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queen-of-the-danse · 23 days

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this is actually how blind betrayal went down

#Paladin danse #danse fanart #danse x fsole #same

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queen-of-the-danse · 2 months

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Mother - Fallout 4 fan art by Joel Kilpatrick

“Inspired by Fallout 4. For anyone who hasn’t played any Fallout games, feral ghouls are humans who were horribly irradiated in the nuclear war.

The radiation caused their brains to deteriorate, they are violent and have no ability to reason. But sometimes after killing one, you might find that they were carrying with them a baby rattle or some keepsake from their lives before.I always wonder if they get glimpses of loved ones and memories from their old lives. And if they retain any part of themselves from before.

Maybe she’s remembering someone.”

#fallout

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queen-of-the-danse · 2 months

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Area Man gets bullied by a ten year old

#fallout 4 #shaun fallout #paladin danse

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queen-of-the-danse · 4 months

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“I... I didn't know you felt that strongly about our... well, about us.”

#paladin danse #goddamn #love this

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queen-of-the-danse · 6 months

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Look, sometimes Danse needs to be beaten with a bat, but please only beat him for things he actually did.

My boy has never indicated that he thinks all ghouls should die, nor does it appear to be Brotherhood policy to kill them. (Actually, there’s evidence that this was the case back in 3, but here they seem specifically obsessed with killing ferals). He does make one horrible comment about killing Vault-Tec Guy specifically, but otherwise 1. Is protective of villagers at the Slog, 2. Is kind to Fridge Billy, and 3. Likes Kent and rips into you if you kill him.

There are lots of reasons to hate my darling Buzz Lightyear. You don’t need to invent them.

#danse #fo4

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queen-of-the-danse · 8 months

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relationship hcs: danse

a/n: yes fo4 in the lords year of 2023 bc i clearly havent gotten over this man in 8 years! 😀

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(nsfw below cut!)

sfw ⭒ 𓆞ㅤ 𓈒 𓇼ㅤׂ

danse is an incredibly layered character - it would take him particularly long to develop feelings for someone and even longer for him to actually realize he's falling in love

even when he can't help but finally acknowledge the strange feeling in his chest everytime he's around you, he would most likely still play it off

because he's so inexperienced with relationships, even friendships, he believes he's simply grateful to you for sparing his life

it's tough for him to express this gratitude with words early on, but even then he always has this burning desire to simply do things for you?

whether that's improving or polishing your weapons while you're asleep or organizing your desk when you're gone

all he knows is that he wants to be close to you, to protect you, to serve you - after all, you were the one that gave his life purpose after he left the brotherhood

it's only when one of your mutual friends starts teasing him about it that he questions his feelings further - and it's like a switch flips in his brain

all of a sudden he can't look you in the eyes anymore

he gets so flustered and overwhelmed by these new emotions, convinced it must be inappropriate for him to be feeling this way

when you stand a little too close to him his brain short-circuits, his breathing becomes unsteady and all he can think about is how much he wants you even closer to him

he does awkward pauses and clears his throat a lot when you're talking

obviously, he's terrified of losing you - or worse, scaring you away - so he wouldn't ever be the one to make a move, no matter how much the emotions in his stomach threaten to boil over

so when you finally pick up on it - it's actually not that difficult, he's kind of obvious - he'd be so, so relieved at you taking the lead

when your feelings are out in the open and he grows used to the change in relationship, there's a lot of inconspicuous flirting and delicate teasing

he finds out that he really, really likes kissing you (it's even better in reality than what he dreamed it would be)

whenever your lips find his and your hands his chin and neck, his heart feels like it's melting in his chest

even though his hands are rough, all his touches are so, so soft, so loving - a stark contrast to the image of the soldier he used to be

he handles you like a piece of fine china, afraid you could break and leave him behind all by himself

danse finds purpose and joy in your happiness, your love - emotions he was scared would stay forever lost

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ngl i headcanon danse as demisexual with medium to low drive to be physically intimate

he's not familiar with intimacy, and only after he falls head over heels and has his first experiences with you does he realize how rewarding it can be

his focus lies on your pleasure first and foremost, always, he's absolutely more on the giving end

he loves watching your face while his fingers play with you, he loves hearing you, feeling your body shift in his lap

he's so mesmerized by everything about you that his heart threatens to burst out of his chest every time he hears your soft moans

really, there's little in the world that gives danse the same satisfaction as making you cum

not much dirty talk, he prefers to whisper soft praises down the side of your neck every once in a while

despite everything he can be somewhat of a tease sometimes - the only time he'll enjoy having any kind of power over you

always takes such good care of you after and holds you in his arms while you drift off to sleep

#fallout 4 #paladin danse #danse headcanons

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queen-of-the-danse · 9 months

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met the sweetest 13 year old boy at my job who talked my ear off about fallout and he said "I don't understand why Preston gets as much hate as he does. He sends me to get good loot and I always need that. So I appreciate it."

