As you might know, a youtuber called Devin in HD made a video on Fallout 3 called 'Tenpenny Tower is morally impossible' and you might've also heard about how critically panned it was by the Fallout community for how poorly done it was, the mental gymnastics to justify Roy and his gang, and lack of interest in understanding other characters given how Devin admits in the said video he skipped through most of Tenpenny's dialogue.

Now I won't go into the whole analysis why his take on Tenpenny Tower dilemma is wrong since there are already videos covering that, instead I wanna focus on two things he said in the video that to me shows everything wrong with Bethesda Fallout community

1. Justification of sociopathic or antisocial behavior

This isn't really an uncommon thing in the community, I've seen it start off since the release of Fallout TV show, but Devin's one line about how wasteland "breaks down" good people underlines the mentality people use to justify evil characters like Cooper Howard or "nice gals" like that shiksa Lucy MacLean. People, similarly to Devin, say that with society in ruins and world in chaos it's no wonder that many of the good people would eventually break bad under the inhumane circumstances, and while there's some truth that under extreme stress and depression people can change for worse, it's usually used as justification towards already bad people.
Taking Roy Phillips from Fallout 3 for example, we only know that before the war he was a police officer, and that's about it. What kind of police officer was Roy, was he good person then, or a bad person? We don't know, but I'm more than willing to lean towards the case Roy was also a bad person before the war given that during the war police became more authoritarian and willing to use tear and experimental gas from Hallucigen Inc. on the protestors or rioters across the United States, not to mention police's participation in rounding up Chinese-American citizens. So if Roy was already complacent in government crackdown on the protestors and riots, it would be no wonder why with the society crumbling apart the man would become little different from raiders.

I've seen a lot of lack of media literacy and mental gymnastics done to justify Cooper Howard by calling him an "antihero" or a "morally grey hero" and Lucy, but these people didn't "break" or turn bad because of the circumstances but because they were already terrible people. Cooper was a thief and a morally grandstanding moron who judged Mr House from high pedestal while not only stealing from him the mcguffin to save a city, but also handing it over to US President of all people. So when the world ended, eventually his mask slipped and he allowed more of his worst qualities to surface on and that's how he became a monster. Because he was always one from the start.
Lucy's problem is that she is "nice". She isn't a good person, or was a bad person, just nice, and that was just a mask to hide her real self that slips down when she gets addicted after one dose of Buffout. This niceness eventually slips revealing she is a bad person as showcased in her lack of reaction when a slave girl gets murdered by the Legion, when she murders the Kings in cold blood because they're "ghouls" (Xander must be proud), where she regrets destroying the Blackbox for mind chips, mind chipping her own father, and her only being nice cause it's expected of her, not because she wants to be, or believes in it. It's all a play while deep down she's a selfish and morally corrupt person. She's no different from Norman Osborn in first Spider-Man film, putting on a nice mask in public, but within is a rotten person.

The defense of bad characters falls flat when you see how many good people remained true to their beliefs even after many tragedies befell on them, or if they've lived so long enough as to find cynical outlook on life. Raul Tejada had his family murdered by the survivors after the bombs dropped, but it didn't turn him into a violent murderer, Arcade Gannon isn't seeking vengeance on the NCR for Navarro, but instead looks down on the Enclave and anyone holding onto the idea that's long gone, he's kind and wants to better the wasteland. Veronica doesn't like BoS' self-destructive path, but still sees nobility in their cause to keep dangerous technology out of people's hands and some good in the Codex, the code that keeps BoS apart from many other post-War groups.

For more on Cooper Howard check out my thread here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1151340/discussions/0/563659924718022559/

2. Poor engagement with critics and defense of the brand

While Devin doesn't display all negative characteristics noticed in many of Bethesda fans, he does display some of it down in the comments, or the way he conducts his research like when he claims he skipped through most of the dialogue for Tenpenny cause he found it "boring". Bethesda fans often also like to give out witty remarks how they skip through characters' dialogue and dumb down what they say, or giving a witty comeback at the critics by namecalling them, and downplaying their critique because they're hurting the image of their favorite brand.

I notice it a lot in the Bethesda fanspace discourses how the fans are willing to harass, mock, and belittle fans of the older games and New Vegas, or just the critics of their franchise. They're willing to slander even the original creators like Tim Cain and Chris Avellone cause they're willing to call out Bethesda on their mistakes and retcons. Some of the fans can come off as petty as saying they feel "joy" about how the show ruined New Vegas, or how they're glad other people are upset or critical in what direction the franchise went. This isn't a normal behavior, it's terminally online or at worse an antisocial behavior to experience joy from someone else's misery, or to never engage with the critics and other fans in proper etiquette.

I'm writing this because I'm tired of Bethesda fans taking up space in other communities and shunning the older fans for rightfully calling out Bethesda for their bad actions, and malicious or not retcons, and alteration of the franchise. Fans like this should either learn how to properly converse with others, or to not engage at all, and Bethesda should discourage this sort of behavior from their fans rather than indirectly endorsing it.