#fallout wiki ask

[thefalloutwiki]

Do you guys have any info about what exactly Future-Tec is? I remember seeing some stuff in the 76 Atomic shop about it, but I can't really find any good info on what it is and what role it plays in the lore.

Heyo, thanks for the ask! I'm happy to answer anything I can!

So first, let's establish every game or publication Future-Tec is mentioned in (to my knowledge). Future-Tec is mentioned in the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide (Fallout's manual), Fallout 76 and lastly, Fallout: The Roleplaying Game!

In the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, Future-Tec is stated to be a division of Vault-Tec, and presents an advertisement for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (mind you, this is before the GECK was in a game too).

In Fallout 76, several Future-Tec Atomic Shop C.A.M.P. items appear, all with unique descriptions. The description for the Future-Tec Week Flag states the following:

Future-Tec was once a secret branch of Vault-tec tasked with investigating top-secret and alien technologies. Fly their flag in your C.A.M.P. with the Future-Tec Week Flag.

Additionally, the terminal entries for Vault 51 show that ZAX 1.3c copied Dr. Stanislaus Braun's writing and speaking style, in order to obtain a Hellfire Prototype Power Armor unit. The entry reveals that Braun was the department head of Future-Tec!

//SEARCHING: Hellfire Prototype Power Armor //SEARCHING: Future-Tec //SEARCHING: Department head //SEARCHING: Dr. Stanislaus Braun //ANALYZING: Dr. Stanislaus Braun published research and speaking history //COPYING: Dr. Stanislaus Braun writing & speaking style ........ Success; Probability of direct match 99.6% //SENDING: Hellfire Prototype Power Armor Requisition Request ........ Success; message delivered.

In Fallout 3, we also learn that Braun is the creator of the GECK!

Lastly, in Fallout: The Roleplaying Game, we get this short blurb about the GECK:

Devised by Vault-Tec’s Future-Tec division, this terraforming device uses matter recombination technology to transform irradiated or otherwise polluted earth into fertile soil. It also included force-field schematics and 3D printing arrays to make everything from buildings to clothing from the raw materials of the earth.

Now that we have our sources put together, let's piece together all that we know about Future-Tec, as a division of Vault-Tec.

Future-Tec was a division of Vault-Tec, headed by Dr. Stanislaus Braun. Described as a secret branch of the company, the division was responsible for investigating "top-secret and alien technologies." The Garden of Eden Creation Kit was devised by the department, with Dr. Braun being responsible for developing the device itself.

Hope this helps! Of course, sometimes I do miss a source or two, but I'm confident that that is all the info we have on Future-Tec. This was a nice little writing exercise, so I'd love to answer any more asks people have! :D

With this post, all info I've stated has been added to our Future-Tec page, which you can check out here:

https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Future-Tec

[nukacourier]

Fallout could be called "anti-capitalism; the game" and someone would still insist there aren't any anti-capitalist themes

Yeah I'm convinced some of these people aren't playing Fallout they're playing Risein or something

[radiaking]

lskadjlkas i rly need to start playing fallout lmfao. i think since we're heading to vegas in s2 i may get that one and start there.

[calder]

the nukapedia elder - a Fandom employee - compelled me to publish a confidential document for her without telling me it would have direct repercussions for the community and my personal reputation. she had that context and withheld it from me.

tag was the senior of the entire fallout wiki community. she is an official Fandom employee. i trusted her and she made me feel like i was special.

she asked me to publish the Fort Abandon design docs for Van Buren, which leaked to her while involved with a fan game who had permission to view the docs privately. she provided me with the converted wiki text and coached me on how to lie about it.

I had just started calling myself a professional researcher of this IP and its history. She positioned it as something that would help my career. In reality Tagaziel had specifically agreed to never allow these documents to be published at Nukapedia, because doing so meant Chris may withhold the rest of them from the community.

Tagaziel worked on the Fallout IP one time, editing for a tabletop book in 2023, after I personally reached out to the company and arranged this for her.

when i needed tagaziel to protect a minor of color from organized racist stalkers in our community, she threatened to ban him just to control me. I tried to talk to her about this for months and she only bullied me.

she disowned me when i pushed back against the white nationalists and organized abusers who have seized Nukapedia

in the year since Nukapedia was seized by her abusive friends, i've been very careful not to negatively affect her in spite of everything she has done to me and the community. i put great effort into respecting her space and attempting to forgive her.

this morning, she deleted an evidence document containing 180 images of misconduct by the three organized abusers who control the website. (wayback link, images broken but retrievable).

she did this despite not being directly targeted by any current tensions. she did this completely independently.

She did this while a teenage boy who cosigned that document is trying to defend himself from organized abusers slandering him, emotionally blackmailing him, and abusing their staff powers to punish and ostracize him.

The accused spent months insisting all 45 pages were lies but never disproved 1 claim. One mistake was corrected within minutes of its publishing and they spent 6 months pretending that proved the 180 evidence images were all somehow misrepresented. Tag wants to hide the document from you and pretend it was a massive act of abuse by disempowered marginalized users against the white nationalists who control the website.

Nukapedia, the Fandom Fallout Wiki, is a place of suffering and cruelty and hate. I trusted my friend Tag to stop it. She told me to trust her. She watched them harm kids and she threw me away because I tried to do the right thing. She hated me for telling the truth because the truth was inconvenient to her.

I cannot express how much sorrow and loss and pain she and her community have brought into my life.

[numberonemoefan]

this is spot on, fuck yeah!

A hypothetical god tier for Preston Garvey from Fallout: the Knight of Life.

A Knight of Life is among those who use energy to influence. They are motivated by themselves to utilize growth. (x) The Knight of Life puts on a front to hide an insecurity and keeps trying even if they fail. (x) They are the Defender Child, defined by guarded growth. (x) Their opposite is the Page of Doom. Their inverse is the Rogue of Doom. They share their personality with the Heir of Doom. The Knight of Life would quest on a planet similar to the Land of Haze and Life, reigned over by Hebe (Goddess of Youth) or Asclepius (God of Medicine). They would rise to ascension on the wings of butterflies. (x)(x)(x)

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hello Miss Raven!! So it’s unfortunately a pretty well known fact that the TWST English translation has a bad habit of botching important dialogue and lore, and even removing lines altogether, and I saw a reblog a day ago regarding that.

The original post was a fact sheet on Leona & how he interacts with women (alongside other stuff but that’s besides the point). And the reblog I was looking at was saying that the English translation just makes it sound like he’s a feminist, when it’s implied in the original JP game that the beastwomen tend to be more aggressive, giving Leona a reason to be afraid of them. And that reminded me that on the TWST fandom wiki under Leona’s trivia he said he’s intimidated by them, and every time I see that I remember that just can’t seem to find that detail at all anywhere in the English game.

