#hl 2

[internetskiff]

Something about Gordon Freeman that's extremely fascinating is how he was basically forced into the "Messiah" role by complete accident. Dude was on his way to work, caught in an extremely awful lab accident, and he was just fighting for his life so brutally that he ended up taking down an entire army, making the other less capable or equipped scientists assign him as the one that would go in and take down the Nihilanth - I mean, they basically didn't have many other options, or at least not many better options at their disposal. The whole time he basically doesn't have much of a say in any of it, which means he was practically railroaded into becoming the G-Man's employee by pure circumstance.

Doesn't get any better in Half Life 2 either - the surviving Black Mesa staff have turned this man they potentially sent to die into a legend amongst the resistance movement. The Vortigaunts chant his name as they draw murals on the canal walls. The Lambda - a symbol of both the Lambda Labs but most notably the symbol on the HEV suit - now symbolizes liberation. Therefore, of course, the man who bears this symbol is the liberator. By the ending chapters of Half Life 2, Freeman commands entire squads of rebels, appointed the leader regardless of how good a tactician he actually is - if they die, they died for him, not because of him. As long as he gets to the Citadel and breaches it's wall, all those deaths would be worth it - once again, others send him into a near-inhospitable environment to take down a near-invincible threat.

I think that despite us being in control of Freeman for most of the series, the real protagonists of the story are the Vance family. Eli, too, was right at ground zero when the Resonance Cascade occurred. He is the leader of the Resistance. It's very possible that he's the one who spread word of Freeman throughout City 17. The fall of Nova Prospekt AND the Citadel occurred as a result of Eli's capture. In the Combine's eyes, the Vances are a threat equal to, if not greater than Freeman himself. That, and the Vances have something Freeman doesn't - agency. They're beyond the G-Man's control. They're beyond the Combine's control. Their actions are completely their own, with no third party to control every single step they take. Over the course of the Episodes, it feels as though the dynamic shifts, with Alyx becoming a much more vital figure. The Combine are specifically after her now, because she carries the code capable of disrupting the portal through which the Combine could send reinforcements and finally consume Earth. In both the Epistle 3 script and in Half Life Alyx it ends with her basically taking Freeman's position under the G-Man's employ. She quite literally takes the role of the Main Character away from Gordon. This, of course, is nothing to envy, because it's been repeatedly shown that any character assuming this role in the series ends up being reduced to nothing but a pawn for those who control them. It's an extremely fascinating spin on the linear nature of the games, canonically acknowledging you're doing nothing but marching along a path someone else made for you. Despite being the one free man, you're not offered much of a choice.

#hl #hl2 #hl 2 #half life #half life 2 #gordon freeman #alyx vance #eli vance #the combine #g man #gman #the gman #rambling #had thoughts on this for a while but only recently managed to formulate them

[fnaf2yaoi]

barney is so sad and soppin g wer because his face and hair are greasy and dirty someone clean him :(

#black mesa diary #barney calhoun #half life #hl #hl2 #half life 2 #hl 2

[freakinglegs]

My little half life au where they all become ponies and friendship is not magic but teleportation is!!

bonus points for H-Man

#my little pony #half life au #half life #half life 2 #hl #hl 2 #gordon freeman #barney calhoun #alyx vance #issac kleiner #eli vance #gman #digital art #artwork #my artwork #fanart #freakinglegs

[burgerlabs]

prepare fer unforeseen consequences.

#burger labs art #burger labs.png #my art #half life #hl #hl 2 #half life 2 #gman #g man #g-man #half life fanart #half life 2 fanart #valve #source engine #please reblog im begging you

[dimonds456]

Okay I'm new here so I could be completely wrong, but...

Gman can manipulate time, right? That's how he recruited Alyx, he knew what would happen in the future. Gordon was 5 years from being woken up for Half Life 2 when he made that offer, and he knew Gordon would resist him.

So, at the very least, he can see the future.

How many times has the Black Mesa incident happened?

How many failed timelines are there? How many times has Gordon died, and Gman rewound the remote? How many timelines has Gman fucked up permanently waiting to find the perfect employee? How many people did he go through before he found Gordon?

If we go up against him, will we have to figure out how to manipulate him into changing times or rewinding when we want him to? Is there a way to trick him? Or will he see it coming?

Just how scared of him should we be?

