From Blood Benders to Butt Portals: ‘Gen V’ Season 2’s Most Disgusting Superpowers, Ranked

7. Emma Meyer (aka Little Cricket)

Pros: Can shrink into any tight space.
Cons: Must vomit to do so. And sometimes those “tight spaces” are toilets.

Emma’s ability to shrink down to insect size could’ve been adorable if it didn’t involve making herself vomit. Her transformation method, a literal purge, doubles as a dark allegory about eating disorders and body image. And while the writers clearly had something to say, the visual payoff is… deeply unpleasant. Add to that her ability to grow gigantic by binge eating, and you’ve got the messiest power metaphor on television.

To her credit, Emma’s power has saved lives. But as far as the gross-out scale goes, she’s the gateway drug. It’s gross, yes, but not enough to ruin dinner. Yet.

6. Stacey Ferrara

Pros: Has a weaponized stinger.
Cons: Using it means she dies, too. Bees everywhere are shaking.

We still don’t know the full extent of Stacey Ferrara’s powers, but what we’ve seen is enough. She’s got a stinger—yeah, the bee kind, that kind—and if she uses it, both she and her victim die. This sounds poetic in theory—a deadly stinger that ensures mutual destruction—until you actually see it in motion. 

But it’s not just the stinger that’s unsettling. Stacey also secretes what she insists is “just honey.” Watching her cough up golden goo mid-conversation is one of the more quietly revolting moments this season. Her existence is proof that in Gen V, ANYTHING can be weaponized.

5. Harper

Pros: Can borrow other people’s powers.
Cons: Has a tail. That she occasionally puts in her mouth.

Harper is a chameleon of sorts. Her power-mimicry lets her copy another Supe’s abilities for 60 seconds, which is objectively awesome, but then there’s the tail situation. The long, prehensile, actively sentient-looking tail that she can whip, grab with, and, disturbingly, sometimes suck on.

In one early-season scene, she’s urged to put her tail in her mouth, and no amount of narrative context can unburn that image from your brain. Fortunately, there’s a bit of character arc in Season 2. And on paper, she’s become a powerhouse with superhuman hearing and this cool ability to adapt.

4. Marie Moreau

Pros: Can control blood—hers, yours, anyone’s.
Cons: Everything smells like iron.

Marie has come a long way from the girl who accidentally killed her parents. Now, she’s the beating and bleeding heart of Gen V. Her power to manipulate blood makes her one of the most dangerous Supes alive (and possibly the next big player in The Boys universe). She can slice arteries with a flick of the wrist, create floating knives out of her own blood, and turn enemies into literal marionettes of meat. Her arc this season took her from trauma to terrifying potential and learning she’s Project Odessa only made it clearer that she’s a walking bioweapon.

But with great power comes great disgust. There’s no clean way to weaponize hemoglobin. Even her quiet moments drip with dread, and while the show’s cinematography makes it gorgeous, it’s still the kind of power that’ll have you clutching your nose and your stomach.

3. Zoe Neuman

Pros: Can tear enemies apart with ease.
Cons: Also tears apart any chance at romance.

Zoe’s nested eel mouths are the stuff of nightmares and arguably the most visually upsetting power in the Gen V canon. When threatened, she unhinges her jaw to unleash four tentacle-like eel tongues, each lined with razor teeth. They can rip through flesh, metal, and bone with horrifying precision.

There’s something Lovecraftian about Zoe, a blend of horror-movie monster and traumatized teen. She’s fiercely capable in battle, but the cost is intimacy—who’s signing up to kiss that? 

2.  Black Hole

Pros: Finally got his hero moment in the Season 2 finale.
Cons: His entire power revolves around his… you know.

If Gen V has taught us anything, it’s that there’s no dignity in being a Supe. Enter Black Hole, whose power is exactly what it sounds like—he can open a wormhole to other dimensions through his anus. And the show makes sure you never forget it.

We first meet him butt-chugging a keg of beer before promptly getting punched by Jordan and spraying the crowd. In later episodes, things somehow get worse. His roommate literally crawls out of his butt after a brawl breaks out in their dorm. 

But this season’s finale, funnily enough, titled “Trojan," gives Black Hole his first taste of true redemption and, unfortunately, true utility. When the team needs to infiltrate a heavily guarded hall, they use his “portal” as an entry point. The entire squad of Supes willingly climbs inside him for the greater good. It’s the perfect distillation of Gen V’s tone: self-aware and surprisingly moving in the weirdest possible way.

1. Ally (aka Bushmaster)

Pros: Can save lives in a pinch.
Cons: Uses her pubic hair to do it.

Every season of Gen V finds new ways to make viewers question their life choices, and this year’s crown jewel is Ally, or, as she’s now known in activist circles around campus, Bushmaster.

Her power is Pubic. Hair. Manipulation. She can grow it, retract it, and control it with such precision. And she does. Frequently, this season.

The most revealing time we see her in action is during a genuinely tense sequence where Emma’s seconds away from drowning. Ally saves her life by extending her downstairs locks across the room to twist a drainage valve. It’s a heroic moment if you squint hard enough and don’t let yourself think about it too much. You can almost hear the writers’ room laughter echoing through the screen: “What if her bush was basically Spider-Man’s web shooters?”

That’s what makes Ally so Gen V: She’s both grotesque and kind of inspiring. Her abilities embody everything this show does best: taking taboo ideas, pushing them to their most uncomfortable extreme, and somehow making them feel weirdly relatable. 

In the hierarchy of disgusting-yet-effective powers, Bushmaster reigns supreme. She’s proof that in this universe, every body part is fair game.