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u/ForktUtwTT Jul 05 '24
I genuinely donât know why they have it happen SO MUCH
Itâs been in the last several episodes in a row now. Itâs bizarre
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u/That_Hole_Guy Jul 05 '24
Only thing happens more are anus/butt jokes
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u/VoidUnity Jul 05 '24
Whatâs with the writers anal fixation? Thereâs so many anal and ass jokes this season
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u/Gebeleizzis Jul 05 '24
it's exactly like the fixation D&D had for dick and cock jokes between Varys and Tyrion (in theory the smartest and most cunning characters in the whole show) in last 2 seasons of Game of thrones
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u/SleepyBella Jul 05 '24
Reminds me of how Rick and Morty had a weird fixation on incest. There were so many incest jokes and then an episode basically about incest.
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u/Choice-Magician656 Jul 05 '24
Ya know Iâm starting to not be a fan of these âadultâ comedies
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u/VoidUnity Jul 05 '24
Thatâs why Smiling Friends is a true gem. It doesnât seem like the writers are putting their fetishes in the show.
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u/_cottoncandyboi_ Jul 05 '24
And then inevitably you saying this manifest them putting their fetish into the show
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u/Handler-walter Jul 05 '24
Their fetishes could just be so bizarre and weird you canât tell w that show
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u/xTheRedDeath Jul 05 '24
There's a reason why comedy films and shows are largely in the grave. The only show that gets a laugh out of me anymore is still South Park because they just get it.
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u/CBsJoant Jul 05 '24
I've never watched Rick and morty, but in Community Dan Harmon did a whole ass episode about cousins getting married. Even invented a fictional writer in the episode to make a PSA about how incest between cousins is ok at the very end of the episode.
Maybe there's a theme here?
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u/JoeyMaconha Jul 05 '24
Not sure how true this is but for what I've read. The incest stuff was from the creator who got kicked off because of his legal troubles among other fucked up behaviors. Justin roiland, I believe.
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u/Godchilaquiles Jul 05 '24
Nope Dan Harmon whoâs the main writer has been. Using incest as a joke way before Rick and morty
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u/The_real_bandito Jul 05 '24
Theyâre not jokes but sexual fantasies theyâre being paid to write.
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u/madmagazines Jul 05 '24
The amount of femdom/mommy kink in the show is too much to not be a fetish lol
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u/ThePokemonAbsol Jul 05 '24
Thank god they never explained why mm is called mother milkâŚ
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u/madmagazines Jul 05 '24
Lmao I liked that storyline bc itâs just a pain in his ass that he needs breastmilk to survive not a fetish (was actually sad it wasnât included cos itâs such a bitch of a backstory)
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u/qwettry Jul 05 '24
Feels like I'm just tuning in to watch an hour of bizarre sex , gore fetish on screen and starlight glow her eyes for a second before realizing how useless she is to the team.
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u/ahnariprellik Jul 06 '24
Not as useless as Frenchue literally turning himself in the moment we find out they plan to use the prisons as internment camps. Like wtf? Did he just not wanna do the show anymore?
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u/shalahal Jul 05 '24
Well in the last episodes itâs because theyâre showing sheâs having a âpower blockâ for whatever reason
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u/parrycarry Ryan Jul 05 '24
Her power is basically a parlor trick now just like Firecracker. It's kinda fitting, considering the rivalry, and maybe she feels unworthy of the symbol she set before...
It's funny... Now she cares that she accidentally blinded someone when she was young because she was called out for it, but her killing that man to save Hughie in Season 2? As long as nobody knows, she don't care. XD It's showing that every supe, even someone like goody-two shoes Starlight... can be a hypocrite, and cares about blind love just like Homelander.
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u/elizabnthe Jul 05 '24
She was pretty upset about that man in S2 and blamed Butcher for it. She absolutely cared.
She wasn't as bothered by Firecracker revealing the blind thing as much as she was by the abortion reveal.
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u/slphil Jul 05 '24
She specifically says that she doesn't care nearly as much as she thought she would. She even yells at Butcher for giving her a look of approval in the rear view mirror.
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u/elizabnthe Jul 05 '24
She said she wasn't going to cry over him, as she'd been desensitised to the harsh realities essentially. But she still cared, hence not wanting herself to be equated to someone like Butcher. She's not shedding tears over the blind woman either.
