Annie January, formerly known as Starlight, is the deuteragonist of the Amazon series The Boys.
Annie January is as down-to-earth and sincere as they come, the girl next door with superpowers. And as Starlight, "The Defender of Des Moines", all she's ever wanted to do is save the world — and while a lot of people say that as a corny catchphrase, she actually means it. So, when she's selected to join The Seven, it's every dream she's ever had come true.
However, that dream becomes her worst nightmare when this fresh-faced Midwesterner arrives in New York and learns that the old adage is true: never meet your heroes. After noticing Vought's corruption and Homelander's psychopathic ideas, Annie resigned from The Seven and became an ally, later a member, of The Boys.
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 to have her injected with Compound V and be turned into a supe. Afterward, Annie would be groomed by her parents to become a superhero and would grow up in a hyper-religious home. When she would ask about the origins of her powers, her parents would lie and tell her that God gave them to her, further reinforcing her faith in Christianity.
Despite Donna and her husband both agreeing to turn Annie into a supe, Annie's father would come to regret his decision due to the guilt of having to lie to his daughter. The guilt would eventually make him leave his family.
Despite losing her husband, Donna would continue to train her daughter so that she could become a famous superhero one day. To achieve that objective, she would force Annie to participate in dancing contests, such as a "little miss hero pageant" and other supe pageants to lay the groundwork for her hero career. As revealed by Firecracker, Annie had been in the supe pageant circuit for at least 3 years, having competed against her in their childhood to early teens. Particularly, in one such pageant where she and Firecracker (Sparkler) had become the top 2 finalists and were about to face off to determine the winner, under her mother’s influence to be ruthless in order to win, Annie had begun spreading false rumors about her competitor that she had only managed to get into the final two by giving sexual favors to the judges and later rudely and offensively brushed her aside by calling her a “fat slut” when she confronted her why she did it. Starlight then proceeded to beat Sparkler and the false rumors she spread around about her continued to follow her well after that pageant. Eventually forcing her to drop out of pageant circuit all together due to Starlight ruining her reputation. Evidently, Annie was oblivious to the far-reaching consequences of her actions.
At some point, Annie attended Capes for Christ Bible Camp alongside her friend Matthew, where they put on a Passion Play in which Matthew portrayed Jesus, Annie portrayed Mary and Big Game portrayed Pontius Pilate.
Early Career[]
As a young superheroine, Annie would end up joining the Young Americans, where she met Supersonic, whom she dated for quite a while.
When she was 13 years old, there was a situation in which a gunmen went into Walmart and took hostages. Starlight arrived and stopped him with a blast of her powers, however, at that time she wasn't in control with her powers, and while using them she accidentally blinded one of the hostages, a mother of three children who went to buy crunchberries for her kids, unfortunately, Starlight didn't realize this and simply smiled to the cameras like none of it ever happened.
Starlight has had a history of being in the spotlight, often attending superhero events as a child. She is selected to be a member of The Seven after an interview following Lamplighter's retirement. She is at first overjoyed at being selected, wanting to use her position as a superhero to help people and make the world a better place. These dreams are suddenly dashed, however, when Starlight is sexually assaulted by the Deep, who extorts her into performing oral sex on him at Seven Tower during "The Name of the Game". He does so by convincing her that she needs to in order to stay on the team, telling her lies that he is the second most important person in the group after Homelander while exaggerating his own power and influence. Starlight is left feeling humiliated, a pain she carries with her.
As Starlight gets to experience more and more of how the Seven actually operate, she bitterly learns that her membership with The Seven comes with a price as she is forced to disregard her own values and morals in return for Vought International's profits as well as remaining with the company. She initially disregards Vought's attitude towards fighting criminals, dismayed at having her patrols arranged for her in "Cherry", and was coerced into wearing a skimpy and more sexualized version of her costume designed by the female costume designer of Vought who had also designed the Homelander's suit. She deviates from the path after saving a woman from two assailants, an act that's caught on camera — much to Vought's initial anger; however, she is praised after her act gains positive publicity for The Seven.
