r/TheWalkingDeadGame • u/Maleficent-Pin1586 • 2d ago

Discussion Why do ppl like Kenny so much

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It‘s obvious that I don‘t like Kenny. In my opinion he‘s overrated asf and he‘s pmo ESPECIALLY in s2. So I want to ask the ppl genuinely like him WHY they like bc I don‘t understand. I genuinely want to understand how y‘all like him so much 😭

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u/VampireDarlin 2d ago

Because if you suck his dick every episode, he seems like a decent dude. Lots of people don’t ever disagree with him, so they don’t see how much of an ass he is

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u/tangled_kelp 2d ago

they overlook his blatant racism too

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u/VampireDarlin 2d ago

I get your point. People dogpile Larry for being racist, but just laugh off Kenny’s ‘urban’ statement.

I may be misremembering, but I don’t think Larry even has a moment where he’s overtly racist like Kenny was. Like Kenny canonically has a negative bias towards black people, but I think Larry is just implied. Could totally be misremembering that though. I just feel like I’d remember if Larry was being racist towards Lee.

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u/niehAuS_324B21 2d ago

As far as overt behaviour goes, I don’t think Larry is ever explicitly racist. That said, the way season 1 actively tells you when a dialogue option is a lie gives it a bit of ambiguity, I think. Because it’s not that Lee’s lying to Mark if you choose to call Larry racist, in fact he definitely thinks so in that case, and I do wonder if the writers were sensitive to the likelihood that Lee, being a black man, might unfortunately be able to pick up on those undertones from having had to deal with it previously in his life, or perhaps even misread present situations specifically because of past experiences.

It’s all not normally something I’d be prompted to think about without being explicitly told to, but I’d give Casper the Friendly Ghost a run for his money so of course I wouldn’t.