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What's effective about The Superhuman Gambit, right, is that the AntAgonizer and the Mechanist are modelling a very 1950s superheroic paradigm basically to a T. The question of why you need a superhero around- the gag that superpeople do nothing but pointlessly fight each other for the sake of it- has been the number one criticism that basically every non-parodic piece of superhero media published after 1986 has attempted to pre-empt. Contemporary superheroes might encounter and defuse high-stakes crises at a completely unrealistic rate, but within the logic of their stories, contemporary superheroes pull their weight- by authorial fiat, their worlds would constantly be suffering mass casualty events if they weren't out there doing their thing. In the 1950s, though, all of this shit, by editorial mandate, was completely siloed from real stakes, even a lot of forms of real crime that were considered too risky to acknowledge as a thing in that political climate; it was all cops and robbers, themed heists, superdickery, nothing of substance, because the entire medium was declawed by the Wertham Scare.
A superhero isn't any more of an outlandish person to have in the Fallout Universe than the kinds of people that are the protagonists of these games. Moreover the actual powersets on display aren't even particularly stupid. Being able to control giant ants with your mind is the kind of thing that nets you feudal territorial holdings if you take it seriously, stupid costumes or no- ditto for being able to field an army of battle-ready robots. Canterbury Commons is very pointedly the site of the one group of people in the game who are trying to get, like, an actual economy going. They're the economic analogue to Project Purity. If either of these assholes threw their personal armies behind that project, the setting would look very very different by the time you climb out of the vault. But they aren't allowed to be the kind of superheroes who notice that, or apply themselves in that way, or really meaningfully engage with the world at all, because, again, they're specifically 1950s superheroes. And this all dovetails really well with my read that Fallout 3 is largely a game about people burying their heads in the sand, immersing themselves in a nostalgic past as a way to avoid thinking about the horrors of the present.
#clearing out the drafts#fallout 3#fallout#fallout meta#fallout 3 timeshift theory#superheroes#thoughts#meta#this one is a non-sequitor that I started when I was doing that fo3 playthroug#but I have drafts to clear out#the Antagonizer#The Mechanist
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Fallout + Text Posts pt. 4: Minor Character Edition
Pt. 3 Pt. 5
#ok this is kind of a dump post the next one will be funnier#i’m just getting hyped for the show okay!!#fallout#fallout 4#fo4#fallout new vegas#new vegas#fnv#fallout 3#fo3#the antagonizer#tinker tom#z1-14#the railroad fallout 4#the forecaster
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I headcanon a few characters to be Psykers
The Mysterious Stranger and Miss Fortune: they have the ability to show up when someone is in danger and disappear soon after
Jason Bright: It's not the radiation that makes his voice have that reverb to it he is speaking to you both physically and telepathically
Tanya Kristoff aka The AntAgonizer: She has the ability to control ants
The player character: if you take the Animal Friend perk
This one is more of a joke one but Malcolm Holmes: the guy can track you from anywhere in the Mojave and claims to have seen you pick up a star bottlecap which would make sense in an area with tons of people but not so much in places like Jean's Sky Diving
#fallout 1#fo1#fallout 2#fo2#fallout 3#fo3#fallout new vegas#fnv#fallout 4#fo4#the mysterious stranger#fallout the mysterious stranger#miss fortune#fallout miss fortune#jason bright#tanya kristoff#the antagonizer#malcolm holmes#the vault dweller#vault dweller#the chosen one#chosen one#the lone wanderer#lone wanderer#the courier#courier six#courier 6#the sole survivor#sole survivor#psyker
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Fallout 3: Superhuman Signature
Were you previously aware that if the player is wearing The Mechanist's or The AntAgonizer's Costume after completing The Superhuman Gambit, a unique random encounter is unlocked?
A Child will approach the player and ask for an autograph!
After the encounter, the Child will run to Canterbury Commons and remain there for the rest of the game. You can check out the page for the Random Encounter here:
https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Gee_Mister,_You_Look_Super!
#fallout wiki#independent fallout wiki#fallout#fallout series#fallout 3#fo3#superhuman#superhero#mechanist#the mechanist#antagonizer#the antagonizer#tanya chrisoff#fallout wiki facts#fallout facts
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“So, Mechanist! You’ve come to throw yourself on the mercy of the Ant Queen?”
The AntAgonizer in Fallout 3
#the antagonizer#tanya christoff#fallout 3#falloutedit#fo3edit#fallout3edit#dailyvideogames#dailygaming#videogamewomen#gamingnetwork#gameplaydaily#gamingedit#videogameedit#vgedit#gameedit#gameredit#gifs#*by gamingladies#*by shania
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New Outfits
First things first. I killed the woman whose robots were making my life harder. So, when she died, I took her sweet costume. But I found this other costume.
Now, my lovely husband is the AntAgonizer. We decided to wear the costumes and play games with one another.
Sometimes it's playfighting on the beach in front of my employees.
Othertimes it's rough lovemaking.
#character rp#fallout 4#fallout#preston garvey#preston simping#me#AntAgonizer#The AntAgonizer#The Mechanist#nsft#Character Roleplay
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what makes us any different?
