Hating TWD kids/teens
Honestly, I don’t get the hate towards the kids/teens in TWD. Maybe the only child I can understand it for is Lizzie because she was mentally ill. But even then, she wasn’t evil on purpose, she was sick. Anyway, I think hating a child who grew up in the apocalypse, lost their family, or faced abuse, and acts out because of their trauma, fear, or unstable emotions, just isn’t fair.
Take Sam, for example. Yes, he might be annoying, but he was abused by his father, and neither of his parents taught him anything about the walkers. They were hiding behind Alexandria’s walls for so long, what do you expect him to do? Laugh at walkers? Carol scaring him made things worse, and it caused his death and his family’s.
As for Ron, sure, he’s a bit annoying, but he’s a teenager who lost his girlfriend to another guy, dealt with trauma from his abusive father, and saw his mom go through the same. Later, his dad was killed. Yes, his dad was awful, but he was still his father, the person who brought him into this world and maybe cared for him at some point. I can understand why Ron was upset.
Carl was also a kid when the outbreak started. He had to shoot Shane, who was close to him and took care of him for a while. Then he witnessed his mother’s death and had to shoot her so she wouldn’t turn. He went through horrible things, almost got assaulted, lost one of his eyes, and saw many people die in front of him. Enid went through similar things too. Honestly, I don’t understand the hate toward her. I don’t remember her doing anything wrong.
I don’t want to go on for too long, but in my opinion, if you hate a kid for acting annoying or making dumb decisions because of their trauma, it feels like a contradiction when some fans love other characters who did the same, like Carol, Maggie, and even Daryl after Glenn’s death, along with others.
Honestly, I don’t get the hate towards the kids/teens in TWD. Maybe the only child I can understand it for is Lizzie because she was mentally ill. But even then, she wasn’t evil on purpose, she was sick. Anyway, I think hating a child who grew up in the apocalypse, lost their family, or faced abuse, and acts out because of their trauma, fear, or unstable emotions, just isn’t fair.
Take Sam, for example. Yes, he might be annoying, but he was abused by his father, and neither of his parents taught him anything about the walkers. They were hiding behind Alexandria’s walls for so long, what do you expect him to do? Laugh at walkers? Carol scaring him made things worse, and it caused his death and his family’s.
As for Ron, sure, he’s a bit annoying, but he’s a teenager who lost his girlfriend to another guy, dealt with trauma from his abusive father, and saw his mom go through the same. Later, his dad was killed. Yes, his dad was awful, but he was still his father, the person who brought him into this world and maybe cared for him at some point. I can understand why Ron was upset.
Carl was also a kid when the outbreak started. He had to shoot Shane, who was close to him and took care of him for a while. Then he witnessed his mother’s death and had to shoot her so she wouldn’t turn. He went through horrible things, almost got assaulted, lost one of his eyes, and saw many people die in front of him. Enid went through similar things too. Honestly, I don’t understand the hate toward her. I don’t remember her doing anything wrong.
I don’t want to go on for too long, but in my opinion, if you hate a kid for acting annoying or making dumb decisions because of their trauma, it feels like a contradiction when some fans love other characters who did the same, like Carol, Maggie, and even Daryl after Glenn’s death, along with others.