Starlight eventually strays from her path as a member of The Seven during the Believe Expo, in which she expresses her anger at Vought and the world in general, disillusioned by the harsh reality of being a superhero. It also where Starlight made her account of sexual assault by The Deep public, though she did not out him. As Starlight becomes more outspoken, she also soon realizes that opposing Vought's corporate line and trying to be a genuine hero within The Seven is fraught with dire consequences, following threats and warnings from Homelander.
Relationship with Hughie[]
Hughie and Starlight form a close relationship shortly after the former's girlfriend's death. Initially, Hughie engages in the relationship to plant a bug on Starlight's phone; however, the relationship develops into a romantic/sexual one. Starlight is angry and upset that Hughie uses her to get tickets into the Believe Expo in Good for the Soul, and again to gain information on Naqib. The relationship between the two does fix itself to a degree, however, with Starlight rescuing Hughie from A-Train in "You Found Me".
In the second season, Starlight works closely with The Boys to help bring down Vought. She even steals a sample of Compound V to have proof that Supes aren't born; they're made. Homelander and Stormfront are on to her, and eventually Annie is denounced as a criminal and publicly declared a traitor of The Seven. She is imprisoned in Vought Tower, but Hughie helps break her out and they start to bond again.
At the end of the season, Annie fights Stormfront after helping to reveal her Nazi past. She is reinstated to The Seven and cleared of criminal charges once the world realized Stormfront's true nature and Annie was just trying to help.
Annie and Hughie reconnect and kiss at the end of the season. It is implied that they're in a relationship again.
Starlight was featured in a music video titled Never Truly Vanish and in various segments, interviews and advertisements across the VNN channel, including reports of her ex-boyfriend Supersonic making a name for himself again after their former relationship (when his name was Drummer Boy.) In the October 7, 2021, segment, Coleman reported that Starlight was rebuilding her image and has donned her old costume, which prompted Halloween sales to reach Homelander's levels of popularity. In the December 7, 2021, segment, Coleman reported that she was a guest at Vought's Christmas benefit, recognized as Hero of the Year.
On January 7, 2022, Coleman reported that Starlight was exclusively looking for new members of the Seven to join their team and would be a host of the reality competition show American Hero.
In Season Three, Annie's ratings are off the charts for her work in The Seven. Her wholesome appearance is well received, and Stan Edgar notices. He makes her co-captain of The Seven, with Homelander, and Annie is very hesitant at first. She thinks she could be a role model for young girls around the world, but she also knows that Homelander is slowly becoming more deranged and might possibly murder her if she moves in on his leadership role. Annie decides to take the position in the end despite the risks.
Annie is in a strong and stable relationship with Hughie - they are also in a public relationship. However, Homelander (in an attempt to embarrass her) announces that he and Starlight are actually together, and Annie keeps up the charade to keep Homelander happy.
Her ex-boyfriend, Supersonic, joins The Seven, and they strike up a friendship again. Soon after being selected into the Seven, Annie tells Supersonic to decline membership, warning him about Homelander's mental instability and numerous murders, as well as the general corruption of Vought's "superheroes". She also tells Supersonic that if he were to stay with The Seven any longer, he could probably wind up dead. He agrees to help her try and take down Homelander because he knows she needs an ally. However, A-Train betrays Supersonic when he tells him the plan and Homelander kills him. Homelander flies Annie to the rooftop where he killed Supersonic, and he shows her that if she keeps plotting against him that the same gruesome death will happen to Hughie. Annie tells him she understands.
Not too long after, Starlight, Homelander, and her assistant Ashley go over the reports of a Supe causing an explosion that left a hole in a building and at least 19 people dead. Starlight wants to find and stop the attacker, but a scared Homelander tells her that he must tell the public that everything is fine and the attack is a hoax, much to her outrage.
Annie later tells Hughie about Supersonic's death, which he reveals that the Boys unleashed Soldier Boy back in Russia, as well as Hughie having taking Temp V and acquired teleportation powers, much to her shock. The couple argue, with Hughie expressing relief that he can finally fight, but Annie expresses her outrage of him using an untested drug on himself and not wanting to lose him to the power rush.
