Somebody Was Watching You in Fallout 4

Fallout 4 and indeed the entire Fallout franchise have always made a point of confronting players with a variety of strange mysteries and explainable happenings. One of the most remarkable Fallout 4 secrets, is that throughout the game, a character named "Deacon" is following the player as they navigate the Commonwealth. Deacon is a remarkable personality in his own right, with an incredibly shady past. In today's video we're going to investigate why one of Fallout 4's most iconic characters took an interest in the Vault Dweller so early on and what his true backstory may be. Today we finally unravel the tale of Deacon in Fallout 4.
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[@TheEpicNate315]

You have no clue how tempting it was to just stretch this out 6 more minutes to make it an hour.

[@dakota3496]

Lol

[@josephtinker5556]

Next time I think you should just for us people with OCD

[@duelfueled]

You did your work man

[@charlie-yp2oq]

I would've done it lol Seriously, who puts the junk everywhere tho?

[@mikemarshmallow216]

I can notice the slight change of direction. You’re starting to branch out and make longer more detailed videos on specific theories. We see the work, brother. 🤝

[@DonutOperator]

Well I wasn't planning on watching an hour long fallout 4 video but here I am

[@lukeduke785]

I wasn't planning on finding you here but I did...WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!

[@invisible9045]

@@lukeduke785 u have similar taste in yt vids?

[@tomseleman3873]

Dude. Nate This guy right here with the Donut is a leeeegeeenddd. Mad clout right now stupid clout.

[@donttreadonme4355]

Lmao

[@zmanthepanda3255]

Donut Operator Hey donut! Love your videos!

[@maximuswood7506]

Fun fact: Deacon can actually be found posing as "Deacon" in the Railroad HQ.

[@mr_mcfatback]

That must be a super rare encounter

[@compedsushi9030]

Shhhhhhhhheiiiiiiiiit deaconseption

[@woodlock7494]

Wait.. What? You don't mean that deacon guy... Holy shit...

[@santosgonzalez3443]

@some lǝᴉuɐp guy ok uncooked turkey

[@woodlock7494]

@some lǝᴉuɐp guy Hey man woah what was that.. Something flew right over your head!

[@michaelhaas5607]

I love how the railroad is the only faction in the game with a literal red line leading to it, with letters corresponding to numbers on the trail, and lanterns to follow as well, and when you show up they ask “how did you find us?” Like they can’t understand.

[@Jayyy667]

Railroad are commies

[@kaizenregimen]

Plus the password being the same name as the faction

[@FerretWithAHat]

They later explain it with most people in the Commonwealth being illiterate

[@CD-zi6rb]

@@kaizenregimenI would have been okay with it if noone knew about the faction’s name or knew about them at all but they literally give away recruitment holotapes asking to Join the Railroad.

[@MJsPepsihair]

​@@kaizenregimenI mean it tricked me. I couldn't imagine it was literally just the name.

[@un1xify]

Moments like these, make me realize how dumb I am. Every time I saw “Deacon”, I thought I was seeing the story of the bald security guard through my game. He had an easy job guarding the mayor, he lost it and became a drifter and struggles to survive. Having ups and downs, like having a third person perspective of our character.

[@Spootprime]

Y'See, thats what he WANTED you to think!!

[@Starolfr]

At first, I just assumed it was Bethesda being lazy with their models & skins and I was just seeing "generic white bald guy with sunglasses". (At least until it became *too* frequent. But by then, I'd forgotten how many times I'd seen him turn up. lol. When it finally connected, I was like "Ohhhhh... Well, shyte - how many places WAS this guy?!?") xD

[@ClanToreador]

I was wondering why he was so familiar 😮😅

[@TotallyNotKanye]

2:43 idk if im the only one who doesn’t believe this guy as on my last play through deacon himself told me that he spied on me…

[@villings]

Deacon: I'll just sign "-D" Nate: right, it says "smiley face"

[@GlennSkywalker2305]

I feel like deacon is like me when it comes to funny dialogue

[@NA-xg7lf]

@@GlennSkywalker2305 It's just a feeling.

[@uiopuiop3472]

@@GlennSkywalker2305 ß

[@thaias9654]

It’s a cyclops smiley face.

[@uiopuiop3472]

@@thaias9654 tanks

[@Longshanks1690]

Nazeem was watching us from the Cloud District the whole time.

[@kaiserwilhelm8271]

Do you come to the cloud district often?

[@ridoing9969]

I sent him to Afterlife District as soon as he opened his mouth.

[@kaiserwilhelm8271]

@@ridoing9969 nice

[@lukerobinson2809]

@@ridoing9969 I did that Then the guards sent me to hell

[@thearbender5529]

Do you get to the cloud district very often? What am I saying, of course you don't, but I'll have you know theres no PUSSIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Name-ot3xw]

Deacon had intel that you were next in line to the Institute's throne and was grooming you to be a more friendly rival, perhaps ally.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And it doesn't take much for the Sole Survivor wanting to improve the world. And since the player can become leader, or at least a high ranking member, of all the major factions in the game, it wouldn't be impossible for them to put all the factions together to make things better.

[@gabrielsousa959]

I haven’t seen anyone mention this in the comments and probably no one will see this since it’s been two years but I feel that one of the reasons this theory holds up is for the simple fact that Desdemona doesn’t give Deacon any orders and Deacon is able to do what he wants. At any moment had anyone else tried to start project Wanderer she would have told them to let it go or let them go off on their own and not acknowledge it as official railroad business that needed to be documented. This shows me at least that not only does Deacon have seniority over Desdemona but also more sway and importance and the only reason he does so is because he doesn’t want to lead.

[@jrlopez1027.]

Im here and i read it, good theory

[@landrylongacre6391]

I am also here and also read it, good shit my man.

[@neurohack9038]

Fallout 4 is still very popular.

[@3Head_]

@@neurohack9038 he meant 2 years since the video was published.

[@spimbles]

@@neurohack9038 but they never said anything about the games popularity ??? like, what?

[@lancapolida3792]

But can you imagine how unnerving it must be to have the person who you stalked for a long ass time suddenly came up to you while you're disguised and attempt aggressively to chat with you while you're posing as a guard/caravan trader/random passerby

[@CharmedReally7]

ikr, he is a god tier actor

[@Simpo-iu6gx]

"Oh god oh fuck"

[@EeYahe]

D-dont- you have something important to do? A+ acting

[@averagedude6736]

Yeah and the main character is terrifying to they killed a deathclaw first day out of the vault

[@CharmedReally7]

@@averagedude6736 not necessarily but yeah, a minigun and a suit with some building where deathclaw can't get in would do the trick

[@cookiewoke1899]

Well I mean, yeah. Dog meat is always with us, of course he's watching everything we do

[@Matt-md5yt]

in like every game there is Dogmeat. but New Vegas gave us a Cyborhound

[@meshman2763]

Someone has turned WOKE

[@theunderlyinghaterlol7]

He's still a good boy

[@spikesshadow8683]

@@Matt-md5yt Rex is literally the Bestest Boy ever. Change my mind

[@theunderlyinghaterlol7]

@@spikesshadow8683 I agree

[@ThaDirtyBubble]

Im on my 2nd play through of Fallout 4 currently and so far I have noticed Deacon in disguise as a Diamond City guard, a drifter that hangs out around KLEOs shop, and lastly as a patron in the Memory Den.

[@io56731]

well you only got afew more you can find

[@randallthompson8764]

I went to goodneighbor a few in game days after Handcock’s speech to sell stuff at the gun shop. Deacon was at the shop outside just chillin. I talked to him an he said “anyones welcome in goodneighbor even me” then “ dont you have better stuff to do” lol

[@l0mad642]

“I feel like someone is trying to SELL ME SOMETHING.” *todd and Pete behind a rock* “I told you he was onto us.”

[@Matt-md5yt]

Malcolm Holmes is another one

[@sxcJOELisNotsexy]

My leg. I can't stop slapping it 😅

[@edcrows232]

ah a man of culture

[@TheBlindNiggaMC]

@@edcrows232 Indeed.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Almost mistook you for a raider I did

[@breoelmonjeloco.5931]

Plot Twist: Deacon does not exist. He's just an invention of the player's paranoia...

[@LightyDust]

@@patrick_btmn Hey, Todd, when's TES 6 coming out?

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

Todd Howard telling sweet little lies again i see

[@rezonan3520]

@@patrick_btmn tomorrow 2077

[@royalswordsman4523]

@@patrick_btmn ahhh i see time flows differently for u too, that or ur a time traveling synth!

[@breoelmonjeloco.5931]

@@royalswordsman4523 hahaaha

[@DutchPigeon]

Nate texting, sighing, and his phone going off in the background while capturing dialogue, due to him either not muting his mic or turning off the input source, is the best thing ever i swear

[@kawaii33366]

IKR LOL

[@lovemochaxx]

i’m so glad i’m not the only one who noticed this lol

[@frxsty2585]

Timestamp?

[@DKoS_9158]

@@frxsty2585 around past 16:45

[@howmanybabiesdidNestleKill]

bro needs to turn off them keyboard clicks

[@elitebelt]

It makes sense his last story is the real deal, because it's the only one where he doesn't portray himself as a good person and puts himself at real risk of losing your friendship by telling you this. It comes off as someone that has lived with this confounding guilt for years and is confiding in you about it to finally get it off of his chest.

[@ZION73082]

The ironic joke of the situation is Deacon is a hero worshiper but fails at being a hero and leader himself Deacon is Johnny D and he basically effed up and cause the destruction of almost the entire railroad so when he finally not only meets you and sees you start fixing not only the railroad but the Commonwealth it makes him feel sort of a sense of horrible nostalgia because the player character is doing all the right things he tried to do and failed miserably. 😒👍

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@ZION73082 At least he tried, that is more than most people do

[@ZION73082]

@@HappyBeezerStudios yep 👍

[@mushromus7764]

Player after mudering hundreds of people: "YOU KILLED SOMEONE!?"

[@doctorm5]

Glad someone else found this as funny as I did

[@randallporter1404]

And it's how she said it, as if it was a despicable act.

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

I'm pretty sure it depends on the situation... also these games don't always allow for good solutions (ie good vs evil), you're stuck with what they program in for options. Which is VERY frustrating. Sometimes we come up with better alternatives as players but the game isn't a tabletop RPG so we're stuck with the limited pre-programmed imagination of the makers of the game.

[@AngloImperial]

LadyBeritanavatarius 🤫

[@randallporter1404]

@@LadyBeritanavatarius This reveals how out of touch the devs are.

