#tec asks

[explodingcelebi]

Which Celebi is the best bartender?

All the others either have positions that would conflict with bartending or quite literally do not have the limbs for it. Of those in the latter category, Mute is too forgetful in the moment, and Ellis, who is Snowy's stand-in when he's not on shift, simply can't match his efficiency, missing arm notwithstanding. Counting that, though, he's better than some of the 'bis *with* two functioning hands, so for him to be second at the pub is a testament to his skills and Psychic control.

[pitske]

queer people?

[witchlingcirce]

HELLO? did you see what cc said about tec coming out after twp 😭 what do you thing warrants that?????? if she kills clary i’m done

AHHH yes I saw and good question!!

I think the most prominent theory I’ve seen is that it’s because one of the TMI characters die. I AM a believer that none of them will die in TWP! Call me delusional but I have valid reasons!!

Clary —> Cassandra Clare’s baby girl

Simon —> Cassandra’s self insert of her husband (his last name, lewis is literally Cassandra’s married name… I’m onto u Judith)

Magnus & Alec —> people will literally burn her house down

Jace —> without him = no Clace, Cassandra sad.

Izzy —> uhm I don’t rlly have a valid reason for her, only that she doesn’t rlly have an relationship with any of the TWP for her death in this series to be impactful.

So yes I am a believer that no tmi cast mates are dying!! Stop this nonsense! No one jump me, but Cassandra never kills off REALLY main characters. Max, didn’t rlly get anything of him. Kit?? Ehhh kind of, but again, not a lot of page time for him. LIVVY is where things start to shift- but again- not a main character. And Nate & Benedict died in TID like who even cared

Okay but onto what I think it could mean. I don’t have a prominent theory with evidence or anything if such BUT I don’t think it has something to do with hell in particular. The last TEC book we got was also set in hell for a bit, and was a main focus. And we also know TMI gang LOVE hell in general (yeah… I know what you did in that cave.) and since we know in TWP Lucifer is meant to be a main villain of such —> we can deduce that something will happen in hell during twp.

The TMI cast is like the avengers of the shadowhunter universe. We know if anything bad happens there on it. So yeah, I do think whatever she’s implying it’s because there going to hell!! Bit because of any deaths <3333

[buttfrovski]

my dumbass thought they spelled detective wrong

[batbabydamian]

The new writer for nightwing (Dan watters) wrote a Damian-centric backup story in tec (multiple even, I think?) do we think it's too early to hope that the best duo may return to us sometime in the future? Also any hopes for the upcoming B&R arc by PJK? I have a few, mainly Maya sticking around for longer but also. The solicit opening on how Damian is the same age Bruce was when Bruce traveled the world makes me nervous. Please don't take Damian out of Gotham unless you have another book to put him in and I cant live in a Damian drought rn

ALWAYS HOLD HOPE FOR DUO INTERACTIONS!! a lot of Watter’s backups seem to be assigned to him, SO if he specifically chose to write Damian for that one backup then all the more fingers i am crossing 😭🤞 also funny enough in the Gotham City Villains book where PKJ wrote a Ra’s story, Watters has a story in it featuring Damian! seems promising that he enjoys his character enough 🤞🤞

PHEWWW...hopes for B&R… it’s oddly poetic that the first arc of Tomasi’s run featured a villain from Bruce’s world traveling days, and now we’re teased with that journey in relation to Damian. if this is really going down a self discovery sort of arc, i’m hoping for more exploration of Damian’s character outside vigilantism - like, Williamson having Damian develop his art in a “manga style” was such a good touch. art and storytelling (history, fairytales, his own father lol, etc) have been consistent details in Damian’s stories, so for him to really take them as his own by MAKING COMICS is so self indulgent of him!! it makes me so giddy it’s such a sweet piece of development 😭 SORRY FOR THE TANGENT but yeah more of Damian making choices for himself and his future!! he’s capable of doing so many things!! “a different way to help the world” has repeated in my brain so many times. i’m so curious. the main bit being about HELPING AHH Damian is so good…but also WHAT DO YOU MEAN...

