Accounts like mine, belong on a cross

(You can skip to the bottom for a summary) Maxson has some great tidbits to go on in canon. He has a long but undetailed back story and enough hints at his personality to get an idea of what he is like but not enough to make any real solid determinations. 

Unlike a companion, he doesn’t open up to the Sole, and so as creators we are free to fill in the blanks in a huge variety of ways. There are wildly divergent versions of Maxson within this group, all of which are perfectly reasonable interpretations and accepted by the Maxson Dumpster as a whole.  Despite the smut-filled and trash infested surface of this dumpster, underneath is a warm, caring group of people from all backgrounds and walks of life who will happily debate the reasons behind someone’s particular version of the Elder. Because his back story is so broad and undetailed, he becomes the perfect conduit for us to explore a variety of issues that we hold dear to ourselves as individuals. 

Maxson’s actions in the game are generally seen as reprehensible. So the fandom as a whole paints him with broad strokes as a one-dimensional villain. He isn’t the obviously easy choice of someone to like. He’s not charming or friendly. 

But the difference between him and other characters that are more obviously and easily appealing, such as MacCready and Hancock is that you have to work to find all the facets of him. It takes effort, knowledge of the character and his background, reading terminals, talking to NPC’s, and visiting him in an older game where more reading is required, in order to get a loose framework on which to build our varying interpretations of him. 

It’s hard not to go to all that work, and not have an abiding love and respect for him, even if we don’t always agree with the things he says and does. And this dumpster loves him. We love him when he’s portrayed as an asshole or as kind or loving. He’s a leader or a fallen king, hurt and broken, or healing. The rock for others or someone who needs a rock. And sometimes someone who just needs a rock chucked at him. Sometimes he learns and grows, sometimes he gets hurt or killed, and sometimes he just gets love, from all sorts of people.

It’s a hard world out there for Maxson fans. The fandom as a whole isn’t willing to put in the effort it takes to love or at least respect a character like Maxson. They brush us off as shallow because of the shirtless posters plastered up all around the dumpster, But we have each other, and we support each other’s versions of Maxson and we welcome everyone.  But out there in the wilderness are Maxson fans, alone in the dark, All they see are the things the fandom as a whole express. They may be feeling lonely or weird, like they are the only ones in the world who like this character, flaws and all, I know there are because I’ve stumbled across their posts and it breaks my heart.

They need to know there is a place for them here, in the Maxson Dumpster, 

I’m kind of writing this as a sort of Declaration of Interdependence. Because we need each other and we need to extend an arm to those out there who do too.

So can I just ask that you other Dumpster denizens add your name and reblog this.We will create a roll-call and master list of Maxson/BOS Dumpster Denizens ready to roll out the welcome mat for the people out there who are hurting and alone, those whose interpretation of Maxson don’t fit the Fandom’s judgement, and those who just like shirtless bearded dudes. We can get the signal out and along with it a list of blogs that are welcoming. 

Danse and Maxson are both amazing. And I don’t care if you like the innocent!versions or the dom!versions or whatever, you do your thing and be proud of what you do. 

Lone Wanderer & Maxson relationship after the purifier? Time skip fic ? His little crush on Sarah Lyons maybe, and the pain he felt after her death? Hurt comfort? What he had to go through while becoming the youngest elder (and was Lone Wanderer there to help him, if so how?) ? Sole Survivor & Maxson relationship? Drama? Fluff? Love triangle of him, Danse and Sole? So much to uncover!!

❝  don’t be ridiculous,  there’s enough room on this bed for both of us. ❞ 

❝  please stay.  i don’t think i can be alone tonight.  ❞

❝  i’m staying,  okay?  you don’t have to be alone tonight. ❞

❝  you shouldn’t be alone right now.  i’ll take the couch,  it’ll be fine.  ❞

❝  will you sleep with me?  i know how that sounds i just mean—  i feel safe when you’re there.  ❞

❝  i’ll be here the whole night okay?  nothing will get to you while i’m here.  ❞

❝  wait— have you been here all night?  ❞

❝  i thought you went home after i went to bed.  you didn’t have to do that— you could’ve at least joined me in bed that couch is shit for sleeping on.  ❞

❝  can i stay with you tonight?  i don’t wanna go home yet.  ❞

❝  it’s late,  you might as well just stay here.  ❞

❝  can you just…stay here?  and hold me.  ❞

❝  i know this might sound weird but,  do you wanna stay over?  i guess ‘sleepover’ sounds kind of childish but.  i think it’d be nice.  ❞

❝  i’m not expecting anything,  i just,  thought it’d be nice to keep you company tonight. ❞

