Tbh I prefer Gabe. I don't ship him with Clem but I do think he gets more hate than he deserves. Gabe did a lot of brave things like run to Kate when she was shot and generally just trying to help in dangerous situations with walkers or other survivors. I got the ending with only Gabe and Javi surviving and he really grew a lot and changed for the better.
Compare this with Ben who was a constant fuck up, always getting people killed because he thought he knew best, always self-loathing and being useless. One of the most useful things Ben ever did was to be to be dropped so Lee could escape.
The way I see it, Gabe was annoying and his one big fuck up (telling Tripp about Conrad) is determinant and doesn't get anyone killed directly. Ben's secret deal with the bandits effectively killed half the group and left the other half fractured beyond repair.
The one good thing you can say about Ben is that he never tried to be something he's not.
Gabe spent so much of his time putting on airs because he tried to impress everybody all of the time.
I don't get the hate for either tbh, Gabe was just the typical kid trying to find himself as he hit puberty. Trying to assert himself in a group of adults and have a voice but failing. And his romance fling with Clem was cute for the most part even though forced.
But compared to Ben. Ben is a fucking god lol. Ben regardless was standing there till the very end for Clementine. He died trying to save her just like Lee did. And although he was scared he had the balls to stand up to the boat lord and sacrafice himself for the group in that alley. He literally got eaten alive because he wanted Lee to continue on. He froze under pressure like most of us would but that doesn't make him a piece of shit. He was a good person morally.
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Tbh I prefer Gabe. I don't ship him with Clem but I do think he gets more hate than he deserves. Gabe did a lot of brave things like run to Kate when she was shot and generally just trying to help in dangerous situations with walkers or other survivors. I got the ending with only Gabe and Javi surviving and he really grew a lot and changed for the better.
Compare this with Ben who was a constant fuck up, always getting people killed because he thought he knew best, always self-loathing and being useless. One of the most useful things Ben ever did was to be to be dropped so Lee could escape.
The way I see it, Gabe was annoying and his one big fuck up (telling Tripp about Conrad) is determinant and doesn't get anyone killed directly. Ben's secret deal with the bandits effectively killed half the group and left the other half fractured beyond repair.
The one good thing you can say about Ben is that he never tried to be something he's not.
Gabe spent so much of his time putting on airs because he tried to impress everybody all of the time.
I like Ben better. He is THE shitbird we all know and love/hate.
Yeah, by almost getting his own uncle killed at the armory.
I don't get the hate for either tbh, Gabe was just the typical kid trying to find himself as he hit puberty. Trying to assert himself in a group of adults and have a voice but failing. And his romance fling with Clem was cute for the most part even though forced.
But compared to Ben. Ben is a fucking god lol. Ben regardless was standing there till the very end for Clementine. He died trying to save her just like Lee did. And although he was scared he had the balls to stand up to the boat lord and sacrafice himself for the group in that alley. He literally got eaten alive because he wanted Lee to continue on. He froze under pressure like most of us would but that doesn't make him a piece of shit. He was a good person morally.
As one example, yeah
And ratting him out, destroying his relationship with Tripp and Eleanor.
Which is determinant, can fix itself, and was gonna be damaged regardless.