re: Why do we hate Skyler White with such purple passion?

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This is the correct answer. She used Walt's criminal activities and the safety of Walt Jr. as the complaint for her losing power

We didn't grow to hate Skylar, in fact the show tried very hard to make her sympathetic as time went on. But she was horrible from the beginning. Walt was a giant pussy and she belittled him. Walt didn't change because of money but power and she resented the fact she could no longer walk all over him. Their whole dynamic is not about the money or drugs but a simple power play.

Once Walt became Heisenberg she felt powerless. She was a controlling despot in the home and as much desirable of power and control as Walt. Her way of power was their relationship and the household, Walt's was through meth selling and the typical male way, making money.

So she not only was a hypocrite but emasculated him and she revelled in it. When Walt was no longer the pushover, she not only couldn't handle it but lost her love for him. She married and wanted the guy who walked away from Gray Matter. She never stood by her man unless he was weak.

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I think Vince Gilligan is the kind of weak person that thinks he's writing her as a strong woman.
If he's married, his relationship is probably like that, or even worse, his parents were like that.