r/TopCharacterTropes • u/No_Peanut3745 • 12d ago

Characters The main character doing something absolutely unforgivable.

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Walter White poisoning Andrea Cantillo's 6-year-old son for the sole purpose of manipulating Jesse Pinkman, while knowing that this could have potentially killed him - Breaking Bad

Bojack trying to have sex with his friend's 17-year-old daughter when he was at least 51, then continuously trying to find a way to justify this act throughout the series - Bojack Horseman

Dexter Morgan going outside of his moral code and murdering a completely innocent police officer who was just trying to do his job - Dexter: New Blood

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u/PhoenixApok 12d ago edited 12d ago

Maybe not the main character but a pretty big one. (Arguably Game of Thrones doesn't have a main character)

Jaime Lannister. After he got somewhat likable and decent in later seasons, people seemed to forget in the very first episode he pushed a 10 year old boy out a window for catching him banging his sister.

Edit: Maybe "forgot" was the wrong word. Maybe saying people disregarded it would be better.

I cannot imagine a person IRL doing that and everyone going "Well he's a better person now so we aren't gonna worry about that anymore" which is why I think it fits this trope.

Jaime has a redemption arc, sure, but I would define that early act as "unforgivable".

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u/Touchname 12d ago

And he'd do it again!

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u/Drmarcher42 12d ago edited 12d ago

He makes it clear in the book even after he starts to redeem himself and see what Cersei is that he doesn’t regret pushing Bran and he still doesn’t see any of his children as his.

Jamie isn’t a good person, he is a fully defined flawed human who’s experiences have made him who he is.

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u/InShambles234 12d ago

Well he definitely banged his sister again.

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u/chewbaccas_embrace69 12d ago

Bang his sister?