Why is Kenny so popular?

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  • She was needlessly cruel. Luke REALLY needed it if he could trust her :D

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    Well she did shoot troy in the penis, and as a man that made me squeem in real life. I knew then she couldn't be trusted.

  • It's a common mistake and a common impression. People assume that if you're quiet and distant that you're cold and uncaring, even that you might be shady and untrustworthy.

    LoneRunner posted: »

    My mistake then. Introverted and uneasy around ppl is what I meant.

  • To his fans, Kenny is equivalent to the Lord Almighty.

    KCohere posted: »

    Oh no you didnt compare Kenny to Jesus, lol

  • CrazyGeorgeCrazyGeorge Banned
    edited August 2014

    Season 2 Kenny has always had my back. Ever since back in Carver camp, i wanted to give the radio to mike, since i knew they would find out we stole two of the six radios on the charger. Kenny insisted that i take the radio, when i tried to speak up saying i had the radio, Kenny got his face bashed in.

    He took that beating for me, and i won't forget that. Loyalty means something to me.

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  • Nah, I doubt they'd pick a cannon, it'd piss people off. I'm guessing they're either start it at a neutral point, or they'll make all the beginnings end up tying into each other.

    I do get a bit annoyed that my choices don't often feel to matter until one big ending decision, but I suppose that's not telltale's fault. Producers demand quickness and Telltale does a lot of games that would need to be released quickly for the $$.

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I wonder seriously how they're going to start Season 3, are they going to just divide the story, or are they going to pick one ending, set that as Cannon, and go that way.

  • I guess. I dislike Kenny, but I don't hate him. I hate the Kenny fans that try to make everyone who doesn't love Kenny feel bad, like that guy who made the thread about Lee being disappointed in you if you shot Kenny.

    No, he really seems to hate Kenny like hell. Look at his other posts. I don't hate anyone who doesn't like Kenny, and so do most other Kenny fans. Please. Some Lilly fans weren't better, but there were less of them in the first place.

  • I think that maybe the DLC will tie all endings together, and season 3 will start where the DLC leads.

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I wonder seriously how they're going to start Season 3, are they going to just divide the story, or are they going to pick one ending, set that as Cannon, and go that way.

  • edited August 2014

    Yeeeeah, but Troy was a real creep. Like.... a reeeeeal creep. I did not trust him near Sarah. He enjoyed people's pain a little too much, match that with his sexual (and odd) pee comment to Sarah. So, I was bias on the other side. I giggled with glee when Jane shot him in the dick. xD Female/male biases, YAY dance \(^-^\) \(^-^)// (//^-^)//

    Edit: and shit... replied to the wrong person... cough. ANYWHO. Most people were needlessly cruel. That's to be expected.

    Personally I liked and trusted Jane, but I've also had a lot of experiences with people like her and I've always been okay. They're very passionate people under it all. So, easy to say, I feel very safe in company like that.

    Kenny always made me jump with his temper, hot tempers make me go into a very anxious state of mind.

    SoMuchSass posted: »

    She was needlessly cruel. Luke REALLY needed it if he could trust her

  • If that is the case they probably will pick the Kenny Ending to some degree, i just don't see them picking Jane over Ken.

    Nah, I doubt they'd pick a cannon, it'd piss people off. I'm guessing they're either start it at a neutral point, or they'll make all the be

  • I wouldn't trust her around my junk.

    SoMuchSass posted: »

    She was needlessly cruel. Luke REALLY needed it if he could trust her

  • I care deeply for people, but all the same I can't stand over emotional people. It's just my pet peeve, I want people to be cool headed as I am (and I do know that's unreasonable). I feel safer around people like that. I know this is uncommon. Either way, to each their own.

    I like Kenny because he's problematic, emotional, irrational. Because he's...human. For me, he's the one that got me immersed in the worl

  • I think Nate and Kenny have the same mental condition. The way they rage, from nothing to gorked,

    Travestron posted: »

    Well,I think it's because people see some trait similarities with him so they are showing sympathy to him,and you can make the same conclusion with Nate.

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    Flog61 posted: »

    Because they've known him for longer which apparently makes someone likable (nostalgia goggles and all that) and the writers are biased towa

  • haha no problem :D Troy was really disturbing but it was too much for me. Being shot in the dick and after eaten alive by walkers. I almost feel sorry for him..or not :D

    Yeeeeah, but Troy was a real creep. Like.... a reeeeeal creep. I did not trust him near Sarah. He enjoyed people's pain a little too much, m

  • Possibly. It'd piss me off, I won't lie. Mostly because I want my choice to matter. But I have no doubt if they have to 'pick' a beginning. It'll be something neutral, that could have happened either way.

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    If that is the case they probably will pick the Kenny Ending to some degree, i just don't see them picking Jane over Ken.

  • Well Troy did react differently during Kenny's beating. He felt a little anxious seeing how brutal Carver was when he repeatedly punched him in the face, as well as observing Sarah's tomato cheeks after Carlos' impeccable NV_bitchslap. Clem's gunbutt by Troy was understandable considering he has to protect Carver, but I don't think Troy enjoys others' pain, he's just an asshole.

