Despair Sisters My old doodles last year. I like Junko's face I drew š„°
This year Iām announcing one of our favorite weeks with the launch of a somewhat āofficialā* OCkiss blog! Please follow me if youāre interested in this event and other OC-kissing content!
from FEBRUARY 10th, 2020 to FEBRUARY 16th, 2020
What is OCkiss? Itās a week long event in which artists, writers and other creatives produce content about OCs kissing.
Who can participate in OCkiss? Do you have an OC? Do you want to participate in OCkiss? Congrats, youāre in! Create something and upload it during the event with the tag #ockiss20
My OC doesnāt have a significant other, can I still participate? Of course! OCkiss is not restricted to romantic kisses - they can be friendly, they can be familiar, they can just be kissing their pet!
Can I use other peopleās OCs? If they have stated that their OCs are up for grabs for this event, of course! If youāre not sure, please, please always ask the OCās owner first.
Iām a bit lost and donāt know what to create! You can ask other people for prompts, make your own, or follow the official #ockiss20 prompt list!
If you have more questions, please refer to the main FAQ!
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Remember to tag your OCkiss creations with the #ockiss20 tag! I aim to reblog everybody who participates and I will set up a queue to that effect. Reblog culture has gone down on Tumblr, and I want to change that and promote creators to the best of my ability - it would be awesome if you joined me on this! If you donāt want your work to be reblogged here, please say so in the tags!
*I donāt own OCkiss in any shape or form, and everybody is free to launch their own OCkiss event whenever they want! Iām just aiming to have a more organized place for it, as I have been organizing this event for the last two years on my artblog.
impusively kissing! kissing when laughing! kissing cheeks to say thanks! kissing noses! kissing foreheads! kissing hands! kissing wrists! kissing temples! kissing fingertips! lazy kissing! goodbye kisses! see you later kisses! wait for me kisses! be right back kisses! that is so stupid but i love you kissing!
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DRV3 Boys -
First time with virgin girlfriend
Reacting to their baby calling them daddy
Brushing their girlfriends hair
With a SHSL Baker S/O
With a S/O who's taller than them
Touch starved S/O who cries out of happiness
Kokichi Ouma -
Getting overstimulated by his boyfriend
Experience and sex drive HC
Dirty secret, masturbation, and turn offās HC
Having a crush on a girl in the killing game
S/O convincing him to cuddle
General relationship HC
A S/O who needs to get reminded to sleep
Cuddle HCs
Makeout HCs
A S/O who gets cold and climbs under his clothes
Jealous HC
Albino S/O
SHSL Memory S/O
Rantarou Amami -
NSFW with pwhv S/O
With a simplistic S/O
General relationship HC
A S/O who needs to get reminded to sleep
Deaf!S/O
Shinguuji Korekiyo -
Aftercare, favorite position, intimacy, kink, turn onās, pace, sex toy, teasing, and sex drive HC
Aftercare, cum, turn-offās, teasing, and volume HC
Kink HC
A S/O who needs to get reminded to sleep
Y/N confessing and kissing him
Long Distance HC
With a S/O who playfully smacks his ass
With a S/O with facial asymmetry
Thigh riding HCs
S/O with chronic pain
Deaf!S/O
āHey, what if I love you?ā
Anxious!S/O
Cuddle HCs
Makeout HCs
With a S/O who age regresses
An unexpected kiss that shocks the one receiving it
SHSL Spirit Medium conjuring him
SHSL Memory S/O
Taking care of sick S/O
Plus sized S/O
Kiibo -
Deaf!S/O
Albino S/O
SHSL Wrestler getting injured during a match
Taking care of sick S/O
S/O with an artificial heart
Gonta Gokuhara -
NSFW HC
A gentle kiss that quickly descends into passion, with little regard for whatās going on around them
With a boyfriend who sleeps everywhere
Ryoma Hoshi -
Comforting stressed Reader
SHSL Ice Skater S/O
Having a wet dream about S/O
Shuichi Saihara -
Dirty secret, masturbation, and turn offās HC
Fem S/O sexting him while heās out and waiting for him to home home
NSFW Alphabet A-Z
Reacting to S/O being the MM
**āHey, Iām having funā
āI know you love me. I know you too well.ā
S/O introducing him to metal
One person pouting, only to have it removed by a kiss from the other person
SHSL Memory S/O
A S/O who gets cold and climbs under his clothes
Kaito Momota -
NSFW HC
Girlfriend NSFW HC
Deaf!S/O
**Short SHSL Florist
SHSL Memory S/O
SHSL WrestlerĀ getting injured during a match
Taking care of sick S/O
Jealous HC
Girlfriend who has trouble sleeping
