#Paladin danse

[awfulwingz]

Deckard Danse and Piper doodles this afternoon YAY

#awfulwingsoc #fallout 4 #piper wright #paladin danse #fallout oc

[slocumjoe]

danse's romance route has some potholes

so, this post woke me from my slumber, have a ramble

This has always been a weird point for me, but I never got around to really figuring out what it was exactly until just now. I think all of the romantic candidates have out-of-place flirting, at least here and there, but Danse consistently has dialogue options to flirt with him at exactly the wrong fuckin time. The odd thing about Danse is that, most of the time, the normal Good/Yes answer is more romantic or sincerely affectionate than the flirt.

So, the Flirts.

The only Flirt that works is when he talks about his fear of losing people, and Sole says, "I care too much about you to do that to you." It's the first Flirt, and he responds by saying you've given him "something to think about." I've gone on about how Danse has never truly felt cared for. Sole's voice acting also sells this Flirt by being somewhat timid, unsure of saying this, but wanting him to know.

Danse's talks go Kreig > Cutler > Haylen > Help Im A Robot. The first time you can flirt with him is in the Cutler chat, where the "I care about you" line comes up. It's not out of left field from the conversation. It's affectionate, it doesn't overstep, but it pushes the line and makes Danse consider "oh shit, there's a lil something something going on here."

The "Would you hold me?" line is much less subtle.

Danse talks about how he doubts himself after Cambridge and Sole's reference to him hugging Haylen makes it seem like they've just been waiting for him to shut up to use that line on him. It's out of place, it circles back to a topic we've moved on from, and it's so overt it sucker-punches everyone involved, including the player. It's blunt.

The other options of "I'm here whenever you need me" or "I'm glad you feel better" are less flirtatious, but they imply more direct concern and care for Danse. Both lines are about Danse, and Sole being there for him. The actual Flirt is what Danse can do for Sole. This is such a weird nitpick, I know, but it comes off not as romantic, but more like Sole is trying to hook up with him. That would work with someone like Hancock, or maybe Piper, but Danse's romance involves more subtlety and slow-burn elements. It's too forward.

So, in his final talk...

It's literally "Kitten I'll be honest, Daddy's about to kill himself" "haha no don't kill yourself you're soooo sexy"

It comes right after he's having a lot of emotions about his reason for living. This is not the time to put the responsibility of a relationship on someone. Again, this is a flaw of the 4 Affinity Talks system. If you're just going for a platonic relationship with Danse, his talks work great, but his character arc is unfinished anyway. They have to shoehorn romance in there, and it doesn't have the room to develop naturally. It's why Sole has to explicitly say "Would you hold me ;>".

The strangest part is that his neutral/Friendly dialogue options are more affectionate and relationship-building. Again, the other options in the Haylen talk comfort Danse and reassure him.

Honestly, I think the best option, for all romancable companions, is within arms reach. You know how, if you don't romance someone, they'll bring up their last talk again and give you a barn door of an opening to broach the subject of a relationship again? Just. Do that/ It's literally what I did when I romanced Danse; don't romance him as soon as possible. Let it marinate.

The second chance to romance him goes the exact same way, eyebrows to space and all. It just takes place after Danse confesses how close he feels to you and trusts you and not RIGHT AFTER BLIND BETRAYAL.

It's easy to fix the pacing just by not going for the smooch ASAP, but the flirting is awkward. It's worth noting that the line before the Haylen flirt "It's comforting to know that I can speak to you as more than just your commanding officer" has it's own Flirting tag on it. Danse flirts with Sole here, canonically.

A cheap and easy rewrite is Sole echoing the sentiment with something like, "It's comforting to know that you're more than my commanding officer." This leaves room for interpretation. What else is Danse? Sole has an idea, but leaves Danse to wonder about it. It also confirms to Danse "yes, we have a personal bond and this isn't just a work thing."

I think the core of Danse's romance is this dude realizing that he's loved and cared for, truly. Cait has a similar arc, but hers has different complications and contexts than Danse. Danse needs a slow-burn romance full of soft moments and instances of Sole reminding him of his own humanity, even long before the synth thing.

