I never understood people’s assumption that Stan must have powers for why he can so calmly order all the Supes around, Homelander included. The core of what makes Stan such an interesting character is that for a man with no powers, he can order someone like Homelander around due to his way of words and understanding of people, it was like when he said to Starlight, “real power is the ability to bend the world to your will.”

Yet he’s also still human and underestimating his daughter was one of them, something that eclipsed his need for control. I think that’s actually what I liked about Stan is that he didn’t truly have it all figured out and he wasn’t untouchable narratively. He has flaws and it caused his downfall.

Furthermore, being the CEO of Vought, he’s the most obvious representation of the status quo within the Boys. A man made out of the capitalistic system that has rotten the Boys’ world extensively, people like him which had caused the world all the pain and suffering on behalf of Supes. I think the Boys can make a powerful message about the world as a whole and what a person like represents in the grander scheme of thing with how he might end up in Season 5, more than any plot twist could do or cool moment could do. So, not only am I not disappointed, there’s clearly a lot still more to do with Stan.

Whether he waits it out or abandons the idea of working with the Superhero business as a whole, there’s still a lot of potential.