Martyrs and Pawns - His Motives
In Season 2, Episode 3, Kenny puts a huge deal of faith in Clementine and looks to her for many solutions, famously taking a beating from Carver for her. A lot of people say this is a huge act of kindness and mercy on his part.
But I have another theory. What if Kenny only did this to create an image of a martyr for himself in order to drive the group into action? He relies on Clementine for numerous tasks, saying she's "strong enough" and "trusts her enough" to do their tasks. Through Season 1, however, Kenny very rarely took any care for Clementine. A few times he told Lee to care for her, but Kenny didn't do much for Clementine overall. Killing Larry in front of her, advocating killing Ben, and ignoring Clementine's objections to stealing or abandoning Ben; Kenny didn't care much about Clementine, but his own motives and interests.
Kenny getting beaten down by Carver, knowing Clementine wouldn't be able to take such a pummeling like that, instead let himself take the beating in order to martyr himself and drive the group to realize Carver's intentions. He constantly praises Clementine and builds her up because he sees her as his new child. hence the 'Duck' slip in Episode 2. Thinking she'll do what he says, she pawns her in order to further his goals, acting as if he cares for her with the martyring, when in reality he simply wants to use her for his own gains.
Thoughts?
But I have another theory. What if Kenny only did this to create an image of a martyr for himself in order to drive the group into action? He relies on Clementine for numerous tasks, saying she's "strong enough" and "trusts her enough" to do their tasks. Through Season 1, however, Kenny very rarely took any care for Clementine. A few times he told Lee to care for her, but Kenny didn't do much for Clementine overall. Killing Larry in front of her, advocating killing Ben, and ignoring Clementine's objections to stealing or abandoning Ben; Kenny didn't care much about Clementine, but his own motives and interests.
Kenny getting beaten down by Carver, knowing Clementine wouldn't be able to take such a pummeling like that, instead let himself take the beating in order to martyr himself and drive the group to realize Carver's intentions. He constantly praises Clementine and builds her up because he sees her as his new child. hence the 'Duck' slip in Episode 2. Thinking she'll do what he says, she pawns her in order to further his goals, acting as if he cares for her with the martyring, when in reality he simply wants to use her for his own gains.
Thoughts?
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