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Recent thought about the possible bond between young Barney and Rosenberg after they escape black mesa, I think it’s overlooked

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june

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Driving around my town trying to find one single burger just one burger or a hot dog but Unfortunately everythings just rubble and twisted scaffolding upstretched and rotting and theres shit on fire and a big black ass sky

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finally finished aai1

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Request, Gordon freeman pre hl1 in causal wear

yaug i can do that

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I haven't been in the fandom long but after learning of the Freemance wars, I have something to say.

The interpretation that Gordon Freeman is grooming Alyx Vance or is a predator in some way is laden with misogynistic undertones when you take the time to think about it.

"Surely this grown woman cannot make decisions for herself about who she likes. She must be being manipulated by a white man! We have to protect her from herself!"

It's deeply infantalizing and horrifically misogynistic. Alyx is 24 years old. Dr. Freeman is physically and mentally 27 years old. The notion that she is being manipulated completely strips her of her autonomy.

Does a woman choosing to like a man scare you? Does it scare you so much that you have to turn against her and make her out to be a helpless and naive victim in order to make it better? Pathetic.

It's not protective. It's sexism packaged as modern sensibility and completely deprives a grown adult woman of her agency, sexual autonomy, and maturity.

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The eepies getting a well deserved sleep :)

I yearn to draw ship art but characters interacting in any kind of romantic way is one of my artistic weaknesses lol (so say thank you to the stock photos I used for inspo/ref)

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y’all ever freehoun bracelet

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my freehoun brainrot…. it’s TOO strong

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This piece of Barney, KILLS ME. Cause I remember that he spent 20 years surviving and I just wanted to imagine one of those nights.

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The Sims 3 Half-Life (2) Household

Brace yourself for utter debauchery!

(feel free to suggest characters & other funny stuff :3)

Barney and Alyx got ice cream together! …And then Barney dropped his :(

Intense gaming… featuring a crash out from Alyx, and a nerdy infodump from Gordon.

self explanatory…

For awhile, I was mad at the both of them. Their attempts to thwart my plans of having them be maidenless disrespected me, their God.

However… they quickly redeemed themselves to me. Alyx autonomously dumpster diving was beyond funny, and Barney made a pretty cute face.

I sent him to the beach to think about what he did though.

Meanwhile,

Gordon has been off on his own little adventures throughout this. I think sleeping in the test chamber would be ill advised.

You could say… I foresee consequences.

Ha.

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last stanuary YAYYYYYYY

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cw: eyestrain

pretend it's still january shhhhhhh

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sure, being a rebel acting as a metrocop was awful, but it was your life for years and years. eventually the brutality and violence became apart of the routine… and then suddenly you’re free from that routine.

i’m inclined to believe that barney was thankful for what gordon did, but it had to be beyond stressful to see the life you’d built up crumble that easily. no more safety nets, no more extra rations, no way to inform your friends of raids. his role in the rebellion, and specific use to them was gone.

on the subject… the rebellion probably was a quiet, underground affair pre gordon returning (which fascinates me in a lot of ways that are beyond the scope of this post) and barney as a character seems to be okay with this sort of flow. that’s not to discredit him, the man can very clearly hold his own, but blue-shift is basically “escape black mesa without anyone noticing” simulator, and his role as a spy is in a very similar ballpark to that. i don’t know if he ever intended to be a, ‘public figure’, but gordon sort of forced him in a position where he had to be.

there was no possible return to ‘normal’ life or society for barney because of gordon,

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thinking about barney having to give up his privilege of blending in w/ the combine in episode 1

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thinking about barney having to give up his privilege of blending in w/ the combine in episode 1