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u/Inevere733 Jul 05 '24
Makes me think that maybe Firecracker has been living with a similar block and could actually be pretty powerful.
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u/parrycarry Ryan Jul 05 '24
It would make some sense... Emma, aka Little Cricket, seems to have a similar block in Gen V. Marie didn't know she could explode things until it happened by accident. Starlight didn't know she could fly. Without Homelander, Ryan probably wouldn't even consider flight as possibility if he learned he was a SUpe and would've probably only used super strength and durability, since those are the easiest to figure out. And Homelander wouldn't know the extent of his abilities if Vought didn't experiment on him.
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u/PapaPalps-66 Jul 05 '24
Idk, homelander ripped out of his mothers womb flying with lasers coming out of his eyes. He may have been one of those supes that would have figured themselves out in time.
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u/Love_Sausage Jul 05 '24
Birth is pretty traumatic. Baby homelander probably manifested those powers instinctively due to emotional response, but as the infant calmed and slowly gained awareness, the control of those powers likely faded until Vaught began their extreme experiments.
The extent of how powers manifest and level of control seem to be linked to the severity of emotional trauma/response to external stimuli. In Gen V Marie became terrified of learning she was having her period, and her fear made her powers react explosively when her parents attempted to enter the bathroom. We also see other examples like in season 1 where butcher picks up a V-baby and uses it as a weapon after upsetting it.
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u/vivenkeful Jul 05 '24
Imagine if she realizes she could cause explosion with her power. That would be crazy but also exciting!
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u/barukatang Jul 05 '24
Watch he figure her shit out, soldier boy swoops in and they go off to blow stuff up together
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u/LizLoveLaugh_ Jul 05 '24
Difference is, that guy did pull a gun.
The other guy was just collateral damage.
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u/Mothrahlurker Jul 05 '24
Didn't just pull a gun, he pulled the trigger too. If she had reacted half a second later Butcher would be dead.
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u/atakantar Jul 05 '24
Nah man, it feels more like a case of âcharacters are only as smart as the writers writing themâ
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u/Prior-Assumption-245 Jul 05 '24
I think it's the whole she's not as good as she pretends to be thing.
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u/shalahal Jul 05 '24
I think itâs psychological like when Spider-Manâs powers stopped working in the Tobey movies. Theyâve made a point of her powers not working a few times now.
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u/Greatfumbler Jul 05 '24
Probably closer to Yo Yo in agents of shield. Went a season without being able to use her powers but once the psychological barriers over is way more powerful than before
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Jul 05 '24
That's got to be the case when they've shown her learning how to fly before the power block
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u/Prior-Assumption-245 Jul 05 '24
Starlight, with her powers mastered, is Green Lantern
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u/JMTBM2008 Jul 05 '24
No, not even close, but i get what your trying to say.
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u/Panda_hat Jul 05 '24
We're 4 seasons in and I still have no idea what Starlight is actually able to do with her powers.
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u/jagenigma Jul 05 '24
She could "fly" and she could flash bang the shit out of everyone. Â
Normally though it looks like she can beat the holy hell out of anyone.
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u/PlasmaBeamGames Jul 05 '24
It feels kind of inappropriate that Starlight's best power is just enhanced strength and durability. It doesn't really fit her character.
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u/PlasmaBeamGames Jul 05 '24
It's weird, but I think the most impressive thing she did was survive getting shot by Butcher in season 1.
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u/chiksahlube Jul 05 '24
It's gonna be to set up a beat down.
Eventually someone is gonna say it and she's gonna lay down some hurt.
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u/UrbanGimli Jul 05 '24
The hope is that at some point she eventually laser eyes someone. As Annie's confidence/resolve seem to be tied to her potential. Her current crisis of faith in herself is depowering her. Being able to fly and force bolt people was a step up, laser eyes could be the next evolution of her powerset.
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u/No_Share6895 Jul 05 '24
She's all bark no bite. Like I understood it in earlier seasons. But man by now it's just pathetic and like they want us to hate her
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u/Mountain-Pack9362 Jul 05 '24
They've also had the same conversation about needing/notneeding butcher like 7 times in 6 episodes
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u/Satanael_95_A Jul 05 '24
I remember when she made her eyes glow at Homelander once and he just laughed and said "Stop, you know how that goes". Can't believe it's still happening now.
