How The GULPER In Fallout Developed A HYBRIDIZED GENOME To Survive 🧬

[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! Hope everyone enjoyed! Back to our regular upload schedule and Also, Happy Mother's Day! If you want to support the channel: www.roanokemerch.com

[@jakeakoak8435]

The raider who gets cut in half by the hydraulic door in the first episode used Jet, what the Ghoul uses is an anti feral drug

[@nicholashodges201]

The ghouls drug really needs its own episode

[@hydrasfang]

Do you plan to make videos for Cazadors, Tunnelers, and the Ghost people?

[@Zzx44]

Drugs?.. Nice video.

[@calebbrown6735]

The only thing I can say that is inconsistent with this creature is the pigmentation. Studies in the Chernobyl exclusition zone have shown that reptiles and fish turn black do to the excess of radiation.

[@kroboman831]

"What the hell is wrong with Vault-Tec" is a phrase you will find yourself saying ALOT as you read the vault terminals

[@Chokah]

"WTF is wrong with Vault-Tec?" Do you want the answer in alphabetical order?

[@MR.LMR1996]

Yes please ​@@Chokah

[@AlexSlate211]

I would also like to see a list of every horrible thing that vault tec has done

[@Mate397]

They were trying to figure out how to make the optimal colony bunker on another planet. Granted there are plenty of stupid vaults.

[@WangNurMouth]

For you maybe, they just reflections of similar real life circumstances. Question should be how were they so tame, when utilizing simulated reality and other advanced technology. Could be have been "Ed gein is the overseer, and then wonder why random couches and other upholstery have a familiar ambiance about them.

[@TH3SHUR1F]

Just wait until Roanoke learns about the Anglers in Far Harbor.

[@ryanw.9702]

The Fog Crawlers too

[@The_Cranky_Painter]

I want to see an entire series dedicated to the sheer nope that is Far Harbor wildlife.

[@plutonianwolf6211]

Far Harbor was such a good dlc

[@ryanw.9702]

@@plutonianwolf6211 except the brain puzzle 💀

[@helixsol7171]

​@@The_Cranky_Painter Hermit crabs

[@mj91212]

Just for the record, the creatures in fallout aren’t mutated because of radiation exclusively, they’ve also all been exposed to low doses of FEV, which is the main culprit for their bizarre nature.

[@DerivativeWorker]

Sometimes it's big doses like the super mutants and chimeras.

[@avokka]

Yup. Little did the creators of FEV know that radiation and their virus would co exist in such a wild way

[@GreasyBaconMan931]

Yeah because isn't it the radiation damaging their DNA that makes the FEV mutate them?

[@helixsol7171]

As soon as the technician said the water chip was busted, I immediately responded to the TV with "I know a vault that's just chock FULL of pristine water chips. Sucks you guys refuse to leave, though."

[@TheWrathsblade]

That was your Nerd Rage kicking in 👍

[@luckyloonies4378]

@@lefield Do you mean the vault located inside Vault City?

[@luckyloonies4378]

@@lefield I wondered. What happened to Vault City, and the rest of the NCR as set during the Fallout TV shows?

[@pasta1549]

⁠@@luckyloonies4378 we legit don’t know. We know from hindsight from FO2 and some, SOME, rumors and theories from interplay (OG Devs) that Vault city was semi forcefully encouraged to join the NCR and since then we got little to no word about the settlement. As for what happened to the NCR after New Vegas, which was the last we heard of the west coast in the universe before the show, it mostly depends on the player’s choices, when viewed from the RPG perspective. For Bethesda’s perspective, it’s clear that neither the NCR or the Legion won the battle for the dam. Instead, far as I can tell anyways, it follows the independent Vegas ending since we obviously see the NCR being hyper militaristic and still suffering immense losses thanks to their imperialism being overpowering. As for a best guess, it’s likely the NCR tried taking back Vegas, failed to either the securitron army, the brotherhood somehow coming back and wrecking their shit (unlikely considering what we know about their situation in NV), or something worse. I’m leaning into the worse option, mainly because of the possible consequences from lonesome road. Tunnelers moving into the Mojave and people not really being able to do much, the divide’s dust storms gradually moving outside of that place and decimating all nearby areas, and more. We just have to wait and see for not just season 2 but also just for the series in general.

[@TheKinginRed]

​@luckyloonies4378 well, considering its been just over 100 years in-between F1 and F4, and the tv show takes place roughly ten years after new vegas and f4 its possible the ncr mostly relocated to the Mojave, since we dont hear anything about them in F4. And, with the end scene of the final episode, we will most likely find out what happened to them in season 2

[@jobanh7ify]

The Ghoul has the best perks in the story, cannibalism, bloody mess, steady aim and perception maxed out

[@DerivativeWorker]

And taking every drug within reach.

[@terrelldurocher3330]

​@@DerivativeWorkerhis guns probably have junkie

[@Darth_Tyvian]

@@DerivativeWorker if you use them correctly, chems are fun as hell, just have adickdoll on yourself

[@randallbesch2424]

You left out long lifespan.

