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| Topic | Do some people really not like Walter White? |
| pjbasis 05/09/17 1:56:53 PM #19: | I don't understand this usage of likable by most people. It's a strange way of objectifying something that is purely subjective. Do you like Walter White? A lot of people do, so of course he's likable. Doesn't mean everyone does either. People conflate this a lot with a character being well-written, and differently still, if you are supposed to root for the character. You are definitely not supposed to root for Walt, at least insofar as the entire premise. The big draw is he is a somewhat villainous protagonist, and they get what's coming to them in the end. You can call that a tragedy. Bigger villains are put against him so you root for him to defeat the worse evils, and you also root for him to overcome most of the barriers put up against him because you want the drama to continue. But when all is said and done he's not supposed to get a happy ending, whether you like him or not. And he's still likable enough. He never stops completely caring about his family, or start murdering innocents too coldly. Sure, he's ruthless, but he's never a monster about it, and he even comes to terms that his selfishness in the end, though it's too little too late at that point. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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