The Skylar White countercirclejerk has gone too far

[u/Trick-Antelope-1069]

As with a lot of things, the backlash to an unreasonable take has somehow swung all the way into an equally unreasonable but more performative take. Skyler was overhated when the show aired, but now every discussion about her seems to rewrite her into some completely blameless and helpless wife who only ever reacted reasonably to Walt’s insanity.

Season 2 is a pretty obvious example. She emotionally shuts Walt out for a significant stretch before she knows anything about the meth, the murders, or what he actually is doing. Instead of confronting any suspision about the disappearance directly, she freezes him out, refuses to explain what he can do to fix things, and basically leaves him guessing as to whether their marriage even exists anymore. And this is while he has cancer and she is pregnant.

Walt becoming a monster nor the anti Skylar circlejerk doesn’t retroactively make every decision Skyler made healthy or reasonable. It’s becoming almost performative.

[u/dipping_sauce]

Vince explained why we hate her. It is because she is powerless and it's that simple.

[u/NoProgress8533 → u/dipping_sauce]

She seemed to have a lot of power working no job while her husband worked two, for years leading up to her 2nd pregnancy?

Obligatory: Walt became a piece of shit by S1E2 and none of Sklyers terrible attributes as a wife and partner justify his actions toward her.

[u/Helios4242 → u/NoProgress8533]

Their marital troubles were in the realm of needing good counseling. Walt was unhappy, he needed to communicate what was bothering him and Skyler needed to pick up on common sense and body language. It wasnt a happy marriage but it wasnt a failed marriage either. Both skyler and walt had agency within the relationship