Why the Vault Dweller signed his memoirs as the Wanderer?

Nightstalker

Nightstalker

The original Vault Dweller
This thread is mere speculation, but as you may know, the Vault Dweller wrote his memoirs and they serve as a Fallout 2 manual or knowledge to our favourite hero. And i should ask you. Do you think there is a specific reason for the Vault Dweller to sign as the Wanderer? As i remember, it was the first (and the only time) to receive that title. In F2 is referred as the Vault Dweller and the Stranger. In Fallout 3, as the Vault Dweller and in BoS (incanonic project) as the Wasteland Stranger.
 
Well the Vault Dweller probably wouldn't refer to himself as The Vault Dweller, since, while to others the idea of a Vault Dweller is rare, he probably knew a couple hundred Vault Dwellers growing up.

However since the Vault Dweller's canon identity is debatable, he couldn't refer to himself as "Albert" or "Max" or whatever, so the devs probably figured that Wanderer sounds like the kinda name that would be bestowed upon a wasteland hero.
 
Also, the in-universe title was probably spread by the NCR, years after he left Vault 13 to found Arroyo. He might have no idea he was called like that.

Plus the Vault dweller title is also a way for the players to give a tag to the *player character of the first Fallout game* that would be a bit shorter and widely understood by other players. That doesn't mean he should always be called like that in-universe.

I doubt the chosen one is mentioned many time as the chosen one in New Vegas. Sometime, they just mention some events or some traits and the player is able to guess which character is mentioned.

And then, there are the warrior or the lone wanderer that are too vague and so generic that you would realistically have troubles mentioning them only by that title and expect people to know who you are talking about. (although, it didn't prevent Bethesda to make a game about *the quest to find the middle aged man*)
 
In F3 (a canonic game, although many people don't consider it, it was made by Beth) the East BoS has registered the Vault Dweller name in one of its terminals in the Citadel. So by the BoS was known as the Vault Dweller. Also, the Courier is always known as The Courier, and the Chosen One maybe is not a name that a man would receive like that, but its the name the Arroyo Elder gave to the Vault Dweller's grandson, because she said the Chosen One couldn't be weak. Marcus, in Jacobstown, refers to the Chosen One as a "tribal". So it exists a reference that relations the Vault Dweller title with that man.
 
Nightstalker said:
In F3 (a canonic game, although many people don't consider it, it was made by Beth) the East BoS has registered the Vault Dweller name in one of its terminals in the Citadel. So by the BoS was known as the Vault Dweller. Also, the Courier is always known as The Courier, and the Chosen One maybe is not a name that a man would receive like that, but its the name the Arroyo Elder gave to the Vault Dweller's grandson, because she said the Chosen One couldn't be weak. Marcus, in Jacobstown, refers to the Chosen One as a "tribal". So it exists a reference that relations the Vault Dweller title with that man.
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What makes fallout 3 cannon?
 
Well, why would the Vault Dweller keep calling himself that when he got kicked out of the vault and wandered through the wastes after that?
IIRC he said in his memories that he never forgave the vault for what they did to him, so I assume he wouldn't want to be known as the vault dweller anymore. That was the past, he then became the self proclaimed Wanderer.
 
R.Graves said:
What makes fallout 3 cannon?
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Bethesda makes the canon, my friend, not us. I say F3 is canon but irrelevant for the true plot in the west (and so, F4). The inconsistences between Mariposa and Vault 87 are obviously there, but, as i said, Bethesda creates canon.
 
Nightstalker said:
Bethesda makes the canon, my friend, not us. I say F3 is canon but irrelevant for the true plot in the west (and so, F4). The inconsistences between Mariposa and Vault 87 are obviously there, but, as i said, Bethesda creates canon.
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Canon?, what does that even mean.

I know what it means! Canon is a made up word so people like Todd can dress up in fake suits and pretend to be important.

Is Fallout 3 an installment accepted by the owner of the IP?, Every single day.

Is Fallout 3 canon?, I don't know. I don't give a shit.
 
Nightstalker said:
Beth >>> nma.

Sorry guys.
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Sorry for what?
For comparing two things that make no sense comparing?
For clinging to the mantra of the IP owner's just because they own it?
For turning a blind eye on logic and established canon?
For freely admitting that what they say is more important than what is right?

Yeah, sorry man. I do feel sorry for you.
 
I am VERY glad of your worries for me. But YOU are NOTHING compared with Bethesda. They create canon, and as they tell F3 is Canon, i will believe them before you, a simple fan. You can say tons of argues about F3 being incanonic (all of them reasonable, as i have to say) but they rule their world. So all nma can say F3 is incanonic, it doesn't matter, Bethesda has the last word now they rule Fallout. Go tell Todd Howard, not me. And that is not the main thread of this theme.
 
Nightstalker said:
I am VERY glad of your worries for me. But YOU are NOTHING compared with Bethesda. They create canon, and as they tell F3 is Canon, i will believe them before you, a simple fan. You can say tons of argues about F3 being incanonic (all of them reasonable, as i have to say) but they rule their world. So all nma can say F3 is incanonic, it doesn't matter, Bethesda has the last word now they rule Fallout. Go tell Todd Howard, not me. And that is not the main thread of this theme.
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You fail to understand one simple thing here - nobody cares.
Bethesda owns Fallout now, that is a fact. But they know shit about Fallout. They have raped the franchise's canon, change the core gameplay, written idiotically dumb stories and absolutely missed on several main themes/motifs/messages of the game. What they own is not Fallout. It's a rotten corpse with heavy make-up made to resemble a living thing. The corpse looks nice, but it still stinks like a rotten piece of meat.

If you fail to comprehend that, NMA is not for you.
 
They could make Trump pass law that would sentence you to death if you say that Bethesda screwed Fallout, it wouldn't prevent anyone to still think it.
 
Nightstalker said:
Bethesda makes the canon, my friend, not us. I say F3 is canon but irrelevant for the true plot in the west (and so, F4). The inconsistences between Mariposa and Vault 87 are obviously there, but, as i said, Bethesda creates canon.
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Eh... Bethesda can say their games are canon (even though they literally can't be. Small continuity errors build up. On top of that is glaring inconsistencies and plot holes.) Bethesda fucks continuity like a two dollar whore. And people who don't care about Canon don't get to decide Canon. Not for me.
 
Nightstalker said:
You can say tons of argues about F3 being incanonic (all of them reasonable, as i have to say) but they rule their world. So all nma can say F3 is incanonic, it doesn't matter, Bethesda has the last word now they rule Fallout. Go tell Todd Howard, not me.
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It may be official canon but to the players here, it's not part of their canon and experience with Fallout so they are free to disregard it.

I'm free to disregard 3 & 4 in my personal Fallout canon, regardless of what anyone tells me. Only if I'm doing actual official logs or records do I refer to 3 & 4 since they are official parts of canon.

Bad parts mind you. Bethesda does not get Fallout and they probably never will.
 
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