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It seems the creator of “ The Boys ” has the emotional maturity of a boy. Last week, showrunner Eric Kripke told Variety that he thought a scene in the most recent episode of his superhero series was “hilarious.” Fans of “The Boys” were disturbed by Kripke’s remarks because the scene he was referring to involved a character being sexually assaulted.

In the sixth episode of Season 4, titled “Dirty Business,” the character Hughie ( Jack Quaid ) is forced to endure a series of nonconsensual sexual acts because he doesn’t know a safe word — a prearranged and unambiguous signal to end the sexual activity. “I love that it’s just such a perfect setup that he doesn’t know his own safe word,” Kripke told the entertainment magazine. “It’s just like a beautiful comedy setup that he’s trying to find it the whole time.



” In the show, Hughie is a normal guy without superpowers. In Season 4, Episode 6, he decides to go undercover as a superhero named Webweaver to get information from another superhero, named Tek Knight (Derek Wilson). In “The Boys,” Webweaver is the show’s version of Spider-Man.

Tek Knight is akin to Batman in the series ( below is a promo image of both characters, with Tek Night in the Bruce Wayne-like formal attire and Webweaver in the skintight costume.) Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah TEK CAVE! pic.twitter.

com/f03KR68its Instead of having a Batcave, however, Tek Knight has a different kind of secret lair. “The notion came.

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