#fo4 details

[shatinn]

Fallout 4 - Far Harbor

[bongosinferno]

A devastating and confusing thing about the Fallout setting, when you explore the pre-war aspects, is what the creators think about pre-war America. In the first games we only get hints of the pre-war world, but they seem to be some sort of wild fascist nation invading Canada. In Fallout 1, the first thing we're introduced to of the pre-war society is seeing a soldier shoot civilians and laughing.

Now, for the first 2 games and New Vegas we don't really know much. What we know is that there's a fascist military group known as the enclave who were a sort of US deep state even before the war, and that the government teamed up with corporate interests to preform vaguely MKULTRA-ish experiments with the Vaults. Basically, the government was an extreme version of the 50s American jingoism and McCarthyism.

This is well and dandy, I guess issues come up more when we get to the later games, especially 4, where it seems like none of this extreme plotting and societal civil unrest which would exist is seen. The society as presented in 4 also seems quite progressive, gay people are featured in the opening, and none of the baggage of say, civil rights not existing are included. Now on a baseline, I don't want settings to be more conservative, homophobic and sexist etc., but it becomes a very confusing setting when it's displayed both as this jingoist extreme thing with fascist tendencies aswell as a progressive place where everyone is seemingly equal. If you're focusing on the 50s as your setting, and American nationalism in the 50s, then you can't have McCarthyism spoofs and anti-communism as a societal paranoia norm while also general equality is the norm without misunderstanding why McCarthyism and nationalist jingoism is bad. A massive harm done in anti-communist paranoia is how it degrades and vilifies any progressive movements (women's rights, civil rights, homosexuality) as being morally un-American and therefore connected to communism. To ignore this just makes any critique of MacCarthyism and jingoism weird!

Basically, pre-war America in Fallout 4 becomes this both sides thing where America is both pure and equal and white fences in every instance that we see as the player (the intro), while also supposedly being this dystopic MacCarthyist hellscape that's broadcasting gladly about their war crimes in Canada, and wants to root out communism. I guess the only fix for this issue without getting into the fine print like they had to do is just not to focus too much on the pre-war world.

[leavingautumn13]

ham-to-ham combat

[i have commissions open now]

[sacreblugh]

why did no one tell me that the fallout cigarette machines literally have lighters on them?!?!?!

[rad-roche]

hey, it's valentine's day somewhere!

[acorncoffeeformysweetheart]

It's his day! ❤️❤️❤️

Smooches to all of this precious community, I love you!

[victoryrifle]

FALLOUT - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Vault Edition

[mensajeroseis]

what are we doing to our beautiful queens 💔

like if you think the girl on the left is more beautiful than the girl on the right 💯

[typosandtea]

For the request thing, could you draw Nick Valentine? Please and thank you, feel free to ignore ^^

Hello there Anon!

Thanks for the request, I love that guy!

I won’t be ignoring any requests! Especially not such polite ones!! :)

[ID: A digital drawing. Nick valentine the synth detective from fallout 4 is pictured facing forward from the chest up. His metallic right hand on his chin thoughtfully, and his left arm is raised and mostly off the right side of the image, he is frowning and looking down as if in deep thought. Nick is in his usual detective coat and hat. Nick is coloured in with a pencil-like texture. He has a hot pink outline. The background of the image is very dark pink, to the left of nick is his symbol, a simple hot pink heart with an arrow through it. The artists signature is in the top left of the image in hot pink “Typos & Tea ‘24”. End ID]

[jettistired]

I'm drawing Hancock from FO4 so I can paint him in watercolors. I'm using a specific picture because he looks like he's smiling.

Like look at him! Look at that cute little smile! That cute little face! I love my wife.

I was outlining points of interest like the highlights in his eyes so I DON'T paint on it...

He did ALL the drugs and they are working.

[kratosnaturals]

WIP Saturday Thursday #5

Because I am positively on a roll right now. Nick lovers rise up.

“That ash is going to burn your shirt, Nicky,” Hancock mentioned casually with a hint of upturned lips, putting out his own cigarette on the bar’s ashtray. Nick snapped out of his thoughts with a questioning hum. He removed the rolled tobacco from between his lips with the intend of flicking off the burned excess, but when the orange embers landed on his chest he mumbled out an annoyed ‘shit!’ and quickly tried to brush it off of the white fabric. His friend simply gave him an amused ‘told you so.’

