#Alyx headcanon

[townofcadence]

Alyx is clairvoyant. He doesn't write the future into reality (that is a possibility one day but right now he doesn't even know he's writing about 'real' people and just thinks he's got a great muse that's inspiring his motivation lol). But his writing does come true for who it depicts because he is essentially chronicling their future.

But the thing is, if he doesn't write it like a fiction, he basically only gets the most generic of understandings currently. Like if he was standing outside a house that if his 'muse' entered they would get stuck in a death-loop of murder and carnage, he'd probably be like 'woah hey i think bad things might happen in there'. It's that level of vague. He also can only write about some people, not just anyone (specifically my characters).

He's new to Cadence so he hasn't met anyone that he writes about yet, just having moved there from Georgia with his roommate, Bun, but I think it'll be very interesting if he meets some of the people he's been accidentally predicting the futures of.

[queenofsf]

this is how i imagine their hands

[halflifebutawesome]

request: alyx and gordon both unconvincingly pretend to have never seen a microwave in their lives. he is but a poor relic of the pre-war past and she is but the naive offspring of the broken world, such technology is beyond them /j

they think they’re fucking hilarious (they are)

[aperture-hag]

Starting out Pride Month 2024 with some gay Portal / Half Life headcanons and marketing-friendly rainbow logos.

Lesbian Caroline | Aro/Ace Cave | Lesbian Chell

Pan Barney | Bi Alyx | Trans Gordon

[jeellyjams]

half life characters board/card/video game headcanons

Alyx:

dominates chess for sure

loves air hockey. she has accidentally injured several opponents though and therefore she has a temporary air hockey ban

she can play Go but she has to think really hard about it

space invaders stresses her the fuck out and she can't get past level 2 because she panics and loses all her buildings

Gordon:

checkers. he really likes checkers

decent at chess but Alyx destroys him every time

played Go with Kleiner a lot but he's still too aggressive at it

really good at Snake for some reason

Barney:

the best at space invaders, he has a handheld for it the size of a tamogotchi that he plays on his breaks all the time

plays Go with Kleiner regularly. he's not the best but he can hold his own for a while

also an air hockey fiend

Eli:

somehow he doesn't have the patience for chess but he can and will outlast everyone in Monopoly

checkers with Gordon. they end up chasing each other's pieces for like ten minutes by the end in a furious stalemate

top score in Galaga

Kleiner:

for sure has a personal Go set in his lab

played Go Fish and Uno a lot with Alyx when she was little. sometimes they still have a round

probably also plays Solitaire when he's bored

minesweeper......

Mossman:

Backgammon (derogatory)

crushes everyone in Uno though

has a 1 in 4 win rate with Alyx in chess. no one knows how

Gman:

fucking. bingo

also minesweeper cause it's on the little computer in his briefcase

Adrian:

Gman handed him a pack of cards in stasis so he's really good at card tricks now

uhh solitaire also

[mothsgotghosts]

Every time I see a homophobic valve fan I feel the desire to tell them Gordon Freeman is nonbinary. That's actually Gordon FreeTHEM now.

[grassyneptune]

drawing hl2 gordon unlocked something in my brain and now i want to reconcept hl characters i've drawn. thinking…thoughts…

[accala]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. Is Darnold going to take up Eli Vance's place in HL2VRAI, since Darnold's character model is Eli's? If so, that means he'll be replacing Alyx's father. Alyx would be his daughter.

IS DARNOLD A FATHER?

I declare that Gordon and him should form a dad squad if this is true (with G-man as the third member).

[tobisoundx3]

Half Life Headcanons

In no particular order QuQ

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-Half life Return to Ravenholm tales place before half life 2 and its episodes. Adrian and Grigori end up bonding and having a father/son type relationship, both of them relating to being alone for so long. At the end of it Adrian dies to a complication with a headcrab zombie, leaving Grigori truly alone.

-Some resistance members actually doubted that Gordon was real, their only proof being hearing stories from people who actually knew him. Most of the people from Black Mesa weren't bothered by it, although it did bother Barney a bit.

-When Gordon and Alyx first met Alyx had a crush on him, but as time went on and they become closer friends it went away.

-When Gordon first joined Black Mesa, because of how young he was compared to the other scientists Barney assumed he would be a stuck up rich kid. He and Gordon now joke about this.

