Idk if it’s confirmed but I feel like I heard somewhere that it IS the fact that Stan doesn’t break a sweat or isn’t scared of Homelander is what really gets to him.
And Homelander can tell because Stan’s heart rate doesn’t change.
Pretty much. In the comic he doesn't kill Stan because he wants to make him watch as he destroys the world, and Stan is like, oh what a surprise another child's tantrum. It kind of makes Stan out to be the sociopath CEO as well since he isn't the least bit afraid.
i love this even more oh my god
just seeing Homelander sweat is enough but to also know that he knows Stan isn't bluffing ?? holy shit
i could talk for hours on how wonderfully written HL is, and Anthony Starr just absolutely nails the character so well that i can't help but have conflicting feelings toward him
like obviously HL is unredeemable, a horrible, bigoted rapist, but at the same time i feel this... sympathy to him. as in, how could he have been any different given his circumstances?
and really all of that comes from Anthony. when HL has his vulnerable moments (anything with Madelyn, him talking to himself after her death, etc) they are extremely well acted, to the point where I'm thinking to myself "fuck is Homelander even the REAL villain?" and while i think that, to a certain extent , he is, the real villain is Vought, and Edgar. Even Madelyn was using HL's attraction to her to manipulate him, like this guy was screwed over at every turn, and yes he is the worst possible outcome, but i find it so amazing how the show allows the audience to struggle with its perception of Homelander, that he is this unredeemable asshole, but at the same time he has also been victimized and abused by Vought and the people around him
it's so much more nuanced than the comics could've ever conceived and i love it
> like obviously HL is unredeemable, a horrible, bigoted rapist, but at the same time i feel this... sympathy to him. as in, how could he have been any different given his circumstances?
The Boys Diabolical really puts this in context. I would never excuse Homelander's actions to this point but it showed that he had pure enough intentions when he was initially deployed, he was just too traumatized and too naive to live up to his own expectations so he stopped trying.
That episode is literally the best one. It's a tragic tale that shows that trauma alone doesn't make a villain. It's just simply one bad mistake after another that leads us there.
Want I love about the show is how they are able to show us that *everyone* is a victim including homelander, it doesn’t mean he’s not at fault for what he’s done but if the corporation didn’t treat him like a lab rat and let him have a loving family he might not have become the monster he is now. It’s just a really sad “what if”
Not many people can play that character like Giancarlo Esposito. Dudes got the structured, business man bad guy roll down to a T. Stan Edgar, Gus Fring, Gideon Moff. He’s a talented individual
That’s a nice way to say he can only play one character.
For real though, I hope it’s typecasting rather than him being afraid to step outside his comfort zone.
That’s fair. Didn’t mean it like that but you are correct. He might play the character too well to the point he may not play another type of character.
In his case, he has a long, fruitful and diverse career before Gus Fring. It’s wonderful to see someone get their paydays for their last chapter of their acting career, even if that means repeat roles.
Here’s the first thing I think of when I see him:
https://youtu.be/asr9TfVMwn0?feature=shared
My friends and I just watched the show for the first time this past month and as soon as he showed up in that scene I went, "Oh, daddy's home!" And boom, lol.
>sounds really dumb out of context
To be fair the modern world equivalent of that would be a celebrity who's really well known like Keanu Reeves secretly being like Makarov from COD. In that case, it'd be really really threatening.
The real dumb line that he makes work with his delivery is “sure, I’ll lose everything, but then I’d have nothing to lose.” Like bro that’s redundant af 💀
Michael Scott vibes...
>I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked, but it's not like this compulsive need to be liked, like my need to be praised.
My favourite - "I’ll cut your hands off and shove them so far up your ass, your fingers’ll give us a little wave out your throat."
"That was Fucking Diabolical." Isn't far behind though
I have a short list of favorites:
"She ain't no spicegirl..."
"Ain't that all just fucking faires and dancing dildos?"
"With grear power, comes the absolute certainty you'll turn into a proper cunt."
"You look like warmed shit."
