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Originally Posted by Daradon
But Gus didn't want to kill Jesse after he got Mike to babysit him. In fact, he wanted to take him under his wing. But Walt still poisoned Brock anyway.
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But how long would that last? Gus took one of his loyal employees and slit his throat for making a mistake and to make a point. Jesse is a trainwreck and it surely would be only a matter of time until he screwed up. Being preferred over Walt didn't mean a heck of a lot. If you recall in the finale last year, Jesse was being handcuffed and forced to work at gunpoint before Walt came into the lab and ended everything. Jesse would have been gone as soon as Gus could get his own guy.
Even though Walt was in self-preservation mode, I don't think he was lying when he told Jesse that Gus would kill them both and it was only a matter of time.
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Guess some of us see it different ways, which is fine. But it does amaze how people will often side with the protagonist or lead character, even if they are the most evil of the bunch. It's a trick used in a lot of books and shows and movies. We cheer for the one telling the story and take their sides in the arguments because we can see their point of view better and generally more favorably than the other characters. We are closer to them emotionally and more invested in them. Even when we know they may not be the best person. It's called being an anti-hero. Walt's an anti-hero for sure, he fits all the literary themes and definitions. But he may be even worse than that. There's a good chance, IMO he's the BAD GUY.
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There are different dimensions to the character which why it is interesting. You can't simplify it as "good guy and bad guys".
The original Walt isn't completely erased yet and every once in a while even in the midst of his new underground crime world, the nerdy family guy comes out.
Is he vain (even borderline narcissistic)? Yes. Is he a control freak? Yes. Does he show signs of sociopathic of disassociation? Yes. Does he still have fatherly instincts and a protection instinct to his family and Jesse? I think he does. There is no reason why all those things can't be true.
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I think the writers even hinted at the "old Walt" still being in there in the last episode when it flash forwarded to the diner and the waitress was talking about Boston. A momentary light went on in Walt and he commented on the fact they have a great science museum. That was such a "dad" thing to say.