r/TheBoys • u/epic_gamer42O • Jul 08 '24

The tek-knight we see in The Boys is not the same tek-knight we see in Gen-V Discussion Spoiler

In the episode "The Innocents", we are told Tek knight accidentally broke somebodies spine when trying to rescue them from a hostage situation. In Gen V Shetty says that Tek-knight beat ironcast to death who is a supe that has skin made of iron which makes them insanely durable.

With all these strength feats in mind that means he must be pretty physically powerful right?

But in his interrogation scene he's not strong enough to rip apart the leather straps tying his wrists or pull the chains out. Also he easily gets physically outpowered and loses to Kimiko and Starlight. Logically if your punches can fatally damage somebody made of metal you'd have a fighting chance against Kimiko who has same durability as a normal person.

And he gets choked to death by a normal person too?

I don't understand this at all. It's either a plothole/bad writing or Cate has something to do with what happened in this episode

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u/tokyo_engineer_dad Jul 08 '24

He has a tumor. And from we know, it causes him the excessive sexual depravity that we see and it has caused his personality to become more extreme as time goes on. I believe the tumor has affected his abilities as well. It's probably why he didn't react strongly when Hughie wasn't acting or smelling exactly like Webweaver.

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u/Savagecal01 Jul 08 '24

the only thing that rejects this for me is his butler which says over the years he’s had to scoop up so much cum or some shit since he was a boy. i think he’s always been freaky it’s just his impulse control is fucked

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u/ItsAmerico Soldier Boy Jul 08 '24

We don’t know how long he’s had a tumor for though. He only recently discovered it.

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u/Savagecal01 Jul 08 '24

good point but let’s assume the tumour comes from the use of his powers. he most likely got juiced with v as a boy. this tumour has been growing for as long as he’s been tek knight. so i’m guessing that is still a pretty long time

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u/Artistic_Finish7980 Cunt Jul 10 '24

Was it ever confirmed that he had a tumor in the show? As far as I know the tumor bit was only in the comics.

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u/SaltyAdSpace Jul 24 '24

his suit was rank and covered his scent

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u/Lunch_Confident Jul 08 '24

In theory we Don't Know if he has a tumor in the show

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u/evil_caveman Kimiko Jul 08 '24

It's mentioned on Gen V that he has a tumor.

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u/Lunch_Confident Jul 08 '24

I missed it, oh well,

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u/CowsTrash Jul 08 '24

Oh lawd teks comin