Nat - 23 - Any Pronouns This is a blog where I design alterations of the characters in Left 4 Dead based off of each other! I do them by request, and there are several methods. Swaps and Mash-Ups are my only two that I’ve done so far, but I’m considering adding Fusions and Mutations. The characters are my favorite part of the game, and I somewhat consider this an intense form of a character study! I may do doodles of former and future designs and personalities as well.
Hey all! Not answering an ask for this one, but my old drawing app is about to go Kaput and take all its data with it, soooo… Who wants some of my old doodles? Most of these are like pre-2021, so you’re getting to see some oldies!
Nd for this last one, I decided to include Blake, Haruka, Sara, and Yusuke from the Japanese Arcade version of left 4 dead
Just for fun.
ANYWAYS, would y’all prefer for my next post to be another full picture, or more smaller personality-fleshing doodles? Asking so i may try to revive this dang blog,,
Hellooo 🥺 politely asking for a Coach and Bill mashup
It’s been 6 months exactly since my last upload, sorry for the wait! I admit there was a bit of a reason for the delay on this one… I actually didn’t advertise mash-ups.
Swaps are when one character takes on the character role of another, while mash-ups are the two characters as one person. I wasn’t sure if i should draw Bill as Coach or Coach as Bill, and I didn’t want to disappoint. I do have experience in making mashups/fusions, though, so I figured I might as well give what you asked for, since I thought it would be cool even if it was a misunderstanding… and since I made you wait for so long….. I mashed the whole casts of l4d1&2 into… i guess left 4 dead one-and-a-half?
Say Hi to the Left 4 Dead Mash-Ups Line-up! (Ordered by height, tallest to shortest)
Since this asker also pointed out that they were interested in mashing their personalities specifically in the past, I’ll also go into detail on how I picture them acting ^^ I also did doodles anytime i got tired or stuck with the mash-ups, you can also find them under the cut <3
Coach+William Overbeck (Mashup name… Vet?) -
Perspective : This vet is very kind-spirited but very protective of the trio he finds himself working with. He wants to see all of them make it to the other side, and if that means risking his own life, he’s ready to put it on the line. He expresses this by frequently checking on the health and well-being of the others, commanding them around in dire situations, putting his body between his pinned teammates and the infected if he has to, and teaching them survival skills that help outside of combat, in case they wind up without him.
Granddad Friend? : Since the second-oldest person on the team is deceptively irresponsible, he’s completely taking the slack of the caretaker role for the whole dang team. He is willing to be mean and go above the others if he thinks they’re being irresponsible with their own lives. Like Bill, he is fully willing to leave people behind so long as the three are safe, and also like Bill he WILL minimize your injuries a little if it means you keep moving forward. (“If you’re not bleeding out, you’re not allowed to cry” moments)
Humor : Like Coach, he’s got good humor when the situation calls for it… as soon as things get serious, though, he drops the jokes and smiles entirely. He’ll make jokes about his favorite foods and whatever silly situation deserves a little chuckle, so long as everyone is alive and well for it. Sure, comedy heals all wounds, but sometimes you need to focus and get out of the situation before you can try to fix things. He has a BIG laugh and is very receptive when the others joke with each other.
Religion : A practicing Christian like Coach, he will sometimes mention it when he feels the situation calls for it (including chastising people for cursing despite swearing ALL the time. Bill says Bitch a lot, but Coach says Shit more than anyone else in the game!)— I could see him doing other things like the ‘valley of the shadow of death’ prayer from the Swamp Campaign.
School Colors? : Admittedly inaccurate, there’s not a single school in Georgia with a green and purple color scheme. In my defense, Coach’s school is three hours away from Savannah and he keeps saying he “lives around here” in the beginning first campaign, so...
Medical History : With Bill and Coach’s combined histories and backgrounds, they’re in a bit of a worse condition than either were originally. Bill, with his injury in the war and age, combined with Coach’s knee injury that was bad enough to knock him out of sports… It’s never specified which knees either injured, but I actually considered cutting one off entirely in case they hurt the same one. This is all without mentioning Bill’s canon PTSD, which carried over since this is a combination of both characters. He uses a variety of things to improve his mobility and comfort, sometimes even using a wheelchair when they’re available and someone else on the team is willing to carry it when the landscape becomes inaccessible.
Smoking : An addiction he took steps to successfully break a long, long time ago to be a good example to the students he taught. He only started again when he realized… this really was the end of the world has he knew it. It helps with the pain in his joints, too. He still refuses giving any to the other three.
