[Spoilers for Fallout tv series] I am absolutely fucking sick of writers nuking factions into oblivion to recreate a status quo.

Alright Spoiler's where already warned.

So the NCR, or New California Republic is gone, I haven't finished the series entirely yet but I know that they were nuked into oblivion, their last remnants shown to be killed off as the series progresses.

All of it in favour of giving the Brotherhood of Steel and the Enclave the limelight because Bethesda can't fucking do anything Fallout related without shoving the Brotherhood down your throat with a steel rod.

So I should back this up and try to explain from the get go.

The NCR or New California Republic was created as a direct result of the actions of the character in Fallout 1 as they inspired the daughter of the leader of Shady Sands Tendi to inspire her father Aradesh to reach out to nearlying settlements to organize, work together. We saw the results of this in Fallout 2, Tendi now an old woman and the NCR's second president. Shady Sands which was built from scratch, not on the ruins of an old city had become a city. They had working crops. Working water purification, electricity. And following the defeat of the original Enclave they would keep growing, unifying most of California with their own gold backed currency.

Ultimately these growing tensions grew to a clash with the Brotherhood of Steel on the West Coast whom similarily to the NCR had started expanding outwards, and disliked the propagation of technology among other factions. The Enclave had already hurt their previous high horse position and the NCR was now threatening to take on their duties aswell, only more egalitarian and way more liked by the average wastelander as they weren't a technofeudalistic cult.

The Brotherhood of Steel - NCR war was devestating but ultimately the NCR left it victorious, with the Remnants of the BoS fleeing to their remaining bunkers and isolating from the world. The future of California was in the hands of the NCR. However before the Brotherhood lost, they slagged the NCR's gold reserve, something that crippled their economy.

Especially as the bottle cap had been favored out to limit the influence of the Water Barons in the hub but it was now forced to have a come back.

Enter New Vegas, the last mainline game by Obsidian who wrote the NCR.

At this point the NCR is in danger, famine alongside resource shortages and growth pains have forced them to send out scouts in the hope of finding new resources, especially water and electricity which leads them to hoover dam and the war with the Legion. While Vegas is openended it was clear the NCR did have some troubles, however it's still a huge nation, even if it lost its not clear it would "fall". Especially as their army would have shorter supply lines and easier reorganization. At this point they existed for a century, enough time to create a national identity of sorts. Even if there was unrest and many critiques it was not doomed.

Yet now we have the Fallout TV show. Instead of dealing with trying to explain what happened, or how they would have collapsed, they were just randomly nuked off screen. All of the NCR seems to be gone. Shady Sands at this point is apparently a pre-war city aswell but meh.

And that is that. It's gone. And the Brotherhood of Steel, which were at the brink of defeat where brought back to be pseudoantagonists because God forbid the Brotherhood of Steel isn't a major player or the most powerful faction around. The Enclave is also back. Which while we knew Chicago still existed, they were fucked in their old form in Fallout 3.

And it just breaks my heart, we had this faction that while not perfect, greedy, sometimes morally gray but overall was a symbol of rebuilding, of a faction moving on from the post apocalyptic setting, that actually tried to create a working system just got deleted.

It makes me think of the Sequel trilogy, the New Republic was lasered in one movie. The achievement of the entire original trilogy and we didn't get to see it for more than 5 minutes.

Sure the NCR could be failing, I wouldn't mind that being depicted in other ways but the way it was written just reeks of the same as the New Republic, a weak gutpunch to bring in the status quo, and the notion of which factions should be allowed to have a spot or not.

At this point in "Canon" the entire US is basically just run by BoS factions, because there are none other left. Like it's the same fucking situation East to West.

The West Coast felt unique because it didn't have the FO3/FO4 BoS whom grew into a regional power. It had other factions, other groups and fuck? Seriously this just makes me mad as someone who likes worldbuilding. The BoS has interesting culture too but it's shown in every. single. fucking. game. At this point it's barely changing because Beth has gone with a mixed douchebag/saviour dynamic with the BoS. What is even the difference between West Coast and East Coast BoS at this point?

Not to mention this exact thing happened in Dial of Destiny too, Indy's son was just killed off and barely mentioned. I get this can happen, but the way it's presented is just jading, from nowhere and it just feels shallow, empty.