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1. Hubris by zzaddyzemo

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   24 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John
   • Hughie Campbell
   • Starlight | Annie January
   • The Female | Kimiko Miyashiro
   • The Frenchman | Frenchie (The Boys)
   • Mother's Milk | M. M. (The Boys)
   • The Deep | Kevin
   • Soldier Boy (The Boys)
   • Ashley Barrett
   • Not Beta Read
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • prolific swearing
   • because of Butcher
   • Technically minor butchlander
   • but neither of them actually want it
   • MM gets an arc
   • Deep gets an arc
   • Soldier Boy gets an arc
   • everybody gets an arc
   • Addressing Everything Kripke was to pussy to

   Summary

   Soldier Boy gives Homelander the V1, but it all goes wrong. Homelander can't control the new level of power and finds himself weaker and more unstable than before.

   A rewrite from S5E6 onwards.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   32,469

   Chapters:

   13/15

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   79

   Bookmarks:

   10

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