Okay so after a little while of reading your hot takes, I’m going to say mine
Trigger warning. Opinions
Crackle is arguably the worst written character in the show, he comes off as an asshole with a “tragic story” that excuses his bad actions.
“But via, shadowsan has a tragic story and he has done bad things”
Shadowsan actually had some good character development throughout the series that HE made himself and not because of a memory wipe, he actually had to learn from his past.
“Oh but via, you like Paper Star and Tigress and they are irredeemable assholes”
Keyword; irredeemable, characters like Paper star and Tigress are meant to be written as irredeemable assholes, however they have personality outside of VILE and Carmen (for example if you remember both VILE and Carmen from the picture, Sheena will be seen as somewhat of a mean girl with potential for a backstory, or for paper star, a quiet yet intimidating girl that again, has potential for a backstory) if you remove VILE and Carmen from crackle, he’s just a regular guy who works at the Sydney opera house. His energy character revolves around Carmen and VILE.
And don’t get me started on his “saving Carmen arc” because in my opinion it’s just him trying to save Carmen because she was forced into it, he didn’t bring this concern up to the faculty nor any other operatives, and keep in mind most of the time we see him and Carmen interact was when he was brainwashed, so of course he’s gonna see a softer side to her. If another VILE operative were to help save Carmen, it’ll be more interesting because said operative would’ve known Carmen as their enemy, not a friend and that is how they could be redeemed because they see first hand how much evil Carmen can actually affect VILE
I’m sorry if that’s not a clear augment for why I believe this character is badly written.
And finally. They ending. Oh my goodness the ending. The fact crackle got off Scott free annoys me so much, he never outright took accountability for his past and instead hit us with “I don’t want to complicate Carmen’s life” that line pissed me off. I feel like I could excuse all of this if crackle took accountability and went to prison
Anyway. That’s my hot take, no hate to any crackle fans because most of you are chill, however I hope you can respect my opinion on this
Thanks for listening to my analysis
