Originally Posted by pickle:
“Well the only thing Engine had going for him was that he appeared to be "nice" (i however was skeptikal - never assume someone is harmless just because they're socially inept).
I now actually think he's worse than alot of them - he's the kind that see's people who are good to him (Science) as weak, and longs to be accepted by the "in" group, who he identifies as being strong.
Remember, people like Eugene don't exist on the fringes out of choice, this is the difference between him and Science for example. Science chooses to distance himself from any group or alliances. Eugene is desperate, as he has probably been all his life after constantly being shunned and rejected.
There's probably quite a store of hate under his controlled, ostensibly well tempered persona (although we've seen his mask slip - crying a few times now, and both for very narcissistic reasons). Expect so see him direct this hate at whoever he identifies as being the easy target. This is the behaviour he has learnt from his peers.”
You are making a lot of assumptions and moving on to harsh conclusions.
Not everybody has a 'kick the cat' mentality and being a geek does not mean that Eugene is friendless. I was chuffed that Science had calmed down, because that gave his decent side an airing. However, when Science is on a rant, he is stubborn and anti-social. As somebody said, even Mother Theresa would have ended up telling him to shut the fk up!
Eugene would not want to be isolated in the house - in order to get something from the BB experience - to avoid that isolation, he must find ways to engage with the other HMs - he will have observed that btchiness is how they communicate, so he would try that.
Buying a proportion of food that Science would not help himself to, is actually an idea with merit. Science is quite anti-social about food - who knows, it might get the message across.