#captain connolly

[lem0nicle]

i made a new version with a lot more ghouls

i hope its okay, that this is posted as a new post, not just a thread to the previous version😅

[malewifemrhouse]

20 ghouls ! ! i added another 29 to this file. more from fo4 and fnv, and a bunch from fo3 since ive now played it ! i want them all to look special :]!!! Here's the wip i posted previously!

[houses-snowglobes]

some headshots I did of some of my various ghoul wives from fallout 4

[honourablejester]

Some of my favourite ghoul NPCs in Fallout:

My sister and I are replaying New Vegas lately, and we recently did the Come Fly With Me sidequest again, and since I’m talking about Fallout recently and this quest reminded me how much I fucking love Jason Bright and his merry band of lunatics, I figured I’d talk about some of my favourite ghoul characters in the games I’ve played (3, 4, New Vegas). Specifically non-companion characters, no offense to Raoul. I just like some of the ghouls you just run into.

First off, since we’ve already mentioned him, Jason Bright is such a nutjob, and he is the focal point for such a fantastic, batshit quest that you have to adore him. Yes, he’s a cult leader, and yes, he’s leading the ghouls under him possibly to their deaths based on ‘visions’, and yes, he is using Chris’ delusions to help get them there (and also sends us, the player, into a very annoying set of negotiations), but. How can you not adore the idea of a non-feral glowing one cult leader who is leading his flock into space, and manages to find actual functioning rocket ships to manage it? (Well, functional if you help out and don’t sabotage them, anyway). Also, given that Atom may genuinely be an actual god in this universe, I’m not going to fully rule out the visions, especially since he had a sane enough grasp of them to realise that he was seeing somewhere so irradiated that Chris wouldn’t have survived it. But just for the quest alone, just for the sight of those rocket ships taking off and presumably baffling and/or scaring the pants off half the Mojave, I just love this guy.

Second, one of the best characters in any of the games full stop, and also in one of the best and most batshit sidequests full stop, we have Desmond Lockhart from Fallout 3: Point Lookout. Because he’s a ghoulified James Bond fighting a maniacal brain in a jar supervillain in a rivalry that has been going on since the Great War. That’s just. You cannot beat that. He’s foulmouthed and bitchy and ungrateful and an arse, and he’s fantastic. I love that the mansion you find him in is his enemy’s ancestral home, the cheek on this bitchy ghoul man. I love him. He’s just spectacular.

Third, to round out our ‘best batshit sidequests focused around ghouls’, we have Kent Connolly from Fallout 4, because who wants to play a hammy 40s-style pulpy comic book hero in post-apocalyptia today? You? Excellent! The Silver Shroud is such a fun and fantastic questline, and I also just deeply adore and wish to protect Kent. He’s so sweet and sad and gently pathetic, and he’s not remotely able for the wasteland, and he’s trying to help. A pre-war ghoul clinging to the old radio shows he used to love when the world was less overtly hellish to try and help him cope, and not doing so well, and wanting to bring that hope to other people by resurrecting an old-world hero. He’s very sad and badly adapted, but he’s very sweet, and we always wait to take his quest until we have the rifle skill levelled enough to get him out of his little situation at the end of the quest alive. Because Kent is not allowed to die.

Fourth, on a continued theme of ghouls too nice for this world and who I will cheerfully murder people to protect, we have Gob from Fallout 3. Because everybody’s fucking mean to him, including the game itself, and somebody needs to fix it. GIVE ME A QUEST TO FREE THIS POOR MAN, YOU STUPID GAME. I mean, yes, we always murder Moriarty to help him anyway, which does solve the problem, but I HATE the fact that the game lets you tell his mother he’s a slave, and then doesn’t let you fix it. You just crushed her hopes for nothing, and even if you do get him free anyway later, with no quest to do so, you can’t tell her that. I want to stab FO3 so much for that. Why do you put a poor abused, incredibly nice slave man in front of me and then not let me free him? THERE SHOULD BE A GOB QUEST. If only so I don’t accidently crush poor Carol’s spirits with no hope of then telling her better news later. Because I am murdering Moriarty for the man, I’m not going to leave him enslaved. I don’t do game mods, but if there is one mod I want for 3, it’s that one. Let me free him officially and then tell Carol about it.

Ahem. Anyway. Sorry about that. Moving on (never, I will never move on, I will hold a grudge on this forever, but howandever).

Fifth, and still on the theme of the saddest goddamn ghouls in the wasteland, there is Arlen Glass from Fallout 4. Because he broke my fucking heart and I will never get over it. Giving him that tape from his family had me sobbing. A sweet gentle toymaker and family man who was never home because of work, who talked to his wife and daughter primarily over the phone, and who was still at work when the bombs dropped and never made it home to see them at the end. Who ghoulified, and was left with that grief and regret for the next 200 years. He ripped my heart fully out of my chest. Letting him hear his family’s voices again by retrieving that holotape was one of the most impactful things I’ve ever done in these games, and it was the one moment where I desperately wanted to refuse the quest reward. We fortified the Slog to hell and back to make sure Arlen was safe. Again, would die and kill for this man without a thought.

And then, in slightly less obsessive fashion, some honourable mentions:

Captain Zao, Fallout 4. Because there is something so quietly sad about his whole situation, trapped in a tiny vessel while his crew goes feral around him, keeping watch over the ruined country he helped destroy, wanting only to go home, and relying on enemies with extremely justified grudges to help him. No one won the Great War, and Zao is proof of it. We help him, every time. All he wants is to go home, after spending more than 200 years trapped wondering how much of it is left for him to find when he gets there. What the fuck would shooting him do, in the face of that? No one won the war. Let’s just let those it destroyed find what peace they can.

