#barb fallout

[valentinedefectiveagency]

broke: vault 4 was pumping the test subject room full of aphrodisiacs, thus invalidating all relationship development lucy and max had up to that point

woke: cooper howard is a submissive and breedable omega and 200 years of taking heat suppressants has made him aggressive, thus explaining why he needed to find house and barb as their alpha pheromones soothe him

[at0mb0mbbaby]

After watching episode six of fallout today, I always knew that it wasn't barbs idea of dropping the bombs. And watching that scene back of when she says it you can see her uncertainty towards proposing that idea and how she looks up to the person in the window watching over the meeting (who I'm sure is wilzig) basically telling them "I've done what you wanted me too" and she looks up at them with this almost pleading look like she just wants them to leave her alone now that she's said that.

Just my thoughts on the new episode that I needed to put out there as I knew that she wasn't evil from the start.

[wlwarhammer]

I have to believe that barb is working with the enclave is some capacity, because it’s such a disservice to her character if she just suddenly decided “fuck it, my years of climbing the ladder, planning and staying course despite the dubious morality of my choices because I will protect my family no matter what, are going out the window because my delusional husband asked really nicely :(”

[sandboxthinking]

Barb - Season 2 Episode 6

Oh Barb. I love her character so much. At first, I thought we were actually going to see somethings from her point of view, but then I realized, we're still seeing her from Cooper's POV. We're only seeing what she told Cooper happened to her. We're really still not seeing anything from her actual point of view. Some people have expressed frustration at her motives. They seem to think that Barb saying that she's doing everything to keep Janey safe somehow means she's not a villain. I don't feel that way at all. The best villains have the best most relatable motivations. A mother's willingness to burn the world down for her daughter is 100% a wonderful motive for a great villain, in my book. I hope they lean into villainous Barb. I still wonder how much she's actually bought into Vault-Tec. She seems to feel that they're all powerful in the same way that all the Vault-Tec employees do. Do they all know something or they all just suffering from corporate brainwashing? (I know she alludes to the Enclave, but I still want to know how scared she actually is of Vault-Tec itself) I really loved the scene where Cooper confronts her. It was so interesting how when she started with facts and logic, giving Cooper information, he immediately clocked it as a line. He knows Barb. He needed to hear what SHE thought and felt. Not the sales pitch she'd been trained to give. He's an actor. He understands what it is to become a character using someone else's lines. The scene when he says he doesn't know who she is was just so well done. Brilliant acting from both Frances Turner and Walton Goggins. @gabriellerudessa - I'd love to hear your thoughts!!!

[bunnyplots]

I really love getting to see Barb's pov finally. It's been and continues to be fun with everyone else, but the pieces are finally coming together and Barb hasn't been able to defend herself. It's still a way away, of course, but even seeing her pre-war is a step in the right direction.

[cherryghouli]

My identity will have to have been stolen

[kodst3r]

Okay, okay, listen.

Fallout prime au where Barb wasn't the villain ever and let Cooper get his ranch. Like, obviously without all the nuclear war and stuff. Bear with me: Lucy, Max, Dane, Thaddeus, and Norm are all ranch hands.

The idea of them all huddled around a campfire singing along as Coop plays Take me home, country roads on his guitar is inspiring me to actually draw after like 3 weeks