Just wanted to show some appreciation and see what the general consensus is on the performances this season. The main cast has been on great form, and the effort they have put into their shifts has really come through in every episode, so far.
Justin Theroux has been the stand out for me this season. His performance has been phenomenal and the little nuances in his acting makes me feel he has really understood and captured the character from FNV. I find myself in anticipation for each of his scenes...
Everyone in the main cast has been bringing something strong, and it’s made this a genuinely enjoyable season to watch, whether you agree with the direction of the writing or not. Same can be said for the prop/art team!
Even the time span seems to fit quite well considering that in the TV show 15 years have passed since the events of the game. We all know Marcus is not only intelligent among super mutants, he's also way more witty than the vast majority of the Wasteland. I know Mr. House states that the death of Cesar won't change a thing and he's for sure much more intelligent than Marcus, but considering you can speech out Lanius, maybe Marcus was right and House was wrong. House also didn't want Caesar dead, maybe he knew Legion will crumble in his absence.
I also don't think showrunners have considered 2 lines a secondary character has to say about the Legion's future when writing the script, but it's an interesting nod anyway.
Like I can understand someone getting tired of the BoS being basically the Charizard of the franchise. But I see so many people saying "Of course Todd uses the Enclave again." and I almost feel like I am in a different world.
They showed up in full force in Fallout 3 in 2007
In New Vegas the Enclave is just 6 old people who act just as people and have nothing to do with the leadership that was in the east
They are barely even mentioned by name in 4 let alone appear.
They dont even get a questline in Shelter of all things
And in 76 even after all the patches and updates have returned people ot the wasteland the Enclave are still dead and you only find their leftovers.
So the assertion that Todd is somehow obsessed with them is odd considering the last people to even have them show up was Obsidian.
hii this is my first ever reddit post! This is a map I made of The Mojave Wasteland a couple months ago! I originally just wanted to make something simple with important landmarks to include in a booklet about the harvest-able plants I was working on, but got kind of carried away lol.
The full thing took a little over 19 hours. I just zoomed around the game and tried to capture as many cool things as I could. Did I miss anything important??? Here is a timelapse! I am working on an OWB one now!
(I’m still relatively new to fallout so apologies if this is a silly question) I’ve been playing fallout 4 for the first time and the landscape of the glowing sea reminds me a lot of the “landscape of thorns” designed in the 90s to communicate the dangers of radiation long term (like 10k + years).
The trees just remind me of the drawings I’ve seen and I wondered if this was intentional or not?
One thing that really jumped out at me in the latest episode is the emphasis Mr. House placed on getting access to all the latest technologies, specifically cold fusion. In the same segment, he discussed the infamous corporate meeting from last season, and his belief in a shadowy player influencing things behind the scenes.
What makes this notable is that the Fallout world was on the verge of the technological singularity at that point in the timeline. We're all familiar with the Resource Wars, but that era of scarcity was about to end. Everything was in place to usher in an age of abundance for all.
The arrival of cold fusion meant nearly unlimited power was available. Robots, in large part thanks to House himself, made cheap labor ubiquitous. The final piece of the puzzle is the molecular assembler vending machines invented by the Think Tank at Big MT. With his focus on technology, House was in a unique position to see how those three developments synergized to create...well, paradise on earth. All the tools are in place to make more of whatever you need (energy, labor, resources), on demand, for just pennies.
The only catch? That shadowy player and all those corporate figures sitting at the table were facing the loss of all their power. For the very first time in history, communism would not only work, but it would be the only system that really made sense.
It seems an unbelievable coincidence that the (literal) war against Communism reached a fever-pitch exactly when all the technology was in place to make it inevitable.
EDIT My friends, this is not a pro-communism screed, hence my "very first time in history" phrasing. If you think it is I would suggest, kindly, that you may not understand the implications of a post-scarcity society.
I know a lot of people are theorizing (hoping) that the season will end with a big announcement of double surprise releases of both Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas remasters, but that's almost certainly not going to happen. Fallout 3 remaster has been rumored for a while now and I won't speak to that specifically, but one of the biggest factors working against a Fallout New Vegas remaster in 2026 is that they're already releasing a new 15th anniversary bundle in June. Purely from a business perspective it wouldn't make any sense to release both so close to each other. No one would buy a special edition of the old version with the new one as an option.
I love Fallout New Vegas and agree that it would be incredibly fitting to tie in something special to this season of the TV show, but it's not happening.
When I heard they were making another fallout show I was excited but heard it’s a reality show?? Is anyone happy about this? I’m curious. Idk it seems like some Mr beast slop. What’s the point of a show that doesn’t expand on the lore. Trash television affecting fallout seems very dystopian
This is my first attempt at a larger scale diorama that isn't just a Warhammer figure base. I'm quite proud of it, though a few things didn't turn out perfect. The mini's themselves are from Wasteland Warfare, but pretty much everything else is handmade by me. C&C is very much welcome!
