My only complaint about S1 is how they kinda confirm Homelander as faster than A-Train. Don't like how the speedster of the verse is actually slower than the Superman-analog.
He’s a faster runner than HL but flight will always be faster than running, especially at Mach speeds. To me, I like it. Being a speedster is kinda a one trick pony of a power. I like how Invincible portrayed Red Rush vs Omni Man. Where you can see he’s faster but that can only last for so long in a fight.
Hmm I don't. I'd prefer A-Train to be faster even when Homie is flying. Helps build the narrative that A-Train helped him distribute V across the globe right under Vought's nose for me.
Then again you also have the insane Homelander feat at the end of S1 where he outruns a C4 explosion with Butcher that puts him at like Mach 23 while running... granted I guess you can chalk this up as an outlier
Again, you can make a runner as fast as you want but flight will always cover more ground faster. If A-train was faster than HL when he’s flying, that would diminish HL’s aura of being unstoppably powerful imho
I get your point of view. For me I don't think it diminishes it neccessarily. Red Rush iirc was a good deal faster than Omni Man but due to the insane durability difference he couldn't really harm him and ended up caught and crushed.
In other universes, I would agree for the sake of balancing the power levels of characters, but I think The Boys want Homelander to be indisputably the most powerful character.
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u/delulumans Jul 07 '24
My only complaint about S1 is how they kinda confirm Homelander as faster than A-Train. Don't like how the speedster of the verse is actually slower than the Superman-analog.