#on the way to new vegas

[savingthrcw]

@bucketofdrugs asked for a starter!

It had all begun when the Ghoul had turned around the corner to buy a few supplies, and Lucy had asked a frantic woman what was wrong. It had ended a few minutes later with several raiders bleeding on the ground, some people missing limbs, the market burning, the yao guai coming from outside the border to eat, and a knife in the very same spot Moldaver's raider had stabbed her; though she had managed to find a rifle, for once, and had given up on pretending she couldn't shoot.

Also, the frantic woman was thanking her profusely for reuniting her with her child before running away, through people screaming and looking for weapons or to loot all over the place. She looked at the Ghoul, wavering but knowing she had to keep moving away from the yao guai before removing the weapon and using a stimpack. "I think-I think it could have gone worse, if you really think about it."

[vertyd]

yeah

[protosymphonette]

arcade stuff... trying to figure this dude out. guys who sunburn easily

[ghoulfuckersincorporated]

Josh please I am insanely high on datura and I cannot handle whatever weirdass bible shit you wanna throw at me right now

[blazefire2012]

How do we feel about the flavor Atomic Lemon-Lime for Yes Man popsicles?

[palant1r]

throwback to when arcade and I spent five whole minutes punching a pair of masked weirdos in a hotel

[citree]

Fuck it, *Leyendecker's your Robert House*

[nukacourier]

ulysses would honestly be the perfect candidate for anything enemies to lovers regarding the Courier if people weren't so focused on pretending the random one off Legion members are better written than they actually are

[simmyfrobby]

*And people are wrong about urban myths. Logic and reason say that these are fictional creations, retold again and again by people who are hungry for evidence of weird coincidence, natural justice and so on. They aren’t. They keep on happening all the time, everywhere, as the stories bounce back and forth across the universe ... Urban myths are alive.

Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad.

(inspo.)

[iceagebaby]

say hello to a stupid ass fallout AU, Fallout: Nowa Rzeczpospolita/Fallout: New Republic of Poland, developed with @kondz1u

for now vulpes and arcade, in a typical PRL polish setting

without background, with notes, and some additional text, under the cut

Arkadiusz Ganonowicz, overworked doctor in NFZ, which you may recognize from NRŚ (Nowa Republika Śląska/ New Silesian Republic), also the grandson of Mengele. Next to Arek, his 'friend', Inkuldzki, child from the divorce between Edward Saloński and Janusz Grahamka, and a member of the kibole Legii Cezara, a notorious football fans, who alywas get into fights with everyone.

yeah sorry its in polish, but those most important ones say:

"slouches like hell"

"those medical flip flops"

"harmony of the design completes itself"

"tactical glasses for blue eyes"

"both pale, no vitamin D"

"each Pole in the 90s"

"height perfect to see some teats"

[cosmichalibut]

This is what happens when you decide to show up at his shack without notice.

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[jumbledbee]

(im a month late)

this is definitely how the game went

[tannnnblogs]

[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.

[joleneghoul]

Decided to make an actual ref for The Queen. I think Fallout NPC ocs are really really fun honestly- like yesss add more to the game.

Text under cut in case its hard to read on photo!

Originally a performer from New Reno, Queen now resides on the outskirts of New Vegas, with The Kings- after life on The Strip turned foul.

It seems she has had a hard time settling down in the past, probably because of her affinity for a good revenge plot. Never let it be said that The Queen can't hold a grudge.

Quest: The Night The Lights Went Out In Vegas*

After Reaching Idolized Status in Freeside The Queen will embellish and customize The Couriers clothes for them.

*A Wildcard/anarchy sided Quest Titled after "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence

[jarold-rat]

dont . even care

i love seeing all the versions of these especially the fallout ones they make me giggle

original + inner struggle