#and calhoun to just know about it
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hehe ghost-turbo haunting felix au
turbo is connected to the last piece of his code in the whole arcade - a trophy he gifted to felix in mid 80s as a symbol of him genuinely caring about their relationships on par with being the best racer. felix also gave him one of his medals and both kept their gifts next to other rewards, but when roadblasters and turbotime were unplugged, the medal was gone with everything else
now, after burning in cola-lava turbo is basically dead, but scraps of his code still were intertwined with the trophy (after all, it was his first winner's cup, but felix never knew about it), giving turbo an opportunity to exist as a shadow incapable of interacting with anything and anyone besides felix, who kept the trophy even after the roadblasters incident
also I went crazy in tags, feel free to check them out
#turbo#turbotastic#fix it felix jr#80s boyfriends#hammertastic#headcanon about them exchanging their trophies isn't mine but i loved it A LOT#and âdarlingâ is turbo making fun of how felix was calling him in 80s#this hc about âdollâ and âdarlingâ pet names also is not mine but i adore it#turbo here is a complete freak who just stays around felix most of the time even when felix has moments with calhoun#and felix is an ass who keeps secrets from everyone bc he doesn't want his dirt to come out#he's ashamed of his previous relationship with turbo and doesn't want anyone to know any details#and calhoun to just know about it#this just gets worse and worse#they also didn't actually break up and were still technically dating when turbo went gamejumping#and he's mad af at felix because he's the reason ppl in the acrade made a boogeyman out of turbo and he couldn't come back#like imagine your bf says to you what you are better than others think of you#and then behind your (presumably dead) back tells everyone that you're just an egocentric maniac#i believe turbo has other reasons why he gamejumped (besides jealousy which took place but wasn't the most important reason)#and felix is an unreliable narrator#so yeah turbo HATES his ass#(but still would-) no im not making it suggestive#anyway i hc that turbo had put A LOT of emotions in this relationship even tho he's bad at this#he tried his best with felix but they were just making each other worse#and turbo while feeling betrayed never really moved on (yes even after 25 years he's PATHETIC)#and felix is just full of regret about everything but he won't admit his mistakes in his relationship with turbo#bc âwell he turned out to be a bad person so that automatically makes me in the right about everythingâ#but felix had made a lot of bad decisions while dating turbo and was just classically ignorant about a ton of things#sorry about this random ass essay in tags i'm done for now#wreck it ralph#wir
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moar hl scrapsâŠ. does a pose
#There's I think a couple repeat doodles srry I cldnt crop it right. wgatever#that 1st one is a study .... I didn't realize how. Fucked up his hev suit is by th end of everything like holyshit.....#I was lookin at the pic I was using for th study and was like. đ that's so much blood.... that's just like..#A big gouge....... uueueeeughh......#LIKE HIS WHOLE LEFT SIDE IS BLOWN OPEN. CHRIST#I will also say I dont care 4 th hl2 HEV but I like the way the chest piece is shaped#I kinda mix them up when I draw it..... does another pose#half life#half life 2#hl1#hl2#gordon freeman#barney calhoun#freehoun#alyx vance#adrian shephard#opposing force#blue shift#That middle one of Adrian I'm mayyybe gonna turn into a full piece. I just gotta get the pose better...#Anyway listen to cowboy Dan by modest mouse. Adrian song. I know this#Th one with Barney and Adrian is nonsensical I just thought it was funny#In my heart during the black mesa incident I think barney separately teamed up w both Adrian and Gordon.#Not for very long. But I like 2 think about it.#<- making shit up
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Halflife ponies. Btw.
A warning to any MLP enjoyers: if this ends up on derpibooru or any similar site I'll gnaw you into splinters like a cheap plastic dog toy. I'm on the DNP lists under animatorfun and I'll request a new link for this blog specifically if I havw to. Please stop reuploading my shit đ
Edit: i forgot to reenable the layer with Gordon's glasses it's so over. I was wondering why she looked weird oughhgggh
Edit2: fixed gordon <3
#no reposting#Barneys lack of a cutie mark is NOT because I forgot. it is a joke about his undecided major i promise#barney was gonna be a pegasus but i forgot to draw his wings and he looks better without them anyways so. earthpony barney#they feel more balanced this way anyways#an attempt was made to comply with the mlp gen5 design style...#i dont have much to say about Gordon and Alyxs designs#Gordon... i just drew Gordon But Pony tbh.. tweaked her colors a bit using colors picked from the apple family#i dont really like flesh colored ponies....#alyx.. im not completely satisfied with#shes Missing Something and i cant figure out what#giving her socks felt like too much#she feels half finished#especially with her mane so detailed xc#whoo knows maybe ill update her later (i won't)#aaanyways#half life 2#half life fanart#gordon freeman#alyx vance#barney calhoun#my little pony#half life pony au
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Man Barney had to have had like. Complete trust in Gordon at the beginning of HL2. he fully turns his entire back to him and completely moves in a way that obstructs his vision to remove his mask and helmet. DUDE .
#Like idk he hasn't seen him in 20 years and he just. I don't know trusts that this even IS Gordon. That he won't jump him or anything#Fully just. Bares his throat I guess. I need to go to bed#It's such a small thing like this is nothing but there's sooo much. CONFIDENCE ON HIS PART .#I don't knoowwwww I dunno. Grips my head and collapses to the concrete floor#Having too many thoughts about barney . Dies#barney calhoun#half life#transmission
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To be laying beside (or on top) of the short racer king man holding him like a doll cupping his cheek that for some reason feels soft like a marshmallow maybe he programmed it himself who knows, caressing his face with your fingers while kissing him over and over<333 his little giggles and silly noises of "hoohoo~"s as you dote on him since he's not used to getting so close and personal with someone cuz of secret identity I mean what you're not suppose to know that hahaaaa
You lean in down to whisper in his ear "I love seeing you ride on those tracks... has anyone ridden you~?"
