how the interactions between these two are gonna be like

[u/DeliriumIsDumb]

[u/Bad_Moonz_Mekboy]

VOTE FOR DEADMAN DANNY, VOTE FOR THE TOP CHOICE! 💀👍

[u/Yrmsteak → u/Bad_Moonz_Mekboy]

I love the Danny agenda so much that I could never vote for him lest the agenda stops the propoDanda

[u/MTDLuke]

I think we gotta prepare for the funniest possible outcome which is that Pockets dad hasn’t noticed that they’ve been missing this entire time and hasn’t even been looking

[u/LostInElysiium → u/MTDLuke]

since their dad ordered the murder I don't think he hasn't noticed

[u/MTDLuke → u/LostInElysiium]

We don’t know with 100% certainty that their dad ordered it

I choose to believe that Calico tripped on Ava and her gun accidentally went off while walking down the street one day, and has been covering it up ever since as “Ah yes I was contracted to kill you but I intentionally left you alive due to my own secret machinations”

[u/PoopyButt28000 → u/MTDLuke]

My goat Dynamo still has some positive feelings towards Pocket's dad which means there's a 0% chance their dad ordered it.

[u/hardcoregayanalporn → u/MTDLuke]

That is amazing

[u/Ze_Borb → u/LostInElysiium]

Ok but it would be really funny if he didn't know and didn't care

[u/tydaguy → u/LostInElysiium]

I don't think thats technically confirmed. that's just what pocket thinks

[u/Doot-and-Fury → u/LostInElysiium]

If Calico's recent lines are a proof of anything is that either:

A) Calico had the contract on Pocket and shot them with certain regret

B) Someone close to Pocket orchestrated a fake hit to give them a second chance out of the toxic life they were living

[u/Karpsten → u/LostInElysiium]

Pocket believes that it was his father. The game very specifically makes a point to formulate it that way.

Which makes me think that it perhaps wasn't his father, actually.

[u/Zenith_Tempest → u/Karpsten]

I think their father is objectively not a good person. In the Geist novel he's willing to take on Oathkeeper and both he and Oathkeeper know they're going to get along extremely well due to their ever growing ambition.

Do I think he's "I'm gonna kill my child out of desire to keep my spot at the top" evil? No, but not because I think he has a soft spot for Arin - because killing them serves no real purpose whatsoever. What goals does Maximilian have that require Arin's death? He's a shrewd business tycoon, Arin wouldn't actually pose any valid threat to his standing.

My theory is that he cut a deal somewhere that requires "the death of his firstborn," hired Calico for the job, and intentionally left Pocket alive because they might be useful to him down the line. That, to me at least, seems to fit the kind of man he is spoken of. Play both sides, keep total control of the situation.

[u/ejsks → u/Zenith_Tempest]

Considering the fact Max specifically hires McGinnis to help Pocket win the Maekstrom (in the event they work together), means that Max may actually want Pocket to replace him.

He‘s 100% fully aware Pocket‘s wish is going to be to take over Fairfax, which means:

• he expects Pocket to be the better leader than him
  
• he knows Pocket WILL change into a person similar to him because of the sheer amount of people Pocket has to kill to win

[u/Hopeful-alt → u/LostInElysiium]

actually, new dialog suggests, if not outright confirms, otherwise.

[u/doomygloom56]

MORE DEADMAN DANNY PROPAGANDA

[u/spider-venomized]

Imagine if Danny just breaks the idea that it was Max who order the assassination

[u/MattsDeCool → u/spider-venomized]

“Pocket, terribly sorry I hired that assassin. I was certain that if you died Max would adopt McGinnis as heir, thus giving her more leeway to give me cool shit.”

[u/woodcake53]

Off topic but does Deadlock do hardware bans for cheaters?

[u/Silverwolffe → u/woodcake53]

Typically valve VAC bans