Discussing AJ.
It's been a few months since No Going Back came out, and I'd like to discuss AJ. This has bugged me since AJ was born, but I actually don't have an attachment to him at all, and I was wondering if any of you felt the same. I say this because Alvin's character really wasn't that great. He got a bit of screen time, but I never really felt attached to him, and nobody else (besides Becca) seemed to be either. And then suddenly you've got people like Kenny praising him as a hero in Episode 5. Maybe this is just a personal thing, maybe I just didn't like Alvin, but naming the baby after him just felt weird, and makes me more distant than I already felt from him.
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I felt more attached to a Sim baby than I did to A.J x_x in fact, I think a Sim baby is more realistic than A.J. Gotta agree with Alvin thing too. Even though Alvin seemed nice, I never got greatly attached to him, although his death in Episode 3 did make me sad
Well, who would you name him after? Carver, an alleged father of AJ and a man responsible for several troubles the group was facing and is still facing now? Lee, a man who took care of Clementine, and who never met AJ parents, and therefore has no connections to him? Giving players a fixed set of names from which you can choose would only add more problems, not to mention that some people would likely not be satisfied with that set of names.
Naming him after Alvin is, IMO, the best compromise.
I didn't care about an bat first but after ep 5 I did
I didn't have an attachment to AJ myself, considering how he was introduced in a heart-warming fashion seconds after Sarah's brutal and shocking death, which left me a bad taste in my mouth.
Kenny's attachment to the baby because of Alvin, and calling him a hero on top of it, also didn't feel natural considering that Alvin and Kenny are never seen interacting, mainly because with Alvin either dying during the hostage scene indirectly caused by Kenny (and possibly the player) actions, or he later dies in Carver's office after the torture. It would have made for sense for AJ to be called DJ (Duck Junior) instead, as it would have been more in-character for Kenny.
I don't care about AJ that much but I want to take care of him for Alvin and Rebecca, Honestly I thought he would die in Episode 5 to make Kenny lose it more but Jane just made it seem like he did.
Never got attached to him. It felt like he was just there to look cute and give Kenny yet another reason to be belligerent and alienate everyone else. (We have to take AJ up north in the freezing cold looking for a haven that may not exist instead of searching the town we all forgot about at the beginning of the episode or y'know, going back to the place that is much closer and we know has baby formula for sure! It's his only hope! If you don't agree then this baby's blood is on your hands, 8luh 8luh 8luhhh...)
Also, Luke, as the last surviving member of the cabin group who knew Rebecca longer than Kenny ever did, should have gotten the scene with Clem where they choose a name. The actual name of the baby isn't the problem, it was who was more deserving of choosing it, and in my opinion that person was Luke.
I agree with your point completely. Rebecca was a character I really disliked (though no matter how horrible to her I am she still calls me her most favourite person in the world
) and, though I liked Alvin, I never got attached to him until his final speech when he was dying. I never felt anything for the baby at all, and when I thought Jane had killed it I was more shocked by what Jane had done than the fact that Alvin Jr. was dead.
I would have felt a lot more for the baby if it had turned out it WAS Carver's. Not because I liked Carver, but because it would sort of be a reminder to the player, and wherever you went there would still be a bit of Carver with you.
I agree, calling him Alvin is the best choice- but since he has so little screentime, I really don't care that much about the baby. If Alvin had had a bigger role then I would care about the baby's fate and name a lot more- as it is, the baby to me is just going to be a burden.
I like AJ, I don't know what it is, but I feel attached to him for reasons that I just really can't explain. Honestly, I don't know what it is, but I've cared for that kid since his birth and I want to protect him. Maybe it's because we are once again in the role of protecting a small child that can't fully defend itself, but whatever it is, I do care immensely for that little guy.
Fair enough. I would try to protect him as well, but I don't really have any care for him- I'd just protect him because I wouldn't leave any baby to die, whether I cared for them or not.
Personally, if the player had the option, I'd either call it Kenny Jr. or Carver!
Its not like a.j. can talk, or show us his personality yet. But in the mean time, he's the last we have of the cabin group.
The baby would have been a little pissed off growing up and knowing that he was named after either a rageaholic or an implied rapist, especially if Carver really was his biological dad.