The Vault Tec Representative, Fallout 4. Because I just feel so sorry for the man. You never even learn his name. He was left out to die by his company, and he knows it, and after 200 years ghoulifying and rotting, out you pop, fresh as a fucking daisy from the vault he put you in, just to rub it fucking home. It’s not the Sole Survivor’s fault, but you definitely can’t blame him for being sore.

And finally, Daisy, from Fallout 4. I want to mention her because I do love her, that of all the quests you pick up from people in Goodneighbour, hers is to try and clear out the Library, because she remembers it from when she was a girl and she’d like to see it at least not overrun, if not quite restored. I love a nice bookworm, tough enough to survive Goodneighbour, and to put her caps into trying to bring a little civilisation back to the wasteland.

But Daisy also highlights a bit … There aren’t too many important female ghouls? Ones with cool quests around them. There are quite a few scattered around the various games, sure, but not too many you can really interact with like the boys above. There are a few memorable ladies around, like Keely from New Vegas, the tough as nails scientist who survives Vault 22 in New Vegas, Carol and her partner in Fallout 3, and then Beatrix Russell, also in Vegas, who has a tiny but extremely memorable part in the ‘find hookers for the casino in Freeside’ quest, just for being a (potential) ghoul cowboy dominatrix who likes to have a good time and believes that ‘good times’ are a full-contact sport. Like. She’s pretty damn memorable.

But there is, at least in the three games I’ve played, a bit of a dearth of full-questline-attached, batshit-shenanigans-ahead lady ghouls, and that’s another thing I could wish changed. Heh.

But yeah. Ghouls are some of the best characters in these games, and they definitely have some of the best quests attached to them too. And a lot of them will break your heart as well. Heh.

I do love this universe. A lot.

[danses-with-dogmeat]

Choose a favorite character whose name starts with "K"!

(Or a character you just want to see me write for 😁)

If you have any questions on these characters, please feel free to ask!

And if you think of someone who's not listed here that you would like to see, feel free to add a name to the comments/reblogs!

[heroicgartist]

I seriously would take a smaller Fallout game that focused living on a town or city like you are a denizen in order to have relationships with people beyond the companions. It could be like if you are living in a settlement and slowly realizing people's place in that settlement.

Hierophant Arlen Glass SO REALLLL :'OOOO Saddy daddy vibes all over.

Vault Tec Rep as Death is so fitting even if his sunny vault tec representative suit is in contrast to death. Mainly because I really do imagine before he found healing at Sanctuary, he was in a rut of what he was supposed to do with his life with no one giving him a real purpose he can actually fulfill. Only until the sole survivor gave him some sort of purpose and a home he feels like he actually belongs in, David Dwecker feels like he can become part of the future that he was afraid to engage with. I think David softened up to his new post-apocalyptic commonwealth life since then.

Kent Connolly as Moon really does give me Mishima Persona 5 vibes mainly because they both are somewhat timid dorky characters that depend on the main hero to carry out their desire to help others. I can see the moon tarot in Kent because I kinda imagine him as someone who is anxious about anything; especially something as ambitious as taking on crime going on in Goodneighbor. And any negative consequences could threaten Kent to quit altogether. However, thanks to a bit of time and inner clarity of what he really wants. Kent will continue spreading the name of the Silver Shroud being a real hero.

When it comes to Captain Zao as the Emperor. Yes it can be attributed to how he was a captain that commanded great power yet being fair at the same time. That is half of his upright emperor tarot, the other half is that Captain Zao would go back to China to establish some sort of order. He represents emperor tarot because Zao has the conviction to establish some sort of civilization back to China just like an ideal Sole Survivor. If it is possible, he will raise that new civilization himself. If not, he will die satisfied from the fact he tried. From being able to establish what he desires in leadership and qualify for being that leader, there is a reason why he would be Emperor tarot.

If Fallout 4 had Persona Social Links

Excluding the companions because they would take up most of the list. I also tried to not use faction characters (except the Minutemen).

Magician: Sturges

Priestess: Amari

Empress: Ellie Perkins

Emperor: Captain Zao

Hierophant: Arlen Glass

Lovers: Magnolia

Chariot: Fahrenheit

Justice: Nat Wright

Hermit: Travis Miles

Fortune: Mama Murphy

Strength: Vadim & Yefim Bobrov

Hanged Man: Jun & Marcy Long

Death: Vault-Tec Sales Representative

Temperance: Takahashi (because a Takahashi Social Link would be funny)

Devil: Pickman

Tower: Whitechapel Charlie

Star: Jack Cabot

Moon: Kent Connolly

Sun: Austin Engill

[blackmoonowl]

Fallout bots

Fallout 3:

Butch Deloria:

He's flirting

Fallout New Vegas:

Joshua Graham:

First meeting

Fallout 4:

Cait:

Your lover

Captain Zao:

Your lover

Deacon:

Traveling together

Edward Deegan:

You sided with Lorenzo

John Hancock:

The break up

Your lover

Travel partner

You're fatally wounded

Kent Connolly:

Pre war and nerd talk

Nate:

You're a companion [vault dweller]

Nick Valentine:

Your lover

"Is there a machine you can't charm?"

