Soldier Boy: The Villain Nobody Wanted to Lose

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Soldier Boy has always fascinated me, because he's one of the most toxic characters in the show, but he comes with such a strong backing from the fanbase. Like, seriously, people are criticizing Butcher for not siding with him. He was going to murder Ryan. I know the ending isn't super sweet, but...wow.
Not to mean that I didn't like him too. I loved his presence and I found him to be an absolutely HILARIOUS part of the cast. Sure, I wish we could have some more time with him (who knows? maybe we will), but he was also a HUGE issue. I was not eager to see him running around causing chaos in the coming seasons. We got enough sh*t to deal with.
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@PosiTVty. Месяц назад

Should probably clarify the whole “Soldier Boy isn’t straight” thing bc a couple of y’all are a lil confused- so this is just my interpretation of the information Butcher was given from MM at the beginning of season 3 (ep. 2). This was regarding Gunpowder and the abuse leveled at him when he was SB’s sidekick. It’s never *explicitly* stated that this abuse is sexual. Butcher makes a joke alluding to this, but it is Butcher…so who knows? Gunpowder does deny it. People in the comments have reminded me that this is not a sure or confirmed thing (except for the comics version, apparently). I do think it is rather open-ended though. It could’ve happened, but it’s not an absolute certainty. Either way, should not have said that he was gay. Just some extrapolation on my part and I apologize for the confusion! P.S. *No*, I didn’t assume he was gay just bc he’s hot.

@ghostofuchiha3807 Месяц назад

You literally said he "hides his homosexuality". Take some responsibility for what you say, dude.

@preworkoutfiend4650 Месяц назад

Well in the flashback with his team he does abuse them by beating the hell outa them

@PosiTVty. Месяц назад

@@ghostofuchiha3807I do- I should not have said that he was hiding the fact that he’s gay. That’s not confirmed and frankly there isn’t much evidence to point to it. Reading the comments has helped me more understand the context of what Butcher said. I do apologize!

@coolmanplayz438 Месяц назад

@@ghostofuchiha3807He literally is. Anybody with eyes can see that he said "I should not have said he was gay" and realize that he's taking responisbility for it.

@ayami123 Месяц назад

what's not to like about soldier boy, Loyal, true to the mission, The mission is kill Homelander, not even a kid can stop him. then Butcher got cold feet. killing homelander stupid plot

@discountwolverine1658 Месяц назад

Counterpoint, Jensen Ackles is a very attractive man

@ardvarkvv2718 Месяц назад

I second this

@Hitman-1149 Месяц назад

Fact

@fork4207 Месяц назад

Yeah man no wonder dean got with so many girls including many threesomes.

@mitsukami 26 дней назад

He is one of those handsome actors who over time became monsters in their acting, it's a shame that not all of them are like that...

@ArsxnIV 25 дней назад

I'm not gay but Jensen Ackles is Jensen Ackles

@matthewbrown1849 Месяц назад

I think fans like Soldier Boy because he never switches sides or lies. He is 100% consistent.

@rickireymarcano2904 Месяц назад

That is definitely a main reason for me. I idolize characters who never change themselves at all! Example being Jegal Taek, Frieza, Kongou Akira, or Walter Kovacs.

@prska Месяц назад

he actually DOES lie, it's one of the main traits of his character, he's constantly lying about his war experience because of his insecurity, when it was revealed that he didn't even participate in the war as much as he brags about

@Richardwho-vv5bh Месяц назад

@@prska he dint lie. he absoluty believe his war stories.

@prska 28 дней назад

@@Richardwho-vv5bh you're saying that he's lying to himself? that he imagines himself on the front lines of a battle and he actually thinks his imaginations are real? even if he really does that, it still doesn't change the fact that it's still a lie

@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 22 дня назад

@@Richardwho-vv5bh I feel like people who love and root for soldier boy have never been verbally abused, bullied (physically and verbally), and/or were never put down and told by insecure jerks that they weren’t good enough, especially if any of that became continuous

@legolad7477 Месяц назад

Not to discredit soldier boy at all, but I think part of the reason we love him so much is because we hate homelander so much(mostly because Anthony Starr as homelander is God tier acting), that we are willing to put up with soldier boy just to finally kill homelander

@oldstump1628 Месяц назад

Soldier Boy is just based. That’s all there is to it.

@Sav._52 Месяц назад

But I love Homelander 👀

@chasedixon1492 Месяц назад

Antony…..Antony Starr

@averysimmons2478 Месяц назад

Watch the capital g

@Azeral7 Месяц назад

Not true homelander is a fan favorite and same for soilder boy. The only reason people like soilder boy is because hes badass and he does whatever he wants while not giving a f what people think. So your comment doesn't make sense

@spectre1004 Месяц назад

Another reason why people like him is because he was the only character with more than 2 brain cells in the finale.

@firefly9838 15 дней назад

Yeah... I hate how the villains in this show are the only ones that are ever competent... like him and stormfront

@omerderoyal108 13 дней назад

@@firefly9838 Stormfront was crazy and dumb, what competent are you yapping about, they showed Soldier Boy as a villain in the finale even tho he was partially right.

@adri_jayne 10 дней назад

@@firefly9838respectfully, stormfront was not competent lmao

@nikeiyomiuri2728 Месяц назад

It honestly felt like half way through the season they realized “ah shit, we made him way too likable” and started editing the script to make him more of a piece of shit but the damage was already done by that point

@averysimmons2478 Месяц назад

It really does

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

He was a fake World War II veteran whose closest teammates/friends despised him. I think he always sucked, he just hid a lot of the underbelly because that’s usually what fake heroes do. Even Homelander doesn’t openly act villainous until the end of episode 1. He even tries to keep up a “come on, guys, don’t fight in front of Starlight!” face for a while.

@nikeiyomiuri2728 Месяц назад

@@christianc.christian5025 He wasn’t a fake world war 2 veteran, he just didn’t storm Normandy

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

@@nikeiyomiuri2728Yeah, that’s a fake veteran, man. He didn’t fight in the war in either the series or the source material. Why do you think they’d pretend he was a part of the Normandy invasion if he really was active elsewhere in Europe?

