#probably autism

[elin-moon]

They give off the same vibe to me

[lenorewoods]

This fucking show is taking over my brain again send help

And I don't have time to draw fanarts leave me alone

[haunted-limpet]

i love doing something so niche and pretentious that no one else on earth will appreciate it except for me and then act disappointed when the universe itself doesn’t award me the Cosmic Nobel Prize of Ultimate Genius. i’m going to write a poem that gives an initial statement in one rhyme scheme and then write a contrasting response with the same rhyme scheme but inverted. i’m going to pout like a four year old when nobody in real life knows what i’m talking about. i live in a hellish maze of social interactions and i keep carving out unnecessary dead ends to make room for all my pettiness and knickknacks. someone pay attention to me. i see you ignoring me and i’m stomping my light up Sketchers at you. i hope they blind us both

[bethany-lancer]

why is a protocol droid designed to handle social situations always getting his ass beat because he was rude?

[brainjuize]

does anyone else on planet earth have an unnatural obsession with the final destination films or is it just me

[mayhemcin]

brainis exploding with managing all my current interests...

Tadc new episode, Lmk, Steven universe coming back, UNDERTALE AND DELTARUNE WHOM ARE NEVER LEAVING AND LIVE RENTFREE IN MY HEAD?? HELLO??

How's one supposed to study for tests in these conditions

[riviuus]

the black brother fight because they are both autistic and their hyperspecefic rules are the opposite of the others

they are at completely diffrent ends of autism and it just makes a mess of everything

reg loves to follow rules and doesnt understand when someone doesnt so he follows his family into everything because his morals cant go against the rules

sirius doesnt follow rules if he doesnt understand why they are there and likes to do as he pleases so he doesnt do anything like his family and after a while it turns into masking everything with the "rebell run-away kid" role he puts on himself and he doesnt see when he goes too far

[agentfuse]

Fallout's Electrical Grids

Inspired by Any Austin's videos on GTA IV & V (go watch them), I decided to map the path of every electrical pylon in Fallout 3, New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. It was an interesting experience that was sometimes fun and sometimes really dull and boring.

Now, these maps aren't full depictions of the electrical grid - I don't include utility poles for the most part (because there's too many and when I tried it was incredibly boring and dull) or underground cables (because I don't know whether or not they exist). But it does include the electrical pylons, which should give some interesting information about where power is coming from and how it's routed throughout the world.

The Capital Wasteland's Electrical Grid:

The pylons in FO3 are interesting - they're a lot more sporadic in their placement, but they're also pretty fun to follow. Also, almost every line was connected to a substation, which is neat. Fallout 3 also explicitly states that most of the power lines for DC are underground, so it's plausible that some of these lines could just go underground when they end, rather than just stopping.

The Mojave Wasteland's Electrical Grid:

New Vegas was honestly a little bit boring to do an electrical survey for. It was mostly just one long line of pylons going across a flat desert, so I found myself very bored while mapping this one. But regardless, it was interesting to see that the pylons form an *almost* complete line, with the exception of a few spots that don't connect.

Also, for New Vegas, I mapped out the utility poles of the world as well, mainly because the pylons didn't give much interesting information. Interestingly, the only utility pole that got anywhere near a substation (where they'd normally hook up to) was a short line nearby the Nevada Winds Solar Farm.

Fun fact, New Vegas also has the only clear indication of underground cables that I was able to find in any of the games. The El Dorado Substation has wires leading directly into the ground facing Helios One, and the substation attached to Helios One's power plant also has lines leading into the ground, facing the El Dorado. It's a neat detail! That's what the squiggly line between Helios One and the El Dorado Substation is meant to portray.

The Commonwealth's Electrical Grid

Fallout 4 was a bit disappointing - there were only 2 pylon lines in the whole Commonwealth, I expected there to be more. The main line at the top starts outside of the map near Sanctuary Hills and goes all the way to an unmarked destroyed power plant nearby County Crossing, where it just kinda... stops.

The other line at the bottom starts at an unmarked substation (which also has a Deathclaw v Behemoth fight) and goes into the Glowing Sea before unceremoniously ending in a single destroyed pylon, with no visible continuation of the line.

I did also start mapping out the utility poles for the Commonwealth like I did for the Mojave, but I got bored because there's a lot more and the Commonwealth is a lot bigger.

Appalachia's Electrical Grid

(You'll have to zoom in to see any detail, since 76's map is very big.)

This one was my favorite electrical grid survey to do, because 76's world is just so damn cool and well made. It's also very cool to see that 76 has the most accurate electrical infrastructure in the entire series! There are 3 pylon lines in Appalachia, each connecting to 3 different power plants across the regions, as well as multiple substations along the routes. Doubly interesting, the utility poles also actually connect to the substations, which is a first!

I was very impressed with the level of detail in 76's world, there's so many little details, like how in the forested regions, the area beneath the pylon wires is actually cleared out, like they are in real life. It was just cool to see the developers actually pay attention to that kind of thing, along with the aforementioned utility poles connecting to the substations.

Conclusion

Now, you may ask, "Why did you do this?" And my answer is, because I thought it'd be neat and I didn't have anything better to do. You might also ask, "What did we learn from this?", to which my answer is basically nothing but hey, at least we reaffirmed that Fallout 76 still has the best world map of the games.