#half life #half life 2 #half life alyx #guys. #guys is have. so many thoughts. #gman #dimond speaks #hl #hl2 #hl 2 #hl alyx #gordon freeman #alyx vance

[goodguynickachievement]

Found worm on a string in Garry's Mod's Hammer

#garry's mod #gmod #valve #left 4 dead #left 4 dead 2 #l4d #l4d2 #half life #half life 2 #hl #hl 2 #portal #portal 2

[screane5]

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#half life 2 #hl 2 #pheropod hl2 #antlions hl2 #HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[gmanwhore]

Ok hey yall time to reveal: Ideas for the Half Life cartoon show!!! It would be called Half Life Crisis (I like that name best) and it would follow the (non-episodic for the most part) antics of a universe where the four main Freemans and their respective people (So all the characters from Half Life, HLVRAI, Freeman's Mind and Gorgeous Freeman as well as Hunt Down the Freeman) are all exisiting at the same time. There are also three G-men, Canon G-man, G-man Coolatta, and Evil G-man. The title sequence would be everyone tossing a live grenade around like they are playing hot potato (each group of characters would be on the screen at the same time), eventually it hit's G-man briefcase and explodes showing the title. I imagine there would be a vast majority of episodes focusing on the interactions of people in Black Mesa, as well as a few centering on City 17 and maybe even one where Feetman and Freemind fistfight behind Chuck E. Cheese

There are set relationships! They are: Adrian, Mitchell and Forzen are siblings. Yes they fight all the time. Everyone hates Magnussen still. Same with Breen The Freemen get along barely.

G-man and G-man Coolatta get along but don't like Evil G-man

The G-men are treated as cryptids that everyone tolerates

Alyx and Tommy are best friends.

Issac and Bubby hate each other/p

Darnold gets along fairly well with everyone but he mostly hangs out with Forzen

Eli and Bubby are unable to see each other and thus cannot have a relationship

Barney hates Benrey, Benrey likes to annoy Barney

Old Man Yaoi (Elissac), Old Man Yaoi 2 (Boomer), Freehoun (questionably) and Freelatta are canon because I SAY SO (No Frenrey other then kissmetude)

I just want to say that the hl people aren't big fans of their Gorgeous counterparts as a rule

I think Benrey and Freemind hate flirt

The episodes would be like ten minutes and also would be kinda childish but it is meant to be goofy silly. I will now go die in a hole so no one has to listen to me being an idiot ever again

#yeah I'll maintag this #hlvrai #half life but the ai is self aware #half life #half life 2 #hl #hl 2 #freeman's mind #gorgeous freeman #half life crisis

[orpheustra]

Shit quality probs but uh yeah

Xan back w more Barney posting yay wh woo a

#hl #half life #barney half life #barney calhoun #hl 2 #hl2 #barney calhoun hl2 #barney hl #barney hl2 #half life 2 #hl2 barney #art #trad art #pen art

[project-r-u-s-t]

#trailer #hotline Miami #rainworld #rw downpour #downpour #rainworld downpour #hotline Miami 2 #hlm 2 #wrong number #half life #half life 2 #hl #hl 2 #project BREACH #DOOMSDAY #COLLAPSE #project R U S T

[rogerrrroger]

gordon and chell. wall-e and eva. you understand

THAT IS THE SMARTEST GODDAMN IDEA

#drawing chell was so easy drawing gordon was a nightmare #but it was so fun #ask #art #roger's art #fanart #half life #hl #hl2 #half life 2 #gordon freeman #portal #portal 2 #chell portal #wall e #crossover #half life fanart #portal fanart

[internetskiff]

Breen's unfortunately pretty underrated amongst the Valve antagonists, which I suppose is understandable compared to the likes of GLaDOS or The Administrator, but just like those two I feel like there's plenty of things to talk about when it comes to him. He seems like a very conflicted character, especially if you take into account the BreenGrub account and Laidlaw's Epistle 3. First of all is, of course, the leadup to the Black Mesa incident, with the G-Man seemingly making an offer to Breen which seemingly involved overloading the Anti-Mass Spectrometer while processing an extremely pure sample of Xen Crystal - and yes, while it's pretty obvious that the order to overload the systems was very intentional and motivated by whatever deal they struck, I believe that when it comes to the aftermath he may have been sold on a lie. Considering his actions as Administrator of Earth being entirely in the interests of keeping Humanity from feeling the full force of the Combine, I don't think "Becoming the de facto leader of all of Earth" was on his agenda. Perhaps G-Man promised that whatever their deal would entail would bring about a prosperous future for humanity, perhaps all he promised was the possibility of establishing contact with another sentient species (which is something he technically did provide), or perhaps it was something else - there's simply way too much room for speculation there, I think.