[@l0sts0ul89]

Rapid Reload too I think

[@GModBMXer]

To answer Roa's musing. No man steps into the same river twice. For its not the same river and he is not the same man.

[@HashknightGaming]

That is very beautiful.

[@mementomori771]

Dumb qoute

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

What if he steps in, steps out, then immediately steps back in ?

[@chrisplumb4284]

Heraclitus?

[@WGasmss]

You just watched blood of Zeus season 2..

[@TheDigitalApple]

I truly believe Australia’s creatures would be the only ones that weren’t mutated…..because they’re mutated enough already.

[@CaptCKernel]

Fallout: Melbourne is just a Sim crossover

[@TimeBomb014X]

Im pretty sure Australia is Radiation proof

[@dreadedpixel9022]

​@CaptCKernel Some aussie seeing a deathclaw "Crikey that's a big fella! I'm gonna wrasllem to the ground to get a better look!"

[@danielRodriguez-sg4ck]

Bro any mutated animals will just get bodied by the animals that are native there lol

[@colewyatt5298]

Now I want fallout: Sydney

[@caspercat4915]

You know, I love the design of the gulper in the show. Like, a lot of the times when you have a hybrid creature being haphazardly made they look... too clean? Like, the "parts" always match up somehow. But with this, with the whole "fingers on the inside" it really shows how genetics aren't just plug and play. Just because you add the genes for fingers into something doesn't mean it'll just replace the digits with human fingers... Also, it looks very eldritch horror-y, which I also like.

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

I like it too ! The fingers are gross in the best way. I love that it feels new, even if I'm familiar with the wasteland through the games :^)

[@kyze8284]

As Roanoke has said similarly in previous videos, “you can add coding for fingers, but you can’t exactly control WHERE those fingers are grown yet”

[@MajorJakas]

​@@kyze8284And how many fingers has he coded into genomes to arrive at this conclusion?

[@kyze8284]

@@MajorJakas How many have you to prove otherwise? Do you know about Murphy’s Law and how dangerous that could be in medical fields to simply put regrow commands without knowing and giving the exact parameters for what you’re trying to accomplish? The best we have right now is compatible stem cells harvested from pigs and even that only had a couple human trials because things didn’t work right in the end anyway. It’s why so much of our research is going into axolotls and HOW they can regrow entire limbs CORRECTLY instead of out of the roof of their mouth or neck

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

​@@MajorJakasI think they just added fingers. They didn't specify ten fingers. They just added fingers which just went into overdrive.

[@aliasfakename3159]

In the games, there's no serum that slows down the brain degeneration that makes feral ghouls. Some ghouls keep their minds until they're killed while some go feral. It's slightly hinted that social interaction keeps ghouls from going feral(since it uses high brain functions) but no one's ever sat down and studied ghoul neuroscience.

[@SebasTian58323]

I mean, one ghoul doctor has spent decades studying ghouls to try to discover pretty much everything he can about them, and he still doesn't really understand what causes a ghoul to go feral. He hypothesizes that isolation can make a ghoul more likely to go feral, but it's not a sure thing.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@SebasTian58323 It's also thought that extra, prolonged radiation exposure after ghoulification can lead to going feral. I think the inhaler is probably just rad-x or radaway. I'm pretty sure those two are injected and taken as pills, rather than inhaled, but at least it would be a more minor issue.

[@DerivativeWorker]

The Tarberry farmer rebutes that normal humans go insane and feral all the time. It's not an explanation but does give some context to the setting.

[@FeedMeSalt]

FEV+rads "I have altered the genes, pray I do not alter them more"

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That specific inhaler was what that kept ghouls from turning feral. Its not a thing ever mentioned in previous lore to the best of my knowledge but I imagine they took some minor liberties.

[@jakeakoak8435]

I am more then fine with the show creating an item to put stakes in the show otherwise we wouldn't have gotten the organ farm/dealers

[@wayneziegelemyer2161]

This is something new outside the game lore. There has always been the threat for a ghoul of going feral. This adds some drama by them having a way out IF they keep taking the drug. That is the reason he left the gulper. He can always go back but it smashed his supply of the drug. It was MUCH more important to go get more.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@jakeakoak8435 That is a fair point. I just feel like they could have given a reason for only some ghouls (or even just him) to need it. It's the kind of thing that would have absolutely come up in prior instances considering how many non-feral ghouls we see throughout the franchise.

[@iasked9875]

Probably radaway

[@Chokah]

I think I saw one fan theory about that may have been the actual reason that ghoul in FO3 was creating Superjet. Like some people might substitute caffeine for ADHD meds, If Jet use was (at least partially) capable of keeping ghouls from going feral, after 200 years the process may have been getting harder to counter (hence why Jet's normal effects were almost useless to ghouls) so he was needing a way to boost it's efficacy.