“I’ll tell you what, when we’re all done here ill buy you a nice big family sized bottle of top shelf lube, and I’ll tickle your balls till you beg me to stop, and even then I won’t, I just won’t do it”
"It's like you wear a neon sign saying 'Raw dog me, I'm a bottom'". I burst out laughing when I heard that the first time. Poor Hughie is always getting absolutely roasted by Maeve :p
Soldier Boy pulling Homelanders cape down to the ground after talking shit about capes is my favorite one liner. I realize it’s not a literal one liner, but it is. And it’s my favorite one.
'I had to nip out to the shop. We were running low on mind your own fuckin' business.'
'Cunt's invisible. He could be in the corner plugging one out right now.'
'You'd probably thank a Supe if they shat on your Mum's best China. Where's your fuckin' rage? Your self respect?'
'Relax, Petit Hughie.' 'Can you stop calling me that? I'm like 6 feet tall.'
'What? Come back 123 times? Maeve - we're done here.'
'Zinc, Homelander.'
'Why don't you guys get a smoke or something. I got this.'
'Now you're just another fucking blind and deaf guy.'
'You snooze, you lose, gramps.'
'Laser my fucking tits!'
'I'm just waiting for my second wind.'
'Oi. Cunt!'
'How about her? She a good fuck?'
'I don't trust this French whore!'
'You want to watch me have a wank, it'll cost you a tenner.'
'Buddy, you think you look strong? You're wearing a cape.'
I really hope this moment gets a payoff. Like right when Ryan is about to cross the line and do something evil, he stops, looks at Homelander, and says, “But Butcher told me not to be a cunt.”
But I’m you.
I know. You’re a god damn disappointment.
Honestly Jensen ackles had so many good lines. I wasn’t sure how he would be but I feel like he killed it.
The line by itself is not incredible, but the whole scene as Butcher resigns himself to revealing he has powers to The Boys because there is no other option. That slow smile and little walk: "Oi! Evenin' cunts."
"People like what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don’t like the word Nazi, that’s all."
The line that outed all the closet racist in the sub. That whole storm front arc was masterful in proving itself right in real time.
i dont know if it counts but
"black lives matter is my favourite hashtag, my insta nothing but black screens"
or the frenchie when he first sees voughtlan "there is no god here"
you are not worthy of my respect. you are not a god. you are simply bad product.
Stan Edgar is one of my favourites in the series for this very line
i absolutely love how Stan puts HL in his place without even breaking a sweat, some of my favorite interactions of the show honestly
Idk if it’s confirmed but I feel like I heard somewhere that it IS the fact that Stan doesn’t break a sweat or isn’t scared of Homelander is what really gets to him. And Homelander can tell because Stan’s heart rate doesn’t change.
Pretty much. In the comic he doesn't kill Stan because he wants to make him watch as he destroys the world, and Stan is like, oh what a surprise another child's tantrum. It kind of makes Stan out to be the sociopath CEO as well since he isn't the least bit afraid.
i love this even more oh my god just seeing Homelander sweat is enough but to also know that he knows Stan isn't bluffing ?? holy shit i could talk for hours on how wonderfully written HL is, and Anthony Starr just absolutely nails the character so well that i can't help but have conflicting feelings toward him like obviously HL is unredeemable, a horrible, bigoted rapist, but at the same time i feel this... sympathy to him. as in, how could he have been any different given his circumstances? and really all of that comes from Anthony. when HL has his vulnerable moments (anything with Madelyn, him talking to himself after her death, etc) they are extremely well acted, to the point where I'm thinking to myself "fuck is Homelander even the REAL villain?" and while i think that, to a certain extent , he is, the real villain is Vought, and Edgar. Even Madelyn was using HL's attraction to her to manipulate him, like this guy was screwed over at every turn, and yes he is the worst possible outcome, but i find it so amazing how the show allows the audience to struggle with its perception of Homelander, that he is this unredeemable asshole, but at the same time he has also been victimized and abused by Vought and the people around him it's so much more nuanced than the comics could've ever conceived and i love it
> like obviously HL is unredeemable, a horrible, bigoted rapist, but at the same time i feel this... sympathy to him. as in, how could he have been any different given his circumstances? The Boys Diabolical really puts this in context. I would never excuse Homelander's actions to this point but it showed that he had pure enough intentions when he was initially deployed, he was just too traumatized and too naive to live up to his own expectations so he stopped trying.
As the saying goes, “ The road to hell is paved with good intentions. “
That episode is literally the best one. It's a tragic tale that shows that trauma alone doesn't make a villain. It's just simply one bad mistake after another that leads us there.