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

From the wiki: “The Legend claimed that his participation in the war was Vought propaganda whereas Stan Edgar actually claims the opposite by claiming that he killed Germans by the dozens.” ‘He only lied about Normandy; the rest was true’ is a conclusion drawn in contrast to what’s established.

@daviohla6841 Месяц назад

Another reason is that he wasn't enhanced by the Russians He was TORTURED For years And after he came out he did seem different and somewhat emphatic of his past Him not joining homelander and even agreeing to take down homelander down was enough for the fans to hope he might become somewhat good Butcher turning on soldier boy cost them an opportunity and now there is a stronger mini version of homelander that's growing up to be evil.

@norminpontu9905 Месяц назад

Well the compound v explosion is a new power he got from the russian

@daviohla6841 Месяц назад

@@norminpontu9905 they didn't "give" to him They experimented on him and he evolved And I wouldn't even call it a power given how he NEEDS to explode to dispel the energy or else... I made that comment cos it sounds like in the video that he's disgusted by soldier boy (understandable). But not at butcher? Butcher has done messed up things too if we look at it from that lens

@norminpontu9905 Месяц назад

@@daviohla6841 the russians experimented on him with radiation and that gave him his new powers. You can check the wiki if you don’t believe me mane

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

@@daviohla6841Butcher is definitely *not* a “traditional hero” but I’d really hope that you can tell the reason(s) why someone would criticize Ben and not Billy. Billy fights back (in an ugly way, at times) against people who want to consolidate their own personal power for the purpose of abusing it. Soldier Boy not only has false valor, he’s also a vitriolic supremacist. Butcher is a *real* soldier who didn’t need super-powers in order to do that job… And while he’s a prick and says a lot of offensive shit, he doesn’t base how much collateral damage he causes on whether or not they’re a working-class family in Harlem.

@fishraposo7192 Месяц назад

EVERYTHING soldier boy did that was actually fucked up is in the past. At the point of the show, he actually shows growth and that he learned from his mistakes (still a dick, don't get me wrong, but he doesn't really do anything wrong during the time the show takes place). He keeps his word, keeps collateral damage to a minimum (unless you wanna blame him for his PTSD), and is genuinely a positive role model for everyone around him. Of course, he is meant to represent "toxic masculinity", so he has a cartoonishily evil background and everyone turns against him in the end. Soldier boy was right.

@notspacedarlings Месяц назад

So crazy to think that Jensen Ackles considered playing Captain America for the MCU at one point, Jensen is literally Soldier Boy, he was literally BORN to play him. I can’t see anyone else play Soldier Boy.

@rikflare7970 23 дня назад

Tbf I’d rather seen him fighting Thanos with thors hammer than Chris any day, way better actor imo.

@notspacedarlings 23 дня назад

@@rikflare7970 I’d still be down to see Jensen Ackles play the new Captain America for the rebooted MCU after Avengers: Secret Wars

@SeiyaVenture 2 дня назад

Actualy he compete for the role of Clark Kent in Smallvile

@sarahj7507 Месяц назад

At a few Supernatural conventions, Jensen Ackles has been asked the difference between playing a hero like Dean Winchester and a villain like Soldier Boy, and he said an inspiration for his performance was Lee Marvin's response to a similar question: that he has "never played a bad guy in his life." Soldier Boy genuinely believes he is a good guy. That sincerity is hilarious and awful in one so wrong-headed, but a strong performance can make it almost sympathetic. The audience might end up rooting for such a character to become the good guy he believes he is, and maybe part of the tragedy of the character's story is that mismatch between the audience's hopes and the character's reality. Who doesn't love a good redemption arc, but what happens if the character in question tramples all over that arc? Makes me wonder where Soldier Boy's story is headed, if he even returns at all (I hope so).

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

Yeah, I think a lot of people miss this when they hear an authority figure trying to justify an abuse of power by claiming “that person was a criminal/had it coming.” A lot of those authority figures might actually believe that - even when they’re lying, they might believe the lies are justified by the ends - but it’s why it’s so important to not require the admission of wrongdoing when deciding if someone in power abused theirs. A lot of them will *always* think they’re Batman… no matter what they do.

@OkPe-ww5rs Месяц назад

He probably will. The whole train being thrown into MM house was left kinda open

@flamer38544 Месяц назад

He played red hood... so he technically has played a "bad" guy

@JonnyAugz Месяц назад

@@flamer38544He was also a demon in supernatural for a short time.

@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 14 дней назад

KInda remindt me of Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2 and Pre-Sequel. He also believes he is the Hero until the End.

@saulschimek7680 Месяц назад

While morally grey characters can be interesting, there is something refreshing about an unrelenting piece of work as a villain that makes them a palate cleanser for people who are tired of mushy characters who won't own their behavior or give excuses. The man is a jerk and he makes no bones about it

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

I think he’s also a good depiction of someone who is “cool” and “principled” when at rest, but then loses it under pressure. This effect seemed to worsen after his confinement by the Russians. A lot of people see themselves as “the good guy” because they simply discount or excuse any bad moments as outlying circumstances.

@McCJake Месяц назад

it’s hard to hate jensen

@darkclaw1462 Месяц назад

I’ve yet to see a single fan that hates Jensen. Dudes a magnificent actor.

@ZGh0st1422 Месяц назад

@@darkclaw1462there’s people who hate him simply because so many people like him

@louliz4517 Месяц назад

I've seen that side of things. When people get mad because they don't get the hype or when they think he's overshadowing their favourites etc. Still even on toxic twitter he fares better than most popular actors.

@sinistralhydra 23 дня назад

Soldier Boy is liked because he feels flawed but redeemable, unlike Homelander. We see several examples of him caring for others. For one, he seems genuinely remorseful when he accidentally blows up in New York. He also seemed to care for Crimson Countess, looking devastated when she says she hates him. The next time we see him, he's angry about what happened in Afghanistan after having presumably served there, further showing some semblance of care about what he was fighting for. After being tortured for 30 years, he's disgusted upon coming into contact with Homelander because he realizes how Homelander is a reflection of the horrible person he himself used to be.

@adamturek210 4 дня назад

Just because he feels sorry sometimes doesn't mean he's redeemable in any way. He didn't feel sorry for the families he killed and like he himself said that he doesn't have problems with killing people who stays in his way basically collateral damage like in herogasm all those people who died because of him blowing up. Even before all that he also abused his teammates in payback. He's hilarious but still a mass murderer.

