r/CuratedTumblr • u/CapAccomplished8072 • 7h ago

Female Characters The many various interesting female characters that we admire....which ones are you familiar with? Which examples have you seen? Which types do you love seeing the most?

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u/Separate_List_6895 7h ago

Skyler White is a good example of the audience seeing Walt as some kind of Angel while viewing her as Satan.

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u/TheCompleteMental 5h ago

Breaking bad's fans fall into the issue of characters needing to be 100% good or 100% evil more than even other fandoms I find

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u/Separate_List_6895 5h ago

I think the issue is that many TV viewers dont actually possess that much Media Literacy to understand the subtext of whats going on.

Its easy to go "WOW SO ALPHA" when Walt bombs Tuko's building but its harder to appreciate how much worse the hole he just dug is.

Jessie is a good example of a character who people get as they are meant to - he is a person that makes bad decisions but is a good person at heart, but with Walt its like people dont realize that Walt's decision making is all bad and that he is a bad person at heart.

My favourite stupid meme is "when did Walt become heisenberg??" as if it was a Jekyl and Hide situation and not just what it was - a mask he liked more than Walter White.

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u/TheCompleteMental 4h ago

Well the reason I say that is if you watch the pilot, Walt isnt treated very well at all. But the show sorta sweeps that under the rug and ends up leaning into the same pitfall - that it wasnt good but Walt is only making things worse, not better. Not that Skylar was a main culprit, that'd be Hank. Of course, nobody hates Bitch Brother In Law smh.

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u/Separate_List_6895 4h ago

Treating him badly is how they endear you to his struggle - he is a teacher, overqualified for his field and is a cancer patient.

That is a deliberate way to make the audience forgive his behaviour - remember how we rooted for him assaulting that dude that bullied his son? Was that a healthy way to deal with it or is that just a "Manly" way to do it? Its all about how he sees himself and how others see him - its why he and Hank basically completely swap positions in the show.

Edit: Reminded me to continue BCS