r/FalloutTVseries

I used to think Lucy's journey was one which she went from being naive to gritty. While that part is still true, I'm starting to feel the entire character arch is really one of finding freedom.

This could be hard to comprehend at first since she had a materially good life compared to almost everyone else. But while freedom and prosperity usually go hand in hand, it doesn't always. And in her case it didn't.

Hank was a loving father, but was also her prison warden as well. When she had her first chance at freedom in Shady Sands, Hank forcefully took her back and nuked his wife and the town. Life in the Vaults with the jumpsuits is nothing more than a soft jail, and her main bestie (Steph) being a traumatized concentration camp survivor who married her oppressor (in a way) just adds to that. Then when she emerged from the vault she continued to lose her freedom, first to bounty hunter mode Coop (who literally tortured/tied up/mutilated and sold her to organ harvesters before bringing her to Vegas be traded), then the legion who actually officially enslaved and crucified her, then back to Hank again in a grander jail of a vault. The climax was when he was about to lobotomize her via the chip to stop disobedience--almost turning her into a literal robot slave.

And her escaping from that, and reuniting with Maximus (who also escaped the oppression of barracks life) in House's HQ was the first time in her life she was truly free. With an equal partner and a potential employer (House might be evil capitalist but he still traded via rules of commerce) instead of a de facto master. Now ready to challenge the greatest slavery force in the wasteland (the legion).

So perhaps she is the embodiment of finding freedom. First she finds her own freedom, then she defeats the legion and Enclave in the coming seasons to ensure freedom in the Wasteland. And perhaps the series ends with the establishment of a sustainable free society (perhaps Shady Sands 2.0).

And if the Pre War era represents a free society sliding into oppression, and the Wasteland era thus far represents the rock bottom of humanity, then perhaps Lucy's arc is to kick start the rise back to a better future, through the restoration of liberty and compassion.

It's interesting that Steph might have the other sadder path version of this, where trauma leads to her becoming an oppressor herself via phase 2.

It'll be interesting how their two paths juxtapose.

This was just sent by their local P.R.

I'm going to say this because I don't know where else to put it:

The Fallout series is absolutely exceptional. As a gamer, I haven't been disappointed at all, and the best part is that there’s basically no CGI when it comes to the monsters or enemies. And the Brotherhood of Steel armor looks absolutely immaculate!

Keep it up! And please don't let yourselves be influenced by cheap shows like Stranger Things or It Chapter Two, which rely way too heavily on CGI.

Light spoilers, Just finished season two and I’m a little confused about Maximus. We see this memory he has of the brotherhood, but after he’s defected and was about to kill the head of the brothers he’s still thinking about this memory for motivation. Wouldn’t he detest the brotherhood now that he’s been chewed up and spit out of it? Or am I looking to deep into this

Season 2 Episode 1 opens in Freeside some time after the events of The Strip. The camera begins at the Lucky 38 now the city hall from which the NCR remnant govern the city. The strip, now cleared of deathclaws, is filled with people working at a market where they trade many goods such as food, water, clothes and books containing precious knowledge from before the war. Along with NCR soldiers and New Vegas citizens, there are the people who Hank kidnapped and brainwashed with his brain chips and even though they have been removed, their old personalities are still gone and unlikely to ever return. They now act as the NCR's bureaucracy and technical experts in the city, using their knowledge to tend to their equipment and their politeness to integrate into the community. Finally, at the heart of the strip is Maximus's NCR power armour, damaged beyond repair but welded into a statue with a plaque which says "Max, NCR Ranger and Hero of Freeside."

The camera then moves further out into Freeside showing a recruitment centre for the NCR and soldiers training alongside one another for the NCR's coming reconstruction. At a radio station, a communications officer is speaking with the Hub, now the capital of the New California Republic and is informing them of the situation. Although the NCR once again control much of northern California and have plans to retake southern California, they are unable to lend aid, leaving the State of New Vegas isolated, but determined to survive.

The camera then comes towards the entrance to New Vegas where a large Legion camp has been set up. Led by Legate Lacerta(Kevin), now the new Caesar, they have had the city under siege for months, but have been unable to scale the walls which are covered in defensive fortifications and mortars so that the NCR may defend themselves. There are many Legionnaires and slaves and as Lacerta(Kevin) looks on, he stares at the Lucky 38 and mutters under his breath "Caesar's Palace."

Finally, the camera comes towards the Lucky 38 penthouse, the former office of Mr. House and now the council hall where Captain Rodriguez, now a Colonel, leads the defence of New Vegas and is coordinating trade with Salt Lake City, their lifeline for vital resources which they need to survive against the Legion's onslaught. The large TV screen which shows a map of the city flickers for a fraction of a second, showing Mr. House's face as he stairs against those intruding on his old territory and then pans towards Lucy and Maximus.

Lucy is once again wearing her vault suit, but it now has combat armour over it and her hair is styled into a simple, neat ponytail and she is holding hands with Maximus, no longer wearing any semblance of Brotherhood attire, but now wearing an NCR Ranger uniform with an anti-material rifle over his shoulder. As the two of them gaze across the city which they helped to restore, they do so determined to uncover the full scope of Hank's plans and hopefully save the wasteland at long last.