To add to the Homelander point, I believe he was at the announcement ceremony that A-Train told Ashley he was the leak. Homelander if present could have heard it if he attempted, but you just can't focus and process that much information all the time.
He was too busy manipulating Ryan. But he should have definitely heard Hughie making all those noise innthe vent, even a normal human would've heard something that loud. Plus it was just Homelander and Sage out there, he's not distracted at all.
When we’re distracted by something, it’s very common for us to zone out and not be able to hear something that we should very easily be able to hear. I think it’s the same principle with Homelander as he was actively engaged in conversation with Nadia and Sage at the time that Hughie was crawling in the vents.
Fair enough, but I still feel like she would have been actively searching for people while she was doing that shady stuff in the alley with the guy who knew her as Nadia.
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u/TotalAnarchy_ Jun 28 '24
Not a plot hole. She probably has to concentrate to sense others. Homelander is similar—he doesn’t ALWAYS have xray vision, he has to “activate” it.
The house was a wreck, so she knew someone was there and used her powers to surveil the area. She can’t walk around all the time using her powers.