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When fans last saw Adebayo in the Peacemaker Season 1 finale, she cleared Peacemaker and Vigilante’s names while exposing her mother’s involvement in Project Butterfly and Task Force X, then reunited with her wife Keeya (Elizabeth Faith Ludlow). And though Peacemaker Season 2 reveals that Adebayo’s personal life is a shambles, the growth she underwent over the past season carries over.
“She wasn’t as sure of herself,” Brooks mused about Adebayo’s headspace in the previous season, describing Leota as initially “fluttery” before becoming “more grounded” thanks to the encouragement of her Project Butterfly teammates, “The 11th Street Kids”. “We watch her…say in the beginning [of Season 1], ‘I’m not made for this s***.’ And then she turns around, a few episodes later, when it’s time to really get down to business, and she says, ‘You know what? I actually am made for this s***.’ Brooks said.
Adebayo was very much in her mother’s shadow in Season 1, yet through her reluctant involvement in Project Butterfly and burgeoning friendship with Peacemaker, Brooks skillfully portrayed Adebayo as a woman stepping into her own. However, it appears to come at a cost, since Brooks also implies that this season, Adebayo may not only be experiencing strife with Waller, but there may be friction between her and wife Keeya as well.
