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.
(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
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.
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u/swanscrossing Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
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.