@sinistralhydra 2 дня назад

@@adamturek210 His explosion at Herogasm was purely accidental. After the 30 years of isolated torture, he doesn't seem to go out of his way to hurt innocent people. He's not a good person, but he's a lot more more likable and genuine than characters like Homelander and Stormfront who will kill people simply because they enjoy it.

@omnipresentl1316 Месяц назад

I don't think Soldier Boy knew about the Bill Cosby arrest. He was just bringing up someone he thougt he knew from before he was captured. Also with how strong Soldier Boy is he probably didn't realize the drinks were spiked. Huey said there is a lot to unpack there. Also yes he is a bad person but he at least isn't an active threat to civilians as long as his PTSD doesn't trigger. Even when he saw people doing stuff he doesn't agree with he didn't go over beat the hell out of them he just rolled his eyes or said some jab while watching the TV.

@arananime3156 Месяц назад

Agreed

@dcworld4349 24 дня назад

@@arananime3156 Given enough time he would. He probably wouldn't care about Cosby considering he pulled a Cosby on Gunpowder at least once if not multiple times when he didn't have access to women. He almost beat Black Noir to death when confronted with the fact that he lied to the producer of Beverly Hills Cop. Because he was threatened that Black Noir might have a shot at blowing up to become a big star at a time when Solider Boys career wasn't what it had been. Wanting everyone on the team to be subservient to him the way Gunpowder put up with being physically abused on a regular basis in front of all of them for "training purposes." I am not going to argue about who I think is the bigger threat between Solider Boy and Homelander. You can with a lot of effort knock Solider Boy out so the pragmatic view would have been to let him kill Ryan. When this was the only time they ever had a chance and a way to get rid of Homelander. Considering Homelander would not be able to do it as skillfully but if pushed would do to Earth what Nolan did to the invading time dilation planet in season 1 of Invincible. And then regret it the next day since he likes to destroy things but he also wants people to do work for him and an Earth in ashes with him alone, he'd go mad being the last man on earth after a month, well more mad than he already is. Butcher had his Starlord in Infinity War moment. Though it came from a slightly more selfless place, instead of giving in to his urge to hurt the person who hurt him. He put aside the one thing he's wanted to do for almost a decade and honored the promise he made to his wife regarding her son. Unlike Starlord who could have waited for a couple of minutes, and used one of the stones to pulverize Thanos.

@timwoods8297 16 дней назад

@@dcworld4349 what? Gunpowder literally said soldier boy didnt fuck him, he just beat him up like noir.

@dcworld4349 15 дней назад

@@timwoods8297 And you think he had no reason to hide his shame? In a show that is filled with both over very overt and more subtle covert subtext. Where the overt subtext is often put right in your face as lampshading, and they do it the right way. Rather than using it as an excuse for poor writing. It gets used in the meta narrative. While the subtle covert subtext is never tackled directly. It's not exactly a stretch that Gunpowder put up with a lot more than just beatings. He could wear that as a sick badge of honor "I took regular beatings from Soldier Boy and lived to tell about it." The other thing, it's hard enough for women to say that it's happened to them despite people being much more understanding of it. This is a man and he was supposed to be this mans Bucky, his Robin, of course he's going to lie not just to other people but bury it and lie to himself about it. Also if that's not enough we know there is one scene that Ackles straight up refused to do when he got the script. We don't know exactly what it is, but his language of why he refused. And the fact that he's had no problem doing some very horrible things in the show. Does narrow it done pretty easily.

@katharina8963 3 дня назад

@@dcworld4349or it didn’t happend in Show universe.

@MantisTabogin Месяц назад

to add to his complexity, he seemed to have genuine remorse for killing a bunch of people when he exploded in the streets after his PTSD episode

@walkerhazen3438 10 дней назад

Yeah that wasn’t really his fault either

@smnkumarpaul 21 день назад

Soldier boy is liked because he does not care. He does not try to hide anything, he act the way he is. In a show where nearly every character is manupulative he stands out as different.

@jakeb3980 Месяц назад

I think the reason people were upset about Butcher turning on Soldier Boy in the finale is that its shown his powers remove compound V from supes and it doesn't usually outright kill them. Ryan and Homelander likely would've survived the blast but been left powerless. Ryan could've gone on to live as normal as a life as a kid put in such a horrible situation could and Homelander could've been taken off the playing field for good.

@davidcarty7584 Месяц назад

We actually don't know if Ryan and Homelander would have survived for sure, They aren't regular Super's that were given there powers as babies, They both born with their powers, for example Ryan had his powers from since he was in his mother's womb, and his father Homelander is The same way because Their powers are so connected to their biology, removing them could be like removing their heart's or removing their brains from their bodies, We really don't know if they can even go on living without their power's.

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

@@davidcarty7584Not to mention, while Maeve survived a complicated situation, the Crimson Countess and almost everyone at Herogasm outright died. I don’t know where this theory that Ryan and Homelander would’ve survived comes from, but Kimiko and Maeve were both hit indirectly either by jumping into the blastwave or by tackling him out a window as he was going off.

@victornieves1794 Месяц назад

His blasts does kill supes. It killed Countess, TNT Twins, and killed a bunch of supes at Herogasm. Ryan isn’t very strong, so he likely wouldn’t survive a full power blast.

@pintiliecatalin Месяц назад

@@victornieves1794 True but those supes don't poses the same endurance, strength and impenetrable skin as Homelander and Ryan. They where killed by the blast like a normal people would be killed by it. It is made pretty clear the this special power "burns" V from the blood. The fact that it comes in the form of an explosion/blast would obviously kill those supes that can't handle an explosion. But for example those who do have that ability, like Homelander, Ryan, Butcher obviously Maeve, Stormfront maybe, would survive but they would be affected by the depowering effect. Not sure about Ryan regarding it's depowering. He could, maybe even should keep it's powers as he was never given compound V.

@BlazingOwnager Месяц назад

@@christianc.christian5025 Maeve's survival literally made me groan. The most inconsistent thing ever.