Nick+Francis (Mashup name probably Frick) -
Perspective : A gambler and a biker with a bit of a history of getting into scrapes and other dangerous situations, he has learned absolutely no lessons except when to start running away. In past experiences, he found he was better off working on his own, and brushed off positive experiences with teams as ‘only a matter of time’ or exceptions. He usually just looks out for himself, but he’s realizing that this situation genuinely requires cooperation… and that he likes knowing that the others are there for him.
Infected! : While we know all of the protagonists are carriers, we don’t actually know if all of them have caught the green flu before they all meet! However, since Francis and Nick are suggested to have a very similar intro to the apocalypse, it’s very VERY likely that Mr. Frick here is the first of the group to actually carry the disease, and that he catches it before the infection becomes a local problem.
Irresponsible : He will immediately use something on a whim if he’s trusted with anything. This includes eating any snacks in his bag, drinking all the water in a bottle meant for the group, and taking pills on an instinct the first moment something bothers him. Is it selfishness? Not really, he just doesn’t think when he thinks he’s been provided a quick fix.
Graying : He is actively graying and it would be visible if he didn’t dye it… though he kind of got the wrong color. He doesn’t want to talk about it.
Picking Favorites? : He has a favorite teammate, and he only pretends he doesn’t because it means he likes them in general. His favorite is Rochelle&Louis by a long shot, mostly because they’re the most fun to talk to and seem to be on the same wavelength as him. But in like… a way that balances him out. It confuses him.
Rochelle+Louis (Mashup name likely Louchelle bc i like it) -
Perspective : To this mash-up, there is always a silver lining, even if you have to force it into existence. The power of positive thinking can go a long way, and they’ll be the first to remind the team pessimists that though this is the end of the world it isn’t the end. And then they get roasted for saying that, and have to verbally fight for their life.
Sarcasm and Banter : They will meet every roast with an equal or slightly greater burn. Bickering with Nick+Francis usually ends with a verbal murder on one of their sides, and they’re kind of lucky both of them are so quick to laugh it off.
Need for Normality : Out of all of the mash-ups, they’re the most insistent that they continue following the pre-apocalypse rules as well. That does not mean they’re always considering it, like they’ll trespass like crazy and take when they need it, but they don’t like it when their teammates steal from homes or small businesses. It kind of hurts to imagine the family that they’re taking from, even if they’re likely all dead.
Theater Kid : They can PROJECT like nobody’s business! They’re so good at making sure their voice carries, it’s kind of hard to stop! Which is bad when there’s a witch in the area, but boy can they verbalize when they have a problem of some kind. Also, from a history of being the one to manage things on a stage, they’re incredibly good at rephrasing Bill’s directions when he’s a bit more vague.
Anxiety : Quick to startle, easy to concern, and overall the most generally confused by the more hectic natures of the other three. They don’t understand why the others are so ready to just drop everything and make the worst choice just for the hell of it, but it is NOT helping their fears.
Ellis+Zoey (Mashup name either Elley or Zellis) -
Perspective : A college student considering dropping out and relieved that now they don’t have to think about it anymore! They’re happiest when they’re not thinking about anything— especially not have screwed over the world’s gotten. Any reminder of how they don’t know the situation their closest friends are in (and likely saw their family die) will close them off from the group, making them snippy and reserved until the others can get the humor back into them. It’s not intentional, it’s depression and fear for the future. They’re always ready to call the Francis&Nick mash-up for his bullshit.
Apocalypse Prep : What Zoey and Ellis have in common is that they had very similar reactions to learning about the Green Flu— that being shutting off the world and preparing the only way they knew how. While Zoey consumed a bunch of zombie movies in a depressed fugue state until her parents died when the infection became public, Ellis tricked-up a truck and used it to ram into zombies until one almost killed him, and their mash-up was probably doing both.
Short but Mighty! : Smallest of the team but can absolutely hold just about every other team member over their head. They’d absolutely love to show off how many gasoline canisters they can carry at one time, then trip and spill everything everywhere. Probably said they could beat a charger at an arm wrestling contest once.
Keith Stories : Expanded to include other friends and family members, this mash-up keeps Keith and will talk about him and others all the time.
Team Child : Are they 21? Yes, but do they act like it? Not really. It’s easier to see them as a teenager than a student with a full-time job, especially since they never act like it. Their open gullibility does not help.
