And war touches everyone eventually, even those on the home front. The sons, brothers, and husbands who come home different. Those who never come home at all. The daughters, sisters, wives, taking up work in the factory as well as the home. Children growing up not knowing their parents.
War is never easy, but it's never just the battlefield that experiences loss. Those on the home front are fighting their own battles, and in 2077 war came home to roost in a way no one ever expected.
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It's weird, but everything about Nick Valentine makes me think that he was made to be paralleled with the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz.
Like- he's a synth, so made of metal. He's got a heart motif. He's got the memories of a pre-war human the same way that the book version of the Tin Woodsman is a tin body containing the consciousness of a presumably-munchkin man and has angst about whether his emotions are real despite being the kindest, most empathetic, most human member of the group. The Tin Woodsman's original name in the Baum books is Nick Chopper.
Everything about this guy just screams 'I am here to be the Tin Man in a Wizard of Oz parallel'. Hell, Diamond City is full of references to the Wizard of Oz - it's the Great Green Jewel! Don't look at the man behind the curtain!
And it's absolutely doing my head in, because for the life of me, I can't identify a Scarecrow or Cowardly Lion anywhere in this mess and somehow my brain keeps insisting that those three come as a set.
I think you're absolutely right about Nick, but I suspect one of the issues you're having in solving this is that there isn't a single answer to the question. They aren't doing one-to-one parallels; they're re-using these ideas and themes across multiple characters.
For example, Danse is also a Tin Man. He wears his tin suit everywhere! He too is a synth with implanted memories! His personal quest relates to him being inherently a "heartless" monster who is a threat to everything he loves purely by virtue of being a synth! And of course the answer to that is that the idea is nonsense: he's more dedicated to the Brotherhood than anyone; he has always had a heart. But all of this is a relatively late stage reveal, and the links are less profound than they are with Nick.
So I think you've got multiple options, for Scarecrow and Cowardly lion, but I also think there are prime examples of each, just as Nick is the prime example of the Tin Man. And the moment I read your post I thought – oh, well, that's Preston Garvey and Hancock. Has to be.
First, because the main plot leads you directly to all three of them. You have to go just a couple of steps out of your way to meet people like Cait and Strong. It is virtually impossible to avoid at least encountering Preston, Nick and Hancock. You can ignore them and fail to do their quests – but the game insists you at least say hello.
Second, because all three are very deliberately defined by their costumes. All the companions wear appropriate clothes for their profession, sure, but these three have all chosen to dress for what they aspire to be. While the novels came first, obviously, I don't think it's possible to completely escape the 1939 film when talking about The Wizard of Oz, and I think three distinctive costumes is an important idea.
As for the characters themselves ...
Preston is designed to be the Sole Survivor's first friend in the new world, just as the Scarecrow is Dorothy's first companion in Oz (puppy dogs notwithstanding). Like the Scarecrow he must first be rescued from a place where he is stuck before he can assist.
And the key thing about Preston is that he doubts his own ability. He is not smart enough, not able enough, to lead the Minutemen, so he passes it off to his new friend on the basis of one successful rescue.
Most companions hand out bits of their backstory in their various affinity conversations. Preston leads with his. The Quincy Massacre and subsequent flight across the Commonwealth have completely shattered his confidence. "That's not who I am" he says, when you ask him why he can't lead. He's not worried about his courage or willingness to assist – he notes he can go into a firefight no problem – but about his ability to make good decisions.
He's incredibly self-effacing when he does have affinity conversations: he mostly talks about how well you are (or aren't) doing. If you're building a good relationship with him you can help restore his confidence by noting that he's attributing his own good qualities to you.
But as the Minuteman's primary quest giver, he is fundamentally the brains of the operation. He's the one who identifies and prioritises settlements that need assistance and might be persuaded to join the cause. He's the one who determines when you've got the resources to retake the Castle. Preston makes nothing but good decisions.
He was always smart enough to do this, but he needs the Sole Survivor to act as his proxy because of how much he doubts himself.
And while I cannot prove this, I strongly suspect that Bethesda intends the Minutemen ending to be the canon one. Preston and his Minutemen end up in charge of the Commonwealth after the fall of the Institute – much as the Wizard leaves the Scarecrow in charge when he flies away.
