It's hard to tell if the implication is meant to be that she's been huffing her own goodie two-shoes farm girl thing too hard or what. I'd almost prefer if she was just a pure example of a "good guy" being out of place in this universe instead of her also being a cunt.
My guess is she's gonna die before Hughie mutates a set of balls though and that'll be the thing that gets the band back together. It's hard to see her ever getting on-side otherwise and it'd explain her being paired with MM.
She's also just kind of a retard. She seems to have forgotten that conversation she and Homelander had where he told her flat out that if she ruins his reputation, he will destroy the entire United States. Because her going on the air and saying 'Homelander actually evil, and did this' is dangerously close to pulling the rug out from under him.
It's also very strange that she's so unsympathetic to Hughie feeling helpless. Hughies entire history when dealing with supes has been tragedy born of powerlessness. His girlfriend was murdered right in front of him, and he couldn't do anything. His father turned on him because of how scared he was of supes, Translucent nearly casually killed him and he barely got through that. He has been hunted by the government, and by literal super humans for months on end. He found out that his best efforts to do good, were co-opted by a woman that blatantly murdered dozens of members of government. His new girlfriend has been repeatedly threatened with death by Homelander and he can't help her, she's being forced into a - fake - relationship with Homelander and he can't help her. Hughie feels entirely useless, and helpless in a world with walking demi-gods. Starlight isn't a moron, she knows this, and when he tells her that he just wants to save her, to help. She insults him, and implies he's a piece of shit for trying. It's especially weird when her main problem is 'HeS a MuRDerer!' because he killed Crimson Countess, and accidentally iced some people. Starlight has killed people, A-Train, Hughie, MM, Butcher, Kimiko, fucking everyone at this point has unlawfully killed people. But the one guy that can maybe killed Homelander is where she draws a line? Fuck off,.
I know it's not what they're going for, but Starlight is - like Homelander - the epitome of why superhumans are a problem. She cannot fathom how her operating on a level blatantly above Hughie makes him feel. He's not emasculated, he's
terrified. Her world isn't the same as his, and by dint of loving her, he has to operate in it. He's so extremely vulnerable that someone like A-Train could jog past him and the force that generates would turn his bones to jelly. He can't be of any use as a normal human, because normal humans are worthless compared to superhumans. When he tried, a superhuman made it all pointless. She's failing at something as basic as relationship empathy. When my girlfriend is upset, or scared, or angry; I try and figure out why, and how I'd feel in the same situation. I don't roll my eyes and go '
wow, just wow. This is all you huh?'. Starlight is a terrible person. She's not strong, or brave, or particularly 'stunning'. She's a cunt, that's gotten so used to being powerful that she can't empathise with people that are powerless.
Also: They're really ditching all of the Deeps possible character development huh. Wild. A-train fag dragging Blue Hawk was funny. Sex stuff was boring, and the shock value was pretty low.
Soldier Boy seems an interesting character, but I get the feeling they're going to fuck it up and make him generic and one note by the end of it all. I did really like how confused he was that the US was in Afghanistan, where he seemed genuinely angry about people that he fought with and for are now the enemies of the US. The fact that it was mixed with a Cosby rape joke makes me think it was meant as more of a 'Lol, he's ignorant' thing than it was supposed to be a sad part of his character. The persona he has now really doesn't fit with the story of him murdering people that we're being told. It's actually pretty jarring.
