The Sole Survivor (75469 words) by Hamburger_time
Chapters: 26/40
Fandom: Fallout 4
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Deacon/Robert Joseph MacCready, Robert Joseph MacCready/Male Sole Survivor
since this is being posted i believe a month after the last part im gonna say that yes they've been at this for 4 weeks and grace categorically refused to engage with a weird dream riddle and delegated that in favor studying of his new front yard decoration until frustration finally broke him
we love an avoidant behaviour king
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 3.5, part 4, part 5
+ bonus what i imagine the eridians looked like witnessing the Plotā¢
random yapping by yours truly below the cut
i have FINALLY finished this thing!! holy crap thank you to everyone who has been following and for the incredible, enthusiastic comments that have been feeding my ego!
this wasn't honestly supposed to go beyond the first part but the muse asks for no opinion when she takes a mallet to your head i guess,,
since ive personally always been a fan of people showing sketches with their work heres some stuff from my process:
these are as i affectionately call them my insane person notes, frantically scribbled down and barely legible to even me
(edit: forgot to add since my handwriting isn't that legible, i picked the random plant parts of the tree from googling symbolism of plants so if anyone's interested here tis
Aspen- bravery, facing the unknown
Mangrove- strength, support
Oak- longevity, strength, robustness
Red carnation- i love you forever
Grapes- rebirth
Maple- strength, resilience
Ginkgo- resilience, longevity, duality, peace)
and here's a random warm up page that i did:
once again thank you everyone for your support and interest, it's been amazing
Girl help I got sucked into the Ryan Gosling cinematic universe and now Iām realizing heās a genuinely good actor whose performances got overshadowed by peopleās sexual perception of him as opposed to his actual talent
I am such a firm believer that Simon, at his baseline, is a massive fucking goofball.
Maybe itās taking too much inspiration from Mark himself but I donāt care, I firmly believe that Simonās baseline outside of a life or death situation is witty and goofy and, dare I say, charismatic.
He makes jokes, sometimes at inappropriate times just because itād be funny to do so and piss someone off. Heās not oblivious to how he looks and he uses it FULLY to his advantage. Heās playful and teasing and enjoys making Ryland flustered or playing āDevilās advocateā for a point he doesnāt actually believe in just because itās funny watching Rocky get so heated at him.
And speaking of him and Rocky, my GOD the menaces these two would be together. Theyāre absolutely the best of friends but those kinds of friends that you know something is going to either explode, catch fire or someone will end up in the hospital every time they hang out but itās always worth it.
If Ryland left him to make his own entries for the Beetles it would feel like Markās āreviewing every flashlightā or āAmazon self-defense itemsā or āDel Monte is dead to meā videos because Simon just thinks itād be funny to send some random, goofy ass shit back to Earth.
Itās Ryland doing all the important stuff, after all, Simon figures. Heās just fucking around because Ryland was so adamant Simon should be able to make his own videos like Rocky got to because heās part of the crew and, well, who is Simon to say no to his angel like that?
Poor Eva ends up having to sort through video footage from a man she does NOT remember sending up into space rambling at her about how:
āYou know I didnāt actually like canned corn, the corn water was too sweet, I always preferred cracking open a can of green beans and just adding some salt and pepper and eating that by the way I found some sunglasses and a bigass fucking flashlight that might actually pass for a small star, Rocky and I are gonna see how bright we can get it before I possibly blind myself but donāt tell Ryland heāll just worry but itās fine Iām doing my own science experiments, itās fineāā