#james doodle

[3-inch-doodles]

i uh. i turned them all into goobers

[3-inch-sam]

Can we get some lore about your sona? Also, do you think he and Flynncore!Miguel would hang out? :)

OKAY SO this will be a long post because I'm using this as an excuse to drop like. all of his lore. so we'll have a nice little summary at the top!! this is gonna have some timeline and half life lore fuckery for both retail and beta versions of hl2 so brace yourself for fan service to myself lol

Red was bitten by a poison headcrab which means that he doesn't have conventional spider powers (ooh big shocker). I haven't decided if I'm gonna give him sticky hands, spider sense, and webs or not but he definitely has the strength because super strength is handy and cool.

Red has:

non-retractable claws

venomous fangs, and venemous barbs that extend from his wrists. these both excrete a neurotoxin that is stronger on Combine soldiers than humans. it will severely injure humans and, generally, kill Combines.

barb-hairs on his arms, legs, and shoulders that act as whiskers to sense changes in his environment

sensitivity to heat and light, as well as heightened smell (possibly hearing? idk)

can screech, hiss, and rattle like a poison headcrab. used to keep other crabs from attacking him but if they see him it won't work lol

enhanced agility and strength

a natural resilience to Xen floral infections

Red is a pretty goofy guy!! He likes to make jokes and chat with anyone he can. He also picks up anything he finds interesting, from broken walkmans to bright pens to bits of jewelry. Anything he can bring to an older Resistance member and ask about the past, he will. Russell is always happy to talk about it, at least.

I think he'd like to hang out with Flynncore Miguel! Is that what we're calling him? 🤭 He enjoys tinkering with machinery, and he's always happy to talk with someone who knows more than him. The Spider Society would be pretty overwhelming though, I think it's more people in one place than he's ever seen in his life lol. he would try to destroy the go home machine also. it looks way too close to a Combine synth and/or a cremator head for his comfort, he would freak out.

okay now lore time!!

SO. we're gonna get fucky with the beta and canon timelines!! let's call them Beta and Lambda to avoid confusion, yeah? this isn't going to follow either of those canons entirely because I can do what I want, but it is going to heavily draw from them so if you aren't buried in half life lore like I am, I'm sorry, it's totally okay, I'm just cursed lol

Red was 3 when the Combine took over his Earth, Beta. He remembers small snippets of the time before the Seven Hour War but it's very fuzzy. At 6, he was sent to a cremator factory, just like the rest of the kids in his sector. He was there for 5 years, watching the Combine slowly sap Earth of its natural resources. The oceans were drained, the air was replaced with noxious gas, and humans were dying in droves, though no one dared to talk about it.

When Red was 11 there was an attempt at resistance. A small force of humans, led by Eli Maxwell and Alyx Vance, rose up and tried to overthrow the Combine's rule on Earth. They were tragically shut down and killed, but in the chaos of the revolution Red managed to escape the factory he was in and found a small group of Vortiguants preparing to leave. They had gathered enough antlion essence to open a portal to the borderworld of Xen, and took Red with them.

Xen was quite different from how these Vortiguants had left it. Luckily, there was another Earth connecting to it, an almost identical version, and they jumped through. This Earth (Lambda, remember?) was also being taken by the Combine. Red and the Vortiguants discovered that the Combine had discovered both versions, and decided to attempt different methods of subjugation in order to maximize their efforts. This had the added benefit of doubling the resources they could pull from the planets.

On their way to the nearest City, Red's group passed too close to a headcrab shell target outpost. Red was attacked by a poison headcrab, but the Vortiguants managed to kill it and remove it before it could tap into his brain stem. They still had some juice from the antlion essence and healed his wounds the best they could.

In City 17 they found and joined a Resistance branch. Red was far too young to actually fight of course, so instead he spent his time learning from the scientists about the technology that humanity had adapted, and hearing stories of Lambda Earth before the Combine invasion. Red became friends with some of the other re Resistance members his age, though strangely there were no children who had been born after the war.

At 15-16, his powers started to develop and mutate his body. This was terrifying, of course, but thankfully he knew of one Resistance member who might not be adverse to him: Dr Isaac Kleiner. Aware of the man's strange affinity for headcrabs, Red traveled to his safehouse and asked for help. When they were both quite sure that he was not a danger, Kleiner informed Dr Eli Vance of Red's situation. They decided to test his abilities in order to see if he could be a good asset to the Resistance. Lo and behold he was!

At 17 Red trained in order to actually fight, and started going out on scouting missions. He had a knack for predicting Combine attacks and for going into Xen-infested areas with little protection needed. So, after a couple years, he became an actual scout. He started salvaging Combine armor parts from dead soldiers in order to build up a suit for himself, and brought back any tech he found for the scientists in the Resistance to use.

Now, at 21, Red has become a capable fighter and scout, tracking Combine shipments and disrupting their activities in City 17. He hopes that this Earth will do what his couldn't to drive the Combine away for good.

[dactesup]

MY doctor ☝️🤞

[rabbitmotifs]

i know what you are

[windwenn]

Sp…..spirk…………spi..rk…….

[kisu-doodles]

so in canon scott is apparently very good at pool! Logan never wins

[titojefie]

any james wilson lovers up rn

[cuepickle]

I can’t believe hatecrimes MD is real

[xxplastic-cubexx]

something about first impressions idk

bonus:

[icpe]

silent hill. doodles #51

[egonkula]

love drawing spocks hair all disheveled (giving him one little tuft out of place)

[3-inch-doodles]

some silly margin doodles

[3-inch-sam]

uhhhh. yeah :))

[strawberryreddy]

They definitely kissed

[sp8ce-queen]

this is so stupid

[faiell]

of cabinets and cupboards