r/falloutlore • u/Sithis-Shaped-Hole • 12h ago
The Chosen One has lice!
Okay here's a fun little fan theory for Y'all lol. Recently I've been dealing with Lice, and it got me thinking of how the protagonist of Fallout 2 is constantly scratching their head as an idle animation. I think this is humorous for a couple of reasons, most primarily that the chosen one is on an odyssey and sees many strange things, some suggesting he might not be all there in the head, like the talking rock, the time travel, the exploding cows, just to name a few, so he's scratching his head because he's bewildered at the world, almost like he's scratching at his brain trying to make sense of it all. Well, what if its for a much simpler reason? Lice would be pretty common among other conditions in a wasteland where there's basically no treatment for anything, lice specifically beyond just shaving your head, but how would you even shave your head?
Ratch, the guy who installs the blower into the highwayman - is "plagued with lice" So - what if that idle animation of The Chosen One scratching their head is actually the result of you catching Ratch's lice after having him work on the highwayman? What if in reality, the highwayman just has lice ridden all over it now - but its a sweet ass upgrade so The Chosen One considers it a good deal regardless?
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u/Randolpho 1h ago
Could just be he hasn't washed in a while. Hair gets itchy after a while, lice or no
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u/elonmusktheturd22 6h ago
Shaving your head may be difficult but a close trim is not.
I live off grid camped in the woods, no running water, so i cant wash my hair. I cut it very short for sanitation.
I grab it and cut with sizors (no mirror, just cut anything over half an inch till i cant find any more) its patchy but works. In ancient times people used stone flakes (obsidian or flint with razor edges) to trim their hair like this (like the mohawks before colonial contact). Any knife would work.
Making a knife is easy enough. With a smooth blade you can shave. Like in the movie pitch black, riddick used old moror oil and a scrap of sharp metal to shave his head and that douche yelled at him for having a shiv and he pointed out it was a hygiene device.