Forgive me if this has been done to death here, I’m relatively new to this sub. I personally always felt it was more poetically beautiful for Bojack to die. The tragic (anti)hero meeting his end after a chaotic life of destruction to himself and everyone around him. I don’t hate the ending we have, but I always felt there was a certain beauty and closure that felt right
It has. Dw about it though.
A big and recurring theme of the show is consequences and dealing with them. Bojack dying would’ve absolved him of any and all the consequences of his actions. Like, sure, he’s had a sad life and has done some bad shit which he regrets, but that doesn’t give him a pass to kill himself and not have to deal with the full fallout of those actions.
I disagree about it being poetic or beautiful. It also sends a wrongful message that suicide is a “get out of jail free” card. I really don’t think this is something that we should be preaching to our audiences.