@agentumbra2374 Месяц назад

Whenever Soldier Boy was on screen I was always entertained

@quikgold513 Месяц назад

Homelander: Liquid Snake Butcher: Solid Snake Soldier Boy: Big Boss Hughie: Naked Raiden Venom Snake: Black Noir

@hrushikeshgouda4965 Месяц назад

damn💀😂

@JuriSins Месяц назад

EXACTLY!!!

@Cappuccino_Rabbit Месяц назад

Does that mean Hughie is Raiden?

@frostdeeer Месяц назад

@@Cappuccino_Rabbit yep

@Harvey_Mod Месяц назад

After Googling this, this is so accurate 😂

@mr.protagonist5639 Месяц назад

I think its 3 key reasons. -Homelander is worse to deal with -Jensen ackles as an actor. -And soldierboy being fun even though hes a bad guy. I'm genuinely glad jensen and jared managed to avoid the CW curse.

@jotave49 Месяц назад

I thought it was, from a purely "greater good" point of view, illogical turning on soldier boy for one reason: soldier boy has been and can be contained. Sure he was going to murder a child, but in exchange of finally ridding the world from the stain that is Homelander, someone who actually can't be contained, it was worth the sacrifice.

@christianc.christian5025 Месяц назад

I think most people feel this way until it’s their relative or acquaintance who’s being sacrificed.

@channel45853 Месяц назад

@@christianc.christian5025true, but if home lander lives, then more of their relatives could be killed but I understand that still wouldn't make some make that choice, even me

@Darkwolf69420 29 дней назад

Its also not even a 100% guarantee that they would have died in the first place, as both are extremely durable and other supes like kimiko and some herogasm dudes survived getting hit

@abraham2172 23 дня назад

By murdering the child, he wouldve actually ridded the world of yet *another* Homelander. And they presented him as the villain for that? And then they show Brian smile as an innocent man gets murdered? It doesnt work.

@theone8602 День назад

I promise you Soilder Boy was not thinking "Oh man, I gotta kill Homelander because he's evil and he hurts people and that's bad!!"

@thomascannone3111 Месяц назад

I wish they explained soldier boy killing MM's family better I still have no idea how tf that all went down. I know he threw a car into their home but why and how? was he fighting someone and the car he threw accidentally killed MM's family or did soldier boy just decide "fuck this family in particular"?

@arcanefury3666 Месяц назад

It seemed to me Soldier Boy just pulled an A-Train. The common trait between the comic and the show (aside from every supe is a bit of a pervert) is very few Superheroes actually care. The difference between Homelander and every other Superhero is he's actively vindictive and malicious to people. I think Soldier Boy shares those traits but he doesnt really revel in that or seek it out. He seems mostly content to just exert dominance over the people around him.

@mr.protagonist5639 Месяц назад

@@arcanefury3666so he was just reckless and uncaring of the collateral? Yeah I can see that being how it went down.

@juuzousuzuya1490 Месяц назад

@@mr.protagonist5639 basically like very avenger movie where we don't know how but every time hulk or any other hero comes along the entirety of NY is always safe somewhere and they could give a rats ass about the collateral( but the boys shows that's not true , similar to how we saw supes finally being held in trial for their irresponsible actions in civil war)

@joseph32jk Месяц назад

It's obviously collateral since the show itself often shows supes causing collateral damages to civilians, like how A-train accidentally ran through Hughie's girlfriend.

@domesticdragonwaffle Месяц назад

It's obvious that it was only collateral damage, but the show through its writing and MMs portrayal that THAT isn't why MM hates him, but rather that Soldier Boy is a white supremacist without ever showing how he is. People are tired of seeing people be labeled as racist, sexist, or some other ist just because of an action without ever attempting to understand the full story.

@datnoob4394 Месяц назад

MM's family was a mistake, and Ryan is a second homelander in that fight. No where is it clear that he "loves" killing children, and compared to the rest of the superheroes he's not THAT bad.

@baronbacku9984 21 день назад

yeah. him bragging about killing many other families is probably because he sees remorse as weakness, because of his asshole father

@enigmaoriginal2665 Месяц назад

Wait Soldier Boy was a villain? News to me.

@theone8602 День назад

It's probably because you got bullied in school and project yourself onto this character. Or You lack very basic media literacy, to one of the most easiest to understand shows in the world. One of these two, may I suggest Sophia the First?

@saberhap2639 День назад

@@theone8602 he wasn't the villain

@ManOfX305 День назад

@@theone8602 The only time he's portrayed as a villain is when he abuses his team full of serial murderers... but it's hard to villainize him for that.

@Captain_Insano_nomercy 15 часов назад

@theone8602 God what a douchey comment lol

@alatus_knight 22 дня назад

"I'm not thirsting over this mAn"💅💅💅

@nbriez-c5914 Месяц назад

My problem was I only saw Dean from Supernatural in a costume so thats why I didn't want him to lose

@Zanjutsu 25 дней назад

Soldier Boy did nothing wrong

@chrischika7026 24 дня назад

lack of media literacy

@alatus_knight 22 дня назад

@@chrischika7026no

@pavlemarjanovic1896 День назад

Soldier boy did EVERYTHING WRONG and that's cool.

@chriscolombie4135 Месяц назад

Wait hold on where is it stated that he is homosexual in the show, I’m genuinely curious that caught me off guard, in the comics he is I mean everyone fucked everything in there but when is it said in the show wat episode?

@PosiTVty. Месяц назад

Referring to his relationship with Gunpowder- it’s stated in the show (I believe in Season 3, Episode 2) that Soldier Boy used to sexually abuse him when he was SB’s sidekick. Calling him homosexual is technically incorrect, since he is not exclusively with men, but I simply wanted to point out that Soldier Boy is technically queer and goes to great lengths to cover it up.

@chriscolombie4135 Месяц назад

@@PosiTVty. if I remember well gunpowder said to butcher *he never touched me like that* implying that his abuse was similar to noir’s where he would just beat him up in training for his ego but who knows maybe he is bi , he was in the comics at least

@asaknight321 Месяц назад

@@chriscolombie4135 he was a genuine joke in the comics, this is a pure rework. This is pretty much what twitter thinks Captain America is like

@chriscolombie4135 Месяц назад

@@asaknight321 I actually like the rework but the boys comics were just straight up bad but with genuinely good ideas and moments and yeah that replacement soldier boi was a pussy in every sense of the term

@asaknight321 Месяц назад

@@chriscolombie4135 the comics were definitely horrible, glad they turned nothing into something with this show

@SilverGeFer Месяц назад

The single and only reason I love Soldier Boy: Jensen Ackles. Jokes aside, this was my first introduction to this actor and my first thought was “that is the manliest looking and sounding man I’ve ever seen”. It’s like impossible not to get jealous as a guy when you see him lol

@HazmatCrowl54454 Месяц назад

I think you forgot to mention, Soldier Boy was technically Right. Many people would still be alive if Butcher didn’t turn on him. Homelander would be dead and yes Ryan too but with what is happening to Ryan now it may have been better that way.

