#gonna try to polish it into a post

[thebaffledcaptain]

what if i fuck around and write four pages of research on keith windham's uniform so I know how to draw it (it's too late it's already been done)

[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.

[lilyoffandoms]

Candace (Zombie Queen)

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[thecherrygod]

i need to stop having people from class around me that make me feel so angry i want to eat glass.

[maraschinotopped]

hello toontown corporate clash community. misty monsoon 👍

[impossiblepluto]

Bloodbath 🤣🤣

I do have to admit, seeing the list laid out, it's not as bad as I worried it would be this round. I'm kind of excited/proud of "Wrench" and "Fallout" tying because both of those would have been hard to lose so I'm excited they both are getting moved ahead to the next round.

I'm impressed by the fight the "Awl" put up against known fan favorite "Skyscraper"

2x04 "X-ray + Penny" of course flexed its muscles as a warning to all the others and I have not looked to see what it's matched against next round yet, my heart can't take it 🤣 And go "Flashlight" for getting as many votes!

I think the hardest losses for me personally are "Awl" and "Mardi Gras Beads + Chair" (... and "Scissors".... and "Packing Peanuts".... and "MacGyver + MacGyver".... )

And I'm really hoping that people share some photos, propaganda, and favorite moments for the next rounds!

[lantern-lit-eyes]

a roughly cleaned up sketch sheet for my small town horror arlo/auggie AU! more info under the cut!

general plot of the AU so far is: • auggie, who has been bounced around between foster homes since he was young, ends up being fostered by charlotte; a woman who lives in a middle of nowhere town called "oldfaire"

• he quickly realizes something is definitely.. off in the town, but no one else seems to acknowledge it. he also keeps seeing this girl wandering around strangely, and upon asking about it is repeatedly told he's better off avoiding her • said girl is arlo, who has lived in oldfaire her whole life and who is the only one aware that something is deeply wrong there • she knows this because of witnessing her childhood friend eddie going missing, along with everyone's memories of him and all physical records (she also gets her grey hand in this incident) • they become friends after arlo realizes that auggie is the only other person she's met aware something is wrong, and they decide to work together to try and unravel the mystery • (also eventually they fall in love <3 )

[institute-of-planar-shitposts]

Tell me about Sunshine :3

WELL I'M GLAD YOU ASKED! (Please do read that in Cassidy's voice hdksbfkjs)

So I have several posts about her at this point but basically she is a half-elf sorcerer-bard with emphasis on the bard part as that's mostly how she connects to magic. She starts out at the Bureau kind of helping Johann and then gets promoted to Seeker when she connects some dots to the Oculus (though no one knew that was the relic specifically) that others hadn't recognized. She also happens to get sent with the boys to get that relic since Lucretia feels they need someone who can be diplomatic.

I'm writing an entire fic for her and have a few snippets here. They should be under my Sunshine tag if you want to take a look. I'm almost done writing Crystal Kingdom which means I'm just about to the halfway point! And so far the word count is totaling around 75k, so when I get around to posting it, you KNOW it's gonna be a doozy

[allalrightagain]

Oh fuck it’s the first of the month

[bookwyrminspiration]

btw I finished the timeline and now have a complete map of the events in keeper with only a few uncertain spots. if you even care

[ID in alt]

look at it. that’s the entire series right there (I have a polished version to post later dw, these are just my notes)

[throughtrialbyfire]

gonna start editing/rewriting some old one shots and posting them slowly, i hope you all enjoy!

[broke-on-books]

😍😍😍

[gomacave]

Debating on whether i should post my kkmbacklog or see if i can finish the anime + ova and get invested enoughto bang out another comic then go into hibernation btw i have been only drawing homura these past few weeks (returning to my roots)

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Making a Bobby & family animatic was a mistake, I just made myself cry twice working on it

[heartbeetz]

@ Anton come kiss me rn my mouth tastes like whiskey and cinnamon

[blue-astro]

Some old Hunters I started back when thanks to them first aired and finally fixed up!!