Years later, John became the new leader of The Seven Vought's premier superhero team, akin to DC Comics' the Justice League. Homelander and Stillwell following the former's first mission. But those poor hostages, they were the real heroes." -Homelander speaking to the press following his ill-fated first mission. "Are you kidding? You risked our lives for us! You're a hero!" I tried to cover it with my body, but the blast was too much. (" Herogasm") The Boys Presents: Diabolical Joining The Seven "The terrorists had a bomb. Homelander respected Soldier Boy for being the only other Supe in existence who was "nearly" as strong as him, and idolized the latter as his hero, not knowing at the time that they were father and son. Growing up, Homelander was a fan of Soldier Boy, "watching all of his movies hundreds of times". At some point during this period, he also developed a sociopathic alternate personality that helped him "get through the bad room". While these behaviors were usually motivated by indignation, this time it was by isolation-induced depression. He was also put under long, strict and tedious mental conditioning and was forced to spend hours sitting in front of a projector that displayed images that were chosen to mold his personality by using as the American flag, Jesus Christ, and a baseball game into becoming patriotic, all-american and turn him into a symbol of the nation itself.Īs a child, Homelander had accidentally killed countless female tutors, the most notable incident of which being on March of 1994, when he hugged a woman using far too much strength, breaking her spine and instantly killing her. Some of these tests included having his hand forced into a furnace, being boiled alive, and being forced to fight strength-enhanced Vought guards (" One Plus One Equals Two"). Throughout his childhood, John was put through painful and traumatic physical experiments and surgeries to test the true limits of his abilities. However needing John to become the strongest man in the world came at the cost of him turning violent, aggressive, wrathful and downright hateful (" The Self-Preservation Society"). In a conversation with Butcher, Vogelbaum remarked that “John” was sweet child in his early days between age 5 or 6 who’d cuddled up to him and loved hearing stories about Davy Crockett, Teddy Roosevelt and loved the idea of the woods manifesting destiny. Born with unbelievable powers, he was raised in a lab, and was surrounded by doctors like Jonah Vogelbaum, who named him John. Homelander was born sometime in the spring of 1981 from the semen of Soldier Boy, America's first and greatest superhero, and an unknown egg donor. "And yet, I turned out great." -Homelander's response to Jonah Vogelbaum's apology. The Boys Series Background Childhood "You should've been raised in a home with a family who loved you.
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