theamericandream

    right.  preventing  waste..  i  definitely  believe  that.
            
            @feathrflaunt 

again, being polite. and preventing waste. argument over, i won. 

   yeah  it's  gross.  that's  why  you  took  a  giant  bite  of  it,  right?
            
            @feathrflaunt 

you're lucky i've got control over my temper today. 

     yeah,  it  makes  me  happy.
            
            @feathrflaunt 

must you always ruin my day? 

*    (: 

/       !!

╱     !

* clyde watched his reaction and understood quite quickly that the other was frightened by the storm. he bit back the argument resting upon his tongue and pointed to a door nearby, * it'll be quiet in there. go. 

    you  put  your  hands  on  me  first.  if  you  didn't  do  that  i  wouldn't  have  even  touched  you.  ⁽  a  louder  clap  of  thunder  and  he  backs  up  into  the  wall  as  he  feels  that  scorching  feeling  in  his  chest,  a  very  clear  light  beginning  to  form  there.  that  blast  he'd  threatened  with  it  was  forming  against  his  will  in  response  to  the  stress  of  the  storm.  ⁾
            
            @feathrflaunt 

* clyde approached him, expression cold, * and why would i allow that? if my memory is correct, you broke my broom, and /then/ tried to break my arm and murder me.

*  you  absolutely  can  and  thank  you  so  much!!  <33
            
            @crimsonhour 

* clyde was frozen in place, very briefly, before scrambling away and dusting himself off, ruffled and shaken, * shut up.

   ⁽   with  that  he  took  a  step  back  and  let  go  of  him,  no  harm  done.  even  if  he  definitely  could've.  instead  he  left  him  shaken  and  aware  of  what  he  was  capable  of.  ⁾   glad  we  can  understand  each  other.
            
            @feathrflaunt 

no, no, don't, * he sputters out, feathers fluffed and fingers desperately trying to do anything useful. * no, i won't-- i won't tell you what to do.

/     !!

/  does a spin 

/ any

*  thank  you  so  much  <33
            
            @killerwidows 

he was the america's first and greatest superhero before homelander and the former leader of the superhero team payback. as a young man, soldier boy helped good triumph over evil in world war II, widely celebrated as an acclaimed war hero for his efforts. however, it is not made clear how much of that is true, as the legend claimed that his participation in the war was vought propaganda whereas stan edgar actually claims the opposite by stating that he killed germans by the dozens. With his superhero team payback by his side, he was said to have fought for liberty and justice for all until his disappearance during a botched military operation in nicaragua, with the cover story being that he heroically sacrificed his own life to save america from a nuclear power plant meltdown in 1984.
            
            in reality, soldier boy was betrayed by his team for his aggressive behavior and mistreatment towards them and, with vought's approval, was sold out to the russians, who would later conduct dozens of agonizing experiments on him over the next four decades.

in 1945 following the end of ww2, an executive order was drafted, presumably by president harry s. truman, to establish the date of april 28th as soldier boy day as a way of honoring his heroic efforts during the war. however, ben intervened and had the day be known as national superhero day as a way of honoring all superheroes instead.
            
            ben returned home to a hero's welcome, with ticker parades held across the nation in his honor. despite all he’s accomplished, his father once again expressed his disgust towards his son by calling him a “cheater” that took a “shortcut” the way he had by using compound v, something a "real man" would never do; specifically chastising him for never being an actual soldier beforehand and automatically proclaiming himself a decorated veteran simply by becoming a super soldier.
            
            during the 1970s, soldier boy would also become the leader of the superhero team payback, where he would fight crime alongside crimson countess, gunpowder, swatto, mindstorm, black noir and the tnt twins.

to make his father proud, benjamin enlisted in the us army in 1944 during world war II and approached the war department by using his father's contacts to volunteer among other human subjects to be experimented with frederick vought's field tested compound v, specifically, v-one. ben also mentioned that he hadn't actually seen any combat at the time that he was volunteering for the v-one trials, something fellow soldier quinn would berate him about. ben was terrified of the experiment, needing to be strapped to the table for the injection and wetting himself during the procedure. the experiment succeeded, and he became one of the first and strongest supes in the world. he gained the moniker “soldier boy” and became america’s first superhero, a popular sex symbol and an iconic mascot for vought-american and the us military who allegedly fought and lead the 116th infantry regiment in omaha beach to victory in ww2. However, according to the legend's own personal claims, vought-american utilized soldier boy primarily for war propaganda films and publicity shoots rather than deploying him to fight the n*zis, presumably due to how much he was worth to the company and refusing to risk putting their most valuable asset in harm's way by overstepping his boundaries. also, part of an unknown team, ben was a teammate of private angel, torpedo and bombsight, with whom he developed a fierce rivalry.

*  winks  at  you 
            
            @eadimidium