#the institute fo4

[nukacoola]

Fo4 Far Harbor DLC spoilers

Replaying Far Harbor and watching vids abt the different lore it’s impossible to see DiMA as anything but an evil, hypocritical, and downright stupid monster. I don’t get how so many people love him.

He’s a murderer who had plans to obliterate an entire people and who did murder and replace an innocent woman. When you confront him about those memories that he purposefully removed bc he couldn’t live with how evil he is he’s like “I can’t believe I did that :’( we should totally do it again tho that’s a really good idea.” And then you can!!! It’s literally the exact same horrible things that the Institute does! He manipulates Kasumi (who we can determine by talking to the Institute, the people she knows, and by killing her in an Institute quest is not a synth) into believing she is a synth and lures her to the island with this manipulation!! He manipulates many others like this too to get his evil desires done in pretty obvious ways. I would count many of his synths, Nick, and the player among his targets.

If you’re sided with the Institute and you tell him and his synths to come back to it he says no but that he will not run and will not attack you. He condemns all of the synths in his “sanctuary” by taking not action and allowing you to go report back their existence to the Institute so that coursers can come reclaim or kill everyone there!! Same thing happens if you tell him you’re with the Brotherhood and synths existence is an affront to humanity he’s like “okay but we’re not gonna leave still” and then you can bring the Brotherhood forces to murder them all.

If you blow up some of the factions on the island he’ll be like “You’ve only brought death here >:( I hope you can live with yourself you monster!” Like that wasn’t his WHOLE ASS PLAN that he removed his memories of bc he couldn’t live with himself!!! Fucking hypocrite!!! This is only a few of his crimes. He is so evil and stupid it hurts.

#and the way he talks—SO FULL OF HIM SELF #Self righteous self entitled annoying as fucking philosophy nerd #ass* #dima fallout 4 #dima fallout #dima #fallout 4 #fo4 far harbor #far harbour dlc #far harbor #fo4 #fallout #the institute fo4 #the brotherhood of steel #brotherhood of steel #the institute fallout 4 #the institute fallout #the institute

[callmewisteria]

Something Glowing (At The Precipice Of Something New Chapter XXXI)

After ten days with little concrete information, the Institute finally learn what happened to Dr. Li and Jacqueline Spencer? Piper and her wife gossip with Vadim, Travis, and Scarlett in the Dugout Inn? A storm abated, Nora and Nick finally meet the elusive, former Institute scientist in the Glowing Sea? Frustration taking over after over a month without any cooperation, Maxson decides to speak to Dr. Li personally about why she and Jacqueline were taken? MacCready tells Duncan bedtime stories?

I don't care the new year was ten days ago, this is my new year's chapter. Read it on AO3, ff.net, and/or wattpad!!!

(also reblog and/or comment if you want to be added to a tag list for this fic 💖)

#over 260k words now and it hasn't even been a year damn i love writing #fallout fanfiction #fallout 4 fanfiction #fallout 4 fanfic #fallout 4 fic #fallout 4 fandom #fo4 fic #fo4 fandom #fo4 fanfic #fallout 4 companions #fo4 companions #the institute #the institute fo4 #allie filmore #clayton holdren #alana secord #alan binet #shaun fo4 #vadim bobrov #travis miles #piper wright #nora fo4 #nora fallout 4 #female sole survivor #arthur maxson #madison li #robert joseph maccready #duncan maccready

[gageisahomeboi]

Another one

#fallout #fallout memes #fo4 #crack #nuka world #fallout 2 #fallout 4 #fallout new vegas #fallout 3 #fallout 76 #fallout nv #fonv #fo3 #fo2 #sole survivor #Kellogg #fo4 Kellogg #institute #synth

[pomarrillo]

*grips u hard on the shoulders* SHAUNNNNNNNN

#fallout 4 #fo4 #fallout #sole survivor #ok finally got around to playing it myself after watching my brother play over his shoulder for like 5 years #the dump #full art #also ik ss with a vault suit at the institute is kinda silly lol but the post consistency......

[scandalousadventures]

My Hancock print for @falloutghoulzine ☢️ I love an excuse to draw our sexy ghoul mayor 💞 so excited to get my copy of the zine and merch!

#fallout #hancock #fallout 4 #fo4 #fallout ghouls #ghouls #art #my art #I started replaying fallout 4 a while ago and was thinking of doing a brotherhood or institute run but i couldn't betray ghouls like that :

[artbyblastweave]

Credit where credit is due on the big twist of Fallout 4; the reveal that Shaun is the now-elderly director of the Institute comes part and parcel with the realization that with the death of Kellogg- who, as it turns out, was basically turned over to you as an olive branch- the institute is now completely free of anyone who has actually wronged you personally; your straightforward, no-further-justification-needed revenge quest has been cut off at the knees. Which does, in fact, clear the way for you to evaluate The Institute as it actually currently exists and not as the amorphous boogeyman you were planning on John Wicking as little as five minutes ago; if you stand against them it's going to have to be on general principle, based on what they've done to others, and on the flip side a sufficiently amoral character, absent the roadblock of a personal umbrage, is completely in the clear to throw in with them for comfort and power. They did not square the circle on this because they cannot square the circle on anything. But in the abstract it's a pretty clever piece of storytelling- where are you going to direct that narrative-propelling righteous anger when it turns out that institutional turnover has beaten you to the punch? Were you ever actually angry at the machine, or just at the specific cogs? Are you playing as the kind of person who thinks that there's a difference?

#fallout #fallout 4 #thoughts #meta #the institute #fo4 #sole survivor

[stoat-party]

#i’m experimenting with the queue so i’m just posting whatever comes to mind to fill it up #fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #arthur maxson #elder maxson #sole survivor #the sole survivor #brotherhood of steel #shaun fallout 4 #shaun fo4 #father fallout 4 #father fo4 #the institute #fallout memes #fallout 4 spoilers

[vegasvictor]

fallout 4 + scenery (5/?)