So I wanted to ask you what did the original JP game say about how male and female beastmen interact with each other and why Leona would be cautious around them? Because this is a piece of info that I really would have liked to see in ENG, and I’m kind of annoyed I didn’t know about this before.

I believe this is the Leona lore post you’re referring to? Both TWST wikis (the fandom one and the .gg one) state the same trivia point about Leona being “intimidated” by beastwoman. I’m assuming this is where the reblogger picked up the idea of beastwomen being more “aggressive”, and this being Leona’s reasoning for being “intimidated” by them.

In a nutshell, the claims of Leona being a feminist only in EN + beastwomen aggression and Leona being intimidated by that is not true. The “Leona is a feminist” take was around long before the official English localization, and that’s because the Japanese text also has Ruggie (Leona Ceremonial Robes vignettes) and Cater (Cater’s School Uniform vignette) commenting that Leona is “nice” and “respectful” to women. To claim that they made Leona feminist in the localization is false. They never use the word “feminist” in JP or EN though; the label came from the fandom interpreting this bit of lore as Leona being more considerate of women.

As for the reasoning! Leona states in his Ceremonial Robes vignettes that “[Beastwomen are] already way stronger than us. Goin’ against them only brings more trouble.” I believe that someone probably misunderstood that second line of dialogue as Leona fearing the strength/aggression of beastwomen. He never actually indicates or implies that he feels that way. However, these vignettes being cited for the trivia on the wiki likely led to some confusion.

So if Leona isn’t afraid of beastwomen and their physical fitness, how is that second line supposed to be interpreted? Well, let’s think about his character. Leona is a smart guy. He dislikes having to put forth effort into pointless things, especially if he can plan ahead and avoid it. As I tend to say whenever I talk about his Big Brain Cells, Leona likes to work smarter, not harder. Again, look at this line:

“Goin’ against them only brings more trouble.”

It’s likely Leona just wanting to appease his sister-in-law to avoid having to deal with the fallout of not fulfilling her request. It would otherwise be a pain to deal with—and we’ve seen Leona act in various ways to avoid such pains. For example, he goes to Playful Land with Jack to make sure his dorm member comes back alright (or else Leona is responsible for the consequences), purposefully not choosing a vice dorm leader so he doesn’t have someone to challenge his authority, and generally has convenient excuses prepared to get out of things he doesn’t want to do.

If we want to think of it from another angle, this better fits what we already know of Leona’s cunning. He knows when to call it quits and make a strategic surrender. The most notable example of this occurs early in book 6, when he stops fighting Styx agents and willingly gives himself up to them. He also throws in the towel in book 2 and refuses to play because he already knows that his team is destined to lose to Malleus since they didn’t succeed in eliminating him beforehand. In the situation with Leona’s sister-in-law asking for a picture of him in his robes, Leona is acquiescing because that’s just the smart thing to do. Why even argue if he knows it won’t be fruitful? It’s wasted effort.

I would like to add that physical strength isn’t even the only factor here. Ruggie points out in one of his Chats that “Girls have both the grit and the camaraderie to triumph when the goin’ gets tough.” Grit refers to courage or resolve. The latter, resolve, lends credence to the idea that beastwomen are also determined or strong-willed. In which case… yeah, I don’t think they’d back down from an argument/verbal fight or a physical one.

If we circle back to the previous paragraph, it supports the interpretation that Leona giving in to what his sister-in-law wants is the result of him wanting to avoid a pointless and prolonged fight if he refuses. Cuz like… why waste that time and energy to come out of it with nothing, right?

If it was true that Leona listens to what women day only because he’s actually scared of beastwomen, then that doesn’t explain his interactions with non-beastwomen. Why would he agree to attend a party for an enchanted portrait (Rosaria), which has no means of harming him? He agreed to the proposition as soon as he heard Rosaria is a lady; there didn’t need to be a threat or significant verbal pushback for him to go. As Leona states in Cater’s School Uniform vignette, “Portrait or not, I respect ladies and Rosaria is a lady.” (I think the reblogger may have been confused and was actually referring to THIS line being made “more feminist” in EN. In JP, Leona says something closer to, “Even if it’s a portrait, a woman is a woman.” JP does not have the “I respect ladies” portion.)

Sooo, in conclusion… Leona agreeing to do as his sister-in-law says does not necessarily mean he is intimidated by beastwomen; as I’ve explained, there is an alternate explanation with evidence in canon: he wants to avoid pointless hassle.

I hope this helps to clear things up ^^ I know the localization isn’t exactly perfect, but let’s take care to not assume changes or mistranslations!

[horsefigureoftheday]

Hello hello I have a question about two pseudo-centaurs and your thoughts on them, if any!

First are the "centuar" mutants from the Fallout game series, since I saw them mentioned on a "hear me out" post and remembered they exist. They aren't very horse-like (more human centipede-esque?) but I figured I'd ask. [image from one of the fallout wikis]

Second is Talita Dospaço from @/jayrockin. She's a type of alien called Centuars, and I think she's Pretty Neat. Her """human""" half is less humanoid than the Animorphs alien and I'm curious how that factors in to your preferences. [image from the Runaway to the Stars site's character page on her]

None of those are really my type, but I wouldn't mind a centaur like Talita's species at all. The Fallout centaurs.... if they were my only chance at banging a centaur I would. I do usually like centipede taurs/anthros, but something about that design is just really off-putting to me. No centaur is too monstrous for me, but I do have standards lol

[rei-ismyname]

Uncanny X-Men #11 review

X-Manhunt is upon us, as everyone drops what they're doing to pay attention to almost everyone's least favourite mutant - Charles Xavier. The team dynamic is getting stranger as Rogue puts the 'danger' in Danger Room, Logan grows ever wider, and The Podcaster asks the X-Men for help.

Maybe the Podcaster is a mutant who can sense plot points

Yet another X-Book introduces a confusing dose of Space Bullshit, as Xandra, Xavier's Shi'Ar Empress daughter, is attacked by rebels. That's pretty much a Tuesday for her and it's the only kind of plot she's ever used for. Chuck's terrible parenting is the last motivation I expected for his escape, but cosmic Marvel is experiencing upheaval of late so I guess it's as good a reason as any. I'd think that Jean/Phoenix could and would solve the issue instantly, but as we'll see Xavier is not thinking clearly. Or maybe he is and this is all a trick - the narrative is not interested in answering these questions right now. It doesn't really matter that Xavier has only met his daughter once, nor is it explained why she cries to him for help. Deathbird, as usual, fails at everything she attempts. Strange that she's her only guard.

