The Boys (Series)/Translucent

**Translucent** is a superhero and a member of the Seven who uses his powers to spy on women in changing rooms and showers.

## Powers and Abilities

**Carbon Form:** Translucent can reorder his skin into a carbon metamaterial, granting him extraordinary abilities such as 'diamond-hard skin' and all without compromising his mobility while fully hardened like this. It should be noted that if Translucent is rendered unconscious while in his metamaterial state, he remains in this state rather than reverting to normal. Also, he is able to reorder his skin over a single body part, such as one hand, rendering only one hand invisible and invulnerable; he is not required to convert the skin over his entire body. Further, he can apparently remain in this state indefinitely. Note that Translucent cannot opt to be invulnerable while remaining visible, nor vulnerable while invisible; when in his carbon metamaterial state, he is both invisible and invulnerable, not one or the other.

* **Invisibility:** Translucent becomes invisible while in his carbon metamaterial state, since his carbon skin bends the light around his body but this does not apply to his clothes, forcing him to be naked. When combined with his ability to move while making almost no sound, detecting him becomes very difficult for the regular person. However, supes with enhanced senses can still detect him.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Translucent's skin is very durable while it is in its metamaterial state. This allowed him to only be briefly stunned by a car crashing into him, take punches from Butcher without suffering any bruises, and come out unhamred after being attacked with a chainsaw. When hit by sniper rifle rounds coated in the same material as his skin from close range, the bullets ricocheted off him instead of piercing his skin. Frenchie described his skin to be as hard and diamonds and nearly impossible to penetrate. However, only his skin is durable, meaning that internal injuries can still kill him, and when Hughie detonated the bombs implanted inside his body, his skin was broken into pieces alongside the rest of his body, implying that his skin is only durable on the outside. Furthermore, this superhuman hardness seems to offer little to no offensive or counter-melee advantages, since Butcher was able to land hits on an invisible Translucent without hurting himself in the process.

**Superhuman Strength:** Translucent has displayed above-average human strength, effortlessly overpowering Butcher and Hughie at the same time and easily ripping a television from its cable and using it as a melee weapon. His blows also possess above-average force, a single kick sending Butcher skidding across the floor and his punches doing noticeable damage. It should be noted that while in his carbon metamaterial state, none of the impact energy from his punches or kicks is absorbed by him, and all of the kinetic energy is directed into his target. This effectively doubles the force of his own blows.

**Hypervisua:** Translucent has visual capabilities ordinary humans do not, as evidenced by the fact that he was able to see while invisible. Since his carbon metamaterial warps the flow of light around him, visible light should theoretically be unable to reach his eyes. Nonetheless, he is still able to see while invisible, and there is apparently no difference in how he visually perceives the world whether visible or invisible.

**Electrical Resistance:** Translucent can survive being hit with enough electricity to drop a water buffalo, even when in his carbon metamaterial state which turns his body more vulnerable to electricity. However, he can still feel pain and be knocked unconscious after being hit with sufficiently high amounts of electricity.

**Anaerobic Sustenance:** Frenchie stated that it was not possible to drown Translucent, since some Dominicans tried it in 2007 and they did not succeed. This implies that Translucent can survive for long periods of time or indefinitely without breathable air.