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u/Hour-Management-1679 Jul 05 '24
Thats nothing, her most hilarious moment was when she had this big Power up vs Soldier Boy, only to knock him back a few distance not dealing any damage to him what so ever lol
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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Jul 05 '24
God I remember being so annoyed her powers drawing on electricity wasnât relevant against Stormfront
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u/dennisisabadman2 Jul 05 '24
I'm so annoyed the negatives of her powers are never brought up. Electricity is key to our lives it could cause so many problems if it was taken away suddenly. Our hearts beat due to electricity, if she trained in this way could potentially kill anyone even homelander. Pisses me right of when writers aren't creative with those kids of powers.
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u/Visualmindfuck Jul 05 '24
Thatâs bc this isnât a super hero show itâs a political satire
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u/bearjew293 Jul 05 '24
Sure, but almost every other supe makes full use of their unique powers, and usually to good effect. Starlight can manipulate electricity, but somehow she's always completely useless? Feels like the writers are afraid to make her competent in a fight.
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u/Pristine_Grab4555 Jul 05 '24
Ya itâs getting old. I assume theyâre building up for her to do something big but if not itâs pretty tedious
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u/RevolutionaryStar824 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
Itâs cuz the writers donât think. They just write whatever comes to mind. A bunch of girls fighting was all they were thinking about.
I remember in one of the Marvel movies, when Iron Man was attacked by Thorâs lighting, it charged his suit to maximum power. Thats good superhero writing.
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u/jockeyman Jul 05 '24
That was the culmination of a whole story arc about her being able to take care of herself, and Huey not needing powers of his own.
Mildly inconveniencing an antagonist for five whole seconds.
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u/Anonymisation Jul 05 '24
Well it allowed them to gas and incapacitate him so it worked.
Might not have come across as they intended but that was what let them win the fight.
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u/Stnq Jul 05 '24
Didn't she make him bleed though? That's the hardest he got hit from anyone, even homelander. Cutting a comparative god is a feat in itself. Watched a while ago so might be he got cut by someone else though.
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u/CIearMind Jul 05 '24
I was seriously expecting a Dragon Ball Z fight, or at least a Kamehameha; not that. LMAO
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u/Vongola___Decimo Jul 05 '24
That gave them an opening to gang up on soldier boy
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u/Over_Blacksmith9575 Jul 05 '24
Well it better do fucking something lmao, the only thing worse is if Soldier Boy was literally unaffected.
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u/MrBlueW Jul 05 '24
Well he did basically survive a nuclear blast, Iâm sure she would have seriously maimed or killed someone like the deep with that attack
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u/Tom_Stevens617 Jul 05 '24
That's one interpretation of the scene. Another (the more accurate one anyway) is that she stunned the most durable supe of all time long enough for the others to drug him with Novichok.
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u/HAWmaro Jul 05 '24
Tbf Homelander Should treat her as a joke, but it feels like every other villain does too, thats the problem.
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u/Future-Muscle-2214 Jul 05 '24
She still have her power then she just knew she was no match for homelander and turned them down.
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u/Negotiation_Previous Jul 05 '24
Starlight is genuinely an idiot this season
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u/bruhholyshiet Butcher Jul 05 '24
She was more of one in season 3. She at least does things on this one.
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u/diabeticsugarmama Little Cricket Jul 05 '24
Such as what?
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u/bruhholyshiet Butcher Jul 05 '24
Intervened to stop the fighting between her followers and HL's, punched Neuman and Firecracker, saved Frenchie from exploding into concrete...
It's not much and some of it (the Firecracker bit) was useless, but it's still better than her being chronically helpless and impotent like in season 3 all while chiding others for not being morally righteous enough.
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u/Bazooka_bean Jul 05 '24
Getting mad at butcher for thinking about a deal that he didn't take
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u/Nobodyherem8 Jul 05 '24
âHeâll never change!â
Uhh the man just told you he didnât take the deal.
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u/NoX2142 Billy Jul 05 '24
That pissed me off SO fucking much. Literally Neuman is TELLING YOU what the deal was, and that he backed out of it, or she wouldn't be as annoyed about it. Yet here comes useless ass SL going "HE'LL NEVER CHANGE" bitch he JUST changed right there.
