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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Gary is your typical "basement dweller incel video game player" stereotype, masquerading as a nice guy. [/quote]

He went out of his way to save the kid, pretty nice of him. [/quote]

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I think when we are first introduced to Gary, we're supposed to think he's that stereotype, but he very clearly isn't.  He is uncomfortable when Enis starts speaking in a vulgar way about the nurse.  He's clearly attuned to the fact that Bean is neglected, probably abused, and starving.  He never does anything creepy and in fact, when it's time to run for shelter, he ASKS Bean if he'd like to come with him, never forces him to at all.  He's also a real gentleman to everyone in the bunker.  So he's clearly *not* the stereotype the PP suggests.  He's just a lonely soul who has finally found a purpose.

In that respect, while yes - he did kill Enis - I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.  Enis was not the nicest of guys.  [/quote]

I agree that Gary is sort of a nice guy and a deeply sad character.  He said something that made me think he was neglected or abused as a child.  I think the takeaway from this is that the disaster and living in a hole for years can do messed up things to your brain.  He developed a really unhealthy attachment to Terri that was effectively like an addiction, and like many addicts, when someone threatened to take it away from him, he acted violently.  I think the Gary thing is really sad.  If he was just a really bad guy, I don’t think Terri would have been so set on saying goodbye in a nice way.  She understands how sad it is that he never had a happy day in his life until she came into it. She was basically his lifeline, and she knows that.  She had the memory of her husband and kids to get her through.  He only had her. [/quote]

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