Look in all seriousness you can't redeem a character without showing them being pathetic, deep loser energy. There are no cool redemption arcs. They have to be in the trenches. They have to hate themselves for the mistakes they made. They have to apologize and take whatever is given be it forgiveness or a punch to the jaw. ONLY then will the redemption arc be actually good because it will be cathartic. And then they get to see the good things, they get to be touched gently and held while they sleep.

These things can overlap, even into a circle but without the pathetic loser boy saga your redemption arc will feel hollow.

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝓊𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝐵𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃

ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕋𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕪𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕘