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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]:

** Is Piper Wright's reporting for the betterment or detriment of the Commonwealth? On the negative side, some of her articles can come across as fear-mongering that only breeds [[Paranoia Fuel|paranoia]], focus on less important subjects related solely to Diamond City and not the entire region, and make baseless accusations (like implying that Mayor McDonough, the leader of Diamond City, is an Institute Synth). She's also prone to asking people rather invasive questions in a very abrupt manner that only seem to unnerve them. Complicating matters is that it's implied that the latter-most is more due to her own invasive personality (which she herself doesn't like and is trying to get ahold of), and the answers she gets back are also more than not just examples of her interviewees' stupidity/ignorance. Relatedly, there's the fact that many of her articles ''do'' try to inform, but are held back by [[Reality Ensues|the limits of available resources in the Commonwealth for journalism]], and that she deliberately tries to write for Diamond City's audience first because they have the highest population of literate people in the Commonwealth (although she still tries to write some articles focused on other parts of the Commonwealth). Also, {{spoiler|she ''was'' actually right about Mayor McDonough being an Institute Synth, and it's possible that further evidence discussing her theory was either planned to be discussed in future editions, or was held back deliberately because of Piper's very appropriate fear of [[Adult Fear|the Institute/McDonough retaliating upon her little sister Nat]] if her theory was right.}} There's also the fact that the game actually has some (admittedly subtle) [[Foreshadowing]] for {{spoiler|McDonough being a Synth: When they see Piper and yell for them to leave their office, their voice gains a noticeably mechanical undertone like a malfunctioning computer}}.

** Conversely, the new East Coast Brotherhood of Steel [[Base Breaking Character|can be seen as this]]. On the one hand, they have [[Fantastic Racism|genocidal tendencies]] towards Synths, Ghouls, Super Mutants and other non-humans with [[Putting on the Reich|Nazi-like fanaticism]]...[[Jerkass Has a Point|but on the other hand]], most of these entities are [[Always Chaotic Evil]] monsters anyway (it's the Brotherhood's refusal to acknowledge a few aren't that makes it a [[Kick the Dog]] from them). Whether the East Coast Brotherhood of Steel qualify as evil is arguable, but what isn't is that they're '''''awesome!''''' [[Elite Mooks|Knights]] clad in [[Powered Armor|T-60 Power Armor]], fleets of [[Gunship Rescue|Vertibirds]], a Cool Airship, and {{spoiler|they've even rebuilt Liberty Prime!}}

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: One of the likely reasons why the [[Badass in a Nice Suit|Operators]] are viewed in a [[Draco in Leather Pants|(comparatively) more positive light]] than the Disciples and Pack at Nuka-World is because of how attractive their leaders are. Special mention must be given to Mags Black, given she shares a voice actress with [[Kill la Kill|Ragyo Kiryuin]].

* [[Fanfic Fuel]]: The death of the Lyons family and the East Coast Brotherhood's return to a more "traditionalist" mindset under Elder Maxson has led to downright '''''juicy''''' speculation on what has happened to the Capital Wasteland in the decade between ''3'' and ''4''.

* [[Fashion Victim Villain|Fashion-Victim Villain]]: The Pack in ''Nuka-World''. They dress themselves in remnants of old animal costumes that they found in the park combined with pastel body paints. Of all the Raider factions there, they're by far the hardest to take seriously.

** At least a few of those who complained about the limited dialogue choices in the main game were pleasantly surprised that in ''Far Harbor'', the dialogue trees are much more complex despite using the same limited system.