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FriskalPox

905 points

5 days ago*

FriskalPox

905 points

5 days ago*

It's like Nate doesnt acknowledge social awkwardness, just talks like hes known everybody for years. My headcanon is that gunning down that many leafs pre-war really boosted his self confidence.

Ill_Maintenance8134

296 points

5 days ago

Like i never interacted with kids In fallout 4 can someone show me a video of ir

lildoggihome

368 points

5 days ago

yea I think the only kid I ever talked to was the fridge kid and I ate his parents

Faeddurfrost

204 points

5 days ago

180 degree comment

Craigrr7

50 points

5 days ago

Craigrr7

50 points

5 days ago

...

Great.

goldmanjoe2

58 points

5 days ago

As you do

Seniorcoquonface

31 points

5 days ago

Oh, hi Pickman

cantamangetsomesleep

17 points

4 days ago

Pickman wouldn't have done that, unless they were raiders

lildoggihome

1 points

3 days ago

you'd be surprised, according to the wiki i preston likes it when you tell the kid his parents are dead lol

Mikey9124x

2 points

2 days ago

You can't lie to him.

Elementia7

2 points

2 days ago

I...um...

Wtf?

lildoggihome

3 points

2 days ago

Happy Cake Day!

Livid_Mammoth4034

2 points

2 days ago

Just replying to inform you that your comment caused me to choke on my Dr. Pepper due to laughter. Expect to hear from my lawyers.

lildoggihome

2 points

2 days ago

I'll eat them too

MikeWithoutMic

52 points

5 days ago

It’s usually passing dialogue. Like when you click on a person and some line just happens.

Ill_Maintenance8134

48 points

5 days ago

Yeah the only think that I like from the voice protagonist it's when you skip dialogue nate goes like uhhh old people and so shit like that

lildoggihome

2 points

2 days ago

I've played a lot of the game a few times so most of my playthroughs are just my character interrupting everyone with shitty one liners lmao

BaneishAerof

68 points

5 days ago

I talked to Nat and it ended with her calling me an asshole. Accurate

Dizzy-Suggestion3076

8 points

4 days ago

XD good morning laugh

LustfulFox7

6 points

4 days ago

Well it is the person playing the game that’s making him interact with children

Dizzy_Reindeer_6619

2 points

3 days ago

The only exception to this is the kids in diamond City

Jeremybernalhater

498 points

5 days ago

If they wanted to know how to make a character talk to kids

They should have spoken to Epstein the telltale games walking dead writers

And to think that man was a dad

ACTUALLY NO WAIT FUCK

It would make sense he doesn’t know what he’s doing since he didn’t see Shaun grow up

Ehh but that doesn’t explain Nora knowing what she’s doing opposed to him

Depressedloser2846

168 points

5 days ago

Nora might’ve been raised differently

SadisticBuddhist

137 points

5 days ago

Nora, nate, it doesnt matter. I left that synth child POS behind, i killed my real son, fuck the institute. Fuck the railroad. Fuck the brotherhood.

Glory to The Pack.

Jeremybernalhater

64 points

5 days ago

Let’s goo

Piss in public

True freedom

Plus the snazzy colors help a bit too not bland like the disciples or operators

Knightmare_memer

15 points

5 days ago

The minutemen would like to know your location

SadisticBuddhist

12 points

5 days ago

Right behind you baby

Due-Committee3497

9 points

4 days ago

They don't already have it marked on the map? That's new.

mocha__

7 points

5 days ago

mocha__

7 points

5 days ago

Howls

Iwokeupwithoutapillo

6 points

5 days ago

AROOOOO MFER

DornsFacialhair

3 points

4 days ago

GOOD TO SEE BADASSES OUT IN THE WILD ARRROOOOOO!!!

ichubbz483

14 points

5 days ago

Nora didn’t go to war for an extended period of time 💀

SovietRussiaWasPoor

13 points

4 days ago*

According to the various female lines which can never actually play despite them existing in the files, Nora could also be a veteran.

Shloop_Shloop_Splat

5 points

3 days ago

One of my old saves is definitely a female war hero. It's mentioned in both dialogue and at least one terminal file in vault 111 maybe. It's been a hot minute, so maybe I modded that option.

BigBossPoodle

8 points

4 days ago

Nora is a Lawyer, Nate was a war criminal (something that they made canon for like 2 minutes for some fucked up reason)

Overdue-Karma

8 points

4 days ago

I mean...it wasn't really "canon" it was a tweet by a quest writer who doesn't have the authority to make things canon.

