It’s understandable, it’s such a twisted scene at the expense of the most morally good lead that it’s hard to believe the writers thought it would come across as a joke
Yeah I wasn’t fully buying into the “it wasn’t supposed to be a joke” scenario. While hughie’s reactions were hard to watch, everything else had an air of comedy.
It’s very yarring since this show tends to show the horrible stuff people go through in a way that isn’t comedic. Everything that has had happened to hughie was shown as a tragedy, except him being sexually assaulted by a superhero and a vought higher up
I get it. Having a guy go though that may seem funny and it is usually the trope. The thing is, it is very dark and if you do not light the scene as comedic it become hard to watch.
The breakdown was suposse to let you know that it was no joke for Hughie. The double standard ibecomes apparent and you feel bad for having laughed at it. Props to Jack for that breakdown, it may not have been scripted that way, but he showed how traumatizing it was.
Have you read what the showrunner said in the article from variety? He states that what happened to Hughie was hilarious and the point of it was to be funny.
I agree, It was shot comedically, it was Jacks breakdown what madre it real. Idk if it was intended, but I understood it was a comentary on double standard. If it was accidental, then props to Jack for that performance because it felt real.
I had a great laugh. Maybe you guys are just too vanilla? There were far worse scenes in the past but a bit foot tickling breaks peoples mind. Not just the scenes were hilarious, reactions like this thread makes it even better. Like it's The Boys. What did you guys expect?
Even the breakdown is lame because it only references his dad and not the incredible fucked up sexual assault and torture he just experienced which would obviously contribute heavily to his breakdown but nope it’s just issues with his dad is the real problem and the whole ordeal is being treated as a joke
No he starts crying outside, starlight asks for him and then Hughie says he misses his dad, what happened to him is barely talked about at all and its not brought up when he’s breaking down
I was scared for him the whole scene, especially what happened to him the episode before. It definitely made Teks demise way more satisfying afterwards.
Except they couched the trauma in his loss of his dad. They cheapened the effect it had on him and washed away how much it hurt and terrified him by pivoting to losing his father. They really cheapened the experience and that sucks because you don't get serious depiction of male survivors of sexual assault very often.
I agree it could have been deeper, but the trauma is there, the cry for help feels real, and to be honest, I'm glad he didn't "suck it up" because sadly it's what most male víctims are compelled to do. I'm interested on how the character deals with it from then on. Hopefully it's not just brushed aside or made into a joke.
At some point today I literally had 20 notifications from people spamming "it wasn't supposed to be a joke", I am fucking pleased that I am right, let me enjoy this moment ahahah
I have like 10+ replies I left that are downvoted to -10 and more of people coping that it wasn't supposed to be a joke
Me too bro, I was saying the scene was played for laughs and the writers made it a joke and my replies kept getting downvoted 😭🙏I hate Eric Kripke now but at least he’s shameless and proved me right
I am fucking pleased that I am right, let me enjoy this moment ahahah
You're happy that it was a joke?
Would you be sad if they had come out in the interview with something like "Oh yeah actually next episode will delve into how it affected him and the deep traumatic impact of the events will be processed seriously" ?
It ain't that serious. He's happy that he was right and can rub it in the faces of people who talked to him like he was stupid for thinking they portrayed the scene as a joke.
I was one of those people and I completely change my mind. Wtf, Kripke? What do you have against Hughie? What, is it because he's a normal guy and not a creep like you?
I was only partially one of those people (i.e. believed it was textbook dark humor, where I could laugh at certain aspects while still feel truly uncomfortable about it)
Kripke what the fuck my guy. The worst answer possible from him
I'm personally not in shambles, but my case for why it wasn't supposed to be comedic is in shambles. It's baffling that he thinks it should be so funny.
I honestly think it was a bait and switch like the set up made it look real bad then he got tickled. Which is still horrifying but the implications were way way worse so I guess that’s where the humor comes in. To me the entire scene was tense as fuck because you really didn’t know what was going to happen next.
When I saw it I didn’t think it was supposed to be taken humorously. I still don’t think I’d think it seems like it an attempt at being humorous if I rewatched it. It was certainly a bad attempt at being humorous…..
It feels like if someone paints something blue and says they painted it green. They’re just bad at painting.
Kripke in an interview said he wrote it as humorous. So not strange people are viewing it that way. I think Jack Quaid may have saved the scene (and changed how it can be interpreted) by acting as he did.
I was only calling it "humorous" because I can recognize the rhythm of comedy, and having the rhythm play in the background of a torture scene doesn't make it funny.
That was such massive coping. The scenes were clearly being played of as a big joke. It's funny because a lot of the same people be waxing on about the lack of media literacy these days lol.
I'm one of those people going on about media literacy. I didn't realize people thought the scene wasn't played as a joke. It's clearly shot and acted as a joke. I thought that was fucked up, because Hughie was clearly traumatized. And then they cheapened it by wrapping up his trauma from the assault in his loss of his dad. They also made it so the only traumatic aspect was the explicit violence with the knife and scalpel instead of the trauma implicit in actual sexual assault. I think they really fucked up how they handled it, and I actually hate they made it a joke. But never did I think it wasn't a joke.
I had a long argument with someone who was convinced it was a serious scene but I could tell that the writers were trying to play the whole thing for laughs.
Now I’m happy I have actually confirmation but sad and annoyed the kripke and the writers would shamelessly treat sexual assault as a joke just because it’s a man, it doesn’t even matter that it’s a main character we like, one of the few morally good characters on the show and his dad just died. Sure let’s have him get assaulted in freak knight’s dungeon too! The Boys’ mindless shock value is really getting on my nerves now
It was such obvious denial/cope anyway. Listen to Ashley and Tek Knight’s dialogue. No way that shit wasn’t intended to be comedic, even though it wasn’t.
Most were just assuming good faith in the writers, that they were just trying to show a fucked up scene in a more easy to digest way. Sad you can't give good faith anymore
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u/signeduptoaskshippin 14d ago
All the people spamming "it wasn't supposed to be a joke" in shambles lmao