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Originally Posted by jammies
Anything Skylar has done doesn't even approach the wrong that Walt has done, yet he is still seen as likeable. Walt - Walt is a meth cook who kills people to solve his problems. Somehow that's ok, because just that makes him a badass, but oh no, we can't have a female character who judges him without being perfect herself, because that just makes her a bitch.
What would you do if you found out your spouse was heavily involved in the drug trade? Just shrug it off and make some more breakfast? Do you think you might feel betrayed and vulnerable enough to have an affair? I'm not saying she's justified in everything she's done, because she isn't, but she hasn't done anything near as bad as Walt or, for that matter, Jesse or Gus or Mike. Yet any of those four seem to have more fans than she does. Very strange.
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Has more to do with the audience understanding Walt's motives for getting involved with meth. He didn't kill anyone in cold blood before she found out. He wanted to provide for his family after he died from cancer - a noble excuse.
Walt didn't want to hurt her, he wanted to help her. She wanted to hurt him when she found out.