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #the institute #falloutedit #fo4edit #fallout fun #*m #fo4sc

[nooklingposting]

Happy Holidays from me and my favourite shady men (Deacon and X6)

Also reminding (for the 1000th time I’m sorry) my commissions are open!

#fallout 4 #fallout #fallout 4 companions #fallout 4 fanart #deacon fallout #deacon #deacon fallout 4 #x6 88 #x6-88 #deacon railroad #deacon fo4 #fallout 4 x6 #synth #courser #the railroad #the institute

[quaintrix]

DiMA x2

#i got a sweet comment about the way i draw nick so i felt inspired #fallout 4 #dima #fo4 #synth #fallout #fallout renaissance #far harbour dlc #the institute #robot #body horror #sort of? #🫐

[somethingaboutmint]

i love your sole survivior SO much. does shaun/father ever find out his teen mom was pressured not to terminate him i think that would do fun things to his weird brain

This is killing me. Anon ur mind

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #fo4 father #fo4 shaun #sole survivor #fallout oc #art'd #i think she would not tell him on purpose #but živas stay at the institute was a very low point for her and she might have blurted it out unintentionally

[nukacoola]

HEADCANON

The Institue’s lasers are blue because the electrocute while regular lasers are red because they burn.

This would make sense for several reasons. First, the regular laser rifles do 24 damage while the institute’s do 15. A laser hole burning through your flesh is gonna do a lot more damage and be a lot more painful than an electrocution.

Second, the main thing the institute’s coursers and gen 1s & 2s (AKA the ones who do the most fighting and shooting) do is reclaim synths and kidnap people. It would make more sense for them to use a weapon that could knock out or stun people rather than burn or shoot holes through them. The capacity to kill is also still there for enemies they need dead.

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #the institute #the institute fallout #the institute fo4 #fallout headcanons

[bonefydskeleton]

I’m really enamored with @luubyart’s entire cast of characters, but Neo and the baby deathclaw duo stole my heart last year during Art Fight! Never trust a baby deathclaw in the teething stage with your boots

#My Art #Luubyart #Fallout OC #Fallout #Fallout 4 #FO4 #Deathclaw #Baby Deathclaw #The Institute #Luubyart: Neo #Art Fight #Your tags on my piece of Tiny encouraged me to share this haha #Thanks for enjoying my work <3

[slocumjoe]

the idea of danse being obsessed with snack cakes and sugar in general because he's a synth is funny but it hits below the belt when you remember he's canonically got an alcohol problem, and he doesn't drink when he's working, and he's usually working

#for context; alcoholism can sometimes lead to strong sugar cravings #and many alcoholics eat a lot of sweets. esp in recovery #fallout 4 #fo4 #paladin danse #so when they arent drinking a lot of alcoholics go to sugar for the happy-brain reward chemical. subconsciously of course #so. danse not drinking when hes working and having sugar cravings is. uhhhh #danse liking sugar is fanon mostly except for that one terminal in the Institute saying synths like sugar but. still

[trangener]

X6-88 appreciation doodle! He's so underrated

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #x6 88 #synths #the institute #fallout fanart #fallout 4 fanart

[gobbogoo]

Fallout 4: Great Ideas, TERRIBLE Teamwork

Ever since Fallout 4 released, I've been unable to ignore its gaping narrative flaws. I can forget bad writing, but missed opportunities? Those cling to my brain like tumours.

If you look closely, you'll realize Fallout 4's writers weren't BAD, they just failed to coordinate to a frankly spectacular degree.

To start off small, you've got stuff like Kelogg's ghost speaking through Nick Valentine, only to then never show up again. This is especially bizarre when so much time is spent exploring his character AFTER you've killed him. One writer put a LOT of effort into ensuring we quite literally know Kelogg better than our own son... only for others to not follow up on that AT ALL.

Now, let's look at The Institute. HEAPS of neat ideas, there:

You've got the existential/ethical quandary of Bladerunner androids, the thrill of hunting down a nebulous organization with eyes everywhere, the intrigue of a secret robot doppelgänger conspiracy! Then you finally get there, and your OWN SON greets you! He shows you this clean utopia of human advancement that perfectly contrasts the horrible wasteland above, and makes you wonder if the Institute really IS the best hope for humanity...

...and THEN someone goes "oh also we've been turning people into Super Mutants and releasing them onto the surface for reasons that ARE NEVER EXPLAINED!"

Those Bladerunner androids that could be used to pose all sorts of existential/ethical quandaries? Nah they're basically just enslaved humans. That doppelgänger conspiracy that necessitated the creation of androids? Completely irrelevant. Also they're isolationists who want to leave the surface alone, despite that contradicting literally everything they've been doing.

Again, you can see the EXACT division between different writers here. One person was trying to create an evil faction like the Legion or Enclave, another was trying to create a neutral, morally grey faction like Mr. House. The plot is caught between these warring visions and is subsequently shot to death in the confusion.

And all I can do is sit there and imagine what could've been.

#I'm a game writer/designer if it wasn't obvious #Bethesda not coordinating has become their MO #For Starfield their design lead opted to NOT USE A DESIGN DOCUMENT #Y'know #that thing that tells everyone what kinda game they're making? #sure it's a pain to maintain #but it ISN'T OPTIONAL dude! #If you really didn't want to do your job THAT MUCH #You could've deligated its maintenance to one of the THREE producers you had. #fallout #fallout 4 #the institute #fallout institute #bethesda #game analysis #conrad kellogg #nick valentine #fallout nick valentine #fo4 nick valentine #f04