[executioneer]

here's a breakdown of exactly how i reacted to the end sequence

Spoilers!

first off, naturally, since i had fawkes with me, i asked HIM to do it. even though, y'know, i actually managed to get the GECK without his help, i figured THIS one he'd need to do for me... no? FUCK OK i go in and don't spot the control panel right in front of the door. Why? because obviously if it's RIGHT FUCKING THERE how the hell is the radiation gonna be too dangerous to survive and not be really dangerous levels right outside the door? so then i do an entire loop of the "dangerous area". whoops, i'm still not dead! then i see the keypad. being a little frustrated, i have no fucking clue what the code is. i punch in about four different combos. no luck, but still not dead. so i turn around and try to talk to my companions thru the glass. doesn't work, still not dead. jump up and down and shoot at them a few times. no effect, still not dead. then i guess it blew up or something, my rad levels were still not too bad, but i died. THEN i remembered about the bible passage, but couldn't remember which one, so after i reloaded, i listened to the journal entries until i found it, opened door, keyed in numbers, then my dude keels over instantly from the oh-so-lethal radiation then i reloaded, and killed fucking fawkes with nuka-grenades and kept throwing them at paladin lyons until the reactor went critical or whatever then i made her go in and do it, and i was glad to see her die cause she was still a "critical NPC" and no amount of grenades woulda killed her otherwise then i started a new character and killed everyone killable in vault 101 and megaton SUFFICE TO SAY I WAS A LITTLE MIFFED