt to retire and live a normal life. Try to do this peacefully with the US government and the company, tell them you wish them no ill will. Tell them nicely not to come after you and make it a nice break. (All this killing and fighting and acting is getting really tiring, maybe something like writing a novel could be better).

6. Other


This is you by the way:

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I'm going to go with Option 1. I LOVE the idea of being respected, loved, and admired by millions even if it's a sort of hollowness in the end. At the end of the day, if I look like the hero, it's a good feeling. It's so simple if the government/corporation tells you to off something and you do it without having to think much and they deal with the PR. And this is factoring in that in the hypothetical I've been abused and manipulated all my life to need this sort of re-affirmation. I mean, yeah I COULD theoretically go solo, try to coup the government or take out these corporate SOBs but then it's kind of too scary even if they have no countermeasure. I mean what would happen after? I think it's too much.
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The Huskar Social Union
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:48 am

6: I drink copious amounts of milk then conquer the planet
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Postby Senkaku » Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:49 am

There’s no way I could resist the temptation of absolute power if I had Homelander’s abilities lol (although I’d like to think I could play nice & infiltrate for a bit first to get info on the location of any labs that might be developing or storing weapons that could hurt me)
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Postby The Reformed American Republic » Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:56 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:6: I drink copious amounts of milk then conquer the planet

I will never think of dairy the same way again.
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:01 am

The Reformed American Republic wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:6: I drink copious amounts of milk then conquer the planet

I will never think of dairy the same way again.


Well, you're some iteration of Homelander. Milk doesn't have to be your thing. It wouldn't be mine.

I dislike milk IRL. I'd go for other things.
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Postby Christian Confederation » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:26 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:
The Reformed American Republic wrote:I will never think of dairy the same way again.


Well, you're some iteration of Homelander. Milk doesn't have to be your thing. It wouldn't be mine.

I dislike milk IRL. I'd go for other things.

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Postby Comerciante » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:31 am

6. I become a hobo. I don't tell anyone anything, I just drop everything and leave for bumfuck nowhere USA that has decent enough internet access and a 7-Eleven equivalent with halfway decent food. I probably empty my bank accounts for cold hard cash and change my name to "Not Homelander" because nobody would expect that.
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:32 am

The Reformed American Republic wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:6: I drink copious amounts of milk then conquer the planet

I will never think of dairy the same way again.

You chug that milk into you son.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:43 am

Retire, write the great American novel
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Postby Suvmia » Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:11 am

I chose 6, and would likely follow the path laid out in this discussion around a superman-ocracy; so, technically, option three, but just trying to be a little less murder-y.
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:35 pm

Comerciante wrote:6. I become a hobo. I don't tell anyone anything, I just drop everything and leave for bumfuck nowhere USA that has decent enough internet access and a 7-Eleven equivalent with halfway decent food. I probably empty my bank accounts for cold hard cash and change my name to "Not Homelander" because nobody would expect that.


Should go with Mike. It’s normal but still somewhat catchy.

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Postby Infected Mushroom » Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:35 pm

Senkaku wrote:There’s no way I could resist the temptation of absolute power if I had Homelander’s abilities lol (although I’d like to think I could play nice & infiltrate for a bit first to get info on the location of any labs that might be developing or storing weapons that could hurt me)


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