The lead Marie Moreau is a black woman from a troubled background, part of a deliberately diverse ensemble including a black male supe Andre and a non-binary shapeshifter Jordan Li, whose gender-fluid powers—switching between male and female forms with different abilities—serve as a blatant metaphor for gender fluidity and non-binary identity, making it a focal point among the top students. This representation is prominent, with they/them pronouns normalized and romantic tension between Marie and Jordan pushing queer dynamics. Emma's arc revolves around body image struggles tied to her shrinking powers, critiquing societal beauty standards in a heavy-handed way.

Subplots feature mental health crises, trauma from corporate experiments on 'marginalized' supe kids, and a 'Supes Lives Matter' riot parodying social justice movements, framing supes as oppressed elites while indicting systemic Vought control. Anti-male tropes abound, with white male characters often villainous, weak, or subjected to grotesque emasculation like penis explosions or small-dick jokes. While the core conspiracy plot provides gore and satire akin to The Boys, these ideological intrusions—forced diversity, overt LGBTQ+ centering, and identity-focused arcs—disrupt narrative cohesion, drawing backlash for preachiness and prioritizing representation over compelling character development or plot propulsion. Audience reactions split, with some decrying it as woke propaganda ruining potential, confirming the elements' distracting prominence.