Finding out his S/O is non binary
Comforting you through a breakup
A S/O who gets cold and climbs under his clothes
Kirumi Toujou -
Deaf!S/O
Taking care of sick S/O
Male S/O who solves everything with violence
Male S/O who is secretly a demon
Cuddle HCs
Tenko Chabashira -
Taking care of sick S/O
With a SHSL Pole Dancer S/O
Tsumugi Shirogane -
Going to a nudist camp
Reacting to S/O being the MM
Maki Harukawa -
Reacting to S/O being the MM
Best friend HCs
Miu Iruma -
Going to a nudist camp
With a crush that flirts unconsciously
Reacting to usually calm S/O attack Ouma
Taking care of sick S/O
S/O who is easily flustered
Kaede Akamatsu -
Going to a nudist camp
NSFW Alphabet
SHSL Spirit Medium conjuring her
We need to talk more about the Railroad in general, but Iām going to focus on Deacon here. First, some Railroad background:
So, P.A.Mās terminal has entries from the last three Railroad leaders, including Desdemona, that briefly document the challenges and changes the organisation has been through over the last two decades. This includes the creation and implementation of the dead drop system that is in use currently, the Institute destroying their previous Headquarters (three times!), and the discovery that synths were suddenly being programmed to head towards Diamond City and the subsequent discovery of PATRIOT.
-The first entry is from the new leader, Wyatt, in 2266. It is written after the Institute found their Headquarters, and names a runner, John.D, as the only survivor of the massacre that killed off their entire leadership.
-John. Dās role is explained more in the next entry, 2267: āJohn D has been finding tourists at a pretty good clip. But he keeps their identities to himself. Operational security he calls it.ā
-In the 2268 entry the Institute is attacking the Railroad again āThey found one of our safehouses, but no one there knew where our HQ is. John D developed a dead drop system weāve been using.ā John D seems to have made contributions to the structure of the Railroad as we currently know it. This is the last time he is mentioned.
-In 2273 the new leader, Pinky, begins making terminal entries after Coursers once again found HQ and killed Wyatt. āDeacon (thatās what heās calling himself now) had an escape route planned, and most of the survivors owe him their life.ā The first mention of Deacon.
-Desdemona is elected as the new leader in 2277.
-In 2281 they find the Switchboard, and P.A.M. An Institute synth managed to find and infiltrate one of their safehouses, but Deacon caught her before PAM did. PAM. The robot specifically designed to predict and calculate possibilities.
-PAM is stated to be working even harder to find the Institute in 2284. āDeaconās convinced the solution lies in the past, not future. Deacon already knows the big secret - we know nothing about the Railroad before Wyatt was in charge (or is Deacon Johnny D??). Deaconās been digging into Institute sightings from years, even decades before. Or at least thatās what he says. Getting real tired of his lies.ā Even Desdemona doesnāt get the full breadth of information that Deacon works with.
-In 2286, the year before the Sole Survivor leaves Vault 111, Deacon is barely seen at HQ. Since his role in the Railroad is to spy and gather intel, he must have been away a lot for Desdemona to note his absence in the logs. He was apparently āchasing ghosts.ā
-In 2287 Desdemona states that Deacon is working on a secret project (a continuation of what he was doing the year before?) She refers to itās code name Wanderer āDeacon has a wild theory, and an even wilder plan (Tea Party). I agree thereās something strange there, but Iām with holding judgement.ā
A lot of things to look at. And some of these had me wondering what the hell I was supposed to make of them for a good long while. But Iāve come up with some things~
I think itās very likely that Deacon was John.D - Deacon possibly being his last name. Maybe. There are several notable Railroad members whose admittance is noted in terminal entries - Deaconās isnāt. The first mention of him is of someone changing their name to Deacon after the second time the Institute found HQ. Neither John Dās exit or entry into the Railroad is documented; if Desdemona suspects that Deacon might be John D, then itās fair to say that his death or disappearance isnāt documented at all. In 2275 Deacon is referred to as āface-changingā, but John D never was. This could mean that he only started changing his face after becoming Deacon, after the second mentioned attack by the Institute on their HQ.
