‘The Boys’ Creator Disturbs Fans By Calling Scene Involving Sexual Assault ‘Hilarious’

It seems the creator of “The Boys ” has the emotional maturity of a boy.

Last week, showrunner Eric Kripke told Varietythat 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.)

Instead of having a Batcave, however, Tek Knight has a different kind of secret lair.

“The notion came up of, he should have a Batcave — but let’s be honest, the Batcave would be a sex dungeon,” Kripke told Variety. “Like, even the real Batcave is just this side of being a sex dungeon. It’s really dark, and there’s rubber suits everywhere. It’s not that much of a push to add a couple dildos and then a weird urinal that turns into a face mask.”

In the episode, Tek