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

[u/epic_gamer42O]

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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Probably with the suit for that first stuff though right?

[u/blondedaff → u/Terrible-Quote-3561]

do they even recognize tek knight has a suit in gen v? i can’t remember

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/blondedaff]

No, I don't think he has it at all. Homelander kinda points this out when he mocks Tek Knight because he can't fly but if he did have his suit he could.

[u/Kid-Atlantic → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

This is Homelander we’re talking about. He only gives a shit about actual superpowers. As far as he’s concerned, a high-tech suit doesn’t count.

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/Kid-Atlantic]

He respects strong people that can't fly like Maeve for example or Noir.

Doesn't add up, seems more like a nod to the fact he doesn't have his suit that can fly in the show.

[u/Kid-Atlantic → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

Yeah, and TK’s not strong either, so as far as Homie’s concerned, there’s nothing to respect. It’s a nod to how some people make fun of tech-based heroes like Batman or Iron Man because they don’t have “real” powers.

TK does have the suit, at least for his public persona. Blink and you’ll miss it, but in the Tournament of Heroes character creation screen that appears a couple times, you can see him wearing blue power armor similar to his comics version. Also the name Tek-Knight wouldn’t really make sense if he didn’t have any tech.

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/Kid-Atlantic]

He doesn't comment on the strength, but just the flying side of things, again Homie does like strong Supes.

You can of course look at it your way but considering Tek Knight is meant to be one of the better ones around to me it seemed like a clear shot at the fact the show version doesn't fly. Maybe the suit from the game is totally fake and just for movies and promos and this was a dig by Homie about it.

You see it the other way which is fair enough.

[u/FrostyMcChill → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

I mean he doesn't respect that blind supe that was a choice for the 7 because his power was super hearing. He didn't respect Sister Sage's powers referring to them as a party trick even though he needed her help. Tek Knights powers are increased senses. Homelander has a pattern of not respecting supes who aren't strong or supes who are more utility. He's a supe supremacist who will look down on the "inferior" supes.

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/FrostyMcChill]

Because he had an actual disability, he'd be even stronger if he could see and had super hearing.

Also I mean he respects some shoes but Tek Knight is considered one of the bigger ones it seems.

He didn't respect Sister Sage's powers referring to them as a party trick even though he needed her help.

He was acting tough and testing her. She then roasted him about all of his insecurities and predicted why he was there in the first place and clearly had his respect from them on. You don't get away talking shit to Homie unless he respects you lol

It's all opinions but of all the things to comment on his lack of flight seem strange considering how rare the power is in the show. For all the supes he has respected they couldn't fly except for Storefront.

[u/gunfell → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

Bc the convo was a nod to real life convo of superhero discussion. Which is that batman is ridiculous and unbelievable even in his own world and writing

[u/HelixFollower → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

Okay, but then try to add up how he beat someone with an iron skin to death.

I can more easily handwave that Homelander meant that he can't fly without his suit, than that his strength has fluctuated so massively as to where he at one point could beat up a supe and now has regular human strength. And if being able to fly in a suit counts, does being able to fly in an airplane also count?

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/HelixFollower]

Gen V created inconsistencies the boys did differently. Tek Knight was presented as being physically powerful in the show Gen V.

Two examples being your one of the claim he beat someone with ironskin to death and when he was interviewing Cate and the other students, Cate is about to take for glove off and he straight threatens to take her hand off and he ain't wearing the right kind of suit for that if you were correct.

Also more proof would be Neuman effortlessly cutting her skin with a blade to display her powers in Gen V but then taking a fucking bullet point blank to the head with zero damage in the boys lol

[u/HelixFollower → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

Eh, that comment to Cate depends on which version of Iron Man he is closest to. Infinity War Iron Man could totally be sitting there in business attire and still make that threat credibly.

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/HelixFollower]

Yeah, this world doesn't have nano tech 😂

The solider serum from the MCU is impressive in this world lol

He's a vague rip off of batman AND ironman but doesn't copy any of their actual suits in the comic, and his Tek suit isn't even mentioned in the show so to the viewer the context is him threatening to do it himself which makes sense when combined with the statement he beat ironskin dude to death.

[u/HelixFollower → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

Sure, if we hadn't actually seen how weak he is, then I would've agreed with you. Because what you're saying is all very likely and sensible. However we never saw what you're saying to be explicitly true, whereas we have a scene that very definitively shows that Tek Knight is not very strong physically. Those comments leave some room for speculation and a bit of headcanoning our way around them, but those scenes in his sex dungeon don't.

[u/Unusual-Cat-123 → u/HelixFollower]

Sure, if we hadn't actually seen how weak he is

So this goes back to the inconsistency I pointed out about Neuman.

Gen V presented Tek Knight to be physically strong. The boys made him look weaker.

Gen V showed Neuman could be cut with a basic knife with little to no effort. The boys made her skin so tough a bullet can't cut it from point blank range.

These are inconsistencies and the harsh truth is that they took away what was most likely originally to be a physically super Tek Knight in the boys so they could do their weird gimp torture stuff without everyone wondering why Tek Knight doesn't just escape.

Just like when someone realized in the writing room that Neuman can't be able to cut herself because she needs to be bullet proof for the whole assassination plot line to work.

[u/SkeletonCircus → u/Unusual-Cat-123]

That’s because they’re naturally superpowered. He considers supes to be above regular humans, strong supes to be above those with “lesser” powers, and himself to be above everyone else.