Most Hated Character?

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  • ok. I thought it might have been a reference to that obscure b horror movie about the couple who get trapped in an old apartment building. lol

    DabigRG posted: »

    The game's files. Bossman revealed it in my questions thread. He's likely called that because he appears to be a handy-man.

  • Understandable. :lol:

    Bonbomb posted: »

    ok. I thought it might have been a reference to that obscure b horror movie about the couple who get trapped in an old apartment building. lol

  • The disbelief/dejection that Carlos actually hit her(and really hard too) and the fear of messing up, thus risking earning Carver's [easy to get] wrath again. It's also implied that, whether due to legitimate inexperience or simply not actually paying attention to Reggie's quick explanation, she didn't actually know what she was doing there.

    Great. She messes because she's afraid of messing up. That sort of indecisiveness doesn't speak well for her. And she might have trouble concentrating. Another brownie point in her favor.

  • Yeah I don't really hate Gabe anymore. He was just a young troubled boy who's potential character development was dashed by rewrites, a forced shipping and (debatable) character inconsistencies.

    MRSHYGUY45 posted: »

    I think you forgot Gabe for most hated in New Frontier lol EDIT: Oops lol I forgot this is your opinion.

  • (debatable) character inconsistencies.

    ...Such as?

    I've seen people say this a few times and aside from suddenly being described as "just playing it cool" and the Shooting Conrad thing(which is caused Season 2-esque choice priority), I don't know what their talking about.

    Cocoa2736 posted: »

    Yeah I don't really hate Gabe anymore. He was just a young troubled boy who's potential character development was dashed by rewrites, a forced shipping and (debatable) character inconsistencies.

  • Yes the shoot Conrad choice where he calls you out on both choices and leaving with David despite voicing his preference towards Javi beforehand. There are probably more but those are the two that first come to mind

    Again these are debatable and I can see why people think Gabe was being in character. Though the fact that some people have to question if those actions and decisions are in character at all is somewhat telling.

    DabigRG posted: »

    (debatable) character inconsistencies. ...Such as? I've seen people say this a few times and aside from suddenly being described

  • Yeah, despite the fact that I actually still like that episode, the writing and direction choices in it left quite a bit to be desired.

    Cocoa2736 posted: »

    Yes the shoot Conrad choice where he calls you out on both choices and leaving with David despite voicing his preference towards Javi before

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    He never killed a walker through the entire season. What are you talking about?

    He also puts/takes down David and had to fight off several walkers if Clementine and/or Javier didn't go after them, which is why he got bitten and just decided to go into the nearby alleyway to collect himself before he dies.

    AronDracula posted: »

    Gabe does, at one point, kill a walker - some time after Francine's death. He never killed a walker through the entire season. What

  • Kenny - I can't stand hot-headed fools like Kenny. He may have been responsible for Walter's death. He irrationally blames Clementine in multiple scenarios for Sarita's death even though it was Sarita who panicked and got bitten. Clem was trying to help.

    In which he apologised for and knew how wrong he was as it shows in NGB. Sure it doesn't make it ok, but would have been worse if he hadn't said sorry.

    Anyway i do agree that they ruined his character in Season 2 making those that hate him, hate him even more.

    ShampaFK posted: »

    Who I hate most Season one: ~~Hate: the St. Johns, all three of them, for luring people in with southern hospitality and then betraying

  • I thought Kenny was sometimes irritating in season one but I didn't hate him, but boy did I want to get away from him in season two. I agree, they ruined his character. Too bad psychiatrists and psychologists didn't survive in the Zombie apocalypse. So many people would have benefitted from treatment and therapy. Sarah could have gotten her anti-anxiety meds, or whatever it was that she needed... and everyone could have gotten treatment for PTSD.

    dan290786 posted: »

    Kenny - I can't stand hot-headed fools like Kenny. He may have been responsible for Walter's death. He irrationally blames Clementine in mul

