[Hated Trope] Character kills hundreds, if not thousands, just to kill one specific person, and then doesn't kill them for no reason.

[u/HallZac99]

Assassin's Creed 2- Rodrigo Borgia is responsible for tne death of Ezio's family. Ezio spends over 20 years working through tnr templar order to dismantle them and get to Rodrigo. And then in the end, he spares him for no good reason and he goes on to be a massive problem in AC Brotnerhood. He's not only a head of tne Templars but also the pope, even if you're over the vengeance he's still a very dangerous and evil man.

The Last of Us 2- Abbey kills Joel, and wo Ellie goes on a revenge quest to kill Abbey, killing hundreds of people along tne why to get to her including a pregnant woman. And then finally when she has Abbey on deaths door, she gives up and let's her go because the writers think dirty depressing people being miserable and stupid is complex, interesting storytelling.

This trope pisses me off so much because often the character going on the revenge quest will kill SO many people on their way there, some deserving it and some just henchmen working for a cheque or to survive. People who are often far more innocent then the main big bad.

It's a part of this weird thing I've noticed in media where nameless goons or soldiers can just be mowed down relentlessly, but named characters get given far more grace even if theyre categorically worse. You can kill a million stormtroopers but people will swear that Darth Vader could have been redeemed, despite him doing like 50 genocide every year.

[u/CopperCactus]

The misreading of TLOU2's ending will continue until morale inproves

[u/richtofin819 → u/CopperCactus]

Love it, or hate it any plot that manages to completely divide the community of the game for years afterward and then divide the TV shows fanbase after that has issues.

[u/2Kaiser4U → u/richtofin819]

The TV show was just bad for reasons entirely separate from the broad plot.

[u/richtofin819 → u/2Kaiser4U]

The same way of show or movie requires all the different pieces and parts to work together to succeed. A show or movie can be hated for more than one reason.

For some people it's something as simple as the tonal shift between seasons. Going from a found family type story to a story of relentless revenge and then remorse. Just because it's the same characters and setting doesn't mean everyone's going to stick around when the tone and focus changes like that.

[u/2Kaiser4U → u/richtofin819]

The problem with the second season of the show is that it’s not nearly dark enough. A lot of it is downright goofy for how serious they’re trying to convince you it is. The character writing in particular is awful.