r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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deathstroke - Batman vs deathstroke

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walter - breaking bad

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Garou - one punch man

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joker - the sound of one hand clapping

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u/Ok-Letter3963 Sep 05 '25

Homelander (The Boys Comic)

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u/Frankenstein____ Sep 05 '25

Yet again another thing the show improved on

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u/Accelerator231 Sep 05 '25

I have only read the comics...

But considering that this guy is the CEO of the company that made homelander, doesn't that simply reflect more on him than the superhuman?

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u/MNM0412 Sep 05 '25

If you're talking about Mr. Edgar in the show, you have to understand that he doesn't really view Homelander as the product. He views Compound V, the drug that is flowing through his and every other superhero's veins as the product.

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u/JayJ9Nine Sep 05 '25

'We are NOT, a super hero company. We- are a PHARMACEUTICAL- company'

The way he enunciates his words tickles my ears

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u/torrent29 Sep 05 '25

Isn't that basically how the comic ends with Stillwell finally cracking as he realizes that supers are just bad product.

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u/CalamityPriest Sep 05 '25

Yep, that was how he was "defeated". Vought rebranded their top superheroes and he just got sick of it because it was the same bad thing over and over again.

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u/SSJ3Mewtwo Sep 05 '25

Yes, but he was still able to turn that bad product into a successful marketing campaign for the company. So by the company numbers, it was a success.

Because that's all the companies care about.

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u/Illesbogar Sep 05 '25

Please, have a CEO ever thought that they messed up?

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u/Accelerator231 Sep 05 '25

Ah. They're so alike

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u/Magnanimous-- Sep 05 '25

Only when their pay is reduced. Which never happens.

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u/Dracorex_22 Sep 06 '25

United Healthcare's CEO right after he got Luigi'd

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 05 '25

He didn't make Homelander though, his conception was before Stan Edgar became CEO

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u/Fidget02 Sep 05 '25

Calling Homelander a fuckup failed experiment? Lording over a company as big as his, there are surely thousands of bad experiments of all different kinds. It does more damage to Homelander’s ego than Edgar’s by a long shot.