The technology available to old-school video games didn't leave a lot of room for nuance. Which is good considering the few times retro games dove into ethically murky waters and came back up with ...
Human society comes with a great number of diverse opinions, but there are at least some basic ideas we should all be able to agree on: Racism is bad, hate speech is unacceptable, and people who leave shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot are literally the devil.
Sometimes a writer will know they want a beloved character to sacrifice themselves at the end of the second act, but they'll leave the details for later.
Nobody expects celebrities to be exactly the way they portray themselves onscreen. Still, it's always shocking when famous people turn out to be the complete opposite of what they're famous for.
At some point, everybody has felt like they simply couldn't catch a break. But it's going to end eventually, right? Not always. Just look at these stories.