#might do Barney idk

[ki0an]

The woman herself!!

These pics are a bit old, and I don’t usually post cosplay content

I really wanna bring her to SciFi-World next time it’s in Malmö, I haven’t cosplayed in a while and I really wanna do more HL ones but idk who

[ohnoitsz1m]

Art requests you say..? Do you like borrower AUs? Little guy barney or gordon? 🥺 If not: Gordon getting on barney’s nerves or vice versa… I think they do this to each other with some regularity…

Apparently im not as well versed with fanfic tropes as I thought lol- I didn't realize this was even remotely popular.

That said, I really like this concept :] I think its neat and im a sucker for size difference shit like this.

[monstergoblin]

I just binged all two seasons of Dead End Paranormal Park I fucking cried also Courtney a fucking mood. Just ugh it was very good and I'm sad now.

[coomerclones]

been trying to rework my benry design... nothing special but i dont think this turned out too bad! i was gonna do more but my tablet pen ran outta battery so, possible design notes include; -eyes are either blue or brown. changes at random for no reason? -eyes also change color to match sweetvoice when he does it? -4 years later and i still dont know what to make his hair look like -in hl2 might have different face shape? matches barney more? idk !

+ live gordon reaction

[127lovegalaxyperson]

I AM STARTING AN WELCOME HOME THEORIES (YAY)

due to my hand cannot draw bc too painful, so I start some theories

well.........since I cannot get into the welcome home page(idk why),I got to the welcome home wiki and check sth

(I like MUSIC AND ARTS,so it might be related to them)

the reason why I do this is because of these

Warning:mostly about the relationship between Eddie and Frank but THIS IS JUST A THEORY OF MINE

IN ARTS

the welcome home character's favourite colours

Wally-red

Sally-orange

FRANK-YELLOW(I cannot find the colour )

Poppy-green

Howdy-teal(I cannot find the colour )

Barney-blue

EDDIE-PURPLE

Julie-pink

(I capitalize Eddie and Frank bc my theories related to them)

I suppose everyone (artists)may be familiar with this

This is a color wheel

if you guys notice Frank's and Eddie's fav colors

they are the opposite side of the wheel

this is called an opposite color (ig,my art teacher taught me but I forgot the name) ,meaning that they aren't meant to be tgt

For example:red is opposite to green and blue is opposite to orange(you can see it on the wheel)

so I have been thinking........Frank and Eddie aren't meant to be tgt but they do love each other (the giveaway is that Clown uses "Esperar pra Ver" by Evinha to describe the relationship between Frank and Eddie and in that time,LGBT was forbidden so they separated them in the workshops ,but Clown sometimes shows their relationship outside of the Welcome home page)

and if you look up the personalities of these two favourite colours:

Yellow was meant a joyful,*kind* and had a funny sense personalities

Purple was meant royalty, full of passion and imagination, great in art(creative),*but the personality is quite sensitive so it's quite hard to know their true personalities.*

the personalities in these colors that they liked were meant to be each other.

Eddie is a helpful, kind person (in yellow)and he is great in arts and crafts(this is in purple which some of them represented his personalities )

Frank always frowns but if someone becomes his frds(like Julie ),He showed them a warm,KIND and quite JOYFUL(in yellow) personalities(and you can say he HAS a funny sense for A PAIR OF SOCKS), just like the description in purple as well(meaning that he is quite sensitive to show his true personalities to anyone but his friends)

They packed up each other's missing personalities (For examples:Frank's sensitive personalities (no offense)matches the purple personalities which was the only thing Eddie didn't have,Eddie's ultimate kindness (I know Frank might have but not as much as eddie)matches the yellow personalities which Frank MIGHT not have that much)THEY ARE LITERALLY LIKE A PUZZLE WHICH IS A PERFECT FOT FOR EACH OTHER

Eddie and Frank cannot not be tgt in the Welcome Home cartoons (just like the opposites of yellow and purple) but they would always love each other as in a relationship(fixed each other's missing colour personalities ) and this might be a unfinished love story due to the cartoons actually showed their love for each other(not that obvious )but we all know that something might happened to Eddie in the next update,just continued to be the opposite sides for each other like yellow and purple.(Frank actually sang a song which is a metaphor of him being alone in the end,meaning that Eddie won't be with him anymore)

In music

I IMMEDIATELY PUT ALL MY LOVE ON THEM ONCE I KNEW THEY COULD PLAY DIFFERENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INSTEAD OF JUST RANDOMLY SAY THEY PLAYED PIANO,VIOLIN OR STH.