[@derpyBOSS-dt3jr]

“Murdered to death.” Every 60 minutes in Africa a hour passes

[@jakejohnson718]

Hmm yes, the floor here is made of floor

[@christianjordansuryadi341]

the water is wet

[@oshikiri999]

*An* > a

[@christianjordansuryadi341]

@@oshikiri999 it is a,not an.

[@christianjordansuryadi341]

hour isnt started with any vocal letters

[@jackd5878]

Also to note that if during that final conversation (after gaining maximum affinity ) with him -- He gets noticeably upset/angry that you don't believe him and say yeah it was all a lie. He doesn't do that for any other time you talk to him after gaining some affinity .

[@Veethran88]

Deacon actually coming clean about his life story: Meanwhile lofi beats in the backround

[@Mikey-zk5wc]

"Wait... it's all deacon?" *Loads pistol* "Always has been..."

[@heartysquid]

I love that joke Btw should have been "Cocks Deliverer"

[@dancingtortugha1356]

“Wait it’s all Detroit?” “Can’t have shit in Detroit”. “Wait where’s your gun”

[@jebushwplainview9453]

Shoots you Mmmm whatcha sayyyyy

[@themoofs6925]

Then you shoot him because you’re actually Deacon.

[@Valkyrie12124]

Mikey Lawrence I had to kill Deacon after failing to issue the evacuation order, made me pretty sad cause I thought he was pretty cool, but then I remembered he's a son of a bitch liar.

[@arashj4442]

"- D" isn't a smileyface... he signed his inital letter of his name. you know like graffiti artists tag their work ^^

[@therealevilmudbug]

It it was a smile it would obviously be :)

[@Hikari12217]

​@@therealevilmudbug":D" has always been used to depict a smile aswell and it works much better since the "D" looks like your mouth while smiling, in contrast to ")" which is a more simple and stylized way to do that.

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

​@Hikari12217 in no universe does your mouth look more like a D than ) when smiling. If you're one of those weird horse teeth smilers, that's your problem, not ours.

[@christophercourter4757]

I just feel like it was a right time right place scenario. Deacon was the information man, it would make sense for him to be at 111 if they had some sort of info on activity. He happens to see a single vault dweller leave and scamper out into the wastes screaming "SEAN?! SEAN?! WHERE ARE YOU?!". That obviously interests Deacon so he goes to watch and see how long they will survive. By his surprise the vault dweller is very skilled and handy, crafting armor and weapons, slaying anything in their way including a death claw. He overhears you talking to Preston and shoots up to diamond city to wait for you. On top of all of that the vault dweller would be easy to mold/manipulate as they were new to the wasteland.

[@thescratchyscratch7848]

I love how fallout 4 is a massive slaughter regardless of which side you choose and there’s typically a dialog your character can say to companions or some other shit maybe and it goes something along the lines of “y-you killed someone.”

[@sirsawtooth4044]

During Deacons final heart to heart that "You are carrying too much and can not run !" Hit different...

[@denkifriedkalamari1730]

That emotional baggage was too much...

[@Veronica-zz7bp]

But always remember... You're gonna carry that weight

[@gobus7277]

just spam feed yourself radroach meat (to get rid of the endless amount that you've picked up over the game)

[@tateranus4365]

Just use cooked radstag meat, it gives you extra weight.

[@jerm2332]

@@tateranus4365 an extra 25 is not nearly enough let’s be real. If it is you must have too many supplies to pick up any junk then or something lmao

[@mauirandall8176]

It is kind of fun how you find pompadour wigs all over the place and then you meet a guy with a pompadour and don't even realize that it's a wig until he mentions it

[@ceilingfan3589]

Cute birds

[@Etrius_Fysik]

Right, the first time I saw him without the wig, I actually thought his hair glitched, and wasn't loading in properly. But then I checked his inventory, and pht the wig on him, and I was all like, "oh, wait a minute..." XD

[@JXX646]

@@ceilingfan3589Dude what?

[@ceilingfan3589]

@@JXX646 im just referring to the birds in her profile picture that's it

[@JXX646]

@@ceilingfan3589 Oh alright.

[@p.j.8698]

It's incredible. You'll have to play the game like 10 times in a row to get all the small details and unlock all the gameplay, understand and experience the full potential of this game. This shows how much work Bethesda have put into this. Truly amazing game

[@brianeibert1647]

I love your investigations and how thorough you are. You’ve enhanced the story each time you investigate. Thank you!

[@SuperQB7_]

Imagine investigating deacon’s stalking habits for so long you end up being the stalker

[@ihavesnacks4186]

If stalk stalker, who stalker?

[@DevourerRich]

@@ihavesnacks4186 if stalker stalk stalker then stalker is stalker and stalker is stalker.

[@ihavesnacks4186]

@@DevourerRich if I stalk the stalker that stalks stalker, am I a stalker stalker stalker?

[@NDDGMRA]

@@ihavesnacks4186 s t a l m k

[@TheGhost20978]

The only thing I’m still curious about is how he changes his outfit so fast

[@traz7298]

If you pass 3 speech checks , when you enter the railroad for the first time, he tells you he has been spying on you

[@paperhurts]

I remember this as well.

[@travisace]

Yeah I passed 3 and he admits he has been spying on you

[@traz7298]

@Russel Schwartz true.

