Why Soldier Boy Is A Better Villain Than Homelander!

Where do you stand on Soldier Boy? Is he a Hero, Anti-Hero, Anti-Villain or Villain?

He’s definitely not a straight up Villain, he’s an Anti-Villain. He does have a moral compass, I mean he was willing to kill his own Biological Son to keep his promise to Butcher.

Soldier Boy is a better person than Homelander. Which is not really an achievement.

Not even a debate, I was rooting for Soldier Boy till the end. I hope he comes back.

What didn’t fit right was his past version and his current version, in his past stories he was clearly evil like the rest of the bad heroes but he was more of an anti hero in the recent events. They kept saying he was really bad and worse than homelander but nothing indicated that

Honestly if there's any character in The Boys that deserves their own spinoff it has to be Soldier Boy. We haven't seen the full extent of what happened in his life before Homelander was born. It could be set in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Maybe get more insight and depth on his childhood and see how he developed into an abusive tyrant. Also the stuff with World War 1 or 2 and the battle against the Soviets

Homelander : damaged villain Butcher : vengeful antihero Soldier boy : flawed hero

I think the only reason soldier boy works so well is directly because of homelander, theyre both bad people but theyre opposites, homelamder is a man child obsessed with being loved, soldier boy is a mans man who takes it to the extreme, soldier boy wouldnt work nearly as well if we didnt have homelander to compare him to

Soldier Boy is a flawed person, but he's not a villain. He was callous, didn't care about collateral damage, and he bullied his team. None of those things make him a villain. He had a code of honor and killed to fulfill his missions, but only as part of his mission.What sealed it for me was when Hughie asked him about the explosion in Manhattan, soldier boy's response was, "I didn't mean to hurt those people." He was shaken and remorseful about it. He had no reason to lie or spin it it so hughie would help him, he already knew hughie was onboard for good or ill. He also didn't hide that he didn't care about hughie's opinions. A character like homelander would have blown it off with a smile or threatened hughie to not ask about it again.

Im adding him to my dream blunt rotation

he isnt a villain, hes a very powerful asshole. he can show honor and does not seem to take pleasure in killing innocent people, also during the payback fight scene, soldier boy is actively fighting the enemy forces.

I love the fact bro just picks up the gas bomb and just smokes it

Soldier Boy was never a villain. He was the actual hero the whole time. (Even if he has some terrible flaws) He was the only one that was willing to do what was necessary. Shoulda nuked Butcher and Homelander.

The thing i feel about soldier boy is that deep down he hates himself. All his life he was treated terribly by his own father and used by vaught, which led him to develop an inferiority complex. He acts the way he does as a way to hide his pain. All he ever wanted was to be loved by his father, a father he could never please. Soldier boy had problems due to his father's neglect so much that he couldn't even keep up in school. So his father sent him to boarding school just to so he wouldn't be around him but of course he failed in that to. So having enough of him he called him a disappointment to which ben became soldier boy and becoming the greatest american hero hope it would change his father's mind but of course it still didn't work. Even after years have pasted and his father died the pain his father left him with turned into just as much as a terrible person as his father. He tried so hard not to believe his father was right about him but when he confronted homelander for the last time, seeing so much of the terrible person he himself was in his own son homelander he finally saw that his dad was right. Soldier wanted to raise his kids to be better them himself but in the end homelander became a darker reflection of him. When it comes down to it Soldier boy isn't evil like homelander or other supes but just a man who can't let go of the past who does horrible things to vent out his pain.

I didn't question anything, I loved soldier boy haha. I hope he comes back wearing the black noir suit just to really mess with homelander's head .

Soldier Boy is most definitely the highlight of season 3.

Jenson really knocked it out of the park with his performance.

To me he is an anti hero he just had to kill his own son as a promise otherwise he just wanted a bloodline and he just wanted revenge for what the team did to him to me.

I hated his portrayal in Gen V. He should have been the fake persona, the All American good guy she would have known, not the real Soldier Boy. It was a huge plot hole.

Soldier Boy is the real hero, he doesn’t relish in murder. He beats out Billy Butcher morally, as he doesn’t go back on his word. He’s paranoid sure, but it’s justified given what’s happened to him. I think Ryan and Soldier Boy will be the ones to finally wipe out Homelander as Billy Butcher is probably going to die next season. For a spin-off show though, what about “Soldier Boy: Hero of Heroes”.