Trevor or Michael?

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just curious to know everyone's preference is.

If we were to assume there was no deathwish ending choice given, and for the ending you are forced to choose between Ending A (trevor) or Ending B (michael), which would you rather pick?

[UnDeadDemon]

I kept all of them alive and got an achievement

[NallyNally!]

Kill Michael, I guess. Trevor has the better ability. Even if it meant no more hanging out ever, but eh. Hanging out is weaksauce in this game anyway.

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Originally posted by UnDeadDemon420:

I kept all of them alive and got an achievement

dude..read the post

[iMoveFasterAlone]

I'd keep Trevor alive. He is so cute.

[［L.Z］stephenyeh]

I would just leave the game there.

[Luxia]

Kill off Trevor, obv

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People would rather kill Michael? wow, that's surprising. I thought option B was the most unpopular option among players.
Kill a murdering psychopath with nothing to lose or kill a family man who's been trying to get away from the life of crime...

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I would absolutely choose to kill Michael. Trevor has been wronged by being lied to and even misled for over a decade. His buddy is a short driving distance away with all of the answers, and living the dream. He attended the funeral of one of his best friends who had substituted another friend in his place. I can't stand Michael or Franklin and if given the option would kill both of them off and give Trevor their split without hesitation. Even after all of this time Trevor still desires to break Brad free and believes he has been in contact with him. Trevor is extremely loyal to Brad and would have been just as loyal to Michael if he hadn't betrayed him. When he realizes Michael is alive he could kill him but still desires to rekindle their friendship. Trevor is dissed non stop by almost everyone he encounters, with the exception of the people he has chosen to take advantage of. Sure, Trevor is an awful human being to many people but for those that he has made a pact with out of friendship the bond is unbreakable. Trevor is the man and I'm currently playing through the story again and will allow everyone to live, but I'll definitely replay the part and kill Michael just because he is a traitor.

[NallyNally!]

@Inconsequential

Fair point, but Michael's ability sucks compared to Trevor's. Plus Michael's family kinda sucks.

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Another way to look at it is that Michael made a deal with the FIB that allowed him to become a family man and have a cash payment each month. He no longer has to work it's just easy street.

Trevor would not have taken this deal. He would absolutely have gone to prison and attempted to escape. Not only that he would have focused on freeing Michael even if it meant death.

One person here is a traitor. Some people refer to him as the family man. A bond was broken so that another bond could be made, and it's obvious that Michael didn't even pay attention to the family he has. Trevor actually shows up and starts doing Michael's job for him as a father. How messed up is that? Trevor is 100% like hell no that's not happening to my family member you are coming with me and we are correcting this right now Michael.

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Originally posted by ezwip:

I would absolutely choose to kill Michael. Trevor has been wronged by being lied to and even misled for over a decade. His buddy is a short driving distance away with all of the answers, and living the dream. He attended the funeral of one of his best friends who had substituted another friend in his place. I can't stand Michael or Franklin and if given the option would kill both of them off and give Trevor their split without hesitation. Even after all of this time Trevor still desires to break Brad free and believes he has been in contact with him. Trevor is extremely loyal to Brad and would have been just as loyal to Michael if he hadn't betrayed him. When he realizes Michael is alive he could kill him but still desires to rekindle their friendship. Trevor is dissed non stop by almost everyone he encounters, with the exception of the people he has chosen to take advantage of. Sure, Trevor is an awful human being to many people but for those that he has made a pact with out of friendship the bond is unbreakable. Trevor is the man and I'm currently playing through the story again and will allow everyone to live, but I'll definitely replay the part and kill Michael just because he is a traitor.

It was never Michael's intention to get anyone else involved. If you paid attention, the whole scheme with Dave Norton was simply to fake Michael's own death so he could just run away from the group and start a new life with his family. Meanwhile Trevor and Brad could have esecaped and just continued on with their life of crime.
But in the end police overwhelmed them, Norton shot Brad instead of Michael by accident while Trevor survived by himself.
Yes, Michael is also an ass for lying even when Trevor found out and went to the grave but he'd rather do that than reveal his scheme with Norton. It's also why Michael has such a sad level of self-esteem, when his family relationship still got ruined anyway even after moving to Los Santos.


IMO I prefer to look from a morality standpoint. As far as this concerns, Trevor literally kills and torments people who arent at fault and does stuff without reason at times. An absolute psychopath. Kidnapping a random celebrity for nothing then killing him by train (the canon choice btw), Just barging into an innocent man's house, using threats as usual, then later killing him and his wife in their own home.
Later going to the strip club and killing the innocent owner of the place just so he can selfishly take over. Or how about in the very intro when he just bangs another guy's chick then later kills the guy in the most painful fashion. Trevor never shows a single shred of regret or empathy in anything he does and likely will never change.
There's nothing to justfiy about all these, it's just plain depraved immoral actions. Such acts even Michael and Franklin normally wouldnt do.

Meanwhile Michael at least, wanted to try to be better, to stay away from all the bad stuff for the good of his family. He knew his actions were wrong. Ultimately, he did turn over a new leaf at the end of the game by 'retiring' and reconciling with his loved ones.


Also if you want to talk about not being loyal, Trevor is no better, lying to Wade about his cousin. It can even be said he's a little bias in who he really treats as a friend (Michael, Franklin), while others he treat more as slaves to do his bidding. Trevor would lie to Ron probably, in the same way if he had to about something.



Well lastly, to look at a very general standpoint, all three protagonsits deserved to die anyway. The amount of havoc and mass killings they've caused is more than enough to justify a death sentence if caught and charged.

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After Trevor tortures the guy he takes him to the airport and tells him to never come back. When he helps the FIB he steals their helicopter and spray paints curse words all over it. He's a one man army that will take on every criminal element that challenges him, including the FIB. Everything that he is doing can be justified in some way. An example would be that he really does feel Debra has dominated Floyd and is controlling him. Trevor simply does the same thing but cares for Floyd, as twisted as that approach is. Wade is obviously slow, and could not handle the truth. It would end his friendship with Wade and he may even have to kill him so he lies. Trevor is running a criminal enterprise and has no mercy for anyone that is not on his side. When he steals the mans wife he falls in love with her head over heels. Trevor could have been a true family man where as Michael squandered the opportunity and focused on his self. Rockstar is a trippy company and I like how they have people calling Michael the family man but at the same time in the background it's clear that Trevor wanted that life and wouldn't have betrayed anyone to obtain it. He would have did it his way, or death. It didn't matter to him who he had to go up against. A true and fair pirate. Chivalry is not dead with Trevor.

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Originally posted by ezwip:

. Trevor could have been a true family man

ok, you lost me there. I get you have your favourites, but try to see things from a non-biased perspective. NONE of the characters are perfect. Trevor being by far the least.

[RageMojo]

Are people who havnt even played it giving advice? You get more money if you kill Trevor, but if you do the assisination missions right, money is not an issue. And you dont lose anyone so regardless of who you kill, they are there once you are kicked back to free roam.

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Originally posted by lnconsequentiaI:

Originally posted by ezwip:

. Trevor could have been a true family man

ok, you lost me there. I get you have your favourites, but try to see things from a non-biased perspective. NONE of the characters are perfect. Trevor being by far the least.

Rockstar paints Trevor as the one that is all about family, but passively. It's subtle but right there just under the surface the whole time.