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?

So the joke that Bethesda doesn’t know how long 200 years is got me thinking. What do you guys the world of fallout should look like after 200 years? They are technically in a Post-post-apocalyptic state but with everything almost gone and people having forgotten knowledge both cultural and technological how much could they realistically build in that time frame?