Hancock, meanwhile, does not need rescuing. When you first encounter him he goes on the attack, taking down a thug (arguably a little too aggressively). Later, he successfully defends his property when Bobbi tries to rob him. The Cowardly Lion, likewise, is first seen leaping out on the attack.
But all Hancock's stories are about his belief that he has not done enough. That he was too afraid to act and his fear got people killed. He worries about not having done more for the ghouls when they were exiled from Diamond City. His defining character story is about failing to save a drifter from Vic the mob boss, and needing to redeem himself for that. He talks about himself as a man who runs from everything, including himself. Hancock fundamentally does not believe in his own courage.
Of course, Hancock is actually one of the few people doing anything to protect the Commonwealth's outcasts. He was the only one who even bothered to try to get the ghouls to safety. And he has fundamentally transformed Goodneighbor into a place where synths, ghouls, robots and anyone else who needs sanctuary can be safe. He and his settlement constitute a significant portion of the active resistance to the Institute's activities.
And when the Wizard gives the Cowardly Lion "courage" he does so by dosing him with one of his snake oil concoctions. Likewise, Hancock forces himself to have "courage" by consuming a dodgy radiation drug he knew would turn him into a ghoul, because if he became one of the oppressed he would no longer have the option of looking away.
One Scarecrow, one Cowardly Lion. But that said, I do think these motifs surface elsewhere in other characters. I just think these are the "main" ones because of the way the narrative interacts with them.
hi sorry but i havent been able to keep my head above water this month. this time last year i was making enough money studying my special interest to take care of my loved ones but now i cannot do anything. i need to buy food. this has been the most traumatizing period of my adult life. i'm autistic and struggling to process a lot of grief and abuse right now & i'm being cyberstalked by the sort of people who are going to mock me over a post like this. please help me out if you can. no pressure. anything helps. blessings
Apologies for the radio silence as of late! I've been dealing with some health issues recently that have made it difficult to have time to work, but rest assured I'm slowly chipping away at more posts :)
that np mod they allowed to stalk a kid finally got banned for going on another racist tirade. admin is feeling out whether it should be a month or a year. gee
i'm amazed they didn't ban whoever he was arguing with as well. like absolutely shocked
still no staff comment on aforementioned highly visible child stalking incident
or the other 9999 rules he openly broke & was apprehended for but with no action taken
but then, the entire premise of our evil little protest was that the admins were extensively defending a racist mod. for this we were cast as crazy disabled people, villains, and crisis actors. if they end up being forced to ban the guy in question for being racist...
edit: he was banned for one month for an extended racist tirade
ok aforementioned admin (who does not like me) left the nukapedia server because it is so fucking racist and was labelled "me 2.0" by five people in defense of this guy
Nukapedia is dominated by lying alt-right men. here Savior DJ denies another admin's reality to protect white nationalist rhetoric. The decent admins have abandoned the discord entirely & know better than to argue with him. There are absolutely zero checks on his power. Any attempt by another admin to challenge his racist status quo are punished and silenced.
Below, the same admin indicts a trans woman of color for having reblogged this post. He says it contains misinformation without specifying what, as he apparently characterizes anything screencapped from np as "taken out of context in bad faith" no matter how self-evidently racist. He also pretends this post was contrived to promote the new wiki (which i would not announce for weeks) while also pretending it was made before i was banned. He can't even keep his lies straight. He provided zero proof for his indictment and apparently contrived a normally unused level of block, "infinite block," to humiliate her. Because he failed to write a public ban notice and provided no screenshots, we're all expected to take these assertions as *final* without proof.
Nukapedia is an alt-right pipeline entry point & those who criticize it are openly stalked for months. If you acknowledge their self-admitted 'racism problem' they will try to destroy reality around you and paint you as a hysterical supervillain. Please stop using Fandom. Please stop using the Fallout Fandom Wiki.
click here to read a statement from another respected community member who resigned in disgust imediately following these racist incidents.
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I have another fan setting that's been on my mind lately that I kind of want to talk about but there's no overlap between it and Oz so I might just make another blog for it. Idk.
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that np mod they allowed to stalk a kid finally got banned for going on another racist tirade. admin is feeling out whether it should be a month or a year. gee
i'm amazed they didn't ban whoever he was arguing with as well. like absolutely shocked
still no staff comment on aforementioned highly visible child stalking incident
or the other 9999 rules he openly broke & was apprehended for but with no action taken
but then, the entire premise of our evil little protest was that the admins were extensively defending a racist mod. for this we were cast as crazy disabled people, villains, and crisis actors. if they end up being forced to ban the guy in question for being racist...
