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  • @FranticPeanut
    @FranticPeanut 5 місяців тому +172

    I hope in the next game you can use chickens as decoys for feral ghouls.

    • @ToniJ-ol8bg
      @ToniJ-ol8bg 5 місяців тому +23

      Ah yes, first the nuclear slingshot known as the Fat Man, then the bowling ball launcher,
      piggy bank launcher and then the chicken sling.

    • @georgecostanza712
      @georgecostanza712 5 місяців тому +5

      I can't wait to not play the next piece of Bethesda slop

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому +7

      @@georgecostanza712 You know not saying anything is an option if all you want to do is complain. Yeah Bethesda sucks we get it, it adds nothing to the conversation.

    • @JosephAurelio-q8f
      @JosephAurelio-q8f 5 місяців тому +1

      ⁠@@ToniJ-ol8bgwhat game is the piggy bank launcher from?

    • @ToniJ-ol8bg
      @ToniJ-ol8bg 5 місяців тому +2

      It came in that Fallout 4 update, I think it's literally in the new quest "When pigs fly",
      though I have not personally gotten around to it. 🤣

  • @shadowpoet4398
    @shadowpoet4398 5 місяців тому +296

    9:30
    ...so they slowly forget things, then people, and they slowly forget their own name, but before they turn they have one last moment of clarity before they're gone and their body lives on.
    Dude's talkin about dementia

    • @TheRealMinuteMarket
      @TheRealMinuteMarket 5 місяців тому +20

      Sounds like Biden

    • @couldntthinkofacoolname9608
      @couldntthinkofacoolname9608 5 місяців тому +65

      ​@@TheRealMinuteMarket why do you people have to make everything political? Be normal.

    • @JayStrang1
      @JayStrang1 5 місяців тому +38

      @@High-Overlord-Snarffie-Pug It's not condemnation, it's just really, really boring for normal people to hear the same lame joke every five minutes. Most people don't actually find the same thing funny over, and over, and over again with no variation. Could you all at least try to be slightly creative?

    • @cyriell
      @cyriell 5 місяців тому

      Its only funny to republicans is what you are saying the rest of the world couldnt care less, its a game channel not a real life politics channel, but hey you americans can make everything about politics like its the only interesting thing about america ​@@High-Overlord-Snarffie-Pug

    • @redlight3932
      @redlight3932 5 місяців тому

      ​@@JayStrang1 did you just admit normal people aren't smart enough to really understand what the implications of Bidens mental health means for the country?

  • @jamie8265
    @jamie8265 5 місяців тому +78

    My head canon for why some ferals have been friendly with humans is that some parts of their brain could be more intact than others. I.e: while they are incapable of forming coherent thoughts and speech they can still recognise the difference between a hostile and friendly encounter.

  • @Steel-101
    @Steel-101 5 місяців тому +102

    Feral Ghouls remind me of the dark seekers from I Am Legend. How they just gather in the darkest corners of subways 🚊 and ruined buildings. They just charge at you and it’s pretty creepy. Some locations have an army of those monsters. The cherry on top is that we have a German shepherd fighting with us lol 😂.

    • @ToniJ-ol8bg
      @ToniJ-ol8bg 5 місяців тому +5

      Heh, compare the Will Smith action-romp to the OG Omega Man, where the man clinging to the old world and
      ways (Enclave) might be a little in the wrong and the these new mutated humans are the new normal.
      M. Night Shyamalan should take a crack at I am Legend. 😆

    • @Steel-101
      @Steel-101 5 місяців тому +2

      ⁠@@ToniJ-ol8bghowdy Toni-J!

    • @ToniJ-ol8bg
      @ToniJ-ol8bg 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Steel-101 Hi. It's also the most common trick to handling humanoid enemies with
      diminished intellect in pop-culture, a human turned in some way feral only has the tools of biting,
      hitting and clawing at you, so you always put them in numbers in a confined space, possibly with bad visibility,
      so you get overwhelmed. One or few out in the open are usually treated as a non-issue.

    • @joseybryant7577
      @joseybryant7577 5 місяців тому

      1:38 CaseOh is in the Fallout show?!

