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The Boys: Soldier Boy add ons

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he should gain
  • Possible mind manipulation resistance: During his fight with Mindstorm in Nicaragua, Soldier Boy was apparently able to resist the telepath's mind control, even though Mindstorm was later able to influence Butcher without any difficulty. This implies that Soldier Boy may have some level of resistance towards mind altering powers.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Though highly resistant to most forms of damage, Soldier Boy did receive a cut on his cheek after being subjected to a prolonged Heat Vision blast by Billy Butcher. However, when he was later recaptured and imprisoned by Grace Mallory, the wound on his cheek had already disappeared.
  • his intelligence section: Since World War II, Soldier Boy has been depicted as a skilled fighter thanks to his military training and has been known to have killed dozens of German soldiers, though given that a lot of his military service was propaganda films, it is debateable whether he actually killed any actual nazies in combat. During his time in Nicaragua, he possessed enough skill to fight and quickly overpower half a dozen special forces soldiers, using a combination of hand-to-hand combat and shield attacks. Despite having been subdued for almost forty years by the Russians and having not fought anyone during that time, aside from his escape attempts, Soldier Boy's fighting skills did not seem to atrophy. When Soldier Boy returned to the present, he proved a formidable opponent against Homelander, the first time the latter seemed nervous about facing another Supe. With his near century of experience in actual combat, Soldier Boy was able to fight and, at times, overpower Homelander by evading and countering his attacks. Eventually, Homelander's superior strength and speed allowed him to regain the upper hand, nearly defeating Soldier Boy through raw power. During his fight against The Boys, he defeated a V24-empowered Butcher in melee combat, who was himself a highly trained combat veteran.
  • Resistance to Heat: Soldier Boy is durable enough to withstand burning by oxy-acetylene flame
 
I agree with this generally and I have something to add.

For SB's resistance to heat, tanking his son's, his grandson's, and former husband of his daughter-in-law's heat vision is also a good justification (especially considering that normal human get one-shoted by the heat vision).

For Regenerative Healing Factor, the justification is not direct enough and it could be dismissed as "our production team forgets to add the scar".
 
While I agree with heat resistance, I don't think it should scale from taking any supe's heat vision. He checked his injury after Ryan attacking him, clearly in discomfort and to see if he was bleeding, and Butcher's left a mark on his face, so he has resistance to regular fire, just not that much heat.

On the mind resistance thing, while he might have some minor resistance, is that, minor. Othewise, he has no reason to be so careful around Mindstorm when he went to capture him.
 
Would the regenerative factor and mm resistance apply to Homelander too as HL was literally made to be better than Soldier Boy?
 
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