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At this point I'm kinda fed up with how TV shows treat abused boys who have to use aggression as their anger outlet because they have no other option; best examples: Billy Hargrove (Stranger Things) or Montgomery De la Cruz (13 reasons why).

Both of these boys are getting beaten regularly by their fathers and since they are either POC and/or poorer than the protagonists of their respective show they don't feel like they are able to get help, which leads to them resorting to violence, aggression or even sexual assault. (I am in no way trying to justify rape here, don't get me wrong, I just want to highlight that if you do that at the age of 17, you really need help) But then both of them get the chance to redeem themselves, to become a better person and to move past what they have been before: Billy through El showing him that he can be loved, that he can do something good in this world and save the people important to him, which he ultimately does. Monty meets Winston, who maybe could have helped him to come out, to come to terms with who he is, and to replace negative emotions with positive ones (and let's be honest, redemption through love is one of the coolest tropes in existence).

You can notice a change in both of these people, but before they and the audience can go on this journey of self-betterment, recovery and redemption they are killed off "for the plot's sake" (giving Max Trauma and framing a murder on Monty so the actual murderer doesn't need to face consequences).

And I'm really not okay with this because it gives off the feeling of, if you do bad stuff once, it doesn't matter how much you would like to change, you can't, and before you have the chance to even go one step in the right direction, you will be killed off so the story is more convenient for the "good" people.

Also I would much rather see a story about a more-or-less relatable character trying to overcome his past and wrong doings, going on that long journey and in the end emerging as a better person, than yet another story about self-rightious do-gooders who think everyone else but them is beyond redemption.