  • @henryhunter9643
    @henryhunter9643 5 місяців тому +56

    It would be funny if the mysterious chem being used was literally just Rad Away, with the inhaler version perhaps just being easier to administer.
    It would make sense that ghouls never bothered using Rad Away as they never suffer (additional) negative effects of radiation sickness. They also seem to have a higher resistance to chems, as seen with Ultrajet, as regular Jet is apparently not particularly effective on ghouls.
    So maybe the mysterious chem really is just concentrated Rad Away, too potent for humans but it purges excess radiation from ghouls to prolong their sanity.

  • @homerj806
    @homerj806 5 місяців тому +40

    Your explanation is why I thought that the serum Thaddeus took can't be the same as what the Ghoul is taking. Whatever the Ghoul is taking does not make ghouls better. In fact they still continue to deteriorate. So I think it may be RadX to slow down him absorbing radiation and won't go feral quickly. I think Thaddeus took something more notorious like FEV.

    • @jurnoss
      @jurnoss 5 місяців тому +9

      I heard nothing but fev from everyone from that arrow scene. But don’t forget Harold he became a ghoul at mariposa

    • @primusfishing
      @primusfishing 5 місяців тому +3

      I heard people saying it could also be the Healing Factor Serum from fallout 76. The chicken doctor did say he sold serums, but most likely he’s a ghoul and healed through radiation like Cooper does. We also saw a super mutant hand so could be FEV, who knows 🤷‍♂️

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому

      @@jurnoss Harold isn't technically a ghoul, he resembles one initially but as we see later he's something unique.

    • @homerj806
      @homerj806 5 місяців тому

      @@jurnoss True but but when the game changed ownership, some things did change. The ghouls in fallout 1 and 2 were more intelligent. The whole feral thing I believe started in Fallout 3

    • @jurnoss
      @jurnoss 5 місяців тому

      @@homerj806 there was “feral” ghouls but they were called mad ghouls or enraged ghouls, i forget which one.

  • @Arkaeus04
    @Arkaeus04 5 місяців тому +69

    It’s basically the equivalent of going hollow in dark souls without the whole dying multiple times and losing their souls.

    • @cyriell
      @cyriell 5 місяців тому +7

      Kinda, only real difference is that hollows retain the memory of what their occupation is, guards keep patrolling clerics keep preaching etc

  • @kingofravens215
    @kingofravens215 5 місяців тому +20

    I’m hoping that since Virgil was able to cure himself from being a super mutant maybe someday he will work on a possible cure for ghouls maybe 🤔

    • @kingofravens215
      @kingofravens215 5 місяців тому +3

      Or at the very least feral ghouls.

    • @fungisrock8955
      @fungisrock8955 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@kingofravens215 probably not considering how much it changes their bodies and likely the actual physical state of their brains, not just mental. Like their brains are probably irreperably damaged, and even if you could heal them it'd basically just be them waking up witb total amnesia or an infant because it'd be equivalent to just plopping a brand new brain in.

    • @kingofravens215
      @kingofravens215 5 місяців тому

      @@fungisrock8955 One can only hope I suppose 🤷🏻

    • @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2
      @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 5 місяців тому +2

      That depends if the Institute was blown up or survived. But considering the BOS airship is seen in the TV show, I would assume that the Institute was destroyed. And if you destroy the Institute, well Virgil hates the Sole Survivor. So, I really doubt that even if given the necessary equipment he would ever be willing to do so, considering the Sole Survivor who brought him the sample to turn him from super mutant to human also was the one who destroyed his home.

    • @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2
      @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 5 місяців тому +1

      @@fungisrock8955 I say he probably never will. But not because it's impossible, but because he is unwilling to. Considering that the canonical ending is teaming up with the BOS and destroying the Institute, which causes Virgil to hate you.

  • @Kaminkaese
    @Kaminkaese 5 місяців тому +103

    Coop's drug could be rad away for the radiation and mentats to stay "sane", mixed together.

    • @redlight3932
      @redlight3932 5 місяців тому +6

      It's gotta be some kind of vault tech thing they're going to explain later mixed with rad away they can't leave it ambiguous like that and if they do rip the continuity

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому +3

      @@redlight3932 Not explaining it in the series wouldn't do anything to the continuity, it just leave it open to being explained somewhere else.

