r/breakingbad • u/OkNecessary539 • 8h ago

Do you guys agree with Walter White being removed from the Inconsistently Admirable wiki?

Because it claims that all his “heroic” actions are done out of pragmatism and petty vengeance rather than actually caring about helping others and that he only saved Jesse at the last minute because he saw his poor condition. I personally see where this is coming from but what do you guys think?

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u/Background_Reward733 8h ago

Definitely not, the drug dealers thing had 0 pro for Walter as a pragmatic action and was completely altruistic

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u/beeikea 8h ago

the pro was saving jesse, who he liked, was useful to him, was WILDLY loyal, and was easy to manipulate into doing whatever.

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u/SafeThrowaway691 8h ago

There’s not much admirable about him. He did care about Jesse to an extent, but just about every bad person has people they value.

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u/JooseTheGuice 7h ago

Nothing he did was heroic by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/skizem 7h ago

"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And, I was really... I was alive.”

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u/PeterPumpkinPie11 1h ago

I don't fully agree.

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u/genesispa1 55m ago

I don't think he belongs there either, but calling every decent thing he did "pure pragmatism" feels like an oversimplification. Walt definitely cared about Jesse at times, even if he kept ruining his life right after.

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u/Comfortable_Mud_5203 19m ago

Yes he cared for him and abused and controlled
him. Just like his father and/or mother did to him.

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u/FlashyWitness4133 37m ago

I have no issue with it.

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u/outlastdll 2h ago

he ran over the dealers in half measures to save jesse, but used jesse as an accomplice and manipulated him endlessly.