FO4BG

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Fallout 4 Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Nate/Nora (Fallout), Paladin Danse/Nate (Fallout), Male Sole Survivor/Paladin Danse Characters: Nate (Fallout), Nora (Fallout), Dogmeat (Fallout), Preston Garvey, Sturges (Fallout), Paladin Danse (Fallout) Additional Tags: Public Sex, Comic, Slow Burn, Idiots in Love Summary:

Proof of life. I’m switching over to an illustrated prose. I also kinda switched my approach to the story. It’s going to be a BoS playthrough, but as a gay romcom. I even named the first chapter Chem Equation.

In the end, they decided to scrap the house for a turret instead.

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Notes:

Sorry that took a minute! I've been busy with work and another comic I'm working on.

Switching over to coloring digitally. Copics are really expensive.

Tl;dr the end of the quest When Freedom Calls. I'm yadda-yadda-ing a lot of the beginning of the game because it can get really tedious if I don't. The main plot is there to give me structure, but it's not going to be the main focus. For Nate, I'm giving a Cliff's Notes version of the beginning of the game and just focusing on introducing him as a character and briefly summing up his situation so we know his deal. And then I'll be moving on to Danse. (Just to give a feel for what my plan is.)

I have stared at SO MANY pictures of T-45 power armor. Guess I better get my practice in now before I move on to the metal guy.

Dogmeat!

I'm also posting this to AO3 for those of you who are interested!

Notes:

-My favorite blink-and-you-miss-it piece of canon is that Nate and Nora conceived Shaun in the park in Sanctuary Hills. It's not referenced in every dialogue option, but when they're in Shaun's room the nonplayer character will mention going to the park. Nora will mention getting pregnant again. Nate will say it happened a year ago. Whether or not they fucked on a picnic table is up for debate. I guess that's the headcanon I'm picking.

-Speaking of canon vs headcanon! I am trying to keep this comic as close to canon as possible. I have a permanent tab for a FO fan wiki that has been immensely helpful here. That being said, since I'm trying to fill in narrative gaps and sort of expand on other points there's going to be a lot of stuff that I have to make up. I will always try to make sure it makes sense for the narrative and makes for a good story. Also I will do my best to be forthcoming with what's canon and what isn't.

- FO4 really likes its dead wife trope. I'm trying to work with the canon while also making Nora an actual character rather than just a plot device to drive Nate. I'm treating her as a developed character with her own personality who continues to influence Nate and the decisions he makes in the comic. She still has a profound influence on Nate even if she's deceased. I always felt like with finding Shaun being the priority in the game, the player's dead spouse gets treated as an afterthought and I wanted to address that.

- Please understand I am an adult with a full time job and my own big comic project I'm working on. I'll try my best to keep a loose schedule and update regularly, but please understand that this is a side project that I'm doing for fun. I'm very passionate about it, but I do have my limitations.