I’d add more notes, but I’ve been doing this for awhile and I still have finals due. As I mentioned before, I’ve done mash-ups in the past and I had a LOT of fun doing them again, so if there are any other mash-ups you’d be interested in, I’d love to hear it! (Difference between mash-ups and swaps: you can mash more than two people at once…) I still have finals the day this is going to be posted, but that also means I have break for the next three weeks!
Hi again, it's your biggest fan. Just wanted to ask if you could make a Louis that acts like Bill? Thanks!
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First off, I want to thank you guys! I’ve gotten so many asks since my last character swap and I’m so excited to do all of them! This one wasn’t the first one I got out of them, just the one I had the most ideas for (plus, eyesoverinfinity is a return asker).
Since Bill’s main descriptor is that he’s a veteran specifically, the goal was to consider what would push someone like Louis into active duty, how would they walk away from that, and what would their goals be after it— especially at his age. I figured that he would be someone who joined the military for “smart” reasons, originally with the intention getting into a good school through his time in the military. There are a lot of military programs that pay for college, or give experience and act as an internship. I think he joined the military not expecting to see active duty and got suddenly flung into it. Similar to Bill, I think an injury is what got him discharged, one that had him had him in and out of the hospital for a good while after returning home. He eventually got his life back on course, either got a job at a university, got into a university, or both— either way he’s chugging along and was doing pretty well. And then the apocalypse happened.e
Despite these events, his cheerful outlook on life hasn’t been visibly shaken. His goal is not only to keep his team alive, but to keep the others with him happy as well, not daring to show how worried he actually is until he’s alone. He realized moral was incredibly important in what someone is willing to do, and an unhappy team is more likely to give up. His leadership skills are more advanced, but in a way that’s meant to keep the people around him moving. He’d be able to push back against the team pessimist more so than canon Louis does, and will try to get conversation to happen if the group has been quiet for too long. He’d be more involved with banter than Bill, but he mainly aims for people to look to the future rather than the past, avoiding conversation about things from before the apocalypse. An ultimate goal-getter, he would be dedicated to figuring out ways that they can live normally and find positives to every fallen camp (‘Well, now we know how Not to do it!’) or stroke of bad luck (‘We tried our best, we need to keep going.’) I imagine that like Bill, and despite his optimistic words, he would also not slow the train down for the doctor in the Sacrifice comic, though he’d do more to try to prevent anyone from being off the train before it starts moving. He doesn’t want to admit it out loud, but once a situation is beyond saving, he kind of gives up on it.
In summary, he’s cheerful and inclusive around others, but very pessimistic about the world when alone.
Now here’s the swap’s name — Louis as Bill is Lloyd. Louis means famous warrior, William means protector among other things. I see Lloyd as a good combination of the two, meaning sacred, but also gray-haired. I think bringing up the hair is good since one of the meanings of William is helmet.
Thank you for reading, I’ll try to have the other requests out ASAP (I got a new one very recently that I’m excited about), and my ask box is still open to more ^^
hello! me again <3 I know it's not been long since the last ask but how about a Rochelle that acts like Francis? Thanks!
Once more I admire your patience, thank you SO much for waiting this long <3!
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Early on I was anxious about doing this one because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with the swap. Rochelle and Francis and equal parts alike and different, with both of them being snarky and really fun and aside from general vibe, the similarities ending about there. The way that I consider the swaps is what would a character be like in the position of another, so fro this I consider Rochelle in the role of ‘the’ biker. I consider that role to be a character who is tough, stubborn, and chaotic. Even with this consideration, I think a lot of her personality would mesh well— since she’s friendly, quippy, and overall really clever. I think even in his role, she’d be a lot more responsible than Francis, and the pair would probably start the apocalypse in very, very different manners… Largely because I can not imagine Rochelle thinking she can get away with Francis’s “I’m a cop” thing (which he also can’t get away with). I wanted her design to stay close to pink, and decided she’d probably be happy to coordinate her outfit to look kind of fancy. She also gets Francis’s half-life reference.
