You can kick as much as you want, but that doesn't change the fact that WW is a mediocre character, he was created for that.
Just as Rachel and Wangnan are despicable and annoying, this is the goal of SIU, to show that the side effect of creating the beastkin is precisely this stereotyped instinct taken to the extreme. Also because a real dog will not be loyal while being mistreated or cats are not insensitive monsters either. SIU just exaggerated the concepts for her narrative.
You may like WW, but it doesn't make any sense to defend his actions and put him as the hero of this flashback or worse, the victim, because the victim here is NN and the kids.
I love Yasratcha, but that doesn't make him any less of a son of a bitch than he is. lmao
You just don't get it, bro. /s
- no one faulted Nazi police dogs for being loyal
- but they did fault Himmler
Pick one, you can't have both:
- WW is *just* a dog, and is just following his programming. Roomba's aren't commendable for following their programming. Neither are meat puppets as robots. WW doesn't get a pat on his back as going above and beyond, because he's just doing what dogs do.
or
- WW has human emotions. He's well aware of concepts of decorum, fear, loyalty, betrayal, desire, concern, spite, manipulation, and so on. All higher-tier thoughts that mere dogs don't have, nor comprehend. WW is aware of his actions relevant to others. This awareness of others dogs don't have, and baby humans have to develop. As a higher being, his good actions are commendable and his bad actions are reprehensible.
Now, WW obviously has elements of both, but you can't argue he's not aware of the higher concepts in the later part.
You can't say he's commendable for just being a dog (whoopee) in the human sense because humans know better than to, say, be loyal to a gangster and know to take care of their family as a higher priority than where their next meal is coming from and so on.
An ACTUAL admirable trait would have been to forcibly override his instincts to selflessly act for others instead of himself - as he did until the final moment when he FINALLY acted for others (too little too late - the chance to save himself had already passed anyways). That's what makes a hero, someone that puts themselves and their selfish desires of want and respect and self-protection SECONDARY to others.
But all of this shouldn't need saying, because this shit is common sense.