Taking care of Duck?
I've been pondering this one a while, I'm curious as to what the thought processes are for the people who make each choice.
According to the statistics, 81% of players killed Duck themselves.
I am not one of those players. I read "Of Mice and Men" at a very young age, and I believe that story has always stuck with me. Spoilers for that book. If you haven't read it, I strongly advise you do so. In it, there is an old man (Candy) who has a dog, who is also very old. Old enough that he needs to be put down. Candy cannot bear to kill his good friend himself, so sits inside while his dog is shot by one of the other ranch-workers.
Later on, he says to George (the main character) that "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." He expresses that he will forever feel regret.
The book ends with Lennie (the deuteragonist) having accidentally killed a woman. A lynch mob is after him. George learns from Candy's mistake and shoots Lennie himself, rather than let a bunch of strangers do it for him.
That's why I help Kenny shoot Duck. It's his son, and for that reason I think he would regret not doing it himself. He later confirms that in Episode 5, that he was glad to be the one that did it.
So why do you pick your choice?
According to the statistics, 81% of players killed Duck themselves.
I am not one of those players. I read "Of Mice and Men" at a very young age, and I believe that story has always stuck with me. Spoilers for that book. If you haven't read it, I strongly advise you do so. In it, there is an old man (Candy) who has a dog, who is also very old. Old enough that he needs to be put down. Candy cannot bear to kill his good friend himself, so sits inside while his dog is shot by one of the other ranch-workers.
Later on, he says to George (the main character) that "I ought to of shot that dog myself, George I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." He expresses that he will forever feel regret.
The book ends with Lennie (the deuteragonist) having accidentally killed a woman. A lynch mob is after him. George learns from Candy's mistake and shoots Lennie himself, rather than let a bunch of strangers do it for him.
That's why I help Kenny shoot Duck. It's his son, and for that reason I think he would regret not doing it himself. He later confirms that in Episode 5, that he was glad to be the one that did it.
So why do you pick your choice?
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Kenny couldn't take it anymore. He even wanted Lee's opinion in the matter even if it was his son. At the moment, I'm pretty sure that Kenny was hoping that Lee would do it for him.
The whole point of having Duck shot instead of having him pace around the forest is so Kenny can understand that his son is beyond saving. Rather than Lee taking Duck away, Kenny is giving him up.
Only reason someone have Lee take the shot is if they puss out and don't understand why Duck is put down to begin with.
And, yeah, Ken had been shat on quite enough by that stage. I thought I'd give the dude a break.
But when the boy in the attic came I made Kenny shoot him. I did it because Kenny needed to know Lee isn't always going to get rid of his problems and he needs to let go of his past.
This is absolutely bizarre..... but I told Kenny to put him down for the exact same reason! My exact thoughts were of that ending scene in Of Mice and Men, and I felt that Kenny owed it to his son, as George did with Lenny. It was just such a similar scenario, and it's what made sense to me.
Good reasoning. Ive read the book 3 times but i killed duck myself because he also lost his wife at the same time. I felt so sorry for Kenny that i felt that it would have caused more pain for him to take his own sons life so i did it for him. Not out of spite like the man did to candys dog because he was useless and smelled bad
Well, at the time I didnt really make a choice, I stood there silent, the only time i spoke was when I chose "Anything you need?" or something to that effect. I had assumed that volunteering myself would be intruding on their decision and they would ask me if they needed. In hindsight though, I realize they might want to ask, but would probably never ask someone to do that, so I thought I should have volunteered afterwards. Anyways again when Kenny asked what we should do, I let him decide and he decided to do it himself. I like the reasoning by OP though, even though thats not what my thought process was when I did it.
"The boy's as dumb as a bag of hammers."
Kenny describing Duck to Lee.
I shot duck and felt like I did the right thing.Kenny was distraught and even though we really didnt get along at that point I felt I had to help him in that regard. I really wanted to do it originally cause I could see what Katjaa did coming a mile away... but no luck
I shot Duck but I didn't know if I made the right decision there. Obviously there is no right decision, everyone could interpret the situation differently and everyone's opinion is as valid as mine. I only realized later that I made the right decision (to me) when the boy in the attic needed to be put down. I let Kenny do it. I saw it as him putting his past behind and finally moving on.
I chose to shoot him because i thought Kenny couldn't. Kenny saved Lee several times and I thought that Kenny wouldn't appreciate me telling him to do it. However afterwards I got him to shoot the kid zombie in the attic, and apparently that helped him
well,anyone can interpret it based on their own point of view,I made lee shoot duck,and killed the boy in the attic,because I knew what he has been through,he also said that he can't even stand to see a dog being put down,I tried to make lee as his friend when he really needs it.also he was grateful when lee shot duck instead of himself.
C'mon, as Lee said: "it was his own son, no father could have done that". In my opinion: Kenny couldn't do that. He shouldn't. He propably woudn't think like: "i helped my son" but like: "i killed my son".
But boy in the attic? I don't know why the most people decide to kill him by themself. This was the time that Kenny SHOULD do this. Even writing was said: "you helped Kenny". And that's true. We helped Kenny and he helped this boy. If Lee would shoot this kid (and kill Duck before) he'll be like: "man, you couldn't and you'll never can do this, you're a pussy". And if Lee kils kid (but didn't kill Duck) he's like: "c'mon Kenny, you killed your son so you don't have to do this now. You've got blood on your hands anyway".
So... the only option for me was killing Duck by Lee and letting Kenny to shoot the boy later in house...
I actually chose to have Kenny take care of Duck.. for reasons that Duck is his son, and I have nothing to do with his obligations as the father of his own family. I'll be damned to have to kill some other guy's child when he's standing right there. Although I did encourage him to end it and let it go. He didn't tag along to save Clementine then, but I can't really blame him for that. It's his choice, I asked him for help and he refused. I dealt with it.
Well, he could go if you said something like "Clementine is my family".
That was what I said at first, and it didn't sort things out. He got pissed off at me and said something about being there for his family but not ever for him.. and didn't like how Lee mentioned the word "family".
I read "of Mice and Men" and I saw the movie and I agree that Candy should have killed his own dog but I made Lee kill Duck because Lee at that point wasn't a stranger, well in my opinion anyway. Lee and Kenny been together from the beginning and they didn't see each other as strangers, they were a family, a new family so I felt I had to do it for him. Plus several people already mentioned that Kenny was broken and lost both his child and wife, if he'd killed Duck it might have damaged him more. I do see the point in taking care of your own and being able to take responsibility for his son but I didn't see Lee as a stranger
Wow. Usually I defend my original choices to the end, but I have also read of Mice and Men and now I strongly feel you made the best choice. In fact, Telltale was likely basing this situation on the book. Thanks for the interesting anecdote.
yeah it all depends on how you treated Katjaa and Duck. I gave him the animal crackers, water and gave Duck and Kenny rations, and that pretty much guarantees his support
I had Lee do it.
Kenny was a mess, and even Kat had said it was time to end it.