"Needs to be" does not mean "will be". My hopes (which certainly won't happen) are NTR, cucking and co-op. But anyway.
Like I said before, the whole "secretly screw them over" plot from the first BB was put in as an extra motivation to get rid of Eric. It was not part of the original concept, so I really hope it's not part of his story line this time. Again, it doesn't make sense since it doesn't work that way. But yes, I do agree that Max is the posterboy of the pubescent boy, stomping is feet while shouting "I AM an adult".