She’d absolutely be a character with running bits, like Francis’s ‘I hate (thing)’ bit. I think she’d be able to bounce off of just about every character really well, the downside is it wouldn’t make sense for her to be a “straightman” in the bits anymore. It wouldn’t be often that the hectic biker would point out that someone else is being weird. However, cutting off that slack does allow her to find a spotlight in being supportive and lovable, and then have her drop into serious when things get rough. It gives her reactions to things a depth that she would be losing in losing her ability to be the quote-unquote “normal” character in the room. In the base game, Rochelle has never used a gun before, however I think I’m going to keep that honor for her role in the swaps, this Rochelle has experience. I dunno. I think she’d be lovely and a lot of fun to be around. I also don’t think a lot of Louis’s banter with Francis would work with her, but I think they could find something else to squabble about.
As I mentioned in my last post, I came up with names for the swaps— Rochelle as Francis is named Fleur largely because of meanings. Rochelle and Francis are both names based in the french— Francis means Frenchman, Rochelle comes from the name of a city in France. So with that combination, Fleur is named that for the fleur-de-lis, which is a pretty French symbol last I checked.
hello! I know you haven't posted the mix mashed survivors for a while, but I'd love to see a Nick that acts like Coach. thanks!
Thank you SO much for the ask and your patience! I probably should have given a sign that I saw this, but. Hi!! I saw this!!
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I had a great time working on this/thinking about this! Nick and Coach have very different personalities and like… professions in general, so it’s interesting to consider. I don’t think Nick would have done football, he doesn’t seem like the type to build muscle easy, and I dunno enough about sports to assign him a new one. I settled on either baseball or hockey in the end, thus the hockey stick (lowkey cuz his voice actor is Canadian) Also I was going to assign him to another subject other than ‘gym’ but i couldn’t think of anything so he’s just the gym teacher everyone thinks has killed someone before, i guess.
I do think he’d slot into the ‘team dad’ role pretty easy, but I lowkey wanna say he was still a criminal for some time before becoming a teacher. He probably wouldn’t be much more optimistic than base game Nick is, except THIS time he’s not a jerk about it! Could see him exiting a safe house asking everyone if they ate something before they left or being more insistent about characters healing themselves when passing them medical supplies. I think he’s still pretty new-ish to the coaching job, so he doesn’t have all the experience you’d think someone navigating the zombie apocalypse would need, but I don’t think he’d slot into an immediate leadership role right off the bat anyways so that gives him some time to get used to the team.
I think he should inherit Coach’s record as the left 4 dead character to say ‘shit’ the most. He deserves it. Also think he refers to people primarily with nicknames rather than their actual names, probably cuz he forgot them and is afraid to ask.
Great Question!!! In the general baseline for the characters that I use/made/have, Coach’s first name is Lawrence, though the developers gave him a different name I’m stubborn and not changing it. I wanted to go with vague but fitting nicknames for Coach’s swaps— whether that be people swapped with Coach or Coach swapped with others— but decided that they should have actual names anyways and to figure out the nickname stuff later lol. I still haven’t thought about it so far so… He’ll get a nickname when it applies/if i think of one for ‘em.
I gave all of the potential swaps different first and last names than the survivors they’re based on back when I first started the blog, so I can’t conclusively tell you what Coach’s name would be here without getting more specific into who he is. (the Nick as Coach guy is named Noah according to my notes ^^) However, even if baseline Coach was paired with someone swapped into his role, I think they’d go by a different nickname, just so there isn’t 8 people going by Coach yelling at each other all the time.
Hijinks are great! I doodle my own sometimes! (Been meaning to post some) credit of some kind would be nice, but I won’t require it since… Anyone can have their own ideas about this! I just came up with the concept, you can do whatever! ^^
hello! I know you haven't posted the mix mashed survivors for a while, but I'd love to see a Nick that acts like Coach. thanks!
Thank you SO much for the ask and your patience! I probably should have given a sign that I saw this, but. Hi!! I saw this!!
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I had a great time working on this/thinking about this! Nick and Coach have very different personalities and like… professions in general, so it’s interesting to consider. I don’t think Nick would have done football, he doesn’t seem like the type to build muscle easy, and I dunno enough about sports to assign him a new one. I settled on either baseball or hockey in the end, thus the hockey stick (lowkey cuz his voice actor is Canadian) Also I was going to assign him to another subject other than ‘gym’ but i couldn’t think of anything so he’s just the gym teacher everyone thinks has killed someone before, i guess.