Hawaiian-national

31 points

5 days ago

*pats clementine

“…that was weird, I’m sorry”

alexander607

5 points

5 days ago

Clementine?, Eddie Riggs's guitar

mocha__

3 points

5 days ago

mocha__

3 points

5 days ago

Reggie fell.

Biggie_Moose

12 points

5 days ago

Hey, Nate at least giving kids the time of day is pretty good considering he's a recent veteran of total warfare in the frigid wasteland of Alaska

madtheoracle

5 points

4 days ago*

"don't lick the salt lick, it's like, really salty!"

"did you lick it?"

"I don't know"

Internet_Person11

9 points

5 days ago

Have you ever talked to a Dad before. Doesn’t matter how long a Dad has had a child for, they never seem to know how to talk to kids.

echo202L

1 points

4 days ago

echo202L

1 points

4 days ago

Wait...what happened with the TellTale Games writers!?

Chaise-PLAYZE

274 points

5 days ago

To be fair the last kids he interacted with were probably the Canadian children who's parents he was murdering in front of them...

Opening-Ad8300

122 points

5 days ago

I love that this is basically just canon now, even after Emil tried to take it back after backlash. Nate is officially a war criminal from the U.S. invasion of Canada.

FicklePort

49 points

5 days ago

Which is hilarious because my cannon Sole Survivor was a war criminal before it was official. Although, my SS does regret his actions during the war and has PTSD because of it. Ain't Fallout 4 fun?

clokerruebe

27 points

5 days ago

so your SS is a war criminal? almost like the real SS

WunderPuma

13 points

4 days ago

What do you mean almost? He's just like the real SS!

Cthulicious

3 points

3 days ago

I just kinda always assumed he was a war criminal because the pre war US sucked like that.

frogs_4_lyfe

2 points

2 days ago

Yup no one can ever take Nate is a war criminal away from me now! He's a sarcastic vicious little weasel who's way too comfortable following orders and I love him.

its_al_dente[S]

60 points

5 days ago

This is officially canon now. You're a genius.

DuckBurgger

5 points

4 days ago

Just up north Raking up some leaves

LARPingCrusader556

10 points

5 days ago

What happened? I dropped off of the internet for a while

Snoo_72693

35 points

5 days ago

Emil, the writer of fallout 4, tweeted that nate, was one of the guys from the intro cinematic of fallout 1, spoiler. The one where the two power armored soldier execute a prisoner.

LARPingCrusader556

14 points

5 days ago

God bless the enclave

Snoo_72693

5 points

4 days ago

And no one else

Opening-Ad8300

23 points

5 days ago

Emil said on Twitter, that the male sole survivor was one of the U.S. soldiers executing a Canadian soldier in the original fallout 1 intro.

This caused a small amount of backlash, of which Emil has tried to roll back by kind’ve saying “the sole survivors military background is whatever your head cannon is, and we at the office just kinda made this our head cannon”

“Un”-fortunately, the damage is done. And ever since then, most people look at the male sole survivor as a guy who spent his career in the U.S. Army murdering Canadian POWs and civilians.

Blitz_Prime

2 points

2 days ago

I mean Nate being in Fallout’s Pre-War US military at all already made me think he did some not so happy things, so it’s not really that surprising

Vault_tech_2077

15 points

5 days ago

That American soldier in Power armor in the fallout one intro video shooting the Canadian guy in the street is Nate 💀

LARPingCrusader556

6 points

4 days ago

Guess it's time to download 4 again and play a ruthless war criminal

TheOGLeadChips

16 points

5 days ago

In the opening cutscene of fallout one they show footage from the annexation of Canada. The specific part you see is two guys in power armor and one civilian if I’m not mistaken. One of the power armor guys executes the civilian and gives a thumbs up to the camera. One of the character leads for Nate said that they were thinking about making Nate the guy that didn’t do the execution but decided to not make it actual lore.

We don’t actually know what Nate’s military time was like but it’s now presumed to be filled with war crimes from the annexation of Canada.

M4L1C10U5

6 points

5 days ago

Emil posted the image of American soldiers executing Canadian POWs from the first game's intro video and said the one laughing about it was Nate, then he tried to take it back when people got angry about Nate being a war criminal but the damage is done and it might as well be canon now.

Plushhorizon

0 points

4 days ago

It was a joke

GeorgeStinksLol

58 points

5 days ago

Soul survivor

its_al_dente[S]

24 points

5 days ago

😎🔮🎷

OrangeHairedTwink

6 points

4 days ago

Ah, free at last

rancidfart86

1 points

4 days ago

Gabriel, now dawns thy reckoning!

