#and besides

And he really did fight well with them.

And he really did respect them and want them all to escape.

And he let them go first while he held the line.

And he really did want them to listen so they could win (the only way Maul knew how).

And he may not have been right. But he also wasn't wrong.

And in the end, when he was torn between fighting with Daki and saving Devon, and he knew they were losing, and he knew all of them together couldn't defeat Vader, and he chooses Devon...

It's a betrayal, yes. He chose Devon not only because it was a fight he could win but also because he wanted her, wanted her master dead, and knew he could use it to turn her.

But honestly? If they'd had a moment to think, talk, plan, if they'd thought to discuss it beforehand instead of assuming they could win...

I think Daki would have agreed.

Someone needed to hold Vader back for the others to escape. It was a Crimson Dawn ship there for Maul, specifically - who knew what they'd have done with the others if Maul hadn't made it. Maul had to be on it. None of the others could have held off a Sith Lord long enough. And what Jedi Master wouldn't sacrifice himself for the lives of others?

Maul turned that moment into a betrayal. Instead of working with Daki until they came to the same conclusion, exhausted all other possibilities, and gave Daki his heroic death saving his padawan and the other innocents, Maul took away that choice. He left Daki alone, confused, betrayed and lost.

Ik that it's the Eros and Psyche myth, but it still makes me really uncomfortable for their to be mutual romantic feelings for a child and adult character. Yes, I know that there are theories that Pavlova's always been an adult, but right now, those are THEORIES. And even then, from what we know now, Sugarfly has only known Pavlova when he looked and acted like a child.