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pikapeppa:

Everyone’s saying that it’s just too good to believe
Calling me foolish for falling in your gravity
I got a word for that, and the word is jealousy
Wishing they were you and me

So fuck it if they don’t like us
‘Cause I think we’re fucking righteous
We’re out of our minds, we’re mindless
But we don’t mind it
Just telling the truth, ain’t nobody do it like us

– “Us” by Carlie Hanson

This beautiful piece of Aloy/Nil art is by the ever-talented @nsfwfrosch, who makes my world go round. Thank you SO MUCH ❤️

Source: pikapeppa

How likely do you think it is that we’ll see more of Nil in a Horizon sequel game? At first I thought it was a no brainier, duh, he’s one of the best NPCs! But then I considered that his fate is left to players choice, so bringing him back could cause some continuity issues 😣 I’d really like to get more interactions with him (and of course more Nil/Aloy dialogue) but I’m soooo nervous they’ll leave him out of any sequel games

pikapeppa:

Great question, and one that I also have @problematic-cinnamon-roll!

Honestly… I’m also worried that Nil won’t be in the sequel, given that he can be killed. Guerilla released a really cool infographic on the one-year anniversary of the game which showed the percentage of players who spared vs. killed Nil, and Nil was spared in 54% of playthroughs. 

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That’s not much more than half the time… so I wonder whether the writers would be willing to invest time in continuing Nil’s mini-narrative or character development if he’s dead in half of the fandom’s playthroughs.  (Keep in mind I’m not sure exactly how they obtained these stats, especially given that people have multiple playthroughs and even I killed Nil one time JUST TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN I IMMEDIATELY RELOADED AND SAVED HIS FINE ASS OK)

That being said, it’s clear that the writers for his character had something intriguing in mind for his backstory. There’s his poetic vagueness about his past, and there’s Janeva having an odd degree of sympathy for him even though she clearly prefers the Old Way of Carja Justice (i.e. death sentence lol), and there are those soldiers who comment about him when you find him before the final battle:

Guard 1: Isn’t that… him? From the Battle of the Daunt?
Guard 2: Can’t be. Cinnabar Sands was before that, and there were no survivors. 
Nil: Well, I don’t like to boast…
Guard 1: Oh Sun, keep the Shadow from falling upon me. 

TL;DR – I’m also worried that Nil won’t be in the sequel. However, I think there’s so much potential for him in the sequel, since there’s clearly more to him than meets the eye, and obviously I would love (L O V E) to see him show up.

And if he doesn’t show up, I’ll just host an online grieving party and we can all cry together.