#hell you can romance the person they're romantically interested in.... though to be fair merrill isn't carver's wife
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Why Kenny is so loved and David is so hated?
This question's been in my inbox forever because I didn't know how to answer it... and I still don't tbh
Kenny's a more established character. We've known him longer, he's has a stronger connection to Lee and Clementine, and the Kenny crowd are ride or die for him. When we first meet him in S1 ep1, we get the impression of a decent family man dedicated to his family, and then he goes through a roller-coaster of tragedy and character development.
David, on the other hand, is only in one game... a game that a lot of fans consider the worst installment in the series. We don't have enough time with him, and even though he has a strong connection to Javi as his older brother, players aren't attached to Javi, they're attached to Clementine. You know how this works- if Clementine no like, then we no like >:[ and Clementine no like David. Therefore, David bad.
And to be fair, she does have legit reasons for not liking him, but that just gives the player all the more reason to dislike him.
So even though I would consider David the "Kenny" of ANF, most people who loved Kenny still labeled David an asshole even though there is an interesting parallel there... which he is an asshole, but he's an interesting asshole... he just wasn't given the proper development like Kenny was.
I've said before that David is a "problematic fave" of mine, and I do hesitate to double down on that just yet. I haven't replayed ANF in forever and who knows, perhaps my opinion on him has changed like it has for a few other characters so I don't want to be like "and I still stand by the fact that David's my favorite, he's a bitch and I love him!" until I'm sure I actually feel that way, y'know?
If I had to give you my best answer, anon, it'd be that Kenny's better established and David's thrown in, the games explore Kenny's issues more thoroughly than David's, and lots of people hate ANF but love S1 and S2.
Though now that we're talking about David, I'm curious if I'll still feel the same way about his and Javi's relationship throughout the game. I was always more interested in the brother relationship over Javi's romance with Kate. I wanted a brothers reconciling storyline from ANF, and I did get that storyline done well in another game [surprise to no one, it's Dragon Age 2, Carver is my bitchy baby brother and I love him so much] and I have a feeling that's going to affect my overall opinion.
Sigh, add it to the to-do list, one day I'll revisit ANF.
#asks#twdg kenny#twdg david#twdg javi#twdg clementine#answering this makes me want to do a garcia brothers vs hawke brothers comparison tbh#because i mean... david and carver are both soldiers who always felt overshadowed by their siblings#especially in feeling like their father favored the other over them and it made them bitter and caused tension in the relationship#and it takes effort on the players part to repair the relationship#hell you can romance the person they're romantically interested in.... though to be fair merrill isn't carver's wife#they never actually get together but it's pretty clear that he's interested in her#and i can say with confidence that carver won't beat you with a wrench if you romance her and he comes around to supporting you two#like the big difference is there's never any doubt that carver loves you no matter what path his story takes#david on the other hand tries to kill you with a wrench no matter what and then he runs away with gabe#and if you manage to keep him alive he's just like 'yeah that's my bad sorry bro do you think dad would be mad at me if he were here?'#so david and carver have surface level similarities but they differ at their core#....and i guess that's my tag ted talk about why carver good and david bad sksksksksks#i'm so sorry sksksks
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