SOLDIER BOY (History + Powers + The Boys Ending) EXPLAINED

His casting was perfect. His performance with his mannerisms and contempt dealing with the modern world coupled with his line delivery made him oddly likeable even though he was a huge POS. His voice also made him sound older. It was like it gave him a maturity that was in conflict his younger appearance. He sounded like that old man that was behind in the times. He perfectly depicted that grouchy chauvinist Captain America if Steve wasn't such a good person and didn't speak like a boy scout.

Friendly reminder jenson was one of the candidates for captain America along side Chris evans. So him being an evil cap is more than perfect casting.

I also think why he turned against his son was because Soldier boy saw too much of himself in Homelander and realized his own father was right. Homelander is Soldier boy but he didn't want that for his kids, he wanted them to be better then him but instead Homelander became a darker reflection of him.

Jensen Ackles was phenomenal is Season 3! He worked very hard to pin-point his voice and cadence to sound like someone from the 30s/40s.

Soldier boy is basically what would happen if any other soldier than Steve Rogers took the super soldier serum

In my opinion, Black Noir was truly this season’s tragic character. In his past he was abused and denied the opportunity to spread his wings. In the current he was just Homelander’s lap dog. He ran from Soldier Boy, worked up the courage to return to his supposed ally’s side, only to have his guts ripped out by that same “ally”.

The fight scene between him, Homelander, and Billy was epic!

The third season of the series was very brutal, violent, and insane, but it was fun to watch and that whole Soldier Boy/ Homelander twist made My jaw drop!

Amazing how a new character like SB can come in the 3rd season with established favorites like Homelander or Butcher and climb to the top. Jensen Ackles did an amazing job with this role! I was actually rooting for him, sad that he got betrayed again. I'm sure he'll be brought back for the 4th season with how well his character was received.

we need a spin-off series with Soldier Boy. Jensen Ackles is a great, underrated actor and likeable as hell.

Like Soldier boy said, the real bitch of it was, if he wasn't sold out by Vought to the Soviets, Homelander could have grown up with someone to raise him, that could, for a deal of his formative years, keep him in check. Prime example of the show letting us know, that even with the great acting from giancarlo esposito as Stan Edgar, this is not a over all smart character in terms of long game or consideration of consequences. But most of all, "From a logical point of view, if you want to be happy living a kings life. Never make a pretty woman your wife~" the music videos they got of him are gold, cause I can imagine the seething embarrassment his character would have in having to do those lol.

I personally thought the third season had some flaws with the writing, but I did like watching Jensen Ackles play Soldier Boy, especially during Herogasm.

Black noir's death was gut wrenching. I found myself rooting for solider boy more than I thought I would

Casting Jensen Ackles was PERFECT for Soldier Boy! He has that gruff exterior and just exudes a psychopathic personality, all the while he is naturally charismatic and draws you in when he speaks, forcing you to like him. When you watch the fight between The Boys and Homelander, Soldier Boy doesn't fight like a trained martial artist. He is an outright brawler, he is strong and he knows that. Using it to his advantage, he just ploughs through whomever he fights. This makes more sense as to why Homelander was scared after the fight. Soldier Boy proved to be almost as strong as Homelander, with his brawling, any means neccessary fighting style, factored in with his ability to depower supes, Homelander had every reason to be scared. With Soldier Boy, Temp-V powered Butcher and Hughie, Queen Maeve and Starlight after him, even Homelander would die. But Soldier Boy was so amazing. He is an outright psychopath but he pulled you into his performance and made you root for him, whether he was killing mind controlled priests, hunting his teammates or trying to kill Homelander, Jensen Ackles performance was absolutely stunning.

Honestly I don't get why Starlight, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko when after Soldier Boy I get SB killed MM's family but they do realize that after he kills his team and Homelander he'll probably go off somewhere never to be seen again. His team is dead, his son is dead and he's done with Vought so he has nothing to do or live for. Also I do think Soldier Boy's blast would've killed Homelander because had SB charged the blast longer it would've killed Maeve because everytime he charges the beam longer its more deadly.

Mr. Ackles was such an outstanding choice for the role. Very underrated actor

There is a chance that Soldier Boy was underpowered when he fought Homelander. The producers or showrunner said that when Solider Boy explodes, it drains him.

The biggest problem I have with season 3 is how the writters treated Soldier Boy. I don't understand why they made him likeable only to try to actively push the audience to dislike him in the finale despite him honoring his side of the deal. I don't like it, the ending just didn't work for me.

Honestly, Soldier Boy might actually be one of the coolest and most interesting characters I've seen in recent history. I mean, he's literally the Homelander before Homelander.

I love how you said "like the coward he truly is" when talking about Homelander using Ryan to thwart SB's attack. Also.....it was such stupid writing to have them all turn on soldier boy....Like the things Homelander has done is simply ok based on SB hitting Ryan.....it was a bad call, or it could have been done more convincingly.