‘The Boys’ Has Retconned Soldier Boy And Stormfront For ‘Vought Rising’
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- Gaming‘The Boys’ Has Retconned Soldier Boy And Stormfront For ‘Vought Rising’By Paul Tassi,
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- The Boys has now set up one past relationship as a plot point that becomes the series's crucial apex.
Gaming‘The Boys’ Has Retconned Soldier Boy And Stormfront For ‘Vought Rising’By Paul Tassi,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow Author May 09, 2026, 10:26am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Soldier Boy Amazon Something weird has been going on in season 5 of The Boys, and I’m not talking purely about the fact that half the season feels like an ad for Vought Rising, the upcoming spinoff prequel series. Though this is related to that.
The Boys has now set up one past relationship as a plot point that becomes the series's crucial apex. First, Sage sets up a situation where he shows Soldier Boy a rather gross relationship between Homelander and Clara Vought/Stormfront, which happened in season 2 before she died. He’s furious, and the idea is that it will permanently fracture the relationship between father and son. But later, during the crucial moment, Soldier Boy gives Homelander the V1 because they both loved her and “it’s what she would have wanted.”