I have had some ideas about fallout writing. First I am not much of a writer but I have been having ideas about events leading up to the great war of 2077. I am not sure if most people on here know of warhammer 40k but when people write about the two unknown primarchs people get upset. Adding Fluff to history that has no real grounds to it (Some people are great at it but most just say don't do it). So I have been thinking is writing about pre-great war events looked down upon in fallout fan writing? Is pre-war events just best left unknown and not fan written about? Something best left to the devs of future fallouts to write about?

Is the intro to fallout two right? "the details are pointless and trivial"

You could write about food riots, the Anchorage Campaign, The China Campaign, or directly after/during the bombs dropping/final days would be pretty interesting. I wouldn't say people get mad when you write about thing like the Missing Primarchs unless they're just genuine idiots or asshats. You're fan fiction is just that, FAN FICTION, as long as it isn't ridiculous it should be fine.

Simple answer: No.

Longer answer: No it's not frowned upon.

Reason: I don't think anyone really cares, and personally, I've written some pre-war Fallout stories and had some RPs (I like that time of the universe because it's able to be flexible, but also restricting to a point). And I think if you can interest people in your little part of what happened, than people don't have a problem with it. Personally, I've kept the stories kind of behind the scenes or what could have possibly been happening during the Great War within Canada. Mostly resistance types of RPs and stories come out of pre-Great War ideas, and no one's really done anything where it's just some people going about their day, and then BAM vaporized or turned into a ghoul.

Events in the few years leading up to the war I can see people being ok with but what about a decade before hand? I don't want to give to much away incase someday I deside to try writing a short story. I am better at small ideas but putting them together not so much. Events leading upto the great war are pretty much blank. China Invades Alaska In the winter of 2066 but no info on the president or how things did not go nuclear then and not till 2077. Just small amounts of info are given right up to 2077 and even then we don't know who started China, America?

I understand if people write something just so out there that can upset fans but is even just touching those events fallout blasphemy?

I feel fallout fans on here are more open minded then on other forums. I can understand people just wanting things just left unknown but I for one like at least some info and if the devs don't do it the fans should.

By the way Dr. Strangelove is a great movie.

Go for it. It would be interesting to see your take on the events prior to 2077 as mentioned in Fallout history. :fallout:

I don't think anyone has problems with decades before? I don't, I mean as long as you keep within the timeline, it's alright. I mean, the timeline is obviously hazy for good reason, but the events that are mentioned in the timeline shouldn't really be played upon or mutated. I mean, if you're writing a story about the Resource Wars (Like I and others have,) than it's fine because it's a perspective of a possible soldier/civilian/whatever's viewpoint on the event. But if you say that the nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv didn't happen, than I'm not really sure how people would take that. But if you wrote a story about the possible bomb setter, and the nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv that would be interesting, but I think if you tamper with the facts of the timeline, people will get upset. (Unless you did a REALLY good job with it? Which I'm not sure you can or can't do, I'm just putting it out there.)

Speaking of which, I might just do that. (Write a story about the Resource Wars in the Middle East and Tel Aviv? (I do have experience there already.))

Anyway, yeah, there are some do's and don'ts but nothing that would have us staking you out or something?

(Also, when was Dr. Strangelove a movie? Far as I know, I'm still sitting here in the War Room with the BoS...)

As long as it's Fallout related, and not spam, no one's gonna do anything about it.

My ideas are about project safe house and the war with China, as well as the Enclave back when they were just a shadow government/organization within the USA government. I have been playing fallout since it was new and from what my take on the Enclave is: That they were a part of the USA military, a liaison between the top secret usa military projects and heads of government like the President, VP and joint chief of staff. It is known they have been around before the war.

I don't plan on changing events and I want to stick to the timeline as much as possible. I don't live in the states, I live in Cananda. So I have to do my home work before writing about a location within the united states.

I have had Ideas on the resouce wars and even the bombing of Tel Aviv but I don't think I will go into that as a story. It would be interesting.

A long while ago I tried writing a FF about a group of Poseidon Oil-employed mercenaries and didn't get a single reply, not even one telling me not to bother. So maybe it is looked down upon, or maybe people just hate me, or maybe that FF just happened to svck ass. Take 'yer pick.

I don't think it's as much frowned upon as it is uncommon.