Courier takes canteen sip during Boone's tragic backstory reveal

This humorous Fallout: New Vegas meme depicts an absurdly tone-deaf player reaction to a serious story beat. Companion character Craig Boone somberly tells the player character (the Courier) 'THIS IS WHERE I WATCHED MY Wife DIE, Courier' while showing them the location of his wife's death. Instead of reacting appropriately to the heavy emotional revelation, the Courier is shown casually drinking from a Vault 13 canteen, paired with the standard in-game pop-up notification reading 'You take a sip from your trusty Vault 13 canteen...'. The comedy comes from the sharp contrast between the serious tone of Boone's backstory reveal and the trivial, unfeeling random action performed by the player.

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THIS IS WHERE I WATCHED MY Wife DIE, Courier

You take a sip from your trusty Vault 13 canteen...

Overview

This humorous Fallout: New Vegas meme depicts an absurdly tone-deaf player reaction to a serious story beat. Companion character Craig Boone somberly tells the player character (the Courier) 'THIS IS WHERE I WATCHED MY Wife DIE, Courier' while showing them the location of his wife's death. Instead of reacting appropriately to the heavy emotional revelation, the Courier is shown casually drinking from a Vault 13 canteen, paired with the standard in-game pop-up notification reading 'You take a sip from your trusty Vault 13 canteen...'. The comedy comes from the sharp contrast between the serious tone of Boone's backstory reveal and the trivial, unfeeling random action performed by the player.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS feed, with the original submission title 'Real response'. It is a fan-made original meme edit that combines assets from the open world RPG Fallout: New Vegas: it uses a line of dialogue from companion character Craig Boone's emotional backstory quest, paired with a common, trivial in-game interaction prompt for comedic effect. The meme plays on the widely relatable player experience of performing immersion-breaking, unempathetic actions during serious story moments in open world video games.