    • @hmnhntr
      @hmnhntr 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@redlight3932Not really? Rules can be broken; happens all the time in real life, and we don't always know why. Moreso to tell a story.
      I mean, for example. If real life had 'lore' about Rabies being an incurable, always lethal disease, does that mean that one South American guy who survived "breaks continuity"? (Also, I think you mean canon, but that's not important)

    • @jackodiamonds21
      @jackodiamonds21 5 місяців тому +1

      My guess would be a mix of ultrajet and some other chems, as ultrajet was designed by a ghoul to be more a potent jet for ghouls. Jet has also been known to been sold in small containers like seen in the show with the inhaler being separate from it. What else would be in it to help keep him alive and not feral, I have no idea.

    • @azurelectrium1100
      @azurelectrium1100 5 місяців тому +1

      Mmm I love mentats!

  • @clinetime2022
    @clinetime2022 5 місяців тому +26

    Wasn't there a doctor in one of the games that drilled a hole in a female head and dripped radaway directly on its brain and it was a lot calmer after

    • @HITLR.AD0LF
      @HITLR.AD0LF 5 місяців тому +1

      Yea im pretty sure that happend

  • @ianray8823
    @ianray8823 5 місяців тому +41

    But still, the scene with the ghoul and his black suit fellow ghoul was one of my favorite during the show
    "Apple pie! Hot damn, you know my mom used to make-"
    *headshot*

    • @Albert-lj5jb
      @Albert-lj5jb Місяць тому

      instantly I thought "of mice and men"

  • @ToniJ-ol8bg
    @ToniJ-ol8bg 5 місяців тому +18

    Great overview on all of ghouldom, did not even think they'd hibernate in place to "soak up the rays" as it were.
    Genetics would be supported by the Peabody family merely existing in Fallout 4, but then considering all this info,
    Billy in the fridge would have been more like "Blarbalgarbl! Raah" than "Hello, is someone out there?!"
    There's also more tragic tales in Fallout 4, where a person has witnessed their family going feral.
    Then I guess the Gorski cabin is the hangout for slumbering ghouls,
    since Mister Gorski in all his wisdom did crack open a mini nuke and the cellar is still irradiated 200 years later.

  • @HarveyDjoemali
    @HarveyDjoemali 5 місяців тому +10

    you didn't mention new vegas "come Fly with me" mission? there are feral that being kept by the ghouls too.

  • @Toadkillah
    @Toadkillah 5 місяців тому +331

    Babe wake up, new Synonymous video just dropped.

    • @JohnDoe-tv4zf
      @JohnDoe-tv4zf 5 місяців тому +30

      Babe wake up, some loser on UA-cam is using the same comment on every other video

    • @OnzelasKakakisa
      @OnzelasKakakisa 5 місяців тому +26

      @@JohnDoe-tv4zfbabe wake up, someone is commenting on a comment and hating when he can just ignore it

    • @609riv
      @609riv 5 місяців тому

      @@JohnDoe-tv4zfnice burner

    • @JohnDoe-tv4zf
      @JohnDoe-tv4zf 5 місяців тому +5

      @@OnzelasKakakisa babe wake up, we got a real edge lord in the chat

    • @Arthurit1s
      @Arthurit1s 5 місяців тому

      @@JohnDoe-tv4zfA bit hypocritical there for going out of your way to be a dick 👽

  • @delaunay7568
    @delaunay7568 5 місяців тому +22

    I haven't visited Boston Airport before the Brotherhood takes it, but I assumed that the fleeing ghouls weren't feral, but the Brotherhood soldiers didn't care to tell the difference.

  • @PanicontheDieRoll
    @PanicontheDieRoll 5 місяців тому +2

    Im running a Fallout: Dixie campaign, and your Lore videos have been an amazing source of knowledge. Greatly appreciate it!

  • @A16AdamWalker
    @A16AdamWalker 5 місяців тому +8

    You asked for reasons Feral's might occasionally protect/work with humans... well in Fallout, it's usually either Atom's will or the influence of Ug-Qualtoth - I mean, despite what Radking would claim, Atom is a lie, but if Ug-Qualtoth deems you worthy, like a Dunwich, then you can except their true children to protect you (or so the table top game would have you believe)

    • @Subject_Keter
      @Subject_Keter 5 місяців тому +1

      Atom could be like the choas gods, just forming from all the people praying.
      Doe radking like too much for me, he just a weirdo.

