Why Starlight’s Powers Were Not Working In The Boys Season 4

In the majority of The Boys Season 4, Annie January aka Starlight was not able to use her powers for some reason, and even though the show does not tell us why initially, the reason for it was right in front of us. In this article, allow me to point you toward the reason why Starlight’s powers were not working in The Boys Season 4 except for when she flew away in the finale.

Starlight’s Emotional State Was Affecting Her Powers

Starlight’s powers were not working because of her emotional state in The Boys Season 4. In Episode 4, we saw that Firecracker crosses a line when she pulls out Starlight’s medical records and tells everyone on live TV that she had an abortion. This caused Starlight to lose control and she beat Firecracker to a pulp on live TV.

Even though she was right to do so, after what Firecracker did, her image in public was ruined for good, and almost all her followers lost faith in her. Her plan with Robert Singer to take down Victoria Neuman was also foiled at the same time. After all this, when Starlight tried to use her powers in episode 5, she was not able to do so and the same thing happened in episode 6 when she bumped into Firecracker while infiltrating Tek Knight’s estate to find Hughie who went in there as Webweaver to plant bugs.

In light of the events that happened in The Boys Season 4 Episode 4, Starlight had lost a huge chunk of her confidence and was suffering emotionally, and as a side effect of this, her powers were not working. However, by the end of The Boys Season 4, we see that Starlight got her powers back and escaped just in time to save herself from being captured by Vought. Now, it seems that her powers are much more stronger as compared to before so let’s wait and see what The Boys Season 5 will have in store for us around Starlight!