The Psychology of Psychosis: Therapist Reacts to The Boys - Black Noir is a Disney Princess! 

3:19 "Is this psychosis, it this just fantasy"... Please tell me i am not the only one that started singing bohemian rhapsody

Someone pointed out that Soldier Boy's counter-attack on Noir wasn't random but a deliberate means to disfigure him and take away any chance he had of having a movie career. That's f'ed up.

Fun fact: The Disney Princess motif isn’t on accident. Black Noir is the opposite of Snow White, with “Black Noir” meaning black black and “Snow White” meaning white white.

Black Noir is easily one of the most interesting characters in this series. At first he's made to be this threatening killer, but towards the end its shown he has the mind of a child...in what he sees, in how he writes, in how he reacts to Homelander...I'd love to see more of his backstop and I'm hoping he's really not dead. He's survived MUCH worse tbh...

This is a very interesting analysis, Georgia. The way I see it, Black Noir's fatal flaw is his submissiveness, and inability to make major decisions without the input of Homelander or Stan Edgar. As soon as Homelander realises that Black Noir knew about Soldier Boy being his father, he kills him for his apparent disloyalty.

I'm so sad that they killed off Black Noir right when his character actually became interesting :( this scene gave him so much depth.

I think it’s also significant that when he returns to Homelander and gets a hug from him, Black Noir sees red hearts bubbling up which is a fascinating look into how he perceives the relationship between himself and Homelander, someone he knows is a violent psychopath. Whether it’s because of experience or being able to relate to another powerful supe or because he feels responsible for him after being the reason for him being raised without a father, Noir clearly has a close bond with Homelander as even he regretted “needing” to kill Noir but he couldn’t suffer what he saw as that great a betrayal.

I always interpreted Noir seeing Buster Beaver as a child being him having imaginary friends, like a lot of kids do. Like the brief look at him we saw in Nicaragua showed him to be very lucid and rational, it's hard to believe he was seeing cartoon animals at the time. But a combination of emotional trauma and brain damage caused him to bring back his childhood imaginary friends as a coping mechanism.

Black Noir went from some side character lap dog of Vaught, to one of the most endearing and memorable characters in the show, all this without any voice or face to act with, Nathan Mitchell is probly one of the most talented actors out there.

0:14 I spat out my milk from laughter! I was hoping she would cosplay as black noir but I didn't think she actually would! Thank you Georgia Dow, these videos are great!!!

Even with all the powers he had, I'll say the biggest superpower he had was the positive self-talk he can have with himself (with those imaginary friends). It's really hard to not fall victim to self induced negativity in tough situations.

I remember being laid up in the hospital with TBI, and seeing cartoon characters from my childhood walking around my room. Given that Noir got his head partially caved in by Soldier Boy, that tracks.

Noir is probably my favorite character in the show. From his first appearance something told me that there was something special about this guy, from his mannerisms, actions, demeanor, and general mindset. Little did I realize how freaking outstanding he would be in season 3. I hope he isn’t dead I really want to see him in more seasons. 🖤

The fear advice is near identical to something I always tell myself when I need it. "Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the acceptance of it."

I also love the deeper perception Noir got by how he imagines each animal to be cast in the play: Soldier boy's the bald eagle, fine and dandy because USA USA, but it's also a vicious animal has no mercy. Noir himself is obviously the black sheep, both because of his skin color and subsequent mistreatment he received. TNTwins are horses because they are independent and instead of associating that with elegance etc it means arrogant pricks that they are. Also possible a carriage metaphor that is their title they have to carry together and why not any other animal. That agent lady with no powers (shoot forgot her name) is an old goat too stubborn die or get things in her way Lastly my favorite, his boss was a literal weasel meaning everything he does is a scheme and certainly even abusing Noir at that moment.

That's the genius of the writing on the boys that they're able to make you feel sympathy for a character like black noir. He was also a cold-blooded killer. But the way it sounds he dealt with abuse even before he was in Payback.

