History Fanfic / TheBoysRealJustice

* StrawmanNewsMedia: While the media in ''The Boys'' universe is under the thumb of Vought and kowtows to their interests, the DC media is very much an aversion, being willing and able to challenge the corrupt practices of the Seven.

*** The DC universe has scores of dangerous super-criminals that are allowed to roam free and cause collateral damage for the civilian population because there are no places that can hold them and the heroes are unwilling to kill them. After seeing how dangerous the supervillains are and how much damage they cause on a regular basis, the people of the Boy's world turn against the Justice League and go back to The Seven, despite becoming aware of the Seven's unsavory flaws and actions.

** Homelander sees the Joker as a powerless clown with silly makeup. Still, he succeeds in killing dozens of people and savagely humiliating Homelander, severely damaging his reputation as a crime fighter.

** Not relating to the Seven, Batman is this to The Boys when it comes to BadassNormal vigilantism. For starters, Bruce managed to learn about Herogasm while the Boys could not and only stumble upon it by chance in canon. He even manages to blackmail Mallory by threatening to leak her involvement in [[spoiler:Operation Charly. Then he solves the identity of the Head Popper, Victoria Neuman. Finally, he manages to apprehend the Boys and outsmart Butcher. Even managing to shoot down Butcher's claim of him being Bruce Wayne by having J'onn impersonate Bruce Wayne at Arkham. If it weren't for Amanda Waller they would have been done.]]

* BigBadWannabe: Time and time again the corrupt Supers in the ''The Boys'' universe end up outclassed and embarrassed by the more powerful and competent DC universe heroes and villains; Homelander's efforts to be the full BigBad shows him to be outplayed at every turn. [[spoiler:Even when he gains a Yellow Lantern Ring and Stormfront gets the power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}, they are still outclassed by the Green Lanterns who have much more experience with their rings. Even with them recruiting followers out of the disgraced Vought Supers and trying to establish themselves as a dangerous BigBadDuumvirate, they both just end up forcibly DemotedToDragon by Sinestro]].
* BigFishInABiggerOcean: In their own universe, the Seven are it's premier superhero team. However when both they and Billy Butcher and his team crossover into the Creator/DCComics universe, Homelander and the other members of the Seven are on multiple occasions shown that they can't compete with Superman and his Justice League teammates like Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Aquaman.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: Frenchie in particular is thrown to learn that the term for someone with superpowers in the new Earth is "meta" (as in metahuman) rather than "super" (as in super-abled).

** The Trope Namer does this to both Billy Butcher and Homelander, with none of them being the wiser. Justified since Clark makes his posture as clumsy as possible. Butcher, due to his prejudices as mentioned above, instead thinks Superman is having an affair with Lois Lane behind Clark's back. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Whereas Homelander would never believe Superman has a civilian life.]]

* CombatPragmatist: Butcher tries fighting Deathstroke this way, such as attacking him from his blind spot, biting down on his arm when he starts pressing his throat (which doesn't work), stabing Deathstroke's body onto a broken shelf's supporter, throwing broken glass from a table at his eye, kicking his legs, attempting to use misdirection by holding his breath and throwing his boot in a different direction, trying to strangle him with chains, and trying to poke him in the eye once he's pinned down to the floor (which fails to due to the eye being protected by glass). Deathstroke even lampshades that Butcher's a dirty fighter. [[CurbStompCushion Unfortunately, while this does help Butcher last a few minutes against Deathstroke, the former is still outmatched]] [[StrongAndSkilled by the latter's superior combat experience and skills alongside his unnatural strength and endurance]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:Chapter 29, aptly titled "Calm Before the Storm". Homelander is about to lead a murder campaign across the U.S., the Boys are now under the control of Luthor, Annie, Hughie, Becca, and Ryan are possibly about to join the League, Maeve is fully under Circe's control, and Batman has just viewed the video of Homelander on Flight 37).]]
* CombatPragmatist: Butcher tries fighting Deathstroke this way, such as attacking him from his blind spot, bites down on his arm when he starts pressing his throat (which doesn't work), stabs Deathstroke's body onto a broken shelf's supporter, throws broken glass from a table at his eye, kicks his legs, attempts to use misdirection by holding his breath and throwing his boot in a different direction, tries to strangle him with chains, and tries to poke him in the eye once he's pinned down to the floor (which fails to due to the eye being protected by glass). Deathstroke even lampshades that Butcher's a dirty fighter. [[CurbStompCushion Unfortunately, while this does help Butcher last a few minutes against Deathstroke, the former is still outmatched]] [[StrongAndSkilled by the latter's superior combat experience and skills alongside his unnatural strength and endurance]].

* BigBadWannabe: Time and time again the corrupt Supers in the ''The Boys'' universe end up outclassed and embarrassed by the more powerful and competent DC universe heroes and villains; Homelander's efforts to be the full BigBad shows him to be outplayed at every turn. [[spoiler:Even when he gains a Yellow Lantern Ring and Stormfront gets the power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}; they are still outclassed by the Green Lanterns who have much more experience with their rings. Even with them recruiting followers out of the disgraced Vought Supers and trying to establish themselves as a dangerous BigBadDuumvirate; they both just end up forcibly DemotedToDragon by Sinestro]].

** Circe slowly undermines Maeve's sanity and brainwashes her into going on a killing spree to spite Wonder Woman.

*** For Butcher, Strange calls him out on letting his bias towards superheroes blind him, pointing out that he has underestimated both Batman and his RoguesGallery because he believes that the new world he's in is similar to his own regardless of the obvious evidence otherwise. Strange also points out that time and again Butcher got himself and his team captured and nearly killed by Batman's enemies and only managed to escape because of outside circumstances beyond their control. And ultimately it was Batman himself who apprehended him, which was not a difficult task. Strange even notes that [[CassandraTruth Butcher's reputation as an unhinged madman would make his claims of knowing Batman's secret identity doubtful]]. And finally, Strange accuses Butcher of becoming just like his abusive father despite his desire to protect people he cares about after he joined the military as an escape, leaving his brother to take the sole brunt of his father's abuse until he committed suicide. [[CantTakeCriticism Butcher immediately attempts to strangle Strange in response to this, which does nothing but prove Strange right]].