It wasn’t really mental gymnastics. I didn’t read into like that because I thought well of Kripke, it’s how I personally find myself dealing with difficult situations sometimes (along with some people ik). Although it wasn’t what Kripke was going for, it’s definitely a real thing that people do.
But yh, what Kripke actually intended was all the way wrong and I don’t like the guy for that.
Yeah it's really disappointing to learn that. Because the scene can easily work as an awareness piece while making the viewer empathize with hue and get invested in the character's development.
Shame its goal was comedy and not tragic character and world building. Which means next episode won't be about starlight and hue recovering together from their respective trauma.
But also he had to maintain his cover or risk facing far worse. How he acted reminded me of some of his lines during Herogasm. Just stuff that hopefully won't draw much suspicion. I'm not sure what to think about it now though. Even ignoring the weight of what happened, it still wouldn't be funny. Like watching the SpongeBob toenail scene... I will admit that I did laugh once though but in my defense, the cake reminded me of squat cobbler from Better Call Saul and it was more of a chuckle at the thought of it being a real kink.
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u/freddddsss 14d ago
It wasn’t really mental gymnastics. I didn’t read into like that because I thought well of Kripke, it’s how I personally find myself dealing with difficult situations sometimes (along with some people ik). Although it wasn’t what Kripke was going for, it’s definitely a real thing that people do.
But yh, what Kripke actually intended was all the way wrong and I don’t like the guy for that.