“You’re acting odd tonight. Even more than usual,” Hancock breached carefully, following the other man's gaze, “penny for your thoughts?”

Nick stalled. Was he really acting strange? He always thought he’s good at hiding his feelings… or perhaps Hancock was simply teasing him. The mayor did so love riling people up.

“Simply a little worn out after the past few months,” Nick brushed off, focusing his eyes on all the strung up lights around the area now. An understanding hum slipped Hancock’s lips, and the synth assumed their conversation would end there, but his companion had other plans. A toothy grin slowly spread across Hancock’s lips, and those metaphorical cogs in his head started moving. He poured himself another finger or two of whiskey, and slipped just a little closer to Nick.

“So. Are you really going to let mister ‘lasts-a-minute’ and the former tin woman upstage you?” Hancock asked innocently, bumping his hip into Nick’s. The latter looked bewildered now, as much as his synthetic flesh allowed him to grimace his displeasure. A grumble, low and a tinge threatening, “John.”

Jackpot, John thought, that hit a nerve. It was absolutely no surprise, to anyone, really, that the smooth-talking sleuth held a torch for his new co-detective. Those two could be fucking out in the open and it would be less obnoxious than whatever weird game of ‘will-they-won’t they’ those idiots were playing for ages now.

“I’m just sayin’. It’s really obvious,” John tutted, no longer feigning that poor display of innocence. Nick stirred uncomfortably besides him.

“John-”

“Are you going to keep doing this ‘I’m an old synth’ spiel or are you actually going to…” Hancock paused, looking the other man up and down, “steel up and tell the ‘dame’ she gets your coolant pumps workin’ overtime?”

Nick opened his mouth, but Hancock cut him off again with a raised finger as he took a quick sip, “don’t ‘John’ me, sleuth. Now get your rusty ass and loose screws over there and ask her for a dance.”

Another song played on the radio. Rock and roll. The synth nearly crushed the glass he was still holding with his metal hand. His claws scratched the material with a squeak that made him cringe, “I- no. I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

Hancock huffed, “Do I? Because to me it seems like you’re both just dancing around each other. Are you going to keep stalling and watch her get swept up by someone else? Well, she doesn’t seem all too shy, so maybe you could wait. I’m sure she’d come around. No promises, though.”

With a sombre expression Nick went back to watching his frolicking friend among the crowd, still held by Curie. The two swung and tip-toed around to the upbeat music with glee, ignoring the world around them. She danced, and danced, and danced. Much like she did with Preston, and Nate, and Piper, and even Codsworth-

“You know, for the best detective the Commonwealth has to offer, you’re really dense. Even denser than the metal you’re made out of, brother,” said Hancock before finishing his drink in one big gulp, “well, if you’re not planning to go for it, I might as well shoot my shot. Sir ‘short, pale and handsome’ has been touchy with not just you, Nicky.”

She liked being called sir?

That train of thought quickly spiralled off of its rails at the thought of John getting handsy with Eliza; wooing her, seducing her, getting with her-

It made his mechanical insides churn. It made him sick.

[un-local]

how am i JUST NOW realizing kellogg is meant to be a foil to nick valentine

[lordsammichsilas]

Question: do Nate and Nora have a canon last name in FO4?

I’ve been trying to piece through both of them for what details I can find to do some character building and it’s hard to discern what’s canon and head canon with them since they’re player characters.

I don’t want to write something and accidentally use someone else’s head canon on accident. If I have to go that route, I’d rather just use my own based off of what is actually canon to the game and the overall universe.

[shatinn]

Fallout 4 - alternative magazine - the PRYDWEN - 3 issue #20

[kayrockerqog]

just did the Confidence Man quest for the first time since my first playthrough today and actually ended up listening to Diamond City Radio afterwards and

Idk man but hearing Travis talking like a radio man with actual gusto and feeling confident with himself?? I feel like a proud mom hearing that.

Plus he just so happened to be talking about me reclaiming the Castle when I tuned in and I'm like "fuck yeah I did, you go kid, proud of you"

[sigurdjarlson]

What if Bethesda games had detailed love scenes like Balder’s Gate 3 but it was just nude characters T posing and clipping into to one another