-The Combine tried using Poison Headcrabs as a torture method but they were hard to find outside of ravenholm, so they eventually moved onto other methods.

-When the Combine first started their journey of taking over worlds, they had reason and mercy but as time went on they forgot their ways and become cruel and merciless. They now only know power and hunger.

-Gordon lost his sense of smell after the Resonance Cadcade. He could be smelling absolutely AWFUL and wouldn't know unless someone told him.

-Eli lost his leg in the 7 Hour War. Alyx and Kleiner don't like him leaving the bases but they can't rlly stop him.

-Gordon is Autistic and is selective mute. When he does actually talk its in singular words and only around people he'd trust his life with.

-When the Combine first came to earth many people actually willingly joined because they believed the Combine would be beneficial.

-Colinne and Gina end up dying in Xen. They have a teary goodbye before they die where they confess their love for eachother.

-Barney got a bit of a drinking problem and threw himself into work after Gordon went missing. Kleiner was the one who helped him get his life back on track.

-Adrian loves dogs and ends up growing very fond of the houndeyes.

-G-Man actually doesn't have a proper gender. He goes by He/She pronouns but prefers to be called a man and dress masculine.

-Stasis consists of a dark void with a watery floor. To save time people who are put in there are put into a deep sleep.

-Alyx smokes weed.

-Gordon was somewhat scared of vortigons because of what happened at Black Mesa, but after they helped Alyx his fear went away entirely.

-Alyx can get extreme back pain if she over works herself. This originated from when she was impaled.

-Adrian has body dysmorphia and doesnt like to take his gas mask off because of this. When he was dying he took it off so he could feel truly vulnerable infront of Grigori before he died.

-When Gordon and Barney first became friends they made a trade. Barney teaches Gordon how to shoot a gun and Gordon teaches Barney how to tie a tie.

-Barney has gotten more sarcastic as he has aged.

-The resistance will often make fun of Breen's broadcasts and can't help but giggle at them when they walk by them.

-Kleiner feeds wild headcrabs like someone would feed feral cats.

-Although skibidi toilet is not a thing in the Half Life universe, G-Man knows about it. She doesn't know how and it scares him.

-Gordon doesn't know how to use a microwave. This is why the microwave incident happened.

-EVERYONE in the resistance makes fun of Barney and exaggerates his age to the extreme.

-Most scientists at Black Mesa were snotty to Gordon because he was so young.

-Gordon wants a cheeseburger so bad during half life 2 and its episodes.

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I'll probably be updating this list in the future but these are my main big ones!! :D

[sam-victor-freeman]

now I watched a video with a detailed analysis of the hev suit from a scientific point of view and there was an analysis of the sprint device. it said that most likely the sprint device is something like bionic boots. and I decided to draw how such devices could look like on Gordon's suit in a folded and working form. i wanna draw full art with this device :3

[townofcadence]

Muse Information - Alyx 'Glitch' Frost

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Basic Information:

Full Name: Alyx Frost

Nicknames: Alyx, Frost, Glitch

Age: 29

Date of Birth: January

Nationality: American

Accent: American

Blood Type: A

Pronouns: He/Him, They/Them, or Fae/Faer

Sexuality: ??? People pretty he suffer [sex positive asexual demiromantic]

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Online Contract work, Freelance Writer and Artist

Physical Traits:

Height: 5’7” (170.18 cm)

Weight: 367 Lbs. (166.47 kg)

Eye Color(s): Green

Hair Color(s): Dark desaturated blue and Teal

Notable Features: Alyx is a thick man, with longer hair, half shaved, and a teal blue-green peekaboo. He usually has a bit of fuzz on his chin. He has a tattoo of the town's weird cat thing on one arm, and a few eyes on the other. He also wears an eye bracelet made of leather one one arm, and a necklace. He looks constantly tired, dark rings under his eyes, and he uses an orange wheelchair more often than not. His clothes are usually a tanktop and yellow jeans with a pair of converse, though he's fine wearing anything relatively casual. He has a pair of copper square-framed glasses he SHOULD wear, but he never seems to have them on.