  • Admittedly, while I was generally neutral on him up until a couple of months ago, I honestly didn't care much for his presence in Season 2 proper even back then.

    dan290786 posted: »

    Kenny - I can't stand hot-headed fools like Kenny. He may have been responsible for Walter's death. He irrationally blames Clementine in mul

  • The way i see it is, put yourself in Kenny's shoes in Season 2 which may help people understand more about the way he was:

    He was happily surviving in the ski lodge with a new girlfriend who effectively saved his life when she found him holed up in a restaurant, then the cabin crew gang show up and are indirectly the cause for him and Sarita being captured, he's hostile in the truck towards the group because he's scared of what is to come as he had been a prisoner before as we know. Kenny always goes off on one with people when he's angry or scared but never means it and most of the time he apologises and calms down. I also think getting an eye bashed in and having to struggle seeing things through one eye must have been frustrating which is another reason for his anger in the latter part of S2, then then stress of dealing with surviving out in the cold blizzard that was happening, finding the newborn baby somewhere safe.

    I know the whole group contributed but at the same time, you can understand why from Kenny's POV, things were more frustrating for him given how things turned out and also losing Sarita set him off on a bad road again like when his family died. Everyone deals with grief differently.

    Just giving you my view as to how i understand his S2 character. They were originally going to have Kenny as the antagonist but im so glad they didn't do that because that really would have made his character a million times worse

    ShampaFK posted: »

    I thought Kenny was sometimes irritating in season one but I didn't hate him, but boy did I want to get away from him in season two. I agree

  • So why neutral but not now? What's changed?

    DabigRG posted: »

    Admittedly, while I was generally neutral on him up until a couple of months ago, I honestly didn't care much for his presence in Season 2 proper even back then.

  • Larry is like the upfront bonafide hated guy. Anybody would hate him on the first meeting of him. It's like hate at first sight.

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    She was trying to "rescue" Clementine when she had a chance to kind of replace her daughter. She was like a 0.5v of Stranger or foreshadowing of Stranger to come. I think the developers were thinking of designing Stranger at that part of the game when they made the crazy Save Lots mother.

    hayd24 posted: »

    I don't get why she feels so happy from stealing a little girls hat. It probably doesn't even fit her.

  • That walker was like one of the most anti-climactic way to get bit by a walker.

    i hate the walker that bit lee

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    Did you all forget that this little shit bit Lee?

  • Sarah could have gotten her anti-anxiety meds, or whatever it was that she needed... and everyone could have gotten treatment for PTSD

    What's funny about this is that there is a post talking about a determinant dialogue choice for those who stole Natasha's medcine: Clementine and Jane ask Sarah for any faux-educated advice on how to use the medicine effectively and she does so with the incentive of taking a pill herself to help her feel better, asking to determinately be given another.

    Cue Clementine and whoever is available having to carry her knocked out bod like a treasure chest if you complied when the herd catches up.:lol:

    ShampaFK posted: »

    I thought Kenny was sometimes irritating in season one but I didn't hate him, but boy did I want to get away from him in season two. I agree

  • edited September 2017

    he's scared of what is to come as he had been a prisoner before as we know.

    Was he?

    Just giving you my view as to how i understand his S2 character. They were originally going to have Kenny as the antagonist but im so glad they didn't do that because that really would have made his character a million times worse

    Eh, that's somewhat up for debate. It probably helps that the North Carolina Scavengers being by the river was a fairly late development, for example.

    dan290786 posted: »

    The way i see it is, put yourself in Kenny's shoes in Season 2 which may help people understand more about the way he was: He was happily

  • Was he?

