#Charon the ghoul

[stumpyshocky]

Sad to see my #1 boo, Charon, get left out of the thirst posts on twitter. Hancock this, hancock that. Han-me-Charons-cock please.

I think hed hate Cooper tho 🤔

[cyberneticfallout]

How I’ve been welcoming the new Fallout fans:

[greenleaf4stuff]

[accecakes]

When he looks like a wrinkled up paper bag: 😍😍😍😍😍😍💚💚💚💚💚💚

[lacquerheadd]

when he’s a 7 foot tall hunk of rotting flesh <3

[pistachiozombie]

[reupload] i like this sketch of my first fallout boyfriend, Charon ✧.*

[somethingaboutmint]

Whats a 7 ft tall ghoul bodyguard for if not piggybacks

[snowsupply]

One tall fucking ghoul coming right up

[rogueshadeaux]

I don't feel like enough people are talking about the fact that the show answered the question, "What makes a ghoul go feral?"

Like, can we talk about that? Ghoulification isn't a life hack to immortality, it's a terminal illness with a fate worse than passing away. It's something that evidently affects them both mentally and physically while they deteriorate, and the only temporary relief is that medicine (was that an inhaled version of Radaway? Imagine the implications of them being dependent on that, holy shit).

We now know that every ghoul is on a timeline to losing their self, eternally victims of a zombie bite they can't hide away from in a radiated world. Anyone can become a ghoul. Anyone can die a ghoul. Anyone can lose their control, their psyche, as a ghoul. And they’re one vial away from it happening.

How do you deal with knowing there's a fate worse being raided or shot out there for you?

[schminnie]

god help me i am doing something so stupid rn. her name is fancy and she is literally the worst. no they do not get along (yet)

[ontarom]

Watching people who still haven't worked out being attracted to ghouls is so funny. It's such a non-issue to me it's like watching people discover drinking water on a hot day.

[mildlymortified]

Charon sketches

[apraxvalith]

Hi I'm Valith and I think normal thoughts about Fallout ghouls

[Full images on Patreon, 18+ only]

[ultra-baklan-the-ovosh]

charon be like you can have my contract but i'm stealing all that exp

[pistachiozombie]

Thought about how grumpy ol' brainwashed Charon might be touch starved ♥

[ghoulfuckersincorporated]

You mentioned ghoul scent markings-- can you elaborate on that? Explain it and dump any other thoughts you have about it?

So, I feel like ghoulification would heighten all of the senses (*within the confines of what tissues can remain intact over long spans of time, like centuries; we see older ghouls, especially, with things like cataracts, etc. that would would obviously impact your perception), but the sense of smell especially. Smell is widely considered to be the "weakest" of the human senses, but if you were constantly regenerating the smell receptors that are physically closest to your brain, along with having basically one massive nostril, I'd think you'd at least smell SOMEWHAT more effectively.

I've seen people assume that, as ghouls eventually lose their noses to decay, they have no sense of smell, and (absolutely no disrespect or anything) I find that sort of funny. The olfactory sense ultimately originates in the brain, like any other sense, and the smell receptors that pick up on odors are not only found in the cartilaginous parts of the nose AKA the part that would rot off.

Scent memory is also one of the strongest kinds of memory, as the olfactory bulb that processes smells is located very close to the amygdala and the hippocampus, the memory centers of your brain. For this reason, I think that many ghouls, but particularly ferals, would be incredibly sensitive to smells, even if their particular "nose" is weak from decay. I'd imagine that ferals, as they slip further and further into the sort of aggressive, rotting dementia state we see them in, would still be able to connect with some human memories through smells. I think this may be one of the things that draws them to people so easily, even when you're trying to sneak past them.

Imagine moldering away for years and years, rational and conscious thought basically lost to you, and then, for just a breath, you smell a long-lost loved one's perfume, a favorite food you haven't tasted in decades, a fresh rain after a long, long dry spell. Just for a moment...you can remember.

All that to say that I think smell would be a very big deal for ghouls. Especially the smell of people they care about. One day, the memory of that smell may be quite literally all they have left.

I'm not sure most of them would be conscious of the fact that it's scent marking, but it wouldn't be uncommon to find ghoul lovers (ghouls who are lovers AND those who love ghouls) swapping clothing, reveling in their partner's smell enveloping them and vice versa. Taking their lover around other ghouls and knowing that the fact that the others can smell them all over you means they know you're theirs. Ghouls smelling another ghoul on you and knowing all your business without you even having to say anything.

(Plus...it's just a fun excuse to not have to pull out, you know?)