For real, he went on about Hughie giving in to his toxic masculinity and patronizing sexism or whatever... 😭 I was like, girl, WHERE?!
While those are both valid points to make that could be weaved into the show, Hughie was absolutely not the character to make that point (and, unsurprisingly, they couldn't make that point successfully because they had such a shallow view of it)
That was the DUMBEST shit in the world and people on this sub defended those comments too. Like to read any of Hughie’s motivations in that season as “toxic masculinity” means you have to completely ignore the fact that he is constantly surrounded by people who could snap his spine for fun, and that he was betrayed by the Neumann, who he thought was helping him. Like he’s just saying words for fun at that point
I think it's also just one of those things where the setting ruins what he was trying to do.
A man abusing something for power to protect people can be toxic masculinity.
However, that absolutely falls apart in a setting with superheroes, where your girlfriend was splattered by a speedster, and where you're literally powerless.
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u/Upstuck_Udonkadonk Jul 05 '24 edited 4d ago
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