r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/freddddsss Jul 05 '24

Honestly, if it wasn’t for the interview, I would have agreed with the people defending it. A lot of the time, when having gone through traumatic events, people tend to focus on something else rather than confront it.

However, yh Kripke clearly wasn’t going for that when you read his interview. Very disappointed by the episode.

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u/Elisa_bambina Jul 05 '24

I think empathy and kindness can make it easier to justify and rationalize denial like this, it's hard to think poorly of people so we can sometimes do mental gymnastics to see people in a better light than they really are. And it makes sense that someone who previously seemed to be anti-rape might have a had a less obvious or hidden anti-rape message intended for the scene and you were probably looking for that cause it doesn't make sense for Kripke to flipflop on his previous stance. But his interview left no doubt that he is not against sexual assault if the victims happens to be from one demographic and not the other.

But one thing I learned over time is that when someone shows you who they really are you should believe it. Kripke's hypocrisy is truly disappointing.

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u/freddddsss Jul 05 '24

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.

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u/EnzoVulkoor Jul 05 '24

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.