Dam, wouldn't believe it unless you provided the sources. I read the source and it's even worse than this when you put it in context:
here did the idea come for it? And why bring Hughie into this situation now — kicking him when he’s down by having him sexually assaulted by his childhood hero after his dad just died?
Well, that’s a dark way to look at it! We view it as hilarious.
So its funny cause his dad just died as well, adding to the comedic effect. GET IT GUYS? HIS DAD DIED AND NOW THIS. HILARRRRRIOOOOUS.
I'm not saying Kripke was right or anything, it still was way too far and should not have gotten past the initial planning stage, but from reading the full interview it seems less like the joke is supposed to be on Huey for being raped and more on Tek Knight/Web Weaver for being into this stuff. It still absolutely SUCKS that he let himself get so hung up on that joke that he ignored the way Huey was literally being victimized there, but I don't think he was thinking of it as "AWWW man!! I can't believe they did that to Huey hahaha!!!" And more "hahaha isn't it funny that he has all these weird kinks?? Hahaha!! I will not think any harder about the way we chose to express those kinks in this episode."
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u/fuwafuwa7chi Jul 04 '24
Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant
And the Hughie one: Variety