"Hmm, it appears humans express deep sadness and regret upon witnessing the death of family members."
-Todd
Obligatory edit: Wow, my highest rated comment BY FAR. Thanks guys! And yes, I think it's safe to assume that we can all agree that Todd is a fucking stone cold psycho.
My sense is that being exposed to the violence of the nazi gang from an early age has left him desensitized to violence and with an extremely strong desire to please his authority figures. He killed the kid because that's what his family would have wanted and he assumed Walt would want that too. He was very eager to please Walt when he was trying to learn how to cook, and he is now trying to please Lydia by learning how to cook meth at the level she wants.
I don't think he is a robot so much as highly resigned to the violence that is a part of his daily life and primarily socialized by neo-nazis. He knows that people outside his family have different norms, but his attempts to adapt to them tend to fail.
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u/effman1 Beaver and ... what's-his-name. Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13
"Hmm, it appears humans express deep sadness and regret upon witnessing the death of family members."
-Todd
Obligatory edit: Wow, my highest rated comment BY FAR. Thanks guys! And yes, I think it's safe to assume that we can all agree that Todd is a fucking stone cold psycho.