Fallout Creator Calls Out Personal Attacks Against Show Writers

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Fallout creator Tim Cain has shared another video about the recent TV adaptation, going into further detail on the topic of lore changes. Here, Cain goes after fans attacking and harassing writers and actors over changes made in the Fallout show, as some still believe that it's made aspects of the older games non-canon.

In the video, Cain shares his thoughts on other franchises that have made changes to their established lore over the years. After discussing these examples, he highlights that these critiques can be made without restoring to personal attacks, taking aim at the way some Fallout fans have been conducting themselves recently.

"Notice I never did a personal attack?" says Cain, referring to the way he critiques pieces of media for making lore drifts. "Notice I never said, 'God, that showrunner, that director, they were idiots'. No."

He continues: "So when I see people online do that, if it's a comment, I stop reading. If it's a video, I just click it off. Because guess what? Once they do that, it's obvious that they're very immature. So to me, their arguments now don't mean anything. It's just somebody whining online. I think they need a nap."

Cain then goes over some examples of the Fallout lore changing in the past, specifically in relation to the ghouls. He explains that ghouls were never necessarily supposed to be a long-lived race, but now, the concept of a pre-war ghoul is completely accepted by fans. He also brings up how it was initially established that ghouls needed water to survive, just like humans, but by Fallout 4, this is no longer the case.

Spoilers for Amazon on Prime Video ahead.

The main controversy with the Fallout show is related to its timeline of events. Towards the end of the first season, we find out that Shady Sands has been destroyed. Later on, we're told that the "fall of Shady Sands" started in 2277, which many fans interpreted as being the year it was bombed out of existence. However, in Fallout: New Vegas - set