    • @georgecostanza712
      @georgecostanza712 5 місяців тому

      Get your Lovecraft ripoff slop out of my Fallout

  • @Just-A-Clown111
    @Just-A-Clown111 5 місяців тому +5

    I LOVE that you finally gave a cool explanation for why cooper eats.
    i always found it weird to see cooper eating.

  • @fearlessretaliator4997
    @fearlessretaliator4997 5 місяців тому +2

    Hey Synonymous, glad to see you back dude.

  • @dekay1428
    @dekay1428 5 місяців тому +1

    You know in the next Fallout game it would be interesting if they added a ghoul companion(most likely) and encorporated the feralizatuon into the companion's quest. Maybe not to main quest. But the fighting the ghoul is trying to resist. His/her "time" is coming and his/her struggle to maintain active consciousness.

  • @enclavehere.2281
    @enclavehere.2281 5 місяців тому +11

    Good video, you are an inspiration for other Fallout tubers.

  • @_Eric._
    @_Eric._ 5 місяців тому +3

    I kinda remember watching a video that plays a fallout 4 character's voice line mentioning an experimental drug that has to do with ghouls - something like that, I could be remembering wrong though

    • @kyuofcosmic
      @kyuofcosmic 5 місяців тому +2

      Eddie Winters ghoulified himself pre-Great War, that might be what you’re thinking of?

    • @theweedphilosopher
      @theweedphilosopher 5 місяців тому

      Hancock

  • @almighty_pusha
    @almighty_pusha 5 місяців тому

    Hey Synonymous, great video. I would really like to see a video on the lore of all the different chems if you haven't already, especially the Med-Tek ones. Things like the experiments they were facilitating on the public by selling Mentats as candy is really interesting and vile, there's a lot of good lore surrounding the various drugs created both before and after the war.

  • @kylonbell123
    @kylonbell123 5 місяців тому +37

    Hancock will forever be my favorite ghoul that man oozes personality

    • @godzillasgreaser7041
      @godzillasgreaser7041 5 місяців тому +4

      Fallout 4 had the best companions of the series in general.

    • @kylonbell123
      @kylonbell123 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@godzillasgreaser7041i agree but me personally Veronica is my favorite all she ever wanted to do was help and as tough as she was at the end of the day all she wanted was a dress peak humble imo

    • @dannyhernandez265
      @dannyhernandez265 3 місяці тому

      My favorite Ghoul is Raul.

    • @dannyhernandez265
      @dannyhernandez265 3 місяці тому

      @@godzillasgreaser7041I think Veronica, Boone, Raul, Rex,
      ED-E, are all better. I think New Vegas companions blow fallout 4’s out of the water

    • @godzillasgreaser7041
      @godzillasgreaser7041 3 місяці тому

      @@dannyhernandez265 No, I can't agree. While they do beat the lesser ones like Strong and X6-88, they can't top the best ones like Nick, Danse and Piper.

  • @michaelhenderson643
    @michaelhenderson643 5 місяців тому +4

    Your voice is very soothing. Been falling asleep to your vids for weeks. As well as listening to them with intense curiosity. Thanks for making this content boss

  • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation
    @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation 5 місяців тому +29

    You know... Hancock in Fallout 4 says he took some drug and turned into a ghoul but he never explained what the drug was. It's not impossible that it was some of that anti-feral copium which Cooper Howard inhales in the show.

    • @Kaminkaese
      @Kaminkaese 5 місяців тому +1

      Sounds more like whatever the chicken humper gave to thad that turned him into a ghoul

    • @BingleMahdingle
      @BingleMahdingle 5 місяців тому +2

      It might be a Fallout version of Krokodil. Think about it; a degenerative state, blacked out eyes, raspy voice, all trademarks of Krokodil. Ghouls also are in a degenerative state, and carry flush-eyes, so it's either the weed I ate talking or that this might be an explanation to what happened to Hancock.

    • @lastswordfighter
      @lastswordfighter Місяць тому

      Pcp maybe? That shit is radioactive.

