a total space case

erica/she-her/22/part of a system (caretaker) follows back from farfalvinder yes man is good! he's not a dumb robot he's a complex and lovable character

[depsidase]

[phrayanaga]

COURIER SIX

[lesvegas]

Where would YOU get your top surgery done? (Please take your recovery into consideration)

Doc Mitchell's in Goodsprings (by Doc Mitchell)

NCR Correctional Facility (by Hannigan)

Novac (by Ada Straus)

New Vegas Medical Clinic (by Dr. Usanagi)

Camp McCarran (by Dr. Kemp)

Hidden Valley Bunker (by Linda Schuler)

Old Mormon Fort (by any of their surgeons, they probably have at least 2)

Jacobstown (by Doctor Henry)

The Sierra Madre (by one of the numerous Auto-Docs located there)

The Divide (by one of numerous Auto-Docs located there)

Fortification Hill (by the Mark III Auto-Doc in Caesar's tent)

Big MT (by the Auto-Doc in the Sink)

Voting ended onJan 10, 2025

[lacking-hydration]

yes man but every time you do something to piss him off you can hear his internal cooling fans turning on.

[artbyblastweave]

What I like about New Vegas is that out of all the Fallout games, it feels like it's the most aware of the fact that everyone is doing a bit of some kind from the fifties and is much more attentive and thoughtful than some of the other games to the implications of the fact that everyone is doing some kind of bit from the fifties.

The Kings are a salient example of this. The surface level gag, of course, is that they're a militant gang of Elvis impersonators, having adopted the aesthetic after their leader mistook a training facility for Elvis impersonators as some kind of religious site. Stock Future-imperfect stuff, oh-those-silly-wastelanders, elevating our pop-culture to the level of organizing-societal-principle.

Until, of course, you take into account the (singular) King's actual project- the fact that his gang is the defacto governing body of Freeside, the accompanying fact that he's got his anarchist predilections and thus would like to maintain that governing position without having to constantly kick people around to get them to listen. And here you've come across a guy from before the war who was apparently so incredibly charismatic that people came from all over the country to see him, so charismatic that they built an entire school to train people how to imitate his mannerisms. No shit they're gonna check if there's any gas left in that can! There might be some real practical power on the table if they can walk that walk! Even if the quick-and-dirty pitch for the gang is "Elvis Cult," there isn't really a spiritual component, they aren't morons who're mistaking this guy for a literal god, they just recognize that there might be some unreclaimed social capital here for them to tap into. And there absolutely is, in-universe and out- have you ever encountered a Fallout fan who didn't love The Kings?

Compare this, by the way, with the Three Families, who aren't in a situation where they're scrambling for a symbol they can rally populist support around. These guys are on top of the world. They aren't doing a bit because they're pursuing the social power that bit would provide them- there ultimately is some, but that's not why they started doing it and it isn't strictly something that they needed to do, given their combined force of arms. They're doing their respective bits because the guy with the robot army told them to. They're theme-park employees, working to brute-force back into existence the halcyon youth of a guy who can't even go outside to enjoy it.

[fabiansociety]

it extends outside of vegas, too — caesar's legion is obviously doing something similar with imperial rome, but the NCR too is aping the pre-war *ideal* of government as best they understand it, and the rangers are reaching back to wild west archetypes both in-universe and out. that's why so many of your companions are specifically there to expound on real world and fictional history, to explain the ways that even the established major societies are cosplaying those ideals as much as holding them. that's maybe new vegas's thesis statement: that all societies are made up by people who want them to exist in a certain way, that all forms of government—including former enclave brat arcade's anarcholibertarianism—have an element of theater to them. they're not less dangerous because of that; those performances have real world power.

[voicesbyzane]

Okay but to this day does anyone actually know what the Institute’s longterm goal was?

Beyond “Let’s make synths that replace people.” What was their goal. What were they trying to do. Like why were they spying on the surface. Was it just for data collection? Okay but why? Were they intending to fix the radiation problem? If so why are they kidnapping people? 

Like if I recall finishing the main quest for the institute involves turning on a big reactor. And Father gives a speech like “Now we’ll have all the power we need to change the wasteland!” But for what purpose man! By the looks of things, you already have ample electricity! 

Like I’m not saying they had to have a big doomsday weapon in the basement or anything that obtuse but seriously what was the institute’s goal

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

LEVEL UP!

[voicesbyzane]

But like for real the prologue in Fallout 4 just… it’s just so hilariously out of touch with the series tone.

Throughout the Fallout games, there’s a running theme that the PreWar days were awful. Resources were scarce. Plagues ran rampant. Martial law came into effect in many places. On top of that there was a miasma of Xenophobia and pettiness that permeated civilian life. Nearly every trace of prewar story in the older games is about how people were just as morally rotten but without Wasteland lawlessness. These stories include a man sleeping with a woman for the promise of access to his personal fallout shelter (and lying the whole time), a popular soda company releasing a product that kills people and writing it off as “lol whoops” and an office led by a paranoid boss that slowly kills all the workers as security gets tighter and tighter.

So you boot up fallout 4, and you’re welcomed with a nice well lit house with a stocked fridge and a loving marriage and a charming robot Butler and a healthy son and a fun trip to the park later! You’re invited (fuck me the guy straight up gets your info without asking for a fucking dollar) to a vault (contrast the towns full of mailboxes with request denial letters in Fallout 3). When I first played, I honestly thought it was some sort of Tranquility Lane style fake life because it was so pleasant it didn’t fit with the lore.

And honestly I’m baffled it got through review and Bethesda because anyone with a modicum of knowledge of fallout lore knows how silly it is. But then again this is a game with Pre-war jet so who knows.

[louhinks]

Part 3 of my FNV DLC design series. Now going into the divide.

[deepthought-1]

What if there was a place with all the zip of Nuka-Cola?

Wouldn’t that be the cheer-cheer-cheeriest place in all the world??

[thatforestprince]

fo4 intro: this horrible war has taken this poor american soldier away from his family :(!!!

fo1 intro: hey here’s some american soldiers laughing while murdering some protesters in newly annexed canada

[voynichs]

[metalforhands]

Collecting Magic: The Gathering – Fallout

Fallout: New Vegas Companions

(And a bonus Yes Man!)

[datura-tea]

y’know, the more i think about it, the more i think filipino food wouldn’t be so out of place in the fallout world?? resources are pretty scarce so throwing away bits like the liver or intestines would be super wasteful esp since there are ways to clean and cook them properly (and deliciously)…idk i just want molerat dinuguan or bighorner papaitan to be a thing that people eat. that, and isaw. maybe deathclaw adidas?? tinapang lakelurk! and so many things from brahmin, like sisig, bopis, lengua estofada, etc etc

[datura-tea]

i still vehemently believe this btw!!! but leaning away from the food that use up the offal, i can imagine adobo being a big hit since its main thing is that it keeps super well and it’s very easy to make. all it needs is black pepper, vinegar, and soy sauce. you can take it with you along with a little pusô of rice or some bread, eat it after you make camp somewhere :)

[jinjieee]

[whimsigothwitch-deactivated2026]

Celestial ceilings

[sosuperawesome]

Stained Glass Solar System // Senize on Etsy