what the Welcome Home character's played

Wally-mostly none but he will play the drums just for fun

Sally-singer and a concert conductor

Frank-Bassoon

Poppy-vibraphone

Howdy-triangle

Barney-trumpet and trombone

Eddie-violin

Julie-saxophone

these aren't actually a great group of musical instruments when it comes to group tgt as an orchestra (tbh,I would wonder how Sally will do and conduct music with these instruments, I tried but failed) .For an example, in Eddie and Frank,they won't be a great duet between those two instruments (they might but when I tried to find ONLY those two tgt,I only found a few)

At first I didn't pay much attention of these,but I might have watched too much Game Theory during these time which made me think of sth--does this actually meant about their friendship at the end.(Eddie was underrated and ignored,almost being controlled by home if it wasn't for Frank's help while Barney bullies some of the cast in welcome home,Frank began to sent help by sending videos for us to know about what happened in it,Wally is already being controlled and maybe something will happened to Julie due to the next update was related to her) their relationship almost like the instruments they played now-- some of them were not always matched or played well tgt.Their great relationships they had is beginning to corrupted due to Wally was in 'the control of Home'(I thought about that),making me feel like they are not the same as the original ones in their cartoons

'BUT HEY!THAT'S JUST A THEORY! '

-Game Theory

who knows what might happened in welcome home in the future,this is just a theory of me,a person who only watches the homepage by watching others watching it,theorize it.But through the Welcome Home Wiki,I would never actually made these in the first place.By knowing what happened and the fun facts in it,not all of the people will actually ended up searching clues in the wiki lol

[fedoraspooky]

I saw that you got into Felix cartoons lately, and I'm curious: have you watched any of the others besides Twisted Tales? What do you think of them? Also, did you know there used to be a live-action Barney-esque TV show for kids that had Felix and a koala as costumed characters?

Have I??

Oh Anon... sweet Anon. *puts my hand on your shoulder* Trust me, I am fighting the urge to become an unskippable cutscene about this as we speak. I'm losing, by the way.

But yes, I have seen... not all of it, but quite a lot, and I'll try not to write a whole novel! Key word being "try". .w.; You... might regret this actually, I'm sorry.

Starting with the 1920s cartoons: aside from the problems inherent in being a product of its time (*cough*racist caricatures*cough*), these shorts were a fun watch! Lots of surreal humor and visual gags. Felix was a scrappy lil' guy back then- stealing fish, getting into fights and getting drunk on several occasions. He didn't have his magic bag 'til the 50s, so he had to get a lot more crafty in using his environment or his own body parts (stuff like pulling off his tail and using it as a tool) to get out of trouble- and if all else failed he'd throw fists or pull a gun. XD Most importantly, he'd run away on all fours when scared, I just thought that was a cute detail. This is probably my favorite version of the character outside of Twisted Tales!Felix. (and the best part is this version of him is public domain now! Yay, free real estate!)

The 30's cartoons: There were only three of these. Idk, I don't have much to say other than they were cute and I enjoyed them. He's deffo more Mickey Mouse-like here, personality-wise.

The 50s cartoon series: This is probs the version of Felix most people seem familiar with- it introduces the magic bag (mostly as a time-saving measure since this show is DEFFO on a budget) and most of the supporting cast that have appeared in stuff since then (the Professor, Rock Bottom, Poindexter, etc). I didn't think I'd like it that much going in, but it kinda grew on me a little bit- primarily due to how janky the animation is, the stilted voice acting, and how out of left field the plots tend to get... It has a lot of what I like to call "naturally occurring shitpost moments". Ngl I've been tempted to make a compilation for funsies, much like I did with 80s Astro Boy... XD That said, it has its charm. Just a warning though, this WAS made in the 50s so be prepared for more "product of its time" moments in some episodes. .w.;

Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988): WHOOO IS THE BOSS? THE DUKE OF ZILL, OF COURSE~ Okay so, this movie? Idk if I'd call it a good movie, but it's definitely strange and entertaining. I watched the hell out of it as a kid and this was the very first animated Felix thing I had ever seen, so I can't really be impartial due to how nostalgia-poisoned I am about it. XD I liked the songs- even the ones that had no reason to be there, like the one that's about the foxes that only show up to piss on Felix and leave. We have a strange attempt at rebooting Master Cylinder as an invention of a bad guy from another dimension instead of being an evil robot guy from space? Felix laughs at the skeleton of someone who got crushed to death in a gold mine and blows a raspberry at it. There's... gyrating lady fish, and a swamp monster that shouts Marlon Brando quotes. The movie starts and ends with a giant disembodied floating 3D felix head... He saves a princess?? I guess??? There's just a lot that happens here.

Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (90s): This one is obvs my favorite of the whole bunch. I know, I know, blazing hot take. It does a good job mixing in the fun surrealness of the 20s cartoons, and he goes back to doing stuff like taking the top of his head off like a hat and using body parts as tools instead of just solving everything with the magic bag (in fact it lampshades that a lot in season 2). It has more humor than just puns (Stares ominously at Felix Saves Christmas) though it does have some of those too (he even gets arrested for it at one point), and most of all it gives him an actual personality aside from "good boy Mickey Mouse clone but also kinda sassy sometimes" (once again staring ominously at Felix Saves Christmas I will get to you later!!). If you only have time to ever watch one Felix cartoon series in your whole life, make it this one.

Baby Felix (2000s) - I'll be real with ya chief I haven't watched this one aside from like one episode. From what I saw... eh, it was okay. I'm not usually a fan of the trend of cartoons having series of the baby/kid versions of themselves outside of a few exceptions (like A Pup Named Scooby and Muppet Babies, but idk that might just be nostalgia talkin'). Apparently he shows up as an adult sometimes in this show and helps out his baby self, which somehow doesn't cause a horrible time paradox? Idk I might watch more of it later, it CANT be worse than the next one, which is... sigh...

Felix Saves Christmas (2004) - This movie is not good. I went in expecting it not to be, and it met my expectations. Is it horrible? I kinda wish it was, so it would've been more entertaining that way at least. Mostly, it's just kinda boring. The humor is puns, and sometimes signs that say a goofy thing on it. It's got music, including a four and a half minute long song that just repeats the lyrics "Snow kids rock, snow kids rule, snow kids... are cool" while said snow kids do extreme sports in looping animations. Most of this movie feels like it's just padding for time so it can be marketed as a movie- if you edited out everything that wasn't relevant to the plot or the main characters, you'd probably have a 20 minute special. Idk it's just sad that this is the last animated felix media we've had in 20 years, since it doesn't look like dreamworks/universal is gonna do anything with him- they're just kinda sitting on the rights. There WAS a comic that came out since then, but I haven't been able to get my hands on it to read it. Maybe one day when I have money. XD ;

ALSO YES, I actually saw that live action show you were talking about! It's not a cartoon, but heck with it i'll throw in my thoughts anyway since we're already here.

Felix the Cat Live (70s): So I found this on youtube while poking around, and I gave a few episodes a watch because I was surprised by the novelty of this even being a thing that existed. Felix doesn't really act like any prior versions of himself here, he's just kind of a nice friendly kid show host who gives the kid characters advice about stuff. The costume itself isn't too bad, though his body's kinda lacking shape- it's kinda just black jammies with a big ol head on top. Interestingly they gave him a red bow tie with white polka dots and his eyes always look a lil sleepy because they're partially-lidded- probably to give him a 'softer' appearance. Also the koala is kind of like a weird proto-Rosco? At least personality-wise. I don't know if he's in anything else. Over all a strange watch, deffo the most obscure thing on this list.

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So anyway! That's all my thoughts, Anon, I hope this was everything you ever wanted and that you don't wish you never asked me about the funni rubberhose cat. XD ;;

[zinnynia]

give ur opinions on every half life cast member go into details i want to see how ur brain functions

My opinion on the Half Life cast? I don’t have any/many opinions about most of them, so I’ll just not talk about those characters.

I’ll be going from least - most thoughts and opinions, starting with Lamarr.

Though, not really about Lamarr, but headcrabs in general. Out of every alien and enemy in Half Life, Headcrabs and Headcrab Zombies are the scariest to me. Idk man, they’re terrifying, and the concept itself is depressing.

D0g + Eli and Russell are all three very cute characters. I always love seeing them interact with Alyx, and their relationship with her is very sweet. D0g was made by Eli, and Alyx kinda just continued to add more to him, making him the D0g we all know and love. I haven’t completed my Half Life: Alyx run yet, but so far, Russell and Eli seem like really nice parental figures for her. Russell is funny, and has genuinely made me smile and enjoy his company in stressful situations, and Eli just seems like an overall great father. I think I have daddy issues.

I don’t really like Adrian. It’s not that I hate him, or like him at all. I mean, the art of him is kinda cute tbh, and maybe the angst and shit, but he doesn’t really hit the spot like Alyx, Gordon and Barney. I mean, his concept is kind of cool, I guess, but I really wish we could see more of him. Maybe in Half Life 3 (if it comes out), the G-Man could possibly use Adrian against Gordon, as sort of a way to “distract” the gang and make Adrian join the Combine ranks. ..I could be cooking some fanfic ideas for y’all, so PLEASEEE cook up some Combine Adrian AU fr fr. Make him hot too (I might have a thing for the Combine Ngl).

