helloaschefire:

37: Are they more analytical or more emotional in their decision-making?

@charomiami , I had a knee-jerk answer for this but you said I needed to think about my answers. So I did. And you know, it’s far more complicated than is he analytical or is he emotional in his decisions. Hooking up with Piper right after cryo? That was an emotional decision. Turning over many of the Minutemen day to day functions to Preston (who should be leading the MM) and the organizational genius that is Simone was calculated. His attempts to bring all the Settlements together into the MM umbrella of leadership and protection, supplemented possibly by the BoS, is calculated. Collecting all the fancy soap in the Commonwealth to give to Valentina, that’s emotional. The love he gives Dog? The growing bond between him and Shaun? Emotional. Making sure the rank and file do their job, have what they need to do it. Analytical. Never giving a Gunner (with the exception of Mac) a break? Emotional.

He’s angry and that sets the tone for many of his decisions on patrol and in combat situations. He wants to keep his family safe and there are steps that need to be taken in the proper order in order to achieve the results he’d like to see for the Commonwealth, for his family, for Valentina. Those decisions reflect his upbringing as a boy who was taught to do the right thing no matter the cost. He’s constantly comparing himself to his father, to his grandfather, to his mother and grandmother too. As a result, he probably shows more emotion than his father, but still, he bears most of it in silence.

I’m rambling. I know. I’m not sure I even answered the question. He is analytical in his method, but emotional/analytical in the making. He’ll never sacrifice the one relying on him to save the many. There’s always a way. Because that’s what heroes do.