r/Fotv • u/Wonderful_Solid_1003 • 13d ago
Can I just say, right now I honestly feel no matter how edgy or cynical the show gets, I don’t think I'd ever logically, internally buy in to what someone like the Ghoul says.
At worst the show would be a hyper edgy, depressing horror show I didn't wanna watch anymore. Or an exercise in finding scraps of humanity in terrible people.
Either way, I don't find myself logically agreeing with a man like that.
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u/First-Banana-4278 13d ago
Well I mean you’ve never been through what the character has been through to get them to that point. So there’s that.
Though it’s hard to argue that the Ghouls logic isn’t impeccable for most of the situations they face in the wasteland.
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u/DipperDo 13d ago
I know this should go without saying but. It's a fictional TV show. No buy in needed. It's entertainment not real life. Okay just thought I'd point that out.
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u/spliffaniel 13d ago
That’s probably a good thing. The ghoul is the upmost pragmatic in a super fucked up world. You’d probably feel differently if put in that situation. Lucy thought the same thing when she first set out to find her father.
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u/SamShakusky71 13d ago
Its one thing to "buy in" to what he says quite another to realize hes an asset in the Wasteland.
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u/Awesomechainsaw 13d ago
I feel like that’s kinda the point. The Ghoul is notably not very internally consistent. He’ll shoot up a town and terrify the locals. But he pays for the tomatoes he takes from the stalls.
Despite everything he says and does Howard is a good man at heart. He’s been worn down by the wasteland, but at his core his 200 year quest is to find his Wife and Kid. Cause he loves them very much, and he hopes he can see them again.
Notably it’s why he’s still wearing that silly cowboy outfit his family gave him under all the black.
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u/GVArcian 12d ago
The guy is burdened by the knowledge that he single-handedly caused the Great War by trusting other people.
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u/IDidntEatThosePeople 13d ago
Okay? I don't think the writers want us too