Yesterday a thought came into my mind and here I am to suggest it. You should definitely do a video on Azula from Avatar The Last Airbender. It's an old show but it's a well known one loved by everyone and has some of the best characters in animation. The things she does, the way she sees herself as a monster (like her mother does) but how she's still pretty stable for most of the time really blows my mind. One has to have calm mind to bend lightning, which is why her brother zuko fails doing it because he has anger issues. But she has perfect control over her element, in fact way too perfect. Not even talking about the literal mental breakdown at the end, which was very surprising to see in a lighthearted show like that, it felt very realistic. Or the time she tried to flirt with a guy but failed in the most absurd way. Not something you would see every day, lol. She's definitely not your typical villain, unlike her father. I think it would be interesting to see your take on Azula's psychology, as I've seen many other videos about it in the past. And also, great vid as always!

I actually think it is Black Noir's sub consciousness as the characters explained how he dealt with a bully at school and how he dealt with that traumatic event and what happened in the past with Solider Boy's team and how to cope with his PTSD also what he had to do in the next.

Part of it is what we all do. He is psyching himself up to do what he needs. Sometimes that is playing conversations in your head, sometimes that is talking to yourself, and in Noir's case sometimes it is animated creatures as an avatar of your issues. Thou

OH MY GOD THE OPENING WAS BRILLIANT. love your video outfits so much! Edit: " courage is the willingness to be afraid, but act anyway" was painted on the side of my theater in high school. Made it my mantra waaaay back then and have said it to myself at least weekly ever since. It's brilliant and perfect and helps so much.

I think Georgia should also do an episode on Kimiko. That would be interesting.

I can’t thank you enough for this love your black noir cosplay too it is amazing black noir is one of the most sympathetic characters in the boys series. You should do a video on Queen Maeve next.

I really hope you'll dive into the relationship between Hughie and Butcher. I'm dying to hear a professional therapist like you talking about it.

I haven't watched the show at all, so I may be stating the obvious, but: I find it interesting that in the presentation of the memory, he is the black sheep character. Now, this does fit thematically with his whole black attire thing, but we can't just ignore that he sees himself as the black sheep

You may have covered this in another video I didn't see, but my take on the conversation between Black Noir and Homelander before Homelander kills Noir was that Homelander was initially trying to talk Noir out of wanting to kill Soldier Boy. When he realized he couldn't do that, he came up with Noir "betraying him" by not telling him that Soldier Boy was his dad as his justification to kill Noir. I think that if Homelander could have convinced Noir to back down on wanting to kill Soldier Boy then he would have let him live. It was important for Homelander to come up with an excuse to make having to kill Noir be Noir's fault and not his own. I just wanted to know if you think that's accurate or if Homelander was always going to kill Noir.

😂 love your Black Noir costume. Black Noir's flashback were great. Really made me care and feel for the character and how Soldier Boy treated him. Great analysis. 👏👏

This kind of reminds me of Leon "the Professional" having like no worldly possessions other then the clothes on his back and a house plant. That he cares a lot about. Great movie that still holds up . Don't judge a book by its cover unless you are on the wrong end of their sniper rifle barrel where understanding is pointless.

Soldier Boy might have something similar, he hears voices that aren’t there and assumes the person behind (like Hughie) said something.

Black Noir is my favourite superhero on The Boys. There is a rumour that they are bringing him back for season 4. “Don’t worry Earving, we are so proud of you.”

Noir's death was so sad. The faith he had as a child is his comfort in his final moments. It's a hard watch

When I first saw that scene where Buster Beaver etc began talking to Black Noir, I (a grown-ass man) almost broke down crying like a little child. Before I began therapy (three months in a psychiatric clinic, was very lucky to have a good therapist) one of my major coping mechanisms with my self-hatred and lack of being able to deal with the outside world (was diagnosed with ADHD at the clinic, am currently pretty sure I have low-support needs autism but have not been diagnosed yet, so may be completely off, was suggested that it might be Fetal Alcohol Syndrome I do not know) was to mentally "converse" with characters I liked. I never believed them to be real, and never thought that they were actually talking to me, but when discussing that with my therapist we came to a sort of conclusion that they could be sides of my personality that I wanted to be more prevalent within myself, having been given archetypal characteristics based off of fictional characters or historical figures who I admired. Seeing Buster Beaver tell Black Noir what bravery was reminded me of the times I would force myself to interact with my abusive alchoholic mother and was only able to do so if I conjured this mental idea of an entire company of doughboys (nickname for United States infantrymen known predominantly for it's usage during the First World War) propping me up and telling me that I could "do this", as silly as that sounds. (If you are interested in discussing escapism as a coping mechanism in further detail I highly recommend Jack Stauber's "Opal" as I showed it to my then therapist and it really helped her understand what I was going through)