    He killed Larry out of fear. Being a prisoner back then was naturally also terrifying as they were due to be food. With Carver, heading to his camp, not knowing what awaited him ahead, you damn right he was scared! Who wouldn't be? Just because he didn't go "oh god oh god we have to get out of here, shit shit shit" type panicking way doesn't mean he wasn't scared. In fact i think most of Kenny's hostile actions are out of fear. He's a cowardly character at times

    DabigRG posted: »

    he's scared of what is to come as he had been a prisoner before as we know. Was he? Just giving you my view as to how i unders

  • Eh, that's somewhat up for debate. It probably helps that the North Carolina Scavengers being by the river was a fairly late development, for example

    Not really. Not for me. I wouldn't buy into that at all. For the man we knew Kenny as especially for those that got the alleyway Ben scene to change so dramatically to want to kidnap a bunch of people who ran from him or to be willing to slap Clementine (you know a child that he was shown to always put the kids first in season 1?) or to force Carlos to slap his daughter for enjoyment just because she was talking out of line? I think the majority of fans and neutrals wouldn't have liked Kenny to have been what Carver was.

    It would have to create a masterclass story for me to think it was believable

    DabigRG posted: »

    he's scared of what is to come as he had been a prisoner before as we know. Was he? Just giving you my view as to how i unders

  • edited September 2017

    Well, I was specifically positively neutral as in i thought he was a good enough character, just not one that I found particularly interesting. In fact, as I recently noted, Kenny's about as "complex" as an arithmetic problem, since he's just your typical family man except that he's a redneck that married a Belgian that tried and eventually failed to protect them in a zombie apocalypse.

    As for what's changed, I think that can be summed up by saying I just got sick of him. His purpose for existing was to be a Shadow Archetype and determinate friend of Lee and it's a role he served well ...in Season 1. When I accidentally learned he was still alive in Season 2(sometime after In Harm's Way, since he had the eyebandage already), I just kinda rolled with it; particularly since I recall being under the impression that he would act as an unorthodox mentor figure for Clementine, which sounded like an interest role for him. So as you know, I finally experienced Season 2 for myself last June and while I didn't particularly care about him much and in fact saw him as holding Clementine back from truly being her own person with her own experiences, I didn't dislike him yet.

    Like, I already considered him to be bordering on unlikable by No Going Back, but I was still mostly indifferent thanks in part due to being fairly more patient than most. It was letting the Season stew in my mind over several months, having to deal with the constant occasionally derailing arguments about him on a semi-regular basis here, learning/theorizing about what could've been, and noticing just how much screentime, love, and focus was given to him by the writers compared to most of the other characters that slowly but surely edged him into official dislike territory.

    And ANF really didn't help his case since it's become increasingly clear that Telltale(and many of the fans, but they're fine for the most part) can't seem to just let him go, creating characters that blatantly repeat his shtick with little in the way of adequate variation in David(another angry, somewhat abusive family man who really just serves to underline why Kenny was the more sympathetic, likable, and even tragic character--things I really don't think needed to be displayed for the umpteenth time) and especially Tripp(rural accented, crass, wise-cracking, bearded so-called best friend that is quickly derailed into the cheapest clone of Kenny yet the most unnecessarily bland character we've had, not to mention being redundant, , and damn near useless despite that). Also, his and especially Jane's second flashbacks in Thicker than Water were mostly wasted effort.

    I swear, if I see him or another blatant clone in a Clementine-focused game one more fuckin time...

    dan290786 posted: »

    So why neutral but not now? What's changed?

  • The original Lurker, you

    Fangirl101 posted: »

    Did you all forget that this little shit bit Lee?

  • Oh, the St. John's Meat Locker! Right.

    Anyway, I do know he was scared. Like you said, anyone would be.

    dan290786 posted: »

    Was he? He killed Larry out of fear. Being a prisoner back then was naturally also terrifying as they were due to be food. With Carv

  • edited September 2017

    Argh... a universally hated character I should hope.

    Fangirl101 posted: »

    Did you all forget that this little shit bit Lee?

  • edited September 2017

    For those of you that dislike characters for whatever absurd ableist reasoning, please consider taking a step back to reflect on yourselves. Thank you. I need not say anymore.