MM calls her one night, telling her to come to Crimson Countess' location. There, she finds him knocked out by a sedative given by Butcher, with Hughie surprised that she's there. Taken away by Hughie, Annie is shocked by Hughie's display of powers, saying that he promised not to do it again earlier. He tells her that he wants no more secrets between them, but soon after, they are interrupted by an explosion coming from Crimson Countess' trailer. The two rush over to find Soldier Boy emerging from the ruins, his former team member and lover burnt to a crisp. She is stopped by Hughie before trying to blast Soldier Boy, to which she realizes that he and Butcher are working with the former hero to finally take down Homelander. Annie conveys to Hughie that Soldier Boy has killed people, but he refuses to listen, and leaves Annie alone with Soldier Boy and Butcher.
Annie keeps teaming up with MM and argues with Hughie who is trying to use Soldier Boy. After Victoria Neuman asks Annie to team up, Annie decides she's done with playing dirty. She decides to record a live message on social media, quitting The Seven, calling out Homelander, and telling the public the truth about Soldier Boy and the threat he poses.
Annie goes with The Boys to fight Soldier Boy. Hughie turns on all the lights in the building to give Annie more power as she fights against him. After the fight, Annie throws away her Starlight costume and officially joins The Boys.
Abortion[]
Some time after season three and before season four, Annie got pregnant of Hughie. However, given that they began working for the CIA and with their goal of taking down Vought, she felt uncapable of having a child at the moment, and after thinking about it, she and Hughie made the hard decision of having an abortion, so they went to a clinic and after the abortion they kept the medical records as a secret. Despite this, Annie felt horrible for the decision and as a consequence she went through a depression due to her guilt.
Annie works regularly at the Starlight House, set up to help at-risk youth. Starlighters wait outside the courthouse after Homelander is found not guilty in his trial, and they protest. However, Sage starts a fight igniting a huge confrontation between Starlighters and Homelander supporters. Annie rushes to the scene to try to protect the Starlighters and stop the fight. Unexpectedly, three Homelander supporters are found dead and the Starlighters are blamed. Later, Annie helps get the files to exonerate those who were wrongfully arrested for the murders.
Annie calls Presidential nominee Robert Singer to strike a deal to both unite against Vought. Later, Firecracker attacks Annie's character on television, revealing her recent abortion. Her stage is set up directly across the street from Starlighter headquarters, so Annie goes over to confront Firecracker, leading to a brutal fight that damages her reputation because the fight was televised.
Annie rescues Hughie from Tek Knight's mansion and confronts Tek Knight, extracting crucial information about Homelander and Sage's plan. Later, at The Boys headquarters, Annie fights alongside Butcher and M.M. against The Deep and Black Noir II after they ambush them.
In the season finale, "Assassination Run," Annie faces one of her biggest challenges yet. She is chained up by a shapeshifter, who copies her look and personality and pretends to be her. Annie manages to break out of the chains and confront the Shapeshifter Supe, who is trying to kill President Singer and blame it on Annie. They face off and Annie kills the shapeshifter, while Singer gets away safely.
At the end of the season, Homelander gets into power and Annie and Hughie decide it's time to go. They drive away but get intercepted by Vought Supe troops who arrest Hughie. Annie uses her powers to fly away and avoid arrest.
Personality[]
At her core, Annie is an idealist and one of the very few "Supers" who truly care about helping others and doing what she believes is right. She cares little for publicity, being uncomfortable with the amount of attention she gets from the media as well as being pressured to change her costume to be an over-sexualized role model for young girls. She also suffered from impostor syndrome during her early time as a member of the Seven, as she had yet to perform any notable heroic acts.
She is also outspoken, fun-loving, friendly and charismatic, which is seen in moments where she feels relaxed and comfortable most notably when she's with people she cares about like Hughie and M.M. This is also shown in her love of things like candy such as Almond Joy's.