Alyx is girliepop. She ate, slayed, and left no crumbs. What I really like about her is that she doesn’t really idolize Gordon, like what most of the Resistance does. She treats Gordon like a normal human being, and has shown from time to time that she genuinely cares about him. I think she’s well written, but what I don’t really like is that she’s the “love interest” of Half Life. I don’t really think there needs to be romance, because the story is already pretty good. I also find Freemance kind of… iffy. Gordon kind of knew her when she was a baby, and I can’t imagine popping out 20 years later and some kid I knew started crushing heavily on me, or their dad starts shipping us together. But that’s controversial, and if you ship it, you do you. Not my business, and it’s all fictional. Plus, they’re both consenting adults, just the idea is kinda weird.

The G-Man’s concept really intrigues me, and I feel like a lot could be built off of him in Half Life 3 (if it ever comes out). I’ve written a Half Life OC kind of based around it, actually! Basically, the G-Man manipulates and uses resistance members to distract the gang, taking and stealing them, along with Alyx. This causes the gang to feel stressed and discouraged, hopeless even. Barney is nowhere to be found (he’s safe and untouched), so it’s just Gordon and Eli. I feel like a lot could be done with this, and builds more on the G-Man’s manipulative and antagonistic character. It would also be cool if the Combine joins forces with the gang, and defeat the G-Man, then agree on a truce, leaving Earth or co-exist together. I also just feel like I’m intrigued by the G-Man so much, mostly because I’ve written my story’s main antagonist similarity to the G-Man coincidentally.. and that’ll be a story for another post.

Last, but not least… Gordon and Barney omggg!!! Barney and Gordon are both my most favorite characters of Half Life, Barney especially. About a year ago, when I laid eyes on Barney, something inside of me literally just…. Clicked. I was like “I like this man. He’s my favorite character now.”

^^^ Pieces of artwork I made when I first got into Half Life))

I didn’t really understand it, until I really started to look into the fandom, realizing him and Gordon were best friends, and how he practically missed Gordon for 20 years, holding onto crowbars and thinking about the beer he owed Gordon. This REALLY hit me, as I’m in an oddly similar situation.

^^^ The him))

My childhood best friend and I were pretty close, despite knowing each other for only 2 years. We got split up, but met again, but never got the chance to reconnect and actually chat. But throughout the years, I always bought lockets, and sometimes items with sunflowers. Lockets, because he and I were BIG Undertale fans back then (also FNaF and Pokemon), and our parting gifts were paper heart lockets. Sunflowers, because of flower symbolism (wishful thinking, happiness, etc etc) and the idea of “Summer.” We always did everything together, like paper crafts. Another funny thing is that, after finding him again recently, our dynamic is somewhat similar to Freehoun in a way. Me being the more chatty one, while he’s a little more silent. My problem is that I'd rather hear him talk, because he’s really everything I’d want to talk about (no homo 4 him pls I swear). It’s also funnier that he’s a science guy and works out, and is taller than me. It’s giving……. Gordon to Barney.

It’s also funny that a lot of the fanfics I’ve read and liked remind me a lot of us. One fanfic had Gordon and Barney have a conversation, talking about how they can’t “resume” where things left off. That reminds me about a thing he told me one night, about how we weren’t the same people we were in 2nd and 3rd grade, but truthfully I didn’t love him (platonically) for who we were, but for who he is. On the topic of fanfics, I’ve written my fair share (2), and they’re all vents about him in the form of Freehoun! Though, they aren’t technically romantic, they could be interpreted as romantic.

^^^ Old artwork I made based off of my fanfic "Never Again."))

And speaking about Freehoun, I’m actually not much of a “Freehouner.” Sure, it’s cute, but I think they’re just really cute friends. The things they’d do in Black Mesa, and the beer. The way Barney looks at Gordon, and how upset his face was when he had to part ways in Episode 1. Anyways, it took me 7 years to finally have him back (technically 2 + 5, but we didn’t get time to really chat, so I add the 2 years), and I told him “I’d wait another 7 years if it means I’d get to talk to you again” and I also did kinda write him a 2 page (platonic) Valentines Letter that he DID kinda print out cus it was a google doc. Letters are kind of our thing, because I always gave him letters back then when I had a way to send them (via people/connections).

Plus, Gordon is kinda fine...... And Barney's really cute. Like??? PLEASEEEE who decided to make two good looking best friends like tf? And can we PLEASE TALK about how sad Barney looked at the end of Episode 1???? Shit still has be crying.