❝  i don’t have nightmares when you’re there.  ❞

❝  i get you’re doing the whole protective thing— and i appreciate it.  i do,  but there’s no reason for you to stay awake all night.  might as well come to bed.  ❞

❝  thank you for staying.  it just gets so lonely at night sometimes.  ❞

❝  i don’t want you to be alone tonight and honestly,  i don’t really wanna be alone either.  ❞

❝  do you wanna stay with me tonight?  ❞

❝  stay,  please.  ❞

❝  i’ll stay.  ❞

❝  i’m staying.  ❞

❝  i’m staying.  end of discussion.  you gotta learn to let people take care of you.  ❞

❝  i’m not ready to say goodbye yet.  ❞

❝  i don’t wanna have to say goodnight.  ❞

❝  honestly i can’t sleep,  so if you wanna stay up with me?  ❞

❝  i don’t sleep a lot either these days.  we can be insomniacs together.  ❞

❝  well,  i can think of some ways to wear you out.  ❞

❝  if you can’t sleep,  there are other things we could do.  ❞

❝  i’d rather fuck than stare at the ceiling counting sheep to be honest.  ❞

❝  it doesn’t have to mean anything,  i just don’t wanna feel lonely tonight.  and i want to feel good for once.  ❞

❝  please don’t go—  i need.  i need someone—  i need you.  ❞

❝  the night doesn’t have to end here,  you know.  ❞

❝  i like it when you’re here.  so stay.  please?  ❞

❝  you’re just as lonely as i am.  might as well be lonely together.  ❞

❝  you can stay but i’m not letting you sleep on that couch.  ❞

❝  chivalry is overrated,  get in my bed.  ❞

❝  you’re clearly exhausted.  you can go in the morning.  ❞

❝  you don’t have to pretend to be fine,  if you need me to stay i will.  ❞

❝  when i said i wanted everyone to leave me alone i didn’t mean you.  i can’t handle everyone else right now but you…you’re different.  ❞

❝  you need someone right now.  and i’m the one that’s here.  let me be what you need.  ❞

SCENARIOS

[ GUARDED ]  sender insists on staying the night to keep watch over receiver who has been in some kind of danger. 

[ GUARDING ]  receiver insists on staying the night to keep watch over sender who has been in some kind of danger. 

[ UNEXPECTED ]  one muse stays the night to keep an eye on the other after something traumatic and they end up having comfort sex.

[ CONSOLE ]  sender asks receiver to stay the night because they don’t want to be alone and they end up cuddling.  

[ CONSOLED ]  receiver asks sender to stay the night because they don’t want to be alone and they end up cuddling. 

[ ACCIDENT ]  sender winds up staying at receiver’s house all night because receiver fell asleep against them/in their lap and they didn’t have the heart to wake them. 

[ UNPLANNED ]  receiver winds up staying at sender’s house all night because sender fell asleep against them/in their lap and they didn’t have the heart to wake them. 

[ STAY ]  sender is carrying receiver to bed because they fell asleep somewhere else but when they start to walk away,  receiver grabs their hand so sender joins them in bed. 

[ STAYING ]  receiver is carrying sender to bed because they fell asleep somewhere else but when they start to walk away,  sender grabs their hand so receiver joins them in bed. 

[ APPROACHED ]  sender is staying with receiver for safety and asks if they can sleep in their bed with them. 

[ APPROACH ]  receiver is staying with sender for safety and asks if they can sleep in their bed with them. 

[ SHARE ]  sender is unexpectedly staying with receiver overnight,  receiver insisted sender sleep on the bed while they take the floor but sender winds up insisting they join them in bed. 

[ SHARED ]  receiver is unexpectedly staying with sender overnight,  sender insisted receiver sleep on the bed while they take the floor but receiver winds up insisting they join them in bed. 

[ FOUND ]  sender is staying with receiver who had them take the bed while receiver takes the couch.  in the middle of the night,  sender goes out to join receiver on the couch because they don’t want to sleep alone. 

[ FIND ]  receiver is staying with sender who had them take the bed while sender takes the couch.  in the middle of the night,  receiver goes out to join sender on the couch because they don’t want to sleep alone. 

[ DISCOVERED ]  receiver wakes up in the morning to find sender asleep on their couch because sender was watching over them. 

[ HAVEN ]  receiver wakes up in the morning to find sender asleep on their couch because sender felt safer with them. 

[ WEARY ]  sender cries themselves to sleep in receiver’s arms. 

[ TIRED ]  receiver cries themselves to sleep in sender’s arms. 

[ PROPOSITION ]  one or both muse(s) are having trouble sleeping so they have sex to pass the time. 

[ PURPOSE ]  one muse can’t sleep so the other initiates sex to wear them out. 

