been debating on posting this simply because i know a good chunk of the twdg community goes INSANE for kenny (me included) but i hate how a lot of people within the community ignore the complexity of his character… everyone loves to act like kenny is some godlike savior but he really isn’t. kenny is not a good man by any means. sure he’s a family man, and that’s definitely a good quality to have (especially when taking care of an 11 year old little girl and a newborn) but everyone ignores or defends the fact that he emotionally manipulated clementine in favor of his own ideals. im not glazing jane either here don’t get me wrong she was pretty awful too, they were both terrible candidates to be her caretaker. kenny was not at all portrayed within season two (in my opinion) to have genuinely had clementine’s best interest at heart. it could be the fault of the writing, which it honestly is considering how most of season two’s writing is a complete dumpster fire, but manipulative behavior aside is the main thing i dislike about him. (besides his flawed ‘affinity’ relationship programming with lee in season one). my favorite scene involving s2 kenny is where he takes the blame for the walkie at howe’s. that scene is literally the ONLY scene in the entirety of s2 where we see an adult actually take accountability for something and comfort clementine. i really wished they portrayed that version of kenny more. everyone conveniently forgets ALL the time, not just in season 2, and excluding season 1, that clementine is a CHILD. not just someone under 18 years old age, but a CHILD. clementine is a BABY. i understand clementine as the player character has to do a majority of the objectives within the game for the sake of gameplay but cmon bro
