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.
The temp V criticism for Hughie is by far the worst part of S3. He is in a active war and Homelander's no.1 target. He isn't ex military like Butcher or MM nor is he a trained Hitman like Frenchie.
He could die any time and now he is given a potion that can help him not only survive but even the odds. Not to mention Starlight and Kimiko steal V for themselves but fuck Hughie he can die.
I kinda felt sympathetic with Hughie in S3, he was always the weakest, most joked around member of the boys which always needed to be saved and failed to protect other people. And using temporary V it made him finally able to stand up to himself, at least my way to interpret it.
I think the writing around Hughie has definitely been the weakest these past couple seasons because of the contradictions. One thing that bugged me this season was how Hughie killed like 4 innocent people by giving his dad V, then he literally forgets the next day, how is that the same character that went on a campaign against Vought because his girlfriend was recklessly killed. Characters only show guilt/remorse when the writers think to include it as a part of the plot.
And then this season where his SA is played for laughs compared to Annie in S1. The show has literally lost the plot. It feels as though it has nothing to say because other than the hackneyed political satire there is no thru-line of a message to take away from the show. Things happen, often for no good reason, based on where the character has to be in that particular moment in time for the gross out scene of the week. In that way it feels more like a nonsense exploitation film (or like the comics) than it does an actual story. Other than Butcher, Homelander, Starlight, ATrain and MM none of the characters have an actual character arc that fits together with what happened to them previously, it feels more like someone mushing action figures together with the overriding thought of “wouldn’t this be gross/crazy?”
Technically that's still factor before that since regular v is dangerous is adult humans and none knew for sure temp v couldn't also come with negative side effects.
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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