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My take on this whole thing was that it was clearly well written if it's creating this much discourse after so many years. It's an effective trick in hopeless stories; reuniting with someone you thought was dead or you would never see again only to learn that time has changed them and they aren't the person you remember.
Kenny is an effective character because you see him as a bit of a dumb asshole in the first game but he clearly has good intentions and knows what to do to survive. He shows up in season 2 and it's a huge moment and you think HOLY SHIT ITS KENNY HELL YEAH you got your bro back. But they clearly make it evident that he IS losing it, there's no denying he's far more unhinged than in the first game.
Jane is also a good character because she immediately identifies this. Kenny has survived because his impulses are on point and his emotions control him, where Jane has survived because she has no connections and little moral compass. They're foils of each other. Kenny would 100% die for you, but he would also slaughter someone for something that might be the result of a delusion. Jane would 100% kill you in a heartbeat, but she wouldn't do that unless there was a damn good reason to and you presented yourself as a threat.
In the end, the game worked on me. I was so stoked to have Kenny back, and in the end I shot him. Jane wasn't a good person but in the moment I thought Kenny had finally snapped and was a danger to himself and others.
And I still don't know if that was the right call. And I'll never know because I heard season 3 was shit lol.