[ TRAPPED ]  one muse ends up staying the night with the other due to a storm. 

🚬💫 let them be bros come on :(

(This request killed me😂)

Cait:

“Boy, you’re a genius..”

•She thinks it’s absolutely hilarious and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Curie:

“Um, this is..intriguing. Why a penis?”

•perplexed isn’t even a good enough word. The humor just soars over her head.

Danse:

“*sig*..soldier, while I think it is admirable that you’ve established these shelters for those people, is it necessary for the stronghold to be shaped in such a way? Don’t tell me it was an accident either.”

•Not. Amused.

Deacon:

“This is..wow, this is beautiful. What a masterpiece.”

•If he could’ve had his hand in this kind of fuckery, he totally would’ve. Probably respects you 10x more now.

Gage:

“Why are you even bothering wasting the caps to build shit that we’re just gonna raid anyways-..”

•Doesn’t even process the fact that the settlements are dick shaped. He’s too disgusted that you have a shred of benevolence.

Hancock:

“You should’ve said something sooner, I could’ve helped fund this masterpiece.”

•Astonished? Yes. Disappointed he didn’t know about it while you were building? Also yes.

Macready:

“What? Are you twelve? I’m just kidding, that’s freaking hilarious!”

•Nearly busts a blood vessel from laughing when he realizes what’s up

Maxson:

“You did not just request a vertibird ride just to show me this childish..thing..you’ve made.”

•He’ll look pissed but on the inside? Dude is fighting for his life not to laugh. He’s like what- 22 years old? Of course he thinks it’s funny.

Nick:

“*sigh* why-.”

•Although mildly amused, he still has sense enough to question why..

Piper:

“Holy shit…”

•She can’t believe her eyes

Preston:

“*takes off hat and starts screaming into it*”

X6-88:

Fallout: New Vegas

-The Latest Cool and Hip™ reboot movie from Bethesda

John McWhiteman was just an average joe working his 9-to-5 in Vegas. Stuck as a small time accountant working for the biggest casino on the strip, he dreams of making it big, when his world is turned upside down! When he’s struck by lightning on the roof, he’s suddenly transported to a wacky post apocalyptic wasteland version of the city of sin, where only the strong survive, as John quickly finds out. When he’s comically robbed at gunpoint for his favorite souvenir silver poker chip, hapless fish-out-of-water John accidentally gets caught up in a plot between the biggest gangs in the wasteland to take over the city. With a wacky, ragtag group of companions, John will encounter Boobs, guns, and just maybe… the true meaning of friendship

STARRING:

-James Mardsen as John McWhiteman

-Justin Beiber as Arcade

-John Cena as Boone

-Danny Trejo as Raul

-Matthew Perry as Benny

Mellisa McCarthy as Veronica

-Tilda Swinton as Cass The Movie:

-Constantly breaks the fourth wall and references pop culture

-it simultaneously makes inappropriate jokes as if it was aimed at adults, but it’s so stupid and juvenile that it’s also trying to appeal to kids. It constantly censors itself because they want a PG-13 rating. No one is allowed to say fuck (not even once)

-Tilde Swinton gets cast as Cass. She spends 7 months living in the Mojave desert as a ranch hand preparing for the role. She gets 5 lines in the movie and doesn’t even appear on the poster.

-There’s several poop and/or fart jokes 

-There’s a John Cena joke that has aged like milk

-Bud Light product placement

-Benny dabs

-Veronica says “ok Boomer” to Elder MacNarama

-Forced Horse Armor Joke

-An arrow to the knee joke also

-Somebody says ”It just works” when they’re talking about the Platinum chip plan

-During the tent scene Caesar says that he “cancelled” Joshua Graham

-Rex is renamed Dogmeat for no reason, also is horribly CGI’d. There are hours of embarrassing footage of a man in a morph suit acting as dogmeat in the behind the scene special features, and they attempt to pass this off as a marvelous feat of special effects 

-There’s a Todd Howard Cameo that’s incredibly unsubtle. 

-Lily is in it for 5 seconds and she’s dumb like an east coast mutant

-13 minute Benny sex scene

-In one scene Vulpes Inculta is forced to do the whip and nae nae when he’s trying to blend in in the Tops casino and he cries

-When they introduce Caesar there’s a joke about him doing aerobics in his underwear and drinking wasteland-approximate starbucks-ish drinks before he makes public appearances. We get a gratuitous ass shot for the joke while Big Booty Bitches by TSpoon DJ Squad plays over it, and it permanently haunts your mind for the rest of the film

-Danny Tejo and Matthew Perry reprise their roles, they look like they’d rather be anywhere else