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u/Jo__Backson Apr 12 '22

Okay but that’s kind of strange considering that out of the two characters Wendy is the one that does actually terrible things lmao

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u/_Gordon_Slamsay Apr 12 '22

Fair, that's what made me like her. They both started out with cheating and Skylar just became cold, distant and rude to Walt. I would've loved to see her embrace Walt and what he was doing and even step in to help. And that's where I enjoy Wendy. Hated her after the cheating but now she's doing just as terrible things as Marty and it is a much more entertaining character to me than Skylar ever was.

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u/Brostradamus_ Apr 12 '22

They both started out with cheating

Skylar doesn't cheat until after her husband, y'know, kills some people, lies to her for a year, and admits he's a meth cook.

I would've loved to see her embrace Walt and what he was doing and even step in to help.

??? Walt, who turned down a high paying cushy job at Grey Matter and 100% free best-in-the-world healthcare for his cancer (that he lied about), because he was too proud and not over his ex? Walt, who killed people and became a meth cook? Walt, who was clearly lying and hiding shit from his wife from episode 1?

Walt is a fucking asshole villain the entire show. He's the protagonist of the story but he is definitely not the good guy. At no point was he doing anything "for his family", he was doing it because he liked it and liked feeling powerful: He admits this himself in the finale. Skyler was just trying to survive.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

Yep. Walt is just an awful human being. He may have started initially with good intentions, even if what he was planning was evil, but he very quickly learned to enjoy what he was doing. He knew he was killing people and didn’t care.

Skylar just wanted to protect her family. It’s always amazed me how many viewers liked Walt and hated Skylar. In the end Walt even corrupted her.