I wouldn't think prisoners crying would be a noteworthy occurrence in this hellhole, but Chuck having a heart attack would remove Graymalkin's reason for existing. I assume he's feeling the strain of telepathic communication across the galaxy plus watching his daughter's attack in real time. The Podcaster's character continues to be baffling - in a better book I'd speculate on the implications of her flat, cackling villainy.

The whole reason Xavier is locked up in the first place is because he won't keep his brain to himself. Scurvy usually keeps him locked down, but Scurvy is recovering from the thrashing Chuck gave him during the Raid. If they have the ability to sedate him/use power dampeners, why don't they use them all the time? Obviously the plot couldn't happen without it but it makes these clowns look even more incompetent than usual. He casually freed himself during the Raid and chose to stay and they've been letting him use his powers this whole time?

The imaginatively named Secret Alliance has succeeded in capturing Xandra, and she's a powerful enough telepath to contact Chuck across the galaxy but that's her best shot. Sure, he's not getting there very quickly though, unless Lila Cheney is around. Charles Xavier IS a terrible father, no doubt about it, and he admits it every so often. He never actually does anything different though, so I guess this is growth? Maybe.

Checking in with the team whose book this is ... hold up, that is the thickest Logan I've ever seen. A secondary mutation perhaps? Anyway, it looks like we're doing the makeshift Danger Room thing with the kids again. I'd love for the events of the last two issues to be discussed in some way, but that's not really how Uncanny rolls. Sure, the kids need training since they want to be doing this X-Men thing but they've just had a protracted fight to the death with killer robot dogs. Deathdream nearly died. Rogue is thinking they need to be hurt more for unexplained reasons, and I strongly doubt anyone has ever thought the Danger Room is fun. Maybe Scott.

Moonbeam orders Gambit to blow Jitter up, knocking her down and bringing fun time to an end. Really not selling Rogue as a leader here - WTF is this meant to teach anyone? Poor thing starts crying and at last a member of this team calls Rogue out, briefly. Rogue explains herself by rattling off a wiki entry on 'X-men villains' including Omega Red - who really shouldn't be there.

Sometimes, when I'm playing an RPG like Fallout or Elder Scrolls and I'm bored I'll save the game then just go to town blowing shit up and killing people. Or if I'm looking for exploits/messing with engine physics I'll just interact with objects in odd ways. That's kinda what this feels like, a random act of violence just to see some explosions. Rogue exists in a narrative and genre where suspension of disbelief is required, but I can't suspend it for this. Is Gail Simone the RPG player, maybe? It's her world. I have no idea, but it's incredibly jarring.

Ember is definitely side-eying Rogue

Training is over and nobody learned anything. Jubilee calls it and uses Cyclops as an insult. Oookay. I'm not going to bother dissecting that. This lot hate Cyclops for reasons unknown and if it hasn't been explained by now it never will. I accept it, I just think it's weak characterisation. Jubes and Kurt's disapproval is overshadowed by Ground Bear and Gambit agreeing that it was a good idea. I have to laugh at this - it's just so ridiculous. The X-Men aren't the same characters from issue to issue, let alone any kind of continuity with previous runs. They do things for reasons and everything works out fine.

No time for any character exploration - The Podcaster has sent a plane to pick them up and calls requesting help like the friends they're not. Why not? I'm not taking any of these characters seriously anyway, may as well have the X-Men collaborate with someone who threatened to blow up their town. Someone who enslaves and tortures mutants in what used to be their house.

Also, this is a thing that happens. A guard at Graymalkin just blows his family away. Not sure why a Graymalkin jackboot would shoot Sentinels, but it makes as much sense as anything else. Sure it's probably linked to the 'virus' that's going around, that's probably linked to Xavier. Or maybe it's something else entirely. This book doesn't exactly reward or incentivise speculation, so I'll just wait until they beat me over the head with it.

I was just thinking this issue could do with Sarah Gaunt in it. She's been quiet for an entire arc. Xavier asks her to free him and while she still hates him she does it anyway. I guess those comically large chains she was bound with in Raid on Graymalkin do nothing, as she can come and go as she pleases - or destroy all his restraints without moving. Doesn't matter, Chuck is out of his chains now. Nothing new about either character here and Sarah went from 'fuck you' to 'sure, I'll help you' very quickly.

Xavier opens his door to find his X-Men there to help him. It's the Uncanny team but he sees them as a warped version of the O5. They're here for ... I don't know why they're here tbh. The tumor mentioned by Scurvy is apparently a thing, I'm just not sure what these folks are meant to do about that. That he's hallucinating is new. I feel like the sedative would have been enough to sell it, though I have been saying that Xavier is going to die for a while now. Rehabilitation through death, it's a Xavier classic. Tumours are already mutations so I don't know what a mutant tumour is meant to be. Maybe The Avians are related to The Shi'Ar after all.

Chuck starts barking orders like the good old days, listening to no-one and blasting Rogue when she tries to reason with him. Not sure what the X-Men's motivation is here.

'Goblin?' Really? Xavier is acting very differently to how he does in NYX or Storm. I mean, he's imperious and manipulative but he seems lucid in those books. Rogue lampshades her previous desire to free him at all costs while thinking that they're here to keep him in prison. Again, it's bizarre that Graymalkin has no other means of dealing with this guy, and The Podcaster called the team least aligned with her goals. Maybe she doesn't have Cyclops' number.

Xavier certainly has the Uncanny team's number, thrashing them easily and bailing. He's not concerned about the tumor right now (in fact he doesn't believe it despite already knowing) - he's all in on Xandra. That the tumor is eating his telepathic control comes out of nowhere and isn't explained. This mystery box approach is very on brand, but at the end of the issue not much has actually happened.

'With a terminal tumor sending his telepathy haywire, Charles Xavier has escaped Graymalkin! Answering a psychic distress call from his Shi'Ar daughter, the X-Men will have to grapple with blah blah blah, nothing will be the same again.' There's all the context you need to read the next part of X-Manhunt, and the Uncanny X-Men weren't a big part of the book. What little did happen will surely be forgotten, making issue #11 very skippable. From The Ashes was very committed to keeping the individual books separate from each other, yet the second crossover has just begun.

Feels like trying to have it both ways and just resulting in neither getting enough page time. I've accepted that this book is not trying to be more than a fun time, but I have to wonder how sustainable it is. As other, better books are getting cancelled it's difficult to not be a little disappointed. Hopefully when this Xavier nonsense is wrapped up we can get back to The Outliers being arbitrarily blown up. In the meantime, at least it looks good - wide Logan and all. :)

[new-obsessions-daily]

Post for the last few day of Pride Month because I procrastinated until the last minute, and I've had this post in mind for awhile.