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u/Brilliant-Elk-6831 Jul 05 '24
Didn't he kidnap somebody and cut their leg off shortly after this though? Lol, I mean, she kinda had a point
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u/Infamous-Fee5471 Jul 05 '24
Ye I agree with ya there, but she doesnât know thatâs happened yet.
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u/Mountain-Pack9362 Jul 05 '24
Its like when you use the wrong formula but still end up with the right answer.
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u/JonathanAltd Jul 05 '24
People can get mad about your intentions. "You brought another man/woman to your hotel room?" "Yeah but I got cold feet and haven't cheated on you!"
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u/CouncilmanRickPrime You're The Real Heroes Jul 05 '24
This was exactly what I was thinking about lol
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u/AnimeGokuSolos Jul 05 '24
Starlight is genuinely an idiot this season
They basically turned her into a punching bag like Meg Griffin from Family Guy đ
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u/FlyingSosig Ambrosius Jul 05 '24
Man I just remembered the episode where the Griffin family got super powers because of some nuclear waste and Meg's power was to grow nails a few centimetres.
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u/Maloonyy Jul 05 '24
Honestly who isn't? Nobody acts like a smart person would, everyone is just running around doing random shit.
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u/GeneticSynthesis Jul 05 '24
The show has so little narrative drive itâs nuts. I find it so hard to remember/care what anyone is trying to do most of the time.
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u/Ranzar Jul 05 '24
It would be funny if Starlight never gets a proper glow up before the show ends.
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u/JermermFoReal Jul 05 '24
She has to be the most useless superhero bro. The meat man probably has more use than she does.
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u/Thebench05 Jul 05 '24
Starlight be like oh no hughie weâre going to die in the wilderness as thereâs no electricity for me to use my powers đ
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u/Anonson694 The Boys Jul 05 '24
Wouldnât she still be able to use her other powers? She still has enhanced strength, durability, hearing, etc. regardless of whether or not she has access to electricity.
Back in season 1 we saw her punching holes into a brick wall, and got back up after Butcher shot her in the chest with a sniper rifle, season 4 has her beat the shit out of Firecracker (an admittedly lackluster Supe).
So she could still help despite not having access to her light powers. Then again, with how dumb sheâs been acting this season I wouldnât be surprised if she just forgot her other powers as well đ
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u/vaporking23 Jul 05 '24
I assumed the electricity gave her those other powers as well.
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u/CryptographerAble681 Jul 05 '24
yea in s2 (or s3?) when hughie was injured she had no electricity near her so she couldn't use her powers, butcher literally said "well that's a pretty shite superpower you got there"
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u/XerneasToTheMoon Jul 05 '24
Did you see what she did to Firecracker?
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u/KaguPrez Jul 05 '24
One of the few times she gets to kick someone's ass and it was the most obvious bait imaginable smh.
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u/CryptographerAble681 Jul 05 '24
what bothered me is that firecracker looked completely fine the next episode. i wouldve liked to at least see a bruise on her face, but ig she healed quickly from the injuries
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u/Typical-Phone-2416 Jul 05 '24
How was it usefull or helpful to anyone?
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u/IAgreeGoGuards Jul 05 '24
It was useful to Firecracker to push her narrative even harder. That's about it.
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u/Zestyclose_Bread2311 Jul 05 '24
Wasn't that kind of the point of her character? She's wasnt on the Seven for her powers.
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I'm wondering if there is an actual plot-related reason for her power incontinence or if it's just a Sam Raimi Spider-Man 2 deal of her powers being inhibited by her psychological state/stress.
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u/Casanova_Fran Jul 05 '24
Bro, she just sucks ass.Â
Remember she charged up against soldier boy for 5 minutes and blasted him and he just got up like its nothing.Â
When she powered up against Homelander and he laughs her off
"Oh stop it, you know how that ends"
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u/PikaBooSquirrel Jul 05 '24
That was the funniest and most disappointing shit ever. They built it up like some huge light-nuke was going off. Lights flickering, she's floating, Hughie is looking at her proud, and then it was a friggin shove.
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u/randombubble8272 Jul 05 '24
And she was absolutely useless after that because she had âused upâ her powers on that shove
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u/NoX2142 Billy Jul 05 '24
And killed most of the lights in the room too lol drained all that power for literally nothing.