i'd love for Talia (and Ra’s? whenever he’s done being a ghost ig?) to have a more meaningful role in this time of Damian’s growth!! orz speaking of Ra’s, NIKA?? icb we’re still in the dark with that but i’d like to at least have backups to continue her story with Ra's because that combo sounds so fun. is Ra's stuck to haunting his grandson's gf?? is Nika exposing him to kpop?? many questions

on the vigilante side, i need this villain and mystery to get me so hyped… i was excited for Damian to have another rogue to add to his list but Williamson dropped the ball on both Shush and especially Mistress Harsh 😭 ok didn’t mean for this to turn into criticism, at least his last arc has been giving something to gnaw on but YES i need to feel the stakes!! the INTRIGUE!!

smaller hopes would be more of Damian’s quips!! and HIS PETS. if they’re really moving in to Pennyworth Manor, they must have room for a dog, cat, and cow again!! and Goliath should continue to be a free spirit outside lol but still at Damian's side when he needs him :’)

Maya staying past Williamson's run is a big one that i'm wary of hoping for based on the "whole new arc/great jumping in point" marketing going on, BUT if she manages to make it, BIG WIN!! 😭 i like to think we’re safe from a Damian drought for a while considering the consistent greenlight on projects he’s in!! if DC actually ends B&R with this arc because Damian goes on another self discovery journey i can only hope he gets another solo or we all suffer together LOL

would love to hear your further thoughts on the upcoming arc as well!! :]

[the--painter]

Hello- uhhhh- random question BUT- opinion on the illusionist? -tec

"She's amazing!"

It smiles.

"They gave me gifts and I payed her a visit. So I would say we have a pretty good relationship."

[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

[fairdale]

the tsc game

give me five tsc characters/books/scenes/ships and i'll make a ranking!!

(leave them on the box)

[aleclightofmylifewoodbane]

So after rewatching the show can I say its fair to say that many people like show Asmodeus more than book Asmo.

Lile all he did was break Malec apart

While tsc Asmodeus wanted to kill his son...

Oh yeah definitely. He’s a lot sillier in the show?? Like why do u care sm ab Malec. I hardly even remember what he did in the show, and thats says a lot 😭 I feel like book Asmo was rather indifferent to Malec, he just though Magnus was a fool who was fiddle fartin around because he wouldn’t join him.

No he is SO much worse in the books. He can be funny but he is downright DIABOLICAL and because we see so much of him and his (horrible) relationship with Magnus it really makes me hate him. He literally doesn’t care about Magnus except for what he can get out of him because Magnus is so powerful as an eldest curse. And that involves literally just taking his life force. He is truly fuckin evil

[pokemon-ranger-bee]

At Ranger School, we were taught that we were required to respond to any call we receive, but one thing that ranger School never prepared me for was getting a call about someone magnet fishing and FINDING A LIVE BOMB IN A LAKE

[martyrbat]

[ID: a TikTok comment that says: "i'm literally shaking, buy her brown contacts please". Above it the photo has been edited to be a close-up of Batman staring straight ahead in shock. His cowl is on but we can see his wide, blue eyes through the white lenses. END ID]

[explodingcelebi]

I still got some nice friends there but I'm giving the release of Sparking Zero as its last chance. I might add you as a friend on Discord at a later time.

np! yeah it's probably best to just get out of there. they won't learn, and it's probably more insufferable than ever thanks to the year and season. teach himself scrubbing all mention of it from his socials should be a good indicator of what it evolved into

[ruvviks]

HIIIIIIII BONES what faction(s) does tiberius join? and which companions is he closest with? :]

