Greetings and welcome back to another amazing video. We are going to be investigating a fascinating character from the world of “The Boys” today. We are referring to Victor/Victoria Neuman, a.k.a. “Vic the Veep.” We will be talking about the differences and significant events between this character’s appearance in the comics and the television programme.
With this persona, it appears that the TV Show is going in an entirely different direction. So let us get started right away without wasting any more time. Hold my hand over here.
Who is Victoria/Victor Neuman?
As The Boys was transformed from a comic book story into a show on Amazon Prime, a lot of things have altered (narratively). Some of these changes have profoundly altered the origin stories and backgrounds of the main characters, as evidenced by the shocking revelation in The Boys’ season 1 finale that Billy Butcher’s wife Becca was still alive and had been taking care of their son after being covertly raped by Homelander.
As a result, Billy Butcher became considerably more antisocial than in the comics and became involved in a completely different battle, significantly altering his quest for vengeance against Homelander and Vought International. She went through a similar transition that Victoria Neuman did in the comics. Victoria was not just a female version of a male character named Victor Neuman; she also differed drastically from her comic book counterpart in every way imaginable.
He is actually rather naive in the original form, which makes him the ideal puppet for a company like Vought-American and the key component in the company’s rise to power. Garth Ennis claims that he is an obviously poor parody of George W. Bush.
Victor Neuman was the last of the devoted Vought-American politicians who had worked year after year to give the infamous corporation power, both inside and outside the country, paving the way for their ultimate objective: the involvement of their Supes in national defence. Victor was intended to be the last component, the one who would have made it possible for Vought to get what they desired.
Unfortunately, his mental impairment prevented him from doing even the most basic daily activities on his own, much less developing and carrying out top-secret plans for gaining control of the country. However, the concept was too far along to be delayed or even postponed, so James Stillwell, the brains behind Vought, attempted to still make him ‘useful’. For a number of years, Vic the Veep—as the media dubbed him—served as CEO of Vought-American, when his true intellectual prowess was put to the test.
Stillwell understood that Victor could mug up his lectures phonetically even if he couldn’t understand a single word of what he said, making him an excellent puppet in the right hands, despite his handicap. Vic the Veep began his successful (and entirely controlled) political career as a Neoconservative in the Republican Party following this fruitful ‘test trial’. Nobody really liked him, but Vought was always there to support him and put money in the hands of people who could have given him a little push in the Senate.
Dakota Bob Shaefer was compelled by the Party and given the go-ahead by Vought to pick Vic the Veep as his running mate even though he detested the man and couldn’t bear to be in the same space with him. Without recognising what was truly occurring, Shaefer gained the upper hand, and Victor found himself serving as his vice in the White House. The most sensitive part of the plan’s following stage occurred a few years later, on September 11, 2001.
The scheme was the result of years of planning on Stillwell’s part: terrorists had been paid to hijack four planes and crash them into priority targets on American soil, and at the same time, V-A’s greatest superheroes, The Seven, would have stepped in to stop them, winning the public’s support and securing the company the much-desired national defence contract.
Vic the Veep would have taken charge of the operations, preventing the regular military from becoming involved and allowing the Seven to do their work. Vic the Veep had to ensure that the President was in Florida at the time of the strikes. Shaefer, regrettably, was difficult to persuade and remained in Washington. He paid attention to the intelligence service, activated NORAD, had one of the planes land at the airport, and quickly shot down the other two. Only one was left, the one aimed toward the World Trade Center.
Victor, who doesn’t exactly do well under pressure, thought the best way to neutralise Shaefer was to beat him over the head with a fire extinguisher. He then assumed charge as he was supposed to and told NORAD to stop, even though the USAF had already located the fourth jet.
The Seven acted, but their actions resulted in tragedy since they were ill-prepared and caused the plane to crash into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing all on board and hundreds of bystanders on the ground. Even though Shaefer felt Vought was behind it, he lacked the evidence to back up his suspicions. According to the official narrative provided to the public, the fourth jet was also shot down, but it was too late to stop the terrorists from achieving their objective.
Vic the Veep was placed under close observation, but Vought still had his back, and the Red River, the company’s security team, acted as a counterbalance to the President’s. Plan A’s spectacular failure left only plan B, which required Vic the Veep to somehow take over as the next President of the United States of America. Shaefer had to be eliminated because no one in their right state of mind would have ever cast a vote for him.
So, in short, Victor Neuman is a dim-witted, hopelessly stupid person who hardly notices what is going on around him. He was born with a sizable libido, is obsessed with sex, and can’t keep it in his trousers. He quite likes his position of privilege, treating his world of luxury, upscale events, and sex as a recreation area created just for his entertainment. His arrangement with Vought involves frequent participation in Herogasm and the provision of prostitutes regularly.
He also becomes President of the United States; however, his rule is brief, as he is assassinated by Homelander, who assaults Washington, DC with a force of Supes. Homelander decapitates him and sodomises his head. Brutal ending, I know.
Now let us take a look at Victoria Neuman from Amazon Prime’s “The Boys.”
This character made her debut in Season 2 of” The Boys.” She is a US House of Representatives member, a proponent of superhuman rights, and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs.