#and because he's old from the 80s he doesn't understand#it's 2am and I have t h o u g h t a#haven't rambled about one of these for a while--#I know some people make their Y/N self insert to be his same height#but I fucking laugh (and love) the idea the Y/N is just normal height (think Calhoun I guess) while he's just- like that#ride that short man into oblivion#gonna be like grinding a pillow#I should sleep#king candy#simp rambles#UH NSFT?#king candy x reader#simp writing
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Aftermath au: Red Letter Day
Barney gets a call that Gordon Freeman had been found after ten years of being missing in action.
Word count: 4382
Notes: Another fic for my au "Aftermath" because I think its neat. I'm not sure what else to put here, enjoy the fic
Barney was beginning to remember how much he hated Winter as he stared through the warehouse window in front of him. Despite it being the beginning of March, spring was yet to come, meaning the snow was still falling with the temperature following suit. Barney had always hated the season, and as much as he tried, he could never come up with a proper reason. Maybe it was the fact it was cold, wet, and dreary, making any trip outside miserable, or perhaps it was the fact he was mainly cooped up inside all day, leaving him to get cabin fever. Or maybe it was a mixture of those two at the same time, along with the loneliness that came from them. No matter the reason, Barney kept quiet about it, realizing he had no ability to change the weather. All he could do was drink his hot coffee and put on a few more layers than usual.Â
Barney took a sip from his mug as he looked away from the window, instead focusing his attention back into the room he was in. It was a storage room, full of random junk and scientific doodads Barney had no knowledge of. Boxes and crates were stacked up in piles taller than he was, stacked in such a way that it made Barney nervous even being near them in the case of them toppling over. Due to the lack of a radiator in that room, it was even chillier than the rest of the refurbished warehouse, making Barney glad he was wearing the warmest sweatpants he could find in his closet, along with a worn out grey hoodie, with the logo on the front being so faded that it was hard to make out as Black Mesaâs logo.
As he looked around, he was startled by the sound of a box slamming against the concrete floor, along with a short exclamation. âOh, blast it!â âYou alright, Doc?â Barney asked the other man in the room, watching as he bent over to pick up the fallen crate.
âIâm fine, justâŠhoping whatever was in here isnât fragileâŠâÂ
Dr. Isaac Kleiner, or âDocâ as Barney referred to him as, was wearing a white lab coat over a robin-egg-blue dress-shirt and black tie, trading warmth for safety at his place of work. His glasses were slipping off his face as he moved boxes and rummaged through everything in the storage room, making it even more of a mess than it was before.Â
âWhere on earth could she have gone?â Kleiner asked, not necessarily expecting an answer. âThere arenât any vents she could have crawled in, are there?â
âI hope not,â Barney stated. âLast thing I want is that thing to fall on someone.â As Kleiner looked under a table, Barney spoke up again. âYou think it ran off or something?â
âOh no, I donât believe so,â Kleiner stood up straight, âIâm sure she wouldnât. After all, she needs to get fed eventually, so I imagine sheâll come out for that.â âIf the thing didnât eat someone's cat or something.â
âHush!â Kleiner held a finger up to his mouth, causing both he and Barney to become silent as he listened closely. Barney attempted to hear what Kleiner was listening for, but to no avail, hearing nothing but silence. âFie! I couldâve sworn I heard her moving aroundâŠâ
Barney let out an exhausted sigh, âDoc, please, thereâs plenty of those pests out thereââ
âBut thereâs only ONE Lamar!â
â...Right.â
âNow, are you going to help me look?â Kleiner adjusted his crooked glasses, âOr are you going to simply stand there, doing nothing?â
âUhâŠâ Barney glanced away, thinking for a moment. â...No thanks.â
âOh, you act like sheâs some kind of wild animal.â
âIt kinda is.â
âSheâs been de-beaked and trained, and you know this!â Kleiner stated as he walked towards a filing cabinet near the corner of the room.
ââTrained;â I donât think that thing is reallyâŠtrained. My dog is trained, and I know you can train cats, but I donât think you can train a literal parasiteââ
âOh! I think Iâve got something!â Kleiner said excitedly, âHelp me move this cabinet, would you please?â
Barney reluctantly approached the metal cabinet as Kleiner positioned himself to the side of it, ready to move it as soon as Barney was. As soon as Barney placed his free hand against the side of it, he pushed, with Kleiner on the other side pulling it towards him.
Barney let out a loud yelp when something leaped at him from behind the cabinet, causing him to fall on his back and drop his mug on the floor. It was Lamar, the âPetâ headcrab that Kleiner had lost, and it was even uglier up close. As it laid on Barneyâs chest, its six small, beady eyes stared back at him as he remained absolutely still, afraid of it trying to attack him. Its teeth on its stomach prodded at his stomach, along with its chipped, large front claws, which had colorful duct-tape covering the tips of them to prevent them from being too sharp. After a few moments of tense silence, Kleiner came to the rescue, picking up Lamar from where it rested on Barneyâs torso, allowing him to take a breath.
âLAMAR!â Kleiner exclaimed, looking at his pet with relief in his eyes, âOh, delightful! Iâm so happy to see you werenât left out in the cold somewhereâŠâ
âMm-hmâŠâ Barney lifted himself off the ground, looking at his feet to see his knocked over coffee cup, with its contents spilled over. âUghâŠâÂ
Barney picked up his cup from the floor as Kleiner let Lamar go, watching as it waddled across the floor before jumping up onto one of the tables. Barney stared at it with contempt, the opposite reaction to Lamarâs rediscovery compared to Kleinerâs joy.Â
âDo you even have a license for that thing?â Barney questioned as Lamar sat down on top of some loose documents. âIf you donât and animal control finds it, theyâll kill itââ
âIâmâŠin the process of getting one,â Kleiner stated, voice stumbling slightly. âAnd I hope no one finds her, cause if they doâŠIâm afraid of what you said coming true. Iâm sure it will be fine regardless, at least she knows to stay inside.â
â...Sure.â
âIs everyone safe?â
Barney and Kleiner turned towards the doorway that led to the rest of the warehouse, seeing a lone, albino Vortigaunt staring back at them with her four maroon eyes. She was wearing a similar lab coat to Kleinerâs, with a borrowed pair of black dress pants, along with a fitted light brown sweater, with a hole in the middle of her chest for her third pseudo arm. She stared at Kleiner and Barney for a little while before Barney answered her question.Â
âYeah, weâre fineâŠâ Barney sighed, glancing towards Lamar, âWe just found KleinerâsâŠpet.â
âEverythingâs under control, Violet, you can get back to work!â Kleiner added.
