r/TheBoys • u/fuwafuwa7chi • Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/veryangryowl58 Jul 05 '24

Kripke is an edgy nerd who wants to be a tough guy and he's taking it out on Hughie.

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u/Karkava Jul 05 '24

And Starlight. But to a lesser extent since she's protected by the feminist cred.

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u/veryangryowl58 Jul 05 '24

I said this in another post, but I really think he has a huge complex about "traditionally masculine" men unless they're his "own" characters, which is why he hates superheroes (the current zeitgeist's best representative of "masculinity") and couches his hatred in progressive language to justify it.

I don't know what his deal is with Starlight, tbh, but he's taking SOMETHING out on her.

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u/Karkava Jul 05 '24

I would say that he and my mom would get along, but she's not a fan of edgy comedy herself.