So I'm just going to point out that if you go back and watch the scene with Walker getting discharged from the Army the terms of his OTH discharge explicitly say he's never allowed to serve as an agent of the US government again
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"It's great! I didn't realize -- the stuff I got fired from being an inspirational superhero for, if you're an antihero they actually *pay you to do that* In this job it's not a 'red flag' it's a *positive*"
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(This could apply equally well to washing out of the military and ending up an assassin for a supervillain crime syndicate *or* ending up a beat cop in an urban Black neighborhood)
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Like seriously I'm pretty sure people have talked about washing out of the military for being unstable and violent and then getting a job as a cop immediately afterwards The dude who shot Tamir Rice had been fired from another police department for that reason
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I'm confused about where this scene was taking place.
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Isn't it the same hall where both he and Sharon had their hearings?
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I agree with all this, and think it ties nicely into what part of what Walker represents thematically for the show ie the shady shit the US does. But I thought it would have landed better if they had left him broken after his discharge, then had these two Val scenes 1/2
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...rather than try and have him “redeemed” in the middle. I think what happens to him is tragic and makes a statement (broken men get used by dark forces) but the “redemption” scenes try to pivot him to being an uncomplicated hero, and then the last scene is played like...
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Oh Lord. I get the suspicious feeling this is exactly how Liefeld reacts when he unveils a new "creation".
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