âI see.â Violetâs gravelly voice seemed quieter than usual, making Barneyâs brows furrow a bit.
âYou alright?â He asked.
Violet seemed puzzled. âHm?â
âAre you doing alright? I have noticed youâve been a bitâŠclosed off for the past few hours.â Kleiner inquired.
âWe have beenâŠdistractedâŠâ Violet responded. âI imagine it will be cleared up soon.â
âWe?â Barney asked.
Violet didnât answer. âI must get back to helping the othersâŠthe teleporter is nearly ready for its first test...â
âOh! Wonderful. Iâll be there in a little bit.â Kleiner stated as Violet left the room. Barney remained puzzled, looking back at Kleiner with a feeling of unease in his chest.
âShe said âweâ.â Barney stated.
âIâm aware,â Kleiner responded. âYou see, the Vortigaunts are able to tap into something they refer to as the âVortessenceâ, and are thus all conneââ
âI know, Doc, I justâŠâ Barney paused for a second. âIf sheâs talking about all the Vortigaunts, then wouldnât that be a bit worrying?â
â...Maybe, but I'm not sure.â Kleiner stated. âThough, one of the members of the survey team we sent earlier today was a Vortigaunt, and that team hasnât returned yet soâŠmaybe there is a connection there.â
âMaybe.â
âEither way, I believe iâll go and speak with her, just to make sure everythingâs alriââ
Barneyâs phone ringing from his pocket interrupted their thoughts, and when Barney pulled it out of his pocket and flipped it open, he saw the number was from one of his coworkers at the hospital. âSorry, I gotta take this.â
âYouâre fine, you go ahead and Iâll go check in with the others.â
Barney nodded, watching Kleiner leave the room before he answered the call and put his phone up to his ear.
âHello?â
Barney listened closely to the person on the other end of the phone, barely processing what they were saying.Â
âWhatâs going on?Â
Not going to believe what?Â
So what, why are you telling me this?â
Barney listened closely, all before he felt his heart skip a beat. The sinking feeling in his chest was enough to render him silent, all before he let out a meek âIâll call you later.â
Barney rushed out of the room, running past Kleiner in the process, nearly pushing him over as he approached the exit. âBarney? Whatâs going on, are you alrightââ âThey found him.â Barneyâs voice shook as he spoke, with him barely being able to make out the words from how tight his throat was.
âFound who?â
Barney was already out of the building by the time Kleiner asked the question, leaving it unanswered.
Barney saw his own breath clouding in front of his face as he sprinted across the parking lot of the warehouse, nearly slipping on ice multiple times but not giving any time to care. When he reached his car, he swung the door open and crawled inside, starting the engine and speeding off without a single word. His thoughts ran through his head faster than his car was capable of going, slurring together without a single cohesive thought coming through. He didnât care if he was a few miles above the speed limit; he needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible. He needed to see if what his coworker said was right.
If it was truly Gordon Freeman that was brought into the ER, he needed to be there.
When Barney made it to the hospital lot, he rushed through the front doors, looking around before approaching the front desk, out of breath from both the physical and mental strain that was put on him. Through harsh breaths, he asked, âIs Gordon Freeman here?â, with pleading eyes focused on the woman behind the desk.
âOh, hello Mr. Calhoun, I can look through the system for a âGordon Freemanâ, if youâll sit tight for a moment.â She looked towards the computer in front of her, typing in something and looking through files as Barney waited, his impatience building up inside of him.
âFuck this.â He pushed himself away from the desk, storming down one of the hallways despite the woman at the front desk telling him he wasnât allowed to as he was off duty. Barney rushed past hospital workers, asking them if they knew where Gordon was, only to be met with worried and frightened looks along with no answers. Barneyâs frustration only grew as he ran through the hospital halls, with the familiar building beginning to feel like a maze meant to confuse him. As he ran further into the hospital wing, he slammed against one of the doctors in the hall, causing him to topple to the ground as Barney tripped over his own feet.
âSorry, I just have toââ
âBarney? What the hell are you doing back here?â The man questioned as Barney sped past him.
âIâm looking for Gordon Freeman,â Barney answered, turning around. âHave you seen him?â
âHeâs in the ER right now,â The man snapped back as he slowly stood up. âYou canât see him until heâs out of surgery.â
âSurgery? Is he safe? Is he alright?â Barney questioned, walking closer to the doctor.Â
âYes, heâll be fine, justâŠâ The doctor let out a tired sigh. âGet out of here, youâre off duty and risking your job with a stunt like this.â
âI need to see Gordon, alright?â Barney explained. âHeâs been gone for a fucking DECADE, and heâs been found again, I canât just leave himââ
âCalhoun.â The man raised his voice as he glared at Barney with a look of both contempt and pity. â...Listen, just wait until heâs out and Iâll see what I can do, do you understand?â
Barney remained silent for a moment, letting out a sharp breath before nodding. âAlright,â He stated, defeated. âBut he better be getting the best treatment in there.â
âIâm sure theyâre doing all they can, they understand his reputationââ
âI donât care about his reputation, if iâm right, thatâs my goddamn friend in there.â Barney spat. â...Let me know when heâs out. I need to at leastâŠmake sure itâsâŠthe right guy.â
âIâm sure someone will let you know.â The doctor stated. â...Now please go back to the waiting room before I call security.â
Barney did as he was told, reluctantly walking across the hospital premises and back into the waiting room, where he will stay for another few hours. He paced around the room, bounced his foot up and down, fidgeted with his hands; anything to try and pass the time as the minutes passed by agonizingly slow. After he had already been there for what felt like days within the timespan of a few hours, he saw a nurse walk towards him. âMr. Calhoun?â
Barneyâs head lifted up, looking towards the nurse before following her down a hallway. After a couple-minutes walk, they stopped in front of a door leading to a recovery room. âHeâs in there,â The nurse stated. âHeâs currently sleeping, so I ask you to be quiet and not attempt to wake him up.â
â...Yeah.â Barney hesitated before walking through the door, stepping into the room, seeing a curtain blocking his view of the bed. He paused, standing in place for a moment as he wondered if the face he was about to see was truly Gordon, or simply someone mistaken as him. He wondered if he wanted the answer, or if heâd rather live in ignorance, avoiding the crippling disappointment if it wasnât the man he thought it was, but as he walked past the curtain, every worry in his mind ceased and his thoughts became silent as he looked at the man on the bed.
