Currently, I’d say my biggest criticism of the Fallout show (that I hope theyll address in season 2) is the lack of focus on actual wastelanders.
You only really see things from the perspective of sheltered youngsters or the Uber-cynic ghoul. All the actual wastelanders they encounter are basically crazed killers or canon fodder.
I get that’s the point, at least for now: to show that the wasteland is harsh and our cast aren’t quite equipped to handle it. But if they want to tackle these big themes, if they want to actually explain why this world is worth saving from the vault tec baddies, or why the ghoul cowboy should value human life, I think they need to do a little more work next season on the people actually living in this world.
Show a settlement that’s gotten together. Or a family that’s nice to the cast. Or just have someone from the wastes who just waves to them and shoots the breeze. The current presentation of wastelanders makes them seem so cartoonish and inhuman, when there can be so much more nuance to how people behave in that kind of world. I just really hope they try to actually dig into that kind of humanity to wasteland life in season 2
Ulysses obsession with the Courier is a special type of sad to me cause the Courier’s part was so important but so unwitting. They had no idea what was in the package they delivered and neither did he. Neither had an idea of what it could’ve done and the Courier was only caring out their job (mind you the Courier could be killed via notes in the express contract if they don’t). To them it was just another regular delivery to the divide and one that they likely thought would help, just like all the ones before.
It’s so tragic for Ulysses to hold so much ire to the Courier when it really was the case of it could’ve been anyone. Anyone could have delivered that package but they did and so he focused the blame on them and it destroys what he is trying to instill in the courier on a fundamental level.
"I got to tell Felicia Day IN PERSON how much Veronica’s story meant to me, and how it helped me come out to my friends, and I will ride that high forever"
Tell me everything about Boone that you feel everyone gets wrong
This is probably not going to be well formatted so I apologise for that in advance!
Also. Spoilers for One For my Baby, and I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Boone’s companion quest)
1) Carla! I saw this post like “I hate Boone for shooting Carla because she could’ve escaped.” But
- There is no precedent for escaping the Legion. In fact, the NCR trains their snipers & rangers to perform mercy killings, as death is deemed a better fate than the Legion. You find this out at Nelson, if you talk to Ranger Milo, and then what Boone says after your free/kill the crucified soldiers.
- Boone would have assumed that Carla would not be able to escape. Boone also is a soldier who was trained to mercy kill, as a better fate to being a Legion slave/captive
- Boone tells you he did not have the gear to take out the entire camp of legionnaires. He wouldn’t have been able to rescue Carla, and it’s probable to assume that Carla would not have been able to escape (from what we know of the legion)
- Also. I would personally choose a quick death by a sniper rifle over being a legion slave
2) Boone is irredeemable for Bitter Springs. But…
- His entire thing after that is you tell him. You decide whether he should move on without forgetting, or become a vengeful killer. Neither option does he forget what happens- his whole plot line is helping him move after
- He is undoubtably in the wrong. He accepts this, and in the game all of your options are saying “that was bad of you. Here is what you should do next”
- If you read any works on PTSD & soldiers (such as Remains by Simon Armitage), it gives a better view of how Boone & other soldiers feel after killing those who may have been innocent
3) Boone is my husband and I love him. That’s the point he’s just really iconic and very loveable