5 Shocking Movie/TV Character Betrayals (That Make No Sense)

But ... wait. Supers have been illegal for years. Pretty much everyone already distrusts them, which is the whole reason the Deavors were supposedly trying to improve their reputation in the first place. And now her problem is that people are too reliant on superheroes? What the hell is she talking about? She already won! Society already agreed with her! She is literally creating the problem she claims to be dedicated to solving.

Even more baffling, Evelyn chooses a scary, faceless entity to communicate her message, thereby creating a way for supers to unite with the community against her. The whole thing makes it look like she got confused and forgot her plan half way through. Or like her actions are based entirely around making sure the standard blockbuster plot twist shows up on the right page of the screenplay.

But then Han reveals he actually knew Beckett would betray him, so he fed him a fake plan! The coaxium they have is the real deal, and Vos' goons have been drawn away to check out the fakes. This new piece of info convinces Beckett to then double-cross Vos, killing the remaining guards to steal the coaxium for himself. It's meant to be shocking, but it's only surprising since it's totally contradictory to everything Beckett's done so far.

The whole point of betraying Han was that Beckett didn't want a "target on his back" (his wife even died earlier for this exact reason). But now, for some reason, Beckett no longer cares. He says he'll just "take his chances," and takes off. And how far did he actually expect to get with the coaxium? He isn't even able to get away from Han, who catches up with him on foot shortly after the twist. If you can't escape some lone dude trudging after you through sand, maybe you're not ready to try to betray a criminal empire.

Even more annoying is that Han's double-cross of the double-cross also doesn't make sense. Like, what if Beckett didn't betray him? Then Vos would get the real goods, while everyone else would get killed. And what makes Han so sure Vos would send all of his guards away? It stands to reason that a powerful member of Crimson Dawn would probably keep tons of people around him at all times. Maybe Chewie should be captain instead.

It's supposed to be an emotional moment when Queenie joins Grindelwald, complete with swells of sad music. Oh no, she's been manipulated! How tragic that even someone like her could get drawn into his cause. Especially since, and this seems important, she's a mind reader. She ... couldn't read his thoughts? Or the thoughts of some of his associates or followers? Seems like it'd actually be pretty hard to manipulate somebody like that.

Even if we write off magic completely, Queenie literally watches Grindelwald disintegrate people, as her own friends and family narrowly avoid the flames. That doesn't clue her in that the guy's up to no good? Obviously the whole thing is supposed to parallel how real-world destructive movements draw "good" people in, but this is another example of how such metaphors get messy when magic and/or magical creatures get mixed in. The result is that one of only a few prominent female characters in this series hears a genocidal monster talk and says, "WELL MAYBE HE HAS A POINT ..."

But that's just the thing. If the pair were such good friends, why in the world would this be how Carl chose to get the codes? It's established that he had no intention for Sam to die, and Sam had only just started noticing the account problems. A mugging would have traumatized both Sam and Molly even if no one had died, and might even have drawn more attention to Carl's laundering. Carl basically thought, "Oh damn, I might get caught for my crimes! Better cover things up with even more conspicuous crimes."

Keep in mind, Carl is close enough to the couple that he's the only friend Molly takes comfort in after Sam's death. He's shown to frequent their apartment, so surely he could have found a moment when Sam would be distracted to swipe the codes. I mean, he wouldn't bring them with him to take a dump, for instance, unless he's the most dedicated employee in the world. If Carl wants to hire a criminal so he doesn't get his hands dirty, fine. Simply lure the couple out of their home for a fancy dinner, then have Willy steal the codes from their apartment while everyone is safely away. There are so many options here! But instead he gets his friend killed, and he himself later winds up getting jumped by a demon gang.

Which, by the way, is a bizarrely horrific scene that seems to come from an entirely different movie about ghosts.

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And then there's Varys, the show's other alleged expert manipulator (there were a lot of characters who were kind of the same guy). His whole thing is using information as a weapon, always keeping people guessing which side he's on. But by Season 8, years after the writers realized they had run out of things for him to do, they threw in a clumsy failed betrayal. He blabs all of his treasonous plans to a guy who is well-known to be honorable, and who is also dating the subject of the betrayal. It's like he forgot "Master of Whisperers" insinuates that you're supposed to be quiet about your mastery. He then gets cooked by a dragon.

But if we're going to talk about stupid Game Of Thrones treachery, we have to talk about Jon and Daenerys. After spending the first 70 or so episodes freeing slaves and being a stern but pure-hearted leader, the show threw in one final shocking twist in which Daenerys betrays, well, everyone, going on a citywide murder-spree for no reason whatsoever. Wait, did I say that was the final shocking twist? Hold onto your butts, because the series is actually capped with one last one -- John waltzing into the throne room, embracing Daenerys, and (TWIST!) stabbing her to death. But see, he didn't have any other choice, and neither did Dany, as both were acting on the oldest and most powerful motive there is: the knowledge that these were the final episodes, and they had to wrap this thing up.

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