After being sexually assaulted by The Deep, Annie felt disgusted with herself due to doing things she never considered part of herself or any superhero would do and began to doubt about the image she used to see of herself, but after a conversation with Hughie she regains her self-confidence and begins to be braver being capable of confronting others, like when she threatened The Deep to stay away from her otherwise she would use her powers against him. She also starts to defy orders from her superiors, refusing to accept her new costume going against Madelyn Stillwell, Annie also doesn't stay quiet anymore and begins to be herself and not following orders. However, when she finds out about the existence of Compound V and that Hughie initially wanted to get information she feels completely betrayed, disappointed, frustrated and pissed off because he was the only real good thing that happened to her in her time at The Seven, she is also angry with her mother due to lying her about the truth behind her superpowers stating her whole life has been a complete lie. But she eventually leaves those feelings behind and decides to do what she believes is correct by rescuing The Boys and helping them to take down Vought working as an informant and ally. When she fights A-Train and he suffers a heart attack, Starlight takes care of him and in all his time hospitalized she visits him almost daily and is seen concern about his health, this shows that she didn't have nothing against him (unlike others such as Homelander or Deep).
With the passage of time, Annie develops a hardened, more cynical personality, having been exposed to the unethical dealings with Vought and the dark side of the Supe world. She is willing to use methods she would have previously not tolerated in her vendetta against Vought. Without any hesitation, she blackmailed A-Train by threatening to disclose his murder of Popclaw and his abuse of Compound V. She also blackmailed Gecko, who believed she was a friend, to get a sample of Compound V. When she accidentally killed Dennis, she confessed that in the past she would've cried, but at that moment she only was pissed off at him because he was in their way. Despite this, Annie never becomes as corrupted as her teammates in The Seven and still adheres to her ideals.
Annie was Christian but is not extreme in her beliefs as shown when she attends a Christian carnival and is disillusioned by the homophobic propaganda. This led to her questioning her faith and not caring about it as much.
In season 3, Annie still continues helping The Boys to take down Vought. However, she's been shown to feel very terrified with Homelander noticing his mental stability is now more deranged than ever as seen when he arranged the return of The Deep, falsely claimed that he and Annie are "in love of each other" and when he killed Supersonic. Annie knows he has to be stopped somehow, but she also doesn't want to lose Hughie, feeling completely cornered with no clue how to escape from that position. These feelings have become worse after realizing Hughie is taking V24 and he lied to her about using Crimson Countess as a bait to ally with Soldier Boy and use him to kill Homelander, straining their relationship.
After this Annie begins to feel exhausted of doing unethical things to defeat Vought due to having witnessed how people around her suffer the consequences of helping her such as Supersonic, Maeve or even Hughie. After the fight of Soldier Boy, Butcher, and Hughie against Homelander at Herogasm, Annie decides to do what she believes she should've done before: to tell the truth about everything to social media, without hiding anything anymore.
In season 4, Annie continues working against Vought now as an official member of The Boys. Though she does it by using her civilian identity as Annie January and not Starlight. She refuses to be that "superhero" again considering it a misrepresentation of herself and she states she wants to make a change by being herself. But once she realizes how much her image as a superhero influences people, she reluctantly chooses to be Starlight again. However, the cost of her decisions has brought consequences she didn't want or expect, like when Kiara, a close supporter and member of the Starlight House, is seriously injured in a protest having been attacked by many Homelander supporters. She later finds out Firecracker is someone she knew in her childhood and that she had unknowingly ruined her life by spreading a rumor about her during her child pageant days, creating a lifelong resentment towards herself. All of this has made Annie be more emotional and remorseful about her past actions to the point of drinking and even smoking weed to endure her inner pain. Annie hits her breaking point when Firecracker publicly broadcasts Annie's private sensitive information, such as when she accidentally blinded a hostage during her early hero days and that she had an abortion. This deeply enrages Annie and incites her to towards violence as she publicly attacks Firecracker leading to her to losing a lot of widespread support for the Starlighters movement.
With her reputation and public image completely ruined, Annie faces an identity crisis, and as a result is incapable of using her powers. The amount of stress, anger and frustration have made her now resort more often to violence, as seen when the Boys travel to find the virus that kills supes, in a conversation with Victoria, she hits her in the face. Nevertheless, she's still compassionate with those who are close to her which is seen when she talks to Frenchie and tries to convince him to be able to forgive himself for the crimes he made and that he should talk about it to feel better.
