r/TheBoys Jul 11 '24

Hughie finally catching a break, I can't believe it... Season 4

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u/True_Falsity Jul 11 '24

Unfortunately, Hughie is kind of a chew toy to the writers. He is not badass like Butcher, not the lancer like MM, not crazy weirdo like Frenchie and not the muscle like Kimiko.

So he is kind of relegated to taking the shit that the writers want to see on the screen.

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u/paidinwriting Jul 11 '24

Hughie is a total badass and responsible for majority of the boys wins. butcher couldn’t find his wife for 8 years until Hughie came along. meanwhile mm builds dollhouses, is a flop leader, and cries ‘I’m done Butcher’ every 3 seconds like plz

Hughie has been shown in S1, S2 and S3 to be a more effective leader and use his intelligence to turn into wins.

but the writers are just being unimaginative and shitty.

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u/Comprehensive_Pea451 Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

I agree and it was really showcased when Hughie worked for the anti supe agency.

Despite being fooled by neuman they apparently were very effective at that time according to Mallory.

Unlike this season, MM is truely the worst leader ever, all his plans were only „plant bugs“ and risk hughies life. Only involving A-Train was kinda good but even that got abused by Sage.

And butcher lead was always pure undependable crazy suicide chaos

MM, Butcher and Frenchie are all way more of a joke than hughie

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u/OLKv3 Jul 11 '24

It's crazy how most of MM's run has been being manipulated by Sister Sage lol. A-Train's turn only benefits them now that Sage is fired, otherwise all it succeeded in was furthering her plans, and even then this episode it did because Sage had the shape shifter steal the dirt Hughie has on Neuman.

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u/DontKnowSam Jul 11 '24

Hughie can't operate without a leader, he always needs someone giving him commands or he's helpless.

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u/jtr99 Jul 11 '24

I worry that he's becoming the Woobie. :(

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u/Helpful-Carpet3791 Jul 12 '24

Hughie killed translucent lol he’s got nuts in my book