the whole series is told that way... but thank you for knowing and recognizing the similarities...

Maximus is hard to get a read on because a lot of the reason he acts the way he does is because of his past and upbringing. He lived in a surface city as a kid, lost his entire family and home, and was taken in by the Brotherhood of Steel. He felt grateful to them and looked up to them, but aside from giving him food and shelter, they treat him like garbage. He's got no confidence, no goals or motivations outside of what the Brotherhood tells him to do, and he's still thankful for the little bit he has. He's essentially a cultist, and the Brotherhood is a cult. After having the opportunity to travel with Knight Titus, he becomes completely disillusioned with the Brotherhood. The knights, his idols, are cowards and bullies. They aren't the saviors he thought they were. So we're seeing Maximus going from a brainwashed sheep, to taking the baby steps of acting with no guidance, and attempting to be the type of person he thought the knights really were. Maximus is often unsure of himself, and even more unsure of anyone doing anything simply for the good of another. His upbringing was very sheltered like Lucy's, except he was exposed to the dangers of the wasteland. They're good for each other as they learn about how the world really works outside of their small sheltered bubbles. The Ghoul on the other hand, he's decisive, and he's capable. Everything he does is in pursuit of his own goals. Sometimes its bad. Sometimes its just plain evil. Its always a means to an end for him though, and while its not always respectable, it sure is damn entertaining. In all fairness though, We met Cooper Howard when he was still a good guy trying to do the right thing. When we met The Ghoul, he was buried in a coffin with an IV drip of the solution that keeps him from turning feral being fed down to him. Someone wanted him trapped, helpless and sane. We dont really know how long he was being kept that way, but the first people who let him out wanted to use him. Chances are that trusting people is how he ended up trapped in that coffin, being slowly tortured with isolation. Its understandable he'd be a bit cranky.

The Ghoul antagonized Tommy. He wanted to kill him. The Ghoul could have deescalated the situation in many ways but he chose not to. He could have also shot the gun away or just winged Tommy. The Ghoul has killed hundreds if not thousands of people over a couple centuries. And he nearly killed Lucy at least three times. He does not value human life and although he may feel that he owes Lucy something for saving his life, one act of kindness is not going to fundamentally change a man that has been so evil for so long. So he kills Tommy when he really did not have to.

@@ryanowens7085 Good point! The Ghoul also knew Tommy would eventually try and hunt him down, so he goaded Tommy into drawing . . .

@@rowenatulley852 Bottom line is the Ghoul coldly boasted to a father that he had killed his eldest son and then goaded his other son to an early death in front of him for good measure. Given the Ghoul’s ease and the father’s terror, this is not likely the first child the Ghoul has killed nor even the first child the Ghoul has killed in front of a parent. There is most likely a long, long list of people who have lost parents, children, siblings, lovers, and friends to the Ghoul. Adding Tommy to that list would have been a very small drop in a very large bucket of those who would be justified in their revenge. The Ghoul is a charming monster with a sad past but he is still a monster that has created exponentially more suffering than he has received.

What about the I, though?

I'm betting that he gets his daughter back to his wife before the vault closes. He's estranged from his wife when we first see Cooper. The 2 dads at the party make a crack about him doing the birthday party so he can pay alimony. So knowing that, I bet he gets shut out of the vault and ends up only partially shielded from the radiation.

no he´s not.... just not playing around one little bit anymore... he is much more honest than maximus

@@Metzwerg74 Sigh. In the short time we’ve met him he, tried to sell Lucy into slavery, engaged in cannibalism, murdered a child, and gleefully engaged in a massacre😅 but sure, he’s simply not playing around 🤣…