Old Longfellow:

He's opening up

Paladin Danse:

Blind Betrayal

Your lover

Dad of the year

He's falling for you

Piper Wright:

Your lover

You took her to far harbor

She's falling for you

Porter Gage:

You're the new overboss

He couldn't keep a straight face

Your lover

Preston Garvey:

He's falling for you

Your lover

Robert Joseph MacCready:

Jealous lover

He's falling for you

Your lover

First meeting

Reuniting the break up

Dad of the year

Actor AU

You took him to Far Harbor

He wants you back.

Unplanned child

You're fatally wounded

Other:

Love triangle bots:

Fallout TV Show:

Cooper Howard - The ghoul:

Reunion | he never thought he'd see you again.

[immortalysasims]

HIGHSCHOOL NPC’s: THE COMPUTER TEAM.

Hello my dear simmers! Aren’t you tired of your highschool having the same weird npc’s and characters? Well, if you are I have the solution for you. In this little project I have recreated the Copperdale Highschool teams from scratch, this is part 4 of 4 (I'm so sorry for the delay). They are all assigned to their specific after-school activities and each have their own likes, dislikes and skills.

+ INFORMATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS AND DOWNLOAD BELOW THE CUT:

These sims were made mainly with base game + high school years and NO CC whatsoever, any other packs are optional for the pre-chosen milestones, lifestyles, reputation, etc. If any pack other than base game and highschool years show up in the gallery it’s a bug.

If you don’t want them to move into houses as they’re not (in theory) a family, place them into an empty lot, evict them and move them into the “other households��� while in the manage households pannel, also if you want them to keep their specific roles/jobs don’t forget to turn neighborhood stories off (can be done individually if you don’t want it to affect other households). - I use THIS mod to assign all my highschool NPC's. -

Cedric Wallace

Aspiration: Goal Oriented. (Complete).

CAS Traits: Geek, good.

Reward Traits: Highflier, relatable, top notch infant, top-notch toddler, idea person, happy toddler, socially gifted.

Likes: Orange, blue, alternative music, hard-working sims, cerebral sims, deep thoughts, discussing hobbies.

Dislikes: Romance music, ambitionless sims, rascals, arguments.

Skills: Charisma (2), Programming (6), Handiness (5), Logic (5), Video Gaming (8).

Lifestyles: Coffee Fanatic, Techie.

Current Stats: Grade A Student. Computer Team Captain. Pristine Reputation.

Candice Goldberg

Aspiration: Goal Oriented. (Complete).

CAS Traits: Geek, self-assured.

Reward Traits: Highflier, relatable, happy toddler, top notch infant, top-notch toddler, mentally gifted, idea person, observant.

Likes: Red, black, baroque music, alternative music, argumentative sims, cerebral sims, deep thoughts, discussing interests.

Dislikes: Green, pop music, egotistical sims, rascals, gossip, malicious interactions.

Skills: Charisma (2), Handiness (5), Logic (5), Programming (8), Rocket Science (8), Video Gaming (8).

Lifestyles: Indoorsy, techie.

Current Stats: Grade A Student. Computer Programming Teammate. Great Reputation.

Anthony Connolly

Aspiration: Goal Oriented. (Complete).

CAS Traits: Geek, clumsy.

Reward Traits: Highflier, relatable, top notch infant, top-notch toddler, idea person, mentally gifted, happy toddler.

Likes: Green, blue, alternative music, classical music, egotistical sims, argumentative sims, cerebral sims, deep thoughts, discussing interests.

Dislikes: Pink, rascals, pranks, malicious interactions.

Skills: Charisma (2), Handiness (5), Logic (8), Programming (8), Rocket Science (6), Video Gamming (10).

Lifestyles: Indoorsy, techie.

Current Stats: Grade A Student. Computer Programming Teammate. Good Reputation.

Lacy Moody

Aspiration: Live Fast.

CAS Traits: Geek, erratic.

Reward Traits: Dauntless, relatable, top-notch toddler, idea person, mentally gifted, great storyteller.

Likes: Black, purple, red, alternative music, metal music, rascals, discussing interests, discussing hobbies, pranks.

Dislikes: Romance music, egotistical sims, high energy sims, deep thoughts, potty humor.

Skills: Charisma (3), Mixology (4), Gardening (3), Handiness (5), Logic (5), Photography (3), Programming (8), Rocket Science (7), Video Gaming (8).

Lifestyles: Techie.

Current Stats: Grade A Student. Computer Programming Teammate. Good Reputation.

Derek Hopkins

Aspiration: Goal Oriented.

CAS Traits: Geek, high maintenance.

Reward Traits: Highflier, relatable, top notch infant, top-notch toddler, idea person, mentally gifted, incredibly friendly.

Likes: Orange, yellow, alternative music, blues music, cerebral sims, argumentative sims, deep thoughts, discussing hobbies.

Dislikes: Red, pop music, egotistical sims, rascals, pranks, gossip.

Skills: Charisma (5), Video Gamming (8), Guitar (5), Handiness (5), Logic (8), Piano (3), Programming (8), Rocket Science (4).

Lifestyles: People person, techie.

Current Stats: Grade A Student. Computer Programming Teammate. Good Reputation.

DOWNLOAD: SFS / PATREON (ALWAYS FREE)

ATTENTION: I do not own the original game due to the absurd price it is in my country, so everything will show up in the gallery with the name “Knysims” which is the site I always download my packs from!

