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newt, they/them, utc +7. creative/writing/fan blog. fallout, swtor, dnd, kpop, wwe enjoyer.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

For Chinese spy Zhao Fenfang, the nuclear war between the two superpowers was how she expected to meet her end after a lifetime of lies and murder, but it looks like death was more than she deserved. Waking up in the ruins of the American Commonwealth with her false family in shambles and nothing to her name, the mission parameters have changed: avenge Nate, find Shaun, and begin again.

or; an overqualified sole survivor rebuilds the world she indirectly destroyed.

Most recently updated to Chapter 10! I thought I'd give my Fallout longfic a dedicated post. Check it out to see a Sole Survivor go through deserved pain and suffering!

[malwarechips]

"i think", i say, about my own ocs, who i made,

[themojavesworst]

*licks finger and tastes the air* my fallout game is about to crash

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

writing is hard but coming up with a cunty title and catchy summary will slay even god's strongest soldier

[thespiral]

ultimate nitpick but i hate when people pretend that the fallout universe literally never progressed past the 50s and literally every single aspect is like Exactly like the 50s like i dont think thats how that works. i dont think thats how any of that works

[fuzzydreamin]

Even back in the original games it’s pretty clear that the time periods that inspired the themes in the game are a range from 40s to 90s.

Keyword here being inspired, too. Like. It’s not literally actually stuck in those times. It’s just the theming.

[taffingtons]

not to mention, we loop back to older fashion styles all the damn time. people joke about the 70s and 80s and 90s “coming back.” it isn’t hard to imagine that their timeline just happened to have a strong 40s-60s cultural resurgance in response to their global instability. there is soooooooooooo much textual evidence that the world did, in fact, have a lot of development in-between the 50s and the great war

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

So if you're wondering where Rogue Element was, it's been in the backburner while I was working on this! It's my contribution to an event held by r/FanfictionExchange and the theme for this one was Fate and Luck.

I couldn't resist putting Fenfang in the spotlight for this one. Wallowing in the great fortune of living to see the post-apocalypse. ~900 words, T-rated, warnings for survivor's guilt and thoughts of suicide/infanticide.

Title is taken from Mount Eerie's 'Crow'.

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The promised Tav content! It's been an unproductive time getting these two buffoons to look this good.

Left is Ashai, tiefling rogue/fighter. Disgraced Flaming Fist mercenary turned bandit turned potential mind flayer turned hero. Will stab you as a warning.

Right is Sabellian, dragonborn storm sorcerer. A nobleman who prefers the company of books and tea despite looking like That. The one time he left home, he gets mind flayer'd.

More to come as I blaze my way through Act 1

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Ended up downloading Baldur's Gate III instead of WWE 2K (Tav content in the near future!), but i got some mileage out of my Fallout 4 before it was uninstalled.

Can't wait for when the cycle repeats and I reinstall it in three years' time!

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ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

[whenneutralityfails]

i think it's about time i deleteFO4 to make room for the new WWE 2K but i want to get some screenshots of fenfang in before i click uninstall asdgjkdfjsfj

what scenes should i take screenshots of

[headspace-hotel]

i hate how you get desensitized to the cool stuff in your WIP if you've been writing it for a long time so when you read back over it you're like "this isn't as cool as i thought :(" but it still is! you just read it too many times

[headspace-hotel]

Gotta recirculate this post periodically just cuz

[martinkhall]

Just don't read the post too many times.

[headspace-hotel]

Oh god oh fuck

[pinacoladamatata]

Ngl jumpsuit top unzipped with the tank top underneath and a bit of blood is one of THE looks of all time

[rachelsfav-queer]

Not even gonna lie, the dirtier and more grungy she gets, the more I want her inside me…

Am I weird?

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Finished up with the Fallout series and I liked it! Definitely had a good time despite me not having any initial interest or expectations. More than anything, I just like that there's some relatively positive buzz about Fallout, hope that translates to more eyes on my fic more newcomers to the series. My unorganized thoughts with spoilers below

So off the bat, the plot and story feels very complicated and all over the place. This is a good thing, complicated journeys with no easy answers is peak Fallout for me, and I personally think they've done a good job in translating the experience as a TV show. The gore really helps in that respect, thanks for not skimping out on the Bloody Mess perk.

I still think the cyclical nature of the wasteland with never-changing war resulting in no tangible progress for humanity is not doing it for me, but since it's literally the main theme of the franchise, so be it. RIP to the NCR, though seeing the ruined skyline light up after cold fusion powers everything up is 10000% my jam. It hit harder for me than the Vegas shot at the end.

Character work is stellar, I love every single one of these fucked fuckers and they will be my blorbos in the weeks to come. Lucy McLean I need you.

I don't know why I was expecting it to be a 1-season wonder, but now I'm on board in seeing where the story goes from here. What they've added to the lore so far, while not something I'm going to be using in my fics, interests me.

[quibbs]

just had SO much fun with the fallout tv show... i love you missus okey dokey

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>bullies fellow aspirants >is sent out to serve (unknowingly) the guy he bullied >charges at a gulper legendary style >1v1s dude in power armor >wins but fucks up foot >treks across wasteland to complete mission anyway >has foot fixed by chickenfucker doctor >gets turned into a ghoul

never the FUCK mind we got a new fucked fucker of the show

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BOBBY H