[@ROCC_Cat]

😰

[@davidkymdell452]

Which is why I always load up on speech in the beginning. It ALWAYS makes Bethesda games a piece of cake

[@derpco.69420]

if your listening to the Dimond city radio early on the host ends up saying that someone spotted the player exiting vault 111 so either Deacon told somebody and it spread from there (tho that is unlikely as that could alert the sole survivor that somebody was watching him leave) or somebody else was watching them for Deacon and ended up telling other people not knowing the importance of keeping it a secret

[@305backup]

Wow this is well structured and turns something so convoluted into a step by step break down. Awesome video!!!

[@LumiMoonCh]

He is actually John Deacon, bassist of the band Queen. He was kidnapped by the Zetans in 1986 and, after escaping to the commonwealth 280 years later with no memories and having not aged a day, he joined the Railroad in their early years so he can help others break free when they are under pressure.

[@jennifernchrislinindoll961]

Totally epic. Lol

[@omggom2488]

He was a very good spy and all his enemy's bited the dust.

[@henryh8797]

Ima need the hour long video on this lore ASAP

[@survivalhorrorman]

I was thinking the name Johnny D could be John Deacon as well. I mean he could have found a Queen holo tape and gotten the name from that or something also.

[@lukejams]

Fuckin A

[@Fungoroth]

Imagine Deacon plotting this great plan around us, and then see us siding with the institute

[@cave_hag]

This is the way

[@cackjooper]

This is the way

[@henry7001]

This is the way

[@theOkayest]

This is the way

[@MannyEatsUnicorns]

This is the way

[@twerkyoulater]

Great video. I watched the whole thing with no breaks and it didn't even feel like 55 minutes. Really great work, thanks for the entertainment.

[@ravenauslander3726]

Just had a thought. Do the synths of the institute know about Shaun? Like they call him Father, but do they know he's from Vault 111? Do they know Kellogg left one of Shaun's biological parents alive in the Vault? If so... Is it possible that one of the escaped synths told Deacon in an offhand remark about who Shaun is and where he's from?

[@TrynawalkwithGod]

My thoughts exactly

[@pieck5460]

SOMEONE ANSWER THIS!!!

[@brucewayne722]

Synths have a failsafe that wipes their memories if they escape. Location of institute, access routes. Escaped synths are also slave synths they don't feed them too much information about being a synth and the institute.

[@Dragoncam13]

Most people of the institute probably don't even know Shaun is from 111 honestly cause whenever he was brought there most of them weren't born or it was before they arrived

[@justinjames965]

Yes, the synths in the institute know about Shaun and Vault 111, but the sole survivors identity was kept from operators on the surface.

[@eddieduffy3128]

A little secret for ya: Deacon can be found in a settlement that needs your help, here i’ll mark it on your map

[@Malkontent1003]

I see that Deacon isn't the only one with disguises now, is he Preston?

[@shaynehughes6645]

Damn it Preston, you got me this time

[@eddieduffy3128]

I aim to please... the common wealth now go out there and help the settlements

[@aknife8336]

its like a new rickroll now dang

[@eddieduffy3128]

A knife And thats just the beauty of it... the settlements, the beauty of the settlements

[@mickymoss7512]

The Railroad: Deacon is our best spy. Deacon, posing as anyone at all, ever: Hey there. I sure do love this place I'm in. Doing the thing I'm doing, on this day that it certainly is. Many weather we're having, isn't we? Much weather. My SS, sweating nervously: IS HE, THOUGH?

[@killajay369]

This comment is so underrated

[@KanuckStreams]

The best way to not be noticed isn't to try not to be noticed (because people, social creatures we are, will notice someone trying not to be noticed) but instead to be obvious and not caring about being noticed. The trick is to do it right.

[@Sarapapa666]

"Let me wear those ominous sunglasses everywhere I go, even when I’m supposed to pass as a Diamond City Guard." Seriously, everyone is onto this guy: the companions know he changes his face, hell, even Vadim says "maybe you’re not a Diamond City guard at all". Love the guy but he’s not a good spy at all.

[@hanss870]

@@febreeziTV a lot of weather we are having here

[@generalcodsworth4417]

@Mr. Al Such radiation, broken Geiger counter

[@FoxMacDonald]

I find that each time you call out Deacon for his lies, there's always an underlying lesson that he teaches you.

[@Eden-mn6rt]

Bit late but “wonderer” is not just what deacons secret mission is called, its also what desdamonda calls the player if they are asked to choose their nickname. Suggests deacons mission was finding us

[@vitali2243]

What if the sole survivor is a synth after all as theories say? That could be the reason Shaun "just observed" how he would make it, instead of doing something to meet him. That would explain Desdemona "pretending" to not know him and Deacon saying "a normal person would not do that". More clues in game, for example when talking to DIMA - options only to choose answers that the last memory Sole Survivor has is of the day of bombing, though he should have memories of other things like job and etc as the player knows.

[@VoidmasterCZ]

It actually opened my mind when he said: "There're other organizations out there. And, in time, I'm sure they're goinng to spoon-feed you their own patented form of bullshit. Ignore the verbage and look at what they're doing. What they're asking you to do." This line is such a life advice it's awesome. As hillarious he is joking around. Deacon learned life lessons the hard way and still jokes around.

[@dodado7424]

too bad none of the factions in fallout 4 were nuanced enough to matter. they were basically reskins of each other.

[@Snowy_Breeze]

*cough* BLM and Antifa *cough*

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@Snowy_Breeze not comparable

[@matlockcrowl3396]

@@maxwellsamuel3255 sounds like you have been fed already then

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@matlockcrowl3396 nah they're just non comparable..

