Why I think choosing to be alone was best
I didn't choose to be alone out of spite or anger or hatred for people, but because choices are so limited and this game cannot possibly account for the actual range of possibilities, it seemed that way. I'll start with what I think of the two characters I left behind, Jane and Kenny.
I didn't want to kill Kenny. As soon as I saw him at the lodge I could tell he was emotionally unstable. I could tell he was broken, and I knew eventually I would have to choose to leave him somehow. And I don't think there would have been any better way for the both of us to part. I was hoping he could at least have died in a way that somehow could be seen as him helping Clem or something so he could leave with a good conscience, ignorant or not. While he wasn't a bad person, he was compromising Clem's ability to make choices for herself and could not have compassion for people outside of who he emotionally attached himself to, which depended a lot on his past and the deaths of his family members. He had to prove some kind of father like heroism to himself to feel better about living and Clem was a part of that. I did not want to stay with someone like that.
I liked Jane, at first. She seemed to be pretty analytical, and I liked her more when she started warming up to the group a little. But when shit went down and Jane was reminded of her past she began to cling to Clementine, in a similar way that Kenny did. Yes, she was able to be more logical when angry unlike Kenny, but she still wanted to be with Clem for her own sake, to feel better about living. And someone that has to use another person for their own emotional well-being isn't always doing what's right. In fact, nearly everyone in season two has taken advantage of Clementine and she has just had to suck that shit up. Clementine has had to stay emotionally stable for every other person around her (at least how I played her). And for Jane to do something like set up a scenario that would obviously get a rise out of Kenny (i mean if you were really analytical you would know that he'd go batshit) is definitely not morally sound, and just shows how obsessed she was at keeping Clem by her own side.
Every character has depended on Clem and it's not fair to her. Kenny and Jane had the same agenda. Luke was a good character, and if I can remember correctly, the only one that was never shitty to her and made sure she was actually taken care of because it was just kind and morally right, minus Lee and earlier characters.
The only thing that upsets me about the ending is that I know being alone is going to be harder on the baby. Or not, who knows. But at face value staying with someone would have been better for the baby.
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This is exactly how i feel