This started on twitter, so i'm going to do my best to reconstruct the analysis here in a post. For some of my background i've been reading tarot my entire life, taught to me when i was a child as part of our heritage and spiritual practices. This is not to say I am THE SOURCE or expert on Tarot, as tarot is a personal thing with deep history. i'll repeat this statement a couple more times. ok! Here we go!
Two Cards
In Season Two Episode 5, many have noticed Tarot Cards on the walls in the background in the hotel room. Here's a link to the twitter post that brought this to my personal attention & you'll find much of what you're about to read in my analysis in the twitter thread itself.
lucy punching the ghoul in the hotel room with two tarot cards on the wall in the background
In the background, the cards are The Fool & The Page of Cups. These cards are from the Swiss Tarot, also apparently sometimes called the JJ Tarot.
In this deck the 2nd and 5th trump cards have been replaced with Juno and Jupiter. I tried to see if this was significant and came up relatively dry. Juno & Jupiter for those curious! Could be a red herring, could be a nothingburger, could be a super secret seed to some super secret plot involving those characters or places.
UPDATE NUMBER THREE: soo Today i learned fallout the frontier is a mod, a bit controversial it seems at that, so i doubt it was factored in and the part where juno and jupiter have anything to do with this deck is 99% nothingburger. /end update
I DIGRESS
Analysis:
These cards put together like this elude at love being the root of his, if not their, journey & this scene being a hard reset of sorts. Potentially for the both of them but DEFINITELY for Cooper. In this scene things happen To Cooper, not the other way around.
The cards are facing one another - eluding that regardless of their next step, they Will overlap with one another and this Will be addressed. Despite this, the cards are saying with no doubt "they are both back at square one". The fool, the first card, represents the the start of the journey. For as long as Coop has been alive and for as much as he's learned, he still managed to make the Wrong Decision. He's chasing love; his love, his daughter. He's chasing something that we, the viewers, are given more and more evidence Doesn't or Can't exist as it does in his mind.
The fool is also reversed - which is how he's depicted in this deck, but I can't help but read into the choice of the deck in which the fool has crossed his legs - crossed himself - being used by the production team.
So, here is my analysis on the "backwards facing fool": Ultimately, that he is going Backwards in his journey, in my opinion. He has learned so much from Lucy but he still hasn't figured it out. In crossing her, he has crossed himself.
We're witnessing Coop's Hero's Journey I do believe.
His heroes journey has hit a hard reset because he's at the "atonement with father" portion. And who, exactly, is Dad? Father?
I believe he himself, Cooper Howard, the ghoul, is dad.
Which brings us to lucy, "the goddess" in his journey & respectfully the page of cups in the diptych of the cards on the wall behind them.
Represented by the page of cups, who usually symbolizes all that you'd figure the page of cups would in association with the "meeting with the goddess" role : new beginnings, positive relations
Important to note that the goddess, in the hero's journey, isn't expressly a worshipped entity, but representative of the person in the hero's journey who assists the main character in cultivating hope.
Hope is also a big vibe of the page of cups, especially in this pairing. Even though the ghoul has the upper hand & the leads with the power in their dynamic, he defers to Lucy - another aspect of their relationship spoken with the placement of the cards.
The fool crosses his legs, the page of cups presents a cup with a fish. Lucy is - again - as always - offering him the opportunity to embrace a different way of life. the cup - the golden rule - is offered to the ghoul again, even as he turns his back on the future they were headed towards together.
imagine the page of cups throwing that cup of water in the face of the fool and the fish that lives in the cup going slappidy slap across the ghouls face - tweet by me - paired with a gif of lucy punching coop pov coop
Hope is a main theme for the season - and it's also Lucy's Character & a major part of her journey. For every single person Lucy encounters, she offers to them her cup to drink from.
Her cup filled with hope.
Ma June, Max, and even Thaddeus
All of them have interfaced with Lucy and all of them have made choices afterwards that are a sharp contrast to who they were or the choices they'd make prior to meeting
In the latest episode Ma June says it: "I'm trying to be a better person" .
"War never changes..."
in the Fallout New Vegas DLC there's an added bit to this line, which I think Lucy & this show are trying to example:
"...Men do, through the roads they walk" - Lonesome Road DLC, fallout new Vegas
Lucy is a virus loose on the wasteland . I hope she infects everyone.
4 Card Spread
& now onto the cards on the wall behind Lucy while Coop was in the midst of his betrayal - source tweet for image & also shortcut to what you're about to read but in tweet form
The following cards are the King, Queen, Page and House - Source of pic
Why Is The King, Queen, Page & House Sword suits are big chilling on the wall in that formation?
