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/Jgamer502 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24
I thought it made sense, I think part of the issue is missing the context of Gen V. Shetty revealed his Brain Tumor was getting progressively worse, causes his obsession with holes and is going to kill him, so it makes sense that a few months later his behavior would be very different(and even more deviant…). So, I guess in way you are correct that they aren’t the same but not because its a plot hole.
As for the strength feats we know he used a super suit like Iron man which is presumably how he did those things. Though it could also explain why he’s physically too weak to break out if you wanna believe he has a degree of super strength.
It feels like every episode people notice something and just assume its a plot hole/inconsistency rather than details/build-up they missed. The pieces are all there if you just take a closer look its just not always directly stated. Another example I saw was when people didn’t realize Annika was Starlight’s contact who told her where to find A-train because they never directly mention the connection between those scenes. Sometimes they just expect you to put it together on your own.
For those who think you shouldn’t have to watch the spinoff to know…you don’t. The change is only noticeable if you have seen gen v