This one is going over my head
They’re referencing the Fallout video game franchise. There’s a government referred to as the New California Republic, and their flag has a bear with two heads. Two-headed creatures mutated by radiation is kind of a running joke in the Fallout universe.
“Patrolling the Mohave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter”
It really feels empty without the second head, guess I gotta reinstall New Vegas now.
NGL a decade ago, I wanted a California flag too and was also disappointed that it wasn’t a multi headed bear. Didn’t even know it was Fallout.
The idea of the people who founded California in the 1800s deciding to draw a multi-headed abomination of a bear on their flag is hilarious.
I mean the multiheaded eagle has been used on many flags dating further back than the 1800s. So, wouldn’t be too absurd for there to be a flag with another double headed animal on it I suppose. Just not sure there is a such a bear in any mythologies those founders may have subscribed to.
Edit: spelling.
To be fair a two-headed bird is on many-a coat of arms.
Here’s an example in the wild that I remember. Anime reviewer Glass Reflection (13:39) talking about an anime/gaming convention in California that he attended. He’s Canadian so he gets a pass. No hate, just a funny mistake.
Bruh
It’s a Fallout New Vegas reference.
Or maybe Fallout 2, where the NCR were first introduced.
Oh yea, my wife who’s from the US showed me this flag and I was like “That NCR flag looks weird” having only ever seen that flag in New Vegas.
Why does the bear look thirsty? He’s got some weary side eye going on.
