Exactly Samuel! That has been the issue with Starlight from the beginning...making threats and not following through. When you have someone under the gun like she did with Homelander it is never smart to wait too long to pull the trigger. Otherwise they will just call your bluff like Homelander did here.
What’s scary about this scene, is that you can tell Homelander has clearly thought about this scenario before. It’s probably rolled around the back of his head for years, planning out how he’d do it if he had to.
Yeah he didn’t even bother with blackmail. He just straight up threatened her with becoming “death: the destroyer of worlds” knowing there’s not a damn thing she can do to stop him.
When you blackmail someone and they are made worse as a result, that’s when you realise that what you are using is the only thing that’s holding them back. Take that away and you will regret it, not them
That is the difference between Starlight and Maeve. See, Maeve blackmailed him, when Homelander was devastated, but she knew that she had only bought herself some time, so she started helping Butcher to bring Homelander down.
This dude is like one bad day away from lasering those protestors for real and probably destroying civilization unless Vought can cook up another Soldier Boy like supe to stop him
“I would prefer to be loved, I would. But if *you* take that away from me…” Almost as if Starlight should feel at fault for him losing it. Homelander is written so brilliantly. Just those little subtle details in how he talks.
Reminds me of that Batman scene where the accountant tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne, and Lucius Fox points out to the wannabe-blackmailer how an alleged-masked vigilante who beats people half to death might respond to threats.
Trying to blackmail a man that can take nukes like snowballs and is capable of leveling an entire city like New York in an afternoon is generally not a good idea.
@@mr.punisher5100That’s why he’d target critical infrastructure and communication, they wouldn’t be able to effectively organize and he could pick them off one by one.
Starlight was talking about the flight video way too much for homelander to take it seriously Played it too hard, made homelander believe that none of the boys had the stomach to use it
honestly i feel her response should be "do you really think they'd make you in a lab and have not develop countermeasures if you get too out of control?" But I guess that's the nature of dramatic irony.
Starlight doesnt know Homelander good enough Maeve did it right she knew where to hit Homelander in the feels and what he fears the most.. Not to be loved
The acting from Anthony Starr is generational. As great as he is, he should still be praised more. Homelander is on the Mount Rushmore of Villains (with Vader, Thanos, and Heath Ledger Joker) and its all bc of him.
I think Homelander is bluffing her, he won't destroy USA for two reasons: If there is something Homelander hate is being feared all the time, being feared means nobody will ever love you, they just pretend to love you. That's why you will notice he respects characters who don't fear him. The second reason is that Homelander is highly patriotic, destroying USA strongly goes against his core values. He knew he can bluff Starlight because she is naive.
Well like he said he prefers to be loved and worshipped but if that video is leaked then what’s next everyone hates him damage is done no putting the toothpaste back in the tube so he might as well be feared. As for his patriotism it’s a facade cause that’s what a lot of people love they love a highly patriotic symbol or heroism the only thing he cares about is himself and those that worship him
I reckon during s4 when its about the politics starlight and homelander i reckon homelanders side will win and homelander before he gets in the white house the flight video will be shown at the ceremony then either everyone will think its a joke but then maeve come and tells thd truth so homelander goes on a rampage and the whole seven team joins the boys and fights homelander it was kinda foreshadowed in the seven team up part in the movie But thats what i think it might be different
Yeah it’s almost a given Starlights side is losing, but I think she’s gonna be dumb enough to go public about the virus in Gen V, which HL and other supes will use to throw a coup.
They really wasted his characters scary presence in the later seasons...dude was really someone to be feared in the first season then they made a joke out of him. Wasted opportunity. Wish he really did start wiping out cities and become a ruthless overlord with no one able to stop him.
Surely if homelander goes rogue, a bunch of supes would band together and kill him, right? Like butcher, soldier boy and Hughie almost had him. I feel like there’s enough out there in the world with enough powers to definitely kill him.
in this world of 1 superhero out of every 10 blocks, there's absolutely no ways there's aren't any other different nationality supes all the supes in the world will band together to destroy him, even if they all aren't as strong but teamwork make one hell of a difference
Actually, nah. Homelander is actually annoyed by racism. Remember how he was literally turned off by Stormfront going on and on about the 'master race'??😅😅 He sees it as trivial.
The problem is that she used the Flight 37 video threat way too much. You don’t threaten to go nuclear over everything.
She pulled a putin
Or a Joe Biden.
She pulled a Kim Jong Un.
