Cc Headcanon/episode idea
Max likes when people thinks he'll get and do better despite all the insistence from him that he won't, he likes the attention because any attention is good attention, even when it's bad. He doesn't care if its them being disappointed in him because theyere looking at him and seeing something to be disappointed of or even angry at, they notice something about him. They notice him. He gets genuinely upset when david brushes his antics off once about "max just doing what max does" because david isnt acting and coming over to berate him or convince him to be better, to give him attention for his actions- so he does something worse to get a reaction. After that doesnt work he gets genuinely angry to the point he almost cries because he doesnt understand why david gave up on him.