  • @bmsv
    @bmsv 5 місяців тому

    Long time follower of the channel, love the content! I would love to see you tackle Fallout Tactics Advanced Power Armor since its probably my favorite in the series even though the canonicity is not confirmed.

  • @g4ppe_
    @g4ppe_ 5 місяців тому +1

    Really interesting video, so glad I came across your channel 🙏

  • @jairm4377
    @jairm4377 5 місяців тому

    if lore permits do a segment on the rangers. they are amazing and hope it will be fire for your channel. clark is a legend. i love your vids

  • @megatronjenkins2473
    @megatronjenkins2473 5 місяців тому +16

    7:06 "....but that's just a theory."
    A GAME THEORY!!!!!!!!!

  • @gushingranny475
    @gushingranny475 5 місяців тому +4

    I hate the plotlines in 3 and 4 that make humans out to be bad for banning ghouls from their settlement. Like it’s somehow wrong to ban a group who could at any point turn feral and maul you from living near you and your family.

  • @PrimordialCake
    @PrimordialCake 5 місяців тому

    Synonymous, please make a video about the winter of atom. It connects directly to the Cabot storyline, Ug Qualtoth, and everything HP Lovecraft. I would be so happy to see you dissect the new lore implications. I really hope fallout 5 continues all of this. Maybe Lorenzo will have a huge part to play in the next game

  • @Gruntman1234
    @Gruntman1234 5 місяців тому +1

    Well I'm guessing that anti-feralization drug is mix of Radaway with either Jet, Jet Fuel, Ultra Jet, Psychojet, Buffjet, or Addictol.

  • @lawrenceberg5408
    @lawrenceberg5408 5 місяців тому +5

    With the new FO76 update, we will have a new type of ghoul - Vault63. You might want to do a Part 2 of this video when the update drops.

  • @hyperactive_overdrive
    @hyperactive_overdrive 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for all the awesome content! My favourite fallout themed YT channel. Your voice is amazing ❤️

  • @westleyrichmond6302
    @westleyrichmond6302 5 місяців тому +2

    Another 10/10 video keep up the good work

  • @zexalcommander7036
    @zexalcommander7036 5 місяців тому +2

    2:55 THEY JUMPIN ME! THEY JUMPIN MEEE!

  • @narosedraconis2424
    @narosedraconis2424 4 місяці тому +1

    Just more reasons why we shouldn't seek immortality. Our minds just can't handle, such long periods of time, without breaking down...
    This in game creature, gives us a perfect glimpse of that.

  • @SethS25
    @SethS25 5 місяців тому

    I love how you say "jolly co-operation". Praise the sun brother!

  • @nathanlynch9634
    @nathanlynch9634 5 місяців тому +4

    Your channel is amazing.

  • @KAIJUEXPERTAL
    @KAIJUEXPERTAL 5 місяців тому +1

    Honestly I think the drug is a mix of jet & radaway from the effects/way you take it

  • @jayl5032
    @jayl5032 5 місяців тому +1

    FO 3 and NV ghouls are the best. Bug eyed and squared toothed goobers. Love em.

  • @Rj-pw7zs
    @Rj-pw7zs 5 місяців тому +1

    Given that the ghouls huff the chem I believe it's a combination of Radaway and Jet.

  • @MrWally39
    @MrWally39 5 місяців тому +2

    In this Jonah lobe video (designer for FO 3/4) he talks about how he was inspired by the thought of Ghouls eyelids rotting off, so they could no longer close their eyes, so they could no longer sleep, which drove them insane. Not exactly canon now (?) but metal as shit.
    Video: ua-cam.com/video/QPu9K4m4Y-k/v-deo.htmlsi=-cLZ5KEklremSv6V

  • @zerovi3331
    @zerovi3331 5 місяців тому +4

    My thoughts on the new ghoul drug is maybe its a last resort kinda thing like you can definitely get bye without it but once you start going feral it helps stave off the final part of feralization

  • @wildward93
    @wildward93 5 місяців тому

    Going feral is basically Creutzfeld-Jakob syndrome, AKA Mad Cow Disease, AKA existential horror.

  • @bigchrisp6173
    @bigchrisp6173 5 місяців тому +1

    This is one of my favorite videos from you. The first one is your video about the Chosen One, then the Enclave video. Keep it up man!!

