The Chew Toy: He suffers a deserved series of humiliations and failures almost straight from the start. Homelander even uses an action figure of him as target practice. 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.

Apparently Human Merfolk: The Deep appears completely human at first, but is later shown to be one, with gills on his torso. Slave to PR: Everybody in the Seven is surrounded by Vought executives, who try to script their every word and tailor every little thing towards marketing the superheroes at the expense of, y'know, actually fighting crime. An Arm and a Leg: His corpse is missing an arm, and his right leg has been torn off his body with the other visibly damaged. 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. Cruel Mercy: Living with the haunting memory of burning Mallory's grandchildren alive, Frenchie and Mallory leave him alive to live with his guilt, along with being able to use him in their plans.

Innocent Blue Eyes: The Deep has big blue eyes like Homelander, is a handsome man and his immature behaviour make him come out somewhat naive. It get subverted once you realize he is a sex offender too stupid for his own good. De-power: While she survives being at the epicenter of Soldier Boy's blast, she loses her power as a result. She's content to settle down to a normal life with Elena afterwards. The Rival: To A-Train, though how much of this is just for publicity is unclear. He does give a smug smirk when he replaces A-Train on the Seven. Women Are Wiser: Queen Maeve and Annie/Starlight are so far the only members who have a moral compass, are genuinely good people and are disgusted with the rest of the Supes misusing their position. And while Stormfront's moral compass is basically non-existent, she's an incredibly intelligent social expert that runs circles around Homelander with a fraction of the resources. The Deep has been sexually extorting women using his position, and ends up getting raped by a Looney Fan. His Sham Marriage in Season 2 is also shown to not provide him with sexual satisfaction.

Beware the Superman: With the exception of Starlight, most of them are (or have become over time) malicious corporate agents, as willing to kill people as they are to genuinely help them. Maeve is the only exception, and even she's so defeated and cynical, she knowingly turns a blind eye to the others. 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.

Would Hurt a Child: He murdered Mallory's grandchildren when she and Billy got too close to Vought's secrets. He wouldn't have done it if he knew that they were there. Killed Offscreen: We only learn what happened to him when Homelander shows Starlight his maimed carcass.

Annie started out as a joke, and was actually going to degenerate further in terms of the shit she'd put up with, the degradations she'd suffer just to be in the world's premier super team. But I found myself writing Hughie moping in Central Park, and then to my great surprise I saw Annie coming walking down the path. That was when I realized I wanted to take her in a different direction, make her stronger and more rounded... I probably felt a bit guilty about Annie and ended up treating her a bit more responsibly as a result." [11] Reception [ edit ] Freudian Excuse: His drug-induced journey of enlightenment has him argue with his gills about why he sexually harasses and assaults women; because he has his own insecurities about his body and dehumanizes and humiliates women before they can humiliate him first. He also talks about how his powers meant that he could hear aquatic animals begging for their lives since he was only 9 years old. Such science-based designs go a long way toward making the gritty world of The Boys feel grounded in our own reality. Which is also why the Deep, Vought’s resident “Aquaman” (who is mostly used for photo-ops with fans at water parks) doesn’t sport his signature outsize diving helmet. Corrupted Character Copy: As in the comics, the characters are mostly clear copies of existing characters from other comics, mostly Marvel and DC. In some cases, they've altered the copy a bit or made it clearer. For season two, Shannon had an even more challenging task: Stormfront. Played on the show by Aya Cash, the newest member of the Seven is a cipher for much of the season. And for fans of the comic books, her gender-bent look is wholly new. “Stormfront was, like, jumping right off of a cliff,” Shannon jokes.

Annie January

Orange/Blue Contrast: He wears an orange costume against A-Train's blue one. It's especially clear in their race in "Get Some".

Muscles Are Meaningless: The most visibly muscular member of The Seven, but is a pathetically bad fighter. 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). Smug Snake: He thinks that he's some sort of master manipulator, who has the ability to read people like books and easily manipulate them without effort. Believing that he knows exactly how people will act and rationalize themselves so that he can persuade them into doing whatever he wants. When in reality he is a deluded pervert who has no real clue about what people are like, as he has no empathy for them and no ability to talk them into anything. This is emphasized greatly when Hughie kills him out of sheer rage for trying to convince him to let Translucent go. Body Horror: The state of his body after Homelander kills him is beyond horrific. His left arm and right leg seem to have been ripped off, he's got severe burns from Homelander's heat vision and his face has been caved in, presumably by a punch from Homelander.Hookers and Blow: Two of his vices are smoking and having sex. Since he knows he's going to die once he testifies at the hearing, he decides to spend his remaining time watching porn parodies of The Seven and smoking. 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.” Villainous Underdog: The Deep is the least respected member of The Seven due to his abilities only being useful for water-based missions. Due to his ability to speak to aquatic animals, he's forced to stand by as he hears the animals being killed and beg for rescue from their captivity. Even worse, he's forced to support companies that pollute the seas and harm aquatic life. None of that excuses the fact that he's been sexually assaulting women.