Exactly Samuel! That has been the issue with Starlight from the beginning...making threats and not following through. When you have someone under the gun like she did with Homelander it is never smart to wait too long to pull the trigger. Otherwise they will just call your bluff like Homelander did here.
She thought Homelander is just gonna roll over and agree when😂
What’s scary about this scene, is that you can tell Homelander has clearly thought about this scenario before. It’s probably rolled around the back of his head for years, planning out how he’d do it if he had to.
yes
He had a year to plan this and it looks like they abused the “flight 37 leak” a little too much
More like starlight blackmailed homelader and failed
She didn't roll that nat20 on the Intimidation check...and trust me, she needed a nat20
Yeah he didn’t even bother with blackmail. He just straight up threatened her with becoming “death: the destroyer of worlds” knowing there’s not a damn thing she can do to stop him.
In the most spectacular and amazing way (for homelander at least)
I mean atleast she tried 😅
so are saying that u are allowed to work with someguy mouth rped you as collegue , got it, good luck
"Return of the Deep" cracks me up every time. The delivery is just too good
When you blackmail someone and they are made worse as a result, that’s when you realise that what you are using is the only thing that’s holding them back. Take that away and you will regret it, not them
Yeah the later seasons have deconstructed the whole “blackmailing supes always works” cuz that doesn’t work with unstable individuals.
Well they’ll regret it too, but you’ll go down with them
When Homelander Closes The Door...
*_Bro_* 💀
I know right, when he close the door it’s over ☝️😰😥
😱😓oh boy this ain’t gonna go well 2:13
Manners maketh man.
Swear I thinking the same thing
That is the difference between Starlight and Maeve. See, Maeve blackmailed him, when Homelander was devastated, but she knew that she had only bought herself some time, so she started helping Butcher to bring Homelander down.
She really thought she had him there 😂
Won’t be the last time I think.
Great acting on her part bc you can see in her face confidence change to fear.
Starlight almost turned Homelander into Omni-Man.
Omni Man believed in his mind what he was doing was right, whereas Homelander would've been just a narcissist that is having a mental breakdown lmao.
@@safcjoe7062 I’ve meant “destroying the America” part.
@cloke3076 ik but at least Omni Man despite being stronger is a better person.
This dude is like one bad day away from lasering those protestors for real and probably destroying civilization unless Vought can cook up another Soldier Boy like supe to stop him
True
Lol can’t believe she thought Soldier Boy was the bigger threat after hearing this.
“I would prefer to be loved, I would. But if *you* take that away from me…”
Almost as if Starlight should feel at fault for him losing it.
Homelander is written so brilliantly. Just those little subtle details in how he talks.
Reminds me of that Batman scene where the accountant tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne, and Lucius Fox points out to the wannabe-blackmailer how an alleged-masked vigilante who beats people half to death might respond to threats.
I wouldn't say he blackmailed more like threatened her and the people of earth 🌎
More like starlight blackmailed homelader and failed
No just New York, America.
@eigelgregossweisse9563 no taking out nerve centers would critically impact the entire world
Yep when you’re “death the destroyer of worlds” you don’t even bother with blackmail.
she tried to blackmail him
Trying to blackmail a man that can take nukes like snowballs and is capable of leveling an entire city like New York in an afternoon is generally not a good idea.
This was basically Homelander remembering and reminding Starlight he is the most powerful being on the planet.
it's more like Starlight blackmailed Homelander and it backfired
0:30 nice 4th wall breaking over here
Scary imagine she actually released it and bro just collapses society
I mean even the evil supes will team up with the good supes to take him down. I'm not sure if Homelander could take all of them at the same time
@@mr.punisher5100 he fled when Billy, Hughie and Soldier boy jumped him so that plan could work
@@mr.punisher5100That’s why he’d target critical infrastructure and communication, they wouldn’t be able to effectively organize and he could pick them off one by one.
@@matthewriley7826solider boy would stop them plus he would have no knowledge of that.
@@mr.punisher5100Nah , he can take on em comfortably but yeah sb and Ryan can give him some fight
he looks so good in this scene
His cape action when sitting down. Respect.
This might be the darkest thought Homelander’s had yet to be honest.
He still cares. Just look at how he takes care to close the door so no one would hear.
Listening to Homelander's threat makes me appreciate Batman's failsafe plans even more!
Like when he says “the audience will never see it coming, right?” he looks like he’s talking to viewers. Nice touch and somehow it’s creepy.
