I talk about fallout down there (mostly nonsense thought dump) ⬇️
Thinking Abt the existence of modern traditions 200 years into the post apocalypse is very interesting to me... I think that the Enclave, bastion of conservatism and WASPism that it was, probably held Christmas traditions pretty intact throughout its lifespan. Good Ol American Values yadda yadda conflating American identity with whiteness and Christianity and the picket fence happy nuclear family veneer. So Arcade had at least a few Traditional Christmases as a kid. Which I think would probably be pretty unique in the wasteland. 200 years is a long ass time for tradition and culture to morph when it isn't being held still a chokehold by an insular community. Idk how strongly cultural Christianity would still be smothering the general zeitgeist around 2281, but I definitely think the traditions of winter holidays would have changed and morphed a lot from what they are today. Idk I'm not an anthropologist.
Anyway, The other big source of info about old world traditions would be old world ghouls like Richie!! I won't talk about his lore because he's not my character obviously, but he was alive before the bombs dropped so he'd know firsthand how Christmas was celebrated back then. I think Delilah would want to set up a Real Christmas celebration for him, "just like in the old days!!" To make him smile :) Arcade could help them get the details right. Someone's making eggnog out of mantis eggs or something. Hey are there chickens in fallout??? Do I remember there being some in 4? Are they just regular ass chickens?
Ok stop talking peep MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS OR IF YOU DONT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS HAPPY MONDAY LOLOL I HOPE YOU'RE OFF FROM WORK AT LEAST.
Little pic dump of some progress of my peepy head, her eyes are uv reactive and glow in the dark and im hand weaving her mane,,,, its gonna be a fuck ton of work and im not even halfway done.
A collab I did with my friend Conner (doodleconner on Instagram!) They did the storyboards/rough animation/FX/editing, and I did the backgrounds/cleanup animation/coloring/lighting!
[ID: A short, full-color, two-shot animation of ZIM from Invader ZIM. Behind him is a flaming cityscape at sunset. He dramatically cries (with audio from the original show), "Peepy! Obey me!" It cuts to an itemlabel Peepy on the ground in the light of a streetlamp, broken car parts around it. ZIM cries "Peepy!" as the camera zooms in on the Peepy, flames dimly flickering in its eyes. End ID.]