[@joshuakorynta3385]

_"I always feel like, somebody's watching me!"_

[@marcodelacruz6779]

Facts

[@demandred1957]

I always feel like somebody's watching me Who's playing tricks on me?

[@aus1e390]

Tell me is it just a dream.

[@cfiber_inc]

I was just thinking about that

[@metetural9140]

Who? The IRS?!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The thing with Deacon's tall tales is that basically any of them could be true in the world the games are set in. We have people from the other side of the Atlantic, people being frozen for two centuries in a vault, a connected VR simulation, space stations, real aliens, ancient gods, a robot president, immortals with psychic powers, synths, talking deathclaws, etc Even his fake recall code proves the point that you can't trust people.

[@specter_ace]

I love the texting in the background during the vouching chatter

[@usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052]

The phrase "Decan Sneakin" Will never not be funny

[@ianthompson2802]

Rhyming with names sound so funny like Greggys leggies

[@cegesh1459]

Now you know about Warhammer Orks.

[@rhodadixon6308]

DeOcOn SnEakiN

[@Dyre05]

Deacon thinkin while sneakin a leak in.

[@necrochasm3571]

Indeed

[@Slender_Man_186]

Don’t forget the Institute spy synth “pigeons” that are everywhere.

[@bobbylynch3235]

Have you been hitting the chems with tinker Tom?

[@randomdudewholikemini14s85]

Wait if the pigeons are watching us and the pigeons are birds then............................... The birds work for the bouswaszee

[@Slender_Man_186]

Bobby Lynch actually, Tom was right about something... for once. Several monitors in the institute show camera feeds from the commonwealth, and where those cameras seem to be lines up almost perfectly with several power lines throughout the game.

[@bobbylynch3235]

I’ve never really spent much time in the institute I just do the essentials and then go and get with whatever faction I’m with and blow it up

[@empereur_du_congoeddy-malo2286]

It's crow

[@ganixorain]

Nate, your videos are absolutely wonderful. The biggest compliment I can give is, it didn’t feel like an hour! It felt like 5 mins. TY

[@IronLug]

This dude was so bored of listening to the Railroad, he stopped to text on his phone

[@zing6]

Me: Wow, he must've been really well hidd- *hes always wearing his glasses and comes up multiple times, using some of the same dialoge options* Me: well now I feel stupid

[@matthewyang2543]

I wasn't when paying attention at all XD

[@brokenursa9986]

A note about "Project Wanderer": if the Sole Survivor refuses a code name when joining the Railroad, Desdemona will assign them the name "Wanderer". Further, after you build the signal interceptor and enter the Institute for the first time, Dez will refer to the Sole Survivor again as the Wanderer.

[@brokenursa9986]

HORSE馬 That song was probably chosen because the Sole Survivor can be called the Wanderer.

[@flavaszennn6857]

You was called lone wanderer in fallout 3

[@Xw3dn3sd4yX]

I gotta thank you for researching and compiling all of this wonderful secret plotline (among the others of course!) because no matter how hard I try, I can't keep all of it together! ❤

[@Unity-hk1bf]

My great suspicion is that deacon is a former institute agent who ditched once synths were sentient. Also, with how he completely changes his looks and has been with the railroad so long, it's likely he was in the same experimental program as kellog. All this would explain how he would know to watch for vault 111. Maybe he was even one of the agents there for your wife's death, who knows.

[@Jackie89000]

Deacon: "Don't you have, like, important things to do." Me after having saved Curie: Nope

[@lambdaaa]

i have something to "do" however

[@RVM-kf1nb]

@Ethan Young dont ask any more

[@ysnqua]

@@RVM-kf1nb yea hes too Young

[@reeceypufffs]

Whos curie and how do I save her

[@Jackie89000]

@@reeceypufffs Go to Vault 81. After completing the quest to rescue ashes, come back to the vault after waiting a few days, and the vault will talk about how a boy was bit by a mole rat. Do that quest all the way through and you get Curie at the end by unlocking the room she's in. She's a modified Ms. nanny robot with a cute French accent and an adorable naive personality. She can become a human by having her conscience transferred to a synth body where she becomes a female human with a cute short brown hair cut and can be romanced as a companion. Only reason to play Fo4.

[@cowboy-e-girl]

Also maybe something of note for the last point - when you join the Railroad, if you choose to not give yourself a codename, then Desdemona will give you the codename "Wanderer"

[@dillongage]

You're damn right that's something of note. That's a crazy relevant piece of info I'm surprised Nate failed to mention. Basically confirms most of what was left unconfirmed.

[@blackmesacake5361]

Great video! I wanted Deacon to be the reveal of even greater things afoot and the answer to questions not directly answered in dialogue, but F4 still leaves me wanting more:(

[@joshuasanchez6100]

this was a masterclass on in game lore hunting. Piper would be proud. Awesome video man!

[@CYB3R.S41NT]

Deacon is like miaq the liar Nobody knows their backstorys They either lie or dont lie, no one really knows Theyre both awsome and funny characters

[@landocazares6327]

You forgot the fact that unlike Deacon, Maiq randomly attacks people because he thought he saw a werespider.

[@uiopuiop3472]

cat.

[@CYB3R.S41NT]

uiop uiop meow.

[@CYB3R.S41NT]

Lando Cazares lmfao

[@livedandletdie]

M'aiq never lies, except when he does or not.