    Yeeeeah, but Troy was a real creep. Like.... a reeeeeal creep. I did not trust him near Sarah. He enjoyed people's pain a little too much, m

  • Yeah, Troy was obviously "O_O" about Carver beating Kenny, but he smirked about Clem being smacked (if you got her smacked... I totally did... ;;>.> <.<;; ) and with Sarah I got the feeling he was a little too giddy to be the one to hit her. I got the feeling he enjoyed to see other people in pain, hell I got the feeling it turned him on. I can't give any real examples of why I got that feel, there is no factual proof, but I did have that feeling. It was just that odd lusty smile he got anytime he got to hit someone (he hit my Clem).

    But, violence breeds violence. He was still an interesting character so I was sad to see him die anyway. I always like bad guys T^T.

    Well Troy did react differently during Kenny's beating. He felt a little anxious seeing how brutal Carver was when he repeatedly punched him

  • Well....Yeah lool. I can get that! Same way no woman is gonna trust a creeper dude near her. That's a reasonable response :p

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I wouldn't trust her around my junk.

  • I think they're going to branch out the stories , that is why they flashed the "your choice matter at the very beginning," Maybe they are trying to fix all the determinant issues they had with season 2.

    Possibly. It'd piss me off, I won't lie. Mostly because I want my choice to matter. But I have no doubt if they have to 'pick' a beginning. It'll be something neutral, that could have happened either way.

  • To me Kenny has been an amazing character. What the Kenny haters don't get is that this is as much Kenny's story now as it is Clem's or Lee's. He did everything in his power to stay strong.

    In his past his father was cruel to him, at least it was treated as though that's what happened when he mentioned it. But it taught Kenny to be a better father figure to others and repel those around him who were dangerous in any way. He was right about a lot of his worries towards certain people, and other people he eventually made up with.

    I look at Kenny and I see a very real man. Not everyone is going to be perfect. If everything that happened to him happened to me, I'd be worse. Perhaps not violent for it isn't in my nature-- but he is a man, a man who has gone this far and realized violence is the only way he can solve things when his angered words don't help. Sometimes people do nothing but scream in anger when they've lost something, and I'm similar in that way. He just screams at everyone until they can't stand him. But he still never turned to suicide. He never gave up. He kept trying because he felt he should. And that's more than I can say about a lot of people.

    I wish Telltale had put more importance on other characters as well, but I love Kenny because he is like me. I love Kenny because he deserves to get something back after all he's given up.

    So to me, folks can bitch and bitch about him all they want, or pick Jane over what I believe is a stupid shallow excuse to shoot Kenny... But I went with him, away from Wellington, and I mourn his death in the next season however it happens.

  • I hope so, but again, if they can't it's probably due to time restraint. Either way the story and voice acting is very well done and I love the games no matter wait. It manages to pull at my heart strings, and the finale of S1 almost made my brother cry ;P he doesn't cry easily. Now he can't stop watching me play lool.

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I think they're going to branch out the stories , that is why they flashed the "your choice matter at the very beginning," Maybe they are trying to fix all the determinant issues they had with season 2.

  • edited August 2014

    I would say Kenny is a bit higher. But in all seriousness, I see why some people hate Kenny. Hell, even I hated him at one point, but I know he often means well, even if he doesn't show it through his aggression and rash actions.

    greenetea posted: »

    To his fans, Kenny is equivalent to the Lord Almighty.

  • It's funny when people say they sympathize with Kenny's faults, when the majority of people hate Ben yet many would have the exact same faults as him in the Zombie Apocalypse, you can say over and over that you won't, but when your friends and family are killed in front of you (or their fates are unknown) you'll fuck up, just like EVERYONE in this game fucks up.

  • edited August 2014

    I get that it has somehow become just as much Kenny's story as Clem's and Lee's. What I don't understand is why. He has two complete story arcs. Why? He was not needed IMO. Also, stopping Kenny from murdering someone is a shallow excuse?

    To me Kenny has been an amazing character. What the Kenny haters don't get is that this is as much Kenny's story now as it is Clem's or Lee'

  • Fighting narrow minded biased with narrow minded biased...

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  • I know that the developers/writers read our suggestions, they actually stole a few ideas think from us, I know someone posted that they wanted a dream sequence with lee. I don't want to sound like a telltale fanboi, but i think they realized after the nick/Sarah death controversy, they shouldn't just kill characters off after becoming determinant.

    Hopefully they will fix all the main gripes in Season 2, and have a awesome Season 3.

    I hope so, but again, if they can't it's probably due to time restraint. Either way the story and voice acting is very well done and I love

  • I wouldn't because I don't have a family to lose in the first place, ha!

    It's funny when people say they sympathize with Kenny's faults, when the majority of people hate Ben yet many would have the exact same faul

  • All Kenny haters were basically Luke fans for the first 3 episodes, then turned into Mike and Bonnie fans after episode 4 and suddenly became Jane fans after episode 5. Please Kenny haters make up your mind...