It isnāt mentioned when the rail signs were created or who thought them up, but Iām willing to bet it was Deacon. Deacon is the one that we are introduced to all of the secrets of the Railroad through; even though thereās a chart of rail signs at HQ and Glory or Desdemona or even Tom could have explained them to us. But no, itās Deacon. He is the one that explains all these precautions that they take; talks them up, gives approval when the player plays along and uses code words. In fact, aside from tourists, he seems to be the only person that regularly employs all of the tactics. And theyāre all effective: it seems that the only way the Railroad can be destroyed is through player action. Itās entirely possible that the reason they seem to be so effective and well-implemented is because Deacon is the one who created them after his experiences. He is the only survivor from the Railroad that existed 20 years ago, he knows much more than others and, as Desdemona says, rarely gives information to the rest of the group.Ā
Because he knows the risk of information being spread among too many people - the terminal entry for 2266 names members in a safehouse knowing HQās location as the reason for itās destruction by the Institute. Each new leader of the Railroad notes that their predecessor messed up in some way, which led to their death. āI think where Agamemnon went wrong, is that HQ was known by too many people. Iām theorizing here, but once the Institute hit a safehouse and leaned on anyone the HQ would be easy to find.ā āI figure you should know how we messed up⦠if one safehouse goes down assume that all Hellās coming for your ass, because it probably is.ā
He lies so much because he has seen what being under-cautious will get people, heās seen three HQs destroyed and seen what led to their destruction - he has taken it upon himself to do everything he can to make sure that doesnāt happen again. Even if it means heās the resident liar, even if it means he has to be someone he doesnāt like. Lying is instinctual to him, it has to be. He is dedicated.
At one point he attempts to lie to the player and tell them that heās actually the leader of the Railroad and, honestly, I think this might actually be the most truthful thing heās ever said. He might not be the one making the big decisions, but it seems that heās heavily involved or influenced them all in some way. _______________ As noticed by many people, Deacon will keep track of the player and appear in certain locations in disguise before they meet the Railroad. Diamond City, Goodneighbour, Memory Den, Bunker Hill. He can even admit that heās been following the PC through speech checks.
And also I found this
(I couldnāt take a screenshot so I hunted this down)
This is overlooking Vault 111, with a very clear view of the platform, from a perfectly concealed position. Itās location is near the edge of the map, quite out of the way and unlikely to be found by most people.
What the shit does this mean? Letās explore what we know.
PAM states that the SS was not predicted by her - not predicted to appear, or their involvement was not predicted? - But PAM is not infallible, she has been proven wrong before, she wasĀ āout-predictedā by Deacon and she also didnāt predict the Brotherhood finding their HQ.
The Railroad also apparently didnāt view Vault 111 as important; they thought it was destroyed (I havenāt seen this dialogue myself and I canāt find a source so if anyone can point me to one that would be appreciated). Itās odd that, with Vault 111 being the last unopened Vault in the Commonwealth, there arenāt more signs of attempted break-ins - because all Wastelanders know that, if anything, vaults will contain valuable supplies and tech, so it should be a target. But the signs point to the Railroad not viewing it as important. So why is there a small shelter with the rail sign for āallyā overlooking it?
I thought it could be nothing, just a little easter egg for people who go to the edges of the maps - until I remembered that there is a Regional Vault-tec HQ in the city. There is a terminal inside, that isnāt password locked, that states that Vault 111 was to have hundreds of gallons of liquid nitrogen delivered to it, and a note wondering what it would be used for.
The information is out there in the open, easily accessible by anyone who would think to go to the Vault-tec HQ and would be able to put the pieces together. Deacon often jokes around and tries to not put too much emphasis on his abilities, but itās clear from the above analysis that he is one of the main reasons the Railroad has been able to continue - heās smart. Very smart, and good with information and drawing conclusions. So, he could have used this completely offhand bit of information and conclude that Vault 111 was using cryogenics in some capacity, and that thereās the chance that there would be people still in the vault.