#my art#alien stage#alien stage spoilers#i finally scratched the itch in my brain just a lil#anyways i am fondly thinking abt comic of ivan antagonizing sua and respectfully sir ur a clown (me saying this while crying)#tfw ur both dead eyed dark haired high achievers who love deeply and would risk it all for ur person#i love that they r so similar in the lengths they'll go to but they're also like ewwww at each other#ivan and sua alien stage u'll always be famous to me
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i watched through all of fim a little bit ago and my only wish is that they kept starlight a little evil, like comically
#art#mlp fim#twilight sparkle#starlight glimmer#if i were a writer she'd be in the back of every scene w trixie antagonizing twilight like statler and waldorf
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The true botw shrine experience. I don't think Four approves!
The full comic page and some colorful Fours can be found under the read more!
A meme redraw based on something I did in a playthrough lol. Out of arrows? Throw your sword!
I love Four so much aaAA
#linked universe#linkeduniverse#lu four#lu wild#lu hyrule#lu warriors#comic#good morning! good mooorning!#I've looked at this for so long that I can't tell if it's funny anymore ahjsgfsdf#I love Four and Wild's dynamic after the colors reveal + tomato is a fruit comic#they are like Legend and Wars are to each other to me#would die for each other and live to mess with each other#they are like siblings poking each others buttons. it's all about the antagonism and goofs >:)#but also they get good learning moments so good for them#addition: yeah it is based on the anakin and padme meme
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To the people saying "Jason wouldn't have jumped into tartarus for Piper, like Percy did for Annabeth" as a way to demean him. Jason, plunged into the sky from the grand canyon to catch Piper in the first few pages of the lost hero without even knowing who she was, and without the knowledge that he could fly. so he basically jumped to his death attempting to catch her. In the first few pages of his journey, he didn't mind dying to save Piper, and ironically, that's also what he did in the last few pages of his journey. Y'all just be making the most out of pocket claims abt jason fr
#If you think you're complimenting Percy by saying “Jason wouldn't have done that” no you are not. I love Percy too but cmon now#You are simply deluding yourself by trying to antagonize Jason in your head because of pettiness#He is canonically a sweetheart through and through so go cry abt it with your made up fanon version of him#But don't you dare claim it as canon#Get over the fact that both Percy and jason are good people and loyal lovers#Stop comparing them for fucks sake it's not 2012 anymore#pjo#percy jackson#pjo fandom#pjo series#pjo hoo toa#pjo hoo#jason grace#annabeth chase#piper mclean#leo valdez#frank zhang#hazel levesque
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cat rat fight
#ratssmp#rats smp#rats in paris#inthelittlewood#apokuna#RAT SKETCHES#:) wanted to draw some more of the pie-rats and i love their fun silly lil antagonism#o7 now im gonna have to add garbage rat to the fray but thats for later this week#HEHE
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//wild life session 2 spoilers
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more little doodles from joel and lizzies vids in session 2 !!!!!
family is life family is love
lizzie bonus
ahhh!!! there were so many more silly moments i loved in this session !! these were all i could speedraw atm !
#sleepyartt#wild life smp#the life series#traffic life#trafficblr#traffic series#wild life spoilers#lizzie ldshadowlady#joel smallishbeans#ethoslab#geminitay#goodtimeswithscar#TOO TIRED TO TAG THEM ALL BUT YEAH#session 2 was ruthless#everyone antagonizing gem n joel is so funny#also sry if the parrot colors look ASS i cannot for the life of me color birds to save my life#i tried to make it as similar to lizzies build ! i.. tried my best#tangotek#oops almost forgot the silly guy
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They locked me in a room a rubber room
You don’t want to go in time out, do you?
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#fnaf#fnaf sb#fnaf dca#dca fandom#fnaf sun#doodle dump#dialogue dump#y’all really want to antagonize him smh (joking) (i also think it’s pretty funny)#and yes. before anyone asks: this guy is absolutely ambidextrous. he uses whichever side works better for the situation#using his left hand to draw here physically opens up his posture to the kid he’s talking to! :)#no copypastas in the daycare
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I made this and put it in a reblog but I'm still chortling so I'm giving it its own post
#french-british antagonism is very funny to me#but i love that we both voted left within a few days of each other#like#i'm so happy!!! sudden surge to the left!!! you go france!!!#uk politics#french politics#memes by me#european politics#france
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Fallout 3: The AntAgonizer
“So, at last you've penetrated the court of the AntAgonizer, Queen of All Ants! Were you sent by that meddling Mechanist? He'll learn that no one can stand before my royal regiment of fighting ants!”
- The AntAgonizer, Fallout 3
You can read about The AntAgonizer, AKA Tanya Christoff, here:
https://fallout.wiki/wiki/The_AntAgonizer
#fallout wiki#independent fallout wiki#fallout#fallout series#fallout 3#fo3#the mechanist#the antagonizer#tanya christoff#fallout wiki quotes#fallout quotes
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what apollo sees vs. what phoenix & edgeworth are thinking
#mr. wright PLEASE don't antagonize the chief prosecutor#he's going to KILL YOU#what was that apollo? didn't hear you#SIR I'M SHOUTING???#ace attorney#wrightworth#narumitsu#miles edgeworth#phoenix wright#i overworked these but it's fine#my art
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