Happy Pride Month to My Beloved Childhood Game Franchise, Fallout!!

Some of the darlings that I'm going to point out are from the show and the games (Fo3, FNV, and Fo4). Oh- Also the second game gets a full mention in its own right. I've literally played nothing else (except F76, but I played it on launch and haven't gone back, I might since there's fishing now), but I'm sure there's plenty representation in the rest of the games as well.

Be prepared for spoilers of ALL of these games, after the cut.

In the order of:

Fo2 - Fo3 - FNV - Fo4 - FTV

In that order, with those colors, skip around if you don't have an interest in those between them.

Fallout 2. While I've never played it, I know that it's the first video game to allow same-sex marriage, and for that it win me over just that much more (although it is a shotgun wedding and the partner is no good in combat, but hey- The circumstances are the same regardless, so that's its own win)

Fallout 3. Flak and Shrapnel in Rivet City. It might not be outright stated, but it is HEAVILY implied. Imagine being so dedicated to a guy that you'll travel across the Capital Wasteland just to sleep in the same place as him. Plus, they run a shop together in the Capital Wasteland's safest city, place where people can actually grow old. They also have full schedules based around one another. Never mind, their dynamic is just two guys trying to move forward beyond their rough pasts. That's something I feel we can all empathize with in a way.

Emaline and Sydney, to tell the truth I haven't done this quest (because the last time I played Fo3 I did NOT do it right, and got lost a lot), but they're mostly here because of Google accidentally playing Historian with these two when I looked up "Fo3 what is emaline and sydney relationship" by calling Emaline a "Very close friend" in the overview of Sydney's wiki page (and then girlfriend in Emaline's). But from what I've heard/seen in videos they're very ride or die. By one another's side even if it means facing down death (*cough cough* the Lone Wanderer) hand-in-hand.

Carol and Greta, the moms of my absolute favorite bartender, and two ghoul girlies who've been life partners for 60 years out in the wasteland. Dedicated to one another enough that killing one pretty much guarantees a double kill (fuck you Ahzrukhal). I'm sure if chapels were commonplace in Underworld, they'd be married faster than Angela Stanley and Diego. They're also on this because they're my favorite. Partially because they're Gob's mothers, and also partly because a younger me, hyperfixated on Pride in general (mostly the flags), just stuck to them as some of my favorite characters. Also- They're literally Sunshine and Grumpy, and raised one of the sweetest characters in the Capital Wasteland (I adore Gob). What more could you really ask for?

Fallout: New Vegas. To start, everything about Christine Royce and Veronica Santangelo. Christine is one of my favorite characters, and definitely top three DLC character. Veronica feels so fleshed out as companion, and has one of the sweetest quests (where you literally just bring her a nice dress). They're ex-lovers, and there's so much tragedy within their story. Christine leaves the brotherhood to chase someone Veronica looks up to - her parental figure. They speak about one another so often to the Courier, who knows them both yet can never say a word. Christine will always stay within the Sierra Madre, and Veronica will always be left wondering why she wasn't enough. It's cruel, and I'm not at all over them, I think about these two almost daily.

Arcade Gannon, my favorite member of the Enclave. One can literally recruit him as a Male!Courier by hitting on the man. To which he says, "Flattery will get you everywhere." He's my favorite companion and has some of the funniest dialogue (besides maybe some things I've heard from Raul). This isn't as much of a rant because– Well, New Vegas did WELL with their characters and actually made them people beyond their sexualities. It's nice, I enjoy it. It makes it so that the fact Arcade is gay is LITERALLY the least interesting part about him, because in the wasteland that's normal, and in real life it's completely normal. [Bonus: I love traveling with him and Veronica (using glitches) just so we can be a semi-full spectrum of attraction– Because of course my Courier is bi]

Dr.Dala of the Old World Blues DLC chooses to refer them self as a "gender neutral entity" when attacked. As well as always being shown to very androgynous, although they still is referred to with she/her occasionally. So I personally consider headcanon them as a She/They with a Doctorate! (Which also- Getting a Doctorate so people have to call you "Doctor" instead of "Miss/Mister" is a dream for my genderfluid self)

Finally...The Courier Six themselves. There are literally perks to allow you to pick a sexual orientation (In the most basic form of "hetero, homo, or both)?? PLUS- The game lowkey rewards you for picking all the options, you get more damage and more dialouge options (like flirting with Arcade or the man who shot you in the head 😃👍). Although, the best one is being able to flirt with your own brain...much to his disgust.

Fallout 4. Again, I gotta give SOME props to the Sole Survivor for being able to romance anyone...However it is a bit sad that we no longer have the Confirmed Bachelor and Cherchez la Femme (why is that name so difficult??) perks. I think it'd be more interesting for roleplay, but the game's roleplay is kinda pretty limited given the existence of a voiced protagonist.

Next up- Piper Wright and all of her dialogue about women. I truly believe that if Bethesda was more willing to give their characters actual sexualities as opposed to just "Player Character=Lover" she would've been a lesbian. I mean- Come on. Her dialogue with Magnolia always comes to mind for me.

Honorable mention has gotta be Deacon. He was disguised a woman for a while and was, apparently, very convincing. Therefore, any transmasc/transfem/genderfluid/nonbinary headcanons have some decent ground to stand on.

Finally, the most recent in our timeline...Fallout TV/Fallout Prime. I'm gonna say,

DO NOT READ ON IF YOU CARE ABOUT SPOILERS FOR SEASON ONE OF FALLOUT.

I've watched every episode several times since the show came out, and I'd hate for anyone's experience to be ruined because I labeled something wrong. So while the rest were decently surface level to totally unrelated to the plot, consider this is second AND THIRD warning of spoilers!! One of these at least will be very relevant to the main plot, and even the very last episode.

Everyone gone? Good!! First up,

We have Dane, as non-binary rep, and probably one of my favorite characters in Fallout Prime BoS chapter. They were really interesting. Although I had guessed the twist about them sabotaging their boot, I still enjoyed seeing exactly how that storyline played out. They were honestly an absolute bro to Maximus, even if he seemed to be second-guessing his place in the Brotherhood by the season's end. Also! A win for the brotherhood?? They hate lesbians in Christine and Veronica, but are cool with Dane?? (My belief is that it's genuinely just based on reproduction, or the 24 years and relocations/totally different branches HAVE actually had an effect on their ideologies)

Whatever Ma June and Barv have going on. They genuinely reminded me of Carol and Greta in a way, and I've already talked about how much those two Ghouls mean to me. They were fun for their moments on screen and genuinely felt like an old married couple trying them best. Nevermind they had like- Actual communications?? Real apologies after an argument?? Even a small one?? It was great. Lovewhatever they have going on too bad nothing was confirmed or formally shown between them.

