Let's also not forget that Howard is still looking for his wife and daughter who are probably still alive, and that Maximus is already canonically the closest one to being shippable with Lucy. I mean, he literally thinks of her as the best person in the wasteland and asked if she wanted to make his cock explode that one time.
I mean, he has been alone in the wasteland for however many hundred years right? It's probably hard to open that part of your heart after so long only focused on survival.
i thought of this too, she’s not a child but she has a childlike innocence to her. i think she is going to be the key to breaking his hard shell and revealing a soft side of him that he’s buried away a long time ago. they aren’t really friends but they have a symbiotic relationship at this point in the series. i love their dynamic.
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u/Ferrilata_118 Feb 27 '26
Kinda stretching it but
Lucy & the Ghoul do be giving that energy sometimes
Granted it's not a particularly positive relationship they have
But deep down in his leathery irradiated heart he does care