Congresswoman Neuman contributes to global safety as the FBSA’s director. The bad apples among the supes have been removed thanks to her agreement with Vought, leaving more people alive and in their homes at the end of each day. However, it has lately come to light that Victoria Neuman is not only a supe in her own right but also the infamous “Head-Popper” who murdered numerous members of the Congress, including Alistair Adana, Susan Raynor, Jonah Vogelbaum and Susan Raynor.
Eventually, we learn more about this character as the series progresses.
Victoria was first given the name Nadia. She spent her childhood living with Tony, an orphan she met at Red River, a community for families who choose not to care for Supes or children who have lost their families. In the instance of Nadia, she accidentally killed her parents as a kid because she could not manage her superpowers. She was transported to Red River soon after this occurrence to learn how to manage her talents, but she always ended up killing her adoptive families. Stan Edgar eventually adopted her, gave her a new name, destroyed all records of her crimes, and vowed to protect her at all times.
After Compound V was exposed, Neuman, a young “wunderkind” congresswoman, organised a demonstration and pressed the US House Judiciary Committee to investigate Vought and Compound V. She maintained contact with Grace Mallory and a few insiders to gain the knowledge and access necessary to bring down Vought. She frequently organises demonstrations and speaks to the press about the wrongdoing at Vought. She is quite visible in public.
Victoria eventually runs into Grace, who is bringing her Lamplighter to testify before Congress about what actually occurs at Vought behind closed doors. She demands that they gather additional evidence to pursue charges against Vought because she wants to “bring down the monarch.”
Victoria is quite happy when Butcher persuades Jonah Vogelbaum to address Congress after Lamplighter passes away. Vogelbaum’s skull explodes shortly after the judge’s testimony, along with a number of other audience members, immediately before he gives his evidence. Victoria is covered in blood and watches in terror as Grace takes her away as countless individuals fall victim to their surroundings.
She is eventually identified as a Supe and the perpetrator of the assault at the congressional hearing. After Stormfront’s Nazi affiliations were made public and The Boys and their allies defeated her, she was eventually made the scapegoat for her crimes. At this point, it is unclear if she is operating in Vought’s best interests as a type of controlled opposition or whether she genuinely has her own agenda. Hughie requests to join her team at the campaign headquarters. She accepts his offer and inquires as to the start date. That’s how Season 2 ended.
In Season 3, we see Neuman closely working with Hughie in the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs. They make an effort to control superheroes like Termite and, when necessary, arrest some of them. Stan Edgar and the public appear to appreciate Victoria’s actions at the FBSA, because she is a very well-known person. Hughie begins questioning her motives when he finds out she is a Supe and has a history with Stan Edgar. Victoria keeps pushing her political agenda while maintaining the pretence that she is not a Supe and has no connections to Stan Edgar.
Stan Edgar stops by Victoria’s residence one day to tell her that he wants to remind Homelander, who is in control, gently. As a warning that he won’t get away with anything, he instructs her to deliver Homelander some FCC fines. Stan reassures Victoria that she and Zoe (Victoria’s daughter) will be safe.
A news conference was therefore scheduled. Then, she goes on to claim that Homelander has come out as a whistle-blower of crimes done by the CEO of Vought, Stan Edgar, despite initially appearing apprehensive. Stan felt betrayed, and he was shocked. He even asked Victoria the reason for her betrayal, and she informed him that she had to watch out for Zoe because he had been looking out for himself all these years instead of her.
An Unannounced visit from Homelander to Victoria’s home reveals her relationship with Stan and her Superpowers as Homelander asks if she wants to bust his skull. Homelander also says she was wise to turn on Stan since he would use her as a weapon rather than her daughter.
Victoria discusses becoming a superhero with her daughter Zoe for her to remain resilient and secure forever. She admits that when she took it, she was also frightened. After receiving a Compound V injection, Zoe cries out in pain, and Victoria consoles her as she sheds tears. Zoe’s powers are yet not revealed.
Later on, Victoria approaches Annie about collaborating, saying they might use their shared power to support one another. Annie rejects her since she is done engaging in nasty games. In the seventh episode, we see her making a transactional deal with Homelander.
Victoria Neuman is more intelligent and ambitious than her comic book alter ego. She appears to be spearheading the political opposition to Vought and riding that wave up the political ladder, at least on the surface.
The idea that Victoria possesses superhuman abilities dramatically deviates from the comic. The only thing the two versions almost have in common is their names. That shows fans shouldn’t read too much into the source material when speculating about Victoria’s future position in the series.
What Makes Victoria Neuman So Dangerous?
Well, we all know she is capable of Molecular Combustion. She appears to have mental control over the pressure and speed of molecules approaching the point of combustion. While she mainly focuses her power on her victims’ heads, she has also shown the capacity to combust a single limb or whole body. So far, she has only been observed using her power on live beings.
She can also induce internal bleeding by raising the victim’s blood pressure. She managed to make Starlight bleed from the nose without really making her head explode.
Victoria outperformed her childhood buddy Tony in terms of strength and endurance. She was able to endure the force of a blow that sent her flying for about twelve feet and forcefully colliding with a metal trash can, but she appeared to be unharmed.
There is still one more episode to go for the current season of “The Boys” to end, so there are many things about Neuman to be curious about. Like, what deal does she make with The Homelander, and will that play a part in the Climax? Will her daughter Zoe show up and reveal her Superpowers? What will happen when She meets Hughie again, as she clearly knows Hughie knows about her reality now? I guess we all just have to wait till Friday to get all the answers!
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