Annie January was born somewhere around 1996-1997 as the only child of Donna January and an unnamed man. Desiring for their child to be special, Annie's parents decided to take Vought's offer Skilled hand-to-hand combat: Starlight is one of the few Supes to have actual martial arts training. Pyromaniac: When Frenchie asks why he torched Mallory's grandchildren that night, he responds by saying that he "like[s] watching people burn." This is an act, and he drops it when prompted further. Cynical Mentor: She plays the role of an extremely jaded but genuinely guiding and helpful figure to Annie/Starlight.

It was important to Kripke that we create a legitimate superhero universe,” the show’s costume designer, Laura Jean Shannon, tells Vulture. “We have other cinematic superhero universes that have been in existence for generations. But he wanted us to create a cinematic universe with our suits that could really play with the big boys. Like, it had to be legit. It wasn’t a joke.” Traveling at the Speed of Plot: A really egregious example in Season 2. He gets news at roughly the same time as the rest of the Seven that the Boys are harboring a Supe terrorist in the Atlantic Ocean and manages to find them first. The issue? He was over 700 km (about 430 miles) away in Sandusky, Ohio while the Seven were right by the coast in New York City, yet not only did he somehow cross that vast distance in an instant and outpace Homelander and A-Train but had the extra time to go around and find some local marine animals to do his bidding (although it might be possible that he was actually at the Church of the Collective, which could have a location near a coastline, or taken advantage of the city's location on Lake Erie to get to Buffalo and take the Erie Canal to the Hudson, though that would be a challenge for someone of his limited intellect).Adaptational Modesty: Following what happened to Maeve's "source", the cleavage-bearing suit now has a more armor-like look which covers more of her torso ◊. Therapy Is for the Weak: He rejects Eagle and Carol's attempts to have him better himself, though their odd behavior as members of the Church of the Collective also probably has something to do with it. Forced Out of the Closet: Homelander tells the world she is gay (actually, bisexual) while they're on a talk show, after Maeve kept it secret with him as her beard.

Failure Hero: Anytime he does try to do the right thing, it goes hilariously wrong. Take for instance his rescue of the dolphin and the lobster. Foil: A subtle one to Butcher. Both of them are bitter, morally bankrupt people who practically ooze toxicity and act as a corrupting influence on their protegé figures (Annie and Hughie respectively). Maeve, however, ultimately registers how awful she's become and how her cynicism and cruelty have affected Annie, and advises her to stay optimistic and be herself. Billy, conversely, stays fixated on revenge and keeps trying to get Hughie to myopically pursue it along with him, even at the expense of their comrades. Both have had troubled relationships with their romantic interests, but whereas Maeve stays away from Elena for fear of what may happen if Homelander catches wind of them together, Billy deliberately seeks out Becca in hopes of prying her away from Vought. Green and Mean: His costume is mostly green, and while not the worst of The Seven, he's still a self-centered asshole.

Adaptational Sexuality: At first, it's left unclear if she's a closeted lesbian or bisexual as she dated Homelander (in terms of Homelander, it was to keep her public image acceptable) and dated a civilian woman before, even though she is only involved with men in the comic. Homelander outs her in Season 2, on national TV no less. Elena also clarifies that she's bisexual. Season 3 also shows her having sex with Billy Butcher and having a string of casual lovers of both men and women. Disposable Woman: A Rare Male Example. He exists solely to give some further insight into Annie's past, becomes a major blow to her current boyfriend Hughie's self-esteem, then gets brutally Killed Offscreen by Homelander to show that Homelander isn't playing around anymore. Homelander even shows Annie his horrifically disfigured corpse to intimidate her. The Deep, expy of Aquaman, complete with perceived uselessness and fish jokes. He pulls a Casting Couch on Starlight, and suffers a Trauma Conga Line when it comes out. It's also stated he's sexually assaulted (or at least harassed) several other women. His one redeeming trait is his genuine love of all marine creatures, leading to the aforementioned fish jokes, and every time he tries to push this issue forward he's rebuffed (he wants to "shine a light" on Oceanland's questionable animal handling practices, but is told to just go along with the ad campaign Oceanland signed him up for). Arch-Enemy: Is this to Frenchie, since he was unable to stop him from burning Mallory's grandchildren. While Mallory believed that she could move on from the past, Frenchie swore revenge.