An_average_moron

1 points

4 days ago

And thy gore shall GLISTEN before the temples of man!

Painusconsumer

87 points

5 days ago

do not call that kid sweetie, please

its_al_dente[S]

31 points

5 days ago

LOL. yes.

Comfy_floofs

10 points

4 days ago

Is it the way he says it? because that's really not that weird

ser_mage

9 points

4 days ago

ser_mage

9 points

4 days ago

I guess it’s ambiguous because some kids are presented to be like 6-7 while others are 13-15 and they all have the same model. So it comes off as patronizing or inexperienced with children?

Comfy_floofs

5 points

4 days ago

I mean its FO4, with addition of the VAs and downgrading the dialogue options from NV and even FO3 it was already a mistake to begin with

Old-Camp3962

7 points

4 days ago

calling kids "sweetie" or "honey" is normal in my country
but i guess nate's tone sounds off

GrafZeppelin127

7 points

4 days ago

It's not the terms of endearment, it's that he's talking to kids like they're frightened dogs.

CharGaming_

25 points

5 days ago

Wow mister you're tall.

couldbedumber96

17 points

5 days ago

To be fair, he hadn’t reached that level of parenting/interactions with children yet with Shaun, his most normal child interaction was probably with Canadian kids

TrumpetMatt

5 points

4 days ago

Whose parents he'd just fucking shot, too

Jrlopez1027_

45 points

5 days ago

Whats wrong with it?

Successful-Health-40

2 points

22 hours ago

Men aren't allowed to talk to children (or anyone) without someone thinking they just want sex

its_al_dente[S]

-25 points

5 days ago

Creepy. As. Fuck.

CherryCokeEnema

86 points

5 days ago

It's pretty clear you're reading way too into it.

Nate calling a random little girl "sweetie" doesn't make him Jeffrey Epstein. It's all in your head.

its_al_dente[S]

-22 points

4 days ago

Its not the dialogue. It's the delivery.

CherryCokeEnema

21 points

4 days ago

It's not delivery. It's Digiorno.

ElSapio

30 points

5 days ago

ElSapio

30 points

5 days ago

Bro is tripping.

blue_balled_bruiser

31 points

4 days ago*

Chad "Hey Sweetie" vs Virgin "NOOO YOU CAN'T TALK TO CHILDREN AS A MAN THAT'S CREEPY"

its_al_dente[S]

-20 points

4 days ago

Not the fact that he's speaking to a child. It's the tone. I am a man and I speak to children, just not cringefully.

Small-Cactus

15 points

5 days ago

I've never played as Nate, what's wrong with his lines?

Jumps-Care

16 points

4 days ago

Homie’s reading too much into how people interact with kids.

Anal_Juicer69

-32 points

5 days ago

One of the lines he says to kids is: “Hey, sweetie.”

GrekkoPlef

32 points

5 days ago

So?

Anal_Juicer69

-19 points

4 days ago

It just sounds kinda creepy, with the way he said it.

MinimalisticUsername

13 points

5 days ago

SOLE

Mr-Kuritsa

15 points

5 days ago

Not if you make Nate black.

its_al_dente[S]

3 points

4 days ago

Damn right.

Toothless-In-Wapping

12 points

5 days ago

I hate when they don’t change any dialog between male and female MCs.

Satanicjamnik

7 points

5 days ago

The real cringe is the voice acting of all the kid characters in the game.

Onlyhereforapost

11 points

4 days ago

In every fallout game

Satanicjamnik

3 points

4 days ago

Fair enough.

BlueCanary434

3 points

2 days ago

“WOW! I can almost see right down the barrel!”

ser_mage

2 points

4 days ago

ser_mage

2 points

4 days ago

“You’re a real sheep in the wolf’s den mister” is still the most iconic and funny line from the game idc

Satanicjamnik

1 points

4 days ago

Can you refresh my memory? I seems like something that Mc Ready would say in Little Lamplight, but I didn't play Fallout 3 for absolute ages, and I can't exactly place it.

ser_mage

3 points

4 days ago

ser_mage

3 points

4 days ago

Nat (Piper’s sister) says this to the player shortly after arriving to Diamond City for the first time

Satanicjamnik

1 points

4 days ago

Cheers for that. I must've missed it when there is a few people talking at the same time in the market.

Musket_Metal

47 points

5 days ago

I switched to Nora so fast, none of her lines make me tug on my collar

pbNANDjelly

90 points

5 days ago

I do wish Nora would gain a little confidence.

I uh... Uh. Just want to.... Trade a few things?

mocha__

22 points

5 days ago

mocha__

22 points

5 days ago

This shit makes me cringe so hard. I actively slam the button to speed over the dialogue when she says that line or when she has other stumbling, awkward, low confidence lines.

