Emma Meyers is one of the main characters of Gen V, a spin off show from The Boys universe. This bi character is played by Lizze Broadway. Known by her influencer alias Little Cricket (the name she uses during her live streams, where she fights small animals like hamsters or ants), Emma is a student at Godolkin University — a school run by Vought International to train the next generation of Supes. Despite her bright, upbeat personality and social media fame, Emma’s story delves into darker themes of body image, self-worth, and manipulation, making her an emotionally complex and grounded figure in the series.
Emma’s superpower allows her to possess superhuman strength and durability, and her most characteristic ability is the ability to change size, though it used to come with a disturbing cost. She could only shrink herself by forcing herself to vomit, and grow by eating. This unsettling mechanism ties her ability directly to disordered eating, turning her power into a physical manifestation of her internalized pressure to stay small, both literally and figuratively. During season two, she is shown to start controlling her powers by using her emotions.
Raised in a family that never fully understood her, Emma’s sense of self was fractured long before her time at God U. Her mother’s disapproval of her powers and her career choices added to her feelings of shame and isolation. When she arrives at Godolkin, she tries to reinvent herself, crafting a confident public image while privately dealing with the emotional scars of being exploited for entertainment.
Her friendship with Marie Moreau becomes one of the most defining relationships in the show. Together, they navigate the manipulative world of God U and the chaos surrounding Project Odessa, a secret Vought initiative that experiments on Supes under the guise of research. Emma plays a crucial role in uncovering the project’s truth, and her courage in standing up to Vought’s control cements her growth from self-doubt to self-acceptance.
Emma’s relationship with Sam Riordan, the superhuman brother of Golden Boy, Sam, who suffers from trauma and psychological instability due to Vought’s experiments, helps both find solace in empathy and resilience. Their bond is built not on power or fame, but on shared vulnerability: two broken people finding comfort in each other. Emma’s willingness to risk her life for Sam, even when it puts her at odds with Vought and her peers, shows her transformation into one of the show’s moral centers.
While Emma’s sexuality has not been explicitly labeled in Gen V, several moments across the series show she experiences attraction to both sexes. In the pilot episode, we hear Emma saying to Marie that her dream is to have a threesome with Cate Dunlap and his boyfriend, Andre Anderson, expressing how beautiful and sexy she finds Cate.
Actress Lizze Broadway has also spoken in interviews about Emma’s openness, empathy, and queerness. During an interview with Perri Nemiroff for the website Collider, Lizze affirms that Emma is bisexual.Ultimately, Emma Meyers represents the complexity of growing up under constant scrutiny — learning to turn shame into strength and vulnerability into power. Her story mirrors Gen V’s larger message: that real heroism isn’t about fame or approval, but about owning your truth in a world that keeps trying to define you.
