Thread:Talk:Complete Monster/Fallout/I'm a bit conflicted.

Today I was browsing the Cleanup Thread on TV Tropes, and someone wanted Mr. Burke from Fallout 3 taken down for a reason that surprisingly, I agree with! For anyone who cares enough to read this topic: if you played Fallout 3, you'd remember Mr. Burke as the creepy guy who wants you to detonate the nuke that rests in the center of the town of Megaton while all of its civilians are inside of it despite getting clear orders from his boss to evacuate the town first. That's pretty bad and all, especially since not only is he willing to nuke the town even when his employer Alistair Tenpenny is dead (Esentially giving him no reason to do so anymore) but also wins the respect of monstrous, human-hating Roy Phillips.

However, there's also the fact that if you play as a female Lone Wanderer and have a certain perk called Black Widow (this allows you seduce a certain number of important male characters such as Burke (and also makes it to where you do more damage against male NPC's but that's neither here nor there), you can cause Burke to genuinely fall in love with you. Not only does he leave Megaton alone, but he also talks Tenpenny out of having it blown up for your sake, and even writes you a couple of love letters before deciding that you'd be happier not in a relationship with him. The letters can be viewed at the Fallout Wiki through this link: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Love_letter_from_Burke

So this brings the question I've been wanting to ask: is Burke a cut, or a keep? Wanting to nuke a town full of (mostly) innocent people is horrible and all that, but if he's willing to call it off for your sake, is he a true monster? Does the severity of his intended goal outweigh this one good trait of his? I mean, I know not all cases of love can really disqualify you (Examples include Norman Osborn's love for his son driving him to do some pretty sick things before cutting ties with Harry all together, Bellatrix Lestrange lusting after the concept of Voldemort as opposed to truly loving the man himself, and even Roy Phillips from the same game doesn't really seem to genuinely love his ghoul allies so much as he simply values them for simply being ghouls quite like how a sociopathic Klansman would value his fellow racists for their skin color and life views), but this seems to me like it's genuine unconditional love. I think I should cut him, but does anyone else have an opinion on the guy and a reason for why he shouldn't be cut?