[@velstro]

Can't wait for Roanoke to discover the wonders of the Forced Evolution Virus (FEV) and it's consequences in the wasteland. It's very coincidentally funny that he talks about gene editing but doesn't make a single mention of it in the video, seems like something that'd be right up his alley of study lol

[@DracoSafarius]

It's also the main cause of mutated life since the world's blanketed in a very degraded form of it

[@paulfrankovich3085]

They took a human and an axolotl and dipped them in a vat of magic science goop and made gulpers. 21 minute episode summed up in one sentence. 😂 but I love to hear Roanoke explain things the franchise basically says: A wizard did it.

[@evelynbrocious]

@@paulfrankovich3085 It is shown in episode 6 the gulper being birthed by a women, and the newly birthed gulpers eating her immediately after

[@CM-hx5dp]

He did a video on it, (and another on Deathclaws) a long time ago.

[@williamdeweese6134]

2:04 It comes up later but those drugs he's inhaling are preventing him from going feral

[@cutedogsgettingcuddles9862]

That's what I tell myself about my own drug use. Not feral yet, so something must be working! ;-)

[@chriscomp20]

they are new to the show, fwiw

[@TheWrathsblade]

@@cutedogsgettingcuddles9862 I'll smoke to that! 👍

[@tirefish]

​@@cutedogsgettingcuddles9862 Cheers brother I'll drink to that

[@maspheliciasonsaku2523]

From the color I thought it was probably Radaway in inhaler format. Probably would make some sort of sense given they seem to go feral when exposed to too much radiation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@BangerangEliko]

@10:33 the show explained those Gulpers were created in Vault 4, not externally in the wild

[@MiddlePath007]

Hush your mouth.

[@RevenantMain1]

@@MiddlePath007😂 I mean? Is he wrong?

[@MiddlePath007]

@RevenantMain1 No, it's just kinda spoiling the fun. It's all fiction anyway, so why not let him (Roanoke gaming) do his thing? And since he didn't include it, it might be a spoler. I didn't want it to come across as mean, more like a mom saying it to their kid when the kid says "that guy has one leg" or "look at the fat lady" lololol

[@DomR1997]

​@@MiddlePath007I did that to a burn victim as a kid, mortifying, lol. I didn't say anything, I just couldn't stop looking at his arm, it was like my plastic army men after I added "battle damage"

[@StopYTShorts]

@@MiddlePath007yes silence someone correcting misinformation because your shilling. bravo 🤡👎

[@PumkinSyrup]

Lowkey was confused when Roanoke started talking about the episode and not from the beginning of the series but then I realized how long it would’ve taken to recap all of season 1 for one mutant

[@CaptCKernel]

All of earth became one giant Australia. Wasteland. Everything either actively attempting or highly capable of killing you. Yep, that tracks

[@DinDjarinDigital]

Not really known. The series ONLY takes place in the US. The “wasteland” is just the continental USA, not the world. Nothing has be divulged about anything outside America, so we don’t actually know the state of animals in the rest of the world, let alone if any other societies are out there. The closest we have to exploration in another country is the NCR referring to “Rangers hunting ghosts in Baja” implying that the NCR has made some trips to Mexico.

[@hydrasfang]

We've covered very limited parts of the ocean over the course of the fallout games for what that's worth.

[@DinDjarinDigital]

@@hydrasfangactually none. We’ve TRAVELED to parts like the Enclave Base in the pacific and Far Harbor in FO4, which would be the Atlantic, but there’s been no actual exploration. The closest we have is the cut Vault 120 from 4 that would have been an under water vault in the Atlantic off the Boston harbor.

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

Really depends on how far the aerosolized FEV spread. It affected the oceans though to some degree. So, maybe it made it elsewhere before settling down.

[@brockschannel3927]

I wasn't expecting you to cover the Fallout TV show yet. Cool.

[@DecrepitSundew3]

This is probably the best ad for the Fallout series. "Want to see if I'm wrong? Go watch the show and THEN see if I'm wrong!" X3 TBH, show is banger. Thanks for covering it!

[@Jarvolo27]

Dude who lost his head wasnt a synth. They literally showed what caused the shock.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Yo did they? I must be going blind lol

[@Jarvolo27]

@@RoanokeGaming it was the scene where he injected the item into his neck.

[@evelynbrocious]

The show literally showed the fission reactor being implanted and extracted from the enclave scientist head, who was also shown making the fission reactor, in the first and last episodes respectively. Also the way this video flows makes me think you didn't watch the show

[@pugums3433]

think of what an angler fish would be like in this world

[@mementomori771]

Play fallout 4 far harbour

[@TrojanLlama]

Well I have just the thing for you

[@Chicagocanine]

Ah I see what you did there

[@antoniohagopian213]

What I really dislike is how light the power armor seems to be, it flexes way too much when they move and they somehow move it/set it upright with ease.

