Amon didn’t use bloodbending the same way Aang used energybending, he was basically disrupting the chi pathways to temporarily block bending, while Aang removed it at the spiritual source. So one is a temporary lock, the other is a permanent reset.
Victoria Neuman spent years pretending she was standing against Homelander.
Then the moment he turned up the pressure, she folded.
Was Neuman ever brave, or was she just playing hero until the real villain looked her in the eye?
Do you know that Soldier Boy is not a good guy, he's not even an Fine guy, but he's been cleverly written so that the other side of his coin is a heavy dose of 'back in the day' nostalgia. Also, they cast Jensen Ackles, who is universally liked by men & women & THAT'S why now we have so many people saying they LIKE that .
Does sage actually know how to make the V1 drug?
When Sage and Homelander were looking at the trial, and it failed, HL told her "there is no way Fredrick Vought is smarter than you."
And he low-key was right to suspect that Sage was failing on purpose, and Sage knew he suspected her. But it was never confirmed that his suspicions were true.