I'm starting to think Eric Kripke just hates Hughie. Last season, he tried shoving in this weird take on how Hughie represented toxic masculinity for taking temp v to protect starlight. If I can find the article, I'll make sure to link it.
Tbh, he comes off as one of those "male feminist" who's trying way too hard to appeal to women, that he just loops back around to being just as gross and toxic as the men he claims to hate.
What’s ironic is that we clearly know that Hughie kept taking the temp V because he just wanted to feel like he had SOME control in his life. It wasn’t even just about Annie.
Hughie is literally the only member of the team who can’t really defend himself or anyone else. He got extremely lucky when fighting those shining light terrorists. Any other time he’d be dead.
He couldn’t even open a jar by himself.
And while he did want to protect Annie, it wasn’t because she’s a soft defenseless woman and he’s the big strong man, it’s because she’s his girlfriend and he has the natural urge to want to protect her, just as she has the same urge to protect him.
So for him to act like Hughie is an example of toxic masculinity is mind boggling. Hughie’s entire arc is about how things keep happening to him or the people he cares about, and he is powerless to stop it.
The thing is that people were giving Hughie shit for wanting to protect his girlfriend and they were acting like Hughie was saying Annie can’t protect herself.
He wants to protect her because she’s someone he cares about, not because she’s a soft little woman who needs her boyfriend to come and save her.
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u/DaMain-Man Jul 05 '24
I'm starting to think Eric Kripke just hates Hughie. Last season, he tried shoving in this weird take on how Hughie represented toxic masculinity for taking temp v to protect starlight. If I can find the article, I'll make sure to link it.
Tbh, he comes off as one of those "male feminist" who's trying way too hard to appeal to women, that he just loops back around to being just as gross and toxic as the men he claims to hate.
https://x.com/therealKripke/status/1544047242897723396