Sure, his body was covered with blood-soaked bandages, his right leg was in a cast, he had medical equipment around him, and he was missing his glasses, but his face was painfully recognizable. Barney choked back a sob, covering his mouth when he saw Gordonâs face again.
âAre you alright?â The nurse behind him asked, noticing Barneyâs teary-eyed look.
âIâm fine.â Barney whispered before letting out a short chuckle and a forced smile. âItâs justâŠhe didnât change a damn bit.â
Barney hadnât even noticed it had been an hour since he entered the room, being surprised when he glanced at the clock and saw it was nearing 10 PM. He sat on a chair beside Gordonâs bed, having moved it from the corner of the room to right beside it. His leg bounced up and down as he looked at Gordon, all before lowering his head and letting out a deep sigh. He wished to speak to him but he was out of words he could possibly say at that very moment, not to mention the wish to stay quiet so Gordon could recover without being woken up. He wanted to tell Gordon everything that had happened in his absence; how Kleiner started up another lab to continue Black Mesaâs studies, how Eli also set up one on the other side of the city, and how Barney had finished college and was able to become a nurse. Gordon missed so much, and even though Barney wished to dump every piece of information onto him, he realized that even the realization that it had been ten years would be overwhelming enough. Thus, Barney figured to start simple, and just talk, like friends, for the first time since the Black Mesa incident.
As Barney leaned back into his seat he felt the back of his head hit something that wasnât there before, feeling bitter cold yet organic at the same time, like a corpseâs fingers curling around the top of the backrest. He swung around, half expecting someone to be there, yet he saw nothing of the sort, seeing only the beige wall behind him. Barney let out his breath, looking back at Gordon before realizing he should head back; his stress and emotional state must have made him paranoid, not to mention the feeling of his hair standing on end. He stood up, walking towards the door out of the room before taking one last look back at Gordon before he finally left.
Later that night, Barney paced around his living room, being watched by his pet rottweiler as he talked on the phone. âThe Survey team were the ones that found him?â he asked.
âThatâs what they said,â Kleiner stated from the other side of the line. âThe Vortigaunt was apparently the one that found him, specifically.â
âI see.â
âQuite Miraculous,â Kleiner continued, âThe fact that Gordon had survived there for ten years before being found.â
âYeahâŠâ Barney unsurely stated under his breath.
âNevermind that, what are you planning now?â Kleiner asked. âShould we have some kind of party? A celebration should be in order for him being back, Iâd sayââ
âI think he needs rest, heâsâŠbeen through a lot.â Barney stated. âIâve thought of him staying over at my place until he can find a place of his own or until he recovers, but weâll see how heâs feeling.â
âAre you sure? Iâm sure we can find a spare room in the lab for him.â
âI dunno if heâd wanna live in a loud lab with a headcrab, doc.â
â...I suppose you have a fair point.â
âIt was just soâŠstrange.â Barney stated. âThey say it was a ten year coma, but I donât buy it. I donât buy it at all.â âWhat makes you believe that?âÂ
âThe fact he was bleeding. The fact he had fresh wounds from Black Mesa,â Barney elaborated, brows furrowed and his free arm crossing over his chest. âNot to mention the fact he was found with thatâŠsuit on.â âWhat kind of suit?â Kleiner questioned. âOh, do you mean the Hazardous Environment Suit?â
âYeah. Why would he be wearing it ten years after the incident was already over?â
âWho knows,â Kleiner sighed, âIâm sure I can talk with Eli to see if he has any ideas onââ Kleiner was interrupted by a loud crash and squeaking coming from behind him, audible through Barneyâs phone. âGoodness gracious, LAMAR, NOââ
âYou alright Doc?âÂ
âIâll have to speak with you later, Lamar got in the vents againâLamar get DOWN from there, thatâs not safe!â After that, the call ended, and Barney was left to himself once again. Barney sighed, putting his phone back in his pocket before he heard a deep ruff coming from his dog, who was laying next to the couch in the living room, with its white patches of fur on its snout showing its age.
âYou hear that, Gordon?â Barney said. âYou might get a new roommateâŠaâŠdifferent Gordon.â
The dog yawned and rested his head on his paws as Barney walked towards the living room couch, sitting on it and resting his feet on the coffee table in front of it. He leaned over the armrest, scratching the top of the dogâs head. âGuess Iâll have to explain to him why youâre also named Gordon, huh bud?â
Gordon didnât respond, instead just letting out a soft ruff again. Barney leaned back in his seat, staring up at the ceiling before folding his hands on top of his stomach. He wasnât looking forward to explaining why his pet was named after his friend, he realized. After all, itâs not very easy to tell someone you thought they were dead for years.