@jaydonthomas427 Месяц назад

Reasons no one wanted to lose soldier boy: 50% because Jensen Ackles aka dean winchester plays him 50% he isn't scared to run the fade with HL

@dracotias Месяц назад

Part of it is probably to do with Jensen Ackles just OOZING charisma. He's the one guy who could kick a puppy and a significant number of people would probably be like "oh okay, thats fine".

@babaook-95 Месяц назад

I don't really see soldier boy as a villain, just an asshole with superpowers, he didn't "murder MM's family" on purpose, he was just being an idiot and throwing a car into a house without thinking about the consequences, i don't think he's good, just alot worse than Homelander

@saidi7975 18 дней назад

I think Homelander is far worse. Soldier Boy is an irresponsible jackass but a whole lot more manageable...

@babaook-95 18 дней назад

@@saidi7975 same here, i completely agree with you.

@gehmli Месяц назад

Another reason for liking him that a lot of people don't give him enough credit for is that he seemingly gets shit done. A lot of superhero shows, and TV shows in general for that matter these days, have characters constantly fretting over whether or not they're doing the right thing. Equally, main characters get in dire straits because they won't kill the villain/have to make some grand social commentary gesture. In a show that is ostensibly a satire of superheroes, The Boys has their characters do that superhero cliche constantly. So when a character, even if they're the bad guy, skips that crap and just does "the thing," it becomes a relief. After all, someone has to advance the plot.

@thepackingpacjack7767 Месяц назад

Bro loved them GILFS! What’s not to love?!

@theadversary Месяц назад

Honestly, a great twist I was hoping would occur in s3 was Homelander simply dying, and then they could pivot into making Soldierboy the new main antagonist. It would have been shocking, but I think it could have really worked too!

@oldstump1628 Месяц назад

He would be a more interesting villain. You don’t even have to kill homelander. Could have just used the blast and make him manageable.

@eputty_audio Месяц назад

I think a big part of the show is waiting for homelander to finally snap. I would've been dissapointed if they killed him off earlier

@koleszgdanska7149 Месяц назад

6:23 homosexuality??? Have your fantasies carried you away here 😂

@xxDeathKnightx Месяц назад

random blink and you miss nudity at 2:46

@ParzGod 2 часа назад

What makes sense to me, is that we love him because he's suffered and tortured and still remained a badass. That's what most people want. They have pain and they want to fight it while keeping their strength. Soldier Boy fought everyone in the show to defend himself and his beliefs. Who doesn't love that? Being so determined that no one can stop you. Soldier Boy owns that and that's why we love him.

@apblolol Месяц назад

Soldier boy was likable tragic and a product of his time. Jensen's portrayal was perfect.

@kingofthebums2015 Месяц назад

Long story short. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He’s garbage but at least a HINT of sympathy, NOT EMPATHY, just sympathy. Homelander is gonna peak and be crazy and no can stop him. Why not fire a glass canon? At least they know how to stop Soldier Boy if need be. But he also listens to “reason” can be persuaded and even better…looks a good drink. That’s an easy enemy to keep down and out of politics and offing more people with his recklessness

@pablitorogel14 Месяц назад

The thing is, I don't think he is a villain. His motives aren't exactly evil anymore and they don't exactly oppose our heroes. He's a bad person, but his goals aline with our heroes and each are about the same culpability for his action in modern day. I still say that they didn't need to stop soldier boy to save Ryan because his goal wasn't to kill the kid, just uphold his deal and think he'd understand if butcher said he has his own deal to uphold. I think this is why I still see him as anti-hero/occasional antagonist, not really a villain and probably adds to his likeability

@griffeltheestarvlogsmckee8327 Месяц назад

I feel like soldier boy was just misunderstood and when he saids to to Homeland your disappointment I think it’s him looking at himself and see what he become

@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 22 дня назад

@@griffeltheestarvlogsmckee8327 I feel like people who love and root for soldier boy have never been verbally abused, bullied (physically and verbally), and/or were never put down and told by insecure jerks that they weren’t good enough, especially if any of that became continuous

@JJARCHIE 8 дней назад

@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674i was bullied for aroun 9-10 years, affected my psyche till even now, but even then i root for sb

@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 8 дней назад

@@JJARCHIE serious question: would you have said the same (rooting for Sb) if you were in college and got personally bullied in college/adulthood? And what makes you root for sb?

@JJARCHIE 8 дней назад

@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 it wouldnt change for me. Because in a room of evils, he has the most visible and weaker hand. Soldier boy is a terrible person, but that doesnt mean what he wants to achieve is wrong - he openly accepts things tho at a slower pace, for being a bad guy he sure does just let LGBTQ stuff fly around him, he has rage fits but that is worsened due to his ptsd. Give soldier boy a good reason and a bit of leeway and he would do wonders.

@Venom-yi7ol 15 дней назад

Why being "toxic" means anything? He was awesome anyways...