Nature: creative, playful, adventurous, tired, sickly, silly, sweet, friendly, distractable, long-winded, annoying, shy, anxious

Art Ref (to be updated):

[monkeychief1904]

GIVE ME MORE OF YOUR FREEHOUN THOUGHTS

HI SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG I WAS BUSYYY

Ok so I told you most of my thoughts already lol

I was recently thinking about maybe how they first met. I think them meeting because Gordon got lost in the vents trying to help Kleiner with getting into his office would be really funny. Gordon wanted to be helpful and Kleiner mentioned how some guard named Barney would go in the vents and help so he tries and gets lost. Barney goes in the vents after and Gordon accidentally scares him and they get to Kleiners lab together. Then after this encounter they slowly become friends and the next time Kleiner loses his keys Gordon is able to get them before Barney since Barney showed him the way, and their races in the vents become a thing they do.

I still can’t decide if I prefer that they dated pre res-cas or not cause the office romance is sooo cute BUT the idea that they both had what they thought was an unrequited crush and neither being able to get over it. Barney because everyone kept insisting Gordon was coming back, hard to get over someone when everyone’s talking about them and you’re wondering what could’ve been. And Gordon because for him it’s been like 2 weeks (idk the freaking timeline) so he’s still got it bad. The idea that they both confessed their feelings and then like, didn’t start dating or didn’t talk about it properly is also just mmmm drama. Still adore all the pre res-cas stuff people come up with tho so freaking cute.

I also love the idea of Barney only knowing a tiny bit of sign language when he first meets Gordon, then taking time to learn it properly so they can talk easier. Barney still knows ASL after the combine and everything cause being able to communicate without talking is very helpful for a rebellion that doesn’t wanna be discovered. Since most of the rebellion leaders worked with Gordon they all knew at least some sign language, but Barney was the one who was the best and maybe got fluent in it? I’d imagine they’re all pretty fluent/good with it by hl2

OH I didn’t say much about post-canon ideas cause I don’t have many but basically Gordon and Barney are just fun uncles to Alyx and they hang out often. Alyx definitely overdramatically like gags or goes “ewww” when they kiss or whatever as a joke lmao but they know she’s just messing with them.

I really love Gordon being like an older brother to Alyx btw they’re friendship is sooo well done in hl2 specifically the episodes.

[geigergearz]

i cannot tell and i need to Know. theres SOMETHING transgender happening here.

[bluerose5]

Been thinking bout how we should have been able to hang up on TIM in ME2 like we were able to do with the Council in ME1, and it was such a missed opportunity in my opinion. Shame you have to wait until the Collector Base to get the satisfaction, but what was he gonna do? Fire you after bringing you back from the dead? Such a loss to Shep, being such a pain in the ass that they were let go from the terrorist organization. smh 😔

[mogai-headcanons]

Alyx Vance from Half-Life is a bisexual lesbian transfemme enby with ADHD!

Gordon Freeman is an autistic aroace trans man!

Barney Calhoun is a polyamorous bisexual person with ADHD!

Alyx, Gordon, and Barney are queerplatonic partners!

Eli Vance is an autistic polyamorous bisexual person who's married to Isaac and Azian!

Isaac Kleiner is an autistic gay nonbinary person!

Azain Vance is autistic and pansexual!

Arne Magnusson is an autistic demiromantic gay man!

Wallace Breen is an autistic gay man!

Gina Cross and Colette Green are both autistic lesbian trans women, and they're married!

Judith Mossman is bisexual and aroace!

The G-Man is an autistic aroace agender genderfluid person!

dni link

[narklos]

idk if you've ever been asked this but gman headcanons?

I take any opportunity to gush about this stupid bureaucrat!

His weird breathing is due to him not being accustomed to Earth's atmosphere. This is due to him being a shu'ulathoi- they're depicted in-game as wearing breathing masks as they can't breathe Earth's atmosphere, and the scrapped Airex levels in the HL2 beta expand on this.

He probably doesn't need to sleep or eat, but does so anyway because it passes the time.

Expanding on the shu'ulathoi theory, he's probably pretty young by their standards, even if he is in the visage of an old man. He's quite literally only 20 years old.

He can be quite self-destructive in pursuit of his goals. In HLA, Russell states that whatever's in the Vault "...really hates the Combine", so we know that rage is a pretty big motivator for him. An easter egg in HLA also depicts a suited man holding a gun to his head with crosses over his eyes, so I've sort of taken these two ideas and mashed them together: G-Man will do anything to destroy the Combine, even if it kills him.