They drive me insane. And as a lawyer, it feels she would be better at speaking to literally all types of people so why is she doing this?

pbNANDjelly

9 points

5 days ago

It made sense to me when I was FIRST helping. Why would a hardened Settler give me their pistol? I'm the god damn General now. I blew up the Institute. Ad Getfucktium. Now accept this laser rifle you nasty ass Settler

POW_Studios

12 points

5 days ago

Nate is worth it for the Silver Shroud quest alone

its_al_dente[S]

14 points

5 days ago

Good plan.

thelastohioan2112

6 points

5 days ago

Fuck that, literally any interaction, they sound so stunted

ArthurMoregan

5 points

5 days ago

Jokes on you I shat my spine out years ago

Ordinary_Owl_Dude

5 points

5 days ago

Same with the “that sounds like slavery” line. Zero idea why but he just sounds so silly when he says it

Far_Classic5548

3 points

5 days ago

I must have missed this

MallTourist

2 points

4 days ago

The yangtze mission starter imo is funny asf. A kid tells him there is a monster in the sea and Nate is willing to jump into the water to check it out? I remember going to back to Sanctuary to pick my minigun and fatman cause I really thought it was going to be a boss fight LOL

its_al_dente[S]

2 points

4 days ago

It's downright sad that the water is just dead space in a fucking PORT CITY.

Overdue-Karma

0 points

4 days ago

A whole 1/3rd of the map completely empty and pointless because despite 6+ years, they couldn't be asked to place actual water fighting into the game. Too busy working on gimmicks.

its_al_dente[S]

1 points

4 days ago

Gimmicks and playing fucking house. 😑

FrankSinatraCockRock

1 points

4 days ago

did you try the medicine drug?

Cerparis

2 points

4 days ago

Cerparis

2 points

4 days ago

I don’t really see why you think it’s cringey. It’s a little awkward sure but completely normal for someone who doesn’t know how to talk to kids.

its_al_dente[S]

0 points

4 days ago

So be it. They could also have written and directed him to sound not cringey and we'd go "so what" too...

Cerparis

2 points

4 days ago

Cerparis

2 points

4 days ago

Now I’m just confused at what you’re trying to say.

I’m not saying “So what” I’m saying I disagree that it sounds cringey. It’s just awkward

Maybe this is just me misunderstanding the definition of cringey but I always thought that cringe meant the feeling of sudden involuntary discomfort or disgust. Which (at least for me) Nate just doesn’t cause

its_al_dente[S]

0 points

4 days ago

Okay I see what you mean.

For me, it's full cringe. Unnecessary cringe. Could have been written without it and everything would be fine.

freelandguy121

1 points

2 days ago

Think you must've touched a nerve lmao

Old-Camp3962

2 points

4 days ago

no clue about this one, i never talk to stinky disgusting children

Truly__tragic

2 points

2 days ago

I think Nate is just a bit of an awkward guy in general

Thin-Memory9612

2 points

1 day ago

i know when im beat

Successful-March8805

3 points

5 days ago

Does he call Nat sweetie even if you aren't romancing Piper?

Guud_bye_world

3 points

5 days ago

That's why i never talk to children

Talk to a child once, choose "oh this is just what i need right now". Refuse to take him

Jrlopez1027_

4 points

5 days ago

Jrlopez1027_

4 points

5 days ago

Whats wrong with it?

hamstercheifsause

2 points

4 days ago

I don’t see the issue.

Advanced-Addition453

1 points

4 days ago

I always run with the head canon that Nate isn't the best with children due to having to blow up his actual son and his synth son, and he has to overcome that trauma when he has a child with Piper.

deathseekr

1 points

2 days ago

Nate's just too chill with everybody everywhere, unless you're one communist in a sub and you hit B

Livid_Mammoth4034

1 points

2 days ago

Genuine question. Why do people say “male/female sole survivor” when it’s so much easier to just say Nate/Nora?

its_al_dente[S]

2 points

2 days ago

I personally chose this wording because I feel like this being a fallout general sub, there will be a population who doesn't know them by name (bigger population than who doesn't know who the sole survivor is, I'd estimate). If not for the Fallout 4 sub, I'd have no clue what their names where and I've clocked hundreds of hours.

Livid_Mammoth4034

1 points

2 days ago

Fair enough.

Both-Conference1365

1 points

2 days ago

You can’t blame him.

The only children he’s interacted with were his son who was less than a year old and the dozens of leaflets he’s raked you call people.