Barb pitches the taffy to Cooper, while she knows he's gonna hate the taste. And when you look closely at her face, it becomes clear she is manipulating Cooper, preparing the ground for what she wants him to do, while she knows he isn't the kind of man to like working for an evil corporation. There are glimpses of both uncertainty and resoluteness on her face when she flirtingly talks about the taffy.
I bet nobody would have paid any attention to the way Cooper touched her hand with the very finger that Lucy bit off later if Barb hadn't emphatically spoken about "someone touching you for the first time". And Cooper just says, "May I?" and lets his finger slide along her hand. He's taken in, hook, line and sinker, by her charm, he would do anything for her.
Skip forward to the present day when he's looking for Wilzig's head and sees Lucy sitting at the bank of the river. Note how beautiful the scenery is, blue water and lush green vegetation, it’s almost romantic. And when Lucy turns to him she - what? She gives him a friendly hello and a most charming smile. Even my heart melted when I saw it.
But Cooper knows better this time. Instead of going along with her being all nice and flirty, he strikes her down. He may be harsh but he doesn't let himself be dragged into another dishonest exchange. Not anymore.
For the Ghoulcy Atomic Blast Event. Artists draw a fanart from a fic already made and viceversa. this sorta of comic it’s inspired by “he's a devil, she's a demon (he's a doll)” by @bitumz , the first ghoulcy multichap fanfiction I’ve ever read & it’s a masterpiece ❤️
Honestly, it's sort of starting to actually piss me off when it comes to how some people respond to vaultghoul. it's so frustrating that all those people who either just don't like it or who are extremely against it just boil the ship down to it being nothing but the shipper just using Lucy as a self insert, like ?????
Can we not? Go put someone else's ship down.
This ship is just as valid as all the other ships in Fallout in general. It's not really a "self insert" considering how much symbolism there is in the show between both Cooper and Lucy.
Don't diminish it to something stupid like that when there are multiple VALID reasons to ship it. She can be your "little meow meow", sure. But she's still a strong character that can handle her own and can even be feral in her own way. It's not at all about "self inserts", so get out of here with that.
You're annoying. We don't do that when it comes to the other ships that include Lucy, so put up and shut up. xoxo
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I could be overthinking it, but if this reads like I'm against self inserts then I just want to put it out there that I'm not! There is nothing wrong with self inserts, it's nice to have creativity that way. My only point is that it's one of two methods these people use to attack ghoulcy fans
thinkin about how after lucy told cooper about the golden rule, do unto others as you would have done unto you, she bit his finger off, and his immediate reaction was to do unto her as she had done unto him. he wanted to show her that even her perfect principle was corruptible. how in the real world, it just boils down to an eye for an eye.
after that, she shows him mercy, allowing him to continue his quest to find his daughter. she abides by her golden rule despite him because she genuinely believes in it. the very next time he sees her, he intervenes in the conflict between her and hank and invites to track the fucker down with him. to continue HER quest.
very excited for the quid pro quo romcom they’ve set up for us