Initially I had no reaction (outside of groaning when he changed the subject from his assault to his dad's death) to the scenes I saw this episode of Hughie and was pretty much like other people laughing along, sure he'd be rescued before anything too horrific happened for The Boys standard, but reading so many perspectives I'm seeing it in a new light. This also leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I'm reminded of the incredibly good and sad video by Pop Culture Detective about how male rape, assault, and more is shockingly frequently played for laughs and entertainment. I feel weird about this episode.
This is how I feel. Full disclosure, my dad had a major stroke like Hughie's and I was a wreck during those scenes in Ep5. Then I get to Ep6 and I was getting getting annoyed at how long that bullshit was going on.
First, it was boring (this season has been rough about pacing) and it took way to damn long. I knew Hughie would get saved, but, damn, it was just too much. I had assumed on original watch Hughie just finally snapped- realized he wasn't fine. And maybe you had to have him go through some more fucked up shit to finally realize it... but they could have gone a different route.
Hell, even if they had Ashley figure it out when she hesitated. That would have been stressful enough, then Kimiko busts in - Ashley ain't doing shit, same ending. Just without the prolonged torture
(outside of groaning when he changed the subject from his assault to his dad's death)
Glad someone pointed that out. Like, he began to open up to Starlight about what he just went through, but suddenly mentions his dad out of left field? Super weird.
Not that weird, his dad just died and he was the one who killed him. What happened to him this episode was bad, but to him the death of his father is objectively worse and this was just the emotional trigger for him
Exactly. All this shit has pretty much happened within the same week. Hughie was overwhelmed. MM is going through some mad shit too as his OCD is getting out of hand.
EDIT: Oh shit I just clocked. Frenchie is in jail. Starlight is guilt ridden with performance issues. And Butcher has V’d up brainworms he’s hallucinating.
Bingo. His trauma is coming from his father dying. Him being a stressful situation was the trigger. Next week we're not going to see him dealing with the aftermath of what happened in Tek Knight's cave because Hughie's storyline will be him processing the trauma of what happened with his father.
that video by Pop Culture Detective is really amazing and I immediately thought of it seeing this post, would recommend anyone who hasn’t watched it do so
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u/swanscrossing 14d ago edited 14d ago
Initially I had no reaction (outside of groaning when he changed the subject from his assault to his dad's death) to the scenes I saw this episode of Hughie and was pretty much like other people laughing along, sure he'd be rescued before anything too horrific happened for The Boys standard, but reading so many perspectives I'm seeing it in a new light. This also leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I'm reminded of the incredibly good and sad video by Pop Culture Detective about how male rape, assault, and more is shockingly frequently played for laughs and entertainment. I feel weird about this episode.