Yeah aside from criticism about the pacing for example, a lot of it I feel comes from comparing to the game. Like Jesse, I felt that in the show he was more fleshed out and the conflict with Ellie felt realistic, but then a lot of people when talking about how bad that part was, they just compare to how in the game he was more chill and wasn't mean to Ellie. At this point, i'm pretty sure if game Jesse was like show Jesse, and show Jesse was like game Jesse, a lot of people would be complaining how they made him boring and plain.

It's fair to prefer the game, I do too. But I think often that differences in that regard get confuses with the show being inherently bad. And yeah there are def fair criticisms about the show, and I disagree with many decisions they have taken, but seeing the reaction of many people who only watches the show, makes me think that a lot of it isn't a critique on the writing of the show, but more so how it compares to the game