  • @mojomitts
    @mojomitts 5 місяців тому +20

    Personally I believe that all Ghouls have a sorta-limit to how much Radiation that can absorb before turning Feral. (Exception being the Sentient Glowing Ones.) The idea being that Ghouls *can* be around Radiation but if they remain for far too long then the Radiation will eventually rot their Brains.
    Not a fan of this new “Anti-Feral” Drug introduced by the Show.

    • @xSpecialist7
      @xSpecialist7 5 місяців тому +4

      Its said in the games that ghouls heal from rads. So i think the "anti-feral med" is just rads

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 5 місяців тому

      I'm more in the camp of the pre Bethesda version of Ghouls going feral because of normal ( as best to describe it) psychological damage of long-term isolation. It makes even the ghoul's immortality have a catch that's mundane rather than make them just radiation induced zombies.

    • @xSpecialist7
      @xSpecialist7 5 місяців тому +3

      @barrybend7189 wouldnt work, because the ghouls at Nuka World turned feral even when they were in a group

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 5 місяців тому +1

      @@xSpecialist7 think of routines and how bored we are even in groups. Plus was FEV anywhere near them in great density when they turned. As that's another factor. If they mutated to FEV during ghoulificaction it does effect the change. Those that are feral don't have regenerating skin or bodies. Fev exposed ghouls have mostly intact yet withered skin. There's also the timetable of 200 years we have to take into account.

    • @xSpecialist7
      @xSpecialist7 5 місяців тому

      @barrybend7189 mhm yeah maybe, guess we will find out soon enough

  • @CMDR_CLASSIFIED
    @CMDR_CLASSIFIED 5 місяців тому

    Excellent work as always, Good Sir! From great production values, to your iconic voice, you make Fallout (My personal favourite universe) even better. Thanks for everything you do. I know it's not as easy as people might think.
    Have a great day, Sir. And God Bless. o7

  • @bruhdon4748
    @bruhdon4748 5 місяців тому +2

    The ghoul from Nuka break fan film is a great example of a ghoul slowly turning feral.

    • @crunchysalmons
      @crunchysalmons 5 місяців тому

      not canon, anyone could depict anything outside of canon and it would never be relevant to videos specifically talking about the canon lore

    • @davedoessomestuff8176
      @davedoessomestuff8176 5 місяців тому +4

      Oh wow! I didn't know that a fan made series wasn't canon. Thank you for enlightening us.
      On a serious note he says the ghoul is "a great example" of a ghoul going feral. Not at all that it's canon.

    • @bruhdon4748
      @bruhdon4748 5 місяців тому +1

      @@crunchysalmons when did I say it’s cannon? I even said “fan film” which implies it not cannon anyway. Take that stick out your butt it’ll make you a much more likeable person.
      Not to mention the way he turns feral & the way his ancestor tries to help him stay conscious within himself is the exact way stated in the lore video, keep social, remind them of their name, show them personal items etc

    • @bruhdon4748
      @bruhdon4748 5 місяців тому +1

      @@davedoessomestuff8176 people are just miserable lol

  • @FnRenner
    @FnRenner 5 місяців тому +1

    The Ghoul is a mix of Hancock from 4 and Raul the Ghoul from NV. Chems and tude

  • @TorrasSol
    @TorrasSol 5 місяців тому

    a video on the canon unique weapons would be cool

  • @macsgo2hell
    @macsgo2hell 5 місяців тому +1

    Synths next? 👀

  • @HazedGhost
    @HazedGhost 5 місяців тому

    Always a banger of a video, always has me hooked on the lore.

