The Boys Season 1: 9 Questions In Desperate Need Of Answers
8. What Will Come Of Starlight And Hughie's Romance?
After a chance encounter on a bench, The Boys protagonists Hughie and Annie (Starlight) spark up a romance. What complicates this relationship is the fact that, whilst both characters are inherently good (at least by this show’s standards) they are also on two very different sides.
Starlight is the bright eyed, optimistic supe who has recently joined The Seven and aspires to be a righteous hero. Hughie, on the other hand, is the victim of a supe, with A-Train having accidentally killed his girlfriend whilst juiced up on Compound V. Hughie has teamed up with Billy Butcher to expose and bring down as many supes as possible.
After Starlight learns more about Hughie and his motivations the pair separate, with Starlight unsurprisingly feeling like she was just a means to an end for Hughie. We as viewers know how strongly Hughie feels, however, and he has a lot of work to do to earn her trust again.
Hughie does explain why he felt he had to do what he did, but there's no solid conclusion. With this romance being one of the lighter sides to such a dark series, fans will be yearning to see these two rekindle their affections again next year.