Finally...The relationship of Lee "Flame Mother" Moldaver and Rose MacLean, I enjoyed this reveal and I think raising Rose's little Vault children together is really sweet (RIP Shady Sands)...Also Moldaver couldn't bring herself to kill Rose, and even saw a bit of Rose in Lucy, it's just really sweet all. A shame for the tragedy, and I do somewhat hope we get to learn more about Rose in this upcoming season?? Who know if there will be time, we're goin to New Vegas!!

If you've made it here, hi!! I really hope you enjoyed my breakdown. I love these games so much, and I put a lot of thought into this list.

[perfectfangirl]

notes after rewatching fallout s1 ep3

• almost certain that is sugarfoot cooper is dismounting in the scene from the movie he is filming 🥲 • the film cooper was filming here is called "the man from deadhorse", a clear play on the concept of "beating a dead horse" • just realized he [presumably] shot the bad guy character twice • i also noticed that the duster the bad guy character is wearing looks an awful lot like the duster cooper wears as the character he “plays” in the wasteland to cope. is... cooper playing a bad guy character based off one of his movies?? • saw a couple of different variations of "feo, fuerte, y formal" [all saying mostly the same thing] cooper says "he was ugly, strong, and had dignity" wikitionary says it denotes a conception of masculinity. very curious about this these words and the scene because cooper is obviously viewed as a concept of masculinity in hollywood, to the point where he's being asked to essentially engage in statecraft via propaganda as this movie scene is making his character do something completely antithetical--- killing the bad guy instead of solving another way, he basically says a line about "commies" then shoots the him in the head

• what's more is that some are viewing the three concepts of "ugly, strong, dignity" to mean either a variation of cooper, lucy, and maximus or of cooper himself, didn't even think of this and it's a particular interesting trichotomy of cooper pre and post war • "well, joey, i'll give you two out of three on that front" and now i don't know which two out of three • cooper goes out of his way to thank the actor jorge for playing the bad guy in his film • cooper presumably read the script, probably had a table read, rehearsal, and still didn't want to film his good guy character killing the bad guy [perhaps after cadillac bob got fired, there were rewrites and cooper was not told until then] out of context, this is charming, he values his characters so much that they mirror his own values [walton has argued with writers, directors, actors about his characters too!] but in context, it is either the beginning or yet another chapter is cooper's conflicting and morally challenging struggle of "right" and "wrong" in this show • need to know more about cadillac bob! he was doing the moral good type of writing on cooper's programs and i am curious if the firing was an ousting [as being labeled a communist is career over here] because the wiki says he was fired for refusing to write this storyline for the "new america" and then they wrote this character change for cooper to have a firmer anticommunist stance to influence the public. cooper wants to change the scene so bad, he asks for a writer and i find it amusing the director thinks doing a 180° on his character would be good because "the audience knows you're a good man. they want to see that even a good man as yourself can be driven too far sometimes" idk but this is about all the horseshit i can take • [this is precisely post war cooper's arc and character if that wasn't obvious enough] • enter barb. i love the sensual "married couple flirting like strangers" energy behind this scene • lavender flowers are supposed to represent purity, silence, grace, devotion, serenity, calmness--- just a little something for you romance girlies to think about with this scene • "tastes like someone touching you for the first time" and they make it a point to show cooper and barb's hands and cooper purposefully touching barb's fingers as they exchange the candy • hands and fingers seem to be important motifs here and it also seems like hands and fingers are particularly worthy of note for cooper • they kiss each other and they're like "sorry, makeup" and "sorry, lipstick" 😭 • looks like barb secured cooper some vault tec contracts • cooper winds up on siggi's headless body and i can almost see the algebra and trigonometry floating around his brain trying to make heads or tails of this shit • from my understanding, there's no chems that keep a ghoul from going feral within the game universe but there are chems that can and have turned people into ghouls, i see speculation that cooper may have a chem addiction and what we see are withdrawal symptoms, as when lucy finds him outside the super duper mart, he's still on the ground and not acting much feral but [of course coughing, drooling, etc could be the show's symptoms for ferality] i digress • almost think because it's dry and arid af out there, that's why he need a chem

• literally howling because of how lucy was handling siggi's head, she got over the shock and disgust quick 😭 • lucy is crazy for lighting another [camp]fire at night like that • lucy putting a tracker on siggi's head was smart though • lmao did the brotherhood of steel not know lord titus' regular speaking voice or • maximus lying to the brotherhood of steel, maximus selling his teeth for caps instead of literally anything else, maximus thinking he can leave his power suit uncovered and unattended without it being pulled for scrap--- like lord, maximus, please make a sensible step 😫 • the voice modulator mechanic person was very sci fi though • took me a second watch to realize maximus' tooth extraction resulted in a bit of a lisp glfgd • not maximus getting bullied again 😭 • maximus getting a wrench and toilet seat and beating the shit out of them wastelanders with them rotf • crushed that man's head like a watermelon❤️ • thaddeus being sent to inadvertently squire for someone he helped bully is his karma lol • "remnant from the old world" directly implying the enclave is a continuation of the us government • lucy arriving on the serene scene of a fawn near a lake where hollywood boulevard once stood [lucy being a parallel of the innocent doe, doe eyed, and this is bambi ok 🥲] • an undamaged, normal appearing fawn representing beauty and purity can grow in the wasteland and then it being snatched by a gulper likewise demonstrating that it can all be taken away in a blink of an eye • lucy once again being crazy for walking around with the barely contained rotting head, like of course the abomination snatched that too 😭 • cooper conveniently appearing with a cocked gun in her face and she just smiles and says "hello again" like excuse me?? 😭 • cooper's head tilt gets me every time, oof • he ain't have to lightly pistol whip her like that 😭 • lmao poor chet • betty to some degree i keep wondering if she knows extensively about the vaults of 31, 32, 33 or if she is just doing what she is told • norm using the word "escape" instead of perhaps "leave" when describing lucy's departure from vault 33 is intriguing, i think • it took me a minute, and i don't think i've seen much talk about this but i legitimately think norm's lack of enthusiasm and drive for life in the vault is directly connected to his mother's death but i have seen no clear age for him--- they don't show his memories like they do lucy's and i would want an explanation or exploration on his lore here because... he already uncovered vault 31's secret but i don't think he knows what hank has done and him finding out will be huge as well like for lucy • norm is rightfully angry at the raiders for what they did but i am almost willing to bet he might be implicated in their poisonings as a diversion tactic by someone like betty but it's all just a theory [a film theory gldfgldfl] • because someone in the fucking kitchen and handling the food poisoned them raiders... • ghoul prejudice being loud and clear and amongst the brotherhood of steel 😭 • ghouls leaving radiation trails is insane • lmao maximus and thaddeus coming upon siggi's headless body and then trying to compare his mugshot • maximus thinking it was the ghoul who beheaded siggi when it was lucy at siggi's request lol • dogmeat barking up a storm because she wanted cooper's foolishness upon lucy to cease • "you know, they use to do these things called "studies"" like lucy doesn't know what a study is? she's a teacher! 😭 • rads going up because of the water or cooper or both? • ok so i now get why when lucy told cooper torture was wrong that he went into a whole spiel--- not only was cooper in the military but for thirty years post war, dom pedro kept him in a coffin confined on an iv drip to keep him alive but would dig him up and slice pieces of him off and then put him back. cooper's behaviour using her as bait [but not torture] is of course not excusable but cooper is coming from a deep place of hurt and bitterness, this monster was whittled

