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a man and his dog,,,

#ouppy.... #fallout show #cooper howard

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The Nose Fairy

#precious #other people's ocs

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I don't think I've ever shot James before and don't know what possessed me to do it now, but it was funny to see his reaction. 🙃

#LMAO #fo3

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Fallout "The Radio"

#fallout show

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Regardless of my feelings about the BoS as a whole in the Fallout series, Maximus as a character exceeded all my expectations.

Maximus, honestly, to me, was the most nuanced and best acted character in the series. His situations were fantastical and yet the way he reacted to it all was so grounded. He was like a prestige drama character in a series full of cartoons. Don't get me wrong, I like the cartoons. Fallout leans heavily into parody and it's totally on brand. But Maximus' entire emotional arc was so understated and I really appreciated it.

He isn't a very vocal OR excessively emotive character because he knows being vulnerable hurts him. He shapes himself to that idealized memory of the knight in the armor even as he doesn't seem to really understand or care for the beliefs behind the armor. He's failing his classes as an aspirant. When talking of the BoS beliefs, he throws in a "or whatever". That part of it doesn't matter to him. The armor IS his belief system.

His whole story is about the cycle of violence and toxicity. The bullies who beat him. The abuse he endures. He wants power so that he can escape it but once he gets that chance he's doomed to perpetuate it, because that power is coming from the system. It's tainted. Deep down he doesn't want revenge, he doesn't even want power for power's sake, he wants safety. And he wants to be the hero from his memory, he wants the strength to save himself from this cycle.

And yet, he just keeps making he wrong choices. Over and over and over. He can't get out of it.

And then Lucy throws him a lifeline. And it takes someone from outside of the cycle to break through. And then he makes the choice to do the right thing even though it means making himself weaker, making himself less safe. He chooses to do the right thing for the first time in the show. And it means finally letting go of his dream, the armor.

And he sees a light at the end of the tunnel. He thinks his reward is going to be Vault 33, he's going to be safe and happy with someone who cares about him and makes him feel like a real, good person.

And by the end of the series, he's trapped in the cycle again.

There is just something so delicious about someone getting everything they wanted at the start and being miserable about it. There's something so REAL about wanting to be something but every instinct makes you sabotage yourself every step of the way.

And the thing is, he had all of these little moments of genuineness, selfishness, pettiness, virtue, I genuinely didn't know what he was going to do for most of the show. I thought he might turn on Lucy at some point. I honestly, truly thought he had sabotaged Dane even though Dane was his only friend. He is so morally hard to pin down because he's so full of life's little hypocrisies. His ideals and his feelings are in conflict so much and he doesn't have to look anguished for you to understand that. You just see it in his resigned stares, in his hesitance and his ultimate actions.

I just... I really loved Maximus. Bravo to Aaron Moten.

#fallout show #he annoyed me so much on my first watch #and the second time i started noticing and understanding so many more things #he must be protected....

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hello tumblr once again. today i bless you/curse you with this

if i had a coin for each time a twitter mutual asked me to render two characters kissing (or just. sort of bonking helmets) i would have about two coins

#hell yeah #ideal form of kissing

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Don't think I ever shared my newest Fallout 76 OC. Cliff - grouchy, usually a lone wolf type. "Do no harm but take no shit." Was a steel worker before the war, I think, but I'm still fleshing his backstory out.

#hello #fo76

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Finding out Walton Goggins absolutely scared the shit out of himself after waking up from a nap in his trailer and seeing his reflection in ghoul makeup is the funniest fucking thing I ever heard

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new fallout show's pretty good. i liked the part where the petite delicate lady protagonist somehow turns out to have an even petiter, delicater brother

#fallout show

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fallout4 is boring? WRONG. look at him

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BRANDON LEE as ERIC DRAVEN

THE CROW 1994, dir. Alex Proyas

#elster #oc vibes

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Darryl "I Just Think He's Neat" Murphey, renowned collector of weird vagrants

#hey. #look at them #:) #darryl murphey #hector messerli

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eli by @kaseyno cause i haven’t been able to stop thinking about him in big dog shirts

#hello. #courier six

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oc asks that reveal more than you think

Do they sleep with a stuffed animal? If they have multiple, who’s the favorite?

Can they take care of a plant? What about a pet? What about a child?

Ask them to describe their love interest.

Do they look good in red?

Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! Will they give one, and what about?

Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

Describe them in three words. Now let them describe themself in three words.

Do complex puzzles intrigue or frustrate them?

Do they empathize with non-sentient things (dolls, plants, books…)?

What age do they most want to be right now?

They’ve won the lottery. Spend, or save?

Do they like romance in the books they read (or in the book they’re in)?

Name one thing their parents taught them.

Would they agree with the term ‘guilty pleasure’? Do they have any?

What would they consider a waste of time– other than school or work?

If money wasn’t a limit, what would they wear?

Do they like children?

Kissing: tongue or no tongue?

Do they study before tests? Practice before job interviews?

What do they like that nobody else does?

What would it take for them to break up with someone? What would be the last straw?

Do they like being called pet names? Do they call other people pet names? What’s their go-to?

Stability or novelty?

Honesty or charity?

Safety or possibility?

Talent or effort?

Forgiveness or vengeance (or…)?

Would they date a fixer-upper?

What recurring dreams do they have?

What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

#hi #i have no memory of which of these i answered already #but who give a shit #for the usual suspects plus maybe val? #might be too early for her but i gotta start somewhere with fleshing her out more #ask meme

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there are so many AI art bots in the fallout tag that I'm starting to miss the porn bots

#please come back I can't stand this soulless airbrushed stuff

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"wow i love this character i should look at their tag-" X READER ATTACK 10000 YEARS HOW CHARACTER WOULD REACT TO YOU BEING INFERTILE UNTAGGED SMUT💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🎃⚔📊💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥😳😲🤬🥵🥶😈💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🏓🔨💥💥💥💥💥

#me looking through the fallout tag #save me

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my text post collection vol. 1

#cowboys from hell #love how there is now at least two posts we first tagged with darryl and hector #that have now moved over to them #oc vibes #our beloved terrible ships <3