Fallout Fans Revisiting Old Games Meet One Of The Worst Vault Leaders Ever

Summary The Fallout show's success has led to a rediscovery of older Fallout games, and players have stong opinions about Vault City's First Citizen, Joanne Lynette.

Joanne Lynette is Vault City's leader and is known for bigotry and elitism.

Joanne's stubbornness and dislike for outsiders make her one of the most disliked characters in the Fallout franchise.

Since the success of the Amazon TV show, many Fallout fans are revisiting the games, or even visiting some titles in the series for the first time. While more recent entries in the series such as Fallout 76 and Fallout 4 have had updates intended to capitalize on this influx of players, some players have taken to revisiting the very first titles in the series, Black Isle Studios' isometric Fallout and Fallout 2.

Redditor medalofhalo took to the r/Fallout subreddit following their first playthrough of 1998's Fallout 2 and expressed their hatred of one of Vault City's First Citizens, Joanne Lynette, going as far as to call her the most "hateable character in the entire franchise". While other commenters offered up their suggestions, with Myron and Jacoryn being notable mentions from the earlier games, there was a general consensus that Joanne was certainly one of the worst.

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Joanne Plays A Major Role In Fallout 2's Vault City

Joanne's Bigotry And Self-Righteousness Make Her One Of The Most Insufferable Fallout Characters

Joanne's role as the First Citizen of Vault City puts her in a position of power where she can enforce the city's underlying elitist and racist policies with a strong hatred of outsiders, who she sees as inferior. Joanne's beliefs were enforced by her privileged upbringing and how she grew up knowing she would become the future leader of Vault City, and upon getting to this position, Joanne's power-trip only worsened, with her bigotry and self-righteousness making her one of the more insufferable characters in the game.

It also seems to be nearly impossible to reason with Joanne, as she is so steadfast in her beliefs that even questioning Vault City's policies or her decisions can result in an immediate eviction of Fallout 2's protagonist, The Chosen One, from the premises, regardless of whether players had previously obtained citizenship or not. As pointed out in the comments on medalofhalo's post, Joanne's attitude can get better toward players if they have become idolized by Vault City.

Surprisingly, if players beat the game with a low Intelligence level, Joanne actually goes as far as to hug the Chosen One if prompted in a bizarre change of character.

Considering how rich the world of Fallout is, there are several devious characters that players interact with over the course of the series who certainly compete for the title of "most hatable". Joanne Lynette certainly ranks among them simply because of how set in her ways she is, with her bigoted attitude to anyone outside of Vault City certainly making her extremely hard to be around.

Source: medalofhalo/Reddit