By the season four finale, after being kidnapped by the Shapeshifter Supe and isolated for ten days, Annie finally faces everything she's done so far, all her mistakes, all her actions and bad calls and fully accepts she is not innocent nor a complete victim that she thought she was. At last, while fighting the Shapeshifter, Annie confesses them that she doesn't know if she's a hero or who exactly she is, no longer being able to figure out if her true identity is her public or her civilian persona, but she doesn't care anymore about it, and she embraces all of it as a part of her true self. She also accepts getting her hands dirty, which is seen when she kills the Shapeshifter without any doubt or hesitation by strangling them to death and not feeling remorseful for it, leaving behind her idealistic and morally conflicted side. This is a cathartic moment for her because she regains her powers, which she uses to fly and run away to escape from and avoid being subjugated and captured by Vought.
Annie's trademark power is that she can absorb the ambient electricity from her surroundings in order to fuel her powers. This allows her to blackout a small area before releasing the held energy as focused blasts of light. Currently, there is no limit which has been established for how much power Annie can safely absorb or how long she can contain it within.[1]
Light Generation: After absorbing enough electricity, Annie can turn the accumulated energy into blasts of intensely bright light. It is unclear if these blasts are made out of plasma or pure light energy. These blasts can only be fired from her hands, and they can manifest as either heat, concussive force or blinding light. As light, her energy is capable of blinding anyone, either temporary or permanently. Using her energy as heat, she has burned through a section of metal fence and has also used it to cauterize wounds with her touch. As concussive force, she has knocked grown men off their feet and even blasted a six-feet thick metal door of its hinges. Additionally, these blasts were capable of affecting supes the likes of Black Noir and even stunning Stormfront momentarily. Upon absorbing a greater amount of electricity than normal, Annie was even able to floor Soldier Boy, knocking him down for a brief moment, stunning him long enough for the Boys to temporarily overpower him.
Light-Based Strength Boosting: When fighting Firecracker, Annie seemed to further enhance her natural superhuman strength using light generation, as her punch during this moment was noticeably more powerful than her other blows. She has only used this ability once, so specific details remain unclear.
Bioluminescence:
Starlight's bioluminescence
She is also able to make her eyes and hands glow on command. Annie unintentionally exhibits glowing eyes when she feels intense pleasure, as well. Upon absorbing a larger amount of electricity, Annie's eyes glowed to the point that they were no longer visible.
Electrical Siphoning: When absorbing ambient electricity, Starlight can control which source of energy she will absorb. This allows her to target a specific electronic device, while letting the other sources of energy untouched. She can crack an LCD screen on purpose and as seen during her break in into Vought's labs to steal Compound V for Kimiko, Annie can cause security cameras to malfunction by remotely siphoning its electricity. As shown in Department of Dirty Tricks, Annie's attempt as rescuing Kimiko lead to the blackout from the building she was rescuing her from and nearby lamp post to malfunction as Starlight was using her flight powers during the rescue.
Photokinetic Flight:
Starlight's flying
After absorbing a substantial amount of electricity, Annie started to levitate off of the ground. It's possible that this is not an inherent power. After she released her built-up electricity, Annie immediately fell to the floor. However, in Department of Dirty Tricks she is shown consciously flying to catch Kimiko, rising several stories high. In Assassination Run, after regaining her powers, she propels herself into the sky at extreme speeds in an effort to escape capture by Vought, similar to Homelander and Stormfront's flight.[2]
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You know how you have this... image of yourself? Like, I thought I was strong. You know? Like, made of steel. A fighter.
