"THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU."
If Katjaa takes Duck into the woods alone, you have an additional dialogue option with Clementine where you determine Lee's core philosophy, IMO...and possibly Clementine's as well.
You either say something to the effect of "people die", or "This will never happen to you." I love the sheer audacious optimism of the latter, as if Lee was telling the world, with all its cruel new rules, to fuck off. I'll be damned sure to prove Lee right in the next season. I can only hope Telltale will lend a hand.
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I interpreted that line as being less of a confident declaration spoken out of strength and conviction and more of a self-reassuring mantra spoken out of desperation and a need to cope with a horrific reality. I don't think this was Lee telling the cruel world to fuck off. I don't even think this was primarily him telling Clementine that he'll always protect her. I think this was Lee trying to convince himself that he will always be able to protect Clementine, something that deep down he knows isn't true, but has to believe in order to keep himself going.
Lee was scared to death that what happened to Duck will happen to Clementine. The RV nightmare scene makes this abundantly clear. I don't think that fear has subsided by this point. If anything, it's gotten worse, to the point where it's probably all he can think about. And now that the reality of the situation is right in front of him, he needs to do something to keep his head together. I think that's what this line is. He's putting up an illusion and trying control his fears by telling himself that he will always have the power to prevent them from manifesting.
This is why he gets so defensive when Chuck goes ahead and shatters that illusion by reminding Lee that no, he won't always be there to protect Clementine and that she needs to learn how to do so herself. And that, combined with what he does at the beginning of Episode 4, is why I think that second to Lee, Chuck is the one most responsible for Clementine's survival thus far.
Huh I never choose either of those as there both not the right in my opinon (i always let Katjaa go in my third playthrough which is what choices I think make the story make the most sense)
"People die" just suggests we shouldnt care about people as they die
"This will never happen to you" is also ridiculous Clem's response is right you can't promise that
The third option I prefer (it had to be done) as that is one thing I want Clem to learn - we don't let our own turn.
I, for one, love your interpretation OP.
It's actually a little ironic when you think about it from a different perspective, considering more then 1 or 2 days later, Clementine had to shoot an infected Lee.
You have your interpretation and I have mine, DomeWing. You think Lee's being delusional, I think he's giving Clem hope in a hopeless predicament. Chuck might think he's the voice of reality, but that's exactly why I had my Lee tell Clem to walk away during the final scene. I like to compare it to Chigurh's confrontation with Carla in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. Chigurh orders Carla to call the coin toss, because he believes he's merely following the laws of the universe. Heads or tails. But instead, Carla tells him to fuck off. This throws Chigurh for a loop, because he's locked into the absolutes of the coin. Even the idea of a third option is beyond his psychotic comprehension. The same applies to Chuck's post-apocalyptic philosophy. I agree with some, but not all, of Chuck's outlook. When you reduce everything to such absolutes as "alive" or "dead", you're making your own contribution to Chigurh's way of life.