Dafuq are u on about haha
Starlight was talking about the flight video way too much for homelander to take it seriously
Played it too hard, made homelander believe that none of the boys had the stomach to use it
The only reason flight 37 blackmail worked the first time is because of how confident maeve was with the threat
It’s like he is not acting it comes out very natural!
Homelander is my spirit animal. He's who I am, in real life.
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0:44 how are you😂
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Such a good scene
honestly i feel her response should be "do you really think they'd make you in a lab and have not develop countermeasures if you get too out of control?"
But I guess that's the nature of dramatic irony.
Should of been in this show
Exactly
"I. AM. THE HOMELANDER"
"Homelander" is his name but "The Homelander" is like his scary and maniacal persona.
Starlight doesnt know Homelander good enough Maeve did it right she knew where to hit Homelander in the feels and what he fears the most.. Not to be loved
The acting from Anthony Starr is generational. As great as he is, he should still be praised more. Homelander is on the Mount Rushmore of Villains (with Vader, Thanos, and Heath Ledger Joker) and its all bc of him.
0:35 the best part😅
1:42 Silver KinCaid:😱*GASP*😡
i'm the Homelander and he said it to Starlight
Moments like this are the only redeemable quality for the show for me.
1:27 attempted mouth rake
It did happen. Just not shown on camera
It was attempted on screen
Starlight blackmails Honelander and he uses her blackmail to blackmail her
I think Homelander is bluffing her, he won't destroy USA for two reasons:
If there is something Homelander hate is being feared all the time, being feared means nobody will ever love you, they just pretend to love you. That's why you will notice he respects characters who don't fear him.
The second reason is that Homelander is highly patriotic, destroying USA strongly goes against his core values.
He knew he can bluff Starlight because she is naive.
Well like he said he prefers to be loved and worshipped but if that video is leaked then what’s next everyone hates him damage is done no putting the toothpaste back in the tube so he might as well be feared. As for his patriotism it’s a facade cause that’s what a lot of people love they love a highly patriotic symbol or heroism the only thing he cares about is himself and those that worship him
@@rusty7984And we all know he's just bluffing, as Barbara confirmed he is literally psychologically conditioned to require adoration.
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True but that all seems to be unraveling. He doesn’t need to be loved by everyone just a good portion of the population
@@marktwayne9796 But what if he can't get the adoration either way?
maeve blackmailed him perfectly
The only thing that bothers me about Starlight is she doesn't want to know what it would take to bring down Homelander.
1:43 W Homelander
Homelander looks like Superman but behaves like Batman
Why co-captain when we all know who's the real boss
If only she knew about temp V
I reckon during s4 when its about the politics starlight and homelander i reckon homelanders side will win and homelander before he gets in the white house the flight video will be shown at the ceremony then either everyone will think its a joke but then maeve come and tells thd truth so homelander goes on a rampage and the whole seven team joins the boys and fights homelander it was kinda foreshadowed in the seven team up part in the movie
But thats what i think it might be different
Yeah it’s almost a given Starlights side is losing, but I think she’s gonna be dumb enough to go public about the virus in Gen V, which HL and other supes will use to throw a coup.
She has beautiful eyes
They really wasted his characters scary presence in the later seasons...dude was really someone to be feared in the first season then they made a joke out of him. Wasted opportunity. Wish he really did start wiping out cities and become a ruthless overlord with no one able to stop him.
Chandler is perfect bro 😭😭😭😭
Do you understand how bad I am
Surely if homelander goes rogue, a bunch of supes would band together and kill him, right?
Like butcher, soldier boy and Hughie almost had him. I feel like there’s enough out there in the world with enough powers to definitely kill him.
How would they communicate and organize
for sure
in this world of 1 superhero out of every 10 blocks, there's absolutely no ways there's aren't any other different nationality supes
all the supes in the world will band together to destroy him, even if they all aren't as strong but teamwork make one hell of a difference
More like threatening
Taylor
I hate Starlight, she’s so dumb. she knows she’s not intimidating so she tries to blackmail people…it usually backfires on her 💀
truly represents US and israel lol
nahhh.... israel is making sure gaza is not going to cause a problem to them in the future
Islamophobia
You wanna get pregnant
At this point I would welcome Homelander destroying everything. As long as he does Memphis, Atlanta, Chicago as well lmao
Let's hope Season 5 will show us a tyrant Homelander
The racism is a strong theme in this series ain't it?
America 🎉
Actually, nah. Homelander is actually annoyed by racism. Remember how he was literally turned off by Stormfront going on and on about the 'master race'??😅😅
He sees it as trivial.