The Bitter Backstory of Craig Boone | Fallout Lore

[@Synonymous101]

When Life Gives You Lemons...

[@ropeblaster420]

YOU MAKE LIFE TAKE THE LEMONS BACK!

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

You make your engineers invent a combustible lemon, to burn people's houses down with.

[@hermanspeewee]

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you originally asked for?" - Bill McNeal

[@SteveGames-z8m]

Keep the lemons in your inventory

[@bloodygoat6941]

Hunt legion soldiers

[@tommyp697]

Nothing like peacefully strolling through the Mojave desert when all of the sudden you get jumpscared by the abrupt killcam of Boone de-materializing a Gecko from 5280 feet away

[@charlescrocco7896]

Why such a short range?

[@nathanlynch9634]

That is so true.

[@mpad4497]

@@charlescrocco7896lmao just short of a mile 😂

[@bruh-es9ix]

Has happened to me more than 10 times and it still makes me jump.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

@@bruh-es9ix even after literal YEARS of playing, that still makes me jump🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DopeSnoozy]

“She talked a lot, suited me just fine. I never know what to say… and listening to her it could make you forget…”

[@garou9914]

Ah, my favorite companion in the whole series.

[@V1NC3NTG]

For sure. There was constant enemies dying that I hadn't even clocked yet

[@artymixon5316]

​@@V1NC3NTG Boone the walking jump scare lol

[@TheCyberCrabTV]

Best meat. Boone burgers anyone?

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

For anyone creating future Fallout games be it Bethesda or otherwise, please, please look closely at how this character was portayed and handled, this is one of the most morally complex characters the game has to offer and you can really feel the broken man that Boone is. This is great storytelling and world building with multiple paths that you can come across, you can pass it by or it can follow you, you find out how Bittersprings effected many and how a person might break further and give into the corruption all around.

[@ethanfaiello2373]

Doubt it they're washed bro

[@ktgame2640]

Break*

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

@@ktgame2640 haha, easy slip, you should have seen how many edits I made. Sometimes it's easier to just let people get on with their dyslexia.

[@colddaze6680]

Well, said truly. I could not of put it better if I'd thought about it for a week. Exactly right. If every character and aspect of character and world building had been as well thought out as Boone. Fallout would of remained epic A.F every time. At least we still have characters like Boone Joshua G. etc, and New Vegas as benchmarks.

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

@colddaze6680 Joshua is fantastic, but obviously not all characters have to be as good as them, but the focused character's should be

[@YblockEnthusiast]

I never knew boone was only 27, he always seemed way older to me. Guess it makes sense, hes has more than a lifetime of experience in the span of about 6 years...

[@brianlam6969]

Holy Shit. I never realized it before, but after your video where Jeanie said that she knew that Boone thought his wife was kidnapped, I went back over the files. I originally thought nothing about it, but in hindsight that would actually be very suspicious. After all, Boone said it himself, he didn’t tell anyone about his suspicions because he was afraid the Legion would come after them also. So how could Crawford know about Boone having suspicions in the first place? If Crawford was in fact innocent, she wouldn’t have known about what Boone thought about in the first place. That was so subtle, I can’t believe missed that.

[@Shawnmiller1903]

Wait.... i need to boot up new vagas again

[@TheBigIronOnMyHip]

That's called clever writing, something Bethesda will never reach

[@yusrikh9374]

Boone gave me some of the sickest killcam on legionaries, thanks Boone.

[@PattyDunDidit]

The sad part of this is that there are people who call Boone a psychopath that enjoyed deleting his wife because 'the slave camp is small.' Like, huh!?

[@Kris-wo4pj]

Yeah seriously. They forget that tbe game is scaled down by like 10x. and the player character is literally a demi god.

[@masteroutlaw100]

Assuming he had hardcore mode level 30 health he'd still only get a few of them before getting overwhelmed and shot and cut to pieces

[@ThommyofThenn]

Which is part of a broader phenomenon I've observed. Behaviour in Fallout world is no holds barred and often it's kill or be killed. We do stuff in game where we would spend life in prison in the normal world. It's not fair to call him a psycho cause the Wasteland is a world of madness

[@TheBigIronOnMyHip]

The same people who live in their parents' basement at age of 30?