• cooper goes on to say "it made sense. i mean a man hurts me, i wouldn't want to do him any favours. and yet the practice of torture failed to vanish from the earth. in fact, as time marched on, i've personally noticed a decided uptick in the amount of torture being doled out across the board." oh, cooper 😞 • he says this as he picks what looks like giant leeches off lucy [didn't have to do that] • "well, i ain't torturing you, sweetheart" here go the first instance of familiarity with a patronising pet name in the style of cowboyism and southerness gldgldlf • almost looked like lucy started cooperating when cooper told her he was using her as bait gldgldl • ok so it looks like cooper cut the rope? so lucy could get free i guess idk but then the gulper got ahold of the anchor so he couldn't reel it back? [not sure, anyways, he botched this lmao] • he starts striking at the gulper with what looks like a harpoon i guess when it catches lucy's leg [could've definitely let her get ate but didn't] • lucy basically saves herself with dogmeat biting the gulper and scaring it off • cooper empties lucy's bag and destroys her stuff so it's only right cooper's karma is his vials getting smashed in the process of using lucy for bait lol • cooper getting mad and taking out his gun and cocking it at lucy like it was her fault his shit got smashed 😭 • "oh, i'm sorry, i should just let you use me as bait in the poison river!?" the way she says it always almost brings a tear to my eyes like get his ass 😭 • for the first time in the show, cooper realises he was wrong and/or messed up [and to his detriment] • lucy protests her treatment, "do unto others as you would have done unto you" and cooper starts mumbling to himself "those gulpers digest real slow. you got time." because he already going through withdrawals, help • so he ties her up like a dog and says the wasteland got its own rule and it's "thou shalt get distracted by bullshit every goddamn time" 😭 this is so a reference to gameplay and how they themselves are going on a fucking side quest lmao • lucy asking about dogmeat 😢 dogmeat staying because that gulper has siggi's head ☹️

• lmao maximus masquerading as lord titus asking thaddeus to say something about him • you know? it's good writing to me to explain why a [secondary] character would bully or behave as thaddeus has to maximus--- he's not merely a side character and wanted to say nothing but nice things about maximus when he thought he died, i'll give him that • "we can judge a person and a society by how they treat their enemy" goes boom because of the game lore and also because somebody kills all those raider prisoners lol • this disconnect between the vault dwellers and wastelanders--- they're talking about teaching these people shakespeare when some of them eat people for survival • norm wants the raiders to die and they keep showing steph and this might be a red herring but i think she poisoned them mfs, personally • hmm why does steph know what hank would do in this situation like that flgdlgdl • maximus trying to protect thaddeus from danger • thaddeus calling cooper an abomination because he's a ghoul 😭🖐️ • the little scream thaddeus makes as the gulper gets him ❤️ • dogmeat really loved siggi ☹️ • cooper and lucy walking near an incinerated hollywood tour bus is so lmao why cooper walk past that • at first i thought cooper was displaying cruelty by not letting lucy drink his water but then it occurred to me it might be irradiated, the next scene with water like this, she gets sick from radiation from drinking water • lmao when he emptied the last drops of water in his canteen out in the sand in front of her 😭 • "ain't much stays clean up here, vaulty" he is talking about himself • lucy gazing at a billboard of vault boy, cooper shooting the face, then they cut to vault boy's origins being cooper--- • symbolism and parallels like this can kill a man but i did want to just say there's so many layers to this. to be short he has such contempt, shame for what he thinks he's done, people hundreds of years later worship this thing that represents the end of civilization and he feels responsibility because he was deceived as well. lucy none the wiser. she just thinks he's crazy and horrible for no reason. if only she knew. • the road to hell is paved with good intentions

[thefalloutwiki]

I've seen this post going around for a while and was wondering. Why divest the context of a given quest on a wiki that also seeks to manage and coordinate fan-works alongside Canon material? It seems short-sighted to attempt a strictly literal translation of the material from an informational stance. It seems hypocritical to do so while simultaneously documenting non-canonical resources. https://www.tumblr.com/fallout-fallen-knight/738080781560348672

Thanks for the ask, truly!

For context, I'm a queer writer! You can find me at @analogbreakdown, though I'm not particular active on Tumblr at the moment! I wrote that bit of text on IFW. Looking at it now though, I should've quoted what Tandi says directly; so, I changed it so it does just that. Writing can always be improved, and in this case, I've taken the criticism to heart and tried to improve it.

After rescuing Tandi from the Khans, the Vault Dweller can ask if she would like to get together. If the player is male, she will state that she is not that kind of a girl and to "Go find a Brahma or something." If the player is female, Tandi will state: "Listen...uh...but I...uh...I-I like guys, okay? Whew! Uh, excuse me, I got stuff to do."

However, the post you linked paints us in a negative light by claiming we remove context from the original game sources. Point blank: this is not true. This is one specific line of text that is being wildly overblown, and as a queer person, I genuinely do not appreciate my/our work being compared to an "evangelical biblical literalist" (I saw that in a reblog the OP did). Wikis are always changing and evolving, and the text along with it. Text can always be written better, and in this case, I changed it so it is, in fact, better.

On that note, I don't find find what you suggest to be hypocritical at all. Fan works are inherently separate from the official media, and should covered differently while also co-existing. We have policies for clearly delineating official and unofficial media, which as with the text of our articles we are constantly working to improve for maximum clarity. We're open to suggestion at all times.

[knightsndaze]

Finished the opening monologue for my fallout ttrpg that takes place in Texas. I got the ideas for the factions from a fallout Texas wiki page, and probably some of the wording. It's under the read more if you wanna check it out

War never changes.

The great state of Texas has seen hundreds of years of it and may see hundreds more. From the diverse tribes that once settled in the changing tides of hostility and tranquility. To violent colonization, slavery, and bloody revolution. Once again Texas is on the precipice.