[@Tall_Order]

This one thinks Deacon lies more than M'aiq.

[@Zeina107]

Tall Order Deacon wishes! M’aiq lies with style! Rhythm. Deacon cant even keep his story straight in the same sentence M’aiq turns it into an event yo

[@AtOneWithNothin]

M’aiq would neeeeeveer

[@UteChewb]

M'aiq is also far more powerful and mysterious than he seems. So this one thinks.

[@darlingvibesforever8674]

I just got back into fallout so I’m playing while watching your videos but it’s so hard to play bc your videos are just so interesting that most of the time I just pause the game and watch and not even notice 😂. Love the videos keep it up and your should’ve made it a hour😂😂🥺

[@talknerdytome3871]

I have the same problem😂

[@kylekrausbauer5866]

My guy, thank you for putting this together. I'm just glad this video ended on a happy note.

[@ToriMaria12]

My first time in Goodneighbor, Deacon glitched himself into a conversation cutscene. Just... idiotically smiling in my face while I tried to talk to Daisy. I hadn't met him yet and assumed it was a random NPC until literally just now, but it was funny enough that I recorded it. Knowing it was Super Spy Deacon makes it so much better 😭

[@Lumbago-box]

Upload it please

[@OmegaHeroLegacy]

This is true. He is labeled as "Drifter" but is essential. He hangs around by Daisy and KLEO's shops and sometimes glitches into the conversation behind you while you talk to them. He makes the usual quips about the weather and what not if you talk to him.

[@Rameon]

I’m just waiting until I see that video uploaded, I wanna see deacons goofy ass.

[@checkb0y985]

@@Rameon It's been 9 months, they're probably lying about it 😭😭

[@Kevinopilous]

Lier

[@k9builder]

When you do the mission to retrieve the sword at the smelter, when you return, if you are careful, you can catch Deacon jumping off the roof and walking away. You never get the opportunity to interact with him, but you do see him.

[@shanes4994]

No way you can’t be serious

[@didicantcascio3391]

Day 1 of asking you to do a KZbin tutorial of it

[@shanes4994]

^^^

[@nikik5567]

Need to see a tutorial of this

[@michaelcleary9463]

Good looking out man, I'll look out for him next time, maybe around the missions he mentioned when he's vouching for our joining the railroad too 👍

[@joshrosario1269]

I love seeing you and oxhorn have noticeably different trains of thought but coming to the same conclusion, very cool

[@BlueberryRockShooter]

When I don’t need the pump up music, these videos are great for my cardio sessions. Thank you Nate ❤️

[@thecynic75]

Deacon is so hardcore he's gotta relive memories of spying on you while he's spying on you.

[@jacobrawlinson12]

Spying inception

[@jakecorshia]

Am I only one who thought Deacon was a synth b4 he actually told me he was?

[@delta138_zam]

“Nobody could open vault 111” Uhhhh... you mean like via the giant red button in the guardhouse nearby?

[@internetcampbell2267]

Ikr?!

[@BraddahSpliff]

Don't you need a Pip-Boy to get into the vaults though? Like all of them. I mean, still they could have gotten someone from Vault 81 to help. But I doubt they would, considering the fact that they dislike outsiders.

[@internetcampbell2267]

@@BraddahSpliff true.

[@benjaminphipps8325]

Maybe the button was disabled until Shaun opened it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TiberiusRex182]

The button only sends the lift back down. They have to send it up from the vault

[@Wellf0k]

“Barbra Deacon” is what the sign looks like. The final letter looks like a cut off n. And where the À would be has a circular area that was not touched. It could be she kept her maiden name and he adopted it in memorial of her. Hence why even pinkie is confused at his name change that being he never told anyone not even those he started everything with. When he makes a connection with the sole survivor due to them travelling together and sharing the same mentality he might have felt true acceptance. With the railroad having to be so secretive to keep themselves safe the sole survivor openly accepts everyone and tries to help the people of the commonwealth.

[@Lucky13Ravens]

I was thinking the name was Deacon. But that it was their last name and he was John Deacon, which became Johnny D when he joined, then changed it to his true last name when the last person that knew that was his real last name was dead in memory of her.

[@PurityXP]

Great video man! I use to love playing Fallout so much 😂

[@buckethead9276]

Fun fact: at the beginning of the railroad finishing tradecraft, when Des tells you to pick a codename. If you refuse she chooses the codename WANDERER for you.

[@somedudeawakeatlike1am801]

Bro I would have loved that name

[@kowhaifan1249]

Did you know that the quest “unlikely valentine” features well dressed triggermen. This is a reference to the Italian mob

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

Fun fact: that fact is not fun.

[@BoozyReviewsies]

Yo

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

@@BoozyReviewsies sup

[@ErokLobotomist]

I love how Deacon called the Project "The Wanderer", that was the main song used to promote the game. The first reveal of your character is too that song. Not in-game, but still a nod.

[@TheMusic209]

If you keep telling Desdemona that you don't want a Codename, she will give you the name Wanderer lol

[@codysearle366]

SON OF A... *new game*

[@treebeard8475]

The wanderer by dion? That would be epic

[@RoachCatJr]

sperm

[@Rangerstown00]

Super well done. Sided with the RR and Deacon on my first playthrough so he'll always be my guy.

[@erkripscorn]

Love the outside videos... was really hoping for that... a certain level of calmness occurs while being agitated.

