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[writebythecside]

Now That's What I Call Fallout Textposts Volume 46

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[inthemoodforblastt]

The point is, Lucy is so, so, so Cooper-coded, and the more we learn about him, the more we can see why Lucy’s attitude irritates him so much. Basically, the guy has been beating himself up for 200 years for being an idiot, for trusting the Establishment, for being stubborn, gullible, and naive, precisely the way Lucy is in some ways. So seeing her is like seeing himself from so long ago, hoping in a social structure that’s nothing more than smoke and mirrors, with moral values that, in reality, never actually apply. And his problem with her isn’t really with her, nor with the fact that she’s a VaulTec creation (though it might seem that way at first) it’s a problem with himself, with accepting his past self that he’s tried to kill off completely, but that always comes back to him somehow.

What I think both Cooper and Hank don’t get is that Lucy is not how they think she is at all. Yes, there are a lot of parallels between them, but she’s not Cooper. And second, this is something I think is made pretty clear in the last episode: Lucy is not a kid. Her father treats her like a dumb little girl, and Cooper treats her like a naive young girl and she's not any of those things. What it's ironically amazing about this is that then there’s Norman, who knows exactly what his sister is capable of and doesn’t doubt for a single second that Lucy could have survived the Wasteland. He even says, “You don’t know my sister,” because in a way he’s saying that he grew up with her and knows she’s the most stubborn, headstrong, annoying person in the universe and if she sets her mind on surviving the Wasteland and seven nuclear wars, she will do it, because that’s who she is.

And in a moment of desperation, before he even tries to talk to his father over the radio, the first person Norm turns to is Lucy, because Lucy is his fucking older sister, and he doesn’t see her as an innocent girl or daddy’s little girl. He sees her as a reference point, as someone who raised him in the absence of a mother, and as someone totally capable, not only of surviving every single danger in the Wasteland, but of coming to find him and saving his life. Everyone underestimates Lucy Maclean except her fucking little brother, because he doesn’t see her as a kid, he sees her as a role model.

[skittlles]

A different take on how Coop and Lucy’s reunion should go. Hank’s not happy about it xD

[vaultkniqht]

Thinking about Lucy in this part.

Hearing her own father compare the group that abducted her, abused her and crucified her to a point of severe dehydration and near-death– to another group that helped Lucy after her near death experience, believes pretty much all the values Lucy believes in... must've been a horrible punch to the guts.

[worthlesssix]

"To shreds, you say?"

Some more FNV and Fallout show crossover...

Lucy finds a way to contact her dad. But Hank is more concerned with what his corporate crush thinks of him.

[thatonewastelander]

The Fallout show, at least to me, has a very interesting view on gender and even switches certain gender dynamics around that are different that from what we usually see in media

Chet is the clueless househusband who has no power in the relationship at all. He's forced into submission by Stephanie (who has not only has professional power, being the new overseer, but also emotional power, with the baby) and has unwillingly taken the role as Husband and Father, and now he's left defenseless to do anything except gather information from the sidelines as he tries to help the people of the Vault.

Cooper is obviously bringing money to the family, but he isn't the main breadwinner. I definitely think Barb, one of the higher ups at one of the richest companies in the country, would definitely be making more than some actor. And because of his status, he's left in the dark to everything going in around him and is forced to look for answers himself. He's not allowed in certain places or involved in certain conversations (or simply doesn't want to be) because of who he is, so he finds ways around it so he can find what he's looking for. With this role we see in women, they are underestimated and left in the dark because they're a woman and not because of their job or who they're married to.

Lucy and Norm also have a dynamic switch. Typically it's the son searching for the father and it's the son who is the father's pride and joy who will continue on the family legacy, but this isn't the case for the MacLean siblings. Lucy was Hank's pride and joy; she's the one who is brave enough to search for their father, she's the one he trusts the most to believe in his cause and understand what he's doing for Vault Tec. Norm is pushed to the sides by Hank because of his lack of enthusiasm for pretty much everything. So instead of being put on any family related quests, his quest is related to finding out his father's secrets and he is expected to navigate through this quest without the help of his sister, something he is not used to.

Even Betty (pre war), while just an assistant to Barb, seems to have no real power dynamic between them other than boss and employee, and it seems like Barb even trusts Betty enough to tell her that things are not okay. Usually the assistants are women with little to no purpose other than serving their boss, but with Betty (both pre war and post war) we see this isn't the case

Or Ma June being the "wise elder who s teaches the protagonist". Typically we see these roles taken by men, who are comedic but wise elderly men who teach the young main character about how the world around then works. And when these roles are taken by women, usually she is less comedic and more of a sweet elder or her comedic moments come from her hidden strength or wise cracking sarcasm, but Ma June isn't either. Yes she's and elderly woman who teaches Lucy and Norm a few things, but she's not wise and she definitely doesn't want to be teaching them anything. She is just a survivor like everyone else in the wasteland who gets sucked up in the Maclean Family issues.

These are just the few I could think of, and I probably could go into more detail about them, but it was just something I noticed recently. I think that's why I love this show so much is that everything is different than what we're used to as audience members; from moments like the bombing of Shady Sands (which many writers aren't comfortable with destroying places or people out of fear *cough*dufferbrothers*cough*) to changing the cliches and dynamics around from the traditional ways.

[victoryrifle]

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[whereareyourightnow]

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