The Buster Beaver line about bravery is ripped straight out of Green Lantern. A green lanterns power comes from will power and they are weakened by fear. When a ring finds a new Green Lantern it isn't looking for someone who can't fear. They are looking for people with the ability to overcome great fear.

I gotta say I love the budget costumes you throw together for the supehero videos. I think these "The Boys" costumes have been amazing

I absolutely love the amount of effort in each and every video from this channel !! I truly hope and believe that this channel will prosper to be great. In my opinion for Noir, I feel as if he was originally a Deadpool type of character that was since muted from Solider boy and hence was forced to be into the batman type of character. and that making his character that much more sad

The costumes make me so, so happy with these lol. Amazing stuff!

thank you for the video Georgia and as always - your cosplay was excellent! ^^

HAHAHAHAHA! Laughing SO hard when you first popped up Georgia! EPIC cosplay! And...I would NOT be the least bit surprised to learn that you actually have a motorcycle (although my Mom would give you a "Tsk" or two = ) And as always my MIND BOGGLES at your video prep! Those hanging characters...and the cartoon bird clipped first to your helmet and then your hair! YOU are the spoon full of sugar that makes the psychology medicine go down! Personally, just like my imaginary soundtrack for my life...I don't have to pay royalties on my imaginary friends...so I go FULL Disney! But in Black Noir's case...I would have to vote for psychosis.

I lost it when you first popped on screen 💀

I appreciate your interesting analysis in this video. Thanks for sharing and blessings on your day 👍🏻

According to The Boys Twitter account, these creatures have always been with him.

You should analyze Jim/James Moriarty (BBCs Sherlock). He is a pretty interesting character

You should do a video about memory disorders with FF7. When Cloud distorted his memory of his past.

The way he would draw Buster beaver,I’m sure Homelander could see this and wonder about it. He could see what he did in his down time just looking through the wall. It makes me feel better knowing that he wasn’t some zombie just waiting for the next mission. I feel it’s a fantasy world.

I hope you get a chance to work through the characters of The Expanse! It's great Sci fi and the cast is incredible!

I love your cosplay, though the little bird on your barrette took it to the next level! LOVE! Terrific analysis as well, as always. Keep up the surprises!

This scene actually made me understand Black Noir a lot better

Interesting to me that he was the black sheep in the scenarios subtly furthering that he felt alone and the outcast of the group

OMGosh you're doing "The Boys"! F***ing awesome, Loved your analysis on Arcane. helped crystalize awareness of degrees of behavior while I feel you also make the transitioning zeitgeist to accepting mental health issues and addressing them, more palatable to a wider and younger audience. AND Stranger things? fear/phobia issues, right on. I mean, I know bugs freak out some people but the feather-light caress of an accidentally mis-directed traveling bug on my arm/leg/head, doesnt bother me.

Your costume!!!! The effort is insane.

Really good point of view Georgia… I thought Amazon was being cheap by doing the animation segment but it makes sense now how you broke it down

Thanks for the vid! So happy that you covered Black Noir! I appreciate what you said about the animated characters, as the piggy (who reminds me a lot of Porky the Pig) had a stutter which made him more sympathetic to Black Noir's developed speech impediment. He was very emotionally and physically abused by Soldier Boy. His fear, even as he was fully masked and still, was so palpable when he realized that Soldier Boy was returning, I'm not at all surprised he had ripped out his own tracker in his arm. It's sad that Black Noir invented empathetic friends because he felt he had none, but in a way, I'm happy he had friends, so to speak. He trusted the narcissistic Homelander too much. Black Noir died on his own terms, so I'll give him that.

