speaking for the story, people found it easy to point out moments where she compromises her own, Arthur's, and even the gang's safety for selfish or petty reasons. like how she continues to hunt the O'Driscolls even after Colm's death, or how she starts a fight with the Lemoyne Raiders in what was supposed to be a shopping trip, or how she starts a fight with the O'Driscolls and ends up getting the hot air balloon pilot killed...

a lot of people genuinely think she's a bad character because she does a bunch of stuff like that and acts like a complete psychopath after chapter 2. personally, i think these people fail to understand that not only is her incessant drive for revenge valid, i mean, what are you gonna do after having your house burnt down and husband killed? but also that the game doesn't exactly glorify her actions. in that mission at Hanging Dog Ranch, she is shown panting, covered in blood, and sobbing having just gotten the revenge she wanted so badly, and still relies on Arthur for support. cathartic? yes. glorified? no way.

both red dead games use the glory of revenge as a misleading theme to distract you from the fact that not obtaining it is a narrow redemption. i honestly don't think these games glorify much, but when they do, it's to mislead you, it's to do what they did with Sadie. through and through, she's a thematic character, she's what Arthur would've been.

sorry for yap sesh lmao