As soon as Barney received the call that Gordon was awake the following evening, Barney rushed back to the hospital to visit him once again. As he drove across the city, worries he didnât think about before began to creep up inside his brain. Even though he didnât necessarily believe the coma theory the doctors had, nor did he believe even they believed it fully, he thought of the possibility of it being true, and if Gordon would even remember who Barney was after a full decade of sleep. It would be a surprise if Gordon remembered anything after that amount of time, but Barney pushed down his pessimism, trying to be optimistic just this once.
After making his way down the hospital hallway once again, he found himself back in front of the door to Gordonâs room, with a nervous feeling deep in his gut as he prepared to walk inside. He took in a breath and stepped inside, looking towards the bed in which Gordon was laying on, only to have his gaze met by two bright green eyes, ones Barney hadn't seen since ten years prior. Barney froze in place, staring back at Gordon, who appeared to be surprised to see him. As Barney sat down in the chair beside the bed, he swallowed hard, wondering what he could possibly say now that Gordon was awake. As he thought to himself, a question left his mouth that he wasnât initially planning on asking:
âWhere were you?â
The question lingered in the air like a foul odor, with Gordonâs brows furrowing lip quivering slightly, all while he curled his hands into fists. He turned away from Barney, looking down at his feet, thinking of something to say, though his hands didnât once lift up to sign a single word.
âYouâŠdisappear for 10 years without warning,â Barney continued. âLeaving everyone to believe you were dead.â
Gordon didnât make eye contact with Barney as he spoke.
âI thought you were dead and buried somewhere, Gordon,â Barney choked. âButâŠYouâre here in front of me now.â
Gordon glanced at Barney before he felt arms being wrapped around his shoulders, tight, but not too tight to make it hurt.
âI fucking missed you, Gordon.â Barney said as he hugged Gordon, feeling the gesture being returned to him. Gordonâs hands shook, feeling weak and cold, yet he didnât want to let go of the single shred of kindness he had felt since what felt like eternity. After a few moments Barney let go, sitting back down with red, tear-filled eyes.Â
â...YouâŠmissed a lot.â Barney stated; Gordon nodded knowingly in response. âIâd tell yaâ everything, butâŠI donât even know how to start.â
âAre they safe?â Gordonâs hands were shaking, but Barney could make out the message regardless.
âWho, likeâŠKleiner? Eli?â
Gordon nodded slightly, lips pursed in anticipation.Â
âTheyâre alright,â Barney assured, allowing Gordon to let out a breath. âIn factâŠtheyâre excited to see you again. Kleiner especially, heâs hoping to get you back into his labâŠdonât know if you want to do that, but the offerâs there.â
Gordon appeared to have had a weight lifted off his shoulders at the news, but the cold yet somber gaze didnât leave his eyes. Barney planned to tell Gordon that they were among the few survivors of the Black Mesa incident, but he bit his tongue for the time being.
â...Never thought youâd be in the history books, did ya?â Barney let out a lighthearted chuckle in an attempt to lighten the mood. âYouâre a hero in everyoneâs eyes, now.â
Gordon shook his head, looking down and away from Barneyâs gaze as he clasped his hands together on his lap. Barney stared at him with a look of confusion and worry, all before forcefully clearing his throat.Â
âIâm justâŠhappy to see you alive, Gordon.â Barney stated. âAfterâŠa few years I began toâŠto lose hope.â Barney paused for a second, realizing Gordon was still not meeting his gaze. â...Shouldâve known you were a tougher son of a bitch than that, I guess.â
Gordon scoffed slightly before shaking his head again, still staring at his feet. Silence fell as Barney attempted to think of something else to say to ease the tense atmosphere, though his thoughts were blank and void of any ideas. Barney looked towards Gordon yet again, seeing he was raising his hands up to sign something:
âMissed you too.â
Barney smiled slightly, despite feeling as if he wanted to cry right then and there. He never anticipated heâd be this emotional in his life, yet here he was; about to cry for the second time that day. Seeing his legally dead friend after ten years of being missing in action was enough to warrant it, he supposed.
âIâm sure the others will be happy to show you everything theyâve been working on,â Barney said, with Gordon finally looking back up at him, before looking directly behind him, âTheyâve been working on a new teleporââ
Gordon flinched, staring at something behind Barney before attempting to crawl backwards, nearly ripping off his IV in the process. Barney looked behind him, seeing nothing but the wall before he heard a loud thud coming from the bed. He turned, seeing Gordon had fallen off of the bed and onto the cold linoleum floor. âGordon!â Barney quickly ran to his aid, holding out an arm for Gordon to grab, lifting him off of the floor. When weight was put onto his right leg, Gordon grimaced, using Barney as leverage as he was put back onto the bed. âJeez Gordon, what got you freaked out so baââ
Barney was silenced when Gordon hugged him without warning. Barney could hear him quietly sobbing into his shoulder, and as he returned the hug, he wondered if he had ever seen Gordon so touchy before; It was as if he hadnât had human contact in days. This time however, Barney wasnât quick to let go. The last thing he wanted to do was leave his best friend behind again.
Not this time.
