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Gage headcanons

I have these all written down in a google doc (plus way more) so I figured I might as well throw some here now that I'm getting more comfortable using tumblr lol. I'm very open to discussion about these! I might post more in the future if someone finds it interesting.

CW for: Minor mentions of addiction and some general trauma stuff. Nothing too bad I don't think but don't hold me to that.

A lot of these mention The Harvester by the way, sorry. Lore makes my brain itch.

● While he is a part of a minority of raiders who can actually read and write‐ (as evidenced by him leaving messages to Colter on his terminal) -he is dyslexic. It takes him a while to write things out coherently, and reading anything more than a few short sentences is often frustrating.

● ^ because of this, he prefers / genuinely enjoys comic books. They're light on reading and he can usually tell whats going on even without dialogue. He had a small collection of comic books back when he lived with The Harvester, and still gets kind of pissed he never got those back.

• Regarding comics, his least favorite character is the Silver Shroud. He just pisses him off.

● His eyepatch being so large is actually functional! (Somewhat) I like to think he lost his eye by getting shot in the face with a plasma round, which corroded and destroyed a large area of skin around his eye and down his cheek. So the large metal plating on his eyepatch covers the large scar.

● He actually lost his eye when he first joined The Harvesters gang when he was younger. One of Harvests gang members pulled the trigger on him when he initially approached them, thinking he had ill intentions. It sucked- but hey, at least they let him in.

● He made his own cage armor and designed it particularly around his needs rather than protection. He uses the cage to hold tools, parts, a rag, etc. while he works on things like Colters power armor or other mechanical things he fiddled with. Definitely doesn't make him very bulletproof, but following the boss around keeps him away from most combat situations anyway.

● Colter had a tendency to use Gages armor like a big handle to drag him around a lot, which he didn't particularly enjoy.

● His favorite colour is yellow, which is why his cage armor is the colour it is. He painted it himself :')

● Has the most horrific trust issues in all of mankind. (Thanks for betraying him Harvest, he will absolutely not recover from that.) He won't eat anything he doesn't see prepared himself, won't set down his drink unless he's alone, he can't sleep around other people, etc. When Colter dies and the new Overboss takes over, he doesn't even tell them where he sleeps until he trusts them entirely. He'll just dissappear at night unless you call out for him.

● These trust issues leak into his behaviors during relationships also. Down to the more simple things. He prefers to hug his partner from behind or be big spoon, he prepares food for them both, takes the night guard when camping, etc. Anything that puts him in the more advantageous position, even if its subconscious.

● The Harvester haunts him. He still sees and hears him in the shadows or corners after however many years its been. Has nightmares of him coming back and finally finishing the job, killing him. Feels the cold metal of a scythe against his throat when it isn't there... its endless. Even something as common as the sounds of distant gunfire make him paranoid, since it reminds him of the betrayal. Absolutely ruined him.

● Has tattoos inspired by / centered around The Harvesters. Covers them with his armor though. Hes got some trauma to unpack man, idk. (Should I do a tattoo tour for him?)

● One of the reasons he hates chems is from a previous addiction. He doesn't like to talk about it, but he made a few of his worst life decisions on chems and it just put a bad taste in his mouth. He'd prefer it if his Overboss / partner was in a rational state of mind, thank you.

● He is surprisingly good with animals for the most part. Particularly cats. Does the old man / dad thing where he says he doesn't like them or calls them mean names while secretly petting them or letting them hop in his lap when he's alone.

● Not usually a big fan of the more "exotic" wasteland animals though. Totally got jumpy one day and shot a Pack molerat on accident.

Thats probably enough for now. I'm happy to answer questions or expand on these more if asked, and I'll probably share more in the future. (Maybe some 18+ ones too? We'll see.)

Wow this is old and could look a lot better. Okay.

Scenario in which Gages old boss “The Harvester” makes it through the gauntlet at Nuka-World and kills Overboss Colter. Gage hasn’t seen Harvest since he betrayed him so many years ago and presumed him dead, but unfortunately for him Connor tracked him down and is ready to resume his position as his boss.

