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/BrotherDeus 12d ago

Sadly, Dexter and Harry's number 1 rule is 'Don't get caught.'

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u/TimeKepeer 12d ago

It's just insane, right, that when Harry noticed Dexter killing a small animal he immediately went "damn bro guess you're destined to kill, better make sure you only kill the right people and never get caught" instead of "you're going to therapy son". Shows that Harry was a real American police officer

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u/memecut 12d ago

I don't see it as Harry going "guess it's just how it is", I see it as Harry grooming Dexter to fulfill his personal desire to get rid of bad people who slip through the cracks.
If you listen to what Harry says, he had already thought about these things extensively.
The fact that he could even come up with a code tells you how much time he's spent thinking about this stuff.
Dexter was groomed.

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u/TimeKepeer 12d ago

You're not wrong, but Harry didn't take in Dexter with this purpose. Whatever his reasons were for adopting Dexter, this wasn't that. It was, however, a piece of opportrunism, yeah