[@robm6726]

Thats probably a downside due to having a practical effect like that. We are at the beginning stages of exoskeletons and power armor like suits IRL, so make it light/fake/ and cheap for actor safety.

[@jzpowell2108]

Well, to be fair, going by the games, a suit of power armor only weighs like 50 weight in your inventory (I’m gonna assume that the weight is in pounds based off Fallout: NV service rifle weighing round 8.5 which is about how much an actual M16 weighs loaded) So it’s entirely possible for it to be lifted and shift around, going by that logic cause 50lbs isn’t a lot of weight for one person to shift around

[@Waffletimewarp]

@@jzpowell2108yeah, I mean, historical plate armor isn’t that heavier, and the weight basically vanishes when distributed properly on the body. That being said, there’s no way it’s only 50 pounds based on the sheer amount of systems inside, and the sheer impact of the armor when you drop even a moderate distance. Chalk it up to the devs having no real sense of scale to the encumbrance system.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

@@Waffletimewarp Keep in mind, the power armor was created by advanced 2070s technology, not 1950s, despite the retro-scifi vibe of the Fallout franchise. Even today we are routinely replacing steel with aluminium, carbon fibre, metallo-ceramics. And look at the structure of bones and coral... sometimes less is more.

[@jzpowell2108]

@@Waffletimewarp well I did use Fallout 3’s T-45D as the basis for the weight (the armor itself is 45 with the helmet being 5) and as I said, I’m assuming the weight is in pounds based off comparisons of the Service Rifle in NV compared to its very real counterpart of the M16… make of it what ya will… guess you could compare the weight with its Fallout 4 counterpart which has weight per each piece (head, torso, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg) and see if ya get a different result

[@revanwolfe5388]

Mistakes abound Mr. Roanoke. These Gulpers were created in a Vault not from migration, and natural mutation. The inhaler is a anti-feral drug. Among a few other minor in accurate comments/observations. Might wanna give the show another run through.

[@charleswetzel1250]

Oh ya, I just learned about the Giant Japanese Salamander today. Those things would be titans of the Fallout universe.

[@brickbraker5033]

i think the stuff you thought was jet was a sort of planted reason for the games lore as to why some ghouls are feral and some are not, but even thats speculative, looking at it again its the same urine yellow colour as radaway

[@mementomori771]

Its literally just radaway

[@DracoSafarius]

@@mementomori771 That wouldn't do anything for them though

[@christopheranderson2279]

I think it's a combination of radaway and radx. I know typically those don't affect ghouls, as far as we've known so far, but I think the delivery system is important, entering through the sinus system to the brain to protect it from further radiation. I also am aware that there's no given reason for them gowing feral but my belief is further radiation over a long time. Anyways, that's my two cents

[@brianweaver327]

If New Vegas is canon, then my Courier is out there with all the power and resources of the Big MT at his disposal. I vow to eradicate every one of these monsters.

[@bryanwulfric]

Oh I wanna see you cover the anatomy of a Ghoul in Fallout next

[@t3chbr0shadow]

When Maximus picked up the wrench, it reminded me of my first Fallout 4 play through. With no ammo left to help Preston, I just picked up a pipe and went to town on the Raiders real quick. Low level, but angry

[@davidstefaniak8717]

Did you watch only this episode or did someone write the script for you?

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

It kinda shows he made it based only on this one episode

[@davidstefaniak8717]

@@averageeughenjoyer6429 in a way yeah, but he also has knowledge from other episodes which makes it confusing to me

[@johnychrist2559]

The inhaler is a Live Action inclusion to the lore. Ghouls use the inhaler and the vials to stave off becoming feral. The inhaler Thaddeus takes does possibly have a connection to Fallout 4 tho, as Hancock mentions taking an experimental rad chem that turned him into a ghoul

[@mrfacephone]

This is the only correct answer in this entire comment section. Everyone else "spent years" playing who cares to know 100% it's jet or rad-away when it is only ever referred to as "vials". Not to mention we see actual jet and rad-away both in exact game form in the show.

[@TheElickChannel]

They don’t exactly say what’s in the inhaler but it’s said that he takes a drug that keeps him from turning feral

[@helixsol7171]

Roanoke out here talking about Axolotls adapting and mutating like the Gulpers in the show weren't made in Vault 4, which they were. They definitely were. They were made Pre-War by the scientists in Vault 4, born from some poor women used as test subjects who didn't deserve that.

[@Chicagocanine]

The coloration makes more sense if they were created/altered in captivity. Wild axolotls are usually dark brownish/greenish colored. Albino (pink/white) ones would stand out like a sore thumb in the wild.

[@EvelynnWinters2000]

The repair being so quick and easy was actually a reference to how in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, NPC's can repair your stuff instantly

[@thatguy44148]

He keeps reappearing in my life out of the blue

[@gunnargunnarsson5963]

Would you consider doing a video on the Super Soldiers from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Old Blood and The New Colossus, since not many people talk about those big boys.

