Queen Maeve

Margaret Shaw, formerly known as Queen Maeve, is a former superhero and member of The Seven. As a warrior, a feminist, a humanitarian, and second most powerful member of The Seven, Queen Maeve is the ultimate role model for little girls all over the world. But to reach such astonishing heights, she's had to make sacrifices along the way. Embracing the image that Vought demanded she accept ironically meant abandoning the truths – and even some of the people – she held dear.

Disillusioned and cynical, she's now a shell of the determined idealist she once was, although she is regaining some of what she once was when she came to the aid of The Boys against Stormfront and Homelander.

Maeve is a 41 year old Caucasian American woman with red hair and blue eyes. She is 5’8, and has a breast size of 34B. Her measurement is 34-24-35. She has a red pubic hair in the shape of a triangle, and piercings on both nipples.

Maeve’s superhero outfit is a single-piece leather skirt and top that features intertwining maroon and metallic silver that covers a pair of black spandex shorts. A spiral design stands out on the chest and the skirt has a silver herringbone pattern on the pleated front and maroon leather on the back with a circular star emblem displayed prominently on the naval. A matching cross-body strap connects a single separate piece of shoulder armor which adds to the costume's charisma. A set of metallic gauntlets cover the forearms and are adorned with a luminous red jewel that pops against the gloves. The full-length black suede boots come up to the thighs for a sleek design that is topped with silver detailing. Crowning the cranium is an ornate headpiece that has the same patterns seen throughout the entire garment.

Before Queen Maeve is first shown on screen, it is learned throughout the seasons and extra show content that Maeve had been a student at Vought’s “Hero College” and was then drafted into the Seven as its second member, which Homelander was the first. Homelander states that he had known Maeve the longest and that’s how the two had grown so close prior to the show’s events.

Early in her superhero career, Maeve saved a school bus from falling off a bridge with her bare hands, breaking every bone in her right arm. It was a miraculous save that was in the national spotlight for weeks.

Throughout Season 1 of the TV show, Maeve is typically shown at Homelander's side. In the first episode, Maeve successfully stops an armored truck and the men inside. As she is about to subdue the final criminal, Homelander comes in and receives all the credit. In episode 3, its revealed that Maeve and Homelander used to date one another, and there is still some lingering affection from the latter. However, in episode 4, when she fails to rescue a hijacked plane, she is psychologically broken.

In episode 5, we get more backstory when she, drunk, looks for a hookup and consolation in her ex, Elena. Furthermore, in episode 6, Elena shows up to Maeve's work, trying to care for Maeve. The newspeople take note that Elena is Maeve's ex and that she's interested in women. This could pose a problem for Maeve in the future. In episodes 7 and 8, Maeve seemingly builds her relationship with Starlight by defending her and preventing her from turning into a shell of herself.

In the second season, Maeve puts more effort into reviving her relationship with Elena, however, she increasingly becomes more cautious out of fear that Homelander may discover her secret relationship. During a talk show, Homelander outs Maeve as a lesbian. After the show, Maeve confronts Homelander about what just happened but Homelander admits that he overheard her call with Elena and that it sounds like they are more than just friends. Maeve claims that she ended the relationship before she joined The Seven but after some back and forth, Maeve admits to her relationship with Elena. After that Homelander has Maeve do movies in which she portrays a lesbian who struggles with her sexuality.

In order to get Elena and her to out themselves as a couple, Ashley and other Vought officials tell them what they should look like as a lesbian couple. Elena then makes it clear that Maeve is bisexual and also that she doesn't want to take part in that whole public relationship thing. Maeve convinces her to play along as she still is afraid Homelander will do something to Elena. Later she goes into a deal with The Deep in which she shall help him to get his image back, if he helps her find dirt on Homelander. This is later revealed that she hired Deep to search the sunken wreckage of Flight 37 to find a video recording of Homelander abandoning the passengers to die. The Deep returns with a damaged GoPro of a husband recording the incident of Maeve and Homelander debating on how to save the prisoners, showing Homelander threatening the passengers and ultimately leaving them all to die. Elena finds out about the video, and confronts Maeve with it, who tells her that it is their leverage against Homelander. Elena tells Maeve that she gets nightmares about that video, and has decided to go to her sister's house. She tells Maeve that she does not blame her for what happened on the plane.

