A Brief Explanation of Super Mutants, The Master and Harold for the Unititaed
In 2163, the super mutants tried to take over over - and they almost won. Decades prior, a man named Harold and Richard Grey were exploring the Mariposa military base (A west-tek facility where the Brotherhood of Steel was founded after learning about unethical experiments, though since abandoned) about 50 years after the bombs dropped looking to deal with some random murants. Harold was exposed to the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) through a splash but Richard Grey was knocked unconscious and fell into a vat. When he emerged he was a shambling, ever expanding mess of organic material that spread throughout the base.
He repeatedly reintroduced FEV to his body in order to “grow” it, including incorporating most of the bases automated systems and computer control into his own body. He eventually got to the point where he could communicate via radio waves into the minds of anyone close enough to either himself or one of his sensors
He believed that Humanity was fundamentally doomed and that, after a few years of experimenting, his perfected “Super Mutants” would reclaim the wasteland all under his control. Not wars, no conflict, only the Unity under the Master. The Master, as Richard now went by, began a mass campaign of kidnapping and infecting un irradiated people (as they had the best chance of gaining psychological/intellectual positives in addition to being super big and strong), before threatening the Village of Shady Sands and Vault 13 - the home vault of the very first Main Character in the fallout series. Since the Vault was filled with unirradiated people, the Vault Dweller, who has repeated contact with Super Mutants during their quest to find a Water Chip, was forced to take down the Master in order to save their home by the corrupt overseer Jacoren. Through an alliance of the Brotherhood of Steel, a humanitarian organization called the Followers of the Apocalypse, and a bunch of villages in the proto-New California Republic were able to band together and attack the Master’s two forts
while the games dont say officially what happened either way, the story hints in fallout 2 that the Master committed suicide. After revealing that Super Mutants are infertile and instead of being a continuation of a New Species, they would actually just lead to the slow and inevitable end of all intelligent life as they died off without replacement. So, the Master after realizing his goal to save humanity and the world instead caused suffering en mass, explodes himself and the Cathedral - his new base of Operations
Ironically, Harold sticks around all the up up until Fallout 3, a full hundred and thiry years later. He followed the Brotherhood out east leading a merchant caravan before Bob, a tree that was growing out of his head, eventually started going haywire. After making it to DC, the FEV and Bob finally overwhelmed Harold, turning him into a stationary Tree God, able to sense and communicate through all organic life that Bob’s spores interact with. With project purity cleaning the potomac, theres a very real chance that Harold and Bob might bring about that renewal and regrowth that his old friend Richard always dreamed of
he’s similarly inhuman - his organs are seperated by several meters and are all connected through a root system and, facilitating them swelling to tremendous size. But Old Harold is always content to listen to and talk to travelers that come to his Oasis. He was a close friend the protagonist of Fallouts 1 and 2 before appearing in 3, and was involved with pretty much every major event in California prior to 2255 when he went to DC
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"So, what shall it be? Do you join the Unity or do you die here? Join! Die! Join! Die!"
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okay, headcanon:
The Female voice of the Master deals with Mutants who are having trouble understanding orders. Before she was added to the hivemind, the Master kept struggling with this because he viewed them as dumb. He only had Richard and the angry voice. So, he sought out a commanding, but soft prime normal.
Fem: The Master would like you to help the humans around this area, right here. Do you see that?
The Super Mutant looks at the circled area of the map. He seems to understand.
Fem: Now, in order to help them, you must bring them to the military base. Bring them to Lou. Do that, and you will be able to join us. You want to join us, don't you?
Thoughts? :0
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Fallout: Prime Normal
POV: You've captured your first Prime Normal and are preparing them for an FEV dipping to better serve the Unity.
You can read more about the Forced Evolutionary Virus here:
https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Forced_Evolutionary_Virus
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With Mutant Mayhem finally out on digital I thought it would be best to give my thoughts in this new iteration of turtles with my fellow turtles connoisseur @hatsoffmedia. Does it mollywop the competition? Watch and find out.
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This movie was phenomenal! It was everything that was hoped for and more. This was the fresh start TMNT as an IP needed. There is plenty to unpack after one viewing and it truly makes me want to immediately go and purchase another ticket.
One of the immediate things that stood out to me is the chemistry of the younger cast, who starred as the Turtles. They genuinely felt like brothers growing up in this world with unique personalities. That is something that previous iterations have been lacking. The small changes to Splinter were phenomenal to making him a more relatable character. Presenting him as more of a father than a Martial Artist made him a more grounded character.
Even though all of this story is impossible, these characters felt real. The 4 Turtles felt like genuine teenagers who do teenage things. As did April. She felt like a kid with ambitions dealing with anxieties and insecurities. It was genuinely a well written movie. That is before we even jump into how cool Super Fly and the other mutants looked it and felt.
What felt so well done about this movie is that they explained everything you needed to know. Every character had genuine development, and the film never got boring. We got all the origin stuff, all the villain story we needed, and it still clocked in at 1 hr and 40 minutes in length. Some films have a hard time doing this much, and they have an extra hour of runtime.
This movie is a masterpiece in all senses of the word. It truly brings you into this world and the inhabitants of it. It takes the elements of the real world and adds the impossible to it with such ease that you can't help but fall in love. I can't wait for the sequel and series now. The animation and vibrant style were such visual delight that it felt like a comic book series coming to life.
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I’m like 97.824% sure that Ben Schwartz got trapped in a contract with the devil, and the devil told him a certain percentage of his roles HAD to associate with the color blue
The devil was like aw yeah I got him now ain’t no way-
And Ben just accepted the challenge and here we are
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[UK] Konami Sale on PS4/PS5 | Friday, 12.22.2023
Any PlayStation players from the UK can get their hands on selected Konami titles at discounted prices for a limited time and add any one of these games down below to their current PS4/PS5 libraries, including:
Super Crazy Rhythm Castle (-30%)
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection - Vol. 1 (-20%)
Super Bomberman R 2 (-30%)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (-50%)
Take your pick (or buy all of them) because these deals won't last. Sale ends after January 5, 2024 (06:59:59 EST).
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