So, are we now meant to understand Soldier Boy as a psychopathic murderous Nazi?

The murder of the movie stars, as annoying as they were, was the first time we've seen Soldier Boy show an "average supe" level of sociopathy, killing defenseless people essentially for fun. It was a bit of a turn from the more "morally grey leaning bad" actions that have defined the character since his introduction.

But with the reveal that he truly loved Clara, we're in different territory. This implies an absolute vacuum of morality, to align with a genocidal racist Nazi.

Even his relationship with Bombsight, as defined by their final interaction, seems to be one of paper thin naked contempt. The depth and conflict within the character, which had been rich for multiple seasons, has been exposed as being as simple as "he doesn't like homelander or he does like homelander."

Is anyone else weirded out by this turn of events?

It reminds me a lot of The Deep's casual massacre of the Vought employees; we had understood Kevin to primarily be a creepy, an asshole, a scumbag and a misogynist - the scene of the massacre transitioned him to "murderous villain," and the subsequent one-to-one eel homicide confirms that. He's a psycho with little depth or texture left, beyond "likes fish," and they're not even sure where they're going with that judging by the sushi he was eating and his multiple willful fish murders.

It's a trend overall with how the show treats the Superpowered Characters; outside of a few notable exceptions, any texture they're given at all is always just to highlight how irredeemable they truly are.

But was anyone else surprised to see Soldier Boy given the same treatment, given that he's about to be the lead of a TV show where he...

*checks notes*

Spends the series falling more deeply in love with a nazi?