[@ShadowTheLion]

An interesting video topic would be the 456 from Torchwood 3: Children of Earth, there is a crazy twist about the aliens you won't expect

[@bombvoyage5686]

What’s the ghoul is using in the inhaler is a serum that keeps them from going feral. Which makes no sense since the two things that make them go feral as we know, isolation and constant significant amounts of radiation. As we see in the show, ghouls need this serum every day or else they go feral.

[@insertname3977]

Well that's two things that are theorised to do so, though it seems to be more of a crapshoot related to genes.

[@irishdc9523]

Thing is we don't know if that's a guarantee. It's true that anti-social or extremely isolated ghouls are more suseptible to going feral, and radiation does play a role. Severe mental trauma (like the ghoulification of NCR troops at Camp Searchlight) can also be a factor. We know for certain it has to do with degredation of the brain, but that's about the only certain thing. We also saw moments where groups of people were turned into ghouls, but a few didn't go feral, like Captain Zao of the submarine Yangtze or Oswald Oppenheimer, the glowing one magician of Nuka World. It's also worth pointing out that the show takes place in the year 2296, later than any other game in the franchise so it may very well be possible someone developed a chem capable of staving off feral states in ghouls at this point. It does take place within the sphere of influence of the NCR, so they could've had a government project dedicated to finding a treatment, sort of like how governments supported COVID vaccine projects over the last few years. But from how we've seen Cooper drop after a few days without it, it could be that it's highly addictive so it leads to severe withdrawls (similar to how severe alcohol addiction can be life threatening if going cold turkey) or the process of going feral continues and the drug holds it back (like the Alzheimer's treatment from the most recent Planet of the Apes) Also, if you think about it, everything in the Fallout universe travels by word of mouth. So even if a piece of information is accurate, it may not be as reliable as it can be in a functioning society with devices to record events, people who's job is to report on events, fact-checkers to verify what's true and what's not, etc.

[@treysonbates6110]

Truth is we don’t know anything about ghouls they constantly differentiate between individuals also we don’t know what that drug is yet we need more information before we say what it is exactly

[@MrShukaku1991]

It's mostly just radiation, which is why you almost never see non-feral glowing ones, as they'd push their own feralification just by existing and being radioactive. If I was to make a guess about the ones who do retain their sanity, I'd guess something with strength of personality. On one side, you have Jason Bright, a charismatic cult leader, and the other Oswald the Magnificent, is an exceptional performer, incredibly kindhearted and driven to find a cure for ghoulification.

[@GabrielHenrique-pq5bo]

the isolation theory doesnt hold up really well because of fallout 4, in nuka world, in the kid kingdom the park employees were all together, and still only one of them did not became feral, in fact, he is a glowing one that managed to not go feral, there is also the kid in the fridge from the base game, he was in that fridge since the great war and did not became feral even though he was alone for 200 years, nor did his parents after the same amount of time and having only each other, maybe there are other factors we're not considering to make one go feral

[@charlesjenkins7145]

Fairly new subscriber but absolutely love your work as a fellow movie/game lover. I lean heavily to horror admittedly from my youth. Would love to see your take on "American Werewolf In London" especially the transformation scene. Changed the game pre cgi with straight suits and effect. Also Wishmaster lore is absolutely mind boggling, would love to hear your take on these both. 🙌🙌🙏🏾. Keep it up man, all of my friends are obsessed with your channel now too, you've definitely opened our eyes and perspectives on alot of things. Thank you for your time

[@irishdude5074]

The inhaler I thought was some FEV concoction, like the one Thaddeus seems to take later in the series. My first guess. Also also I've been binging your videos. Any chance of some Underworld cover? Or have I missed em?

[@Swainhammer13]

I was so happy to See they went with practical effects for this.

[@junkSKULL]

The ghoul is inhaling a chemical mixture that stabilized him from turning into a feral ghoul.

[@Marsyas01]

It's actually only Southern California that's a desert wasteland. Norcal is a lot more varied. We've got like mountains and forests and grassland and lots and lots of hills. Sometimes I wonder why anyone ever decided to settle in Socal.

[@oldleatherhandsfriends4053]

oil

[@sluggerbutter]

roanoke is so america pilled he has never played fallout

[@Klinker0913]

These gulpers look sick but I also love the Gulpers from Far Harbor. I like to think that since they both originate from salamanders and newts that the wasteland citizens just group them together

[@eduardorossal]

I was thrown from a truck and ran over by said truck. I landed on my jaw, it shattered in seven different places. I was unconscious, near death, and drowning in a pool of my own blood. I swallowed about three pints. I lived with retrograde amnesia for more than a decade. I didn’t know who I was or what actions I would be able to make until a few years ago. The person I was during that decade is a different person than myself. I remember all of it now, past, during retrograde amnesia, and now I’m learning to live with all that. It was a psychological retrograde amnesia rather than a physiological one; that’s why I was able to regain my memories and become myself again. Throughout that decade I felt like two people when making decisions and taking action. As I was told by others what I should do and through religious beliefs guiding me, and what laid beneath my conscious; my former self telling what I should do which was often in line with that dogma but there were many times I had to suppress my true self as it would be asking me to think critically and forsake my dogma. I was never a dogmatic person or a believer before the accident, so I was going against my instincts but I have always been someone that would the right thing even if it might harm me. It was wild man. Thinking back, I can’t believe that was happening to me. Fish in water I guess.