[letheology]

Presenting: the two sequencer OC's that have been slowly forming in my brain over the course of the past couple of months. Because I cant stop making sequencers I guess!!

The Keen-eyed Chemist - Kelly Connolly

Chemist and sometimes nurse at the Grand Geode, Kelly's jobs are numerous and wide-ranging. He prepares medicines. He tests incoming food shipments for poisons. He invented a method to check the colour of fabrics to ensure his fellow Sequencers' outfits are actually matching because everyone on this damn island sees in shades of gold. Oh, and he invented HRT for his daughter. It's well-known that before the Sequence, he had been a grifter selling fake cure-alls, but those days are far behind him. In the Dawn Machine's radiance, he has learned to thrive rather than merely survive, and his habit of making silly little potions developed into actual skill as a scientist. Kelly joined the New Sequence nearly two decades ago after a chance meeting with @zeebreezin's Laurence. He needed to flee London, he needed a reliable job, and he needed support for his daughter. The Sequence promised that, and more. He's never looked back.

The Affable Ensign - Bríd Connolly

Bríd is Kelly's daughter, first and foremost. She was raised on the Grand Geode from a young age, and as far as she's concerned, it's been lovely. She's bubbly and curious and always happy to help. She's tried out a lot of jobs at the Geode so far, and she hasn't found her place yet, but she's sure she'll figure it out eventually! Next on her list: a term serving aboard Captain Trieu's ship and then a visit to London.

[finniestoncrane]

🩷🍿 Finnie's 2k Event Masterlist 🍿💚

masterlist of all showings at the cinema (updated soon)

🔞minors dni🔞 • main event post • tag: finnie2k (to follow or to block) dividers used by @/fireflygraphics

🍿 "Now or Never" • Short Fic • Two Face 🍿 "Finders, Keepers" • Short Fic • Cooper Howard 🍿 Character Pairing • Catwoman 🍿 "Roleplaying" • Headcanons • Firefly 🍿 Character Pairing • Poison Ivy 🍿 "Possessive" • Short Fic • Two Face 🍿 "Well-Trained" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 "My Girl" • Short Fic • Black Mask 🍿 "Blush" • Short Fic • Black Mask 🍿 "Comforting" • Headcanons • Poison Ivy 🍿 "Only Natural" • Short Fic • Penguin 🍿 "Together" • Short Fic • Victor Zsasz 🍿 "Mine To Use" • Short Fic • Cooper Howard 🍿 "Need" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 "Ditto" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 Character Pairing • Penguin 🍿 "This Will Hurt Me" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 "Posessive" • Headcanons • Riddler 🍿 "The Grind" • Short Fic • Penguin 🍿 "Just A Fool" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 "Gentle Touch" • Short Fic • Captain Boomerang 🍿 "Caress" • Short Fic • Penguin 🍿 "Quick Break" • Short Fic • Nick 🍿 "Hungry" • Short Fic • Scriddler 🍿 "Rosy" • Short Fic • Riddler

🍿 "Double Feature" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 "Dark" • Short Fic • Victor Zsasz 🍿 Character Pairing • Scarecrow 🍿 Character Pairing • Music Meister 🍿 "Exorcise" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 Character Pairing • Harley Quinn 🍿 "Starlight" • Short Fic • Nick Valentine 🍿 "Hurt/Comfort" • Headcanons • Scarecrow 🍿 "Humiliation" • Headcanons • Riddler �� Moodboard • Scarecrow 🍿 Character Pairing • Mary-Beth Gaskill 🍿 "Obedient" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 "Seated" • Short Fic • Mad Hatter 🍿 "A Bit European" • Short Fic • Penguin 🍿 "Crime and Punishment" • Short Fic • Harvey Bullock 🍿 "First Time" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 "Only Fear" • Short Fic • Scarecrow 🍿 "The Idea" • Short Fic • Cooper Howard 🍿 Character Pairing • Kent Connolly 🍿 "Softly, Softly" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 "Nerves" • Short Fic • Riddler 🍿 "Partner" • Short Fic • Arthur Morgan 🍿 "Voyeurism" • Headcanons • Mad Hatter 🍿 "My Hero" • Short Fic • Maximus 🍿 "Sharing Is Caring" • Short Fic • Cooper Howard

[lem0nicle]

the fallout (ghoul) brainrot never ends

enjoy yet another one of my low effort (and quality for that matter) fallout shitposts

i tried to include some of the more known ghouls, sorry if your favourite isn't among them😅

edit: i would like to do a second part (or ill just keep updating this version), so if theres some ghouls youd like to see there, please let me know! :)

EDIT 2: a new updated version is here !! :D

[latibvles]

Poet you have now unleashed a monster in me as well with the Mouse Hole crossovers. I’m dying to hear more about all of it but for right now, I need more details about Lena and Andrew Haldane. Idc if it takes the least realistic aus but I need them together

WE ARE SHAKING HANDS ANON, I LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM AND LENA DESERVES NICE THINGS. LIKE THE HANDSOME MARINE CAPTAIN WHO'S WAR ENDED JUST A LITTLE TOO EARLY JUST LIKE HERS. We are pulling from The Pacific School of Andrew Haldane Survives His Headshot which isn't the craziest leap to make. I am after all the person who looked at the 100th and said "you know what they need to do? Ride dragons." So... not the craziest thing to suggest. More of Lena & Andy under the cut.