  • He isn't the typical good guy like Lee and Clem were mostly. He's much more flawed and it's much harder to like by various people. His point as a character is to realize "People will be like this. You won't like a lot of aspects of them. But do you succumb to killing him or do you stick by them?"

    Honestly the people who choose Jane, who was an assumed baby killer, over Kenny, who was protecting a child, somewhat disgust me. I get it's a game and about choices and such, but everyone who has sided with Jane has only said "Because I didn't like Kenny." And that's stupid to me. If someone killed a baby or even tried to cause a fight with me about acting like she did, I'd probably be just as pissed.

    I wish there would have been an option to shoot one of them in the foot. For christ's sake, you don't need to kill everyone who's out of hand, just stop them. Death wasn't even necessary there. Not from Clem, Jane or Kenny, and they all had (or could have) equal hand in attempting it.

    KCohere posted: »

    I get that it has somehow become just as much Kenny's story as Clem's and Lee's. What I don't understand is why. He has two complete story arcs. Why? He was not needed IMO. Also, stopping Kenny from murdering someone is a shallow excuse?

  • I don't doubt Telltale's ability as writers and story designers. So far, they've made me a very very happy girl :p

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    I know that the developers/writers read our suggestions, they actually stole a few ideas think from us, I know someone posted that they want

  • CrazyGeorgeCrazyGeorge Banned
    edited August 2014

    i think Kenny was a last minute decision to add him back in the game. I feel like Carlos was going to play the role of Kenny, as that Angry Latin guy, they hinted at it, as Luke remarks to Carlos "Now Carlos , your not going to do anything not nice." Then when Carlos role was rewritten, they pretty much had him play the exact invert of Kenny's character.

    I think adding Kenny was a bit Deus ex Machina. I personally would of loved to see how Carlos would of been written after Sarah's death, if they went with his character instead of bringing Kenny back.

    KCohere posted: »

    I get that it has somehow become just as much Kenny's story as Clem's and Lee's. What I don't understand is why. He has two complete story arcs. Why? He was not needed IMO. Also, stopping Kenny from murdering someone is a shallow excuse?

  • And by the way, I'm not one of those extremely avid Kenny fans just for the sake of taking a team. Someone else on this post also said that Kenny was one of the biggest reasons they got into the game in general, and that was also me. I don't like Kenny just because I can, I like him for very good reasons. He's a good character writing-wise, he's a good guy in real life, and he's the closest thing to family Clem has left. And if he were my surrogate dad I would do everything in my power to be there for him like he was for me. Not many people in the forums appreciate him and refuse to try to for the fact that he's annoying and violent. Yeah? But he cared. He ALWAYS cared. Back in the Lilly days, he put family first of course, but he always tried for everyone based on logic.

    The forums have made me a bit mad with this Kenny war. There's reason to be annoyed with him, not hate him enough to shoot him. I just don't understand people's logic at all.

    He isn't the typical good guy like Lee and Clem were mostly. He's much more flawed and it's much harder to like by various people. His point

  • Lee and Jane fan from minute 1.

    Sorry, doesn't add up what you say.

    Wolf_13 posted: »

    All Kenny haters were basically Luke fans for the first 3 episodes, then turned into Mike and Bonnie fans after episode 4 and suddenly became Jane fans after episode 5. Please Kenny haters make up your mind...

  • Lee, Luke, and Jane. I consistently liked their characters.

    Wolf_13 posted: »

    All Kenny haters were basically Luke fans for the first 3 episodes, then turned into Mike and Bonnie fans after episode 4 and suddenly became Jane fans after episode 5. Please Kenny haters make up your mind...

  • I personally think I'd go hardened like Jane, but only after hiding in a closet for at least two days being a Sarah. It'd be very hard.

    It's funny when people say they sympathize with Kenny's faults, when the majority of people hate Ben yet many would have the exact same faul

  • I shot Kenny and it wasnt because I didnt like him. It was because he was trying to commit a murder. He was in a blind rage and was not listening to anyone. If he had listened, he would have found out that she didn't kill the baby. What she was saying was it was an accident. What disgusts me is the thought that someone could look away while that was happening. As for the role he took on, someone else could have filled it, most likely Nick. I felt like Kenny's story did need to be wrapped up for good, either by death or by walking away which seems to be what has happened in both cases.

    He isn't the typical good guy like Lee and Clem were mostly. He's much more flawed and it's much harder to like by various people. His point

  • Because he remnds of my family. He is loyal, he was always there for me. And I'm glad to have him.

  • It was their choice to fight over it. Involving Clem felt very stupid. Jane chose to lie and cause a fight. Kenny chose to react. They are both are fault but I feel Kenny had more reason to do what he did than Jane. Jane even admitted "I did it so you would come with me." She wanted Kenny to be dead and that's ridiculous. She tried to play Clem's emotions to get what she wanted. That isn't caring for Clem. That's caring for herself.

    KCohere posted: »

    I shot Kenny and it wasnt because I didnt like him. It was because he was trying to commit a murder. He was in a blind rage and was not list

  • edited August 2014

    Deleted... Re-read myself and it was not a very useful comment.

  • This.

    Kenny is love. Kenny is life.

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