[image description: digital art of Nikhil from Battle for Beyond. He is facing away, wearing purple booty shorts that read, “What would Sestia do?” on them, with tiny stars decorating them. He is smiling and holds his lance as he poses.]
i finished b4b today, saw this post and immediately had to drew this. also yes i know he has wings and a tail i did Not want to think about how booty shorts and tail would work
[id: post by dragoncharming that reads, “nikhil wearing booty shorts that say “What Would Sestia Do?” on the butt.” End id.]
Back 4 Blood isn't that bad, actually. The internet just over-exaggerated how much the "card system" gets in the way. The "card system" is really nothing more than passive skills you equip, like in literally any other video game to ever exist ever. And you aren't pulling out cards and playing them during a gunfight, you just equip a deck while you're at the hubworld with nobody and nothing rushing or pressuring you. Then you just pick a mission from the list, get out there, and start shooting like in literally any other shooter. The card system is unintrusive, and you could just completely ignore it if you wanted. Y'all are just mad it's different from Left 4 Dead.
I like both and I think it's stupid to constantly compare the two. There's some things L4D2 does better, and there's other things B4B does better.
The only truly bad thing about the game is there's no pause button while playing offline.
"a long golden lance that, in a whole visage of a dude that is constantly projecting how little he cares, is the one thing he clearly cares about."
"i always look at it, right before i'm about to fight. it's like a little... i don't know that i would've called it this before today. but. it is like a prayer, every time i look at it. but not to... not to a god. it's a prayer to you. 'cause you're the only thing that's been looking over me for a long, long time."
feeling normal about this one. nikhil and malini........... <33
me thinking about Hoffman B4B: Hoffman is a multi-faceted character that exhibits not only difficulties with family, but also the well known anxious feeling of "are these guys my friends or do they secretly hate me". He has a horrible father and yet has somehow convinced himself that he needs his dad. He took care of his mom before and during the apocalypse and probably has an unconscious need to take care of others. He woke up one morning to find his mother passed away in her sleep, didn't know if there was anyone out in the world left for him to find, and still pushed through that to try and find and make connections with other survivors.
Not really active on tumblr, but I wanted to drop it here too: I made google doc versions of all the Battle for Beyond episode transcripts (because toggling youtube is a nightmare and as a fic writer I desperately need the control-f function). Not sure how many people out there actually want these, but they're here.
elly tagged me, thank you mwahmwah!!! @curiouslavellan
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The thing is this: Nikhil isn’t bad with words. He’s super fucking good at insulting people on the spot or making up witty and hurtful comebacks spontaneously if someone gets on his nerves. Nikhil tells Malini that he loves her all the time.
It’s not hard.
It’s just words.
And yet when he opens his mouth and tries to say it out loud to Sestia or Murdina his tongue turns to ash in his damn mouth and his entire rib cage feels as if ten large sacks of potatoes have been deposited on top of it.
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