#half life#HL Aftermath au#Barney calhoun#Aftermath Barney#Gordon Freeman#Aftermath Gordon#Isaac Kleiner#Gman#Aftermath Gman#vaguely.#Violet the Vortigaunt (oc)#Yeah this au has an au exclusive oc in it cause why not#shmorp writes sometimes#I dunno of any TWs so if there are any lemmie know#Anyway yeah. is this freehoun? I don't even know man you decide#I just think about these two a lot and like. they're such good friends in my heart#Anyway I wanted to write something from Barney's perspective so have this#Also hey. i've actually started doing more than one draft for my fics#who would've thought that more than one draft would be beneficial. who woulda thought /LHJ#I would start posting these on Ao3 but ao3 scares me so just have it here instead#rambling over enjoy the fic
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kicks my feet... i don't see it a lot outside of barmey but... have we considered pre-rescas [or just pre-combine] barney calhoun with kinda shaggy long hair. the kind he has to put up into a little bun to hide under his helmet, but it's just not quite long enough to be an elegant bun. the kind of length that always has him saying "haha yheah i need a haircut" but that haircut always comes late and then after that he ends up back at square one... have we thought about this [i am talking to two ants on my bathroom counter]
#me talking#barney calhoun#hl2#pre rescas#idk how to tag this????#whatever just. god. think about it.#and gordon with his ponytail#they start getting along when they realize they r both getting teased for their longer and beautiful luscious hair#of course mandatory scene where barney takes his helmet off and shakes loose his hair.#and a stupid reiteration of that where gordon takes his hair tie off and shakes loose his slightly longer hair#god. and hten of course. hl2 meeting barney again and yay reunion angst but also. HAHAHAH THE MUTUAL âWHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIRRRRâ#oh god a tragedy. oh goddddd. sorry i started thinking of barney in his 40s witrh long hair. Hahahah i need to be put down. oh my god. anyw#something something combine and bodily autonomy. another little thing they take away#Heh. i always know how to end on Big Bummer
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half life does horrible things to you . literally never coped so hard
#guys !!! follow up to hla is just around the corner !!!!!!!! i know it !!!!#also desperately need to know where ppl are getting the impression that barney is going to be the next companion character#genuinely who is telling you that . i canât find anything about that#it seems kindof unlikely to me tbqh? i donât even know what they would do with him. but i wonât argue with like . proof . <- coper#heâs only a man . heâs barney calhoun
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Group Two Round Four
Character info from submission under the cut
Brett Hand (Headcanon) Brett Hand is the co-team leader at Cognito, Inc., alongside Reagan Ridley. He was hired and microchipped by J.R. Scheimpough to help Reagan because of her intense anger issues and difficulties in social interactions. He is voiced by Clark Duke.â (From the Inside Job wiki) He is almost toxically optimistic and constantly desperate for validation and positive feedback. He currently works for the âShadow Government,â but suffers from severe anxiety and worries he has no individual personality or even a favorite color. He is from a larger family (7 kids), has a constant smile on his face, his positivity is almost toxic, and is the âguy with Mormon energyâ according to the character Myc.
Elder Calhoun (Canon) Elder Calhoun is a lovable and charming new missionary, fresh from the MTC. Geeky and lacks charisma, but won't let that stop him from doing his job. He is the only member of the church in his family. Started his mission mere months after getting baptized. Has considerably more faith than his companions
#mormon tournament#poll#canon#headcanon#brett hand#elder calhoun#if you're voting for brett I'd love if you added some propoganda!!#I'm just really surprised he's made it this far and I don't know anything about him#I'm lowkey worried the people voting for him are trolls and they aren't commenting on the posts to avoid getting blocked lmao
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YES. YESYESYESYESYES!
random thought but you just KNOW thereâs a whole list of extremely cheesy adult contemporary songs that felix thinks are peak romance and kiss me by sixpence none the richer is at the top of that list
#wreck it ralph#fix it felix#wir#fix it felix jr#sergeant calhoun#I GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS#his playlist is called: Makin' love with LadyLove.#Yall know those cheesy old songs? like âmy girlâ by the temptations? THAT WOULD BE ON THAT PLAYLIST#old 80s songs#there's a specific song by the temptations! 'Treat her like a gentleman' THATS HIM. but its cause he enjoys doing stuff like that.#not cause he thinks she NEEDS him to it.#Y'KNOW WHAT IMMA JUST POST THE PLAYLIST!
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Just got around to watching Holly's Chronicles of Benry stream. It's great and everything I wanted. I love viewing it through the lens of it being Benrey's personal playing-with-dolls recreation of his fantasized life, where he imagines himself to be a relatable Normal Person who can be sympathized with because his life has been sooo hard (and normal). Favorite moments along with my interpretation of them: -The introduction of Emmet Calhoun. I love characters that barely exist and Emmet is no exception. I think we should let him be real -When Benrey is talking about the boss battle, he calls Xen his home -He talks about getting shot with the "Gordon gun" and being killed, and then says "I never forgive him, and he's my best friend, so I gotta forgive him". He's still mad about what happened but he likes Gordon enough that he "has to" forgive him -After his death, he is trapped in gm_construct and not allowed to leave -Constantly talking about how happy he is, how he doesn't have any friends but it's ok, how he's dead but it's ok, and how he can do anything he wants. From the perspective of this being his fantasy world, (and with all context), it can be assumed the opposite is true -Everyone in his fantasy perceives him as very funny, smart, kind, and helpful. I think the whole section with the cow friend says a lot about how Benrey sees himself in relation to others- mostly about how he thinks others should see him -^He tells the cow that he can do "bad stuff" with his powers. She responds by saying everyone is capable of good and evil, and that she thinks Benrey is good. Despite everything, Benrey wants to be a good person, or at least perceived as one -^After saying this, Benrey says that she reminds him of his friend Tommy. The cow then says "he sounds like a fine man, and its really cool when you know him." Benrey and Tommy are best friends -When he was on the phone with Dr. Coomer or Emmet, he insulted them once or twice. They responded by laughing. Could be interpreted that when he's being randomly mean to someone, he thinks he's being funny rather than an asshole -Claims now that he has died, he can't die ever again -Every part with Gordon is important. Gordon's 2 roles in this are being a damsel in distress- with a high-pitch voice and everything-begging Benrey to help him (which he does, because he's so nice and cool), or Gordon talking about how happy and proud they all are of Benrey's performance in "the videos" -^Gordon tells Benrey he's not mad about the "arm stuff" anymore because he has his arm back now. Benrey wants Gordon to forgive him too, and thinks he deserves forgiveness because of the perceived impermanence of what he did. It *is* hypocritical, since Benrey is still mad at Gordon for killing him, despite him being "alive" now -Overall implication that Benrey is not only self-aware as an AI but self-aware as a show character. Talks about "the videos" a lot. If you couple it with the idea that Gordon was streaming the game in-universe to justin.tv, I think that could be really interesting
Conclusion: I love to take a joke so real and serious. This stream is only tangentially related to canon, but in a comedy series, "canon" means a lot less. Which means that anything about it can be real if you want it to be. Or not. But I enjoyed the stream and thinking really hard about it, and I encourage everyone who hasn't watched it yet to check it out!!!