HIII EZRA THANK YOU SO MUCH :] this got insanely long because i have. so much to say about this game it's unreal i'm very sorry in advance. but hope you enjoy ^_^

so in my canon of fallout 4, there's a couple of things different from the game because i personally don't think of tiberius as a leader in any sort of way, mainly because he's like. 23 years old. that's a literal baby. he was only born yesterday fresh out of the freezer

so!! that means that the minutemen are already very much established in the commonwealth again when he emerges from the vault, and there's a lot of sprawling settlements to be found in places where you'd otherwise have to build them yourself in game; so sanctuary isn't abandoned at all, and tiberius returns to his sister's home with a special surprise waiting for him (every other house in the neighborhood is now home to a bunch of strangers centuries into the future! welcome home boy!)

that said, tiberius DOES end up sort of joining the minutemen?? but not officially. he meets preston in sanctuary who helps him get settled in in this new and strange world and in return to show his gratitude tiberius helps out wherever and whenever he can, but considering the path of revenge he's about to go on he doesn't really consider himself good enough of a person to like. fully be part of it if that makes sense?? especially since the minutemen aim for as much peaceful resolution of things as possible, and he is not like that :(

tiberius massively dislikes diamond city, and feels a lot more at home in goodneighbor. he does some mercenary work there for a while and that's also how he ends up with the railroad, which he Does officially join :] a bunch of my other fallout ocs are also railroad agents; max, who's also general of the minutemen (don't ask how she finds the time to juggle all these different jobs she doesn't know it herself either); magnus, who's a goodneighbor guard; and nikolai, an ex-raider who now does a bunch of stealth operations for the railroad. tiberius takes his job as agent very seriously and through his new connections becomes more involved with the minutemen as well, now that he knows the two work together to give escaped synths a new and safe home and such :]

he does NOT join the brotherhood of steel. he hates them so fucking much it's unreal. to him they're literally just invading the commonwealth with the way they're terrorizing settlements and forcibly establishing their own outposts and whatnot and it causes a lot of chaos everywhere which is NOT ideal at all. max is handling most of the situation but she's clearly under a lot of pressure and it makes tiberius want to blow some shit up. which he eventually does when everything has escalated so far that there's not really another way to deal with it anymore

he only joins the institute to infiltrate them for the railroad, and he is NOT having a good time during it. he dislikes shaun (his nephew, not his son!) so fucking much but there's nothing he can do about it. i'm trying to make the institute a bit more interesting but it's still a work in progress because well the game leaves a lot to be desired on that front to me personally but either way, the whole place makes him super paranoid and he quickly realizes that it's a LOT bigger than what it's making itself out to be. the area he's allowed to be in seems just a little bit too well-organized and streamlined as if it's all pre-programmed and he constantly feels like he's being watched. which he is! because he ends up finding proof of a lot more levels that go much deeper into the ground and while a lot of them seem to be abandoned, he does end up finding evidence that there's more people holed up Somewhere. and they're watching everything that's happening in the area of the institute he's allowed to be in. it's all part of something bigger and he does NOT like that shit

lastly, tiberius ends up with the children of atom :] kind of against his will?? but also he's not really being forced to stay so it's kind of a gray area really. basically what happened is that he went to the glowing sea, ended up passing out because he went by himself like the stubborn mf he is and the children of atom take them to their crater to nurse him back to health but also give him like. some sort of special radiation cocktail of some sort which ends up making him a bit of a freak. much more resilient, much more absent as well, a bit faster than he used to be. he's basically their chosen one because i feel like out of all factions it'd make most sense for the children of atom to be weirdly obsessed with him like he's a perfectly preserved human from before the war. that IS kinda fascinating

either way tiberius doesn't really mind being part of them all that much because it puts him in like a negotiator position if that makes sense?? the other factions all have their other touching points where he isn't all that needed to create connections and stuff but having this extra connection with the children of atom who are mostly feared by the rest of the commonwealth helps a LOT with keeping peace and all that, so it's beneficial for all parties involved because it also means that tiberius can just freely enter any of their outposts and he can rely on them if he needs them for anything :] the children of atom are a lot more willing to assist him with something that may be a bit shady than the minutemen or railroad would basically so it's a good backup to have LMAO

