#freenold

[butchbenrey]

listen to me. ive already talked about how ptsd haver gordie would struggle to be around the science team, but think about darnold. okay?

(this turned out longer than i thought it would so im sparing you the experience of scrolling past it. true darnold pepper heads will read on. i know this to be true)

think about her. she was like, one of the only people who ever really Helped rather than hindered gordie during canon, and she did it completely of her own goodwill. the bit of time where everyone met darnold was a distinct respite from the chaos of the rest of black mesa. at least, it was as calm as it could get with the whole crew there fucking around. and darnold, while eccentric and silly, is undeniably the most emotionally intelligent person gordie met that whole time. and she had some self-preservation instinct, causing her to stay behind, which i would say makes darnold way better for gordie to be around than any of the other characters. because darnold knows and understands to some extent what happened, she was there after all, but she's not so intimately connected to the events that it would make gordie uncomfortable.

i think darnolds narrative function as a respite in canon could carry over to post-canon stuff too... i think darnold is someone gordie could confide in and actually get some reasonable responses from. i know a lot of people put tommy in the role of like. designated gordie therapist post-canon but i really can't see that. tommy just does not share the same outwardly friendly and curious demeanor that darnold does, at least not to me. and i can't imagine him really giving a shit about anything gordie says 😭. sorry. but darnold is different to me! i can imagine a frazzled and traumatized gordie going through old work emails trying to find a way to contact darnold again, looking for closure she'll never get. i can imagine her contacting darnold, anxious out of her mind, but finding that, when they do eventually meet up for coffee and darnold does some wacky shit to her own drink for funsies, she can roll with this. this is nice, to her. i think she can be a lesbo about it to be quite honest with you.

i have this scene in my head of like. somebody— probably coomer— throwing some kind of party and of course gordie feels obligated to come despite knowing in her heart its a terrible idea. and of course, she ends up spending much of the party standing awkwardly in a corner trying not to freak the fuck out and jumping out of her skin when coomer gives her a friendly (hard as fuck) punch on the arm. darnold has been spending the whole party rummaging around the bar and making all kinds of beautiful and fucked up cocktails, and when she notices gordie shes like "dear god that poor thing." so she makes a special little drink just for her, approaches gordie, and offers it to her, saying: "you seem a little glum. this should cheer you up!" and gordie breaks down sobbing on the floor because its so nice and shes so overwhelmed and nobody has shown her that kind of kindness and generosity in so long.

darnold also internally freaks out a little bit, scared she fucked something up, but she reasons that regardless of why gordie's crying, it's probably a good idea to take her outside and away from all the lights and sounds. so she does; she helps gordie up, escorts her out to the porch, sits her down. and they talk. gordie apologizes profusely for ruining the party and being weird and whatever and darnold earnestly replies that she was only there for the drinks anyways, she doesn't quite care for parties in the first place. gordie chugs the cute lil drink darnold gave her, and its good, and she tells darnold as much. darnold is very thankful that its so dark out because she is so so so flustered and she hopes gordie can't tell. gordie leans on her, though darnold is well over a foot shorter than gordie, so really it's functionally gordie resting her head on top of darnold's.

gordie is very much a lightweight and she gets more drunk from that one little glass than someone whos like 6'2" should, so darnold offers to drive her home to her apartment. gordie agrees, and she's even more handsy with people when she's drunk, so she's all holding onto darnold for support and rubbing her thumbs into her shirt and getting distracted. it is not good for darnolds composure in the slightest but she is trying so very hard to be normal about it. they make it back to gordie's apartment.

as they make it inside, gordie, drunk on both alcohol and the overwhelming feeling of being cared for for the first time in ages, tries to kiss darnold. darnold is a hopeless romantic to me. she wants to accept so bad but she's responsible, so she laughs it off and tells gordie they should get her to bed. gordie agrees and within minutes she's out like a light.

darnold stays the night, hopeful for the morning.

[bubby-simp]

Profic Hhllvrai ship names Wip will continuously edit when I come up with ship names

[BUBBY]

Bubby x Coomer = Boomer = Boomershipping

Bubby x Benrey = Bubbrey = Traitorshipping

Bubby x Gordon = Freeby = Moltenshipping

Bubby x Tommy = Tomby = Polarshipping

Bubby x Forzen = Bubzen =

Bubby x G-Man = G-Bub =

[TOMMY]

Tommy x Darnold = Darnmy = Fantashipping

Tommy x Benrey = Tomrey = Meanshipping

Tommy x Gordon = Freelatta = Familialshipping

Tommy x Bubby = Tomby = Polarshipping

Tommy x Coomer = Coomy =

Tommy x Forzen = Tomzen = Beybladeshipping

Tommy x G-Man = G-Tom = Coolattashipping

[BENREY]

Benrey x Gordon = Frenrey = Passportshipping

Benrey x Coomer = Coomrey = Immortalshipping

Benrey x Darnold = Darnrey = Bubbleshipping

Benrey x Bubby = Bubbrey = Moltenshipping

Benrey x Tommy = Tomrey = Meanshipping

Benrey x Forzen = Benzen = Soldiershipping

Benrey x G-Man = G-Ben = Entityshipping

[GORDON]

Gordon x Coomer = Froomer = Scienceshipping

Gordon x Benrey = Frenrey = Passportshipping

Gordon x Darnold = Freenold = Experimentshipping

Gordon x Bubby = Freeby = Moltenshipping

Gordon x Tommy = Freelatta = Familialshipping

Gordon x Forzen = Freezen =

Gordon x G-Man = G-Free = G-Shipping

[DR COOMER]

Coomer x Bubby = Boomer = Boomershipping

Coomer x Tommy = Coomy =

Coomer x Gordon = Froomer = Scienceshipping

Coomer x Benrey = Coomrey = Immortalshipping

Coomer x Forzen = Coomzen =

Coomer x Darnold = Darnmer = Slimeshipping

Coomer x G-Man = G-Coom =

[DARNOLD]

Darnold x Bubby = Darnby = Bunsenshipping

Darnold x Coomer = Darnmer = Slimeshipping

Darnold x Benrey = Darnrey = Bubbleshipping

Darnold x Gordon = Freenold = Experimentshipping

Darnold x Tommy = Darnmy = Fantashipping

Darnold x Forzen aka Darnzen aka

Darnold x G-Man = G-Darn =

[FORZEN]

Forzen x Bubby = Bubzen =

Forzen x Gordon = Freezen =

Forzen x Coomer aka Coomzen aka

Forzen x Benrey = Benzen = Soldiershipping

Forzen x Tommy = Tomzen = Beybladeshipping

Forzen x G-Man = G-Forz =

[G-MAN]

G-Man x Gordon = G-Free =

G-Man x Bubby aka G-Bub aka

G-Man x Coomer = G-Coom =

G-Man x Tommy = G-Tom = Coolattashipping

G-Man x Benrey = G-Ben = Entityshipping

G-Man x Darnold = G-Darn =

G-Man x Forzen = G-Forz =

[jewishtommycoolatta]

what the hell is with ppl being allergic to using darnolds name in ship names... sodashipping orange soda evil powerade. can we just call them darlatta freenold and darnry like normal people