(Further analysis of the railsign by the vault over here)
But this can go deeper- Deacon knew that there would be someone in there. In the 2284 entry Deacon is looking into sightings of the Institute from āyears, even decades beforeā and in 2286 he is āchasing ghostsā. Remember that Kellogg and the Institute entered the vault 60 years prior - and while the Institute is incredibly enigmatic, they arenāt completely unknown if there are recorded sightings or energy readings that Deacon has access to. Vault 111 was opened 60 years ago āsightings from years, even decades beforeā and Kellogg hasnāt been heard of for several years āchasing ghostsā.
So, thereās now the possibility that
the Institute was documented near Vault 111 60 years ago
Deacon found this out while working to figure out where they are located
since heās regularly in the field he would have ample opportunity to look through Vault-tec HQ for any information on the vault
and since the vault was closed up again he concluded that thereās likely someone still in there.
This is Deacon acting independently; he was waiting for the vault to open up again. Actually, he could have even concluded that since it was the Institute that opened the vault the first time, and the Institute is never involved in anything good, the person(s) left inside might be interested in working with them, as opposing the Institute is one of their main goals. This is why he follows the player.
āDeacon has a wild theory, and an even wilder plan (Tea Party). I agree thereās something strange there, but Iām with holding judgement.ā
(Some thoughts about the meaning of āTea Partyā over here)
Desdemona knows, but sheās being cautious. But the rest of the Railroad is in the dark; they donāt consider Vault 111 at all. Because thatās how Deacon operates. He has been withholding information since he was John D, and heās only done it more frequently as the years went on. He knows better than anyone the importance of compartmentalizing information and the possibility of infiltration in the Railroad.
I will say here that Iāve been torn over whether or not his last story is a lie. And after writing this Iām leaning more towards it being a lie- which might be disappointing to people used to the idea of being able to change a character (or at least how they view the PC) at the end of a relationship, but I personally donāt find it so. Deaconās entire character is built around the fact that he lies, that he has to lie. All of his previous conversations involve him lying right to your face, itās not exactly subtle that lying comes to Deacon as easily as breathing.
Whether or not he keeps information and plans from the Railroad because he doesnāt trust all of them or because he knows how dangerous the Institute is (or maybe both), he has known them for a while, cares a great deal about them, and even refers to them as family. And he likely even feels a sense of responsibility in making sure the organisation survives, being the only original member from before their decline. But they know next to nothing about him.
I guess it could be interpreted that Deacon feels a kinship with the SS, thus leading to the revelation of his past ⦠but I donāt believe so. It doesnāt fit with what we know about him. Thereās also the possibility that the SS is working with other factions, and since Deacon follows them in disguise he would be aware of this. And is it just a coincidence that, while John D is never mentioned as changing his face, both Deacon and his face-changing only appear after the second assault on HQ? If the original interpretation of his final conversation is that he changes his face because of what he did to Synths and what happened to his wife, shouldnāt John D be mentioned to also change his face? Itās only after he survived a second attack that he becomes Deacon and seems to start doing it. āDeacon (thatās what heās calling himself now) had an escape route planned, and most of the survivors owe him their life.ā
What Iām trying to say with all this is: why should Deacon believe that the SS cares about the Railroad and is as dedicated to it as he is?
I donāt believe it takes anything from his character or the friendship the SS can have with him. If anything it presents a more interesting example of a character utterly devoted to their work, and the drawbacks that come with that devotion.
One last thing: Desdemona knows that Deacon is working on a secret project, which is code named Wanderer. When you join the Railroad you have to choose a code name; there are several options- Whisper, Fixer, Charmer ⦠but thereās a hidden name that Desdemona will give you if you refuse one. A name that she thinks fits you best - Wanderer.
Iāve seen complaints that, in addition to not being a romance option (and therefore not as complete as characters that are for some reason??), Deacon has very little story, with most of his content being disposable lies. I have always disagreed - and this just furthers my stance. He is likely to be one of the most interesting and well thought out characters in the whole game.
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This post ended up taking a lot longer than I thought it would, and I havenāt really had a chance to look into much meta or analysis of Fallout 4 and god, Iāve missed it ~~
But this is done. And Iām going to be looking at other aspects of the game and getting the other huge post Iāve been working on finally finished. As always, any feedback is welcome - thank you for reading !
Edit: This has turned into a series of meta on Deacon, which I am using this tag for.
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