when Alyx made that stupid "zombine" comment? that was when Gordon decided if he was ever asked to take a chunk of his soul to use as a band-aid for hers he wouldn't even ask any questions
so i just remembered how i have this headcanon that gman and his employers are similar to the vorts, that being theyre a hivemind and call eachother their "kin" except with gman its his "employers" instead of "kin". it was mostly a silly idea i had because of that scene in half-life alyx where he splits into a bunch of gmen (probably was just for some cool visuals and nothing else).
but then i suddenly remembered matpat's theory on gman being the nihilanth, one of the evidences he had was that gman's tie could be a third arm like the nihilanth, and i also know that vortigaunts have a third arm so maybe this vortigaunt and gman connection has more merit than i thought. I DONT THINK GMAN'S TIE IS A THIRD ARM THO...
anyways my current thoughts rn are that gman could be that some random unfortunate citizen randomly picked out by the combine to experiment on to perhaps enhance their transhuman forces to have vortigaunt-like powers. maybe there were some other test subjects but everyone else idfk died or it didnt work and that gman was the only successful one. a little too successful maybe.
fuckin hell maybe he has an affinity to suits because he used to be a business man or worked for the government before the seven hour war i dunno.
plus the vault being powered by vorts (i think? havent played hla yet) and the combine knowing their power can contain gman could be because they made him sooo idk UHHH ID SAY MORE BUT MY BRAIN IS EMPTY NOW LMK WHAT U GUYS THINK !! :D pls dont be mean to me PFF