[Dead Watcher]

Originally Posted by darknessofheart

I will say that, while I understand why people are annoyed that the Stranger will always find fault with you, the choices can change many players' perspective on him. For those who stole the food, many of them felt bad for the guy because they felt Lee ruined his life (not really the truth, but there it is).

Those who never stole the food and didn't put anyone in harm's way through choice see the Stranger as far more psychotic, selfish, and evil who was simply looking for someone to put his own faults and mistakes on, found Lee to do so, torture and kill him to make himself feel better, and then take Clem in order start his family again and kill the group to gain revenge. Depending on their choices, many people can see the Stranger as either a victim or purely insane with Lee as his victim.

Either way, the Stranger was purely self-serving as all his actions were aimed at making himself feel better through revenge, abducting Clem through deception and manipulation to regain what he lost, and even decapitating his wife's head and keeping it in a bag to have someone to vent to; that's even worse then what Crawford did with the barricade.

Overall, I liked the fact that your thoughts on the Stranger may be different during that whole sequence when he is telling you his story depending on your choices, primarily the whole station wagon decision. Some feel sorry for him because they did steal his food, while others just get more pissed and creeped out at him because they did nothing wrong and see the guy as nothing more than a self loathing and serving villain who was on the prowl for any poor soul to take his anger out on.

If the food hadn't been taken and no one was put in harm's way then the stranger would seem even more out of place.