The Boys season 1: 6 reasons why this show is more than just violence

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The disgraceful and deplorable antagonists

As it was stated earlier, the heroes are actually the antagonists here. They weren’t concerned about the well-being of regular people. They wanted money and the fame. Starlight was the only person with any intention of being a real hero. She wanted to save people. Meanwhile, A-Train was taking performance-enhancing drugs to make him the fastest man alive, and superheroes don’t cheat. Homelander threatened people with violence and death to get what he wanted. And The Deep was just disgusting on a level that you have to see to believe. As bad as they are, Vought American may be worse than the heroes.

Vought American is the corporation behind the heroes. Like a lot of companies, their biggest concern was making as much money as possible, even if it meant people were hurt in the process. They saw the heroes and thought about nothing but dollar signs, endorsements, public appearances, and using them to brainwash religious people.  They were even selling them to cities that needed help keeping citizens safe. The big money was in getting a government contract. Selling superheroes to the military would keep them rolling in billion dollar contracts for the rest of their lives and then some.

Worst of all, they even turned a blind eye to the horrible things that were going on. They just have them make a public apology (that they wrote) and relocated them to other places. This way, they could keep their revenue stream going. Vought American may be the true villain here.