#hlvrai#hlvrai benrey#benrey#I am posting this mostly for myself#but also i love reading other peoples interpretations of the characters and everything#so I hope someone will find this interesting lol
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Midnight Pals: Nosferatu
Robert Eggers: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the nosferatu Barker: oh we've heard this one before Eggers: not the way i tell it! Barker: has it got farting in it? Eggers: n-no! Eggers: i do more than just fart movies for your information! Barker: this sounds like its about farting
Bram Stoker: this is just a blatant rip-off of my story! King: which one? Stoker: "which one" Stoker: Dracula! i'm talking about dracula! Stoker: obviously i'm talking about Dracula!
Eggers: nope nope this is about a guy named orlock Eggers: totally different guy King: he's got you there bram Stoker: no he doesn't Stoker: it's obviously the same guy! King: the names DO sound kinda different
Stoker: orlock is just the same as Dracula! Eggers: oh yeah? Eggers: well does Dracula have a mustache? Eggers: huh smart guy?? does he?
Stoker: yes Dracula does have a mustache Eggers: Eggers: ok but i bet it's nothing like this mustache Eggers: orlocks got an insane mustache Eggers: like a real hoss
Eggers: so here's the thing about orlock Eggers: he's got like a huge freddy mercury mustache Eggers: like he looks like the dad from Marmaduke Eggers: you won't mess with this stash
Eggers: i know we've all seen the original nosferatu Eggers: but i think we can all agree that what would really improve it Eggers: is about 3 extra hours of really ponderous old timey dialogue Eggers: also orlock should hang dong
Bram Stoker: wait you see orlock's dick? Eggers: yeah i thought you'd like that Stoker: i Stoker: i didn't say that! Eggers: he likes it Barker: obviously Stoker: I DID NOT SAY THAT!
Stoker: i do like that you took out threesome with dracula's brides Stoker: in retrospect i always thought that was a mistake Stoker: you know how it is Stoker: women just slow down the action Poe: i like how many cats are in this Lovecraft: i like that too
Eggers: nosferatu brings this plague of rats with him Eggers: just thousands of rats Eggers: and there's one rat Eggers: you'll know him when you see him Eggers: just standing up on his hind legs Eggers: like a little rory Calhoun
Roger Corman: eyyy its me roger corman Corman: star of da bluesky account! Corman: so where's dis showboatin' rat i been hearin so much about? Corman: i hear this rat's got real star power! Corman: he's gonna make it big in dis town!
#midnight pals#the midnight society#midnight society#stephen king#clive barker#edgar allan poe#hp lovecraft#roger corman#bram stoker#robert eggers
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the whole discourse of whether arthur would be this or that (pejorative) in the modern world is so tired, so tired in fact it should go back to sleep. would he be misogynistic? would he be racist? buddy, have you played the game? have you stopped and read his journal entries? have you stopped and talked to the members at camp?
some either disregard him completely of being this or the other because he wouldnât âunderstandâ, however, I think thatâs just reducing his character to this naive man who he is not. some others fail and see his character at a very surface level, âoh he took the money to protect penelope in that suffragette mission, he didnât really care muchâ yes, he took the money, did you also read what he wrote on his journal? no? well, here it is;
âSuddenly Iâm marching as a suffragette. The looks of loathing on the faces of the locals delighted me while their leader â a Mrs. Calhoun amused me. I donât know much about good causes, nor the joys of democracy, but I enjoyed my little experience riding alongside them.
World is certainly changing fast.â
it not only tells you literally the perspective arthur has on the situation but it also showcases intelligence within its writing, the way itâs phrased, the wording, the insightfulness and capacity to dissect how he felt about it
ânor the joys of democracyâ I donât know why, it always has caught my attention when I read the passage, it connects heavily with the phrase he says to the suffragette back in Saint Denis, âanyone dumb enough to wanna vote, I say go for itâ. this man is anti government, not anti womenâs suffrage, not anti women. he does not like the changes america is undergoing and whatâs becoming of it, a big part to blame for that is the government (greedy and corrupt as always) and he sees it and wishes to remove himself from it (civilization as they call it).
shady belle, episode 4, tilly approaches you when you go to camp and strongly voices her fear of being too far south. if you havenât caught on yet why, you may need a history lesson. but even then, the game does the work for you, sheâs a black woman im the south, sheâs afraid of what may happen to her because sheâs a black woman in the south. and arthur understands it, he doesnât need further explanation, he knows.
that is also why Iâm so keen on disagreeing with those who say, âhe doesnât know about racism/doesnât understand racismâ heâs not dumb, heâs not five. heâs not racist and thatâs it, thereâs no more explanation I can give you on that. it just feels really reducing and simplistic when that is the counter argument people make to basically point out why he is not racist, heâs not and thatâs it.
arthur morgan is not a good man, but heâs not all bad either and thereâs beauty in that (character wise). enjoy the richness of the writing and letâs put our thinking caps for a moment because Iâm afraid all I said was just there in the game, but apparently it may have flown over some heads.
#red dead redemption 2#arthur morgan#red dead redemption arthur#rdr2#red dead redemption playthrough#ramblings#like yâall enjoy the game and not only the killing#red dead redemption#red dead redemption community
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Uhh post canon Barney
Man who has not had a break since the rescas and refuses to start now. Alyx and Gordon are hiding his gear as we speak while Kleiner distracts him.