On October 23, 2077 the blinding heat of radiation exploded across the land. Those who survived in the cracks and crevices, and in the vaults deep underground emerged to an unfamiliar world. In the following decades new tribes were formed and villages were established. Eventually the Confederate Territories of Texas emerged.

The city of Midessa, built from the rubble, is where the constitution was ratified by representatives from Mona, San Angelo, and Lubbock. Trade is flourishing and the Texas rangers watch over the people. However, a faction of slavers have taken hold of the panhandle to the north.

The self proclaimed Dust Devils have broken their shaky treaty with the CTT and begun encroaching on their territory. Razing the land and taking people.

To the east, past the crater formerly known as Dallas lies a group calling themselves the Lonestar Republic. Hermitic cowboys who wish to unite Texas under their own banner by any means necessary. Even if they have to employ the coastal clans to do their dirty work.

In the unincorporated northwest is where you find yourselves, in the small town of Abile. En route to the semi-annual trading assembly in Midessa. You were only supposed to spend a couple days there, but when you're going through your inventory check to leave you find some of your more valuable salvage missing. The locals had been whispering about missing things when you visited the local watering hole. Perhaps asking around there could get you pointed in the right direction.

[wearepaladin]

Greetings oh Paladin from a humble witch dropping by. Figured I'd ask for funsies seeing as I quite like your views of Joshua Graham.

How, in your honest opinion, would Joshua react to a Psyker who practiced Witchcraft? I'm talking classic Psyker too, with elemental abilities and shit. Think Cassandra/the Sorceress from The Scorpion King if she had elemental telepathic powers too. Most recent post on my blog has a moodboard showcasing how I view the general aesthetics and personality/inspirations for my OC, if it helps some.

Not the kind of question I usually answer, as this is a particular character driven question, not precisely a paladin related one. But since you asked politely, I shall indulge you. Firstly, psykers are canon to the Fallout setting and have been around since the very first game. That said, those in particular were the result of the Master's experiments with the Forced Evolutionary Virus, after the Master themself discovered their own degree of of psychic powers after the rapid mutation and absorbing of individuals as they went from a singular being to the frightening being we eventually encounter. Thus, psykers are *rare* because they don't appear to occur naturally, and are more common to be a result of experimentation or mutation due to FEV or radiation in the weird science driven universe of Fallout. It's also a setting that has UFO aliens with little green men and lovecraftian horrors, so alternate sources of alteration from humans to have such abilities is conceivable. Josh Sawyer himself suggests here that while he has no issue with it being in the setting, he thinks it works best if it largely remains mysterious and unexplained. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Psyker#cite_note-4 That said, Joshua Graham comes from a more grounded aspect of the Fallout universe, his character and background derived from real world religious and cultural concepts, be it Mormonism, Christianity as a whole, tribal values, the consequences of colonialism, homogenization of culture, and empire as a whole. In a world where super mutants, robots, and undying ghouls dot the landscape, the most unusual and noteworthy event that pushes the bounds of what is natural in Joshua's story is his own continued survival after the events of the original battle for hoover dam, where for his failure he was burned alive and thrown into the Black Canyon of the Colorado river, and not only survived the process, but is arguably proven to be one of the most durable people in the setting as he is still cognizant, eloquent even, mobile, and capable of being a warrior and chieftain of astounding ability afterwards. He ascribes his survival, as he does to anything truly good in this world, to God's love and grace. So, what happens when this largely grounded aspect of the Fallout Universe encounters a person whose existence is derived from its more science fiction charged aspects? Honestly, not much. In terms of the psyker abilities, another byproduct of the wasteland and part of the Creator's plan in some way he probably will never understand. Them practicing witchcraft is honestly the most likely to draw him into a discussion. This is after all post nuke world where he has dealt with and likely participated in the cultural practices of many tribes that would likely be described as witchcraft. Given that the most proselytizing Joshua does to a Courier is at worst just discussing his own experiences if inquired, I doubt Graham would feel offended at person being a self proclaimed witch, but he would be tempted to ask questions and compare notes on their views on faith.

[gffa]

Hello there! I was wondering if you could help me with some comic recs. I've been looking to read the Batman's-lost-in-the-time-stream stories specifically the ones where Tim tracks down evidence of Bruce not being dead (blowing up the LoA and losing his spleen in the process etc), but I find it tricky to pin down the exact comic names and numbers. I figured asking was worth a shot since you seem to know your way around the various continuities. Thank you! 💙

Hi! I will freely admit that I had to Google a lot of this, because I haven't read most of those comics since they originally came out and my memory is fuzzy, but I do think I can at least point you in the right direction. The majority of what you're looking for re: Tim is going to be in Red Robin, but a lot of this storyline spilled over kind of everywhere and crosses into several smaller event storylines, but as best as I can remember/find: (Note: These are all comics from around 2008-2010, so when you go looking for them, keep them separate from a lot of the current ongoings that have reached these numbers again. XD)

Bruce "dies" in the Final Crisis mini-series

Portions of that story also spill over into Batman R.I.P. 2008 (Batman vol. 1 issues #676–681). For memory, it's a separate story from the fight with Darkseid that "killed" Bruce, but aspects of it are intertwined with that main story, so feel free to skim if you want.

"Nightwing: The Great Leap" (vol. 2, issues #147-153) is part of the Batman R.I.P. storyline that will lead into Last Rites and Battle for the Cowl

The final issues of the Robin vol. 2 series, issues #175-183, are also part of the lead-up to the Last Rites storyline (and then part of the main storyline itself)

Last Rites is spread out across Batman #682-685, Detective Comics #851-852, Nightwing #151-153, Robin #183

Okay, for Battle for the Cowl storyline, there's a lot going on, but you can read the three issue mini series (Battle for the Cowl #1-3) and then kind of pick-and-choose what you want from the tie-in oneshots. I'm not sure how important most of them are, if you're just here for main Batfam drama, but the DC fandom wiki has a good list of them all.

This leads us into the Batman Reborn storyline, which is Dick as Batman and Damian as Robin and there's a lot of comics going on at this time that are dealing with the general fallout but not necessarily specifically about Bruce being lost in time. But I really liked this era, so of course I'd recommend reading it anyway.

Red Robin is where you're going to find the "Tim really looks like he's having a mental breakdown and goes off to find Bruce" content that you're looking for, those issues are the prime material for it, just that there's context spilling everywhere first before you get to them.

Batman and Robin from 2009 is Dick and Damian's side of everything that was going on--they do have other stuff they have to deal with, they're fighting against all the usual cases in Gotham popping up, but the "Bruce is lost in time" story does have a lot of context here as well, that Dick actually is doing research into this as well.

