Davey (Dave) Rennick is the manager of the oil rig shown in Still Wakes the Deep, and also the boss of Cameron McLeary and other crew members of the ship. He is always yelling at his juniors, demeaning them or making them feel extremely small and incapable of doing anything. Davey Rennick is a complex and deeply flawed character who won’t leave you for days after completing Still Wakes the Deep. We have broken down Davey Rennick’s personality into 5 major points.
Davey Rennick’s personality broken down into 5 major points
1. He is like a James Bond Villain
Davey Rennick’s antics are similar to those of an evil billionaire, who runs a secret operation and treats everyone else like a peasant. Similar to how a king orders the expulsion of his peasants – Rennick threatens his juniors with a similar power. Rennick has the charm of a James Bond villain – he speaks in brutal sarcasm that comes from a place of authority. Another bond villain trait of Rennick is his ability to instantly switch, from a pleasant speaker to a menacing villain. Rennick has a theatrical flair to his personality; he is extremely animated with his expressions.
Evil, toxic, and ill-mannered, yes, but he is surely entertaining – Rennick is like that sarcastic teacher who roasts the living daylights out of latecomers.
2. He has the traits of a famous German whose name started with Adolf
Yes, we are talking about that famous Nazi who must not be named, the Voldemort of Germany, i.e. Adolf Hitler. Just like Hitler, Davey Rennick had a tremendous voice that could gather crowds & hold people’s attention. His voice has a masculine & attractive quality to it. Out of cowardice, Hitler shot himself and ran away from his impending doom. Rennick flew away in a helicopter when the evil sea entity engulfed the oil rig & began killing every crew member by mutating their bodies – Adolf & Rennick were cowards & had weirdly vindictive spirits.
Just like Adolf, Rennick had a fiery arrogance inside him, which came from building the oil rig & running it successfully for years. Both of them were brutal leaders who knew how to get the work done, whether by hook or by crook.
3. He has all the makings of a criminal
Judging by his twisted psyche and mean tongue, Rennick must have been a kid who rolled on the floors and frantically cried to guilt-trip his parents into buying him the toy that he desired. Rennick doesn’t care about the methods; he just wants the work done. “Roper has a problem with everything,” and “Drill through it,” Rennick asks his team to drill through a dangerous object, which Roper warned them not to – it shows how rusted Rennick’s moral compass has gotten. There’s no sense of right or wrong in him – Rennick is like a mob boss who doesn’t care about others’s mourning or laws as long as he makes profits.
Rennick cares only about his reputation – he is like Scar from The Lion King, i.e., he would sack anyone who comes between his objectives.
4. There is no empathy or sympathy inside his heart
Rennick laid off Caz McLeary on the spot and shut the door on his face. There was no awkward silence or an apologetic way of conveying Caz’s firing, like “We are sorry to inform you that…” like most managers do these days. Rennick doesn’t fear upsetting others; his way of talking to people is similar to taking a point blank shot without using the silencer. Rennick would be a nightmare to deal with, for any human resources professional of the 21st century. He tried to escape the oil rig, leaving the crew members to die. Rennick was an inhumane monster long before he actually became one.
5. An obvious God complex
“The sun rotates around the tip of my finger” – this thought perfectly summarizes Davey Rennick’s snobbish arrogance. He has achieved a lot in life but still hasn’t gotten humble with age. Rennick acts like a goon in uniform; he thinks that everyone around him is making excuses or just lazy enough to work. He is the type of control freak dad who screams at his children for missing the penalty in a soccer (football) match.
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