as for companions, tiberius is closest with preston 100% :] when he emerged from the vault, preston was the first person who talked to him and didn't treat him as a possible threat, and he helped him get settled in which tiberius will always be grateful for because he was so so scared. and preston made everything a little bit easier. he's very caring and patient and matches tiberius' funnyman energy surprisingly well when they're joking around, which would all remind tiberius a lot of his sister stella. preston Would in fact be like a brother to him :]

he enjoys hanging out with piper and nick, but only sparingly so since those two just love to investigate stuff and a lot of their time hanging out ends up turning into business of some sort and tiberius does NOT have the detective's spirit! he likes being clueless. he does not always need to know everything. he does like tagging along but sometimes he just wants to SIT and have a beer or something

which, naturally so, makes hancock better company for him. tiberius did a couple of gigs for him personally (and got to know him much more intimately during a wild night with both him and magnus but we don't talk about that) and he likes to stop by goodneighbor regularly for a drink and to talk about shit that's been going on lately. since magnus and hancock are together, magnus is there a lot as well but tiberius sees him a lot more regularly at the railroad too :]

that being said, the railroad is definitely tiberius' main hub for hanging out with people he loves the gang SO much. his best friends there would be nikolai, glory (she's alive yes obviously), deacon, and tinker tom :] and also max but tiberius sees her a LOT more at the castle since that's by the end of the in-game events also a place he can be found at a lot. he doesn't take a lot of minutemen jobs but he does help out on location with whatever they need, plus the castle is a huge and busy marketplace which would be super fun to visit (especially at night) so he just likes hanging out there in general! that's also where he hangs out with cait and roxy (max' wife) whenever he gets the opportunity

tiberius' relationship with x6-88 is. strained. on a surface level he likes the guy, but his loyalty to the institute definitely gets in the way of their friendship a lot at first. i haven't entirely figured out yet how to like, get x6-88 on tiberius' side in a satisfying way that doesn't feel out of character for him?? but that's basically what i'm aiming for, because the two DO spend a lot of time together away from the institute itself which would give tiberius a lot of opportunities to show x6 what the commonwealth is really like. and what the institute's reputation is and all that. and with x6 getting attached to tiberius during all of that he WILL be forced to pick a side at the end of it all. and i personally don't think he would side against tiberius after spending all that time building up an actual friendship for the first time in his life

surprisingly enough, tiberius and maccready did NOT!!! get along well at first AT ALL. when tiberius was taking gigs in goodneighbor he was unbeknownst to him stealing away a lot of mac's clientele so naturally mac has very one-sided beef with him. especially because both of them are like. babies. i can't remember maccready's exact age but that's a baby. and tiberius is one too. and they're both competitive and kinda stupid so when they first "officially" meet there's this insane tension between the two of them and every conversation they have is just a pissing contest. they've been kicked out of goodneighbor together on at least one occasion because of their near screaming competitions

(at some point after the battle of bunker hill and tiberius has temporarily broken ties with the institute because shaun's attitude pissed him the fuck off he goes to goodneighbor with his friends and after a drink or two too many he agrees to a bet maccready makes with him about killing elder maxson. tiberius succeeds by knocking out a brotherhood pilot and pretending to be the pilot instead, sort of successfully flying a vertibird up to the prydwen, somehow knocking out a guy in full power armor to then steal said guy's power armor, killing elder maxson (who by then has committed enough war crimes including but not limited to laughing max in the face when she tried to talk to him about a possible collaboration in hopes to keep the peace in the commonwealth) with a pipe pistol, and then jumping down(!!!!!!!!!) in the power armor to make his escape by walking over the bottom of the ocean on the shoreline in the power armor. he brought the guy's coat and dogtags with him as proof. maccready was turned on and angry about it)

but after traveling together for a while, tiberius and maccready learn they have a lot more in common than they initially thought and they grow closer over time :] i adjusted mac's story as well by making lucy his older sister rather than his wife (HE'S A BABY. HE DOESN'T NEED A WIFE AND A CHILD IN THIS ECONOMY) and duncan his nephew, so it's still a direct parallel to tiberius' story except lucy is still alive but missing, whereas stella is in fact very much dead. at first it makes tiberius feel frustrated and upset in a very selfish way, but it helps him with like, allowing himself to grieve for the first time since he exited the vault which by then is a LONG time ago, and then it also helps him with moving on from it rather than staying stuck in the past. helping mac with curing duncan and finding lucy helps the both of them and after all that they end up getting together :]

