>>20002182Seeing Maximus for the first time on Amazon's Fallout was the shock of my life.
I was so hyped for the first episode. If I saw a preview clip on YouTube or a news article about the series, I'd look away immediately. I wanted to go into the new show with an entirely open mind, as pure as an Amish virgin. I didn't even know which classic characters were returning.
When Maximus first came on screen during Wednesday family TV night, I let out an audible gasp. My entire family looked at me like I was nuts, but I couldn't help myself. There before me was the most Simian creature I'd ever seen in any Vault. A dribbling gorilla with huge flaring nostrils and big Nigerian chieftain lips.
Oftentimes American shows will soften the blow by casting Billy Dee Williams or Will Smith... but not this time. This time you were forced to feast your eyes on a pure-blooded coal black silverback, blown up to massive size on my 86-inch 4K television.
I looked around, uncomprehendingly, as the rest of my family seemed to accept this monstrosity as a regular matter of course. Then it occurred to me that I was the only person there who hadn't already read an Internet article teasing his appearance.
Little by little, they had been led to accept this by drips and drabs of glowing articles and breathless videos. Their minds had been so softened that they were willing to stare unflinchingly, even giggle and smile at the niggershines, as MegaNigger (missing only a bone in his nose) post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
Lots of people debate about the exact moment when Fallout died. I contend it was when that minstrel-looking sweaty jigaboo appeared on my screen and revealed his Lovecraftian face.
