Jesse Pinkman: Character Meme
pickamix asked me to do my Character Meme for Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman. I told her that I'd hold off until I finished Breaking Bad. Well, DUNZO!!! So, I'm doing the meme. It's a little surprising that my first true BB meta is about Jesse. I liked Jesse OK- but he wasn't a fave of mine. My top four characters on the show were Walt, Hank, Skylar, and Gus
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I really agree that Andrea's appeal to Jesse was Brock and a family life. However, you know, one of the hypocrisies in Jesse's character is that he was falling all over himself trying to be a major figure in Brock's life. Meanwhile, he had an adorable little brother who idolized him at home who Jesse ignored because he didn't want to abide by his parents' decent, law-abiding values. I think the show clearly dissects why Walt's FAMILY IS EVERYTHING AND THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN GO TO HELL IF IT BENEFITS MY FAAAAMMMMILY is evil. And I loved the show's dissection of Doing Everything For Your FAAAAAMMMILY because that's atypical for fiction but it's unexplored territory that should be explored because Walt's and Uncle Jack's philosophies are fucked up and IMO, common in reality. However, Jesse doing everything he could to run away from his blood relatives wasn't great. He didn't need to run around to find any substitute father figure and substitute little brother figure on the streets. And that played its part in really hurting him.
I also agree that a lot of Mike's fondness for Jesse was Mike's loathing of Walt. However, at least, there was some complete element of just looking out for Jesse's best interest. Walt had that element to but it was so twisted by a Walt's permanent desire to twist and manipulate Jesse into whatever Walt needed at any time- healthy substitute son, Luca Brasi, sacrificial lamb, etc.
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