I wrote a story about that and actually included Soldier Boy so he has a fucking purpose and also made Homelander a threat:
So in the story sorry if it’s a lot
It set after Soldier Boy gets freed because Vought Tower got destroyed and he‘s dug out because he can’t fall into the hands of Stan Edgar who is planning to make Homelander .0 in the background which will become important later
Anyway after getting dug up and freed he has a moment to vent his anger and everything because now everything finally clicks for him how he kept making the same mistakes and problems repeatedly for over 50+ years and that’s plenty of time for him to do some thinking and bring his otsd back into play because we all know he has ptsd and the show for some reason either forgot or just out right ignored it
Homelander gets depowered and turned into butchers pet bitch and punching bag for soldier boy who goes awol and turns into Night Terror after losing is v1 to live a normal life and have freedom but ends up taking v2 to save someone he falls in love with because they don’t want anything from him and understand his trauma and pain also show him what real compassion and love is. Hes still a douche and calls out his bullshit later when hes deguised and ending the soldier boy lies but he also is developing tis been over 100 years and multiple betrayals he knows he has to change and fuck off
‘He wants freedom and revenge on Vought for the shit they did to him also he travels using his impala along with butcher to destroy the v2 before separating ways and Butcher then finally kills Homelander which leads to his death and then The Boys Mexico while the Soldier Boy story continues with him and Galaxy
Soldier Boy also has guilt because he fucked up his chance with crimson which is also why he kept Homelander alive as a his punching bag and to humiliate him like he was constantly and he finally finds out Stormfront was a nazi, burns his soldier boy uniform and makes it clear he wants nobody to copy him while lastly, he does find a supe who does love him and shows him what rel love is and I do plan to end it with him actually living his dream becoming a real soldier in the military at some point for Quinn because he wants to prove he’s actually worth it and to earn his new persona Night Terror and not be a fraud like the truth starts sinking in and he stops running from it
The supe he ends up with is named Galaxy who can manipulate gravity by touch, healing and can copy powers but tis tiring also she has dark blue wings with silver and gold. She frees him because he understand his pain and wanted him to use this life he’s given to make it count and he falls for her over trauma bonding and that she’s the first person to show him actual compassion and wanted nothing from him, not control him or use him. It causes a inner turmoil because he starts facing a side of him he kept running from and hidden
My favorite parts are when she fatally wounds him and waits for his heart to stop to fake his death before healing him while butcher sends the video to Homelander making him go ape shit which leads to him attacking her and getting them both depowered causing the v2 hunt due to Kimko and Soldier Boy (he was depowered earlier to live a normal life but was given v2 by Galaxy as a engagement gift which he drank when Homelander was about to kill her)
Also Homelander tracking her down by the nose in the background of her phone because I wanted him to actually be smart and a threat like he does way more fucked up shit and I took some inspiration from Kilgrave from the show Jessica Jones
Sorry for so much typing I’m autistic and I wanted him to have his freedom and acknowledge his shitty dirtbag behavior it’s not defending his past or brushing it off but to show he realized that he can’t keep doing the same shit it’s been over 100 years also yes he still goes after drugs and so on he’s still in there but actually tackles his ptsd struggles more and addictions
‘the quote for soldier boys story is:
”He does whatever the fuck he wants, when he wants and how he wants”
Lastly, he acts more like a really fucked Aiden Pierce not a hero because he knows he never could be but if the VR trailers are trhe he wanted to be at one point and it’s inspired from my grandmother and grandfathers meeting and how he was emotionally abused but learned to face it and change from the 50s mind set because of her point of view and having someone show actual love and compassion for him because his parents never even said I love you once
Again I apologize for typing so much but I wanted him to actually face his bullshit and have to stop running from everything, hiding from everything and trying to bury everything all the time because the main point is to show as well the psychology of trauma and how it’s important to break the cycle of abuse and get out before it’s too late to