so. the thing i have been wanting to say about the ghoul and lucy is i think one of the reasons that he treats lucy the way he does apart from the fact that he's an asshole and has been twisted by the wasteland is that he used to be just as naive as her.
it's present in season 1 as well but season 2 really highlighted cooper's naivety in the flashback timeline. this man served in the military and admits he got nothing in return and he still believes in the american dream. (speaking of season 1) he has absolutely no idea what barb is up to at her job other than where she works until he nearly gets blacklisted and moldaver makes it undeniable. (and spoilers!) he gave the president of the united states access to the most powerful weapon in the world because they claimed they were going to use it for public renewable energy and he believed them.
and the other characters can see it. that is what house's outburst is about at the end of their meeting. barb is constantly at her wit's end with it. when she and cooper have their fight in the lucky 38 she specifically says "this is not one of your movies with a happy ending." because she had already tried to do the right thing.
like, yes, he is fucking with lucy a lot but there is an air of sadness that paints most of his interactions that she is oblivious to. and i think it is because he can see her striving headlong into exactly the same shit he did when he was already twice her age and he knows that he can't stop her because there is only one result that she will find satisfying and that is seeing it through herself. and i think that's also why he finds himself saving her even when he tells himself he shouldn't. (and why he silently roots for her and maximus. because i think there is still a bit of a naive streak in cooper that wants to see everything work out against his better judgement. even if he tells everybody that side is dead.)
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