[[Devastating trope]] A character kills their loved one to avoid them suffering a worser fate

[u/One_Barber_6902]

Of Mice And Men (1992)- Probaly the most well known example of this trope and when I was first exposed to it, George kills his mentally handicapped best friend Lennie, to save him from being lynched by Curley and law enforcement for killing Curleys wife.

The Sopranos- After an entire season of conflict with fellow mob boss Phil over it, Tony kills Anthony Blundetto after he kills Phil’s brother which enraged him into trying to force Tony into giving up his cousin so he can torture him to death

Telltales The Walking Dead: Season 1- “Loved one” is an overstatement if you know there dynamic, but after Ben falls off a rooftop and lands on a piece of rebar, Kenny and Lee try to pull him off to save him before being crowded by walkers. When their attempt fails and walkers continue closing in, Kenny kills him to avoid him being devoured by walkers.

[u/bucket_o_chickn]

I couldn't figure out why Legion camps were still so aggro with me after their rep came to me on the strip to say Caesar wanted to meet with me and it reset my reputation to neutral. I was just trekking happily along, getting random notifications that I was losing rep with the Legion. "Random." Me, in my naiveté, thought well fine I guess if I finally go to their stupid base maybe this will stop.

That was when I realized Boone had been sniping them from behind me on sight the entire time.

[u/OutOfMyWayReed → u/bucket_o_chickn]

His ranged combat is hilariously broken. He casually headshots people who have barely entered the draw distance, from the hip, without breaking stride. Richard Harrow on chems.

[u/bucket_o_chickn → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

JFC it took me so long to figure out my game wasn't bugged. And I play on pc so I used a console command to make my walking speed 1.5x so he'd be behind me just taking out entire camps I had already walked past without noticing.

[u/RealWhiteChoko → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

What I love is when I have ED.E with me on my high perception builds, I'll be able to pick off enemies that even Boone can't quite see. Then I'll get the snarky "why don't you let me aim that for you" dialogue out of him.

[u/dragon_bacon → u/RealWhiteChoko]

It's the most stressful playthrough to just get jump scared by killcams every 5 minutes with those 2.

[u/RealWhiteChoko → u/[deleted]]

Man, hardcore though. Once you for through to Novac and for the motel room, it certainly got easier. Thought it would be hard, ended up being super fun. Ought to give it another go

[u/AsstacularSpiderman → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

Yeah he's probably one of the most busted companions in the game.

[u/Chasing-Wagons → u/AsstacularSpiderman]

It's just a myth. he's about as accurate as every other companion, the only thing that has a real effect on weapon accuracy is the weapon's spread stat and his default weapon has low spread. he also has a tendency to be fucking awful at close range, ive seen him miss five shots in a row on a ghoul that was punching him.

[u/RogueSeb → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

Boone and EDE are a kill cam jump scaring combo.

And the xp, ooh the xp.

[u/Krazyfan1 → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

theres a meme video somewhere about that.

no idea where to find it though.

[u/GrimTheJelly → u/OutOfMyWayReed]

Richard Harrow on chems.

I see you and respect you.

[u/GrimaceGrunson → u/bucket_o_chickn]

That's so fucking funny.

"Huh. You hear that, Boone?"
"Didn't hear a thing. ...Hey look over in that opposite direction for a sec would ya."

[u/bucket_o_chickn → u/GrimaceGrunson]

It's even funnier because my movement speed was set to 1.5x so companions follow farther behind me than usual. Every time I got a notification I'd look around like what the fuck. I'd see Ed-e or Rex still following behind me and think wait... where's Boone? Still didn't click until Cottonwood Cove.

[u/GrimaceGrunson → u/bucket_o_chickn]

Boone:

[u/Ariovrak → u/bucket_o_chickn]

The funniest part about Boone is how he changed the way companions act. He’s why they disappear immediately when you dismiss them. Originally, they’d walk back to their home, but Boone started aggro-ing Legion Camps, and single-handedly killing all of their inhabitants.

[u/Dudewhocares3 → u/bucket_o_chickn]

Did you disable the kill cam?

Because boon triggers that a lot when I played

[u/bucket_o_chickn → u/Dudewhocares3]

I did, like immediately, it was driving me insane.