So Lena is... very clearly not from Massachusetts, but you know who is?

Crank who she is very good friends with. And Jo, who she is also very good friends with.

And so Lena Connolly, post-war mechanic, is on her way up to New England, possibly to help Jo get her stuff from her parents' place to move in with Rosie. Or maybe she's just coming up to say hi to her two favorite people after a while of not seeing them. Both things are very Lena, because as we all know: she's a team player.

Maybe the car Lena's got right now isn't the most reliable thing, but it's all she's got for right now — and she's good at fixing them. It should be able to last her from Brooklyn to Boston: a mere four hours, right? Right?

Wrong. Maybe she hits a pothole too hard on the way up or something. But something is definitely knocked out of place and so she has to pull over to fix it. Sputtering exhaust, the poor thing's on its last legs.

Will that stop her from getting all up under the hood to try and fix the problem herself? No.

Will that also stop Andrew Haldane, who's finally coming home after being stuck in the Hospital Carousel for months, from asking his brother to pull over to see what's going on? Absolutely not. Doubly so because this person is half bent over under the hood of the car.

All of which to say — Andy Haldane meets Lena Connolly with a smudge of oil on her cheek, and her hands, frizzy-haired and huffy. Maybe he's making heart eyes about it. Shut up. Anyways she immediately goes on prattling in irritation about what's wrong and how she can't fix it before catching herself.

Robert offers to drive to the nearest telephone to call a tow company. Lena has, well, her stuff in the car so she doesn't want to leave it. Andy Haldane is now volunteering to wait on the side of the road with a complete stranger 98% because it's the right thing to do and 2% because she's pretty.

if I had a dollar for every blonde pacific man I paired with a ginger I'd have two whole dollars which isn't a lot but—

I think it starts as small talk really; curiosity about how she knows so much about cars, which leads into her being a mechanic, which lends itself to "I used to work on the big birds," and "Really?" and "Flight Engineer, 100th Bomb Group" and "Captain, Fifth Marines."

They don't dive into the nitty gritty details. Lena doesn't ask about that pink scar tissue on his temple and the hair that's shorter than the rest of it. Andy doesn't ask about how one of her fingers is just that much shorter than the others.

But he does make her laugh to take her mind off the tragedy that is her current mode of transportation (more like the lack of it). He does offer to take her wherever she's going (which is more like Robert doing it, because Andy isn't quite ready to be driving yet. But he'll gladly sit in that passenger's seat).

"Do you always offer rides to strangers down on their luck on the side of the road?" and "I feel like if I answer that you're gonna poke a hole in it no matter what I say."

Did I mention he likes making her laugh? Did I mention he's definitely got a crush?

They do get to Jo's, eventually, after Robert comes back and late afternoon is ebbing into early evening. Jo's frazzled and she does not recognize Strange Blonde Man with her at the door but Lena assures her that she'll get the full story later.

Lena also isn't shy when she likes somebody, so Andy does in fact get the New York number and not just the Boston one.

Which Andy calls, when she gets back to New York — her dad picks up first though, and she's giggling and apologizing half-heartedly over the phone.

It's a lot of phone calling and sometimes letter writing until Lena comes back up again. Because I can't escape the friends-to-lovers allegations. I also just think that Andy and Lena first kiss at Cape Cod? Sign me up, quite frankly.

I also think that calling someone at 2am because you can't sleep because you are Haunted™ is a look and by a look I mean the Andy/Lena look. Maybe he can't drive all the way to The Bronx but he'll definitely take the train when she's having a particularly hard time in the bleak midwinter.

My kink is couples who kind of have their shit together but are also just a really good team as well as lovers can we tell yet? Because they make a very good team. And Lena has fully committed herself to getting grease stains on that man's cheeks for years to come

[clementine-thedestroyer]

Apocalypse AU with Price starting a refuge for survivors- he calls it the commonwealth and appoints the rest of the 141 to various positions of power. But slowly, as surviving gets harder and harder, he’s forced to make harder and harder decisions and the rest of the 141 is forced to watch as the man that was once their captain turn into darker and darker versions of himself, until he’s willing to ignore any questions of morality and “goodness”, all in hope of what should be a noble goal: protecting the people who’ve entrusted their life’s to the commonwealth, and by extension, him.

“We get dirty so they stay clean.” He tells Gaz, clapping a bloody hand against his back as he walks away from a still-warm corpse.

At some point, they’re forced to realize that they’re captains always been like this- willing to stain his hands irrevocably with blood in the name of the “greater good”.

The only difference is that now, there’s no one telling him what that greater good is. There’s no generals or COs to draw the line between “too far” and “necessary”.

[thornfield13713]

Honestly, depressing as the real-life end of the story was, the Daring Dashwood stories make me wonder if other new radio dramas are/could be produced in the post-apocalyptic world. I mean, if Three Dog could apparently arrange for this whole new story, why not someone else?

And...you know...I bet nobody officially holds the license for the Silver Shroud anymore. And even if they could, it's been over a hundred years - that's public domain now. And nothing will ever convince me that Kent Connolly has not written at least some fanfiction in his time...

What I am getting at here is...new Silver Shroud radio episodes? Remake? I could see Kent getting very into that, and having a new project like that might be good for him. Either continuing the pre-war stories or doing something like how they brought Captain America to the modern day to tell stories about the Silver Shroud in today's Commonwealth. Particularly as the actual Silver Shroud who was running around for a while was genuinely frozen for two centuries and it's a plot device the radio show apparently used.