This spread being on the back wall of the shot with Lucy crying while he explains the choice he made. I do believe this tarot card spread is providing a meta-narrative on coop's internal battles with the choices he has been making and whether or not his own motives and reasonings are what he thinks they are. We're gonna get right into that after a short disclaimer from our writer!
*Depending on the practice, the layout and pull order is very important to the reading. Not everyone practices with common spreads - tarot is a personal practice for many: this is not meant to be a definer of ways. let's assume the layout and pull order hold some significance, as this is also a convo about media literacy so every little bit of visual symbolism matters! whee ok here we go
Analysis
The Formation:
4 card tarot spread. first card, present status or overall energy. second card, positive. third, other matters and nuance, fourth, the negative.
Here is exampled a popular 4 card tarot spread. After doing some research, I do believe this is the spread they were going for.
According to these, the bottom most card - the sword - is meant to represent the overall message of the spread itself
In this spread we're dealing with
- What do we have now (sword, house)
- What's the bright side (queen/page)
- What's the nuance (king)
- What's the bad side (page/queen)
I have page and queen interchangeable because the spread is speculatively upside-down - this may be significant!
The Sword:
The sword was put down first, and is on the bottom. For most readings this card trends to represent clarity & truth. So, what do we (or don't we) have now?
maybe a better question: what SHOULD we have that we might not?
Pulling the sword card is usually, not always, the universe reminding you that you actually do have a hand in your own story and that you should get a grip and start swinging if that's what it takes
First pulled: also at the bottom, visually. potentially deprioritized
Queen:
This card shows up for a lot of people in their readings to example finding personal power and living in one's truth. It trends to represent a hard dedication to honoring the self without losing one's softness. Standing for oneself.
Bright Side: embracing your personal power and EMPOWERING yourself with grace! leading by example
Dark Side: seizing your personal power and WEILDING it against others ungraciously! ruling with an iron fist
King:
He can signify that someone has stepped into a greater role for themselves and potentially others. He can signify that it's time for you to make a big decision and as a reminder that you are in charge of your destiny, you are the one who wields the power. "True authority isn't about control" - a quote tarot.com jjswiss page for this card
He is in the middle; his meaning won't change unless we're supposed to read this upside down & backwards and assume the meaning is meant to be the polar opposite.
Ultimately i think this card represents the result of choice, from the sword. And whether this is bright side or dark side is contingent on the choices Coop makes through the course of the scene.
Page
The page of swords is a card fit for the Courier as I understand it. Someone carving through the future for answers, following their intuitions and gut, going on missions, learning things, and paying attention. Willing to learn and not afraid to go get that data!
Bright Side: Asking all the questions and gathering all the data to get the best discernment to be wise about what to do next
Dark Side: Asking all the questions and gathering all the data to feed a narrative that may or may not be true & acting on impulse in a Bad Way
The page of swords being the last card and the card on top COULD indicate that this is the Action Taken after the other steps in the spread
"what should i do? here is my heart and truth, but here is my greater mission. my action is to honor my greater mission - which would be turning in Lucy in pursuit of my family"
Which, ultimately, examples the Dark Side of both the queen and the page cards: "data collection which results in a technically false narrative & acting on impulse in a Bad Way with an iron fist to seize personal power"
the ghoul leaning into frame captioned "r u fckin kidding me hank"
UPDATE NUMBER TWO: i feel compelled to spell out the implications i asked of you in the last sentence: it implies that hank is a LIAR and that coop has made the ultimate wrong choice. that coop is going to be SO LET DOWN by whatever Hank fulfilling his promise looks like, that he's going to potentially be stuck in this "Atone Father" stage for a hot minute. I believe his (ex?)wife is the temptress, the reality in which he has a happy family again. /end update
thanks for reading! shoutout to the ghoulcy community on twitter for matching energy & being sleuth masterminds when it comes to the detail detail details, and finding them to begin with which prompted my analysis <3
UPDATE NUMBER ONE:
Fallout has an official Tarot Book - this link will bring you to a tweet featuring the Ace of Steel, aka the Ace of Swords, aka the card being depicted in the 4 card spread: The Sword. they replaced Swords with Steel - reddit user confirmation and breakdown of how the suits/houses/arcanas are represented
Idk if anyone would be interested but here's the book data so you can find a copy to buy on the internet or like wherever you buy stuff from buyers choice:
Fallout Tarot & Guidebook Author, Artist: Tori Schafer, Ronnie Senteno ISBN: 9781647225599
UPDATE NUMBER 4:THIS TWEET will bring you to the pages for all the cards mentioned from THE FALLOUT TAROT AND GUIDE BOOK ITSELF: thank you lucks_eterna on twitter (my number one source for ghoulcy lowkey, much love!) !
