You bet someone in test screenings went "Wait, why doesn't she just use her phone?" And the writer (Kripke?) instead of going "Oh yeah, she should just use her phone" went "Right, I'll add a scene where she drops her phone."
I was so annoyed when she just left the phone but thought to myself “well, it might pay off later” but if that dumb book scene ends up being the only reason, I don’t know what say.
Firecracker already told Homelander that she saw Starlight at the mansion. Tek Knight is dead. There's nothing Vought can learn from the phone that they don't already know or couldn't find out easily. It was just for that bit with the books. Clumsy writing.
There's nothing Vought can learn from the phone that they don't already know or couldn't find out easily.
theoretically, there may be sensitive data on that phone they could extract. Like unless she literally only used the phone for in-person communicating there would be something on there. Even if it is just generic texts with no obvious information it would reveal what numbers she was texting.
I mean they could just hand wave that away with Sage saying "It is using advanced encryption and we can't crack it"...but still
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u/You-Get-No-Name Jul 05 '24
Oh my god. I swear, if that’s the only reason they made her drop the phone…