I mean, you might have to change a few details, change a few names to protect people's privacy, but I could see that doing really well, given that there are apparently a fair few Silver Shroud fans out there - Preston, to name just one.

[danses-with-dogmeat]

2000 Followers Celebration!!!

& Fallout Alphabet Poll End Results!

Hey all, so the secret is out! (Kinda) But all these past polls have been the prelude to my 2K Followers Celebration BONANZA. (That's not the official title, I just wanted to use the word BONANZA).

Anyway, a HUGE, MASSIVE thank you to every single one of you folks who are a part of this little community and who've supported me and my fanfiction writing journey for the past few years (which is crazy that it's been that long, omg.) But I love and appreciate you all SO MUCH and am absolutely baffled that I've made it to this. I thought 100 was crazy, then I thought 1K was crazy and then it just kept on going! Ahh, I'm just so so so glad that there's a thriving Fallout community out here of amazing writers, artists, and fans that are still so involved ��

I don't know what I would do without this space, so thank you all for being a part of it <3

ANYWAY (x2) Here are the final results to all 22 polls that I posted, with more event details just below!

So I've posted the 1st place winners, 2nd place, and then a 3rd "runner up" position that will only be filled by non-companion npcs, just to give them a chance to shine, and me a chance to write for some folks I'm not as used to. For the purposes of the 2k event, I will only be using the 1st place winners for the 'prompts' (which I'll explain in another post), and then a few of the 2nd placers and (almost) all of the runner ups will be used in ANOTHER upcoming event that I'm going to start prepping for (because I'm an insane person).

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A:

1st: Arcade Israel Gannon

2nd: Arthur Maxson

3rd: Dr. Amari

B:

1st: Benny Gecko

2nd: Butch Deloria

3rd: Beatrix Russell

C:

1st: Charon

2nd: Craig Boone

3rd: Caesar

D:

1st: Deacon

2nd: Danse

3rd: Dazzle

E:

1st: ED-E

2nd: Easy Pete

3rd: Edward Deegan

F:

1st: Fawkes

2nd: Fahrenheit

3rd: Fantastic

G:

1st: Gob

2nd: Glory

3rd: Gary(s)

H:

1st: Robert Edwin House

2nd: Harold

3rd: Harkness

I/O:

1st: Old Longfellow

2nd: Captain Ironsides

3rd: Oliver Swanick

J:

1st: John Hancock

2nd: Joshua Graham

3rd: Julie Farkas

K:

1st: The King

2nd: KL-E-O

3rd: Kent Connolly

L:

1st: Lily Bowen

2nd: Legate Lanius

3rd: Red Lucy

M:

1st: Mysterious Stranger

2nd: Magnolia

3rd: Moira Brown

N:

1st: Nick Valentine

2nd: No Bark Noonan

3rd: Nate/Nora

P:

1st: Preston Garvey

2nd: Primm Slim

3rd: Pickman

Q/U/X:

1st: Ulysses

2nd: X6-88

3rd: Dr. Usanagi

R:

1st: Raul Alphonse Tejada

2nd: Robert Joseph MacCready

3rd: Rotface

S:

1st: Sunny Smiles

2nd: Sturges

3rd: Swank

T:

1st: Three Dog

2nd: Tinker Tom

3rd: Travis Miles

V:

1st: Veronica Santangelo

2nd: Victor

3rd: Vulpes Inculta

W:

1st: Whitechapel Charlie

2nd: Wiseman

3rd: Winthrop

Y/Z:

1st: Yes Man

2nd: Captain Zao

3rd: Yefim Bobrov

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When it’s over Chapter 9

“Heaven help me.”

The next morning, Anna realized she was the first person awake. She wasn’t surprised as she imagined the team probably stayed up a lot later than she did.

She began her morning routine by stretching and praying, before wandering into the common room to get coffee started. As she waited for the machine to do its thing, she decided to see if there was any literature she could find. She had to leave her personal cell phone back home due to the risk of their location being tracked, so she had to get creative with entertaining herself.

She cursed herself for being so tied up in the device in the first place.

While she was looking around she did find a notepad and a pen. She decided that this would do as a creative outlet and sat down at the table.

Anna, staring at the blank paper waiting for inspiration, remembered how in grief counseling they told her to write down all the things she would want to tell loved ones who passed.

Her counselor called it her “heaven journal”.

Anna decided to spend the next couple of minutes writing everything to Bunny.

Anna wrote how much she was going to miss her, how every time she saw something beautiful she thought of her and most of all, Anna had kissed the “super hot lumberjack” who was also her boss and she really liked it.

She was in another world completely that she didn’t realize Captain Redfield had entered the room until he spoke to her.

“Look at you Connolly,” He said in a chipper tone. “We might just have to promote you as a designated coffee maker.”

Anna almost jumped out of her seat. “Redfield, how long have you been there?”

“Just long enough to see you writing so furiously, is everything okay?”

“You’re going to think it’s dumb if I tell you.”

Chris rolled his eyes, “Try me.”

“I’m writing in my heaven journal.”

He kept his expression neutral, but she could tell he was trying to hold back his brows from furrowing. “Heaven Journal?”

“It's something I learned in grief counseling, to write what you wish you would have said or what your person in heaven missed out on. I find it helpful.”