I was sposed to do Alyx too but I blinked and it was 3 am so. Next time
Oh also I forgot to make a note but he does carry a sidearm
#no reposting#ok ramble time because i have some Thoughts#subject to change..#okay so like#Barney is a few things. imo. one he's s good leader and protector. two hes a creature of habit.#Barney has always kind of stuck in one area of work.. from security guard to civil protection officer to white forest sentry#hell even as a field commander during the uprising half of his combat is essentially point defense and backing Gordon up#which like yeah thats just gameplay stuff but this is an intentional reading of his character so just. shh#anyways#Barney never really stops being some kind of guard. the context in which he operates changes of course but its still the same general role#maybe its a subconscious attempt at maintaining normalcy. maybe its just all he feels hes good at. regardless its what he does.#and its what he continues to do.#that's what feels right to him thats whats natural to him so he might as well do it.#i think part of Barney's brain hasn't really caught up to the idea that things really are improving.#like he Knows it and he's happy about it but it doesn't feel natural after spending half of his life under the combine.#his body still thinks hes in danger#okay im eepy#half life fanart#barney calhoun#half life 2#half life furry au#half life
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Okay so I don't know jack dick about coding so if this isn't how video games work feel free to yell at me but basically my idea is that when you die outside your own game YOU don't regenerate but someone else does.
When characters leave their game their code still exists so there's no reason to worry, but when they die and don't come back then the game becomes truly unplayable. To circumvent this, the game creates a shiny new version of the character with whatever code was used to spawn everyone in when they were first plugged in. They show up wherever they first started out and have none of their memories except those that were programed in. Kinda like if you got hit by a bus on the way to work and your boss just stuck a clone of you at your desk and all your coworkers just had to act like that wasn't the most horrific thing ever.
(I also imagine that something similar happens when a game is unplugged and plugged back in again, although I don't know if it would replace ALL of the characters or just the ones that didn't get out in time.)
I might make an edgy little comic or fic about this or something but I'm warning y'all now it's going to suck ass.
I have a really edgy wreck it ralph theory but im not awake enough to explain it right now, I'll get back to yall in a sec
#wreck it ralph#wir#fan theories#headcanon#oh and in case I dont end up making that comic heres the synopsis:#everyone in fix-it felix jr is outside freaking out because ralph didnt show up but then a new one spawns in#obviously this is kind of a big deal because it means he FUCKING DIED OUT THERE but the new ralph doesnt know that#and hes being all professional like ''hey why isnt everyone at their starting areas?'' cause I guess he didnt see the out of order sign#and nobody really answers him cause their all still in shock and felix points out the sign and they all go their separate ways#felix offers to let new ralph inside for like coffee or whatever because he is high-key worried that his coworker of 30 years offed himself#but new ralph declines and all the nicelanders meet up in one of their apartments (probably genes) to discuss what the fuck just happened#but everyone is just standing around in stunned silence trying to come to terms with all of it#(except gene whos just rolling his eyes and thinking about how ralph couldnt have done this at a MORE inconvenient time)#so he pours himself a drink and says ''look what he doesnt know cant hurt him so I say we just act natural and try not to break this one''#which like jesus christ dude that is an actual human person youre talking about but no one says that#and instead felix just grabs the shaker thing out of his hand and drinks whatever was left in there before going to his room#everyone else leaves too so they can try and forget about how shitty theyve all been for the last 30 years leaving gene at the bar#also I was thinking that for this entire scene you can see new ralph just chilling on his stump through the window in the background#just to sorta hammer in the fact that he is completely unaware of everything thats going on#the last couple of panels are a comparison shot showing new ralph sleeping soundly on his stump...#...and felix in bed staring wide-eyed at the ceiling unable to rest#(I was also thinking that the actual last panel could be calhoun doing patrols and finding an empty suit of armor at the base of the tower)#(but idk if I wanna show all my cards like that ya know?)#anywho if you read all that thanks for sticking around!!#I think my story summary mightve been longer than the actual post lol
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At work rn waiting for shift to start so I don't have em to post but I did more close up shots of the driver of the roadblasters car-
no one ever seems to take into account what he was feeling and everything when shit went down. He doesn't even know who the fuck turbo is. He literally just got plugged in. He'd be shit scared of turbo too I reckon even if he didn't fuckin t bone him at full force. Like he only knows the graphics of his game and what people look like in his game so like. imagine seeing this thing coming at you
when you look like this
I know we don't actually SEE him in roadblasters but considering everything about wreck it ralph he is 100 percent in this car and isn't just a car driving itself
Now off into headcanon territory - and just some theorising-
so when I was drawing the scene of the roadblasters dude getting roadblasted I thought to myself:
even though you regenerate if you're in your own game, do you still feel pain when you die?
and I came to the conclusion: YES.
remember when calhoun was punching Felix? he was very clearly in pain from those injuries even though he could instantly heal them. and when ralph walks into the party, Felix screams and everyone gasps when the chunk of ceiling falls on him even though he regenerates straight after. that was more of a kneejerk reaction from shock than a oh fuck I'm gonna die scream, but I reckon it was also in anticipation of the pain too.
so can we talk about WHAT HAPPENED IN ROADBLASTERS.
like. we never see what happens after turbo crashes into him??? was he just locked into a permanent injury when the screen froze?? I mean Obviously turbo escaped so there would have been a moment where the game was turned off, probably unfreezing/resetting to let turbo get out of dodge
But also like HE BLOWS UP WHEN HE HIT'S SOMETHING. LIKE??? you'd be fucking hoping the kid playing isn't totally incompetent and you get painfully exploded every two seconds ????
wHAT ABOUT THE TURBO TWINS???? LIKE OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T ESCAPE THEIR GAME BEING UNPLUGGED???? SO LIKE. WOULD HAVING ALL YOUR CODE ERASED BE PAINFUL??
Anyway. Work starts in four minutes so I'm throwing this out for the turbo freaks in my phone. Enjoy.
#me rambling#wreck it ralph#turbo wreck it ralph#wir#turbo wir#turbo#roadblasters#turbotastic#turbotime
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