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I think it was/is ambiguous. She seemed flattered, and being with a super hero would be overwhelming. Obviously, Homelander has huge psychological problems. I think what a lot of people are missing is that Homelander didn't really think about her at all. She was a one night stand if that. He didn't wonder much about her after she disappeared.
The meeting between Homelander and the Doctor was key. The doctor recognized that raising Homelander as he did turned homelander into a psychopath. "It was my greatest mistake." So the Doctor and Stillwell hid the pregnancy, and of course the mother never told the boy who his father was. They didn't want Homelander anywhere near the child because of his psychological problems. I assume she was afraid of Homelander as anyone else who knows him very well.
It is definitely a stretch, but Trump was elected after a tape came out with him bragging that he had assaulted women. Clinton was re-elected after lying about a bj from a female employee over 30 years younger than him. Less than 8 years ago, a mayor admitted that he was gay, and he was re-elected in a conservative midwestern town. He is now a leading contender for the US presidency.
Twenty years ago, I couldn't imagine that the mayor of Chicago would be a black gay woman, but it is.
Twenty years from now, could someone like Rhodes get elected? Maybe.
I have to disagree. Working in IT, one meets a lot of "eccentric characters", and after a while one gets used to the strangeness. In the beginning, Taylor was just ignored and I bet a few snickered about her or just rolled their eyes. Axe capital is also a freewheeling place, where the weirdness is okay.
If you read books about some of the "geniuses" of science or even modern culture, you will find some a lot of strangeness.
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Edison were strange people for example, especially when they were younger.
However, as Taylor herself observed once Axe held up on a pedestal, she became "cool". Of course, she also made the firm tons of money and worked out a number of good plays. Dollar Bill was resentful of her when she took his place in the poker tournament but after she crushed her opponent in the final game, he had to admit she was the better player.
Axe's take on her was the best. She has never been part of the group, but always an outsider so she is a perfect observer of the group. Like an anthropologist studying a foreign tribe. She also a mathematician believing in the "righteous of numbers". I think she is an interesting opponent for Axe because she is driven mostly by logic, while Axe is driven by logic, emotion, and ego.
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