[divinemackerel]

I understand valhoun and alyx/freehoun (idk the ship name for this, freevalhoun? Lol?), and sometimes even enjoy it bc i do think it is a really fun dynamic, (like, freeman hinge polycule where he is dating alyx and barney,) but tbh my ideal relationship between Alyx and Barney is more like, mentor figure and mentee.

It isn’t quite familial, but its like, neighbor who babysat you a lot while growing up if that makes sense. Barney was a constant after a point in Alyx’s life, not like an uncle or brother, but just as a reliable person. To me, their relationship is not romantic but it is still very deep while being platonic.

They might call each other best friends, but they’re not really quite that either, though it works well enough for short hand.

At one point someone makes beer or moonshine or some shit and Alyx tries it and calls it disgusting, and Barney laughs at the face she makes, and for a moment, despite the weight of the combine threat over their head, things are ok.

[rottentiger-art]

Idk if ur in the gc so maybe u already saw this but I wanted to get ur thoughts on it on here

I just finished watch a himym episode where Barney & Robin are celebrating their engagement and another couple starts annoying them and steals their table. And their immediate response is to figure out a way to break up their 7 yr relationship as payback and I just can’t help but think that’s something Quinn & Logan would do given how extra and spiteful they can be 😂

First of all, what groupchat? 🥺

Omg I love Robin and Barney so much!!! I do not remember that episode however, I hadn't seen HIMYM in a while (the ending gives me war flashbacks, and will never be canon in my eyes).

I do think Quogan has Swarkles vibes, their like the young and not so extreme version of Barney and Robin. Logan and Barney are so similar and I do think the same for Robin and Quinn, not identical, but similar. But I think that deserves a post of its own, I'll try to focus your ask because I always get carried away lol

They would!!! Many would pit it to Logan to be the spiteful one, but Quinn is just as spiteful and competitive, they both take insults and disrespect at heart. I don't think they would go as far as to try to break the couple up, but they would definitely find a way to get back at the couple, like Quinn could somehow (because she always somehow has at disposal some convenient item) dig in her bag and have a device that would produce an annoying sound that only however she's pointing at could hear, or Logan might bribe the waiter to mess with their table, maybe switching the salt and pepper, give them a fake bill idk, something, overall just try to ruin the couple´s night.

Once again I am wishing they had made the reboot a series, so we could watch funny shenanigans like this, of course we would have to deal with more Zoey but more Quogan content would even it out.

[kellyscowboy]

Dancing prompts

“I can feel your heartbeat.”

Tommy x Barney

sorry for this was so late!! fic exchange, and writers block, and yk the drill lol // so sorry if this is ooc or not their dynamic?? idk running off the very little information i know abt them lol || the prompt list

Tommy had never hated a woman more than he hated Medda at that moment. Although, she was not the only one to blame for this situation. There was also David, who had off-handedly mentioned his upcoming school prom. And then there was Jack, and Racetrack, and Crutchie who thought a dance for all the newsboys would be a great idea. After all, most of the New York newsboys would never experience a prom. But hey, they were kids too! They deserved the experience just as much as an educated kid!

The plans looked dreary though. Very few of the boys knew how to dance and there really wasn't a place that would allow hundreds of newsboys in until the late hours of the night. Until, Jack had the bright idea of asking Medda. Who, of course, was overjoyed by the proposition. She quickly offered to let them use the theatre (with her there, along with the governor and Denton) and then, to top it off, suggested a dance class.

Tommy's belief in a god died the moment he heard the announcement. A couple of the boys, including himself, liked to listen in on the borough meetings. And when Jack dropped that bomb on them (and everyone was excited) he had given up all hope of a higher power. Kill me now.

"And, listen, boys. Ya don't have to came if ya don't wan-ta. Ain't no-one gonna force ya to dress up and come tap shoes with the rest of us." Jack reassured. Maybe there is a god.

David cleared his throat. "Except for all of us Manhattan boys, of course. We're hosting, so we'll all be there."

They continued to ramble on. Something, something, dance lessons, something, something, anyone you want to bring. It was all non-sense to Tommy, including the original idea. He had really hoped a nasty cough might make its way into his throat right before the dance.

And it never did. So Tommy sat there in Medda's theatre, all dolled up and grumpy. His arms crossed and his watched as the condensation from his cup stained the wooden tables. Then, he felt a tap on his shoulder. "What?" He snapped, turned around all angry. Until he saw Barney, eyes wide and hands bouncing at his side excitedly. "Hey, Peanut."

