Sorry if this is a stupid question but I genuinely want to find out.
Why does Bojack keep doing bad stuff when he seems (in most cases at least) to not actively want to cause any harm?
Like is it because he never thinks anything through? I had a friend very similar to Bojack, and they kept saying mean shit, but to them it was just “being sincere” and to them it felt like having to filter or think through every single thing they say in order to not be an asshole would take a lot of effort. So maybe it’s like that for Bojack, just automatically doing bad things because he acts on impulses and it’s basically natural to him?
I’d really like to hear what you guys think
This is 100% my personal opinion so please take it with a grain of salt.
I think the biggest reason why BoJack keeps on doing bad things and pushing people away and not trying to get better for the majority of the show, is because he doesn’t believe he can. He thinks he’s a terrible person who’s done so many awful things that even trying to redeem himself is a waste of time, and he’s already so deep in his own hole, there’s no point of trying to dig himself out anymore. That is what I continually felt as I watched the show, especially through the later half. It was a feeling I have a little bit of my own experience with.
That said, I think this is a fascinating question that’s fairly open to interpretation and there aren’t really any wrong answers. BoJack is a complex character in a show filled with them, I think there’s a multitude of reasons and factors for why he is the person he is and why he made the choices he did.