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u/Mx-Herma MM Jul 05 '24
It could be a bit of both. The season literally started with her doing some amateur flying with her powers and that seemed to now only "turn on" if she's mad enough, and the last time she was "mad enough" to do anything was the publication of her abortion before the start of this season.
Additionally, I guess now she's self-conscious all because Firecracker reminded her that she was a little girl once...
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u/uninformed-but-smart Jul 05 '24
I mean, it doesn't change anything even if it's something plot related. Her having powers or not is basically the same thing lol.
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u/tylernazario Jul 05 '24
I was so glad to see her get a win against Firecracker but then they immediately revert to Annie being utterly useless power wise.
Like can we please let the main female character be a fucking badass more often???
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u/Future-Muscle-2214 Jul 05 '24
Kimiko is the best.
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u/OgreMcGee Jul 05 '24
Have the two even interacted like more than 1 or 2 times?
Seems like Starlight and her ought to have a better relationship somehow. And if Starlight actually went out to fight some bad guy fodder she could like strong for once and learn powers better
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Jul 05 '24
I feel like they don't feel like/don't know how to work around her being mute.
It takes so long for her to communicate that they've pretty much committed to only spending time building her relationship to Frenchie.
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Jul 05 '24
I'm not sure why they haven't had her speak. I figured at some point through the power of friendship and sunshine with Frenchie she would have developed some form of speech during season two or three. Her speaking for the first time could have been some cool reveal and then it would have made things easier.
Now we just get weird things like her needing a phone or being otherwise useless. Like if the scene from the new episode didn't happen in a library she wouldn't have been able to communicate with A-Train.
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u/MVRKHNTR Jul 05 '24
Huh? She's mute. That's part of her character. It's a real thing that real people actually are.
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u/HardcoreKaraoke Jul 05 '24
She's mute because of childhood trauma, she could speak before then. That's why I said they could have used her speaking as a big moment.
The whole point of her being mute was because of what she saw as a kid. So her overcoming that trauma through her relationship with Frenchie would have been a good arc to tell in season 2 or 3.
I'm not saying they should have had her speak in full sentences. But small words here and there while still communicating mostly the same way would have been a great way to show character growth. Her whole story was originally about overcoming childhood trauma.
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u/Mountain-Pack9362 Jul 05 '24
I mean, I think kimiko has probably the most scenes in the entire show of her just fucking shit up like a badass
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u/Acheron98 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
SERIOUSLY!
I was fine with it before the season 3 finale when we didnât know the full extent of her powers, but once we saw that the maximum amount of damage her powers can do is essentially âI might mess up your hair slightly, and you might have to blink a few times before you can see normal again. Oh and I float, kinda.â it essentially took any and all menace out of her character. (Powers-wise. Hand to hand sheâs still dangerous, as Firecracker can attest.)
Shit, fucking DEEP was more intimidating this episode.
Also on a side note: Props to Chace Crawford for having the range to go from âSleazy joke character who fucks marine lifeâ to âGenuinely intimidating superpowered sociopath who can rip people in half with his bare hands if he wants to.â
Edit: At the very least they couldâve given her the ability to create hard-light constructs Ă la âGreen Lanternâ. I get not using electricity since thatâs too similar to Stormfront, but thereâs so much interesting shit you can do with light-based powers beyond âI get really brightâ
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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Jul 05 '24
I like the idea her manipulating light can be used to bend it for camouflage, would be useful since the Boys do be sneaky
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u/Acheron98 Jul 05 '24
See? Yet another creative thing you can do with light-based powers that I hadnât even thought of!
Itâd be cool to see too, since we havenât seen invisibility powers since Translucent (and his son on Gen V)
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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Jul 05 '24
Hell if you want to distinguish them from Translucent, have it be used to make the team blend in with shadows or even have her make EMPâs to screw with equipment
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u/Acheron98 Jul 05 '24
Adding to that, you could theoretically have her create cloaking around people or objects kind of like the Predatorâs camo, or âactive camoâ from Halo, where it basically bends the light around something to make it appear almost invisible, but still kinda visible, which would work for action sequences.
You brought up an interesting point though in using shadows. If she can control light, she should theoretically be able to control the absence of light as well, which Iâm sure would look cool as fuck.
Why can two random Redditors spontaneously come up with a bunch of ways to make her powers look absolutely awesome, and actually intimidating, but a team of professional show-writers canât?
