basically the title. I was thinking how much it must suck to be opie right now, and a weird combination selfishness and trace elements of empathy made me think "if i were him i would be praying that there was something i could do to get a second chance and redeem myself", so anyone got any ideas? seriously, is it possible to undo that many years of damage done by an unlikeable personality and if so, how the fuck would he go about doing that? or is that it, and he has essentially been completely written off as some kind of lesser person who will forever be a figure of hate, either because it's become some sort of weird fun pastime or because he is just unlikeable, and the best thing he could do is slink off into the shadows, never to be heard of again?

I was wracking my brain trying to think of something but it seems like an impossible task. Which aspects of him could be repented and fixed? the lies could be addressed with honesty, he could appear on ants show or whatever and they could hash things out in a free and open and entertaining way, which would gain him some respect again.

And then he could get tons of awesome hilarious guestsand provide an environment where they could all bounce off eachother and create some brilliant entertainment, while he steers the ship but then he will say something douchey and uninformed and the hate will start to boil up again because that is an inescapable aspect of him.

TL;DR: Is it already completely over for opie, or is there still a faint glimmer of actual real hope?