  • @Chino429
    @Chino429 5 місяців тому +3

    Great vid m8! Call me naive, but i just can't get behind the idea that all ghouls are a ticking time bomb and will eventually go feral no matter what 🤷‍♂️ I don't think there's anywhere near enough research or evidence for the in game people to say that with certainty. i really do think that and the idea that they're brain eating zombies are just supposed to be an in-game version of essentially racism.
    Bethesda is known for not having the GREATEST writing and for retcons, but at this point, we have Billy the ghoul kid who was both isolated and probably severely limited in energy intake not become feral, we have Hancock who despite not having anything to do with radiation, became functionally identical to every other ghoul out there and not feral, we have glowing ones like Jason Bright who are literal conduits of radiation and yet are still not feral, and we have ghouls that have been alive prior to the war and not feral despite being around all the radiation or isolation whereas others that go feral in only a few days. To me, that shows it's not a guarentee.
    I think the drug that Cooper is taking in the show is Ultrajet. So far, jet and jet-related compounds are the most common inhalants in the game. Jet also "slows down time" (aka, is a downer) and the guys that sell it to Cooper seem baked af, itd make sense that they're taking jet, and making new batches. If Ultrajet only started in favor 3, it'd make sense that it is still a bit of a rarity. Also, when Lucy tries to tranq him, it has no effect and he says he does way too many drugs. It'd make sense that a standard downer wouldn't work on him because as Argyle says, ghouls have resistances to jet.
    I do think the genetics and radiation play a part though, like you said. i think genetics can help determine if you become a ghoul at all, like how Trash in FNV was unable to, and then the radiation can cause the Feralization, which is why Cooper eats and other civilized ghouls do as well.

  • @zackcampbell3604
    @zackcampbell3604 5 місяців тому

    Nice to get a new video. I was needing it.

  • @mentalshatter
    @mentalshatter 5 місяців тому

    5:15 The fact that atleast one of those ghouls are her actual children might be a factor.

  • @bobgamer1160
    @bobgamer1160 5 місяців тому

    I have a theory that the ghoul medicine that the ghoul takes is radaway mixed with mentats, because mentats helps with the intelligence and radaway helps with radiation

  • @SkyFly19853
    @SkyFly19853 5 місяців тому +1

    But what about Insane Survivors from Vault 106 ?
    I was dealing with them last night... 😏

  • @kingjamesii404
    @kingjamesii404 5 місяців тому

    Always love your content

  • @hunteringram6637
    @hunteringram6637 5 місяців тому +1

    Hey Synonymous! Your videos are amazing! I've recently got into fallout really heavily, and I've ran across some lore I'd like to see you make a video on! (If you've made a video on any of these already, sorry!)
    - liberty prime
    - Marcus
    - The sole survivor
    - Mr. House

  • @D-M20
    @D-M20 5 місяців тому

    Been waiting for this one! Keep it up man ❤️

  • @WAR904
    @WAR904 5 місяців тому +3

    7:50 honestly think the show should be ignored on pretty much everything lore wise, least till Bethesda uses it in a game

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому +2

      It's literally been called canon, there's no debate here.

  • @SalusFuturistics
    @SalusFuturistics 4 місяці тому

    Imagine the Fallout Show Writers were creative, and would have made it so we learn Walton Ghoulggins Name by him sucumbing to Radiation Poisoning and uttering his Name uncontrollably.
    They removed the RadAway from the Label because RadAway gives you the Runs. Imagine being locked in Place for Years, pissing and shitting yourself.

  • @pugzplayz1100
    @pugzplayz1100 5 місяців тому

    Yo synonymous, awesome vid my dude!

  • @FacadeGod
    @FacadeGod 5 місяців тому

    Jolly cooperation!

  • @tavitafish
    @tavitafish 3 місяці тому

    We just need some weird post-post-apocalypse stem cell research. Im just imagining some follower being like "holy fuck i made neurons"

  • @zang12x92
    @zang12x92 5 місяців тому +2

    Can you do protecttrons next

  • @Doctor_Doom_Of_Latveria
    @Doctor_Doom_Of_Latveria 5 місяців тому +1

    Fun fact ferals dont attack housecats

  • @u1t1matr1x8
    @u1t1matr1x8 5 місяців тому

    Hey great video! I was wondering if you could do your take on the Great War and the Sino-American War? Seen a couple other videos on pre great war lore but would love too see your take on it!

  • @WeezerFan505
    @WeezerFan505 5 місяців тому

    Your videos are very cool, keep up the great work!

  • @Ronin_72
    @Ronin_72 5 місяців тому

    This wasn't released three days ago by accident.

