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NOTE: This article is only for the TV version of the Crimson Countess. To see the article for the original version of her, go to Crimson Countess (comics).
| “ | Soldier Boy. He's alive. How'd he escape from Russia? | „ |
| ~ Crimson Countess to Billy Butcher and Hughie Campbell upon learning Soldier Boy is alive. |
| “ | I didn't love you. I hated you. We all did. | „ |
| ~ Crimson Countess revealing her true feelings to Soldier Boy, also her most famous quote. |
Crimson Countess is a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of the 2019 Amazon TV adaptation of The Boys.
She was originally a member of the Vought superhero team Payback and a former lover of Soldier Boy. Due to harboring a secret hatred for Soldier Boy, she and her teammates willingly gave him up to the Russian military, and in the years since Payback disbanded, the Countess retired and took up work at Vought Land as a performer.
She was portrayed by Laurie Holden, who also played Adele Pinchelow in Dumb and Dumber To.
Appearance[]
Crimson Countess has the appearance of an attractive, tall, middle-aged woman with pale skin and blue eyes. She had short ginger hair styled into a shoulder-length asymmetrical bob and wore mostly subtle makeup with the exception of her prominent red lipstick and eyeshadow. She wore a long-sleeve maroon bodysuit with crimson accents, matching boots, shoulder and neck guards, a mid-length cape, and a domino mask.
In a flashback sequence during the 1980s during Payback's prime, Crimson Countess looked mostly the same, although she had longer, wavy hair.
Personality[]
The Crimson Countess was a charismatic and energetic superheroine who appeared to enjoy her job and time in Payback; however, she harbored a secret hatred for her lover and team leader, Soldier Boy, showing herself underneath to be more vindictive and stressed than she first appeared. Unlike most Supes, however, she appears to be genuinely nice, in particular to her fans, whom she actually appears to enjoy interacting with. She is also obsessed with apes, especially chimpanzees, and expresses her adoration for them at multiple points.
Perhaps the Countess' biggest flaw, however, would be her apathetic and careless demeanor when using her abilities, resulting in needless deaths at her hands, such as those of Grace Mallory's soldiers. Crimson Countess also appears to be extremely sex hungry, as shown by how she goes live on porn sites, which is what she was in the middle of doing when Billy Butcher broke into her trailer and attacked her. Although, she was being paid for live porn work, which may be indicative of her financial issues, rather than her own desire.
She was terrified of seeing Soldier Boy again, and briefly tried to pander to him, but ultimately gave up, showing that she understood her death was imminent, and she wanted to be able to express her true hateful feelings for her former lover and team leader Ben before she died.
Biography[]
Background[]
During the 1980s, Crimson Countess was a member of the Vought International superhero team Payback (alongside Black Noir, Gunpowder, Mindstorm, Swatto, and the TNT Twins) and was the lover of the team's leader, Soldier Boy. In spite of that, however, both she and her teammates hated Soldier Boy for his obnoxious and cruel behavior and, as such, made a deal with the Russian military to eliminate him from the equation. This came to pass during an encounter in Nicaragua during 1984 as part of a secret government operation known as Operation Charly, when Vought sent Payback and Stan Edgar to join Grace Mallory's troops, much to the latter's chagrin.
Thanks to Swatto flying above the tree line, allowing the Russian troops to see him and thus know where the American camp was located, they were ambushed, and in the ensuing battle Swatto was blown up, Black Noir was greatly injured beyond recognition, and Soldier Boy was apprehended by the Russians. To hide their involvement, Crimson Countess tearfully ran over to Mallory and told her that Solider Boy was killed with the Russians stealing his body. Following this attack, Payback disbanded, and all of the members went their separate ways, with the Countess eventually retiring from field work and instead working at the theme park Vought Land as a performer who made money from singing to patrons and doing meet-and-greets with fans.
Season One[]
While she doesn't physically appear in this season, she is briefly mentioned as one of the runner-ups as the new member in The Seven before losing out on the placement in favor of Starlight.
Season Three[]
Crimson Countess first appears in season three, when her performance is watched by Frenchie and Kimiko, who pose as fans, before trying to interrogate her for information on Soldier Boy's supposed death. She manages to escape the two; however, in the process, she accidentally kills a mascot employee at the park. Sometime later, she is ambushed by Billy Butcher, Hughie Campbell, and Mother's Milk, who restrain her, to the latter's disapproval; however, Billy and Hughie's intentions were in fact to leave her for Soldier Boy, who, to her horror, she now knows is alive. With Mother's Milk dosed with rohypnol and sedated, Billy freely makes a deal with Soldier Boy in order for the two to team up and take down both Payback as part of Soldier Boy's revenge and Homelander for Billy's own personal vendetta. As such, Soldier Boy confronts his old lover, and she tearfully reveals the truth to him before the latter uses his abilities to fry her where she sits, killing her and reducing her body to nothing more than a charred skeleton.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Compound V:
- Explosive Fireball Genration: Crimson Countess has the ability to produce luminous fireballs from her hands, instantly exploding victims on impact. However, because her power is funneled through her hands, she was easily restrained by Kimiko, momentarily restricting her abilities.
- Enhanced Strength: Like most Supes, Crimson Countless has enhanced strength. Kimiko somewhat struggled to restrain her arms, and she was able to hurl both Kimiko and Frenchie away from her and send them crashing through a table when the latter two were distracted. Shortly after, while running away from them, she easily knocked two people to the ground with just one tap. During a cartoon reenactment of Payback's subdual of Soldier Boy, Crimson Countess was also able to jump a great distance to incapacitate Soldier Boy.
- Enhanced Durability: Like most Supes, Crimson Countless has a certain degree of enhanced durability. Despite getting killed by Soldier Boy’s highly explosive radiation blast at point blank range, her body was not completely incinerated while people and some other Supes completely disintegrated.
- Longevity: Having started as a superhero in 1967 this suggests that Crimson Countless is 70 years old during the current time of the series. Crimson Countless, despite being many years old, does not appear to have aged that much since the her time like member of Payback and Soldier Boy's capture by the Russians in 1984, suggesting that she ages more slowly than ordinary humans.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- As with her original counterpart, she is a parody of Marvel's Scarlet Witch.
- The Crimson Countess' romantic relationship with Soldier Boy is entirely original to the TV series, as her comic book counterpart was instead in a relationship with Mind-Droid, the series' version of Vision, who was not present in the show.
External Link[]
- Crimson Countess on the Boys Wiki.