[@YamiHoOu]

You should write a book about your experience, it would be fascinating!

[@eduardorossal]

@@YamiHoOu I hope not going to discourage you in encouraging me, but I just feel like myself again. Kind starting around this year. I need time to figure it all out. As of now, it feels like an annoying thing that happened to me that send off into places that I probably would not have gone if I never had that accident. I literally also started talking about the sensation of it all. When my memories were coming back I could not tell what was happening and what had happened. I need to figure out how to explain it better. I don’t know if you are familiar with Back to the Future, but it felt like how it looked liked for time fixing itself through Marty disappearing from the photo and reality. I draw a chart trying to figure out. The funny is I’m back doing the same stuff I used to do: Dirt biking, writing, fighting (not picking them but ending them) and speaking out. For some reason before my memories came back I was emotional and an artist. I don’t get that. I’m thinking about writing maybe in a couple of years living this life again.

[@SweetSweetCandyBoyz]

It’s a serum to keep him from going feral, the show keeps it pretty ambiguous and adds something to the ghoul lore (or retcon)

[@Michael_OBrian]

ETA on the video on the Quarians from Mass Effect?

[@ZombieWilfred]

A reason I can think of why the ghoul isn't worried about moving away from the target is that, the digestion of the head itself is not an issue if what you're after is the peice of tech hidden in it, which will likely not be digested and could just be collected from the gulper's waste after said digestion.

[@shrek6723]

You got so many things blatantly wrong here. They were made in a vault, it's shown outright in a later episode.

[@DracoSafarius]

Does beg the question as to how they got out of the vault, but I could see the staff taking pity on that group of them we saw in the tank and letting them out.

[@shadelord2949]

I knew you were gonna cover this eventually, glad to see you did

[@shadelord2949]

Also 4 views in 47 seconds, bro fell off

[@brockschannel3927]

Thats not Jet. Its a new drug that keeps ghouls from going feral. Not sure where this drug came from,as this was never a part of fallout,but who knows, maybe it'll be a plot point in fallout 5?

[@grumpydunmer]

Pretty sure it's Rad-X

[@brockschannel3927]

​@@grumpydunmerrad x is a bottle of pills,not to mention that ghouls are immune to radiation,so they wouldn't do anything to ghouls.

[@CaptCKernel]

I thought Lucy took Rad-X and it was an IV? Might just be generic chems in S1 to be developed later, possibly a new chem to stop ghoulification but also the ghouls at the mart had done feral so who knows

[@GazingTrandoshan]

Twas radaway! Well probably get this mystery answered in s2 , I think we got more flashbacks to his life leading up to that point eventually

[@nicholashodges201]

​@@grumpydunmerthat makes absolutely zero sense. If Radaway did ANYTHING to ghouls it would most likely *poison* them since it flushes radiation from the body. That's radiation they need to survive. Also Radaway is intravenous. It's always been intravenous

[@thegametroll6264]

I cant wait to watch the show. I would love to see my big green bois in fallout. I've been saying it everywhere i wish playable super mutants and ghouls were a thing in the games. The super mutants would have the feel of playing as the orks in warhammer 40K which would make me happy. That said... gulpers scared the hell out of me in far harbor on fallout 4.

[@CaptCKernel]

Biggest plot hole - Cooper hears his wife allude to dropping the bombs, then goes about his existence with his daughter away from any vaults like he was oblivious...i just dont get it

[@richardpatterson4]

We've seen that barb seems to really care about both cooper and janey so he must have thought she wouldn't nuke the world without giving some warning. Plus what was he supposed to do? Worry everyday that the bombs would drop.

[@krisztiansturm1690]

He also overheared the part where they talk about the vaults being tests, so that kinda explains why he didn't go to any

[@damianxcv]

It's called a divorce

[@XzMondayNightzX]

There's a lot of stuff like that. Like how the brain bot that controls the vaults could have just locked him out with the door instead of... letting them in with all the managers. It's Bethesda tier writing. There's so much fallout related stuff too that comes up. Why do Ghouls need special medication? They don't even need radaway. You go feral in super high brain melting rads. Not because it's like "Zombrax" where they have to keep taking it.. they're not friggin infected zombies. And who the fukk is making this stuff? Why are the Enclave back? The Oil rig exploded, Raven Rock exploded, the crawler Exploded. Arcade Gannon had to go to a retirement home to dig people out. Why do the Enclave have to redevelop cold fusion? They already have this technology with the GECK. The Government (Enclave) and Vault tech have research agreement considering the funding. Why do they never say "Chinese" and why do they force vault tech nuking the world? (I think I know why because PR garbage.) Why does this power armor have such a HUGE FLAW and nobody even after Operation Anchorage knows this? Or ANY of the BoS? The BoS in this are so terrible. It's like they tried to write the dark brotherhood in power armor. How did The Master not know about the 3 other vaults but some other dumb raiders could find it? He's literally next door in the bone wastes. "Water chip fallout 1 reference lmao also we're doing nothing with this." Bleh man just bleh.