"Tommyboy!" Barney took the greeting as an invitation to sit beside him. "I guess you're not a big fan of dancing, huh?"

Tommy shrugged. "I dunno. I just get embarrassed. I got two left feet."

Barney smiled. "Well, I was thinkin'- and it's kinda dumb but uh. Maybe we could dance?" His fingers rubbed together nervously, excitedly. "Everyone's all infatuated with their partners, anyway. No-one will see you. I heard dancin's less embarrassing with a friend."

"Uh... yeah, sounds... fun." Tommy said. He hesitantly stood up and let himself get drug to the stage by Barney.

Upbeat songs played loudly. Barney bounced around in circles, his hands thrown into the air. Every so often he would force Tommy to spin, then he would spin himself. Other than the obligatory spins, Tommy mostly swayed side to side. Too infatuated with Barney to really do anything else.

Until a slow song started playing. The big groups of people shoving each other around and laughing slowly began to disperse. Tommy froze and watched as other began to pair up. Jack's head immediately spun, and he was pulled towards David like a magnet. Hotshot's hands found their way to Ike's hips, a grin fighting to stay off his face. Even Albert had shyly found Finch, and he hid his face in the boy's shirt as Finch grinned.

When he turned back to Barney, he noticed that the boy in front of him had frozen too. But he was looking up at Tommy and his hands were twitching at his side. Hesitantly, slowly, he trailed his fingers up and around Tommy's neck. "Um, if you-"

Tommy shook his head no and, equally as hesitantly, pulled Barney closer to him. The two swayed to the music, took steps like Medda had taught them to. Barney laughed into the boys chest. "I can feel your heartbeat."

"Really? Honestly, I thought I had died 'n went to heaven or somethin'."

[this-is-krikkit]

Hi Krikkit! How's your day going?

For the character game *drum roll*: LESLIE KNOPE

Thought I'd change things up a bit to explore some of our other shared fandoms 😅

xoxo

hey Alice, thanks for suggesting this one! i miss parks badly these days (tlou and nick offerman starring in it might have a lil to do with that) and i love that we share that fandom too, so kudos to you for that idea 🤗

favorite thing about her: her determination!!! she's so fucking stubborn when she wants to get something done, and she'll find a way to reach her goal no matter what! we have chosen to stan forever.

least favorite thing about them: how aware i am that i would not be able to stand her energy irl lmao like i love her a lot but anyone who tries to wake me up early the one time a month i get to sleep in WILL be killed

favorite line: "the only thing i will be waving is your decapitated head on a stick in front of your weeping mother!!" bc i love an overcompetitive drama queen who struggle to bury her feelings so deep that they end up sounding like over the top death threat during model UN ♥️♥️

brOTP: leslie x ron were always my fave friendship of the show, even before their epic scene in the last season

OTP: benslie is love, benslie is life. it's the healthiest relationship i've ever seen depicted on a TV show, and it's refreshing that they didn't destroy that for the sake of comedy like it happens so often (monica x chandler in friends, barney x robin in himym... i could go on)

nOTP: i guess anything that's not leslie x ben? i didn't like her with the cop dude, although he was funny. they never felt half as genuine and soft and perfect as benslie did from the very beginning

random headcanon: she tried being a supportive spouse and reading ben's star trek fanfiction once, thought it was cool but whatever yk, until ben joked that there probably were fanfic authors who wrote US historical figures fics out there. it was the beginning of a VERY long summer where leslie posted about 30 historically accurate M to E rated works on ao3, 2 of which were over 100k words multichapters. ben, half horrified and half impressed, commented dutifully on each chapter, even getting into virtual fights with rightists (is that a word?) who called leslie names bc they disagreed with the politics aspects of her fics, and even though nothing beats that actual real life punch he once threw to defend her honor, his internet chivalry effectively turned her on still. they had a short but intense reign as ao3's most productive power couple before the triplets came back from chris and ann's for school and they had to focus on their parenting roles + her presidential campaign again.

unpopular opinion: idk how unpopular it is, but there was never a doubt in my mind that she's the president at the very end of the series?? like ik they left a doubt there on purpose, but seriously, does anyone really think leslie's story ends with her being the first lady and not the fucking president when it's been her dream forever?? how rude can the universe be

song i associate with her: sadly, the get on your feet and make it happen campaign song x) anytime i hear her name that's what i think about and it's horrible bc it won't leave my headdd

favorite picture of her: leslie in a suit!!!!!!!!?????? 😍🥰🥵 that hair length and color suited her best too imo, oh god i miss her now 😭

[mollywog]

helppp Im so intruiged by The Orange Castle esp since I adore the Blue Castle. But I'm also curious about Mistletoe as well 👀

Hey!!!! Thank you for asking @jubileen!!!