Connor was only mentioned like… once… in Gages dialogue, but me and @porcelllio have taken that and run with it. Expect lots of art of him.

Should I start posting my abandoned wips every now and then so I'll get the motivation to finish them... bc honestly you guys are missing out on a lot because im scared to post unfinished stuff

without fail i will always throw my favorite guys into the hybrid/beastkin blender and then drink them like a smoothie. and it’s always so delicious but no one Gets me. don’t worry about where the rest of this drawing went btw

I love how Porter Gage is one of the ones that didn't change. He's already woke'd

Woke DEI Fallout companions be like

Girlcade Trannon

Rose of Transgender Lessidy

ED-They/hE

Charon

Sheacon

Craig Goone(r)

Raul Tejada

Lily Butchen

Girlgeant RL-H3

Butch DeLesbian

Curie

ED-They-shE (Lonesome Rode)

Clover

Porter Gage

John Handoncock

Deanette Girlmino

Veronica Santagelo

Christine Royce

Agender/Gender

Jerichoe

Star Paladin Queer

Fawkes

Follows-LGBT

Waking Gender

Girlshua Graham

Doggirlmeat

Roxie

Rex

Robette Girlseph TranCready

Nick Tranentine

Piper Notwhite

X69-1312

Ada

Old Girlfellow

Womansworth

Paladin DEInse

Cait

Gayston Gargay

Strong

Tell us more about McCoy 👀

HI I'm SO sorry it took me so long to answer this. (It's been literal months and i've had this drafted for a second ouf...) I dissappear off the internet for months at a time pretty frequently.

I tried to write out some stuff about her without making it too long… this is just going to be a really bare-bones timeline of her story.

A decent bit of her lore aligns with Nora's canon lore. She's still a lawyer (particularly a criminal prosecutor) and her husband was still in the army. However, Shaun is her adopted nephew rather than her son. She's also a trans woman and takes estrogen.

Personality wise she wasn't exactly the “norm” pre-war. She was quiet and standoffish, and a bit bitchy; so much so that she didn't feel like she entirely fit in within the bubbling extroverted personality of Sanctuary Hills. Her distant personality led to people frequently pushing her boundaries when interacting with her.

Post-war, she gets dragged into leading the minutemen for the first year or so despite only really wanting to find her nephew. She quickly grows to detest the group, since they kept piling on more people for her to help- rather than helping her find Shaun as they promised. (Though she's still relatively nice to the settlers she assists.)

Upon entering the institute and discovering the status of her nephew, she pretty much immediately loses her composure and kills him. She manages to escape the institute without being detected, and promptly flees the commonwealth entirely- following the instructions from the Nuka-Cola family radio broadcast.

Although nearly dying in the Gauntlet, she quickly thrives as Overboss. The freedom being a raider provides her makes the more callous side of her personality blossom, and her connections with the commonwealth settlements make it easy for her to enslave and exploit the people there. The Pack and The Operators receive the most of her grace, leading to the eventual riddance of The Disciples (although she keeps Savoy alive for Gage) ((I have something going on between them a little bit its complicated))

I don't want to go too in depth here since I'm planning a whole post (and a painfully long fanfiction but who knows if I'll actually finish that) of her personality and story. All this also completely leaves out the stuff with her and Gage which is what I have ironed out the most ironically enough. I'm so happy to have someone ask stuff about her!

+sketch for a wip as extra compensation

Working on a tiny comic for Gage and Harvest and holy shit I forgot how hard it is to draw the same characters consistently. Experiencing mild levels of regret.

His ass is sponsored by wrangler jeans

Sometimes i feel like my art of him looks so... off. Then i realize it's just because he doesn't have his facepaint on.

Pre-betrayal (maybe even before he met Gage? He looks really young here)

NUKA WORLD X MAD MAX CROSSOVER

⭐️ STARRING: PORTER GAGE ⭐️

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Details below the cut ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I had to

(This would be before Harvest betrays Gage btw! Wayyyyy before Nuka-World)