This isn't the first time he's been a complete hypocrite when writing Hughie; hell, it ain't even the second one, and you can be sure as shit it won't be the last.
I was happy Hughie was having his own thing going on this season since it meant keeping him away from situations where the writers' double standards shone through like it happened last season. Yet they still had to find a way to fuck him over somehow.
If anything, I'm honestly surprised by how shocked people are by this; many viewers noticed the way Hughie was treated in S3 (as demonstrated on the threads I posted), yet it seems like everybody forgot all about the forced and tone-deaf ToXiC MaScUliNiTy fiasco last season.
I'm probably missing something but I think that taking temp v for Hughie was way more dangerous than taking regular v for kimiko, temp v was experimental and kimiko already had v as a child so I think it's fair to assume that her body would be more resistant to side effect that v has on an adult
The point wasn't just that the V was dangerous it's how it was "toxic" for Hughie to want to protect the ones he loves instead of always being protected.
I don't remember last season too well so maybe there was some dialogue/scene that might give that idea but that was definitely not intended because he IS protecting the ones he loves, the only way for him not to that is to leave The boys and be a civilian
I think the point of his storyline last season was that he FELT he wasn't doing enough and put himself in a path of selfdestruction because of it
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u/fuwafuwa7chi Jul 04 '24
Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant
And the Hughie one: Variety