I have another fan setting that's been on my mind lately that I kind of want to talk about but there's no overlap between it and Oz so I might just make another blog for it. Idk.
Totally didn't not realize for months that the invite link in our pinned was expired- nope. I am good at server admin-
Fixed it now lol
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Like many other creatures, humans too have undergone rapid evolution due to ambient radiation and the environmental pressures of surviving in the wasteland, leaving the average wastelander distinctly different from prewar or vault dwelling humans.
Many wastelanders have distinct, sharp canines and incisors, a change in dentition pointing to the changes in diet—rather than the typical hunter-gatherer omnivorous diet of pre-war man, rich in plants, sugars, and processed foods, wastelanders lean towards a more scavenger-omnivore diet, with meat taking up a much larger percentage. Teeth are not the only change to accommodate the change in available food sources, however; wastelanders are also more able to digest raw meat, and on a general level have heightened immunity to food-borne contagion. Many things that would be toxic to prewar humans find a regular place on the dinner plate.
Vision, too, has changed, with keener night vision taking precedence over detailed color; a trait that served ancient hunter-gatherers well when identifying ripe fruit was important, but now awareness of the dangers that lurk in the dark takes precedence.
A strengthened immune system developed as a response to 'superbugs' created by ambient radiation, leaving vault dwellers at a distinct disadvantage during cold and flu season. Genetic mutations are common, however there also seems to be a greater resistance to typical radiation effects, including cancer.
Overall, the average wastelander is a hardy creature, well adapted for the difficulties of post-war survival in the harsh environment of the wasteland, but no less human for it, as our legacy is one of adaptability.
The Unicorn is a notorious feral Sleipnir who roams the wider area of Avaton. It has a pure white coat—potentially due to albinism, though no one has been able to get close enough to see its eyes to be sure—and a single abnormally long tusk. The Vaqueros have urban legends about it, though whether they are all about this particular individual or whether it is simply the latest in a genetic line of odd-tusked white Slippers is unknown.
Unlike the old-world myths of unicorns, it is not an inherently peaceful individual, having attacked several people who have tried to get too close, and like all Slippers it is an omnivore.
It can be tamed by a Pioneer with the proper skills and used as a mount, providing extra carrying weight and speed when traveling.
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Like many other creatures, humans too have undergone rapid evolution due to ambient radiation and the environmental pressures of surviving in the wasteland, leaving the average wastelander distinctly different from prewar or vault dwelling humans.
Many wastelanders have distinct, sharp canines and incisors, a change in dentition pointing to the changes in diet—rather than the typical hunter-gatherer omnivorous diet of pre-war man, rich in plants, sugars, and processed foods, wastelanders lean towards a more scavenger-omnivore diet, with meat taking up a much larger percentage. Teeth are not the only change to accommodate the change in available food sources, however; wastelanders are also more able to digest raw meat, and on a general level have heightened immunity to food-borne contagion. Many things that would be toxic to prewar humans find a regular place on the dinner plate.
Vision, too, has changed, with keener night vision taking precedence over detailed color; a trait that served ancient hunter-gatherers well when identifying ripe fruit was important, but now awareness of the dangers that lurk in the dark takes precedence.
A strengthened immune system developed as a response to 'superbugs' created by ambient radiation, leaving vault dwellers at a distinct disadvantage during cold and flu season. Genetic mutations are common, however there also seems to be a greater resistance to typical radiation effects, including cancer.
Overall, the average wastelander is a hardy creature, well adapted for the difficulties of post-war survival in the harsh environment of the wasteland, but no less human for it, as our legacy is one of adaptability.
The Unicorn is a notorious feral Sleipnir who roams the wider area of Avaton. It has a pure white coat—potentially due to albinism, though no one has been able to get close enough to see its eyes to be sure—and a single abnormally long tusk. The Vaqueros have urban legends about it, though whether they are all about this particular individual or whether it is simply the latest in a genetic line of odd-tusked white Slippers is unknown.
Unlike the old-world myths of unicorns, it is not an inherently peaceful individual, having attacked several people who have tried to get too close, and like all Slippers it is an omnivore.
It can be tamed by a Pioneer with the proper skills and used as a mount, providing extra carrying weight and speed when traveling.
