Left My Heart in the Mojave

This is so dumb lol

A piece of Joshua Graham I drew a while ago. I had several different concepts for it in mind and it didn't quite turn out like I wanted to, but I've made my peace with it.

I used his melee attack as a pose reference!

liz: wooolpaeys

As things are, the Platinum Chip might be in the wrong hands, but it’s safe. House knows where it is, and he knows Benny won’t do anything rash until until he’s pushed to. House is waiting to see if the Courier is up to the task before playing his hand. And anyone who can’t find a way past the gate, either through caps, the right contacts, or outright hacking his Securitrons, isn’t resourceful enough to be trusted with a task as important as the Chip’s recovery.

Likewise, the missions House gives the Courier are a sort of extended job interview. As well as being vital to House’s plans for New Vegas, each of assignment tests a different set skills, giving House the data he needs to evaluate the Courier as an employee. (And for someone as obsessed with statistical models as House, data is worth more than gold.)

The Boomers? Testing the Courier’s diplomacy skills, or lack thereof.

The Omertas? Testing their investigative skills.

The Brotherhood of Steel? Testing whether or not the Courier is capable of following orders, even if it means killing a large number of innocent people. It’s important to note that this is one of the few quests in House’s storyline that the Courier can’t skip. Before House can fully accept the Courier as his protege, he needs to know that they will do whatever is necessary to secure the future of New Vegas. Any moral crisis the Courier might experience during this mission is an intended consequence, not an accident.

Referenced a Leyendecker artwork for this! :)

Veronica thinks Christine left the Brotherhood to get away from her homophobic parents, but she apparently joined their version of internal affairs and remained even more committed to the Brotherhood than Veronica is. That raises the question of how Veronica didn't know about this, what role the Brotherhood's culture actually played in Christine's decision, and how much Christine knew about Veronica's status, because Veronica's dialogue makes it sound like they talked in person before Christine "left". Maybe Elijah tampered with messages to Veronica. That would explain why she got over the breakup quicker: she thinks Christine dumped her via text.

But by far the most wrong thing Veronica says about Christine is "I'm sure she's moved on." Girl, you can’t imagine how Not Over you Christine is. It is vital to the themes of Dead Money that Christine hasn’t let go of Veronica. She’s so not over Veronica, she went on a mission of vengeance to kill the guy who broke them up. Yeah, he's committed other atrocities since then, but she definitely volunteered for the job when his name popped up on the hit list. Being too brain-damaged to write and getting her vocal cords scrambled couldn’t stop her from expressing how being separated from Veronica has filled her with murderous rage. Can relate.

Oh to be even half as cool as her 😔

These might not look great I worked on it for too long and can't see anymore lol

Didn't draw the gun in the other image I couldn't figure out the angle