  • Just because he was scared doesn't mean he gets a free pass to be an asshole.

    dan290786 posted: »

    Was he? He killed Larry out of fear. Being a prisoner back then was naturally also terrifying as they were due to be food. With Carv

  • I didn't get that scenario... how strange.

    DabigRG posted: »

    Sarah could have gotten her anti-anxiety meds, or whatever it was that she needed... and everyone could have gotten treatment for PTSD

  • Not to treat you like a moron, old man, but the edit button is a thing.

    Anyway, I'm pretty sure some of Carver's psychopathy was added after it was decided to make him an original character. As I noted, Graysson recently confirmed the fact that the ending of All That Remains involved a sequence of Clementine fishing with Alvin and Luke and the final choice was between [one of] them and the Randalls, but this was cut fairly late in favor of just having it be between Nick and Pete to help build up Carver as a threat. Plus, Carlos slapping Sarah was probably something Pierre Shorette came up with.

    I think the majority of fans and neutrals wouldn't have liked Kenny to have been what Carver was.
    It would have to create a masterclass story for me to think it was believable

    Fair enough. I'm just sayin that Carver being a "gray antagonist" would've worked if it was Kenny as originally planned, since Carver himself was obviously evil and pastiche right off the bat that I almost question why people were so hyped about.

    dan290786 posted: »

    Eh, that's somewhat up for debate. It probably helps that the North Carolina Scavengers being by the river was a fairly late development, fo

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    elricily posted: »

    For those of you that dislike characters for whatever absurd ableist reasoning, please consider taking a step back to reflect on yourselves. Thank you. I need not say anymore.

  • for whatever absurd ablest reasoning,

    Uh...what?

    elricily posted: »

    For those of you that dislike characters for whatever absurd ableist reasoning, please consider taking a step back to reflect on yourselves. Thank you. I need not say anymore.

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    Is there a problem? I do not mean to sound rude, but I am puzzled to what your message is supposed to imply? I'm simply expressing my concern with the amount of ableist comments I see within a single thread when really that should not be the case. I won't name names for fear of causing a stir, but I'm certain they know who they are. I find it incredibly unpleasant, and do happen to take it very personally, so I'm sorry if my comment deems an issue.

    DabigRG posted: »

    for whatever absurd ablest reasoning, Uh...what?

  • "Ablest" meaning/speciftying...? Do you mean ableist?

    elricily posted: »

    Is there a problem? I do not mean to sound rude, but I am puzzled to what your message is supposed to imply? I'm simply expressing my concer

  • Yes, I do!! My apologies. My computer doesn't read 'ableist' as a word for some reason, but I hope you understood what I meant anyhow. I'll try and edit my original comment, because it only works when I copy and paste the word. Sorry for the inconvenience; I should have spotted that sooner... I feel like a fool now.

    DabigRG posted: »

    "Ablest" meaning/speciftying...? Do you mean ableist?

  • Oh, okay. It's fine.

    elricily posted: »

    Yes, I do!! My apologies. My computer doesn't read 'ableist' as a word for some reason, but I hope you understood what I meant anyhow. I'll

  • Sorry, once again! :/

    hangs head in shame

    DabigRG posted: »

    Oh, okay. It's fine.

  • While I strongly abhor Nate, I felt he was a fantastic antagonist. I think it's important that one is able to differentiate between the writing of a character and the way they as a player perceive them.

  • I never said he gets a free pass. I'm giving insight to his reasons/actions. And i am someone who shows forgiveness depending on the situation. Otherwise i just agree with something if it is what i would also do in the same position, that's all

    ShampaFK posted: »

    Just because he was scared doesn't mean he gets a free pass to be an asshole.

  • Whether you like him or him, you cannot deny the fact Tripp was given way more screentime than was necessary. I do not abhor him as such, but think that was indisputably the case with his character.

    Findagon posted: »

    Season 1: Vernon 400 Days: Bonnie Season 2: Jane/Bonnie Michonne: I didn't really hate anyone in that game, so no one. Season 3: Tripp

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