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

? It makes perfect sense to me, if he knew they'd be the ones dropping the bombs, why would he feel worried? It would be calculated and him and his daughter would be safe. That was his wife's entire plan was to save him and her daughter from the bombs. He obviously trusted THAT PART of what she said.

[@kevinkerwin4118]

The real gulper was the Todd Howard we met along the way

[@damianzenger3429]

The inhaler has a anti feral Chem that they introduce in the show

[@krisztiansturm1690]

Which is probably some form of radaway

[@RigbyWilde]

@@krisztiansturm1690 more specific, maybe something that delays brain/mental damage

[@DracoSafarius]

@@RigbyWilde Would have to be. Radiation isn't a problem for them so radaway is useless. Something that's essentially staving off a progressing mental condition is what's most likely, but it does also get you high as hell so there's probably loads of stimulants and other stuff mixed in as well.

[@badideagenerator2315]

Or he doesn't actually need the drug to stop going feral and he has a crippling addiction to it and uses his condition as a ghoul to justify his usage of it.

[@Jonathan-yu9ui]

Nah, the other ghoul he kills had already run out which is why he shot him ​@badideagenerator2315

[@jeramiejoseph6745]

Ah yes I get my Roanoke fix before a round of disc golf let’s gooo

[@WeAreInYourWall]

Wot

[@CaptCKernel]

All of earth became one giant Australian. Wasteland. Everything either actively attempting or highly capable of killing you. Yep, that tracks

[@DinDjarinDigital]

The games and show ONLY take place in the US, not the whole world. There’s no known information in the lore about ANYTHING in the whole series about the rest of the world.

[@Totemparadox]

I've been choked out once. Was out for like 10 seconds. I do believe I'm still the same guy. It felt just like sleeping.

[@erostriste8694]

i worked on a lot of these sets and everything was really fucking cool, especially the IRL power armour, testosterone overload

[@GazingTrandoshan]

BROMETHIUS, also love saying the gulper is gulping , but also the "HUH' it does when it gets shot lmao

[@antagonizerr]

You didn't actually watch it did you? Your semi confused recitation suggest you A; don't play fallout and B; didn't actually watch the show.

[@Average_Arthur]

13:19 Sundowner would be proud

[@housbous1096]

It was such a bad show, it got so many pieces of lore wrong. And just continued Bethesda's hate of Fallout New Vegas.

[@AzrenKaleBolles-Pohja]

100% Agree with you. And the Story was Horrible. Love Lucy's Character but she doesn't react at all to the Wasteland after she sees the tumbleweed. Maximus is a Disgrace of a Character I feel bad for the actor I think if they gave him a better character than he would be great. And the "Ghoul" is only held up because of the Actor not because of the Character. And the show just Destroys the Lore.

[@davidbowers4270]

“The skin is pinkish white” Me: same 😂

[@Chicagocanine]

Me when I accidentally go outside midday for 20 minutes.

[@krabrangoonies1071]

3 views 8 seconds fell off

[@altoclef8521]

what?

[@big.gib.4L]

One of the most brainrot memes around

[@krabrangoonies1071]

@@big.gib.4L babbabouy rizzler gyatt

[@doctor_markus9042]

​@@krabrangoonies1071 you arent funny

[@krabrangoonies1071]

@@doctor_markus9042 imagine getting heated over a rizzler gyat bouy

[@BangerangEliko]

@2:13 as far as we know, we havent been told what this stuff was. Hopefully in season 2 or 3 [contracts confirmed] theyll talk about it more personal hypothesis - might be something to stave off degradation of frontal lobe, might be a blend of mentats and something else or could be a placebo

[@necrochemical5572]

finally found something more terrifying than the Dead Space 3 Feeders mouth fingers, and wouldn't you know it, it's MORE mouth fingers.

[@Alexrenda]

It has yet to be explained what the yellow fluid in the inhaler is, but my best guess is it’s some form of rad away that helps ghouls from completely going feral

[@XxShadow101xX]

7:35 He says torture doesn't work, and when she questions him as to why he's torturing her, he clarifies that he's actually using her as bait.

[@-_918Buba_-]

I think what Coop was taking was a single use Radaway. It's the same color as the IV bag of Radaway that Maximus gives Lucy, which would make sense why Coop starts to cough & some what start going downhill when he is without it.

