I've watched five episodes of #Fallout so far, and seen some spoilers. It's striking me that they've assumed canonical endings for the games that would lead to the most conflict. There were two candidates for "good guy" factions, but the NCR has apparently been broken, and we've returned to the original vision of the Brotherhood of Steel as isolationist and violently intolerant. Plus the Enclave is back, as well as Vault-Tec.
@foolishowl They were specifically instructed NOT to touch any of the games' endings. So they didn't.🤷♂️ There's lots of assumptions going on because of some small scenes. We should wait till season 2 to judge on their retconning game lore and to see if they're doing what they're implying in those scenes.
What worries me is how this will connect to, "War never changes", and, "Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree about how."
We've set up for either despondent cynicism, or at best, some sort of last minute plea for pacifism.
It worries me somewhat, how this may play out, given the global threat of fascism and the weakness of resistance to it, and how fascists revel in cynical despair.
And how Fallout fans include some of the best and the worst people around.
@foolishowl ah, I misunderstood. Unfortunately fallout is a game about despair and I don't think there's going to be much in the way around that considering it's post apocalyptic.🤷♂️
@BeAware I'm not talking about retconning. For one thing, I've not seen anything significant that conflicts with the games. I'm curious what endings they've selected as canonical, but that's not really my focus.
It does strike me, on a moment's reflection, that we are led to sympathize with the three (four?) protagonists, and if they can work out things between them, maybe there can be a good and satisfying outcome.
I'm just worried about more despair in an era of despair.
@foolishowl Yes, those are absolutes. But those line up with the stories so far. Just because they exist, doesn't mean the endings were cannon. It means the opposite, that the endings aren't cannon and who existed at the beginning of the games are fair game for the show.🤷♂️
@BeAware It's not beyond a shadow of doubt, but it does look to me like they made a point of letting us know that the Prydwen is still flying and Mr. House is running what's left of New Vegas.