Early on in both of the above two comic runs (within about six issues or so) was an event called Blackest Night where all the dead came back to life and it's mostly about that, but the Batman tie in issues had Tim coming back to Gotham and the issue was raised of, "wait, why does Bruce's corpse look all wrong?" and people start to believe that Bruce is alive. I'd say read the two Batman tie-in issues for sure and at least skim the main Blackest Night #1-8 for anything Bat-related.

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1-6 is Bruce's side of his "death" and eventual return.

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home is the follow-up/aftermath of that and is spread out across several oneshots and the order is generally: Batman #703 (prelude) --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batman and Robin #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Red Robin #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batgirl #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Catwoman #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Commissioner Gordon #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Oracle #1 --> Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Ra's al Ghul #1 --> Batman: The Return #1 (These are NOT issue #1 of their given series, these are all separate oneshots--aside from the Batman #703 prelude, of course.)

@fantastic-nonsense also has a really great context-laden post here about the storyline of them searching for Bruce and is very helpful to understand all the moving parts! If I missed anything major, hopefully she or someone else can step in and give us issue numbers. I know that's a lot of comics to throw at you, but it kind of goes to show that this is how some of the Bat-storylines used to have more of this kind of stuff, where they had big, sprawling events and everything kind of spilled over onto everything else. I don't miss having to buy a zillion issues to keep up with a storyline taking over my favorite book, but I do miss the interconnectedness of stuff like this, when it worked, it created storylines that genuinely were game-changing in the Batman franchise. Hopefully, this helps and if nothing else you can know that you inspired me to go pull out some of these runs and reread them to refresh my memory. (Even if I'm still mortal enemies with Grant Morrison, they wrote a lot of the comics that were at the height of my interest in DC. XD)

[calder]

Firstly its awful what you've been through at the hands of the people in nukapedia, and I agree that things need to change. Fallout is so important to many of us here.

In regards to your recent posts any suggestions to new people wanting to edit and participate as a voice against the damage like you suggested?

(context: 4/28 Nukapedia PSA) after making an account, it would be constructive and lovely for you to attempt to add any piece of information you find interesting that is missing from the wiki, or simply improve the way something is written. if it gets removed, try asking how you can do better.

be social. use talk pages. hopefully your established peers will help you workshop your contribution into something fitting the content and style guidelines.

go grass roots. ask your passionate Fallout friends to come participate.

being in the room at all by attending announced conversations is a big deal. no specific plan, just go there, be normal, and don't enable weirdos. when an authority figure says something vague, insist they explain it and provide some kind of evidence if applicable.

you are never "too small" to speak in any conversation. speak up like you belong there. many of them are non-editors and do not even talk about fallout. you are a fallout fan. speak up when you see something wrong or concerning. your voice makes a difference and your silence does not. if you're doing your best to promote safety and transparency then you are helping even if you get swarmed by weird angry men.

the problem we're addressing is bad actors with special protections, who maintain narrative control through intimidation, abusive distortion of information, and mob mentality.

the inner-circle consists of people who are comfortable with coordinated lying and coded hate speech. they surround themselves with favored libs eager to demonstrate their apolitical loyalty to the concept of authority. The first group are overall cynical bigoted manipulators, and the second group is trained to completely fucking freak out when anyone tries to address the behavior of the first group. ("They're calling ALL OF US racist, you guys! ALL OF US!")

learn how to spot and resist emotional blackmail: Emotional blackmailers use fear, obligation and guilt in their relationships, ensuring that others feel afraid to cross them, obligated to give them their way and swamped by guilt if they resist. People WILL do this to you AGGRESSIVELY. Do not let them convince you you're actually the problem. Know that you can absolutely be punished at Nukapedia in front of everyone for failing to kneel to a cruel falsehood. Demand explanations. Demand evidence. Stand up for each other. They will try to break up and attack new groups forming in their echo chamber, so their "in-group" will remain the only source of legitimacy.

if authority figures imply you are somehow being bad by questioning their vague declarations and rhetorical justifications, do not concede to avoid conflict, do not validate them for bullying you, do not convey hesitation to speak. Curtly disagree and refuse to allow them to frame the conversation outside your terms. Be extremely wary of the admins who use passive language as if their decisions come from space.

if a user who's been there for years suddenly becomes CONSPICUOUSLY interested in you, positively or negatively, the inner circle is deciding what to make of you. Be wary of ppl who lovebomb you or launch in to overly positive shallow conversations. Play along with their vibes until you cannot. Don't become indignant when they cross a line, just treat them like they're embarrassing themselves. They prey on sincerity and they respect casual assertiveness.

If you think someone is fucking with you do not give them the benefit of the doubt especially if they are pushy about deserving it

if a person with a fancyboy typing style is pretending to be stupid so they can neg you, you are talking to a shadow person.

if u meet some1 who type like a 2000s trol you are talking to a shadow person.

If you meet someone on the discord 😂 who cant stop 😂 using emojis 😂 to show how happy and unphased 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ they are 🤷‍♂️ that person is trying to spit on you through the internet because you are not a secret racist.

Maintain composure as a matter of safety. If you become upset or act phased by disrespect for any reason you will added to the legends of woke demons who they valiantly slew. Navigate weird confrontations with weird jokes or dismissal, anything else makes you a mark.

people will say "you violated policy," this will just happen. SIMPLY DO NOT ENGAGE unless you're sure you're prepared to get Lawyer about it. never agree to the premise that "you violated policy," that is all they need to permanently mark you for limitless abuse. additionally, never imply that your approach to ANYTHING is "subjective" rather than "objective" or they will permanently mark you for limitless abuse.

i know this is very specific. there are at most 20 of these problem users who actually participate on the site at all--and half of them only show up to occasional forums. theyve been doing the same shit for a long time

many blessings

[nihilnovisubsole]

greatest hits of being on this website for fifteen years

the time the suit guide made its way to r/malefashionadvice and i had strangers in my inbox going "bitch how dare you tell men how to dress"

that lovely [no joke, i enjoyed it] period where people would send me every dodgy fictional older man they could find and ask "is he your type"

the time i doctored up the "watching things for an actor you find hot" wiki page and people spent years trying to guess who it was about. to this day no one's gotten it

the time somebody sent me like half a dozen asks about doing something inappropriate with a breadstick, and my friends begged me to stop replying and indulging them, perhaps because they recognized it was an attention-seeking fetish thing

the time people assumed i had a blood kink [affectionate]

the time i wrote a scene about peeling an orange and people gave me hell [very affectionate]

irritating multiple people just by having OCs

the time i got the copypaste telling me to stop taking the lord's name in vain

everything about saints row fandom

the domino meme that i got my career started through fallout fandom

ily