Boys S5: Vought Unveils Surprises…

Welcome to another thrilling piece by yours truly, August Tales, keeping your fandom ghost lit with news from The Boys’ universe. Yeah, it’ll be a minute before Season 5 airs on Amazon Prime Video, but thanks to a trickle of updates via social media, fans are keeping their appetites whetted for what’s to come. Most recently, The Boys have served us some intel on A-Train’s absence in the forthcoming season, through none other than the Vought International X account (the good ol’ Twitter in disguise).

Another One Bites the Dust?

Vought decided to address A-Train’s vanishing act from the upcoming season head-on. According to a recent post, our favorite speedster Supe is “being deployed overseas effective immediately.” Adding more mystery, Vought states that the mission’s details are on lockdown – primarily for A-Train’s safety, but let’s be honest, the free world could use a little consideration as well.

The Boys franchise, renowned for its delightfully dark world, isn’t exactly your typical happy-go-lucky superhero narrative. The heroes, or Supes as they’re called, are essentially egotistical loose cannons with a blithe disregard for us ordinary folk. A-Train’s reckless speed-infused antics make this clear from the jump, when he unwittingly performs a run-through on Hughie’s girlfriend, Robin Ward (save your “oops” for someone who is buying, A-Train).

A Change of Heart or a Game of Survival?

However, fear not, folks, our narrative isn’t entirely void of some character development. If you were a close observer of Season 4, you might’ve noticed A-Train wrestling with the nature of his heroism and grappling with the monster he’s become. His distaste for his new persona climaxes when he reluctantly agrees to play mole for the Boys within the Seven, eventually swooping in to save them from Deep and Black Noir II’s onslaught.

Just when Homelander and Vought twig the mole they’ve been hunting is right under their noses, A-Train and his clan pull a Houdini. Now pair Vought’s inability to publicly confess that one of their shining stars from the Seven has turned traitor, and you have the perfect cover-up story: A-Train’s sudden departure.

Not the End, Just a New Beginning?

With rumors flying around that The Boys Season 5 may hit screens sometime in 2026, A-Train’s absence could lead us down numerous intriguing narratives. So, stay tuned, and who knows, we might even get more breadcrumbs leading us to his whereabouts. Stay thirsty for more, fellow fans!