sei

i have been certain since season 3 that the seasons-long buildup of annie's powers would be justified in the final season and she would deliver a debilitating blow against homelander in the final battle. she is a believable counter given that her powers are externally sourced and therefore theoretically limitless (it would not break any powerscaling logic for her to incapacitate him), she was raised to be a shiny commercial product just as he was, she is nonetheless the series' truest "superhero", and she is the symbol of national resistance against him in an arduously long political plotline... so i am genuinely in complete disbelief that she was instead relegated to the deep duty. in the finale. her arc has moved so far beyond him, he has been in her periphery for ages now. is there literally any reason for this writing choice other than annie being a Woman who once suffered sexual violence? regardless of how pertinent it is to her character journey (not at all) it is assumed that it is appropriate and fitting for her second-last scene to be spent fighting her rapist. lol. it's just insultingly lazy

this may be unpopular but my real gripe with season five is that i am enjoying most parts of each episode UNTIL i remember there's only eight and that this is the final season. i enjoy these episodes in vacuums, with honestly some pretty great storylines in each, but i can't revel in those the second im reminded this is the end