#Preston Garvey #fallout 4 #fo4 #I love him too

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queen-of-the-danse · 9 months

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idgaf if bethesda ever tells us concretely which country launched the first nuke, the only answer i will accept is the original one, the one that said "we wont tell you, because it doesnt matter. there is no moral highground in the story of the great war, and the end result for those alive today is all the same either way. those most responsible faced the fewest consequences, and no justice was served. there is no justifiable way to nuke anyone, no matter who struck first. everyone lost and thats the very nature of war and always has been. war is evil, and in that way, war never changes"

not broadcasting who was "really to blame" is purposeful, and any other answer would undercut fallout's core identity to me

#fallout

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queen-of-the-danse · 9 months

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Danse, young junk seller from Rivet City

#paladin danse #danse #danse fanart #fallout 4 #fo4

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queen-of-the-danse · 1 year

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Playing around with Photoshop’s generative AI filter and this is very interesting

#fallout 4 #fo4 #paladin danse #danse #danse fanart #I know it’s not very fallout themed but I was just playing around #I also know there are ethics issues around AI art but I figure for fanart related purposes where no money is made it’s ok

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queen-of-the-danse · 1 year

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I've said before that the synth thing would work better with a McCarthyism allegory, but for Danse specifically, its so similar to autism that it has to be intentional??

Like. The thing that really solidified that Danse in particular is just straight up about autism is Piper's line in Blind Betrayal. Paraphrased, it goes something like, "I mean...yeah, of course he's a synth. It was kind of obvious, wasn't it? I mean, have you heard him talk?"

The autism accent is a concept that seems to be popping up more recently, but its a real thing, and in my own experience, everyone in my life has been able to clock that there was something different about me from my speech. People thought it was weird that I used "adult" words as a kid, and was very technical and exact when speaking. I was often mistaken as being from places like Brooklyn because I had a weird affectation to my voice.

And there's just. This fucking line. "Have you heard him talk?". Piper is also the person who clicked McDonough as a synth. It's worth noting that McDonough and Danse both use words like "rabble".

But seriously.

Danse goes through his life being respected for his work ethic, intelligence, and strong sense of duty and morals, but he never really bonds with anyone, he doesn't make friends. He's respected, not liked. People want to work with him, but the best they have to say about him is about his work. He makes one single friend in his entire life, and never tries again after that guy dies. And no one tries to befriend him. He's their brother. He's not their friend. And he takes his job too seriously as a commanding officer to attempt emotional connection. He apologizes for overstepping on the few occasions he does.

He talks like a thesaurus, and no one is sure if its to sound smarter, or if that's just genuinely how he thinks. It's strongly implied to be the latter. He's incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about various topics. He sounds like a kid on Christmas when you risk life and limb cracking open a vault that's supposed to have riches, but instead, just has some historical items. He throws his Brotherhood prejudice away the moment he finds a farm run by ghouls that uses pre-war structures in a creative way, and scolds you if you do the Brotherhood thing and insult them. He also seemingly forgets that he's in the Brotherhood when meeting a child ghoul, that kid's parents, a shy, insecure ghoul who clings to children's media (despite Danse finding children's entertainment stupid and a waste of time), and Daisy.

And then there's the synth thing.

Danse has always been Danse, but one little word gets attached to him and his life turns upside down. His work ethic is no longer a work ethic, it's viewed as a perversion. His intelligence and manner of speech are no longer of his own merit and education he had to have given himself, they become inevitable, things he had no say in. His existence is both erased and explained by one word, and anything else is irrelevant or in question. People who once respected him want nothing to do with him, because this one word puts him in a context they find unnatural, corrupted, inhuman. There's even something there with the Institute. Autism is (incorrectly) associated with vaccines, the government, science gone wrong. It's a man-made horror.

And then you have the people he gets lumped in with, after being thrown out for this one word. They take schadenfreude in it. This is comeuppance, this is deserved. This one word, something they take pride in or have sympathy for and want to protect, suddenly becomes weaponized. It's a source of pride for others, but for this one person, we're going to use it as punishment. You weren't with us from the start, so now you really are on your own. It's not that there isn't a right way to be this one word, it's just that there's a wrong way, and even if you change accordingly, you will never belong with the rest of us.

Its. Autism is about exclusion, from everyone and everything. Always being an outsider, often too polite or nervous or jaded to even bother looking in. And at every point in Danse's life he didn't belong. He was a rogue synth, so he didn't belong in the Institute. He naturally thrives as a soldier, so he didn't belong as a junk seller in Rivet City. He was a synth and considerably more kind and compassionate than the rest of the BOS, so he didn't belong there. And because he was a BOS soldier and is still working out some bad traits after his exile, he isn't welcomed by the people who he was thrown to. Everywhere he goes, there's a big neon sign over his head that changes to whatever word will ward off everyone around him and he's so used to it, the thing that makes him angriest about being a synth is that he doesn't even have parents. He doesn't even have that connection to the world, of being born into it. There is nothing he can connect himself to beyond the Institute (which he hates) and the Brotherhood (which, if he continues to connect himself to, will drive him to suicide out of sense of duty, and he already agreed to not do that)

Its just. His entire story is one of absolute isolation and the final dickpunch of "You've always hated yourself, right? Good news, here's a reason to kill yourself that's professional and won't illicit pity from your peers, so no one will judge you for doing it or grieve you."

#fallout 4 #fo4 #paladin danse #danse #Danse meta #oh my god this analysis is perfect #I’ve always headcanoned him as autistic #but this explains why I’m so drawn to him

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queen-of-the-danse · 1 year

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#Skyrim #tes #no op murder Lemkil in Rorikstead and then adopt Sissell

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queen-of-the-danse · 1 year

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do you ever love a character in such a specific and weird way that you can’t even share it with anyone else bc it won’t make sense?

#personal #this is about Bruce wayne #not Batman just Bruce #…I’m going through a very intense hyperfixation rn #it’s been a while since I’ve had one like this

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queen-of-the-danse · 1 year