Honestly it wouldve been so much better had they kept the original reveal from the comic. What was the point of developing BN’s character, then having Homelander kill him, casting another one, and then killing him too by way of the Deep? Its so fucking asinine, my god. Kripke what the fuck happened to you man. Your ass used to be beautiful.
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He was the failsafe for “What if Homelander goes rogue”. A clone of homelander who was ever so slightly more powerful, the plan being that they would kill esch other if homelander went out of line. However in the comic Homelander doesn’t cross the line, so black noir never has a purpose. Which makes black noir try to force the issue by staging events to make Homelander THINK he’s crossed the line already.
like its dumb but man its such a better way of using the character than whatever they cooked up in the show