He laid out two coffee mugs on the table and poured the fresh brew into the cups. “That sounds interesting, I’ve never thought of that.” He took a sip of coffee. “How do you get this stuff not as bitter? What do you do with it?”

She giggled. “I add cinnamon to the grounds, it cuts the acidity just enough, I learned that trick from my mother in law!”

“She sounds like a wise lady.”

“She is, I learned alot from her actually. I really need to call her and check up on her. I haven’t spoken to her in a while.” she looked down at her reflection in the mug thoughtfully. She really hadn’t been in touch with her in-laws since Michael’s passing.

Chris and Anna fell into an awkward silence not making eye contact. It was like they were in a deadlock, waiting for the other to mention the events of the night before.

Chris was the first to break the silence.

“Anna,” he started with shakily. “I think we should talk about, um,” his voice started to waver.

“Captain Redfield-”

Chris,” he corrected, “please call me Chris when it’s just us.” He looked at her, she was having trouble placing his emotion.

“Chris,” she began again, “ I really enjoyed last night, but I want to keep it professional. I’m not ready to enter any kind of romantic, well anything, after what happened to Michael. I don’t think I'll ever be ready.”

Chris nodded softly and relaxed his rigid shoulders. “If that's what you want, then I agree.”

She smiled and got up, she patted Chris’ back. “I like you alot Chris, and I hope we can still be friends.”

He returned her smile. “Of course.”

“I better start getting ready, I went over the Winters’ medical files briefly but I need to make sure I’m prepared.” she rinsed out her cup and placed it into the empty dishwasher. “I’ll be in my room if you need me.”

Chris just raised his mug in agreement while he watched her walk away.

“It’s for the best.” He thought to himself. “It would never work out.”

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Anna was nervous meeting the Winters family.

After being directly involved with the Dulvey incident, she had no idea how they felt being under BSAA lock and key, or having to undergo constant medical procedures.

When she arrived at their residence, it was a simple blue bungalow with a nice little porch. Anna thought it would be big enough to have a porch swing in the corner, it reminded her slightly of the little bungalow she shared with her own husband.

Tundra and Chris were tasked with briefing Ethan & Mia about their training, while Anna performed routine medical testing.

When they arrived and knocked on the door, a skinny, anxious-looking woman answered. She just barely opened the door, revealing that the chain to the deadbolt was still attached.

“Oh, it's you.” she said flatly, and shut the door.

Anna and Tundra exchanged confused and annoyed looks as the door was still shut, they could hear Mia undoing multiple locks.

When she opened the door it revealed a dull looking interior with moving boxes still strewn about everywhere.

Anna wanted to break the silence and make the situation more comfortable, but understood why Tundra and Chris didn’t have much sympathy for her. Mia worked as a researcher for the connections and was Eveline’s caretaker; in the BSAA’s eyes, Mia was just as at fault for the Dulvey incident.

“Mrs.WInters,” Anna started off very formally. “My name is Anna Connolly, I will be the Nurse practitioner overseeing the treatment plan for you and your husband.” She outstretched her hand as a peace offering.

Mia just looked at her and didn’t take it.

“The BSAA couldn’t even send a real doctor?” Mia said instead, crossing her arms.

Anna’s face reddened in embarrassment and shock, her voice catching in her throat.

“Ms.Connolly is very experienced in the messes you and your associates have created, Mia.” Chris spat out. “I would try to get on her goodside, her research conclusions are the deciding factor whether or not your ass gets sent to a high security facility.”

Mia’s demeanor changed immediately as the reality set in of her precarious situation.

“I’m sorry, Nurse Connolly.” Mia said bitterly, adding emphasis on “Nurse.”

Anna just decided to shake it off. “Not a problem Mrs.Winters, or would you prefer I call you Mia?” she said trying to give her best impression of a genuine smile.

“Mia’s fine,” She grumbled.

“Alright, Mia. Is there an area in the house where you’re the most comfortable? I’m going to have to ask you some personal health related questions, Chris and Emily are going to talk to Ethan about some safety measures in the meantime.”

Mia turned around and led you to the kitchen where there was a small table with two chairs. Anna thought the space could use a new coat of paint, it would be more cozy that way.

Anna set down her medical bag delicately, as Mia carefully eyed her.

She had different BSAA issued equipment that she had only worked with a handful of times on infected animals but not humans. She would be lying if she said Mia’s words hadn’t shaken her.

“So, Mia.” Anna started trying to calm her nerves. “Have you experienced any side effects since your surgeries? Anything out of the normal for your body, pre-infection?”

Mia rolled her eyes. “Of course I have.”

Anna flinched at her words slightly. She made it her mission to not be rattled by Mia. “Would you like to go into detail?”

Mia sat back in her chair. “My cycles have been strange.” Anna looked up.

“Have they been heavier, longer, more painful…?”

“They’ve been very intense, Ethan and I will go at it like animals, then I’ll have the most painful period cramps, heavy bleeding for a short while then the cycle starts all over again.”

“Mia, I'm so sorry, that sounds miserable.”

She shrugged.

“Have you two been using protection when these urges hit?”

“No, the surgeon performing our surgeries to remove the mold told us that Ethan was more than likely sterile, shouldn’t you know that already?”

“I’m aware of Ethan’s situation. There’s always a chance of conceiving, so I'd advise using protection regardless.”

Anna continued her questionnaire and collected vials of blood. She thanked Mia for her time then escorted Mia to the living room where Chris and Emily were going over the training plan for Ethan.