It's worth noting that the "i care too much about you" line is still kinda overshadowed by the "But I wanna be a mutant" joke. That joke makes him laugh, he jokes back without missing a beat, and it's a cute little bonding moment between him and Sole. Romance isn't just overt flirting, it's the little things that make you think the other person is special. How many people do you think can make Danse laugh? Especially about becoming a Super Mutant, right after being told about Cutler? Danse thinks Sole is funny. He thinks it's a cute little joke. He's charmed.

Then Sole sucker-punches him with an explicit ask of physical contact and emotional exploration and the moment is lost. For the Halyen talk, you could have an option where Sole asks, teasingly, if this is going on the report, and Danse laughs and contemplates what Maxson would think. Maybe he even comments about how rumors spread on the Prydwen, implying that he knows there is something between you two for people to gossip about. This would later tie in to The Reveal, where Maxson says the same thing.

#fallout 4 #fo4 #paladin danse #a smaller lazier post but I have Thoughts

[deep-high-police-always]

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#narry #wei ying #victorian #no bra club #paladin danse #cavetown #namjoon smut #etymology #palestine #Corbin Fisher #dipper pines #gender euphoria #the dark artifices #good omens 2

[article-three-author-establish]

#drarry fanart #poemas #nihachu #panty slave #a song of ice and fire #egg free #kate moss #die #narry #wei ying #victorian #no bra club #paladin danse #juicy fat ass

[xxadvictoriamxx]

apparently it’s my first year on tumblr so here are some overdue head cannons

- Danse could sleep in his power armor. In fact, he has. Completely upright nonetheless.

- Deacon loves the USS Constitution for some reason. He refused to tell Sole why. Be it the rockets or the history, he loves it.

- Gage knew Nisha under a different name. For the first few years after he left the settlement, he went by other names to avoid being sent back. He ran into Nisha when he switched from Caravan hand to raider. She didn’t remember him.

- Hancock knew Nick while growing up. He smoked his first cigarette on the ‘roof’ of Nick’s agency after stealing a pack of cigarettes laying around.

- MacCready has almost all the issues of Grognak the Barbarian. The only one he’s missing is the one Nate got the day before the bombs dropped. He also has all of the Unstoppables.

- Nick doesn’t sleep, but gets these little crashes when he’s been working too hard for a long period of time. Hence why Ellie wants Sole to help with cases.

#fallout 4 #fo4 #fallout headcanons #paladin danse #john hancock #maccready #deacon fo4 #porter gage #nick valentine #fallout

[allblueenthusiast]

i love traumatized men

#fallout fanart #paladin danse

[shatinn]

Fallout 4 - Morning on the Prydwen

#Fallout 4 #FO4 #fo4 Prydwen #Paladin Danse #morning on the Prydwen #fo4 polaroid #was so good just hop in for a moment

[fallout-drabbles-n-stuff]

Anyone else ever think about the potential random encounters between the companions? I don’t know about everyone else but I like to keep them centralized on one settlement for convenience. Just imagine how much beef there would be with all of them essentially living in such close proximity.

#fallout 4 #fallout #fo4 companions #paladin danse #fallout companions #danse #curie #porter gage

[nation-wide-is-bi-your-side]

#my forever bbg #spent an hour drawing this instead of my actual art class homework </3 #also this is the first time i’ve posted my art to tumblr in YEARS so please be nice 🙏🏻 #paladin danse #fallout 4 #fo4 #danse fo4 #oc

[stoat-party]

I’m rewatching the companions’ breakup/makeup dialogue like “they would not ****ing be that emotionally mature”:

Preston should give an over-rehearsed spiel and then completely withdraw. Just be 100% emotionally unavailable for in-game weeks.

Piper should be wittily avoiding her feelings (and trying to spare yours) until it’s unclear whether she’s taking this seriously at all.

Hancock should be suave but quietly paranoid you’re going to forget him and find someone whole.

