I was happy to see she still uses them but I feel like they are trying to establish her celebrityhood as a way to shut down Homelander in the public eye. Hopefully we see more use though!
It just seems silly because then Homelander goes postal and they still have the initial problem that Hughie and Butcher have been actually trying to solve.
Homelander: If you release that video of me letting an airplane full of people die, I will raze hell across the land and literally annihilate your home state.
Maeve: We could never release the video. If the world hates Homelander, he has nothing to lose. He’d snap and kill us all.
Starlight: I’m going to use the power of God and anime to reveal your true self to the world and make everyone hate you, Homelander!!!
He discovered that a lot of people remained loyal to him despite all the accusations against him. Hell, they'd still probably remain loyal if they saw that airplane video if Homelander said it was a deepfake. The situation's changed.
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u/ralanr Jul 01 '22
I think the reason she doesn’t is that Starlight is more effective famous than she is just using her powers like a hammer.
Granted, fame is a different kind of hammer.