Playing Devil's Advocate...
A lot of people seemed pissed at Luke suggesting that they leave Kenny behind.
This is overdramatized for two reasons:
- Luke said that he may have been playing devils advocate. It may not have supported his actual opinion on the topic.
- Luke was thinking smart: if Kenny didn't get up until the morning or was to injured to move on, they would HAVE to leave him behind if they were leaving tonight. That didn't happen, but had it happened, it leaves the group with one of those two options: Leave tonight and leave Kenny behind, or wait and bide their time until they are healed up.
Luke was simply pointing out the options they had at the moment. Don't blame Luke for playing Devil's Advocate, just relax.
This is overdramatized for two reasons:
- Luke said that he may have been playing devils advocate. It may not have supported his actual opinion on the topic.
- Luke was thinking smart: if Kenny didn't get up until the morning or was to injured to move on, they would HAVE to leave him behind if they were leaving tonight. That didn't happen, but had it happened, it leaves the group with one of those two options: Leave tonight and leave Kenny behind, or wait and bide their time until they are healed up.
Luke was simply pointing out the options they had at the moment. Don't blame Luke for playing Devil's Advocate, just relax.
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He was just bringing up the matter for discussion, he wasn't actively suggesting it. I can see why the CHARACTERS might have misread his intent, but I don't see how anyone can hate Luke for weighing up all the options.
Also, Kenny AGREED with leaving him behind, so yeah.
also, Luke wasn't suggesting they leave Kenny. He simply said that if they really wanted to leave that night, they'd have to think about it. It's a big difference.
I don't see how you could see it as hypocritical when the 2 situations are exactly NOTHING alike.
1. To prove his point that waiting a little longer was the right thing to do.
2. Because carrying an unconsious man while trying to escape armed men and countless walkers would put everyone in a huge risk.
I swear people are finding the dumbest excuses to hate on Luke. There are characters that have made way worse mistakes than he has and receive little to no hate.
Looks like he learned from the best. ;)
He wasn't being a douche on purpose, he was being real. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong, because unless you're of Larry's build, I doubt YOU'D want to carry an unconscious man through a herd of walkers!
And why is everyone conveniently forgetting 105 when they were in the attic, when he suggested getting rid of Lee as he may turn? Luke suggests waiting as the alternative is leaving Kenny behind and HE becomes the douchebag??
Lets be honest here, if Carver got outta there he would of chased down the group and slaughtered them. Kenny made the right call taking down Carver and in turn, protecting the group.
As for Luke leaving Kenny I was completely against that. If it were Luke or someone else in the situation ( Sarita is the exception ) I would of been ok with it. The fact is I don't want to leave my loved ones behind. In my case that's Kenny and Sarita. You might not want to leave Luke behind if he was in that situation which I can understand. But non the less he did suggest it. And before you start calling me a hypocrite I will just put it out there and say yes I am. That's what gets us through this world with the people we care about though.
Lilly didn't give up on her father because he was family. Kenny didn't give up on Duck because he was family. It isn't as simple as "My kid is bit, shit better shoot him". Of course he's going to be in denial, just like Lilly was when Larry bit the dust.
Carver was crippled. He couldn't have chased them down if he tried.
The 2 situations aren't even comparable.
The fact that Duck was his son doesn't make him any less of a hypocrite. If he was ok with killing Lilly's father to prevent him from turning, then he should've been ok with dealing with his son too.
In the Duck part I never said he wasn't a hypocrite. All I said was that he wasn't giving up on his kid, I'm sure you would't just give up on your child like that. I'm pretty fuckin' sure I wouldn't, no father would. Lilly was in denial about Larry and Kenny was in denial about Duck. I never said he wasn't a hypocrite, I'm with you on that one but all I'm saying is that it isn't as simple as jut shooting him in the head and being done with it like you said above.