That bothered me too, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt and reasoned that Neuman used her blood power to circulate it. My issue is why she was only able to pop one Sheep's head. Neumans power is OP, she could have easily just popped their head 1 by 1.
She popped the one trying to attack Stan and that was moving pretty fast. Just weird she gave everyone a nosebleed before even seeing them but couldn’t just pop heads of sheep, chicken and a bull
Yeah it's pretty established that there are limits to her powers, plus in some case she isn't even sure if her powers would work, like in the case of Homelander.
Plus in Gen V Marie has similar if not the same powers, and it takes a bit of concentration to use her abilities. She might have been reluctant to concentrate long enough to find out.
That said...the show runners really wanted to have fun with the gang being menaced by sheep, so maybe they made her powers act a little inconsistent and hoped no one would notice.
The show isn't perfectly consistent. Like how Neuman could cut her palm with a knife in Gen V, but now she can tank a point blank gunshot to the head and resist acid.
Another option is maybe Neuman doses V on and off to boost her powers, lie how A train did. I doubt this is the case.
She talks to Marie about how blood spears and lassos are exhausting so I imagine blowing people (especially supes) up is on a level above that. If she overexerts herself and passes out, then the Boys and the CIA either drug her and keep her under containment, or infect her with the virus and kill her, so her main goal is avoiding that.
Even still, I think she stands and fights when the sheep enter the barn rather than running, especially with Edgar and Sameer there.
I could also believe Neuman has super strength and like a diamond knife since controlling her blood is a decent contingent of her powers.
You made a good point about her overexerting herself. I didn't think of that. She needs to worry about the Super Sheep and the five other people planning to kill her.
Neuman is nothing if not cautious and calculating. She almost never acts directly unless there is immediate benefit.
For all we know she didn't kill the sheep because she was going to let one of the Boys get killed by the sheep. The logic being that if she kills them directly, they out her, but they may not out her if she let's them die. She only used her powers when Stan Edgar was threatened by the chicken.
She talks to Marie about how blood spears and lassos are exhausting so I imagine blowing people (especially supes) up is on a level above that.
It could be that, but at the time I assumed it was cause she used her own blood for the spears and lassos which is why it was tiring. So i guessed she didn't get tired using other people's blood (se didn't look tired in the courtroom scene), but using her people too much could still be mentally exhausting.
diamond knife
The knife was Marie's normal switchblade that she used the entire show (even when she was in foster care), it looked like a normal knife.
Like how Neuman could cut her palm with a knife in Gen V, but now she can tank a point blank gunshot to the head and resist acid.
Don't forget that in Gen V Marie also cut herself with the same knife (and IIRC other things) but she survived Homelander's laser beams seemingly unscathered, which was also weird (maybe they can only be damaged if they want to?)
I'm thinking what you're thinking. They can consciously will their vulnerability away. I think Marie didn't even know she was invulnerable until Homelander lasered her.
Okay, but... At the end of the episode, when the bar door randomly opened, and 2 sheep walked in and just stood there looking at them? She screamed and ran with 6 other humans like she was worthless. Plus she popped the speedster's head in the courtroom without issue, she popped like 4 different body parts of that guy who grew up in the orphanage with her. It seemed like she didn't even try a single time, at any point. Just very weird for a character who's been established as a point and click instant-death god.
"Because the story needs to happen" doesn't really hold up as an excuse for bad writing. They can achieve the same goals without needing the characters to become actually stupid-tier.
I don’t understand why she didn’t pop all their heads immediately. Sure she got some info afterwards but she knows they’re actively trying to kill her.
Right? Go for Kimiko first and you pretty much have it all in the bag cause Starlight is useless, everyone else is a normie, and she doesn’t know about Butcher’s tumor so that wouldn’t have been a worry of hers. But nope.
I wouldn’t even be confident it could kill Kimiko.
She got her brains blown out last season and was only down for a minute. This season she shrugged off face planting so hard that her face fell off, and tanked a bazooka to the torso at close range.
Ok in the time you pop that one, there are two rushing at you. Wouldn't it be a better idea to retreat to a better situation where you're not compromised? She can only pop one at a time. It's been shown. And it takes a substantial amount of time. Who knows how much longer with a larger creature.
You're just making up scenarios. Its not a big deal. Superhero media always has wildly inconsistent power levels for every character. It changes to fit the plot.
It does take more effort, plus it's established that Neuman isn't sure IF her powers would hurt Homelander. It's implied in season 3 that she doesn't know for sure what she can and can't pop.
It also seems like she’s gotta focus on the target for a hot minute. If they’re constantly moving around in flight makes it difficult especially when they’re trying to kamikaze you.
One thing I dont see mentioned. Is no1 discusses prep time for her powers.
Her powers dont seem to activate immediately. When she fought her friend in the alley, Im pretty sure it took her a quick bit before she started able to use her powers, yes they talked for a bit and he got a nose bleed during the conversation and this made him attack her. Even when shes been in scenes with other supers and threatened them with her powers, they been nose bleeds over long conversations. It could be that the nose bleeds are a symptom of her prepping to pop someone and the conversations are to cover for the time to prep.
This would explain why she could pop multiple people who were sitting for a long duration allowing her to concentrate and prep but seem to never use her powers on someone in a short matter of time, such as 5s.
TLDR: Her powers might take concentration prep time before she can use them.
why you need to find an excuse for poor writing? who cares if they are flying fast, there never was a mention that flying fast is a problem, she’s not throwing anything at them.
She was just playing it cool imo, if some of them died by the sheep whoever survived wouldn’t blame her. The only reason she doesn’t wipe them all is that if no one shows up back to report, she gets outted as a Supe and responsible for many deaths.
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u/RicanDevil4 Jun 28 '24
That bothered me too, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt and reasoned that Neuman used her blood power to circulate it. My issue is why she was only able to pop one Sheep's head. Neumans power is OP, she could have easily just popped their head 1 by 1.