@mcnuttington7122 Месяц назад

The more they tried to make him seem bad the cooler he became

@francorodriguez-vr8ri Месяц назад

It was surprising just how quickly how Soldier Boy became one of my favorite characters, thanks in no small part to Jensen, he is just so charismatic. One issue I did have with the season was at the end of the fight in the finale where they administered the gas to knock him out, where MM douses him in it and calls him a ‘racist’ piece of shit. Honestly, that made me blink because it feels like something that came out of nowhere, and I asked out loud ‘how is he racist?’ Sexiest? For sure. Toxic? Most definitely. But racist? Huh? I know the obvious point people would bring up is that he killed MM’s family, who were all black, but when confronted with that from MM in Herogasm, Soldier Boy said ‘which one?’ While this could imply that he murdered multiple black families on purpose, I always saw it as he killed so many people and families, not just black, that him saying which one meant that he didn’t bother to care and that many of them may have just been collateral damage, not purposefully and racially done. If the show was trying to portray him as racist, they probably should have done more to show that before they threw out that line, because all his interactions say otherwise. He beat up Black Noir because Soldier Boy felt that Noir was trying to ‘move on up in the world’ and challenge his popularity, he even says that Axel Foley is funny while Noir isn’t. He was apparently friends with Bill Cosby, and when he saw a gay couple on the streets of New York, he didn’t even look disgusted or anything, just surprised, even befuddled. Not really trying to defend him, he is still a shit human being, but I feel like the show was trying to depict SB as something he wasn’t or didn’t put in the work enough to show this ‘racist’ side. It could just all be from MM’s perspective but if the show did show more instance of this I would be okay with it, it’s just a weird nitpick that I can’t help but point out and cringe at.

@LilacSreya Месяц назад

“move up in the world” is actually an archaic term against Black people moving up in the social hierarchy, not popularity. And that liking Foley and Cosby thing means that POC are only good to him if they’re entertaining clowns, for their own enjoyment; if they don’t personally make him happy then they don’t have the right… SB shouldn’t dictate Noir, if he was funny or not was HIS right to pursue, and upto the general public to accept him or not. This is a case of “tokenism” - Bigots often have a chosen 1 or 2 that they personally approve which they then force as a standard on others. A common case nowadays is for female characters in media - you’ll often see misogynist critics claim they like strong female characters, just “well written” ones: and they’ll give Sarah Conner and Ripley as examples… ONLY those 2. Out of the millions upon millions of media on earth, they choose ONLY those 2 (and another couple more who are identical to them), over and over again. Other people aren’t allowed to accept different characters, JUST those 2 pre-approved ones. This is kinda what’s happening here.

@francorodriguez-vr8ri Месяц назад

@@LilacSreyaFair enough, I actually didn’t know about the potential, if not implicit, meaning behind those choice of word, and thank you for teaching me something new about that. You bring up a good point with the type of black people that Soldier Boy is okay with and I can see how that can be evidence of him being slightly racist, if not fully. I still have some reservations before fully calling SB a racist (or it could be bias on my part because I don’t want to associate a character of Jensen to be racist but whatever). For instance, SB called Cosby ‘America’s Dad’ and seemed to have some respect or fond familiarity toward Cosby with how he talked about him and that’s why I assumed he wasn’t racist or didn’t notice the similar professions of Foley and Cosby. If what you said is perhaps a subtle intention of the writers that I missed, then again thank you, however I still would have liked to have seen something more explicit of SB being racist rather than just kill MM’s family, because not only is the full backstory of that event or the intent behind SB’s actions still unknown, and likely forever unknown unless we thaw him out and ask him, but as good as saying things implicitly is good sometimes we need more concrete evidence. I’m not advocating for SB to start dropping N-bombs and racial slurs but rather a more ‘show-don’t-tell’ approach like a subtle, but a viewable look of disdain or disgust toward a POC like MM or like with Stormfront by having him attack a POC more violently or with more intent to kill. Him beating up Noir in that ‘move on up’ talk could be evidence of that, but then Noir’s comical remembering of the event also showed SB doing the same with Gunpowder. Also some people, myself included, can be oblivious idiots that can have something like what you said go right over heads.

@Loganbub Месяц назад

@@LilacSreyaHard disagree on the women in lead roles take. Their is absolutely a wide spread trend of female leads being unlikable Mary sues who lack any depth what so ever.

@spencerreid2086 22 дня назад

@@LilacSreya thing is MM would have no idea about that interaction he didn't ever talk with anyone who was present for that scene so really he has no reason to believe that Soldier Boy is Racist he knows that him killing his family was due to him being reckless with his powers as opposed to him intentionally deciding to kill a random family because they were black. it just kinda seems like MM is throwing an insult at someone with no real basis for it given the information he knows it'd make more sense if he said this to Butcher given his prejudice against supes has been a defining part of his character for 3 seasons.

@saidi7975 18 дней назад

I see it less as racism and more outright douchebaggery. Doesn't make it better, but the whole situation with Noir shows that Ben refuses to shares glory even if Irving's casting attempt was a side gig. Dude was that vain.

@mattmetawolf8634 13 дней назад

6:27 you do realize that not every character who’s a masculine male that appears in media Hass to be a closeted homosexual right they could just be a very overly masculine character who has their demons and given how he treated gunpowder I would say that it was more like how his dad probably would’ve treated him trying to beat the weakness out of him but also making him stronger for it

@DaARK_Chocolategang День назад

I love him for his toxic outdated takes. He could say something so out of pocket, but make it funny because of Heuys' reactions. I would love a movie of a character with outdated ideals, time traveling, and dealing with a modern person. Soildier boy and Huey vibes.

@Guss684 5 дней назад

I stopped watching after the phrase "he killed MM's family" - IT WAS AN ACCIDENT HOOOLY SHIT that's the WHOLE POINT of that happening, we were SUPPOSED to realize he's not a monster by knowing it was an- nah fuck this i'm out

@Small_child_punter Месяц назад

6:23 wait what? You just said soldier boy is closeted? What makes you say that?

@RichelieuOnTheShore Месяц назад

I was looking for this comment 😂😂 He literally said "..his homosexuality" and I went WAIT WHAT

@datnoob4394 Месяц назад

I think it's refering to the alledged abuse of gunpowder? Butcher suggested it was sexual but Gunpowder denied it

@JohnWall-lj1mx Месяц назад

Gays love to do this to with literally any fictional character idk why

@Crim-kun Месяц назад

it's a thing in the comics but there are 2 completely different person

@Small_child_punter Месяц назад

@@Crim-kun okay so it was just a damn stupid thing to say. Ik him and homelander fucked in the comics.

@jameseberhart1325 Месяц назад

SB is not toxic; he is the antidote to the clown world we live in. Don't be sensitive, be better!

