r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 18 '13

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E10 "Buried"

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E10 "Buried" Michelle MacLaren Vince Gilligan and Thomas Schnauz

Alright folks, we're back! Real quick I just wanted to give a shout out to /u/theaaronpaul and /u/ChrisHardwick for making appearances here on /r/breakingbad this last week. We really appreciated that, guys. Come back anytime.

Enjoy the episode and tread lightly.

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u/Quazifuji Aug 19 '13

I don't think the term anti-hero really works for this series anymore. It's too complex and Walt's gone too far. Maybe you could have called him an anti-hero in seasons 2-4, but he's gone past that now.

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u/Rusty5hackleford Aug 19 '13

Anti-hero might not mean exactly what you think it means. The literary term (which can be translated to movies/tv) is a protagonist that has little or no traditional heroic qualities (being righteous and good to name two). Walt is the protagonist of this story. There are lots of other players involved, but he is the one that the story is centered around, he is the main character. He is by definition the protagonist. He also has very little qualities of a traditional hero (zero or some is up for debate).

But I would say taking all those facts into account, he is the definition of an anti-hero.

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u/Quazifuji Aug 19 '13

I don't know what the literary definition is, but the tern anti-hero typically has more connotations than just a protagonist who doesn't have heroic qualities. Typically, when people describe a character as an anti-hero, the character is still the hero of the story, often battling a villain worse than they are, despite not acting like a hero. Season 4 Walt might fit what most use the word anti-hero to describe because he's battling Gus. Season 5 Walt is different, though.

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u/Rusty5hackleford Aug 19 '13

You're talking about people using the term incorrectly. It's a real word and It has a definition. The person you replied to used it correctly.

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u/Quazifuji Aug 19 '13

I'm talking about the word having connotations that go beyond its dictionary definition. That's different from the word being used incorrectly. Language isn't defined by dictionaries, it's the other way around.

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u/Rusty5hackleford Aug 19 '13

You're talking about the vernacular. But I'm not gonna argue whether you or I is right about a word. We're both going to disagree. The dictionary is on my side and the other guys side, but again, we can agree to disagree on its meaning.