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@TheBigIronOnMyHip I'm not like that but I would like to add that basement life is pretty nice if you have no spouse/kids. If you're married tho yeah you should be able to have a house or at the very least an apartment for them

[@thestanleys3657]

Having your wife sold by those you trust and having to mercy ☠️ her is probably the worst thing

[@capybara6996]

"Yeah."

[@patrickrutland7138]

Cold.....ice cold.

[@colddaze6680]

True a.f. I couldn't even imagine.. Still he still tries for redemption. All else fails, he can re join 1st Recon and snipe as many Legion as he can , before he gets taken out or dies of old age. Either way , his life still has some purpose and meaning.

[@altairtheassassin6071]

Boone's backstory always makes me sad. Life throwed everything at his way and with our help he can even came on top at the end. What a companion to have in the wastelands of Mojave. Also great video

[@theothermaxx]

What a great way to start my morning!

[@ropeblaster420]

I start mine on the toilet. Stay there for hours.

[@datsun620]

Thank you so much for the new Vegas content, can’t get enough.

[@thatrealawkwardguy]

It would be amazing if we see Boone, Veronica, and Raul in the Tv show, my ideal ending that they use, house wins, Veronica left BoS for the Followers,Boone redeemed himself and stays in Vegas as a caravan gaurd, and Raul pick up the ways of the vaquero again

[@un_vex4936]

The man, the myth, the legend, Craig Boone

[@Nekros-t9e]

"My wife is dead ok?" How do you know that? "Uhhh I don't want to talk about it"

[@ThommyofThenn]

Always felt kinda bad for him although he's such a dark character. He's a hard man but i found myself attached to him after we had gone through a few bad situations together

[@colddaze6680]

Hard bitten, somewhat emotionally detached, cynical and jaded doesn't necessarily equate a bad person. More often than not just a survivor that's been through a lot of crap and carries a lot of weight on their shoulders cause of their experience.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@colddaze6680 exactly and gradually uncovering those traits in him is such a journey

[@thepoliticalgunnut8018]

The only character in the game that genuinely jumpscares the player.

[@Seventh_Bean]

*sound of a .308 rifle firing as the screen goes black* That was well planned, Synonymous.

[@nkoxi]

Great video! Keep it coming! Merry xmas and happy New Year from Finland!

[@Chaotic81]

This was a really good video. Tugs the heartstrings.

[@firstreconboone]

*salutes* top notch vid as usual! thank you for using your eye for details and solemn voice for my boy.

[@o.w.n.1327]

One thing I like about Boone is that he embraces his tradegy.

[@forestbum]

although i know most of the lore i love these videos so much narration is so good never stop man

[@Ant2242]

The Great Khans complain about what happened to them by accident what they do to others *On Purpose*.

[@Salvo11]

It's true, and it's telling how much humanity the NCR has that they actually feel bad about it and feel sympathy for their enemies and even consider the ones who can't fight "civilians". It's a luxury the NCR's enemies, including the Khans and the Legion would never afford the NCR themselves. It has its flaws, but the NCR is the closest thing that the west coast has to pre-war civilization we've seen so far. Including a society-wide code of ethics that's actually cultural.

[@Buttsley1]

"by accident" lmao

[@Buttsley1]

literally says in the video they received orders to kill absolutely everyone

[@evilcatnin]

JEANNIE MAY CRAWFORD WHEN I CATCH YOU!!!!

[@badgamemaster]

Pop goes her head.

[@colddaze6680]

Brilliantly constructed and pieced together story of Boone. I thought I knew the finer details of his previous lore, apparently not. If they ever do spin off Fallout TV show episodes, they need to do one on Boone. With this video as an information guide.

[@ArchAngel420]

Boone is such an edge lord but the writing is so amazing that of course he’s an edge lord, who wouldn’t be after what he’s been through?

[@stevenbroin4649]

He is The edge lord

[@ThisOldSkater]

Aren't edge lords full of crap though? Boone has been through actual trauma and takes tangible action on it.

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

"It's that dude silent and stoic?!? What a edgelord!" 🙄

[@Tommytakanawa]

Another banger from synonymous!

[@IsmaelValenzuela-y7o]

Awesome! Thanks for the upload!

[@ParkerBettag]

Love Boone and his tragic story. Great video as usual :)

[@omniultimate]

"Maybe Shady Sands deserved it" -a Great Khan, probably

[@jacobhoff5070]

Boon and rex are my companions. While rex is biting nutz boon is shooting them in the face from beyond render distance lol. Boons story always got me so i always roll with him.