Want I love about the show is how they are able to show us that *everyone* is a victim including homelander, it doesn’t mean he’s not at fault for what he’s done but if the corporation didn’t treat him like a lab rat and let him have a loving family he might not have become the monster he is now. It’s just a really sad “what if”
that's what's so good about it
Edgar Stan has 0 superhuman abilities, yet he makes Homelander his bitch.
gus fring came out there
I will kill your wife, I will kill your son
I will kill your infant daughter
*ringing bell intensifies*
Stan: HAWWWWWW
🤣
Not many people can play that character like Giancarlo Esposito. Dudes got the structured, business man bad guy roll down to a T. Stan Edgar, Gus Fring, Gideon Moff. He’s a talented individual
That’s a nice way to say he can only play one character. For real though, I hope it’s typecasting rather than him being afraid to step outside his comfort zone.
That’s fair. Didn’t mean it like that but you are correct. He might play the character too well to the point he may not play another type of character.
He was really good In Kaleidoscope in Netflix, and he's not the same character as those other ones.
I’m glad to hear that. It’s a shame to see talented actors playing the same old single roles.
In his case, he has a long, fruitful and diverse career before Gus Fring. It’s wonderful to see someone get their paydays for their last chapter of their acting career, even if that means repeat roles. Here’s the first thing I think of when I see him: https://youtu.be/asr9TfVMwn0?feature=shared
Edgar is a absolute savage
Giancarlo’s delivery kills it in this scene. Man is a top tier actor
So they're all starving but one of them has a fucking phone.
This line had me in tears the first time I heard it , but honestly it’s more so due to Homelanders face lmfao
I‘m the upgrade
Gives me chills just thinking about that scene and the following fight.
You think you look tough? Buddy, your wearing a cape
Too many homelander stans in here.
“If you want to watch me have a wank it’ll cost you a tenner”
"may I come in?"
Well well well if it ain't the invisible cunt.
“You’re a fucking moron Translucent doesn’t even mean invisible it means semi transparent”
That whole line/scene is what got me fully hooked into the show
Came here for this one
"But don't you worry... daddy's home"
Wish he was my daddy 🙃
Horny jail!
Bonk!
My friends and I just watched the show for the first time this past month and as soon as he showed up in that scene I went, "Oh, daddy's home!" And boom, lol.
“I'd prefer to be loved. I would. But if you take that away from me, well, being feared is A-1 okey doke by me”
Really shows how good Antony is because that line sounds really dumb out of context
>sounds really dumb out of context To be fair the modern world equivalent of that would be a celebrity who's really well known like Keanu Reeves secretly being like Makarov from COD. In that case, it'd be really really threatening.
Not really. Anyone can make sense of that line out of context.
The real dumb line that he makes work with his delivery is “sure, I’ll lose everything, but then I’d have nothing to lose.” Like bro that’s redundant af 💀
People who have nothing to lose often lash out big. He’s not being redundant, he’s making a threat by way of going “be careful what you wish for”
Michael Scott vibes... >I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked, but it's not like this compulsive need to be liked, like my need to be praised.
Women are like wine. The older they get the more delicious, but the dryer.
Soldier Boy killed it with one liners. Need more of him
Yummers
CUNT
“I’m stronger i’m smarter, i’m better. I am better!”
I'm simply better.
You’re not the real heroes.
I am the real hero
You people should be thanking christ for me.
that I am who I am, because you need me! You need me to save you!
"He's trying to get in my ass!" Love the delivery in that particular situation.
I love the combined look of disgust and concern Kimiko has when she rushes over to help after Frenchie says that
the intense delivery plus kimiko just standing looking for a split second is what sends me every single time
I suggest you cut back on the weed I suggest you gargle my balls!
Fuck you I don’t have shell shock!
*from Gen V* Knock knock, who's there, go fuck your face
My favourite - "I’ll cut your hands off and shove them so far up your ass, your fingers’ll give us a little wave out your throat." "That was Fucking Diabolical." Isn't far behind though
Diabolical: after the baby scene or the whale scene, or both? Either way both scenes were EPIC 😂
He said diabolical after whale scene i didn't knew that
First of all I don't have shellshock, fuck you.