  • @DiamondxxxxEyes
    @DiamondxxxxEyes 4 місяці тому

    Amazing video! Thank you for all your hard work!! 🫡

  • @Kenysheny
    @Kenysheny 5 місяців тому

    This man is single-handedly carrying my fallout lore addiction

  • @mrfacephone
    @mrfacephone 5 місяців тому +1

    I'd bet money that they changed the bags because the idea of a ghoul using rad-away makes 0 sense. Why if a ghoul is healed or is immune to the negative effects need to then "away" those effects? It doesn't make any sense and that's why it's only ever referred to as "vials". It's show lore to humanize Cooper and that's it and I'm fine with that.

  • @cosmorror3907
    @cosmorror3907 5 місяців тому +1

    The king has returned. Now king, bless us with an institute lore video please, your peasants need this gift

  • @dimastsam1679
    @dimastsam1679 5 місяців тому

    The ghouls turn feral when they don’t hit their vape like in the show

  • @Hyperion-5744
    @Hyperion-5744 5 місяців тому

    The tribal languages of zion would make for an interesting video.

  • @reygonzalez6021
    @reygonzalez6021 5 місяців тому

    We are so lucky that in our reality our Ghouls just like Fenta

  • @FarzadMohseni-w2v
    @FarzadMohseni-w2v 5 місяців тому

    Can you do scorched scorched plague next?

  • @deviouschu
    @deviouschu 5 місяців тому

    He's taking Jet.

  • @lexbracho3252
    @lexbracho3252 5 місяців тому +1

    apparently, fallout 1, 2, tactics, don't exist.

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому

      That was literally covered in the previous video, this was looking at something the show added.

  • @Andhira.Faldhi
    @Andhira.Faldhi 3 місяці тому

    If rad away are everywhere around the fallout map, it means its already radiation sick or ghoul on the pre-war ? So... Because of that, they made rad away on the pre-war to prevent ?
    Any lore about rad away?

  • @lonewanderer5515
    @lonewanderer5515 5 місяців тому

    Maybe radaway cut with jet or the super jut made from sugar bombs
    That we had in fallout 3

  • @Nalgenie907
    @Nalgenie907 5 місяців тому

    He has spoken

  • @Mrakatsuki190
    @Mrakatsuki190 5 місяців тому

    When I learned the difference between Ghouls and Feral Ghouls I was a better Wastelander

  • @dankdaze42069
    @dankdaze42069 5 місяців тому

    I remember the first time playing fallout 3 and seeing ghouls run at me was terrifying They look scarier than fallout 4 ghouls... Not all have lost their ability to reason The intimidation perk works although kind of doesn't count because you're holding a Glock to their head😅

  • @123a161
    @123a161 5 місяців тому +1

    great vid 100% watched it

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
    @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 5 місяців тому +1

    Makes sense we'd get, like, the 10th or 20th lore video on Ghouls at this time. We'll probably get another one after the show's 2nd season. They'll probably retcon the ghouls into being aliens or something

    • @shadenox8164
      @shadenox8164 5 місяців тому

      God, the salt over that series.

  • @limedylan
    @limedylan 5 місяців тому

    Generic comment for the algorithm. Please continue making content. Thank you.

  • @Xrex758
    @Xrex758 4 місяці тому

    Marie Curie and her daughter turned feral 💀

  • @Yoder023
    @Yoder023 5 місяців тому

    Wow, what a spoiler alert!
    Thanks! /s

  • @trekinney8922
    @trekinney8922 5 місяців тому

    Great videos, appreciate it!

  • @Burned-Legate
    @Burned-Legate 5 місяців тому +5

    Now we've got magic serum that appeared out of nowhere completely undermining the whole history of ghouls and the chance to turn feral seemingly at any moment.

    • @deepism
      @deepism 5 місяців тому +4

      Uh, no...? Not at all.

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 2 місяці тому

    Radiation sponges.

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt 5 місяців тому

    glad you covered the feral Gouls my friend

  • @musclemannnnn
    @musclemannnnn 5 місяців тому

    Why does the video pic look like the scene from the Scorch Trials

  • @Fortebx497
    @Fortebx497 5 місяців тому

    Judging on that scene where our Ghoul inhale the stuff, I’m thinking it’s a mixture of Jet, Radaway and maybe some other unknown stuff.

  • @michaelsaunders8217
    @michaelsaunders8217 5 місяців тому

    Another banger!

  • @Mango89333
    @Mango89333 5 місяців тому

    Thank God I was worried I’d have nothing to listen to in traffic. A true savior