SO YEAH. very bumpy road for tiberius all in all and he makes connections in a bunch of different places, but he's always just a gear in the machine rather than the one operating the machine if that makes sense :] he feels a lot more at ease when he can actually make a difference at his own pace rather than having everyone look up to him constantly, the closest he got to that was when he was the one to infiltrate the institute and he has NEVER been that stressed before in his life. he makes it out alive and relatively unharmed but good lord. he's never doing that shit ever again

[bookishjules]

Hi!!! Do you have an theories for the tmi gang in twp or the black volume of the dead? What would you like to see happen (other than them getting married, etc)?

what i would like to see most is for them to all make it out the other side alive <3 aside from that i'd be happy with any amount of Them that we can get tbh.

i really have no idea what no idea what to expect from tbvotd, if i'm being honest. i only read through the previous two books once, and both via audiobook. plus, i feel like the events of every book in tec are really dictated by those surrounding it in the timeline. like it doesn't exist in a vacuum yk which makes it hard to pinpoint how i think any of the tmi gang will be involved or what effects the story will have on them.

one thing i am very excited to see is how alec functions as consul and how his character evolves because of that responsibility. while clary has a connection with emma and jace has one with kit.. we're getting further and further from characters with a personal connection to alec. like obviously the mcs of twp are going to be favored by him but idk i feel like there's enough remove to really get that different perspective on him in this position of authority. i can only imagine in tbvotd he will be dealing with some amount of stress in that realm, and we'll get an even bigger picture into what it takes to make such tough decisions. i do wonder if he will end up keeping that role whenever whatever happens at the end of twp happens, or if he will decide to pass the baton and spend more time with his family (speaking of.. i am not ready for max and rafe to be 5 and 8.. <3)

when it comes to clary and jace, i think their biggest involvement in the coming stories will be with janus and ash, and my theories there vary greatly. i do think they will deal more with janus than ash, given janus's personal goals and like entire identity, and ash's responsibility as an mc to not be around parental figures too much, but i'm not too sure in what regard that will be. will jace be the one to have to kill his other self? what the fuck kind of complex will that give him if so? honestly with how much shit jace has had to deal with like mentally, it might be a good way of symbolizing once and for all that whatever part of him he thought was bad or evil is dead and gone

tbh outside of like.. cameos idt we will see much of simon and isabelle until we start dealing with the princes of hell again. because i do think the tmi gang will have a lot of involvement with that. given (a) magnus's parentage, (b) their general experience/history with greater demons, (c) the plot of tec/epilogue of tlbotw, and (d) the all-hands-on deck nature of dealing with the entire host of hell. but yeah outside of that small thing (/sarcasm) they don't really have enough like.. personal stake in the plot, narratively speaking, to be very relevant until that point.

[techiebrots]

I love how you draw spider ham he is so shaped and silly

You guys flatter him too much

The ask just gave me the idea so thanks!

[wikitpowers]

Hoping you can help me out. The pub announcement mentions the previous 23 books of the shadowhunter world and Cassie answered a question on her tumblr about whether twp will match stylistically with the other 23 shadowhunter books but like I only count 20? What 3 books am I missing?

okay so i have a feeling like maybe this person simply made a mistake or they counted ones which may not often be counted as tsc books as such,,,

so let’s count together, shall we?

tmi (6) + tid (3) + tda (3) + tlh (3) + tec (2) + tftsa (1) + tbc (1) + gotsm (1) = 20 books

and now i feel like they may have also counted secrets of blackthorn hall, the shadowhunters codex and a history of the notable shadowhunters & denizens of downworld or potentially all the stories are true which was an exclusive picture book!!!