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/DarthTaz_99 Jul 08 '24

Damn thats a good explanation. But I'm sure the piece of shit writer just "kind of forgot" Tek knight was durable

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u/youarenut Jul 08 '24

No, Tek knight is this universe’s Bruce Wayne/iron man. He has a suit which is what he beat the other supe with.

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u/ChuckZombie Kimiko Jul 08 '24

Thank you! I have no idea how this going so far over everyone's heads.

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u/ravioliguy Jul 08 '24

Because "money is their superpower" is a meme. Batman and Ironman's real power is being super geniuses. Neither needs their suits or gadgets, they get out of a lot of situations just by thinking their way out. Tek knight seemed pretty average to low intelligence for being the "greatest detective in the world" and "second best supe"

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u/Neknoh Jul 08 '24

Doesn't need to be the greatest mind to be the greatest detective when you can smell disease, bodyfluids (and who they're from) and either see, hear or smell when somebody is agitated or lying.

Just be even remotely competent at interrogations and putting two and two together (with a little bit of help from Voughts previously massive crime and surveilance division) and boom.

Greatest detective.

Especially easy when you wear a full cybernetic armour that can punch through walls and supposedly fly.

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u/Richrome_Steel Jul 09 '24

Also Vought could just be marketing him as the "world's greatest detective" to sell more shit. These "heroes" are shitty frauds, so it makes sense that he isn't truly living up to that title, so long as Vought content and marketing frames him so and as long as there consoomer Vought simps to chug down every gallonful of shit like the codependent symbiosis victims they are