taragrimface:

taragrimface:

taragrimface:

so much of bethesdas fallout lore is childish and blunt that it’s hard to give them the benefit of the doubt when weighing interpretations & conclusions

half the time when someone proposes a really cool theory my first thought is “that’s too clever and good for bethesda softworks to have possibly done it intentionally”

elder scrolls lore from oblivion onward is motivated by talking points popular among fans in a way that feels kind of performative and bad. but im into the general way that the community helps eachother flesh out a coherent setting from many disparate details.

skyrim has some neat deep-dive metaphysical lore like morrowind but subtler and vaguer and i think it should get a bit more credit for that stuff than it does.

theres like 7 really clever things in fallout 4 that make me want to believe it could be That Deep but sooo much vital shit was phoned in as if they were terrified to give any supporting details at all… inconsistencies arent the end of the world just give me flavor you boring fucks. why do the gunners exist todd

ok like heres one off the top of my head: mama murphy is absolutely deliberately implied to be the fo2 protag and iirc she seals it by subtly quoting an obscure detail about the chosen one from fnv. thats so FUCKING good are you kidding me!!!