Curie should be completely incapable of setting boundaries with you, and/or cry a lot.

MacCready should act like a brat and unfavorably compare you to his wife.

Cait should scream-imply that she’s going to get back into drugs or do something worse, to see if you care enough to stop her.

Danse should be panicking and aggressive because he feels like he’s losing the only proof his life has value.

And Gage should cuss you out and insult you to convince himself he never cared that much anyway.

(This post is a joke and I could list at least 20 reasons these shouldn’t actually be in the game.)

#not least of which is ‘how the heck do you navigate that with a dialogue wheel’ #an rpg is just not the medium for this stuff. but i’m still like ‘where did you all learn these conflict resolution skills’ #(can you tell i don’t think cait and curie are ready to be in relationships) #fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #danse #piper wright #preston garvey #rj maccready #curie fallout 4 #cait fallout 4 #Porter gage #hancock fallout 4 #maccready #Paladin danse #maccready fallout 4 #danse fallout 4 #hancock fo4 #maccready fo4

[ladyzirkonia]

There are 3 types of Fallout players.

Oh my sweet babygirl husband let me protect and cherish you.

I know he has some strong opinions but poor man was raised by a cult and I can make him better.

What the hell did you think I hoarded all the RadAway for, bitch?!

#fallout #fallout series #fallout amazon #fallout tv series #fallout 4 #preston garvey #lucy maclean #paladin danse #maximus #john hancock #cooper howard #the ghoul

[vozvy]

Men after showing you the most conventionally beautiful woman and saying “hear me out”

Meanwhile women showing you someone who looks like they’ve been left in a microwave for too long

Ps: I understand this is a pretty hefty overgeneralisation but I don’t mean every individual man and every individual woman all feel this way. It’s more my take on the idea of “the male gaze” and “the female gaze” in a way and also the joke that women tend to find more random/obscure things or characters attractive. If you’re a man and don’t like the vault girl oversexyfied ai bs then good on you. If you’re a man and you also wanna fuck Joshua Graham good on you. If you don’t fit into any category at all then good on you! The post isn’t about you.

#fallout #fallout 4 #paladin danse #fallout new vegas #joshua graham #vulpes inculta #nick valentine #maccready #john hancock #the ghoul #cooper howard #fallout on prime #Vozvy shitposting

[memaidraws]

Thought I'd compile all of these before I forget. Still missing Cait, Curie, X6-88 and a [SECRET COMPANION]

From top to bottom (in the order that you meet them in-game)

Preston Garvey

Piper Wright

Nick Valentine

Hancock

MacCready

Deacon

Paladin Danse

#tw bare chest #fallout 4 #fallout #lovers embrace #memai draws a thing #fanart #paladin danse #preston garvey #nick valentine #hancock #deacon #maccready #piper wright

[protosymphonette]

playing fo4. i like danse becuse he looks funny

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #paladin danse #fucked up off that ridiculously simplified power armor #dont ask me about my fo4 opinions i will complain at you for hours #symphonart

[roosterm3at]

little early mornin danse

#fallout #fallout 4 #fallout 4 companions #paladin danse #fallout danse

[chadfallout76podcast]

FALLOUT 4:

"DEATH SHROUD" SERIES UPDATE!

Check out the AMAZING artwork tumblr artist @rad-roche did for our second installment in the Death Shroud! series. This story is titled, "The Cat's Paw", and will see an even BIGGER cast of voice actors returning to reprise their roles this May to benefit Wes Johnson's VoiceAPalooza charity drive for the Alzheimer's Association.

Please note that the voice cast list may change as more people confirm, so this is likely NOT the final art.

#death shroud #chad: a fallout 76 podcast #chad: a fallout 76 story #fallout 4 #fallout for hope #wes johnson #fallout #fallout fanfic #nick valentine #macready #nora sole survivor #sole survivor #paladin danse #conrad kellogg #ellie perkins #vault tec rep #magnolia #preston garvey #travis miles #skinny malone