yes she will take that bullet / knife / magical attack on someone else's behalf, no she doesnt care about what happens to her, if she protected someone then it was worth it???
it's always funny to me where malleable protags fall on the OC/canon character line. it's like "67% from Column A, 33% from Column B" neither entirely this nor that kind of thing.
the game REALLY wants the lone wanderer to be one of two personality types with some very specific #issues, but then the details from there are [huge shrug]
yeah, the whole game is so clearly written and designed with Nate as SoSu in mind. and, like, nora sort of...square pegged into the round hole to provide a female SoSu option.
but then they changed it to make each more distinct, except then they cut out the more background-establishing stuff (the terminal in sanctuary, etc) to give the player more freedom, and then didnt follow through with the different backgrounds anywhere else
which would have made way more sense. with the very first major quest being "jump into a suit of power armor, grab a minigun, and blow away a deathclaw"
#wastelanders, but then you add in elle's... elle..."ok then im gonna throw that in the trash" i say)
#issues, but then the details from there are [huge shrug]no