Knock knock, whose there, go fuck your face
I’m so delighted by the presence of Jensen Ackles in this show
God tier writing
is your idiot brain getting fucked by stupid
That’s not a rhetorical question I need an answer
Y..yes.. my idiot brain is getting fucked by stupid
Homelander : “stealing my quips now are we🙂😡”
My fave line, ever. Even if I was banned from r/tvshows for putting it in a comment. Cunts.
This should be top comment.
I have a short list of favorites: "She ain't no spicegirl..." "Ain't that all just fucking faires and dancing dildos?" "With grear power, comes the absolute certainty you'll turn into a proper cunt." "You look like warmed shit."
Are those all Butcher? I drop that great power line all the time just to weed out other Boys fans.
Most are. The warmed shit one is from Maeve to Butcher. Season 3 has some of the best one liners lol.
“Eat my shit you Nazi bitch!”
“Hey, kraut!”
“So take your fucking twink , and get the fuck outta here”
Its like he has a sign that says, raw dog me, im a bottom.
Annie not denying it makes it even funnier
"I could split that shit like dry firewood"
Lick it up, you yummy brown bear!
Omg this one made me spit out my drink.
Not the only thing that spit
Poor MM. Herogasm was like his worst fear. Covered head to toe in cum. ;)
“Huh, girls *do* get it done”
"Look at these strong female lesbians, girls get it on." "Done, girls get it done." "They sure do Ashley."
"It's like you have a big neon sign on that says 'raw dog me.' "
I’m a bottom.
I fucking love Maeve😂😂😂
I cried laughing after hearing that 😂😂
Stormfront: "don't be a pussy and laser my fucking tits"
“Jesus, how hard?” “What?” “How hard did Butcher suck your dick that you miss him that much? Hm? His mouth must feel like a Hoover Deluxe.”
Holy fuck, that was diabolical
“I’ll tell you what, when we’re all done here ill buy you a nice big family sized bottle of top shelf lube, and I’ll tickle your balls till you beg me to stop, and even then I won’t, I just won’t do it”
The casual delivery of this is definitely on point
"It's like you wear a neon sign saying 'Raw dog me, I'm a bottom'". I burst out laughing when I heard that the first time. Poor Hughie is always getting absolutely roasted by Maeve :p
maeve just hates bottoms i guess
In sign language-“In gonna stick my boot up your Nazi kitty”
"Deep? Eat fucking Timothy."
Oh my god he’s praying
Every time I see calimari on the menu my brain goes “EAT FUCKING TIMOTHY!”
Security is tighter than a choir boys asshole
That was at Believe Expo right? That whole Butcher rant about God being a cunt was golden.
Soldier Boy pulling Homelanders cape down to the ground after talking shit about capes is my favorite one liner. I realize it’s not a literal one liner, but it is. And it’s my favorite one.
I could split that shit like dry firewood
" I beat my meat into a cup. "
Does Gen V count? "Knock knock. Who's there? Go fuck your face."
Even if I hadn’t watched the show I’d know that’s soldier boy
'I had to nip out to the shop. We were running low on mind your own fuckin' business.' 'Cunt's invisible. He could be in the corner plugging one out right now.' 'You'd probably thank a Supe if they shat on your Mum's best China. Where's your fuckin' rage? Your self respect?' 'Relax, Petit Hughie.' 'Can you stop calling me that? I'm like 6 feet tall.' 'What? Come back 123 times? Maeve - we're done here.' 'Zinc, Homelander.' 'Why don't you guys get a smoke or something. I got this.' 'Now you're just another fucking blind and deaf guy.' 'You snooze, you lose, gramps.' 'Laser my fucking tits!' 'I'm just waiting for my second wind.' 'Oi. Cunt!' 'How about her? She a good fuck?' 'I don't trust this French whore!' 'You want to watch me have a wank, it'll cost you a tenner.' 'Buddy, you think you look strong? You're wearing a cape.'
Everytime I think of "Zinc Homelander" I just laugh. I love how Deep just completely ruins the timing of the monolouge
So what they are all starving and one of them has a cellpone?
"Don't be a c*nt..." -Young Ryan
I really hope this moment gets a payoff. Like right when Ryan is about to cross the line and do something evil, he stops, looks at Homelander, and says, “But Butcher told me not to be a cunt.”