[@Crimsonedge1]

Something else is always watching you in FO4 too... The crows... They're all synths and they act as the main eyes and ears of the institute. If you see a crow, blow its head clean off. :)

[@andrewolson5471]

They are also programmed to poop on your car, too.

[@ohnoimanidiot257]

this is true in real life as well

[@GeMStudios2]

So the crows work with the pigeons for the bourgeoisie/institute?

[@TheXodius]

@@GeMStudios2 The birds work for the bourgeoisie tiktok really do b true

[@ElAndGinsee]

this is actually an interesting theory

[@garyoneal237]

I love how the player judges deacon for killing someone, when you kill for a living

[@DatAsianGuy]

but you gotta consider that players also might choose the wife as the character. she was only a lawyer

[@maggi98mw]

@@DatAsianGuy you still kill for a living in the game

[@Maxogrady]

@@DatAsianGuy a lawyer is worse

[@mep260]

@MAXOG honestly i agree

[@redteeth4890]

@@DatAsianGuy no matter who you play as, they both take down a couple hundred people per day in the commonwealth lol

[@griffinhays2053]

Idk when this video was made but nearly an hour long video on Fallout 4 lore is apparently all I need to sub 😂

[@midniteoyl8913]

Always thought Deacon really was a Synth. One with Jonny D's memories. Jonny didn't actually survive the attack, at least not intact, and put his memories in a Synth.

[@randolphdefreese7874]

He is a synth

[@femalegays]

imagine randomly running into an invisible person that won't attack

[@KalElKryptonsFinest]

Nope. *Shivers*

[@Darkmatters711]

I do ... every day ... takes pills.

[@invertedghostgames9899]

"When the bombs first started following..." A heat seeking nuke? Oh gods.

[@pheonixhenderson1540]

A target lock atom bomb

[@CMIC]

I recently started watching EpicNate's videos and he pronounces words wrong/differently, like when referring to Megaton, he says it like "Megatin" and in this video, when he was talking about Tinker Tom's diary entry of Deacon being a Time traveller, he left a " -D " at the end of the found entry and Nate called it a "smiley face" lol but it's just the initial of his name...

[@lucaskoring4500]

ITS ALL VAULT TECS FAULT I MEAN *"YOU DONT EVEN KNOW!"*

[@nukeflower.1759]

*Target seeking fat man*

[@RE-zl7sy]

@@nukeflower.1759 so your dad is target seeking?

[@DarthTaterz7]

49:08 was perfect lol great video nate!

[@someguy9388]

Bro you had me thinking he was theysterious stranger for a second there lmao Great video

[@calcifur]

counter theory: Deacon is the real shawn who escaped the Institute.

[@jadepaw1248]

@Jugg Or just in general. There was a throw away line about him being a girl or something for a while after the face swap thing. (I can't remember what it's called)

[@charlie-yp2oq]

@@jadepaw1248 oop-

[@charlie-yp2oq]

I wouldnt mind lol

[@jadepaw1248]

@@charlie-yp2oq Deacon is the trans icon that we don't deserve, but need

[@Growmetheus]

When you said deacon is like shawn ALL i could picture is the show Psych

[@KenEvangelista]

Developers: "So we'll make this character interesting with a bit of complicated backstory, yeah?" Bethesda: "Then cut it out at the end. Yes."

[@EvilParagon4]

It's a flawed writers strategy to generate interest. You ever notice how sequels can be poorly reviewed because they don't live up to expectations? It's similar logic. You don't give a definite end to something, you leave it open ended and let the player's mind run wild and try to solve it even though there is really no answer, for example, this whole 54 minute video. The complicated backstory still exists, but instead of being confirmed canon, moving on, it's now a theory amongst others. It's usually best to just take cut content as canon unless it was cut for purely contradictory means elsewhere.

[@BoroMirraCz]

Just like Obsidian cut tons of content from FNV, including whole bunch of Legion territory... this is not exclusive to Bethesda.

[@volatile100]

@@BoroMirraCz Yeah but in the case of Obsidian, it makes some sense because they didn't have the time to even polish the game. If bethesda gave them more time, it probably wouldn't have gotten cut in the end, and as a result of it being cut, the Legion is just the objective bad-guy, with no redeeming qualities except that there are no raiders in the Legion territories.

[@jimcalhoun361]

I think its part of BGS's plan to let the players fill in plot holes and then take credit for it.

[@skarloey2334]

@@volatile100 obsidian wouldn't have needed to cut large chunks out if they aimed to make something they could finish within the time they were given but they instead just had to shoot for something that would take 3-5 years at minimum for a competent dev team with the money to make and that translates to obsidian taking 10-20 years at minimum to do the same.

[@archevilking]

7:27 -true you may not be able to talk to him, but you can attack him if you get on top of the pod and use a critical hit, this will turn everyone hostile and deacon will jump out of the chamber.

[@cj6666666999]

Deacon could have just talked to MacCready, since he grew up in the capital wasteland. He would have known all those facts. Project purity, enclave, children of atom, all of it.

[@TurdFerguson101]

I noticed Deacon standing on one of the overpasses watching me as I was walking down a road in FO4VR. It felt pretty strange realizing that I was being watched.

[@BigHorney617]

I knew I found him on one of my first play throughs doing this! I thought I was just imagining that

[@midnight347]

@@BigHorney617 i seen the drifter deacon in goodneighbor one time and just thought it was another Bethesda npc just reused as a completely diff person they are bad about doing that then I seen these videos and realized it was actually deacon.

