Can't speak for others, but I'm one of those who extremely disliked the "Calming the Carter" scene.
[...] Disarmed the guy, made him submit. [...]
Oh really? Carter didn't look like he submitted. MC put him in a chokehold, that's true. But he managed to tell the MC to fuck off and then he's like "Hrrr-hrrr". Only this unfortunate misunderstanding prevented him from implementing his honest promise to cut Charlotte into pieces.
When Cutter Carter promises something like that, be sure he will get it done.
I would say MC is suspiciously lucky bastard, he not only managed to block the knife with his bare hand, but the cut turned into an innocent scratch. But to me Carter looked like he was full of fire and ready to finish what he started if MC gave him even the slightest chance to free himself.
I believe 90% of people who never killed anyone would feel traumatized after seeing that [...]
Again, it's only my opinion, but Charlotte feeling traumatized and shocked is obviously not what makes this scene annoying. It's totally understandable that she is shocked, scared, dazed and about to pass out. But despite her shock she immediately marked MC as a cold blooded murderer and pulled Emma away from him. Damn! Her brain has failed her but then her guts should tell her that MC is the reason she holds Emma now. He did exchange his life for Emma's a moment before. "You killed him with your bare hands" - she said. Really? That's the problem, bare hands? Okay, it's a problem, lazy ass MC should brought a gun with him and kill Carter in a civilized way.
Agent Fox realized the situation in a second: "You fucking idiot. Now I see why you called me. You need me to protect you from the Hillside's finest before you have an unfortunate accident on some stairs!". Of course there is nothing bad with Carter's death, self defence as it is, but MC is in much more danger now than when he just had a Carter swinging a blade in front of him.
Seems it does ring a bell to Charlotte, she gets her shit together and starts acting to protect him from inevitable "accidental" death. Looks like the initial shock is faded out. And then again, her tough "I can't believe MC killed a policeman, but I have to help him if he's in danger".
Yup. Killed. A policeman. Just out of the blue. Charlie, hasn't you understood yet that your death embodied into that "policeman" and swinged a scythe above the head of yours? And MC is the one who stopped that with his own "bare hands".
Because he is an idiot!
Don't get me wrong, I like the game this much, it's one of my faves, but this is just not the best scene of it.