The Boys Is Building Toward Homelander Going Full Sociopath
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke reveals that the series is building up to Homelander becoming a complete sociopath. The Boys is a dark and satirical superhero series that premiered on Amazon Prime in 2019. Season 3 is currently in session and has received critical acclaim, as well as a renewal for a fourth season. The series follows a group of vigilantes who are on a mission to expose the truth about the corruption of the conglomerate Vought and their equally corrupted elite superhero group known as the Seven.
Homelander (Antony Starr) is the leader of the Seven, and his downward spiral has been evident since the beginning of The Boys. Homelander is the strongest superhero in world and puts up a good front as a noble and heroic man. However, just below the surface is deep narcissism, arrogance, paranoia, insensitivity, and recklessness. He cares little for the number of lives lost when it comes to getting what he wants. At the end of The Boys season 1, it was revealed Homelander also has a child, which has only added to his instability.
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In an interview with Writers Guild of America West, Kripke teases the future ofThe Boys and reveals that the series is building up Homelander's sociopathic tendencies. As the corrupted superhero further descends into his poorest qualities, The Boys will enter a unique era. Check out Kripke's statement below:
You could track the meta-mythology of the series essentially as the slow unraveling of Homelander. So the writers know—and Antony [Starr, who plays Homelander] is a big part of this as well—that, eventually, whenever the series reaches its climax, this guy is going to go full sociopath, and he has to be
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