Soldier Boy is unscrupulous and vicious, with dangerous superpowers inThe Boys.
The importance of Homelander’s army was shown byGen V,The Boys’spinoff TV series.
Featuring heavily inGen V,Homelander’s army may be crucial to future seasons of the spinoff.
He was completely vulnerable to Homelander’s machinations, andHomelander may want to use the supe to his advantage.
It seems that MM’s family, in the show, were collateral damage in a Soldier Boy rescue.
MM could finally achieve justice in season 5 and put an end to Soldier Boy.
With Homelander in control of Soldier Boy, season 5 could show his continued yearning for fatherly approval.
Soldier Boy wasn’t exactly on Homelander’s side throughout the entirety ofThe Boys.
Fatherhood is a significant theme inThe Boys, showing how generational trauma and family values impact entire generations.
In this sense, linking Ryan to Soldier Boy would work.
The supe Homelander is Ryan’s biological father via sexual assault.
Meanwhile, the human Billy Butcher represents a non-biological but marginally less demented father figure.
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The Boyscomic book series began in October 2006.
Billy Butcher worked hard inThe Boysseason 4 to ensure he had a virus that could kill all supes.
Although this plan went wrong in many ways,Butcher is still poised to unleash the virusin season 5.
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
However, he may not be so kind in season 5, having had time to deliberate.
Despite their team-up inThe Boysseason 3,Butcher and Soldier Boy didn’t end their liaison on good terms.
Butcher wasn’t so sure that Ryan needed protecting by the end of season 4.
Eric Kripke suggested thatThe Boysseason 5 will explore the relationship between Homelander and Soldier Boy.
This would tie off the loose ends started by the interaction between the two in season 3.
Season 4 didn’t give this relationship the time it deserved, whereas season 5 should.
Competing with Homelander for the fatherhood of Ryan revealed how painfully deficient Butcher was as a father.
Butcher faced failure as a stepfather in season 4, with Ryan becoming increasingly violent.
