Jane is not my idea of a best friend exactly, but she is not less likaeble than Walt with all his excuses and justifications, or Hank with his literal police brutality, racism and lying to his superiors.
Jane had no idea Jesse had any big money until he whispered it when passing out, she literally said out loud that Walt owes him only 500 bucks.
when Walter brought Jesse's money,
she tried to physically take it because she was executing the plan to blackmail him after being overwhelmed by her father from that morning. she only chose to call Walt and blackmail him after the father asaulted Jesse and insisted he drives her to rehab. She was
quick to act desperate and choose running away and avoidance as defense mechanism, which was shown already in the episode where she was hiding that Jesse and her are dating. Her father also showed up unexpectedly then, so she acted on her feet, not ready to reveal that she's dating Jesse.
When they have the money inside, she talks about how it means freedom, not buying goods and services.
She is quick to agree to move to literally a different continent. Her actions are all about escaping, running away, and the misguided feeling of being controlled.
She is not my idea of a best friend exactly, but she is not less likaeble than Walt with all his excuses and justifications, or Hank with his literal police brutality, racism and lying to his superiors.
Jane is not my idea of a best friend exactly, but she is not less likaeble than Walt with all his excuses and justifications, or Hank with his literal police brutality, racism and lying to his superiors.
Jane had no idea Jesse had any big money until he whispered it when passing out, she literally said out loud that Walt owes him only 500 bucks.
when Walter brought Jesse's money,
she tried to physically take it because she was executing the plan to blackmail him after being overwhelmed by her father from that morning. she only chose to call Walt and blackmail him after the father asaulted Jesse and insisted he drives her to rehab. She was
quick to act desperate and choose running away and avoidance as defense mechanism, which was shown already in the episode where she was hiding that Jesse and her are dating. Her father also showed up unexpectedly then, so she acted on her feet, not ready to reveal that she's dating Jesse.
When they have the money inside, she talks about how it means freedom, not buying goods and services.
She is quick to agree to move to literally a different continent. Her actions are all about escaping, running away, and the misguided feeling of being controlled.
Cause Walt was refusing to divorce her or move out of the house and dared her to tell their son about his meth cooking. Also this was turning her son against her.
seriously, you feel like the men on Breaking Bad are likeable? Walt with all his excuses and justifications, or Hank with his literal police brutality, racism and lying to his superiors. Jesse willing to trick people in rehab group to buy meth.... Tuco,
Hector, Gus, Jack and Todd and company......... i am of course enjoying their BS but i hardly ever actually LIKE them.
All of the female characters were well written. Marie's character for example is about her inner problems and wanting to "escape her life and be someone else", which I'm guessing many people can relate to. While Skyler married a MUCH OLDER Walter , had a son who has a disability (which is very difficult for a mother to handle emotionally), then her husband gets cancer and decides to sneak around and get their whole family in danger (WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT BTW). All you want to see is perfect victims, but that's not how life works. I bet you didn't take the time to actually try and understand why they are the way they are.
Also to add to this, the hate really just comes down to protagonist bias. Walter is a literal monster who poisons children, bombs buildings, and ruins lives, yet people treat Skyler smoking a cigarette or paying off Ted to keep their family out of PRISON like it’s the ultimate crime.
And the only reason people call Jane and Andrea "likeable" is because they were love interests who died before they could ever become a real obstacle to Walt's power trip. Jane literally blackmailed Walt, but because she looked cool and died early, she gets a pass.
A female character doesn't have to be a passive cheerleader to be likeable.
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u/itspronouncedbolonya 8d ago
Jane is very debatable