ZOMBIN!
. . . a label related to being a zombie in nature. can be used by those who identify as zombies but can also be used by those who identify with certain zombie traits.
. . . the stripes do not have any specific meaning, though they are meant to be similar to other zombie related flags.
[PT: zombin! END PT]
[Image 1 ID: a horizontally seven striped flag, its colors going as follows from top to bottom, desaturated dark olive green, a very large stripe of desaturated olive green, muted chartreuse, muted white, muted red, a very large stripe of dark muted red, deep red. on the top left and bottom right corners of the flag, there are stitching marks. End ID]
[Image 2 ID: the same flag without the stitches.]
O1 ; tagging @accessmogai for image ID.
O2 ; requested by no one, coined by the hero! if anyone has already coined this, kindly let him know!
Reanimated System (reani- & -nima): a gender connected to being a/an [x] reanimated. this gender is connected to [x], [x] aesthetics, reanimation aesthetics, undead aesthetics, & zombie in nature (ZOBIN (link)/ZOMBIN (link)) genders.
Zombie System (zomb- & -ombie): a gender connected to being a/an [x] zombie. this gender is connected to [x], [x] aesthetics, zombie aesthetics, undead aesthetics, & zombie in nature (ZOBIN (link)/ZOMBIN (link)) genders.
shane is weird about sex in a very silver way in the sense that being someone who fucks around helps their illusion but while silver just lies about it shane actually does it and therefore becomes even more weird
Source
“The Zombinator” by Mazeo (2018)
[ZOMBINAT.ZZT] - “Mountain”
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when Alyx made that stupid "zombine" comment? that was when Gordon decided if he was ever asked to take a chunk of his soul to use as a band-aid for hers he wouldn't even ask any questions
ive been referring to red hood as zombin (zombie robin) after that super long absence he took back in the day, but when i said it in a convo in front of nightwing he started crying ?? what’s that about ??
The Undead // One With Rotted Flesh // Zomb Who Came From The Earth // It Who Craves Flesh // The Living Corpse // Living Dead Girl // He Of Grime and Death // The Decaying Ghoul // The Risen Dead // The Infected // Hy Who Is Bitten // The Living Dead // Thon Of Putrid Remains // The Scourged // The Walker // The Rotted Zombie // Kie Of Rotted Remains // It Who Craves Brains
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last scheduled post, back to regular posting now! here's the description from my DA page about this zombie:
Had a sudden urge to make my own headcrab zombie strain/variant, so I thought making a zombie inspired by the irritating hairs of tarantulas would be interesting (even though I have really bad arachnophobia).
Notes about this strain of headcrab zombie:
-sprint/walk speed sits between zombine and regular headcrab zombie
-if player makes contact with zombie, stray hairs will stick into any exposed flesh and clothes, causing rampant irritation
-hairs can cause extreme discomfort and respiratory problems, avoid contact with general face area
I know this concept isn't too unique or groundbreaking, but I just thought it'd be fun. I like how gross the hairs on the poison headcrab are, so I thought that making an even hairier headcrab might give some people the shivers.
!!Please do not use this in any fan projects/mods without permission or credit!!
i wish shane walkingdeads pussy grip on me wasnt so strong this is kind of embarrassing im actually having thoughts about his character that go beyond fun
Honestly, as fun as it was to go "Jesse what the fuck are you talking about" at the absurdity of fandom tourists who refused to engage with canon in good faith, it still felt like people explaining the nitty-gritty of how and why Freemance "didn't count" as pedophilia were giving the antis too much ground. Like they were implying there was a point that any given HL ship could be considered too problematic to defend.
As someone who ships Valhoun, which could arguably be considered more problematic than Freemance in this system of moral checks and balances by mere virtue of Barney actually being in his forties or so (although even that is debatable tbh), as opposed to Gordon's Schroedinger's Creepy Old Man Status, needless to say, I found the whole thing ridiculous.
To me it doesn't really matter even if Gordon was 47, because Half-Life exists in a context where real-life social mores don't apply as stringently. Humanity is on its last legs and Eli wants grandkids, yo.
I have argued in the past that age gap squicks would likely lessen out of necessity following the Combine's breeding suppression. People need to procreate in order to repopulate the species, after all, and beggars can't be choosers. Kleiner said "get busy fuckin' or get busy dyin'" for a reason.
However, I'm not terribly keen on Freemance because Gordon's blank-slate status means I'd have to make up his characterization in my head, and it just doesn't seem worth the effort. I always feel like I'm shipping a dozen different versions of Gordon rather than Gordon himself.
He also... just doesn't react to Alyx, making their chemistry incredibly lopsided. At least Barney goes "Eugh" when Alyx teases him about "not being an animal person"; Gordon just presumably stands there like :I when she cracks her Zombine joke.
Despite lifting somewhat in recent years, fandom has an ironclad "Barney is Alyx's uncle/big bro" fanon, which is just as annoying as "Shadria is incest" because it basically sprang out of nowhere. Canon seems to imply that Barney and Alyx are acquaintances at best, not terribly familiar with each other outside of their faintly overlapping social circles. Kleiner is honestly their only link.
Barney, in fact, has less reason than most other older male characters to be considered one of Alyx's honorary uncles. At the very least Alyx suggests the possibility Gordon may have seen her once as a child; no such equivalent exists for Barney. The idea he babysat her is also hilarious considering he never even directly addresses Eli in HL2. On top of that, there's the issue of infantilizing Alyx, which I could rant about for hours.
Yes, Valhoun may be just as "fanon" as Uncle Barney headcanons, but that doesn't mean I'm not thinking in terms of the series' overarching context. I view Valhoun as a sort of push-pull dynamic between Barney and Alyx, duty stifling love and placed inside a pressure-cooker of sexual repression. Hot. Plus, there's that forbidden fruit aspect of rebel/Metrocop lol.
And while I would in a perfect world like to see the two be together, given HL's bleak world, realistically, I don't see it working out. Not even in an "Alyx dumps his ass for Gordon" kind of way, necessarily, but in a "they break up out of fear for each other's safety but there are still lingering feelings if they gaze in the other's wake for too long" kind of way.
I have also argued that all three major HL ships bear imbalances. Valhoun does not suffer the experience gap that Freemance and Freehoun would; Barney and Alyx would have shared roughly the same life experiences under Combine rule that Gordon lacks.