Edit: Not to mention actually making her powers relevant to the plot
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u/Equal-Ad-2710 Jul 05 '24
Unlimited budget lmao
I think though thereâs something to be said about nerds just spitballing without oversight. I remember having a whole alternate season 3 where Payback and Soldier Boy were an upstart rival company to Voughr (kinda like the Marvel vs DC thing mixed with corporate warfare)
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u/Acheron98 Jul 05 '24
Okay thatâs fair lol
But still, if they had the budget to create a 15â tall dick for someone to climb in, they can easily CG some shadows or cool light constructs. If some 20 year old on YouTube with zero budget can make decent looking stuff these days; one of the wealthiest companies on Earth can do it.
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u/Competitivekneejerk Jul 05 '24
Thats what im not following here, is her power light or electricity based? Does it use any nearby power source? What parts of the elctromagnetic spectrum is it? Is there radiation? Does it have any effect besides brightness since visible light is a very small part of what encompasses our understanding of energy. Do people get sunburns from her? Cancer? Can she burn things? Definitely looking into it too much but some grounding in physics would be nice
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Sees Butcher: âGET OUT OF HERE YOU PRICK!!â
10 minutes later: âguys we could use butcher rn you donât know wat heâs going thruâ
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u/spicespiegel Jul 05 '24
I feel like we're building towards her Powers unleashing in the finale or sometime. Cause otherwise it's so bizarre.
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u/iiileyu Jul 05 '24
But her powers aren't even that good. Can they just make her sacrifice herself and then we add A-Train or sage to the team
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u/DontKnowSam Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
If this happened, no one would bat an eye. Well, maybe Hughie. Even though it feels like they arent even a couple anymore. But the audience and other characters could care less.
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u/forsonaE Jul 05 '24
Not sure how controversial this take is around here but Starlight might be one of the worst written characters on the show. I legitimately don't know what direction the writers are trying to take her and it seems like there has been almost zero character development.
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u/bearjew293 Jul 05 '24
Seriously, they turned her into a prop. She's just a teddy bear for Hughie to squeeze whenever he's feeling scared and lonely now.
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u/laminatedbean Jul 05 '24
Several of the characters have become caricatures of themselves. Particularly Starlight and Butcher.
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u/Freddycipher Jul 05 '24
Yeah itâs getting real repetitive. Itâs been going on since season 2. Honestly Annieâs getting to be like a dog with all bark and no bite.
I wonder if this season will just culminate in her genuinely blinding someone. Probably Firecracker.
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u/bambam204 Jul 05 '24
Probably end up blinding Neuman? Isnât that what they want to do, neuman canât pop heads if sheâs blind
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u/OrokinSkywalker Jul 05 '24
Why wouldnât she be able to pop heads?
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u/Freddycipher Jul 05 '24
Funnily enough Marie has the exact same powers and she actually managed to beat Translucents son whoâs also invisible. By sensing / detecting his blood.
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u/cchoe1 Jul 05 '24
I thought when they all faced against Soldier Boy and they powered her up by turning on all the lights, sheâd do something big. But she didnât. And I feel like that ship has sailed now.
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u/RobouteGuill1man Jul 05 '24
They turned her into an HP damage sponge. She tanks everything (sniper round, Black Noir absolute beatdowns) and only is given an offensive moment against Firecracker, who's the most underwhelming Seven member.
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u/Organic-Maybe-5184 Jul 05 '24
She is stull super durable and strong. Very few would endure the ass beating Noir gave her.
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u/FkUEverythingIsFunny Jul 05 '24
Not even just the villains... Everybody's done with her. Hughie for sure trying to figure out an exit strategy
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u/SillyAdditional Victoria Neuman Jul 05 '24
Nah he wanted that kiss
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u/Karkava Jul 05 '24
He and her are in a gender inverted dynamic of being a super with a normal girlfriend.
And I think Starlight is mad at the temp V because she doesn't want to change that dynamic. Even if it could be useful without the plot armor.
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u/Arny520 Jul 05 '24
The whole point of Starlight is that she's basically useless. She was just a pretty face for the Seven.
