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What would you do if there was a ghoul child right in front of you?

This is a 4-panel satirical webcomic meme referencing major factions from the video game *Fallout: New Vegas*, responding to the prompt of how you would react to a ghoul child in front of you. Each panel features a different faction representative interacting with a distressed ghoul child: 1) A Brotherhood of Steel soldier grins and refers to the child as target practice, leaving the child crying. 2) A Caesar's Legion member calls the child a fresh slave for Caesar, leaving the child still sad. 3) A member of the violent Fiends raider group calls the child fresh meat, shocking and frightening the child. 4) A New California Republic (NCR) soldier acts kindly, offering the child water, food, and even offering to adopt them, making the child happy and blushing. The meme plays on common fan perceptions of each faction's morality and typical treatment of marginalized groups like ghouls in the Fallout universe, framing the NCR as the only benevolent option of the four factions shown.
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Hot Dog! Target Practice!
Praise Caesar! A fresh slave!
Hot damn! Fresh meat!
Oh you poor thing. Here have some water. And here some food. Oh! Want me to adopt you?

Overview

This is a 4-panel satirical webcomic meme referencing major factions from the video game Fallout: New Vegas, responding to the prompt of how you would react to a ghoul child in front of you. Each panel features a different faction representative interacting with a distressed ghoul child: 1) A Brotherhood of Steel soldier grins and refers to the child as target practice, leaving the child crying. 2) A Caesar's Legion member calls the child a fresh slave for Caesar, leaving the child still sad. 3) A member of the violent Fiends raider group calls the child fresh meat, shocking and frightening the child. 4) A New California Republic (NCR) soldier acts kindly, offering the child water, food, and even offering to adopt them, making the child happy and blushing. The meme plays on common fan perceptions of each faction's morality and typical treatment of marginalized groups like ghouls in the Fallout universe, framing the NCR as the only benevolent option of the four factions shown.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/meme subreddit, with the original title asking what people would do if a ghoul child was in front of them. It is a fan-created original work referencing the lore and factions of the Fallout video game franchise, specifically Fallout: New Vegas, leaning on widely accepted fan understandings of each faction's values and behavior for humorous effect.

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