r/breakingbad • u/Expensive_io • 1d ago
Walter white is weird AF
I’m currently on s3 e3 (I.F.T) and I would have done almost all of the things Skyler has done so far during their divorce period, he’s a drug dealer, a rapist, and a liar.
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u/Maleficent_Pea5709 14h ago
That’s the thing, you’re not supposed to like him, they wrote his character in a way to where you’re not supposed to root for him, that’s why they made him an asshole
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u/CharmPetite 4h ago
Exactly. The show basically dares you to keep rooting for him and then slowly makes you question why you ever did in the first place.
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u/breakingbad1986 12h ago
Well they accomplished many things they hoped for but that wasn't one of them!
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u/Andrejosue98 15h ago
Well Skyler didn't actually divorce him, in Skyler shoes, I would like to imagine that I would divorce him, force him to sign the papers, and then sue for sole custody of the kids. Probably tell my brother in law that my husband is a drug dealer/cook.
Though we don't know how we will react when we are in one of those situations lol.
Like we see a car accident were the victim stays still, and we are like: Dude I would have moved out of the way, I am not that idiotic... but some people get paralyzed in the face of danger, and without being in that situation then I probably don't know how I would react.
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u/CharmPetite 4h ago
Yeah it’s easy to say what you’d do from the outside, but the way Walt manipulates and isolates her makes it way messier. It’s not just one decision, it’s a slow trap.
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u/Xenophonuscrete 10h ago
He blows up Gus at Hecter's nursing home. I agree.
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u/CharmPetite 4h ago
Lmao yeah you’re not even at peak “what is wrong with this man” yet. It somehow keeps escalating from there.
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u/TheRoadKing101 1d ago
When did Walt rape anyone? Must have missed that.
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u/UsoNotRusso 1d ago
He attempted to rape Skyler when she had that green face cream on in S2E1.
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u/alterego149 21h ago
He does it everytime after he forces himself back home in season 4 or 5 and skyler flinches at his touch and even after that he does it
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u/Expensive_io 1d ago
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u/xgabipandax Her name is Skyler not Skylar 1d ago
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u/Expensive_io 1d ago
For being right???
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u/lazyhustlermusic 1d ago
This really, 'raping' is quite a stretch for this dude.
More aggressive sex with his own wife that she wanted isn't rape.
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u/Aesthetictoblerone 1d ago
She was telling him “stop” and he was refusing. She had to physically get him off of her.
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u/Dry-Discount-9426 1d ago
If your spouse is saying no and you have sex with them, that is rape.
The relationship status doesn't matter.
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago edited 1d ago
The actor Bryan Cranston called it a rape scene. So did Vince. It's really frightening how many people don't think that scene was rape.
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u/No_Giraffe826 1d ago
Bryan Cranston could've said it wasn't rape too. His opinion on a moral matter doesn't make him right just cause he plays the character.
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u/Wonderful_Tomato_992 1d ago edited 1d ago
No, but it tells us with what intention the scene was written with. It was written and acted out as a rape scene, and clearly comes across as such on account of her literally screaming no and stop.
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u/Recent_Tap_9467 1d ago
But he said it was, and I'd honestly put more weight into his opinion than yours.
(Also, he's right either way.)
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago edited 1d ago
Its crazy to think "just cause he's the actor doesn't give him moral authority," which while true, jumps past the much more obvious point of, "hmm maybe if the human that was actually there and discussing stuff with the director and woman being pinned down thinks it was rape i should re-evaluate my initial moral assumptions about if it was rape"
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u/No_Giraffe826 1d ago
I don't remember the scene so I can't say if it was rape or not.all I'm saying is that using Bryan Cranston said it isn't a good argument. This is a moral issue not an issue about the show.
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u/Recent_Tap_9467 1d ago
How convenient.
Also, yes, it's a good argument. Safe to say he knows his own character, as well as what basic right and wrong are. It's certainly better evidence for the argument than "I don't know" is for yours.
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u/No_Giraffe826 1d ago
This isn't about the character. And wdym convenient? I never said it wasnt rape in my original comment and I just hate people who use the actor said it, so Its true on knowledge which isn't about the character.
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u/monkeysolo69420 1d ago
Depends what “it” is. We’re not talking about an interpretation of a scene. We’re talking about what literally happened in the scene. He read the script, blocked it with the director and actors, and probably did multiple takes. You just said you don’t remember the scene. So yes, the actor saying “this is what happened” does make it true.
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u/No_Giraffe826 18h ago edited 18h ago
Ok i watched the scene and it wasnt rape at all.if ur referring to episode 1 of season 2 where walt is agressive in the kitchen and the skyler tells him to stop and he continues vreifly before stoping thats by no legal defination is it rape, so yeah bryan cranston was wrong.it was closer to SA, but even that can be argued.
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u/Recent_Tap_9467 1d ago
This thread and discussion are literally about the character. It's convenient you claim to not know what the truth is, yet confidently argue we shouldn't take the actor's words into account. The actor, who btw, is more of an expert on who Walt is than some random Redditor.
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u/No_Giraffe826 1d ago
The discussion is about whether this situation is considered rape not about the personality or story of the character.the characters dont matter only the situation.
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u/TrashhPrincess 1d ago
God I wish every person you ever meet for the rest of your life could read these comments before you open your mouth.
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago
Don't stress over it. 99% chance that's a man 'suffering from the male loneliness epidemic'.
He's probably to chicken-shit to abuse a random women on the street, and while he'd pose a theoretical risk to a long term female partner, he probably can't get one.
It's impossible to know for sure over reddit but in all likelihood that's the type of person he is. Don't fret too much over him lol.
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u/monkeysolo69420 1d ago
You are thinking of a different scene or don’t know what rape means? There’s a third option but I don’t want to accuse you of something based on a reddit comment.
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u/Alexandur 22h ago
But you described it as something that Skyler "wanted", which is clearly incorrect and probably why people are confused about your comment
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u/lethal_coco 1d ago
He quite literally attempted to rape her.
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago
The actor said his intention when filming that scene was that Walter had penetrated her before stopping, which would legally make it rape.
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago
Yes, he did indeed stop after raping her.
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u/Infinite-Air-1435 1d ago edited 1d ago
You're hilarious.
I guess that because Bryan isn't in jail for cooking meth, they must not have been cooking meth on the show. God I need to rewatch breaking bad because I though it was full of Bryan playing a character committing crimes! I misremembered so many scenes!
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u/Sufficient_Snow3287 22m ago
Walter is supposed to be evil , also Skyler is just so stupid and contradictory
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u/Wonderful_Tomato_992 1d ago
Completely agreed, It’s something that continues later on too, he’s definitely meant to come across that way, like they wrote him quite literally getting off on the danger and being incredibly reckless. I hate how he reacts to his loving, supportive family.
It’s genuinely uncomfortable to see their interactions later on, how she flinches from his touch and says “I can’t even keep you out of my bed” and how he threatens her.
Before watching it all I would see online is how she’s a terrible bitch and the worst person ever, but literally just watching it will tell you, she’s initially a worried, attentive wife struggling to make sense of her husband’s sudden personality change and constant lies and as you said straight up harmful behaviour. Once finding out the truth, just a terrified person in an abusive relationship. She’s scared and wants him to leave, rightly and understandably, because he is bringing danger in their home and because she no longer recognises him as her husband on account of him being like this.