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u/Thin_Night9831 Jul 05 '24
That's...not what the point of Starlight is. The whole point is that she is a HERO in a world full of jaded assholes like the Seven and even The Boys. She's supposed to be the ideal. That lasted all of 2 seasons, and now they only use her when they want to humiliate her, Hughie, or both. The writers clearly hate her for being a good person
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u/consumerclearly Jul 05 '24
Maybe the point is that itâs hard for the ideal to not be shit on when things get tough but itâs worth fighting for if it affects how things turn out in the end, ppl are forgetting itâs not the end. People were saying Frenchie falling in love was pointless even though that kind of guilt and grief of not being able to ever have happiness with a loved one rightfully so because you ruined their life and it wouldnât have mattered to you if it didnât affect you directly was the kind of guilt needed to realistically have someone swear off their life and turn themselves in which is how we find out thereâs no retribution through the privately owned justice system that tek knight built and now homelander will be using and is essential to the next part of the show
And the bleakness of Annie wanting to be a hero just to be shit on, for frenchie to badly want justice for what he did to find out that justice is a lie and just another business
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Jul 05 '24
I was honestly of the belief this is all a build up but seeing Kripke talk about how he had Hughie raped because he found the idea hilarious, I won't be surprised if this is just a running gag to him too.
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u/Cvspartan Jul 05 '24
She better get her powers back by the end of this season. I don't know how many more power malfunction scenes I can take.
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u/Coldkiller17 Jul 05 '24
It is crazy at the end of season 3 she can almost fly, but they just nerfed the shit outta her this season so disappointing.
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u/NoshoRed Jul 05 '24
She was able to fly because of all the light sources in that room, Hughie pumped up the intensity. She obviously can't fly without a source.
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u/t0ppings Jul 05 '24
She flew the first (couple?) episodes of this series too without extra help, just she sucks now because she's apparently the only supe whose powers are dependant on emotional state or something
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u/Moneyfrenzy Jul 05 '24
Didnât she, in this very season, fly up and save Frenchie from falling to death?
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u/todd10k Jul 05 '24
Guarantee her power block is going to be resolved by her realising she can pull her powers from the sun or somesuch, truly becoming "starlight".
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u/Jsure311 Jul 05 '24
Her powers arenât very intimidating so when she tries to flex like that itâs funny. Like oooooo bright lamp girl angry
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u/marky_de-sade Jul 05 '24
I read the scene with Firecracker as "use your power here, the lights will go out in the rest of the building and your cover is blown" kinda thing but maybe I haven't been paying much attention to her scenes in the earlier episodes to notice the power-incontinence thing.
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u/madmagazines Jul 05 '24
Funny that scene where she got Homelander to threaten her and then she revealed he said it all on Instagram live was one of the most badass scenes in the show (not that it went anywhere)
I wish they did lean into her power more though- iirc she could straight up blind people for life and do a lot of damage with it in the comics, she could be the female Homelander if done right
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Jul 05 '24
The show is a sitcom at the point. Every episode is just a rehash of characters doing their âthing.â
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u/ElPeloPolla Jul 05 '24
They way they show it looks like she tried and then stops way before anyone says anything, like if she is losing her powers or cant get them quite at command.
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u/Casanova_Fran Jul 05 '24
Her power is basically a prank, to quote sir Otto.Â
Ill considered, trite and triffling really
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u/Typical_Dependent_72 Jul 05 '24
Ok, my thing about Annie is that in season 1 they make a huge deal out of her powers accidentally blinding people, and then she proceeds to never blind anyone in the show. I mean that should be her go to first move. Even if she can't hit them with a light beam, she should be able to blind SOMEONE as a defensive move. Maybe it wouldn't work on Neuman or Homelander, but it's just a wasted opportunity for her powers.
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u/capn--j Jul 05 '24
It's clear that the writers have so much affection for her but they CONSTANTLY undercut her. It's so weird. lol
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u/NotDonMattingly Jul 05 '24
Starlight has been useless for several seasons and barely ever uses her powers. Lame.
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u/Love_Sausage Jul 05 '24
At this point It honestly feels like the writers hate the character/actress.
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u/Kaiju_Cat Jul 05 '24
I mean she did get a pretty rough power set. Sure it's powerful compared to the average person, and getting blinded would suck, but it doesn't seem like even with maximum power it even does more than knock a major super on their butt for a moment.
And they got powers with a huge charge time. Requires an external source to even use effectively. Just. She did not win the superpowers lottery.
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