#railroad fallout

[dacreaturefeature]

So I decided to keep my OCs for Fallout 4's main factions away from joining anything dlc factions. I wanna save ocs specifically for the dlc factions

[nooklingposting]

Deacon is a liar.

I hate to do this, because, ouch. But this has been floating around in my head so I need to put it forward.

We know from the railroad terminal that Deacon has been looking into Vault 111 for a long time. We even find a railroad ally symbol just outside the entrance to the vault - a common fan theory being he was watching the vault when we first emerge. We can also infer from the terminal that Deacon knows the Institute visited Vault 111 around 60 years ago.

When he sees the sole survivor emerge from the vault, he begins trailing us - we can find a disguised Deacon in Diamond City, Goodneighbor and Bunker Hill. So he knows about us pretty well, and has been with us right from the start.

Which is why this doesn't right with me. If Deacon knew the last recorded instance of Institute interference at Vault 111 was sixty years ago, and he also knows that the Sole Survivor was in a cryo facility, and had their baby stolen by the institute...

It means Deacon knows that Shaun is, almost certainly, sixty years old.

Why would he not tell us? He even tells us in one of his 'your thoughts' dialogues that we'll find Shaun and get him back. Why lie about this, even after our final affinity dialogue?

He didn't tell us because he needed us - the railroad needed us - to find the Institute.

If we knew that Shaun was already an old man, there was a real possibility we'd have given up searching. And then the Railroad would never have moved forward with gathering information.

Now, he never could have predicted Shaun was the director, but he could have easily predicted his age. He kept us in the dark for the good of the organisation. And while we know Deacon is a liar, this feels like something different.

(I'm aware this is all likely just Bethesda overlooking their own writing, and it's a big mistake. But still...)

[cowboy-yeehaw]

Disclaimer: The Railroad is pretty cool in my opinion. 

[dustandmarbles]

It’s been a long time since I posted on tumblr! I’ve been really getting into Fallout recently and thought here would be the best place to post all my fallout related doodles

Trying out different brushes and stuff, made an edgy drawing of Desdemona, kinda like it, may redo it at some point

[headcanonsforcompanions]

After joining the Railroad to help synths out of the Institute, Sole offers up Home Plate as a safe home for them to stay in between runs. And since Sole has a good standing relationship with Diamond City no one questions it when occasionally a few people travel in with Sole.

[codenamewanderer]

enjoy this thing i whipped up in 5 minutes

[nooklingposting]

You didn’t think Julie was just in the Brotherhood, did you?

[nooklingposting]

OC Kiss Week: Julie & H2-22

Her first synth rescue.

Julie took H2’s mind-wipe pretty badly. She still listens to his goodbye holotape far more than she’d like to admit - especially post-Blind Betrayal, because she wonders if Danse felt the same way he did. Scared and alone.

H2 is one of my favourite characters despite only appearing briefly, so I knew I had to include him in my art! A little comfort for my (second) fave synth.