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The fandom does treat Walker like the WORST monster on the planet, which is insane cause all he is, is an asshole, and that mostly because he acts mean and also cause he's mocking Bob at times in Thunderbolts*, like I rewatched TFATWS, but I don't think Walker's bad enough to warrant such hate, he's a little cocky but who wouldn't be if they became a substitute for Steve Rogers while being an average human man without the super soldier serum and just training. Yes he isn't necessarily a good (great) man like Steve and Sam are, but he is still very much not EVIL as people treat him, I'm not a big fan but I like his complexity, and all he did do was beat to death a terrorist for being part of the group that killed his best friend, he does get to live with the guilt of killing another and not the one responsible and also lying about it to Lemar's parents. I do get the part he's disliked for being a bad husband and father but he gets hate like he's killed thousands and beat up his family, like, there's a fine line between hating for valid reasons and hating just to hate. He's proud and cocky, but most of these weren't as bad, they were mostly enhanced by the serum as it is said in CA:TFA, the serum enhances characteristics of whatever nature, and in John's case his cockiness and pride, but either way he gets too much hate despite it all, he's still far more better than plenty characters. I don't see freaking Odin, or Bob's dad, or THANOS, get this much hate, not even Quill gets this much hate when he's basically the reason they couldn't defeat Thanos in Infinity War, so like, the hate for John Walker is too much. I'd really like to know the reason people hate him so much of anyone of y'all does!!