New Vegas: "The Brotherhood of Steel is a relic of a bygone age. Their rigid code and violent isolationism that helped them weather the apocalypse and become a major power in the post-apocalypse are now actively hindering them in the post-post-apocalypse. The world has moved on without them and they have not only failed to adapt, but are actively refusing even in the face of their own extinction. Already their existence is largely irrelevant to the rest of the world. In a few generations at best they will be nothing more than a memory, and not a kind one."

Every single piece of Fallout canon that came after: "Nuh-uh."

"Our most iconic faction is incompatible with the setting of a post-post-apocalypse."

"Oh that's an easy fix! We'll just nuke everything all over again and go right back to the normal apocalypse where nothing will ever change or improve in any meaningful way ever again. The best part is we can just keep recycling the same setting and aesthetics we've been doing and neither us nor our audience will ever need to step outside of our comfort zones ever again."

Would you believe that this post wasn't actually related to anything in season 2? It still isn't really since I haven't watched it (and honestly don't *really* have any strong feelings about what I've seen about it). Just stumbled into a topical conversation by fixating on a 15 year old game I guess.