#bitter springs

[delafiseaseses]

I can't help but wonder what Melissa Lewis was doing the day of the Bitter Springs massacure. She can mention it, she says on it when asked what the NCR has done against the Khans "Bitter Springs happened. Women and children died when the NCR attacked the Great Khans there, and the NCR just pretends it never happened."

That's very true, but it doesn't mention where she was. I'd presume she was a Khan at the time, it'd be weird for someone to have become one of Papa's Top Four in three years.

We know more about Melissa's life than most characters in NV, her being the daughter of Chomps Lewis and all, but at the same time there's a lot of unknowns. Chomps is an NCR Man, he even says "I believe in the NCR, but that doesn't make it right for them to roll over anyone who doesn't want any part of 'em.", which is a very understandable position.

Chomps also says Melissa "Takes a little too much after her mother, rest her soul, but she's happy with the Great Khans, and that's enough for me."... does that mean her mother was a Khan or is it purely personality-wise?

I'm veering off topic... I wonder what Melissa and Chomps first conversation after Bitter Springs was like? Chomps clearly would be against what happened, but his attitude to the NCR vs his daughters are so diffrent.

It's hard to really say because Melissa never makes her opinions on her Dad clear, she works with him, he cares about her. I presume she cares about him, but she's not the sort to talk about it. Maybe the feelings am complex, as she dislikes the NCR.

Something to think about. Most people probably only think of Melissa's dialect or location, but there's a lot to wonder about with this Scout.

[abitunexpected]

Me, idolised by the NCR, with the double headed bear across the chest of my power armour with an NCR beret on my head:

can you send some troops to bitter springs, they need them

Colonel Hsu, who has trusted me with killing a leigon spy, fixing the kitchens and keys to the ranger safe house:

who the fuck do you think you are, why would I trust you? What do you know about troop management, go fuck yourself with the silencer of your 12.7mm pistol, fuck you

[stoat-party]

How Much Territory Are the Fallout Player Characters Actually Micromanaging: An Analysis

I did some amateur research to figure out which of the Fallout protagonists (specifically 3, NV, and 4) have a reasonable area of land to constantly traverse. I used Apple Maps to find the straightest possible walking path from a point on either end of the game map, then multiplied the north-south and east-west figures to get an approximate square mileage. Since none of the walking paths were completely straight, these numbers will all be a little higher than actual. BUT the game maps also don’t completely correlate to the real-life locations, so consider these numbers to be estimates.

The Commonwealth: Around 600 square miles. This is honestly pretty manageable, especially if you’re teleporting or helicoptering all over the place. It would be exhausting, but you could theoretically get across the map in a day with time to spare for questing.

The Capital Wasteland: Around 800 square miles. Fairfax is the halfway point; very few locations on the western half of the map actually correspond to anything in real life. The exception is the cavern Little Lamplight is based on, which would make the game map 100 miles long. The map definitely doesn’t extend that far into Virginia.

New Vegas: Kind of hard to calculate at this scale, but we’re looking at a little under 3000 square miles! Through. the Mojave. Desert. The Courier is really going to have to commit to a course of action before traveling, because they won’t be coming back for about a week.

If you’re a fanfic writer, remember that you don’t owe realism to anyone. BUT, if realism is something you care about for your writing, keep these distances in mind!

(Sequel: distance from game maps to DLCs)

[viperra1]

tw: blood, suicidal ideation (? probably ? it's Boone we're talking about so. yeah)

so make it one for my baby and one more for the road.

[bunglehead]

i really like this guy

[stuckinapril]

A major annoying thing about being in a male dominated stem field (chemistry for me) is you basically work w guys 99% of the time & they ALL think you have a crush on them if you’re even fleetingly nice. And so far I’ve refused to water down my personality to compensate for it but it’s so annoying knowing I’m inadvertently feeding into someone’s unchecked ego

[uncanny-tranny]

People are endlessly charming when you actually get to know and appreciate them. Like, people are just wandering about and they have favourite colours that make them so happy, and some people will specifically look for products or food or knickknacks in their favourite colour and so many people wear that colour and feel instantly more confident??? 😭😭😭

There are so many tiny details that I think when you learn to notice them, it makes each person so beautiful and charming and enchanting just because they exist

[inka1712]

Bitterroot

[bonefall]

some ideas: nico’s rise (like sunrise), nico’s dawn, nico’s spark (like the fire)

I want it to be more about chronology. Like, the passage of time, the "natural" change of things. There's a sense in this book that the change is welcome, but a bit... dreaded. Because in the end, it's like she had no agency over the way her Clan's tune changed.

As inevitably as the sun rises, as the ice thaws in spring, things got better. She was able to finally see the changes she could make, but was still frustrated by all the things still out of her reach.

She's the same as she always was, but it's like the world turned around her. She's entered into a new season in her life, and only now will she decide what that means, going foward. She could not choose when the winter melted into spring, but maybe now, she will be able to select which flowers she will allow to grow.

So... maybe Nightcloud's Dawn, but something doesn't capture it quite perfectly yet.

[what-inthe-goddamn]

Patrolling the Mojave

Manny Vargas and Craig Boone, circa 2277 while on patrol at Camp Golf

[tinfairies]

Lucy loves with her whole heart and soul. She has so much kindness to give. So much happiness to spread and seeing her be completely broken at the end of the season had me in tears.

She didn't deserve that. Rose didn't deserve that. Max didn't deserve that. Shady Sands didn't deserve that. The NCR isn't perfect but they were trying.

They were people trying to live and Vault Tec came in and destroyed the oasis they made all because Hank was butthurt that his wife didn't want to be a part of his capitalism cult and obey their rules.

It's so true to real life that it makes my chest hurt.

[caracello]

i do think boone owuld not be super into rage as a leader just given his inherent cruelness like i think there's a level of what he feels like is necessary respect he can't quite avoid as a soldier but privately/to the people he trusts he'll admit he's not the biggest fan. rage doesn't know who boone is for sure though like even if they were theoretically in the same military structure rage is just too high ranking also he does not care about other people.

[sunlessea]

from adorning lights and festive cloak to instead being decorated from ears to tail in hearts and flashy, pink-and-red fashion, elysium certainly has cemented himself in london's public as a very ... eccentric celebrator of holidays. they've only just started this eve for the feast, but one would think they'd already reached valentine's revel, how he walks around. and more importantly —

" ... hello again, mr fires." another gift he's handed over, this time more casually, where he places the handle of a key-to-heart dagger within the master's claws, its sharp blade pointed outwards to himself. though the design is expected in shape, much like the gun he had gifted it these past holidays, it's clearly a homemade weapon, embroidered with blazing red rubies and painted with a myriad of golden oranges to simulate the colors of flame. "a gift for you, if you don't mind. simply for, uhm... for the holiday. of course."

@londonfallen / mr fires

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

i don’t think your first kiss or first time has to be special or touching nor do i think there’s anything wrong with going out with someone for the purposes of losing your virginity or getting your first kiss. that’s not the part i regret…….but still quite literally everyday i do wish i was still a kissless handholdless virgin instead of a desperate moron with bad memories. i knew better that whole time i just wanted so badly for it all to be real i actively ignored my instincts……unfortunate! the only one that has to pay is me

[vampirologist]

people posting their spring break pictures where they go on vacation with their friends. how about you all kill yourselves

[firstofficerkittycat]

u guys want homophobia spock to get the 2023 plastic gay love story like really and truly. and so do i because it eould be camp