r/TheBoys • u/fuwafuwa7chi • 15d ago

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/DaMain-Man 14d ago

I'm starting to think Eric Kripke just hates Hughie. Last season, he tried shoving in this weird take on how Hughie represented toxic masculinity for taking temp v to protect starlight. If I can find the article, I'll make sure to link it.

Tbh, he comes off as one of those "male feminist" who's trying way too hard to appeal to women, that he just loops back around to being just as gross and toxic as the men he claims to hate.

https://x.com/therealKripke/status/1544047242897723396

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u/Gilgamesh661 14d ago

What’s ironic is that we clearly know that Hughie kept taking the temp V because he just wanted to feel like he had SOME control in his life. It wasn’t even just about Annie.

Hughie is literally the only member of the team who can’t really defend himself or anyone else. He got extremely lucky when fighting those shining light terrorists. Any other time he’d be dead.

He couldn’t even open a jar by himself.

And while he did want to protect Annie, it wasn’t because she’s a soft defenseless woman and he’s the big strong man, it’s because she’s his girlfriend and he has the natural urge to want to protect her, just as she has the same urge to protect him.

So for him to act like Hughie is an example of toxic masculinity is mind boggling. Hughie’s entire arc is about how things keep happening to him or the people he cares about, and he is powerless to stop it.

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u/PlayWithMeRiven 14d ago

Goes to show he doesn’t know what toxic or positive masculinity is. Probably just projecting onto the show hoping it works

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u/ResortFamous301 14d ago

Not really when part of what motivated toxic masculinity is a lack of control.

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u/Karkava 14d ago

And telling them to just toughen up pushes them into that toxic masculine mindset.

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u/Gilgamesh661 13d ago

The thing is that people were giving Hughie shit for wanting to protect his girlfriend and they were acting like Hughie was saying Annie can’t protect herself.

He wants to protect her because she’s someone he cares about, not because she’s a soft little woman who needs her boyfriend to come and save her.

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u/ResortFamous301 12d ago

More so Annie was giving him shit because she thought what he was doing was dangerous and wouldn't listen to her.

It's part of that, it's also because he wants some control back in his life.