A little detail from a HL:A newspaper implies that his position as Earth's administrator wasn't exactly handed to him on a silver platter, instead he had to go out of his way to reach out to the governments with information on how to communicate with the invaders, at which point, already beaten down by Combine forces, they simply gave him the all-clear to speak for all of mankind. This still begs the question of who, or what, gave him the knowledge of how to speak with them - however, it's safe to say if they didn't, Earth would've been left a smoldering pile of rocks and withered carcasses. Once again, he acts with Humanity's best interests in mind, having to choose between the lesser of two evils - it's either enslavement or extinction. He simply chose the option in which Humanity would survive, even if just for a little while longer.

And ever since, we're watching the aftermath. He's trying to talk the last generation of Humanity down, so they may either pass of old age or be absorbed into the Combine - at least if that happens, something gets preserved. Once again, the alternative? They'll just wipe the slate once they get the local teleportation technology they desire. Breen sees no other way than to go along with their demands. He's eventually proven wrong, of course, but he refuses to see the Rebellion as anything but a suicidal march towards the extinction of the human race, and he sticks to that belief up until he is killed by Gordon at the tip of the Citadel. Of course, this doesn't make him a good person. Not at all. This belief has lead him to seek out and destroy anyone who tries to resist. He shows no sympathy to them. He paints them as fools. He himself believes it so. This intense hatred for anyone who resists is seen perfectly in how he treats the Vance family. He views them as fools. As narrow-minded rabble in the streets, senselessly struggling against a tide beyond their comprehension. He's willing to send off a father and his daughter into a world far beyond simply to use them as a bargaining chip. Listening to the two comfort eachother as they're almost raised up to a fate surely worse than death, the only expression on his face is that of pure contempt and annoyance. He's a very fascinating character that I wish Valve would explore again if they ever do another Half Life set during a time period in which he was still alive. He's a coward that easily bends to the oppressor, yet in the end he only does it to make sure something survives. He's cruel to those who resist because he's completely convinced they're going to get everyone killed. He is the Combine's perfect puppet.

haha anyhoo so why was he straight up serving on the magazine covers in HL:A like what was up with all that

#hl #hl2 #hl 2 #hl:a #hla #half life #half life 2 #half life alyx #breen #dr breen #wallace breen #the combine #universal union #gman #the gman #g man #g-man #rambling #think about him a normal amount. sorry

[fnaf2yaoi]

alyx the type of girl to doodle "^_^" ":3" "•w•" on any surface she can

#black mesa diary #hl #half life #hl 2 #half life 2 #hl alyx #alyx vance #hl2

[freakinglegs]

You know. Barney’s cowboy hat. The classic hat in the half life series.

#half life #half life 2 #hl #hl 2 #barney calhoun #fandom #fanart #digital art #artwork #my art #character ai

[burgerlabs]

not to be annoying but i sincerely think black mesa is. NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH!!!! i know that hl1 is a classic and should be cherished, and i do cherish it, but holy shit you cant tell me that black mesa isnt an INCREDIBLE remake. i hate remakes usually but black mesa is literally one of my fav hl games and it isnt even official. its a fan project & passion project and it is so fucking genuinely amazing. i love the way it uses the style and graphics of hl2 but breathes life into it with the fucking INCREDIBLE environment + environmental storytelling of hl1 and incredible shading + textures.

its not hyperrealistic, but instead it has this middle ground which pulls you in and is so visually engaging its astounding. the sound design is so well done, the entire thing feels so cinematic but its not like those annoyinf "yer just playing a movie theres no gameplay" games"-- it FUCKS. black mesa needs so so much love and im so autistic over it.

i fucking started CRYING when i started the Xen chapter cause iys just. so. pretty. its so gorgeous. holy shit.

also i remember friends of mine saying like "i dont like the game cause its broken" and ummm? scratches head. my game is far from broken, it works completely fine so ? help? only time the game broke was when it crashed but thats cause i turned the rendering shit all the way up as an experiment LMAO

#burger labs.txt #ramble #rant #half life #black mesa #half life 1 #hl 2 #hl #half life 2 #source #source engine #valve #notes you better be nice to me #this is autism in the works right here

[bloodheartz]

#half life #half-life #hl #half life 2 #hl2 #half-life 2 #half life vr but the ai is self aware #half life vr ai #half life edit #hlvrai #hlvrai tags are only for reach tbh