#no-bark

[calder]

[atombombbaby]

No-Bark is the realest mfr in the Mojave.

[catsnuggler]

...hm...

...No-Bark Noonan believes in many fantastic things that don't exist in the Fallout universe - some of them are real things he mistook for something else (mistaking a cloaked nightkin with a minigun and DID for a two-headed chupacabra with a backpack and a friend "more invisible than him"), some are fake, like geckos with buried treasure, or cave rats that know magical spells.

He vows that he knows what he sees is real, despite "what the doctors say about all them scorpion stings done pierced my skull" (I think that's how he phrased it?).

What's a part of the wasteland that has seemingly magical tech, lobotomites, and, in a sense, scorpions that sting people's skulls and rob them of their "intelligence", and possibly sense of reality?

Big MT. Maybe, at some point, he was at The Big Mt. Just a thought.

Edit: he also claims to be a scientist. I know he makes all sorts of whack claims, but maybe, maybe that one is actually true. Idk, this could all be bullshit, or it could be a trail, or something in between.

[stitchcasual]

Tonight in Tip’s Guide to Influencing People and Gaining Friends:

listen to the crazy-not-so-crazy old man talk

be a little too honest about your motivations with the sniper

accidentally make some NCR people mad

stick foot in mouth with Legion decanus

[littlemissone-oh-one]

and they call  him crazy...

[atombombbaby]

This is temporarily a No-Bark Noonan Appreciation blog.

[phoenixdown-and-fairydust]

So I recently started getting back into Fallout, and came across the 'No-bark is the Chosen One from Fallout 2' theory. Now some of these do make good points, like the Chosen would be in about 60s in New Vegas, and based on his appearance, so is No-bark. They also point out the gun, his seemingly unlimited caps that would make sense for a retired adventurer, and that his conspiracy theories tend to have a truth in them.

But so far nobody seems to be bringing up No-bark's name. I know that the in game explanation we're given by characters is that he's been stung in the head multiple times by radscorpions and it's left him all muddled up, or as Alice puts it " not all his dogs are barking". It's a very "sure grandpa, now take your meds" type dismissal that you see in stories were an old family member starts telling wild war stories about being a spy or the like 40+ years ago, and suddenly after his death there are some high profile people or mysterious people the funeral, and when going through grandpa's stuff later there's suddenly a bunch of evidence that he was telling the truth.

Also, No-bark himself refutes Alice's explanation that he's not all there, saying "they know I just ain't barking here". Now taking a conspiracy theorist, amnesiac, radscorpion venom addled old man at his word might seem a bit foolish until, in addition to the truths in his seemingly conspiracy filled lines, you consider another phrase that has to do with dogs barking in English. For those unfamiliar, when someone boasts about all their accomplishments without delivering, or makes empty promises or threats, we say that they're all bark, no bite. Meaning they're either ineffective or harmless, and you're pretty safe to just ignore their words. You could also say that person is all talk, no action.

So now that we've covered that expression, let's consider the opposite. Doesn't it stand to reason that there are also individuals who might hide their grand accomplishments and personal stories despite having been very effective at delivering on their promises? Someone whose words you maybe shouldn't have dismissed because perhaps they are/were dangerous if you cross them? You might even say that such a person is instead all bite, no bark.