I do think he’d slot into the ‘team dad’ role pretty easy, but I lowkey wanna say he was still a criminal for some time before becoming a teacher. He probably wouldn’t be much more optimistic than base game Nick is, except THIS time he’s not a jerk about it! Could see him exiting a safe house asking everyone if they ate something before they left or being more insistent about characters healing themselves when passing them medical supplies. I think he’s still pretty new-ish to the coaching job, so he doesn’t have all the experience you’d think someone navigating the zombie apocalypse would need, but I don’t think he’d slot into an immediate leadership role right off the bat anyways so that gives him some time to get used to the team.
I think he should inherit Coach’s record as the left 4 dead character to say ‘shit’ the most. He deserves it. Also think he refers to people primarily with nicknames rather than their actual names, probably cuz he forgot them and is afraid to ask.
Great Question!!! In the general baseline for the characters that I use/made/have, Coach’s first name is Lawrence, though the developers gave him a different name I’m stubborn and not changing it. I wanted to go with vague but fitting nicknames for Coach’s swaps— whether that be people swapped with Coach or Coach swapped with others— but decided that they should have actual names anyways and to figure out the nickname stuff later lol. I still haven’t thought about it so far so… He’ll get a nickname when it applies/if i think of one for ‘em.
I gave all of the potential swaps different first and last names than the survivors they’re based on back when I first started the blog, so I can’t conclusively tell you what Coach’s name would be here without getting more specific into who he is. (the Nick as Coach guy is named Noah according to my notes ^^) However, even if baseline Coach was paired with someone swapped into his role, I think they’d go by a different nickname, just so there isn’t 8 people going by Coach yelling at each other all the time.
hello! I know you haven't posted the mix mashed survivors for a while, but I'd love to see a Nick that acts like Coach. thanks!
Thank you SO much for the ask and your patience! I probably should have given a sign that I saw this, but. Hi!! I saw this!!
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I had a great time working on this/thinking about this! Nick and Coach have very different personalities and like… professions in general, so it’s interesting to consider. I don’t think Nick would have done football, he doesn’t seem like the type to build muscle easy, and I dunno enough about sports to assign him a new one. I settled on either baseball or hockey in the end, thus the hockey stick (lowkey cuz his voice actor is Canadian) Also I was going to assign him to another subject other than ‘gym’ but i couldn’t think of anything so he’s just the gym teacher everyone thinks has killed someone before, i guess.
I do think he’d slot into the ‘team dad’ role pretty easy, but I lowkey wanna say he was still a criminal for some time before becoming a teacher. He probably wouldn’t be much more optimistic than base game Nick is, except THIS time he’s not a jerk about it! Could see him exiting a safe house asking everyone if they ate something before they left or being more insistent about characters healing themselves when passing them medical supplies. I think he’s still pretty new-ish to the coaching job, so he doesn’t have all the experience you’d think someone navigating the zombie apocalypse would need, but I don’t think he’d slot into an immediate leadership role right off the bat anyways so that gives him some time to get used to the team.
I think he should inherit Coach’s record as the left 4 dead character to say ‘shit’ the most. He deserves it. Also think he refers to people primarily with nicknames rather than their actual names, probably cuz he forgot them and is afraid to ask.
Happy Holidays!! What Left for dead fusion do YOU want to see most during this tailend of the year? Consider it a way to celebrate 2020 being almost over lol
1. Every character in l4d has Ellis’s personality and traits. It’s just 8 hick chatterboxes and no one else surviving the zombie apocalypse. The universe has decided to screw over everyone else. They keep telling stories and going way off topic in conversation.
Or!
2. Ellis replaces everyone. Now there’s veteran Ellis, college student Ellis, retail worker Ellis, dirty crime boy Ellis, reporter Ellis, teacher Ellis, punk gang Ellis and regular flavor Ellis all tryingto ignore that they have the exact same name and face. In this I guess the special infected would also be Ellis. It’s all Ellis.
... option number 2 is admittedly the reason why I’m trying to name all the possible combinations.
I can’t explain why this is the third “as Ellis” combination in a row aside from he’s got a fun personality. Anyways, here’s Zoey as Ellis! The two are already pretty likeminded in their approach to their passions, so not much of a change in appearance— though I imagine she would be a bit more dirty than him just because I can see her wearing the same clothes for days in a row.
Left 4 Dead except I mix and match the personalities/lives of the characters at terminal velocities and instead of being simple about it and just being like ‘hehe Coach but he’s in a suit and Angy’ I overthink about how having other character’s lifestyles with their initial personalities may reflect and affect them naturally. Also I give them new names for no reason sometimes...
Anyways, here’s Nick but Ellis as a “preview” I guess...
