Fallout Episode 1 Scene Proves Evil Bud Was Right All Along

As Fallout Season 1 unraveled its backstory and showed us the truth about the Great War and Vault-Tec’s role in its start; as we learned about the true master of the Three Vaults and his insidious plan; as we saw Bud’s crooked and inhumane ideology manifest into reality for dozens of innocent people…

It’s been getting progressively harder to feel any sympathy toward Bud, and don’t get us wrong: the man deserves all the hate he gets. But at the same time, he was right about one essential thing — and we see proof of that at the very start of the show.

Bud’s Ideology Was Outrageously Insidious

Bud Askins has little to no redeeming qualities. He might just be the most stereotypical corpo-rat: sleazy, corrupt, entitled, and holding no regard for human lives. Bud’s entire ideology has always been aimed at empowering Vault-Tec through the vilest means, and even before the Great War decision was made, he was awful.

Bud liked to repeat two lines he was clearly proud of himself for coming up with — that time is the greatest weapon in the world and how management is the future of humanity. In Bud’s book, this discount wisdom made him and other corpo-rats like him the superior race solely worthy of shaping the world and everyone’s lives for centuries and millennia to come. So yeah, not the most pleasant fellow, that one.

Fallout Pilot Proves Bud Was Right to an Extent

However, if we step back from our shared resentment to Bud Askins and take a second look at Fallout Season 1 Episode 1, specifically, the Vault 33 massacre scene, one tiny detail catches our eye. A detail that suggests that Bud, however vile and corrupt, might have been onto something, after all.

Remember how “when things look glum, vote 31?”

During the attack of Moldaver’s raiders, most residents of Vault 33 either fled in terror or froze and were slaughtered like fish. The only Vault Dwellers who actually fought back were Lucy and Hank MacLean and Steph — in other words, folks from Vault 31 and a descendant and protégé of a guy from Vault 31. Vault 33 did exactly nothing.

Vault 31’s MacLeans and Steph acted quickly, saw opportunities others didn’t, could act independently, and took charge in a stressful situation. Just to make things clear: folks from 31 were used to a far gentler pre-war world, and Vault 33 only ever knew post-apocalypse. If anything, it was them who should have acted — but they didn’t.

This gets you thinking: what if Bud Askins was actually right?..

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