That was an amazing analysis. An amazing analysis that I could absolutely not pay attention to, because the bird in your hair kept staring at me

Georgia, If you want something that adds to the story of Black Noir I would suggest that you watch episode 8 of The Boys Presents: Diabolical

Something of note as well is the cold baked beans directly from the can is a shout out to Rorschach from Watchmen

We all need those positive reinforcement buddies in our life ❤

I don't know if you've done it already (just discovered this channel) But I think you'd have a great time checking out What Remains of Edith Finch. Lots of really good examples. One of which was definitely a kind of psychosis. One of the people disassociated at work. Therapist didn't pick it up as a bad thing. And he sunk into the fantasy more and more. Until he ended up killing himself because he thought real life was the fantasy and vice versa

aw that clip cemented my love for noir

I am still disapointed black noir didn't get a rematch against solider boy, I was so excited for that fight and now I feel they rian johnsoned us I just hope his story is not done yet and maybe we will see that fight in future seasons, probably not

Loved the helmet get up.

I love the costume so much.

Because in the flash back before it happened he seemed pretty normal

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that scene between both Homelamder and Black Noir still gets me

Can you please do some on Characters like Dexter Bullseye and Frank Castle Punisher?

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Like others have said, he leaves real food out for his imaginary friends and doesn't notice that the previous meals are rotting in the bowl. That alone is a sign that something is wrong upstairs. Though is there any reason why it can't be both? That he has a vivid imagination that gets fired up by his psychosis?

I wish you'd kept the helmet on. It's awesome! Also it'll help you learn from Black Noirs mistake.

Can you do one of the boys next. I know you don't like Hughie but what about MM, Frenchie, or Kimiko?

The brain injury I believe is what really did it... however, black noir had issues going back all the way to his childhood.

I never laughed out loud so hard. The title is gold

By the way how did u get buster beaver merch

Would it be possible to do a Alois Trancy from black butler 2

As someone with Aphantsia, I am curious if or how an aphant would experience psychosis. Has there been any research or study on that?

I am a bit confused about the question. The show did mention that Black Noir suffers from Psychosis and that when I went on the run he stopped taking the meds that used to keep the hallucinations at bay. I thought that the speech impediment of the beaver was a reference to Porky Pig from the WB cartoons?

I don't wanna say this and it shouldn't be said but this is the comments sooooo . . . I hate that this made me cry. Even though it was for a short second, it still did.😮‍💨

THE COMMITMENT, hahahah, props to you

Does aphantasia reduces visual components in psychosis or ptsd?

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hahaha i love this, i said the exact same thing - he’s my favourite disney princess!

0:18 - Yes, yes it is

Almost looks like a gaggle of tulpas or headmates he's created for himself and he's superimposed his fantasy/wonderland on reality in that restaurant. Almost like an AR overlay, only it's his imagination, instead of technology. I'm going to guess they probably didn't exist before the head injury but I'm not 100% sure.

Hahahaha!!! I love it. Best costume yet! 😁

First video I see from you account and your wearing the helmet and goggles and I’m like “does she normally look like this lol?”

That costume 😂❤❤

You look like you could be the future version of Courtney Miller of Smosh. It's uncanny. Great video series, by the way!

Has she made a video on pyro before ?

My favourite character

I am begging you please to do a video on M.M’s OCD.

This show makes so many characters that I hate and then feel so sorry for. This was the most I felt sorry for out of all the characters probably.

I like your BN cosplay.

Can you react to terminal list?

12:09 I fail to see what this has to do with Disney princesses Disney villain maybe?

Nice

I'm of the camp that he's alive. I didn't see an omage of him at the end of the season

I like this,in the 1st season you think that black noir is another bad guy but you them realize that he's just hurt,and that is his flaw,can you do the walking dead

Try not forget that this could be a side effect of compound V

Love the cosplay in every video

Should positive/negative symptoms get renamed to avoid confusion? Maybe like additive/subtractive symptoms instead

My favorite schizophrenic pookie Wookie bear

I don’t think he chose to be mute. His whole face was mutilated and he even had parts of his brain pulled out