So the the idea for the Orange Castle came from some similarities between The Blue Castle and The Hunger Games - specifically between Valancy/Peeta and Barney/Katniss. (#The Orange Castle)

So far, My The Orange Castle doc is mostly ideas for them having a year’s worth of carefree adventures at Katniss’s secluded cabin by the lake: planting a garden, canning, tapping trees, ice skating, listening to Rose Deen sing on the radio…

Mistletoe

Idk, I came up with the idea around Christmas and it was just all about me really wanting to give Katniss the opportunity to initiate a kiss out of the blue

I got it in my head that District 12 would reclaim the Harvest Festival post rebellion (divorcing it from its association to the Game.) In CF Katniss mentions that the Victory tour is set almost halfway between the games and that there is snow on the ground - which in my head was Dec/Jan… but the Harvest Festival in District 12 was the last stop of the Victory tour and their doors were decorated with corn, which points to it likely being closer to Oct/Nov, so now it has nothing to do with mistletoe 🤷🏼‍♀️

Anyways…

I was thinking about how Katniss might feel about love and marriage in a timeline where Prim was never reaped, never died, where Katniss didn’t have to be the Mockingjay, and was living in a safer post revolution world…

Thank you for asking!!!

[star-jagerman]

WHO FUCK HAD A CRUSH ON BARNEY???

Also, maybe you could try and explain to us how you feel? Even if it doesn’t make sense?

-🧼

Ok so like. Mhmmm I know I’m crushing on one person (Richie). Like I want to date him and everything

There’s someone else who’s been like nice to be around and like I don’t know if it’s like a romantic crush or like friendship crush.

Then uh there might be two other people who like I feel so safe and nice around them and like sometimes we do couple shit but also like I don’t know if I want to be dating them but I also do? Idk

And then Grace who I still have a bit of a crush on.

I’m a mess of fucking feelings man.

[jackbugz]

IDK what to ask about your half life OCs, but I love them!! I love seeing Half life OCs! I want to know everything about them!! But that might be a bit of a big ask lol. So for now- can I get some fun facts about em'?

sorry if I'm being weird, I just get really excited about this kinda stuff

ITS NOT WEIRD I’M SO HAPPY YOU ASKED :o) FEEL FREE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are so (potentially not) fun facts about my half life characters! (Warning for mentions of cannibalism)

Dr. Weber facts!!!!

He wasn’t at Black Mesa when the resonance cascade happened, he was at Aperture, specifically in a large abandoned testing building

He lived in Holland from the time he was born to the time he was ten years old. He’s fluent in both english and dutch

Despite his cold and rude demeanor along with his large stature and broad shoulders, he is a complete wimp and cannot physically fight at all. He is a million percent bark and zero percent bite. He is also comically clumsy

Unlike his darling field commander counterpart (barney), he hates drinking and rarely drinks

Often he gets so into the zone with his work, like restoring the HEV suit for example, that he neglects his other duties as a communications officer for the rebels.

Alyx and Barney are the two people he can tolerate being around, Barney less so since they both frequently have petty arguments. Being around other scientists like Eli and Kleiner (and probably also Gordon) make him nervous due to his lower status compared to them. (He greatly admires them though)

Tbh he’s just so bitter because he wants to be liked and admired as a “great scientist” but he’s just a rude person for the most part. (In hl1 he shared the same sentiment but he was much kinder and kinda overly-friendly to the point he was obnoxious)

Linda (Dr. Perez) facts!!!

Basically was a child prodigy. She skipped grades.

Where Weber worked on stuff like the HEV suit at black mesa, Linda worked on the “anti-mass spectrometer” thing.

Also was at Aperture during the time of the resonance cascade

Based her design on one of the scientist in the hl2 science team picture

A higher ranking black mesa scientist 

Dr. Weber ate her corpse.

Troy facts!!!

Security guard in black mesa

One of the few people who were kind to Weber in Hl1

Also was at Aperture during the time of the resonance cascade 2x

Did NOT know what he was doing as a security guard. He is very goofy.

Dean's younger brother

Guys he's straight. I know he looks gay but he isn’t! 

Ginger!!!

Dr. Weber ate his corpse.

Mason facts!!!

A very young rebel compared to most, he was two at the time of the resonance cascade 

Assigned as a medic but has NO clue what he’s doing

Very clumsy / accident prone

Tries to seem cool…(He isn’t. he’s chill though)

Thinks Alyx is SO cool……. Wants to talk to her so bad

Likes to draw

Dean facts!!!