[@potatogamer1578]

I saw that to I tried to use vats to see who it was and it did t work

[@ROCC_Cat]

Shit

[@OmegaHeroLegacy]

It is Deacon. I tried killing the "Drifter" to test it and he is essential. Just walking around by Daisy and KLEO's shops.

[@thecatfather857]

Deacon: “Hey, did I ever tell you that I used to be a Bass Player for a rock band? There was three other guys. Roger was our Drummer. Brian was our Guitarist, and Freddie was our lead singer, and also played the piano.”

[@Chilli_Ring_]

First thought.....Queen

[@7uring]

Is that an actual quote? If so, how the hell did i miss it in so so many playthroughs...

[@plutoniumbellamy1912]

@@7uring It's not, it's a joke about a band called Queen and their bassist is named John Deacon.

[@Chilli_Ring_]

John Smith thank you, at least someone gets it😂

[@7uring]

@@plutoniumbellamy1912 I... know? I was asking if it was an actual quote not what it was a alluding to. Queen is probably the best fucking known band out there, stop gatekeeping.

[@darcismith7295]

And now I have a new rabbit hole to listen to at work and while I'm writing my dnd campaing haven't even looked at your skyrim videos yet because I know I won't get anything done today at work if I do

[@cyberrick130]

Was not even thinking of anything like this to watch yet KZbin recommended it. Crazy how they just knew what I needed at 1am.

[@lalo-kt4te]

What's really strange is why are we the only ones who can jump? Everyone else can't jump!

[@KikoBean]

ah you see, everyone got metal implants post war and lost the ability to jump due to the weight :)

[@nathanmiller9381]

radiation is havoc on the knees, doesn't affect you as you were locked in a vault. everyone used to be able too, just not since the war

[@biotoxichazard6165]

Or that EVERYONE'S dominant side is their RIGHT ARM/SIDE

[@billphilips8727]

Because your a gen 4 synth made by father after both Nora and Nate died

[@chordanaksa4747]

They took an arrow to the knee

[@Enaz19]

i dont think he realized his mic was being recorded during the clips of the railroad hq, you can hear his phone texting and him grunt/sigh in the background

[@MrGermandeutsch]

I think he did.

[@tzukima]

shadowplay lol

[@adamgregory9198]

Totally. I was just about comment “is there an unknown iPhone somewhere in Railroad HQ?!”

[@Vlad544_]

timestamp?

[@garfieldsfavoritelasagna2820]

@@Vlad544_ 19:34

[@Beigerose13]

Sometimes i love having ADHD because whenever you release a new video I can come binge all your older content and it's like watching it for the first time. I also love that you explain stuff that seems basic knowledge about the game, it helps my crappy memory.

[@michaelwhitefgguocv4713]

This, someone else gets it. Every time a new book come out in a series I like I read all the previous books and enjoy them as much as if it was the first time!!!

[@djalexander968]

i watched a video awhile back that you covered in like the first 5 minutes, so im hoping this hour long video tells me anything about my favorite (and least well known) character in any video game

[@MaryJane-tp3qd]

“Smiley face” 😂 he just signed it with -D

[@mrskippy9682]

Fr😂 I noticed that

[@jamgin9890]

it'd be funnier if deacon was the type of person to end messages with =D

[@justabunchofatoms1944]

he should have signed it :--D lmao

[@caleb8308]

Nate you are literally one of the few content creators out there that can make a 50 minute long video bearable

[@0ppor2nity]

This is now one of my designated videos to fall asleep to

[@chairmaniac1722]

16:23 im just imagining the SS just texting on their phone the entire time this conversation is happening, just half listening

[@otg176]

Lmaooo I thought I was the only one that heard the texting 😭😭

[@marblecandy_8481]

Was looking for this comment lol

[@Mr.SpaceMann]

love how you can hear nate just texting on his phone in the backround some times LOL

[@10kE]

i thought i was tripping lmaoo

[@dannywright1317]

Unprofessional. Not to be applauded.

[@Ori--pw5vw]

@@dannywright1317 still better than most of the others

[@hrafn6588]

@@dannywright1317 it’s a KZbin video, the “air of professionalism” shouldn’t be needed for something that’s his own content

[@dannywright1317]

@@hrafn6588 well it is.

[@AlienSkyProductions]

"Deacon was interested is us for a while" yet we couldn't romance him

[@7uring]

Actually might be proof for the Barbara thing.

[@googledeathsquad7921]

In the Commonwealth, Deacon romances *you*

[@ostwind7031]

😔✌🏻

[@hinasakukimi]

i get the sense he's married to his job (or still loyal to barbara, if you believe that story)

[@spacemonster416]

Yeah.

[@thatguynathan5816]

I love the details like during the first interaction if you have done stuff like be the general of the minutemen etc etc deacon will use it as leverage to convince Desdemona instead of saying he "has a good feeling"

[@Mitsurugi2424]

The first one I found was on the hill across from the red rocket. My head cannon was that he saw you being put in the vault by institute and probably had info as to what was going on since they have spies in the institute and regularly get synths out. He figured you'd be useful since you're essentially an advanced courser programmed to think they were Shaun's parent. Partly an experiment (Shaun says as much. But not that you're a synth), and partly for revenge against Kellogg, who killed his parents.