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THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing.

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Is there any proof to the claim that conservatives thought Homelander was the good guy in season 1? (alien.top)

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I see this claim repeated ad-nauseam that the writers had to make Homelander more obviously evil in later seasons because conservatives saw him as a hero in season 1. But I have yet to see any proof of this claim.

In season 1 Homelander was a psychotic man-child who suckled mother's milk from Stillwell. He murdered a plane full of innocent people. He murders a mayor and his son in cold blood.

I just don't see what anyone would see as "heroic" about him. And I've never seen anyone praise him as a hero except strawmen.

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