@LoneWolf-mh6cw 29 дней назад

only one reason i have respect for soldier boy. Hes the only one that kept his word. Even tho he was a jerk he made a deal with billy to take down homelander and DESPITE finding out homelander was his son and he had a grandson he was STILL gonna honor that deal. All billy had to do was get the dumbasss kid out the way smh

@Benjamin-Dover 2 дня назад

The part of soldier boy that I love the most is how he says the f- word. I was laughing for hours when he did a cameo in gen v and said”knock knock who’s there, go f**k your face”

@ProdigalBeard Месяц назад

Soldier boy is basically dean Winchester dialed to 11 and that's alright because it worked

@tommyfishhouse8050 29 дней назад

Originally. They were going to make him just as bad/much worse than Homelander. They were going to make the 'hazing' of Gunpowder and the rest of Payback much worse. But Jensen Ackles had the showrunners change the script because he refused to play a child abuser, being a parent himself. People don't like Soldier Boy because he is a good person. It's that compared to Homelander he's a much nicer and less evil guy. Homelander is just *that* bad.

@shuckLedurkins Месяц назад

i think we all love soldier boy because yeah we hate homelander but also because he has the most potential to be good, like a train or lamp lighter. (but judging on how the show is i dont expect them to be redeemed expect homelander tbh. which lowkey sucks but i guess that is what keeps me interested is seeing what they do) edit: also how can you hate a man who is hunting down his "friends" who threw him in a RUSSIAN experimental prison

@JaredPalmerVlogs 22 дня назад

6:24 SOLDIER BOY IS NOT HOMOSEXUAL WTF?!?!

@Mordeairayne 10 дней назад

He was in the comics

@indeed1881 2 дня назад

@@Mordeairaynecomics are completely irrelevant

@spectre1004 12 дней назад

6:21 “Hides his homosexuality” huh? This isn’t in the show at all.

@theotron7248 Месяц назад

The answer is because its Jensen Ackles

@Arctturius Месяц назад

Soldier Boy ❌ Sigma Boy ✅

@d1re644 11 дней назад

The most character defining moment was when he didn’t switch up despite HL being his son, having his grandson presented to him, but for butcher to be the one who switched up

@TheShadow079 20 часов назад

he's based. that's why.

@zmman9243 27 дней назад

His father wasn't wrong when he said he’d taken the easy way out and cheated, SB literally took a performance enhancing substance to become how powerful he is. That's cheating, clean and clear even by today’s rules. Putting twin-turbos V6 doesn't make it a V8, take them away and you're left with what actually is. Stark had it mostly right when he told Cap, “Everything special about you came from a bottle” in Cap’s case his heart and humanity made him special, the bottle just made him powerful too. It’s why Dr. Erskine chose him, he'd fled a country that had a wicked and powerful man instead of a good and powerful man.

@TheBatman39 Месяц назад

I regret clicking this video

@shame2189 Месяц назад

I think people like Soldier Boy because he contrasts Homelander directly. Homelander is an ill-intented guy who poses as if he's perfect, and Soldier Boy is a somewhat well meaning guy who's too stubborn and self-centered to accept that he isn't.

@omeganeoz 5 дней назад

Things i like about soldierboy, he looks tuff and has an iconic looking outfit, power and shield. he acts tuff and goes ham on anyone he sees both verbally and with asswhooping. AND the most important thing, he still has his weaknesses and bad side like any tough character needs. which im guessing disney is missing cause their recent characters are flawless people. when people arent flawless but still manages to be strong and menacing. thats when you got it right! this goes for so many characters that are well written, vader, thanos, ironman, batman, captain america... uhh i could mention more but you get my point

@AgentMorgan2010 16 часов назад

He was the best part about the season. I didn't really like the season much, but he saved it.

@The_Com-Mentor 5 дней назад

Ppl love Soldier Boy because when he speaks, you don't have to try to figure out if a man or a woman is talking.

@WhySoDeliciouss Месяц назад

It’s mostly because Jensen Ackles is such a great actor and his charm is just too damn good. Plus having a villain that makes you love him and hate him is hard to do and great in the long run.

@Filmation77 6 дней назад

Jensen Ackles makes Soldier Boy charming

@sixpathskaiokentv Месяц назад

I wish we got a Soulja Boy "He copied my whole fucking flow" references in some shape or form

@keithhightower646 Месяц назад

A major part of it is that he was played by Jenson Ackles. He's just got this charisma that he just brings to every role he plays. Highly underutilized actor.

@robertasgar6387 5 дней назад

Yup bro Jensen Ackles is just a really good actor and has very good charisma. Plus we need more characters like him, it adds more flavors to the show and he's somewhat in between so you always wonder, is he's joining the good guys or bad guys? Is he going to be in the middle? Plus he's very POWERFUL character, first one who can go somewhat 1 v 1 with Homelander, he's a badass prick. And in the end they kinda hinted that he's still alive, which I'm very happy about and we probably will see him in the near future again. I just love him, the Homelander too and I have a feeling that the guy who played "Negan" in Walking Dead will bring so much hype into the show too. Oh man sorry for this long ass paragraph, but what a cast...

@joshuasepeda3289 Месяц назад

I will point this out. Soldier Boy only hit Ryan because the kid blasted him with heat vision. When he was about to use his beam weapon on Homelander, Ryan just happened to be in the way. If Butcher had bothered to answer his phone, he would have known that Ryan was there at Vought. They could have made a plan around that. While I don't condone killing kids, this was their best chance to kill Homelander.

@lionofthemorning7997 Месяц назад

The reason Soldier Boy is so awesome is that Jensen is an epic actor.

@JamieBarrington 5 дней назад

It's the Jensen Ackles effect

@froman464 3 часа назад

My head cannon is that early on in the soldier boy's career is that he might have been an actual hero (atleast trying to be a hero) similar to homelander from diabolical. This adds to the character to me.

@tobomargus5316 Месяц назад

I will say that the #1 reason I like soldier boy is cause he’s played by Jensen Ackles.

@BurntToast2305 Месяц назад

Soilder boy is hiding his homosexualitly? How

@ebraheemfredericks5736 Месяц назад

I can sum this up with two words: Jensen Ackles.

@amandasnider2644 4 часа назад

Never underestimate the attractive power of charisma and quotable one liners in a character....especially a very attractive one.

@tonypringles2285 3 дня назад

i like how in the end he kinda has a come to heart moment when he tells homelander he is like him and hes a fucking disappointment

@SolarDNA Месяц назад

Everyone loves him because Jensen Ackles.

