#i gotta stop now or i never will bsjdksj

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despite having no personal quest, deacon is still (imho) the best written fo4 companion because hes a filthy fuckin liar. you cant take him at his word with specifics, forcing the player to actually pay attention to his actions. we know things about him not because he dropped all his lore on your lap, but in spite of all his claims. you have to think for yourself. theres a terminal entry corroborating him changing his face (he looked like a ghoul for a bit), so we can reasonably believe him when he says he had a feminine face once. we know he cares about synths because he shows us he cares by risking his life. when he lies and says hes a synth? thats not meaningless. hes checking to see if you treat him differently. hes also proving that he really does believe "synth" isnt a dirty word, because he doesnt immediately go "haha jk. you didnt actually believe that, right?", hes comfortable with being mistaken for a synth. he seems genuinely sorry for something he did to synths in his past, so personally i believe that at least some parts of his claimed backstory are true. we see him treated as a necessary annoyance by the rest of the railroad, so we can believe him when he says sole is his closest friend. he doesnt just have a "we're besties" speech, he has to show you how much you mean to him because otherwise no one would believe him