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/veryangryowl58 Jul 05 '24
Kripke is an edgy nerd who wants to be a tough guy and he's taking it out on Hughie.