The Boys: Why Stormfront’s Romance Was Changed To Homelander

The Boys changed Stormfront’s romance to be with Homelander in season 2. Stormfront’s introduction brought a lot of turmoil to the Seven and the Boys alike. She was tactical, evil, and manipulative. In addition to planning for a Nazi takeover with a superhuman army, Stormfront and Homelander entered into a sexual relationship. While their dynamic in the comics was different, there are a few reasons why Stormfront’s romantic partner in The Boys was altered and why it worked better for her to be with Homelander. 

In The Boys comic book series, Stormfront is a man and the leader of the Supe team Payback. He is also the first Supe to ever be created and whose DNA was used to eventually create Homelander. Considering the fact he was a straight man in the comics, Stormfront engaged in a sexual relationship with Queen Maeve rather than Homelander. Their relationship was brief, with Queen Maeve sleeping with other men besides Stormfront during their short-lived relationship. Beyond that, however, Stormfront and Maeve’s relationship doesn’t play a significant role in either of their story arcs. Such is not the case with the Stormfront of the TV series.

Stormfront was gender-bent for the Amazon series, so her romantic relationship was changed to be with Homelander instead. Their relationship proved to be a substantial part of the overarching plot of The Boys. Stormfront honed in on the fact that Homelander was being sidelined following her addition to the Seven. This change works better in the series than in the comics because it allowed Stormfront to take advantage of Homelander’s need for attention. She sabotaged the situation, drawing him to her because she knew he sought to maintain his reputation and the adoration of the general public, which is something he thrived on. Their romance pushed Homelander back into the favor of the public while he allied with Stormfront’s twisted plans, with their relationship seamless fusing his personal arc and Stormfront’s maniacal schemes. 

Homelander needed that validation and his relationship with Stormfront was exactly what gave him back some semblance of control, especially as Stormfront was taking over the spotlight from him initially, utilizing social media to belittle him and make herself look cool to the public. While they butted heads at first, Stormfront actively shifted their relationship status from enemies to lovers. If Stormfront had been a man, the plan to sway Homelander to her side wouldn’t have worked out so well because Homelander would have continued to see Stormfront as a personal antagonist rather than someone he liked romantically. The relationship change offered Homelander a more significant role to play alongside Stormfront. 

What’s more, a Stormfront-Homelander romance worked better in The Boys because they both had very similar characteristics. Queen Maeve is far more good-natured and kind on the show than she is in the comics and would have never engaged with Stormfront romantically. Plus, Stormfront uplifts toxic heteronormativity while Maeve is bisexual, so the pair would never have worked anyway. As Homelander is the leader of the Seven, it made sense to give him a romantic relationship with Stormfront. How he will recover from another setback to his public image in The Boys season 3 remains to be seen, but changing the Stormfront’s romance to be with him in season 2 certainly worked on all fronts while it lasted.

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Mae Abdulbaki is a movie reviews editor with Screen Rant. She previously wrote about a variety of movies and TV shows for Inverse, CinemaBlend, Pajiba, and The Young Folks, where she wrote reviews, features, news pieces. Her other work can be found at The Mary Sue, Film School Rejects, UPROXX, Heroic Hollywood, Looper, The List, and Bam Smack Pow, among others. Mae has also appeared on television segments, podcasts, and panels to discuss all things entertainment.

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