Annie possesses superhuman strength, making her much stronger than humans and most Supes. She can easily perform one-handed chin-ups, punch holes in brick walls, lift the backs of cars, and overwhelm her opponents. In her backyard, she was able to lift the back of a car weighing between 3,567-3,591 pounds (1,617.96-1,628.85 kilograms/1.78-1.8 tons) through the engine in front of the car as it was more easily for her to lift in the back.[3][4] Even more impressive, this is over three times what Popclaw could lift while on Compound V, as well as over 32 times her own bodyweight. She was also strong enough that her punches and kicks could cause significant harm to Stormfront, herself an extremely durable Supe. A further testament to her strength was her ability to temporarily restrain Soldier Boy's arm. Starlight was able to beat Firecracker almost to death, a Supe who fought on equal terms with Kimiko. Her punch was also able to push Neuman to the ground, although the Head Popper showed no sign of pain. She was also able to match The Deep in strength, attacking him hard enough to send him flying.[5] Starlight also killed the Shifter, who was able to win against Kimiko.[2]
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You're looking well." "Yeah, no thanks to the .50-caliber round that you pumped into my chest.
Starlight getting up after being shot by a .50 caliber bullet
Annie has superhuman durability, making her more durable which than humans and most Supes. Her durability allowed her to withstand .50 caliber bullets. While she felt great pain from the bullets, they did not go through her body and she recovered relatively quickly, appearing unharmed a day later.[6] Her skin is tough enough that it requires a diamond edged saw with a substantial amount of force to penetrate. Starlight easily survived being smashed through concrete walls and columns by Black Noir, with no apparent signs of injury, even engaging in normal conversation seconds later. She also has a greater resistance to drugs, since after Black Noir threw anaesthetic gas all the humans fell to the ground, but she didn't. Starlight was also able to survive being struck by Soldier Boy. While fighting The Deep, she was able to endure unharmed being thrown between the room.[5]
Superhuman Reflexes: She is fast enough to dodge things thrown swiftly at her; however, she is not fast enough to dodge A-Train when he is using his super speed.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Starlight recovers from injuries very quickly, even after having her skin penetrated by a diamond edged saw, Starlight only needed one day to completely heal her injuries. After removing her skin to escape a chain lock, Starlight healed rather quickly.[5]
Superhuman Hearing: Starlight possesses superhuman hearing, allowing her to hear better than humans. Like all Supes, she can hear higher frequencies that humans cannot.[7]
Abilities[]
Martial Arts:
Starlight fights Shapeshifter
Annie is proficient in taekwondo, boxing, and kickboxing. With her hand-to-hand combat skills and superpowers, Annie can easily defeat ordinary humans, including two men who were sexually assaulting a girl in a park lot and a contingent of Vought's armed mercenaries. She can even stand up against Soldier Boy, one of the most powerful supes in the world and a former soldier, however she was not strong enough to cause him significant injury. She also was able to subdue and kill the Shapeshifter despite having spent ten days as a prisoner isolated and being forced to eat garbage food causing her health to deteriorate.
Singing: Starlight is also a capable singer. She performed the song, "Never Truly Vanish" at the memorial service for Translucent and later sang along with Hughie to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire". In the "Little Miss Hero" pageant, she sung Brittney Spears' "Baby One More Time".
Dancing: Starlight is also a talented dancer. When she was young, she won the "Little Miss Hero" pageant.
Acting: Starlight has participated in the movie Dawn of the Seven. She also managed to hide that she was a double agent working for The Boys for a considerable amount of time.
Social Media Influence: Since she joined The Seven, Annie has grown her popularity with social media. In season 3 it is mentioned that she has currently 193 million followers on Instagram; this would make her the 21st most followed account on the platform, with more followers than Miley Cyrus.
Physician: Starlight has some knowledge about basic first aid proven when she takes care of Kimiko and helps her to recover providing her medical attention.
Charisma: Annie is a charismatic person. This comes from being honest and staying to her true self, always saying what she thinks, and never letting anyone tell her how to act in front of others. While some may find her personality traits to be awkward, this attitude of hers makes her endearing and popular with both the media and the public, especially among her teen girl fans, as a result, she is one of the most popular supes in the series, to the point of being as popular as Homelander, or even surpassing him in that area.
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Yeah. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere.
