I saw an interesting comment today that said that Bojack befriending Vance Waggoner makes him a worse person, he should’ve chosen to be alone instead of letting Vance talk to him. I personally see it as more of a gray area, Vance Waggoner doesn’t benefit that much from Bojack (until horny unicorn) and everyone hated Bojack anyway so it’s not like Bojack was helping Vance’s image or giving, as Diane said to Ana, “the cover of your friendship”. Bojack felt close to relapse and alone and so far we hadn’t seen Vance Waggoner rub off on Bojack to do Vance-level stuff so Bojack didn’t even let Vance corrupt him further. So personally, I think that since Bojack wasn’t liked by the public, he wasn’t improving Vance’s image or saying the stuff he did is okay, he just used the only companionship he had. It’s not like he hurt anyone in his life really by being friends with Vance since his only friend left was Peanutbutter. But then again the horrible stuff Vance did was presented in a comedic manner so maybe it’s hard to wrap one’s head around how incredibly awful of a person Vance would translate to in real life.

So what do you guys think, is letting a bad person lift up your spirits morally wrong? Have you ever had a “Vance” in your life, a friend who helped you out at your lowest and you accepted their help and friendship even though they were a bad person/had bad political views/did bad things in the past/things you didn’t think were right? I personally have, with someone whose political beliefs I found horrible. I parted ways with that person once I started doing better, but man did I really need them at the time.