[@TokinStoner420]

It’s been so long since we’ve had a video, I missed this

[@rolandoalvarado2979]

Continue to do the great work!

[@TooRudeProductions]

Amongst a world of brain rot, it's good to have a channel like this to watch

[@theironknight597]

I think if I had lived the life that Boone did I don't know if I'd be able to go on. Whether it was Bitter Springs, the horror that he must've felt in that moment and the shattering of his worldview when it came to the NCR or his experience with his wife and child and how it all ended. To have to first live with what had happened at Bitter Springs, caring for your family while also fearing what they'd think of you if they ever learned what happened whether it was your fault or not, something like that could quite easily shatter his family's images of him forever. To live in that cycle of fear, guilt, regret and the many other emotions while having to suppress those feelings sounds truly awful. Him not being able to save his wife and daughter but instead being placed in the position of ending their lives rather than allowing them to live a life of nothing but hardship and suffering is unimaginable. Boone and his life especially how he lsot his famiky and the guilt he must've felt reminds me very much of The Survivalist from the Honest Hearts DLC who also grappled with losing his family and the guilt he felt over not dying with his family when the bombs fell. I also am reminded of Max Payne who also was unable to save his wife and daughter and another character in that series later on. Cole Phelps also comes to mind and his experience during WW2 and the cave on Okinawa, in a sense it was his own Bitter Springs.

[@WhozDanger]

Hell yeah I know every single detail about big B for 10+ years. But loving fallout lore so much you’ll rewatch the same story being told even to this day

[@weasker2]

Boone's story reminds me of Blood Meridian kinda. So great. Rooting for you Boone

[@Rusty-Halloween]

By far one of my favourite characters in the entirety of the Fallout series

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Hooboy, it's SYNONYMOUS!!!! Thank you for your work, you make excellent content! The Mystery Of Joshua Graham: how is he immune to chems? Some of them? All of them? I'm very curious as to how being lit on fire and tossed in a giant gash in the earth makes one impervious to the effects of man-made drugs. Also, where do all these damn Fresh Apples keep coming from?!?

[@cedricvelarde]

War and ptsd never changes

[@DopeSnoozy]

My favorite companion.

[@TheBigIronOnMyHip]

Fallout new vegas even till day remains one of the best games ever created, very rarely you find such refined and masterful writing nowadays.

[@raptoraide]

The NCR win ending is always my favourite NV ending

[@ian7064]

What happened at Bitter Springs was unfortunate but given the Great Khan's 200 yr hx of terrorizing the wasteland (many of those innocent ppl were women, children, and elderly) I find myself lacking much sympathy for them in New Vegas

[@ravonharris3392]

Understandable, but war crimes are still war crimes even against terrorist. Civilizations may be built on corpses at first but senseless violence is just wrong when a nation deems itself as a "morally right" beacon of civilization.

[@RazgrizWing]

There is no justification for the deaths of non combatants

[@Shawnmiller1903]

Tru, but I feel that the Khans could become better when they leave Redrock to Wyoming

[@austink4623]

​@@RazgrizWingidk if you can really call any in the Khan's non combatant

[@Seventh_Bean]

​@austink4623 even the women and children crying and running?

[@artilyon]

I forgot to remember to forget

[@WatcherXel]

He is my favourite New Vegas companion. Travelling without him is just not the same.

[@persian-badansaz]

I see crimson im taking the shot

[@Hyperion-5744]

Good video Synonymous.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

I feel so bad for this guy in every playthrough.

[@danilodesouza6461]

Happy new year, mate

[@Grumpy_ol_Gamer]

The real tragedy was that his name was Craig the whole time.

[@Niel_albatrozz]

Really cool how New Vegas has different endings for companion, faction, and dlc

[@WastelandChef]

Good old Craig 🫡 Respect

[@megaton.settler]

Honestly had subtle tears towards the end

[@AverageMojaveMailman]

Boone is the Guts of New Vegas. He just uses a rifle instead of the Dragonslayer.

[@li-limandragon9287]

I will never let this sniper down.

[@kpat5655]

Unpopular Opinion they should have Boone into a ranger, the Veteran Ranger Uniform suits him.

[@nathanlynch9634]

Your videos are made even better with your voice and the music.