“Hey there Ethan, I have finished up with your lovely wife. Now it's your turn.” Anna said cheerfully.

Ethan was much more amicable than his partner, he looked relieved to be able to break free from the training talk.

“Sounds great doc.” Ethan said as Anna escorted him into the kitchen to sit down.

“I heard what Mia said to you, I hope that you understand she really doesn’t mean to be so angry.” Ethan said.

“It’s all water under the bridge, you two went through a lot as a couple. I couldn’t imagine surviving an event like Dulvey as a civilian.”

Ethan raised his eyebrows in slight confusion.

“I was on the ground at Dulvey, I worked with Captain Redfield in the mine to subdue Lucas Baker.”

“Oh shit,” Ethan responded.

“Yup, and now fate brings us together again. Just know we’re here to genuinely help you and Mia reintegrate as much as you can.” she smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder.

Anna conducted the same thorough questioning as she did with Mia. Ethan confirmed the strange animalistic urges, but he also divulged he had other strange symptoms.

“It’s like I never get sick or hurt for long anymore.” He started. “When I cut myself or when I think I cut myself, I heal immediately.” Ethan said shaky.

“Ethan, I appreciate your honesty. I can’t imagine what you’re going through; but I need you to be 100% real with me on this next question.” Ethan looked at her with a very concerned look.

“Are there moments where you black out and have found yourself in places where you’re unsure of how you got there?”

He let out a shaky breath. “Not since immediately after the incident. I’ve had weird dreams, but I thought it was just PTSD.”

Anna nodded as she wrote down the observations. She was trying to remain calm, but what she was observing and the evidence presented, she was extremely concerned.

“We’ll, Ethan, thanks for your time. I’m excited to learn more about you and Mia since we’ll be spending a lot of time together.” She smiled.

Ethan looked like he wanted to say something more, but didn’t. He just returned her smile.

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On the way to the barracks Anna sat in the back seat of the SUV looking over her paperwork. She was busy annotating the different data and was so out of it she barely acknowledged Chris and Emily.

“Damn, Anna. I’ve never seen you so busy. What the hell did you ask them?” Emily turned around in her seat to make eye contact with her.

“I’m not sure what I know yet. It feels like I’ve taken two steps backwards.”

“Looks like we have our work cut out for us then.” Chris chimed in.

“Whatcha mean?” Anna looked up from her paperwork.

Emily rolled her eyes, “I have no clue how Ethan survived in Dulvey other than pure dumb luck. He has no idea when it comes to self defense.”

Anna looked to Chris. He seemed to be gripping the steering wheel. Was there something he knew that they didn’t?

Anna swallowed hard, she was beginning to suspect something about Ethan, but she needed to look over her data and conduct more tests to be absolutely sure.

When they arrived back at the barracks, Chris briefed the whole team on their duties.

“So basically we have to train them from the ground up?” Canine groaned.

“Don’t be like that K,” Anna said. “We could really do some good here.”

“Yeah K,” Lobo teased.

Canine threw a water bottle at him.

“Please act like adults here.” Umber eyes groaned.

“To answer your question, Yes.” Chris began. “But, I agree with Bambi, we could accomplish some good here, a family would be safe.”

“Do they really deserve it though?” Emily questioned dubiously.

“I agree, Mia was directly involved with creating bioweapons; who’s to say she’s a reformed woman? She lied to her husband for god’s sake and almost got him killed! Bambi, doesn’t that break one of those biblical rules that you, yourself follow?” Night Howl looked at her pointedly.

“I don’t know, I would have never lied to my husband like that.” Anna said honestly.

“Wait, Bambi. Are you married?” Canine asked, shocked.

The rest of the team, save for Alpha, looked at her, dumbfounded.

“I was, he’s passed now.” Anna said quietly, slinking down in her seat.

“Oh, honey, I’m so sorry.” Tundra said, moving closer to rub her back.

“Way to go asshole,” Lobo said to Canine.

Canine looked at Lobo aghast. “I had no idea! You know you wanted to know too! We know nothing other than what Alpha told us! We barely know her!”

“Guys, it's okay. It was a long time ago.” Anna said, trying to dissolve the situation. “I didn’t feel like I had to say anything, I’m sorry.”

“Bambi, don’t apologize. We shouldn’t have interrogated you.” Umber eyes said, calm as ever.

“Thanks.” Anna said, pulling her knees up to her chin, unconsciously.

“Well, now that we’ve cleared the air in here, I think it’s best we focus on the job at hand.” Chris said gruffly.

The different team members responded in their own ways, in agreement.

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Anna stayed up long after the other teammates went to bed that night.

She was buried in the data she was able to collect from the Winters. She was evaluating a blood sample of Ethan’s when she saw it. Something wasn’t entirely right with the samples, it wasn’t like anything she had seen in the lab before.

She decided to contact her old supervisor, Walden.

She sent him a message over their secure database, not expecting a response right away.

She was delightfully surprised when Walden responded immediately.

He told her to hold tight until he received clearance to come to their location.

“Should I inform Captain Redfield of your arrival? You might have an easier time getting approval if he knew you were here.”

“I think it’s best we don’t say anything for now, in case it’s a false alarm.” Walden assured her.

Anna thought that was a little strange, but decided she was just wary and paranoid from the events earlier in the day.

She started cleaning up her workspace.

She felt guilty, like she was hiding something from her teammates, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. She decided just to push those emotions down and go to bed.