#forget “I could fix him”

[snootlestheangel]

To write Gaz angst or not to write Gaz angst

That is the question

[dykedvonte]

I just realized some people are confused about events in the alluded to past in Mouthwashing, particularly about how long the crew has been working together.

The only person who is truly new is Daisuke and it’s why his dynamic with the crew and role in the story is very unique and somewhat distant. Curly didn’t just get Jimmy this job on the Tulpar, he got him the job with the Pony Express. He’s been his copilot for probably a couple of years but still not as long as they’ve been friends. None of them are new with the freight industry, Anya and Swansea especially have been doing this for years, together.

Jimmy is the newest on the regular crew, maybe just a few assignments, but it’s not his first time working with them. I think it’s just something important because this isn’t just one bad mistake that snowballed with giving Jimmy the job. None of them thought Jimmy would do anything, no matter how off-put by him they could’ve been, since he hadn’t done a thing since being there. Generally unpleasantness isn’t a crime and he’d be aware of that.

It was a festering thing and a sort of forced trust they had to give him that he knowingly took advantage of. He was the black sheep and still a wolf under the wool. He expected when he lashed out, that he had been there long enough for it to be looked over completely. Got too comfortable in the space he inserted into and did a lot of damage with his claws when he felt he was going to get shaken out.

[howldean]

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[genderqueerpond]

pretty funny how every time someone tries to give Tegan a male love interest in an audio drama it somehow turns into a story about how much Tegan isn't interested at all

--- it's a curse why don't they stop trying ----

it's actually great. do the writers even know they're doing this??? my theory is that they're actually earnestly trying to write it at face value…. and then Janet Fielding delivers it ….like that….

and. well.

[ducksydoodlesofficial]

anyone remember this little guy? Nope, just me?? Anyways I love him!!! 🥺

[hellyeahmfwitchcrafttime]

I think, therefore I AM.

CW FOR BRIGHT COLORS/EYESTRAIN

FIRST FANDOM POST IN A WHILE WOW, big thanks to @egg-on-a-legg for the inspo! I saw the hate anamatic and honestly I really liked the triangular/almost bird like version of AM and I wanted to incorporate that a little! I get that plague doctors/the horseman of death doesn't really fit IHNMAIMS but I mean hey points for originality ig

[itissadbutitsmy-artblog]

blaine meets pep's parents

[aecholapis]

[3-aem]

im courting you now i guess is sooo sweet, i absolutely adore that fic smmm!!!!

i caught up with it today and oh my god 😭😭 i feel hollow now bc that fic made me feel the definition of love and recovery. there’s no more so what do i do besides sit here and yearn for them.

[livebloggingisntspambut]

I'm fascinated by the fact that there's no fanfiction presence of Carlos that I've seen so far, because he has like. A lot going on.

I'm a fan of his. 10/10, I love this guy, literally every word out of his mouth is gay flirtation, with men, with women, aiorseeeeeooooooooooooooo

My GF is reading me the scene where we find out he's a virgin and the racism just came out of NOWHERE GOD I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THE RACISM

[quietwingsinthesky]

literally if the master had just Not Done All That he could have gotten a kiss from twelve. but noooooo.

[chompmon]

I m genuinely really attached to these people now. Granny givin me a nice heated room to sleep in for free, the 3 kids that are so cute i want to die, wakin up in the morning to Kim sayin good morning to me.... walkin around every morning to speak w everyone..... evrart wants me to get signatures so he can build whatever the fuck over their homes and i refuse. Is he gonna rehome these people? I fuckin Doubt it ! U are not taking the last thing they have left not on my watch BITCH kys

[dykedvonte]

why do you hate Joshua Graham or Honest Hearts so much?

This DLC and character represents a bigger issue with fandom spaces I have but particularly fallout fandom in general.

Fallout tends to tackle a lot of topics controversial and not. The first two games it’s heavy cause they are the most satirical and direct with how anti-war, nationalism and etc… they are. 3 loses this as it’s very clear once you play or learn about all the games that Todd and a bunch of guys at Bethesda just liked the 50s post apocalyptic aesthetic and refuse to actually critique the ideals of the time period like the earlier titles.

New Vegas is the game that really gets back into it a degree it almost seems like it’s taking too much on. There are things done exceedingly well while other things are done horribly wrong . I’ve made posts about it before and plan to make a big series of posts (it’s a lot of writing) but my biggest gripe is with Honest Hearts and all the gross and white savior esque depictions it has of indigenous peoples. The entirety if FNV does not do the injustices faced by indigenous people correctly on any count. My two biggest complaints are with the Khans and the tribes in Zion but I’ll talk about the former on a different post.

Both characters of Daniel and Joshua are the most accurate depiction of white saviors I’ve seen and I hate how the DLC tries to justify and defend them. The DLC treats Joshua like this man who has repented for his past actions when he is just retracing his steps after his cruelty bit him in the ass. He was one of the worst parts of the Legion and it is all but explicitly stated that if you don’t force him to be non-violent he will turn the tribes of Zion into the legion 2.0. The Dead Horses and the Sorrows are horribly infantilized by both Daniel and Joshua who both use them for self serving purposes guised by religious duty. The White Legs are the horrible stereotype of violent and savage indigenous and I personally think a lot of their interlinking with Ulysses, his hair and Ulysses character in general are distasteful and very telling of how BIPOC or POC where involved.

But outside of the game it’s the weird obsession people have with these characters ideologies and trying to make them seem more interesting/philosophical than they are. Tumblr is an echo chamber and many fans of Fallout are not the people on this site. Many people are not educated in the issues these characters convey and how poorly they do or used these characters as a poor introduction for their takes. Contrary to what a lot of people believe in, fallout has a prediomeny white cis male fanbase. More importantly a large portion of the fanbase is white.

You can joke how FNV made you trans or see the numbers on post/fics or diverse headcanons but these are kiddy numbers compared to the millions that consume the franchise and aren’t in those more aware spaces or don’t engage in the spaces the same way someone like me does/has to. Their views shape a lot more than people realize and it’s exhausting to be in a space where people don’t correct the more subtle yet toxic aspects of it but also adopt them into some weird quirky view point on the characters or issues. Some people don’t realize and some people don’t care.

My main issue is just the idolizing of these sort of thing in this fandom space and people try to acts like a game like fallout whose tagline is “War never changes” and has never had a game not revolve around political or militaristic factions issues isn’t that deep or doesn’t relate to real issues. I think it’s mainly caused by how over powered you can become and how you can strong arm your way past these learning moments as majority of people who play this game do play it as a power fantasy where they can do so as they please (which of course, go ahead it’s fun) but never take in parallels or lessons in the story as if it was just another first person shooter.

Also like another personal gripe is Cazadores spawn like hell whenever I’m there and I have not found a mod that works to mod them out so I have to play Indigenous Racism the DLC while getting jumped by giant wasps WHILE helping Mormons. Like I cannot catch a break.

[silkhorse]

(fixed) @the-six-that-thrive-if one scene where dante binds mc to him (bartholomew is bitter)

reference for warden and dante being feisty in the corner while bo half heartily attempts to stop them (he doesn't give a shit)

[shreddeddescent]

SIGHS..... corny time

straight up running out of chapters now been too busy posting them but mmm venus time again !

[lesbian-cowpoke]

Why in the world would they put the choice to either remove a being that gained sentience's sentience (essentially killing it) or force that being into forgetting its whole life and suffering possibly till the end of time into a game rated like 12+

I'm sobbing what the fuck.