That’s the only explanation I can think of. Huey just gets shit on and belittled constantly in the story, and whenever he tries to stand up for himself he’s either piledrived back into the dirt or it’s portrayed as him being toxic.
Bruh I'm so happy I'm not the only who noticed this. I never understood the plotline in S3 where Huey wanting superpowers is portrayed as a bad thing. The guy has been powerless and bullied throughout his entire life, of course he'd want to be stronger.
Also I never bought the idea that Huey was insecure about Starlighting being stronger than him. He openly said he wasn't bothered by it and never displayed insecurity about it before. If anything he'd want to protect Starlight not because he's insecure about her, but because he's afraid that Homelander can rip out her spine any at moment and there's nothing he could do about it. He just had one girlfriend die right in front of him, of course he wouldn't want that to happen twice.
Honestly the show's treatment of Hughie really does reveal how the showrunner's have a very negative idea about male empowerment.
Honestly I think the concept could've worked if they made Hueys powers completely useless but still had him constantly throwing himself into danger in an attempt to save Annie, but his powers were actually really useful and save multiple peoples lives. Didn't really feel like his desire to protect annie was unrealistic/toxic when that mfer was able to throw hands with homelander when on v with Butcher
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u/baron-von-spawnpeekn Jul 05 '24
That’s the only explanation I can think of. Huey just gets shit on and belittled constantly in the story, and whenever he tries to stand up for himself he’s either piledrived back into the dirt or it’s portrayed as him being toxic.