I based him on a talking heads song…. (life during wartime)

Before the combine invasion was in the military and fought in the 7 hour war

Troy's older brother

Kind of like soldier tf2 but less crazy

MEAT RIDES ANY IMPORTANT WARFRONT FIGURE ON THE REBELLION SIDE. PROBABLY PRAISES BARNEY AND ODESSA A STRANGE AMOUNT.

[just-a-random-person24]

I HAVE BEEN PROMPTED SO HERES MY HEADCANONS FOR FREEMIND, STARK, AND FELIX (MIGHT MAKE A SEPERATE POST FOR BARMEY, ADRIAN, RYAN, AND ARLEN <3)

content warnings for: death

Freemind

he uses he/they pronouns. However, he's only people comfortable with people he's close with using they/them on them.

met Eddie in high-school, and didn't become involved with her crimes until college

was really close with his mom

after their parents died, Gordon cut all contact with Felix up until he got Felix his job at Black Mesa because he wasn't able to cope with their death

"I can't be bi cause I like women! and everyone finds guys hot every once and a while" kind of guy

has horrible joint pain and hearing issues post res-cas

autistic but refuses to get diagnosed cause 'everyone does x/y/z'

whenever getting caught doing stupid shit at school, they would lie and say he was Felix

learned other languages partly because it's just useful and partly to know if people are talking about him

worst handwriting since he ties to write fast

meows as a stim

echolalia, often repeats people or sounds

they find the idea of being seen like a god cool, but in practice found out it's super annoying having people follow you everywhere

random infodumps about various subjects (like different cancers)

would rather die than let anyone know what he's feeling

finds Barney to be super annoying, but somehow doesn't hate him

Felix

he/him pronouns (not cis but doesn't think too hard about it)

looks a lot like his mom (part of the reason why Gordon cut contact after her death)

adhd, also undiagnosed

panromantic, doesn't realize it until White Forest

still really likes Chell despite him thinking she hates him

lived in Canada for a couple months after college, managed to pick up some French there

even before Half Life 2:ep 1, he's had a shitty memory

idk what the word is, but you know those guards in Blue Shift who have to let you through doors? He was one of those, but for the scientists

if he's close with someone (or wants to annoy them) would hold them up at whatever door they're trying to go through to talk about random things

does not know when to shut up and often gets into 'too much info' territory

found most of the tech at Black Mesa East to be interesting, but just couldn't understand any of it

doesn't express his emotions well

Stark

aromantic & asexual

like Freemind, has horrible joint and hearing issues post res-cas

autistic

writing is either cursive or chicken-scratch with no in-between

able to speak english and japanese, picked up some spanish

despite Felix telling him about Chell multiple times, he does not think she's really Felix's girlfriend

sort of friends with Felix and Barney? His relationship w/ them is 'friends of a friend so I'll try and be nice' since they're more of Ramirez's friends

doesn't usually drink soda but favorite would be sprite

never got much sleep even before the res-cas

if he's close with someone he doesn't mind being a little bit silly with them

often works during his lunches

often has to be the voice of reason between Ramirez, Felix, and Barney. But could still be convinced to do dumb shit with them

him and Freemind surprisingly worked fine together, even if they didn't like eachother

[blanks1275]

Hey so I was like a month and a half late on my period but I got it today I think. I was so angry actually I still am super angry I just want to squeeze something in my hands till it breaks. After school I blasted vocally challenging songs and scream sang them (it was amazing). I just started watching new girl this weekend and I have to admit I have seen a lot of romcoms but the best love story I have ever seen is Jess and nicks if their love ends up like Barney and robin I honestly might kms no joke. I just want to be loved you know like actually truly in a romantic way. My best friend has been making me really mad these last few days and he doesn't even know why like how could you not know. He's a horrible friend and he can't even see it. Like I said I just want to squeeze something like maybe his throat and not in a good way if you know what I mean. He tells me he loves me it's just not enough. I just wish I were skinny but nooooo I have to eat like 10,000 calories after school of sugar and it's driving me crazy. There's this one guy who I kinda think I like like but I know I don't like like him because I hate him and I hate myself and you can't like like someone if you hate yourself (personal rule) I just want to be Jess from new girl being in love with nick miller and that's all. Is that so much to ask for. I have never been this angry in my whole life I actually don't know what to do I'm gonna Google it maybe there's something online that can help but I am freaking out a little bit. My biggest guess is all the hormones that were trapped due to the late period are just all coming out at once and that's why I want to kill someone. Maybe idk see you later baby cakes.