Indomitable Will: Starlight is full of determination. Ever since entering and becoming a member of The Seven, she has been forced to deal with great obstacles and situations that most people would not be able to handle. Her being sexually assaulted is only the tip of the iceberg of the subsequent events that she would have to face throughout the show. Her will to do the right thing and help the people gives Starlight the courage to move straight ahead and never stop until accomplish her goal despite looking impossible or suicidal.
Weaknesses[]
Biological[]
Eletricity Dependency: If there is no source of electricity for Annie to absorb, she is unable to use her light generation powers. When locked in the prison in Vought Tower, she was powerless due to the lack of any lights or electrical sources in the room. When she was out on a mission with The Boys, any power source for her to use had been depleted by the EMP Supe, rendering her unable to generate light.
Blunt Force/Limited Durability: Despite being more durable than humans, Starlight can still be stunned, knocked unconscious, and killed by extreme force. Supes such as Homelander, Queen Maeve, Soldier Boy, Black Noir, and Stormfront possess strength greater than hers and/or sufficient enough to overpower and even kill her. Despite her great durability, she is not immune to Victoria Neuman's blood powers. Also, her skin is not completely indestructible, since Frenchie was able to pierce through her skin with a diamond edged saw. High caliber bullets are powerful enough to stun her.
Anaesthetics: Annie is vulnerable to anaesthetics, as seen when the Shapeshifter Supe sedated her.
High Frequencies: Due to being a Supe, Starlight is susceptible to high frequencies. When a high frequency is playing, it can induce immense pain and temporarily neutralize her.
Psychological[]
Pain (formerly): When Starlight was a little girl, her powers hurt her whenever she tried to use them, such as at the Little Miss Hero Pageant. However, as she got older and gained more control over her powers, they stopped hurting her.
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I noticed you're having a little, uh... projectile dysfunction.
Stress: Stress can cause a temporary pause in Starlight's photokinesis, when she attempted to use her powers against Victoria Neuman, she was unable to project light from her hands.
Depression: Starlight's always been in touch with her feelings of having to endure many things by herself, for this reason throughout the series she eventually develops depression after everything she's been through. This melancholic sensation is what eventually led her to act impulsive like when attacking Firecracker and taking the drastic decision of having an abortion as she felt unable to have a child given how things are in the universe of The Boys.
Equipment[]
Super Suit: Like most supes, Starlight has her own superhero uniform.
Shapeshifter Supe † - Captor, Attempted Killer and Impersonator (Intentional; strangled them to death; self-defense and revenge for impersonating and keeping her captive)
Trivia[]
Annie weighs 110 pounds and is 5'6".
Starlight is the first female Supe to hold any position of authority in any Supe team when Stan Edgar appointed her co-leader of The Seven.
Annie is 23 years old during Season 1, this makes her birth year either 1996 or 1997.
Annie is the first member of The Seven to have resigned from the group.
Annie is the first supe to be a member of both The Seven and The Boys.
While similar to many characters in comics with light-based powers, Starlight most closely resembles Marvel's Dazzler (Alison Blaire). Similar to Dazzler, Starlight relies on ambient sources of energy to fuel her light-generating abilities. Starlight relies on electricity while Dazzler utilizes sound. Like Dazzler, Starlight can use her light-based powers to generate heat or concussive force. Both Dazzler and Starlight are accomplished singers who both use their light-generating abilities as an added effect during their performances. Both Dazzler and Starlight can use their light-based abilities to power their flight.
The colors of Starlight's costume bear resemblance to those of Goldstar Michelle Carter from DC Comics.
At the end of Season Four, along with Billy Butcher, is one of two members of The Boys to be at large after Homelander ordered the group to be taken into custody.
According to Hughie, Starlight always ditched her bra for sweats as soon as she gets home, it takes her 15 minutes to find her car keys and she is 90% pashmina.
Gallery[]
Promotional[]
Screencaps[]
Videos[]
The Boys Series - Starlight + Hughie Sweet Moments - Prime Video
The Boys - Exclusive Starlight’s Wish ft. Erin Moriarty Prime Video
The Boys Series Starlight Speaks - Prime Video
Why Starlight Is A True Superhero - The Boys - Prime Video
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