@ryankwon8785 19 часов назад

Why Vought replaced Soldier Boy with a psychopath is beyond me. I think if Stan Edgar was in charge, he would have preferred to keep Soldier Boy around. However, it is pretty much hinted that Vought betrayed Soldier Boy because the latter planned to retire.

@janetmontalvo6944 2 дня назад

He’s very similar to Negan in that way. A villain who you want to loose but also so likable and fun on screen you just want to see more of them and how other characters would interact with them

@rafaelcastor2089 Месяц назад

I don't think Soldier Boy would've worked 10% as well if it wasn't Jensen freaking Ackles.

@Denis_Snou Месяц назад

People miss one thing about his interest in old women, thinking this is kink which isn't. He's like from 90 to 100 years old. So his love for old women makes sense, since he was frozen in time by compound V or its prototype, everything he knew vanished, world changed since he became Soldier boy, but not him. He stays the way he was in the moment when he was injected by drug, in his 20-30's. So, this lust for old women is more emotional connection for him, with times his familiar. OK maybe they younger than him on 20-30 years, but they mentally close to him than girls in their 20's of era he awake. For him women in 20's of this time-line he's right now more children than adults or different species, but this as I see. And everyone wants something familiar, or someone who understands you emotionally and mentally. If he weren't Soldier boy it would look like an old man flirting with old women, which makes sence. We seen something like this with Captain Amarica as he acts, speaks, thinks etc, but without interest in old women. They both became misfits of time that vanished. People also said right, Soldier boy is historically accurate Captain America, If Steve Rodgers wasn't censored by Marvel he would probably be more attractive emotionally to someone as Peggy Carter. In terms of age when he saw her in Civil War movie or a little bit younger , and yes I think if we had a comic book like this, writers would try to show us it doesn't matter he's from different time and he can fall in love for somebody from time he lives now, but I think for Steve a girl of time he stuck would be probably hard to make bridges since they from different times and mentally different, like a human tries to connect with an alien, but who knows what scriptwriters wound try imagine.

@TrashPanda90914 Месяц назад

Yeah, I've started calling it the Bobby B effect. It's when you cast a likeable and charismatic actor in the role of a complete scumbag.

@ShadowofLegacy 27 дней назад

I just like him because he is a real man. That's rare and lost nowadays. This new generation has been taught that masculinity is "toxic". Soldier Boy is from an era that isn't soft and delusional.

@ameennasar2583 20 дней назад

Hey, he embarrassed himself in the argument with that lady officer. He's insecure, that's why he abuse his teammates.

@ShadowofLegacy 4 дня назад

@@ameennasar2583 Oh no, a character isn't perfect!? What a shocker😂😱

@ameennasar2583 3 дня назад

@@ShadowofLegacyWhat makes ypu think he is a real man. Ofcpurse, he has power. But most of the times, he abuse that power. And like most humans, you can't say whether he is good or bad, because we see certain good in him too. But he's defenitely not a role model.

@YurinanAcquiline 2 дня назад

@@ameennasar2583 Agreed. Soldier Boy took the easy way out and got drugs to be strong. He abused his teammates, shamelessly killed innocent people and abuses his power. Not my idea of a "real man", he is a weak man.

@hankj.wimbleton6282 День назад

Small fix: Soldier Boy didn't get lucky with the compound V. It was expected that he'd be perfect because he was injected with the original compound V recipe (just like stormfront). That is why he is the strongest supe right under Homelander and why he doesn't age.

@filipvadas7602 5 часов назад

I think the main reason people love Soldier Boy as a character , or at least find him entertaining, is because he's the only character who isn't totally full of sh!t. He never switches sides, though he's tempted to, he doesn't really lie and he's unashamed in his beliefs/actions He's an arsehole, but at least he's honest about it. Hell, he practically wears it like a badge of honor. The fact that the show peels back the layers and shows us the insecure frat boy underneath is just an extra reason to be engrossed in his character. Especially since he rivals Homelander in power. This obviously doesn't remove the fact that he's still just a *slightly* different flavor of evil than Homelander, but its refreshing nonetheless.

@jessea4438 День назад

Another reason is compared to Homelander, this dude is practically a saint. Homelander is an unhinged and unpredictable psychopath who could snap at any minute. Soldier Boy is someone who (for the most part) has all of his screws tightened down. I mean, he has a twisted sense of morality and definitely has "shell shock," but he is not an unhinged ruthless crybaby like Homelander. They are both bad men, but Soldier Boy is less of a bad man than Homelander.

@kingdj3551 Месяц назад

you know about bluetooth? gps? …..you made those words up 😂

@Sage-10782 Месяц назад

I would love a spinoff series with him as the lead, kinda like peacemaker only more dark comdey and ass energy.

@Shadow_Dark14 Месяц назад

People know Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy😱 Legends know him as Dean Winchester💀

@MortSalazar Месяц назад

Same reason Everyone liked Dean Winchester Jensen Ackles is really hot... And actually a good actor

@ShouVertica 3 дня назад

>Make Soldier Boy possibly a great character >Continually tear him down: "Oh he's not really a hero in world war 2, he didn't do anything" >Continually tear him down: "Yeah he's just a super degenerate" >Continually tear him down: "He's also super racist...I guess?(this came out of nowhere as an accusation)" The Boys just doesn't know what to do with characters. It feels almost cynically representative of Amazon's corporatizing of media to be bland blobs of "current-year" politics.

@thewhistler6537 Месяц назад

I think it's because while he as a character adores some of the worst, his comments on them are hilarious because they're truthful and he is naive. Cosby making some strong drinks as an example...🤣🤣🤣ffs.

@BlazingOwnager Месяц назад

The thing that drove me nuts is how multiple times they called him a 'racist pos' when he didn't do a single thing the entire series that was remotely racist. But this was also the season where they butchered the Blue Hawk storyline to jump on current events even though it makes no sense in the context of the universe.

@Looking.for.Lilith 3 дня назад

I always forget how horrible soldier boy is. My brain just reduces him to : “he’s so awesome and c*nty Yayy soldier boy I love him,,, so exciting” … “Oh yeah he’s kinda really sexist and mean and disrespectful and awful sometimes.. but still yayyyy so cool so fun”