[@haleypoole9081]

It's only ever referenced in fallout 4 by the dude with the captain hat. He says something to the effect of "Met a guy awhile ago when i was drinking and doing chems in some town, gave me something that was the greatest high ever, turned me into a ghoul , werf". My argument pre that was jet, it's literally meth in the og script and in the games, slows time or makes you super focused. Makes sense itd keep you from turning feral.

[@jacobcunha6490]

The leg up pun made me pause the video and just sit for a minute. Genius

[@daltonyoung8694]

The medication the ghoul is taking is some form of anti-radiation medication that is preventing his going feral as a ghoul.

[@DuckDecoy13]

Yes definitely do a microbiologist look into how somebody becomes a ghoul because I was always curious how a kid in a refrigerator during a particular side quest in Fallout 4 became a ghoul

[@Moondougie]

the drug that the ghoul was taking so that he won't turn feral is I think an addition to fallout's lore so we can see why there are feral ones and some that haven't fully changed yet

[@MVEZombie]

MANE!!!! I've been waiting all day for a Roanoke video.

[@ryleeguy2763]

I think it’s just radaway in the inhalers, I think that was what was hooked up to him when he’s in the ground and it’s just dispersing the radiation to reduce his ghoulafication.

[@X7rocks]

Ghouls and deaths claws would be an awesome thing to discuss :)

[@Ghoulishblade]

I think the inhaler is whatever drug turned Hancock into a ghoul in fallout 4 or some form of rad away. He didn't have vials when he was buried for a year at a time, but they had him hooked up to rad and he didn't go feral.

[@DionysusVoice]

I'm thinking that's most likely jet -- in FO2, it appeared as an inhaler like that.

[@zenkomenhi]

Whoever designed this creature must have been a real interesting person. Interesting in a similar way to how the person who came up with the brazen bull was.

[@trenchcoatbandit]

i also like how the gulpers look like axolotls and not giant tadpols

[@hibouowll7468]

All of Earth became became one giant Australia. I think I've never heard a more clear, precise, and truer description of FallOut.

[@tmfd9476]

As far as I know, the ghoul isn’t using jet, it’s a medicine that holds back the process that makes them go feral. Like a medicine that slows or stops Alzheimer’s.. When the gulper broke his little box with them inside, he took the girl to trade for more. That’s why they walked away and he said “they digest slow”

[@theskepticalpagan5074]

We definitely need more fallout lore videos! I'm too lazy to play video games on my own I live vicariously through these kinds of videos LOL.

[@domomitsune5920]

The hybrid creatures in Fallout Fallout games are pretty interesting. From the deathclaws, even to the mutated crocodiles and bears. The mutated creatures of Fallout themselves could have their own series on your channel. And we're not even counting the bugs yet.

[@wolverinex8330]

The Ghoul was forced away from the gulper because it broke his remaining supplies of that drug inhaler he uses to stave off the effects of becoming feral, so he needed to go to the people who trade in it by giving up Lucy for the drugs

[@doragonzx]

You forgot than in a later episode, they show a woman giving birth to those things, wich would explain a lot of thing but create a but load of questions. Imagine giving birth to an angler fish

[@Kenya_Berry]

I like how you managed to avoid giving spoilers

[@biggycheese3176]

I recently picked up stalker anomaly and I would absolutely love to see this man cover the mutations and creatures in it

[@evilinterpol]

*Companies literally destroying the world now and fictionally *Roanoke Gaming : lol red menace

[@theodorekaczynski8147]

2:14 it’s some sort of anti-feralization drug for ghouls. It’s implied it’s made from normal people, maybe stem cells to help regrow parts of the brain

[@jennyfeare1702]

*Sitting as a skeletal husk, still awaiting the Hackett's furry curse from The Quarry*

[@xKapnKrunch]

3:41 thanks for some more existential dread.

[@robertwalton956]

I think the medication that the ghoul uses with the inhaler is possibly a form of asthma medicine. When they get to the market, he's suffering pretty hard without it and laying on the ground by the time Lucy comes back out.

[@Chicagocanine]

One interesting thing that I didn’t hear you mention (or I missed) is that axolotls are neotenic. This is likely connected to why they are so good at regenerating not just limbs but even organs and CNS tissue. Very rarely axolotls can metamorphose. When this happens they lose their gills and begin to resemble terrestrial salamanders more in structure.

[@Josey_WaIes]

cap hill fitness is great, glad you had a good experience there!

[@charleswetzel1250]

Mid-stride, the man looks at me and says "Have you ever considered what should occur if your consciousness were never interrupted by any other event, up to the point of being made unconscious forcefully?" He carries on without missing a step, while I remained flabbergasted, starring into the abyss that is now my mind.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Imagine how vicious a mutant Honey Badger would be.

[@zufieusagi7509]

Likely would make Deathclaw's look friendly by comparison.

[@rentalparasite5611]

So the inhaler is radaway so he doesnt go feral. You can see it in an iv when hes buried. The gulper here is or a descendent of the great uncle of the overseer from vault 4. Shown in the video that explains what they do in vault 4