[@CommentaryNice]

I'd pay so much just for a modern graphical and stability update for newvegas

[@dustin0579]

Easily one of my favorite companions ever! Shit he may be my #1, he's up there with Hancock!

[@Hercules1-v9m]

One thing I haven't seen anyone talk about yet is just how the NCR got power armor to work without fusion cores. In game you can use it without power armor training but you take on negative effects implying it isn't powered properly. We've seen in other games and the Fallout show that power armor doesn't function at all without power so the NCR armor must be powered by something.

[@madmacvengeance6131]

The great thing i like in boon is hes great in sniping you can inherit it every marked enemy gives you critical hit in vats mode plus if you bring him in bitter springs he will change his attire

[@stati00on45]

You're better than ox-thorn in my side

[@d1gitalzombie]

finally! boone lore!! :D

[@mcpossum]

Boone needed to *Let Go* to *Begin Again*

[@sirkit2105]

Ah, Boone. A broken man at a crossroads who can become anyhting from a soldier who moonlights as a vigilante for the weak, or a soulless contract killer who doesn’t care who is on the other side of his scope.

[@GrahamM1]

15 years later this game is still fucking amazing

[@610Hobbies]

There's very few things as satisfying as destroying Caesar and his whole fort with Boone in your party.

[@sgtdornan9778]

Babe wake up, Snynonymous uploaded

[@grillmeisterkush6396]

Either u a bot or yall make the same joke on every video. Try saying something original!

[@sgtdornan9778]

I just said it because i love this dudes channel lol

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

​@@grillmeisterkush6396take it easy, kid. It's just a comment

[@Missouriman37]

I fought with Boone at Helios One. He seemed ok then. Guess war never changes

[@mikulover12]

boone makes me feel better ❤

[@The_Sharktocrab]

I love his mtg art

[@danieljames7629]

Best companion in fallout history

[@VaultDwellerx]

War Never Changes...

[@seangrever3506]

Best companion in all of fallout imo

[@darrenvitale5323]

Still find it crazy they put him in ceasers mtg deck

[@GelatinCoffee]

Damn, this kinda reminds me of the survivalist. Good story telling fallout Really loves making super broken people 😂

[@funrun07haan50]

All love to Boone💯

[@funrun07haan50]

Boone is my favorite of all time he my NCR buddy he can always watch my back bc then i know i m safe

[@devenalley]

Love boone, honestly great guy. Terrible past and his conscious ways on him like a mf. Always give him the Assault armor

[@Major_Jester]

thank you

[@feral.housewife.]

Oh hell yeah, I just started a new crochet project and synonymous uploaded 😩👌🏻

[@MrNax360]

Wow this is probably my new favorite video of yours. Craig Boone is the best companion in New Vegas.

[@badgamemaster]

While I like Veronica just a bit more, I do like recruiting Boone to play his story and help him.

[@Dealerofdeath1998]

Synonymous strikes again

[@bobdylan3796]

Oooo we early todayyy

[@Bannaaannnaabread]

Don't trust Synonymous, he kidnapped me and locked me in his basement ಥ_ಥ

[@MilkyMilky-or7qb]

How was your festive holiday, synonymous

[@apothecary9684]

im booning to this rn

[@grillmeisterkush6396]

You shoot the lemons

[@craigdawsonmate2517]

The motherfucking GOAT

[@javiarcamaro7178]

Mole Rat Men....Mole Minners? Perhaps. No Bark visiting Appalachia. Possibly. 😅

[@ThisOldSkater]

I always pick Boone. I get Boone.

[@pogzie]

Was this on the expansion? I played and finished NV but cant remember him. I did select going with the NCR tho.

[@twat9192]

Hes in Novac

[@TheOriginalShoneBoyOnYT]

Broken steel dlc

[@twat9192]

@@TheOriginalShoneBoyOnYT funny

[@Venoxisguides]

I forgot to remember to forget 😢

[@brandonbell1601]

Not first but still here

[@1000dannycawley]

I Pushed Nelson Legion Into Novac.

[@theknightjester]

New Vegas video? Say less

[@MrKrystal64]

Bro wait carla was prego damn i already felt bad for Boone but he had to kill not just his wife but kid too like fuck dude ofc hed become a edgelord like others are saying. He litteraly had to kill the last part of himself 😢damn dude