At the end of the series, Maeve is given an opportunity to do right instead of wrong. She helps The Boys deal with Stormfront and Homelander and even threatens to upload the video of him leaving all of the people on Flight 37 behind to die if he doesn't give into the following demands: let Billy Butcher and Ryan walk away safely, stop hunting down Starlight, and leave herself and Elena alone. Homelander caves from his weakness in his desire to be loved by the world and gives into her demands. Maeve was right next to Starlight when Homelander begrudgingly welcomed her back to the Seven at a press conference, completing Maeve's victory over Homelander.

Maeve starts to collaborate with Butcher to bring Homelander down, now that he's entirely unstable. She gives him some information about how Soldier Boy was killed with a secret weapon- one that might be able to kill Homelander. She tells Butcher not to let this information go to waste.

Maeve spreads rumors about herself that she's stopped training and has been drinking more- in the hope that Homelander will underestimate her when the time comes. She is still heavily training and preparing for the moment when she, Starlight, and the others will have to fight.

Maeve brings Butcher more V-24 doses and asks what he’s going to do with them. Butcher offers Maeve a drink and she tells him she’s been sober for 4 months. She ends up drinking with him. Butcher tells Maeve that every single last one of them has got to go, referring to Supes. She agrees and they have rough sex.

Homelander confronts Maeve about betraying him because he can smell Butcher all over her. She tells him he’s crazy and doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He asks her if their love was real and she tells him that from the start, she hated him - and beyond that, pitied him. However, the meeting is revealed to be a trap and she is taken down by Black Noir.

She is later revealed to be detained in a high security cell below Vought, who publicize that she has gone on a remote retreat for betterment. Starlight, knowing that Maeve would never go after training to battle Homelander to her last breath, campaigns that Vought is covering up her disappearance and may be responsible for it. Homelander visits her after his battle with Soldier Boy, Butcher, and Hughie, inquiring if she was responsible for the first's reappearance and the latter two's sudden powers. Maeve instead questions about his failure to cover his facial bruise with concealer, which he angrily deflects. He talks about envisioning a family between the two early in their relationship, and that he is keeping her contained in order to harvest her eggs in case something happens to her before he can conceive children superior to even Ryan. Shocked by this, Maeve tells him before he leaves that at least she got to see him scared.

Ashley and The Deep go to the basement where Maeve is. Ashley argues with The Deep, telling him someone is coming with a search warrant to look for Maeve. Gas floods in through the vent in Maeve’s cell and Ashley mouths “I’m Sorry” as Maeve starts coughing and collapses to the ground. Maeve gets taken in a truck to get moved to another location, but she wakes up and flights her way out.

Maeve goes to MM's house. She tells Annie where she was this whole time. She admits that her #FreeMaeve campaign is what saved her in the end.

Maeve and the rest of The Boys show up at Butcher’s, demanding to know where Soldier Boy is. Maeve throws away the dose of Novichok and tells them that Homelander needs to die no matter what. Butcher orders the group into the safe.

Maeve fights Homelander and he tells her now isn’t the time. She doesn’t relent. His nose bleeds, showing weakness. He gouges her eye out with his thumb and Maeve stabs him in the ear with a steel rod. She sees that Soldier Boy is about to explode and makes eye contact with Annie. She grabs Soldier Boy and jumps out the window with him while he explodes, saving everyone else and sacrificing herself.

The world thinks Maeve is dead and a number of monuments have begun being constructed in her honor. However, she escaped with The Boys' help, and lost her powers from fighting Soldier Boy. She reunites with Elena and the two go into hiding, pleased with having a chance at starting a new life far away from Homelander and Vought. Meanwhile, Anika recovers surveillance footage proving that Maeve survived the battle and shows it to Ashley, who, in a rare display of humanity, securely deletes the footage, protecting Maeve.