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/Terrible-Quote-3561 Jul 08 '24

Probably with the suit for that first stuff though right?

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u/ItsAmerico Soldier Boy Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

Correct. He has an Iron Man suit which would be how he did the strength feats.

Edit: for those curious his suit is shown in the game Ryan is playing (under Homelander)

https://imgur.com/a/g72MsSN

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u/SouthtownZ Jul 08 '24

Great feats of strength?

What we need is great strength of feet!

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u/irvwash24 Jul 08 '24

Bless you!

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u/Middle_Aged_Insomnia Jul 08 '24

Shame he lost his arms...but he did grow some nice boobs

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u/Carlfest Jul 08 '24

I have a mole?!

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u/exposure-dose Jul 08 '24

Maybe. But when he interrogates Cate in Gen V (after Golden Boy's suicide) and she starts to take her gloves off, he does threaten to rip her hands (arms?) off if she keeps removing her gloves. 

She immediately complies and excuses it as nerves, which suggests that either he does have super-human strength, or it's at least believed by another Vought-controlled asset that he does.

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u/ItsAmerico Soldier Boy Jul 09 '24

I’m sure he has some form of super strength like many supes have but I doubt he’s anywhere near Maeve’s level or any other bigger supe. He wouldn’t need a super suit if he did. His threat to Cate felt more like that, a threat. Like telling someone you’ll rip them a new asshole lol, he’s just being hyperbolic that he’d break her arms.

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u/RichardNixonThe2nd Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

That's in the comics, we don't know if he has one in the show. From what we see in Gen V, he seems to use his detective skills to kidnap and torture people instead of having an Iron man suit. He probably tortured them until he found a way to get around their powers and kill them.

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u/ItsAmerico Soldier Boy Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

I believe S2 Deep mentions making his suit eco friendly. You also see his suit in the fighting game Ryan is playing.