ap lurks

when was he first allowed out of the silo? under what circumstances was he allowed out? how many times was he allowed out before his debut? what kinds of experiences did he have during those times and how did vogelbaum at all maintain control if he wasn't chipped and could literally just fly away. [lots of kidnap victims return themselves to their kidnappers even with temporary access to freedom and john doesn't even have a pre-silo memory to lean on so i am not surprised they DO keep the leash on him i just wonder what the details of that looked like]

we know that room was just white cinderblocks and he wasn't allowed to have shit, but more importantly...?

but more importantly, vogelbaum was so focused on making sure his brain was shaped just so there is no way they let him have access to any materials that were not tightly, strictly controlled

that his superhero name is homelander? but his public debut is in 1999?

and he chose his superhero name when he was 16, so in 1996?????

who tf was suggesting names to him, the american enterprise institute?

did they teach him math?

he can read at like... whatever grade level noir writes at. first grade? we know he can read at at least a first grade level.

and we know he knows whatever "history" [right-wing pop culture bullshit] vogelbaum used to tell him as bed time stories, and whatever he picked up from watching movies.

but like -- the books in his apartment are fake, right? has he ever had to handle his own money? did they teach him literally any basic shit?

haunted. i am haunted by the concept of a guy locked in a basement and experimented on for 18 years, then tossed into the limelight and told to say his lines, and anyone thought that was in any way a defensible idea.