Is homelander the best villain in recent history?

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Where is 'Live Action' within OP quoted below?


Griffith's most recent appearance in new Media was June 20th 2022. IDGAF about his conceptualisation; that isn't relevant. You only said 2 year cutoff, no other rules but now you're making them to save face because you were objectively wrong about my list.

Edgar is fascinating. I love when a 'weak' character can keep a strong or completely overpowered character in check. It's the equivalent of Buggy becoming a Yonko or something but less funny.

What's less unique about Omni-Man? Fact of the matter is Homelander is when you cross the cosmetics and abilities of Superman/Captain America with the role of Omni-Man. Omni-Man is a tormented character, stuck between his job and prescribed role in conquering the planet and yet also loving his family in spite of seeing humans as ants. Unlike homelander where it's debatable if he's earths greatest hero, Omni-man undisputably is within his universe and unlike Homelander, Omni-man resents the role but is forced to embrace it for his mission. His motivations are entirely unclear for the entire first season till the end; also being the father of the main character makes the relationship a far more interesting aspect of Omni-man. Homelander doesn't have any of that going for him.

Lastly the perceived threat of Omni-man is much greater than Homelander. They both operate in a universe where the strongest people are street level fighters (with a few exceptions but they don't get much stronger than that - not true for what will be Invincible Season 2 but that's not happened yet but I digress). Omni-man 5v1d the only people who might have been above street-level and took out the only threats to his existence. Homelander however, would probably be taken out by the right combination of 3 heroes or so; was not much stronger than Soldier Boy (if at all) and to top it off if they stay truthful to the comics, Black Noir is superior to Homelander. The perceived threat is important for a main villain. Homelander's a perceived threat to the main characters, but he is not a global threat. He's barely much more powerful than the rest of Earths heroes; Omni-Man has feats that put him on moon-busting level. They are totally different.

Regardless - Uniqueness is not important to a villain. Most villains can fall into four categories that writers typically use at least 1 example of each in their story in order to diversify the cast without making villain presence too much for compelling protagonist stories. Homelander falls short of excellence because he and Hughie do not have either similar motivations or similar end-goals. Not because he is not 'unique'. His entire purpose is to satirise Superman.

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Does injustice Superman have show or its just comic?

No i said recent, not 2 years.
The argument of "being currently featured" vs when it was conceptualized is not that easy to answer, i think being widely known plays into it. 90% of people on this site have read Berserk, how many have read the Boys comics (that´s 16 years old iirc).
And don´t take it too seriously, it´s nothing to "lose face over".

I don´t disagree but it´s still thin. Edgar is mostly bravado and arrogance. Meanwhile he could not even keep his "daughter" in check who he groomed for two decades.

The dramatization of old vs new values has been done thousands of times.
Anyway, i make the same argument above that uniqueness does not equal quality, so i don´t disagree there.
Omni-man does not get enough exposure though, and his struggle until last episode cut way too short.
It led to one of the most impactful twists in the first episode admittedly, but that sacrificed the journey we could have seen that led to those actions.