At first glance, Homelander appeared to be a charismatic, altruistic, and a loving individual of justice, a superhero who is dedicated to both Patriotism and Christianity. He will do any brave task to protect the citizens of the United States and the American Dream. However, behind the facade, he was a deeply narcissistic, depraved, and psychotically disturbed villain whenever he is being radical; but he is also unsympathetic, hedonistic, and amorally corrupt elitist when he is not being intense. Though he privately hates that he is merely an expensive asset for Vought-American, he lacks the social skills and maturity to do anything about it for most of the series. He acts with the self-control and impulsiveness of an unruly teenager who knows he is untouchable due to suffering from a god-complex. Raised in a sterile laboratory with no genuine affection, his mental and emotional growth is deeply stunted. He views himself as a god among insects, casually mocking and threatening those around him. The nihilistic Homelander has no genuine desire to protect or save humanity. People are either tools to be used, obstacles to be lasered, or props for photo opportunities. For a superhero, Homelander was an incredibly brutal and aggressive bully, callously showing no concern for the safety of his own teammates or the people he should be protecting. He is also seen as being sexually ambiguous, generally being attracted to the opposite sex, but he reveals that he has a secret liking to the same sex in later issues, often forcing both sexes to prostitute themselves to him in order for him to allow them into The Seven. While he did not hesitate to commit huge acts of sadism, random violence, and sexual assault, Homelander in the beginning of the story still had a moral compass of certain heinous attrocities that he does not find amusing. Homelander begins receiving packages of photographs depicting him committing increasingly horrifying and graphic atrocities, he is clearly shocked because the thought of both infanticide and cannibalism never intruded in his already sick and twisted thoughts. Because his emotional state is so fragile and his memory is often a blur, he believes himself to be slipping into a state of unconscious madness. It is later revealed that the person in the photographs is actually Black Noir, his exact genetic clone. This revelation shatters Homelander’s fragile mind and directly triggers his ultimate descent into a full-blown reign of tyranny.