The Boys' Soldier Boy Backstory Teases The REAL Love Sausage In Season 3
Caution: spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3
Is The Boys gearing up for the second coming of Love Sausage in season 3? As a large superhero with an over-sized downstairs region, Love Sausage was never the simplest character to translate from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic books to Amazon's live-action The Boys TV series. Nevertheless, Eric Kripke and co. had a fair crack in The Boys season 2's «The Bloody Doors Off.» Caught in a breakout at the Sage Grove research facility, the Boys encounter a supe possessing a tentacle-like extending penis which, naturally, ends up coiled around MM's neck. Not only does this patient strongly resemble the comic books' Love Sausage character, but MM also remarks, "Brother's got a love sausage," to seemingly confirm the connection.
Still, the girthy Sage Grove patient shared little in common with The Boys' comic version. Otherwise known by his real name, Vasilii Vorishikin, the original Love Sausage is a former superhero from Russia on friendly terms with Billy Butcher and the Boys, helping them take down rogue Compound-V subjects. Though certainly blessed, Vorishikin's superpowers are increased strength and durability — not tentacle-esque pant action. Think Red Guardian with an extra limb.
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Happily, The Boys season 3 hints the real Love Sausage could feature in live-action over the coming episodes — and it's all thanks to Soldier Boy. In The Boys season 3, episode 3, Billy Butcher's gang learn the cover-up behind Soldier Boy's «death.» When Mallory and Payback were stationed in Nicaragua, Soldier Boy got attacked by enemy fighters and allegedly died thanks to a mysterious Russian weapon. Mallory then watched
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