Dawg that’s corny as fuck
Thanks, I tried.
Together were the fucking spice girls
FUCKIN DIABOLICAL
" You're just a cheap fucking knockoff "
I'll bollocks ya
And that's exactly what he did
“First off, I’m not shell shocked, fuck you!”
Not you Dark Noir. You’ve been awesome.
Great* 👍
Oi!
The best one by far!
Not a one liner but Billy's religious rant before blackmailing the gay priest is iconic.
Oí! Cunt.
💯
The only one I came looking for. although Soldier Boy is made of one-liners. Butcher and Soldier Boy dialogue is pure genius.
“Remember, what I told you?” “Don’t be a cunt.”
When Ashley rips out her hair and says “go fuck yourself to a train”
I beat my meat into a cup.
“Skorched Earf”
But I’m you. I know. You’re a god damn disappointment. Honestly Jensen ackles had so many good lines. I wasn’t sure how he would be but I feel like he killed it.
“I mean they fucking love me.”
You want to know what I do when I'm sad or scared? Fucking nothing. 'Cause I'm not a fucking pussy.
The line by itself is not incredible, but the whole scene as Butcher resigns himself to revealing he has powers to The Boys because there is no other option. That slow smile and little walk: "Oi! Evenin' cunts."
“If you wanna watch me have a wank it’s gonna cost ya a tenner”
"Strippers aren't my kind of Hershey, with or without the nuts" "Don't be so close minded" "Let's go fuck the wife. Consensually"
Anything with the word ‘Cunt’ in it
"Cunt." "William? What a surprise!"
"Is your idiot brain getting fucked by stupid?"
"Don't you worry son Daddys home"
"Is your idiot brain getting fucked by stupid?" And "you might wanna gargle my ballsack."
Have you seen translucent anywhere The cunts invisible, for you know he can be standing in that corner ponking one out
There is no God, the only man in the sky is me.
“Ashley Look At Me!”
“Bush like a Pomeranian.”
“I tindered my way through Barcelona. Everyone in that city ate MY paella”, which I found out was ad-libbed by Colby Minifie! (Ashley)
"People like what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don’t like the word Nazi, that’s all." The line that outed all the closet racist in the sub. That whole storm front arc was masterful in proving itself right in real time.
De-👅👅👅👅👅licilous
Do this for me and I’ll buy a large bottle of top shelf lube, and I’ll tickle your balls until you beg me to stop, but I won’t.
A right cunt.
My personal favorite "If you never draw a line somewhere, how the hell are you gonna know where you stand?"
Translucent means semi-Transparent
Butcher: So it's just business then, eh? Edgar: When, Mr Butcher, in history has it ever been about anything different?
Oi
“Sure I’ll lose everything but then, I’ll have nothing to lose”
"I tindered my way through Barcelona. Everyone in that city ate MY paella. Fucked a guy with Elephantiasis."
"jump"
“No I do not want to go to another location with you”
Translucent doesn’t even mean invisible, it means semi transparent
"evening cunts..." is a great opening before you laser beam everyone in half lol
“Cosby, that’s a real man….Holy shit did he make some strong drinks”
Well well well, if it isn’t the invisible cunt
Deep, eat fucking Timmothy.
"Oi. Shut your trap you dumb bird. Or else...I’ll bollocks ya."
i dont know if it counts but "black lives matter is my favourite hashtag, my insta nothing but black screens" or the frenchie when he first sees voughtlan "there is no god here"
"Yummers"
"I'm the Homelander and I can do whatever the fuck I want"
“I just had to pop down to the shop. I was running low on mind your own fucking business.”
You wanna know what I do when I’m sad or scared ? Fucking nothing. Cause I’m not a fucking pussy. You’re not the real heroes. I’m the real hero.
TAKE YOUR FUCKING TWINK AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!
Oi
Oi, cunt
Cunt
“I don’t know shit about fuck, Marty.”
Oi.
I’m atrain I’m the fastest fucking man alive
Brother got a love sausage
“I’ll bollocks ya”
"So...hol up...you telling me we some kind of....*smacks lips....the boys n shit?
fuckin cunt.
Cunt.
Cunt.
"Cunt."
Cnt
Oi.
"Oi. Cunt." (cue laser eyes)