#admin portals

[knowvergreen]

Dashboard Diaries: The Tale of Two Admin Centers

A Closer Look: A Comparison of Google and Microsoft The article discusses my experience with the Google Admin Center and compares it to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. I describe my initial shock at the differences between the two dashboards, but eventually appreciate the minimalistic vibe of Google’s Admin Center. The article also highlights the consistency of the navigation bar in Google’s…

[andrejstasiistais]

came back from the bar, went to sleep drunk and had a dream about portal but chell is scout and wheatley is spy.

[idkplzhalp]

The Admin in TF2 comic 7 was so GLaDOS and Caroline (Portal) coded. Her character has made me tear up multiple times, there's such complexity to her I'm so upset.

(TF2 comic 7 spoilers)

Anyways. I think her arc is Caro/GLaDOS coded due to similar ways of keeping up this cold facade and then being the pettiest woman on the planet. GLaDOS' cut voice lines are so petty, I posted some earlier but like the way she tries to guilt Chell and makes stuff up... oh girl. And Admin put up a big fake idea of what she was doing and then turns out she's trying to keep one single guy alive for an event she cannot even remember.

They both are so focused on their goals and only do things to help themselves (though GLaDOS definitely gets more of a redemption, at least end of Portal 2). Admin only cared about Pauling & her team in comic 7 because of potentially having australium, then abandoned Pauling when she said no. GLaDOS sent the co-op bots out to rescue the humans, they saved them so she stopped using the robots, and only chose to use them again because she killed all the humans and had no one left to test. They both seem to get bored easily of whatever doesn't help their goals. Bored of anything outside of their path. An obsessiveness. GLaDOS because of the mainframe, it's built into her, and Admin because of wanting to get vengeance for her parents, which had spiraled into her full personality.

Pre-australium Helen was more Caroline in my mind, mainly in her appearance, but also the section about Zepheniah dying? The frame of Admins absolute apathy for life? She lost all her purpose now that he's dead and she feels like she didn't win.

The general story of getting so wronged by someone and basically traumatized into a different personality (Caroline -> GLaDOS -> PotatOS, Young Helen -> Pre-Australium Helen -> Administrator) is very similar. There's this spiral/shift that both of them had.

^ (Her appearance in these, like okayyyy slay girl you look just like Caroline (similarish hair & nose shape)).

^ The feelings that come from the panels of Admin are so strong, you can so easily read what state she's in. Caroline coded in my heart. The way the mansion is left uncared for while Admin sits depressed in bed was just. So emotional for me?

I don't think Caroline felt that way about Cave, the hatred Admin did for Zepheniah, as it was very implied they were besties at least for awhile (notably in scrapped voicelines from Cave about her). The hatred was more likely at the scientists, as they genuinely had no care for her (think about LabRat where they dehumanize GLaDOS and call her "it" during activation tests). Though I feel she'd hold the grief that Admin did for Zepheniah in a different way. Admin is grieving because her purpose in life since childhood was lost, she has no one to focus revenge on anymore once it settles in that Zeph' was dead forever. Caroline lost a friend and was forced into a fate she didn't want, mistreated by employees, left angry and isolated forever. She lived to be the highest assistant of Aperture, working as one for 40 years prior. So in a sense, her purpose was lost as well. We don't hear anything from the Caroline CEO era so I'd like to think she took a step back as she awaited her fate. She probably was barely keeping things together from the stress (though not to undermine how good at her job she was, I just think she'd be depressed for at least some of her CEO time). That's more headcanon territory though, and I wish there was a way we could get more confirmation on how she acted then.

Caroline wanted to live out the rest of her natural life, but it was forcibly cut short and turned into something else. Opposite end, Admin wanted to end her natural life and was forcibly kept alive. While Admin initially didn't want to live, she got stuck in a cycle of trying to spite this guy forever and it was for nothing, she ruined people's lives in the process (Mainly Pauling, ohhh she was so betrayed, someone SAVE HER).

Both were fated to live basically forever and forgot the reasons why they feel the way they do.. GLaDOS didn't remember Caroline/her being a human while Admin forgot how her parents died/that Zepheniah likely killed them.

They are wasting their time forever. GLaDOS is testing and evolving science for NO ONE but herself. Forever. She's alone. Implied to feel lonely in the Lego Dimensions song + her VA thinks so too. Eventually she'd run out of materials and there's no people left to either help her or torture her. Admin admits herself that her plan was a waste of a hundred years and for a moment she's sad. Such big efforts for something miniscule in the end!

TLDR, Both characters were mistreated at some point in life, causing them to became isolated from everyone around them. They're both self absorbed and manipulated everyone they knew for an objective that only mattered to themselves. They had no reason to be rational anymore and their hatred for normal life pleasures grew as they strayed farther from humanity.

And both are voiced by Ellen McLain, nicest woman on the planet. Wow. Thanks Valve.

Really gives same character different universe, doesn't it.

[lovelylil-macintosh]

Hi again tumblr I noticed my ita bag post was gaining a bit of traction again so I decided nows the best time to make an update on my (still unfinished) ita bag 🗣🗣🗣(with close-ups!)

Close ups here vvvv

Couldn't fit everything but eh I got the important stuff so. I'll probably make another post after Christmas to show it again because I LOVE MY ITA BAG!!!!! 🗣🗣🗣

[riimuladump]

shoutout to annoying robots that spend the whole game yapping, gotta be one of my favorite genders

[heymartinah]

sketch inspired ina post i saw

[crescent-moon-deity]

~ Moon has locked the realm. Only her and Pax can come and go. ~

[factleyoccasion]

Occasionally Factley: 6

[barclaysangel]

JUST GOT MY TICKETS TO THE MELANIE MARTINEZ TRILOGY TOUR!

I’ll be seeing her next May! I’m so excited, this is my first Melanie concert ever and my dad (who knows nothing of her and her music) will be taking me! I can’t wait!!

[afconfessions]

technically the af fandom and the portal/half life fandom have one biiig thing in common

extends ear out to you - ⁉️

[lorekeeper-backset]

Characters who shouldn't be at the club and why:

Team Magma Admin Courtney (probably wouldn't have a fun time, I Don't think she'd like large crowds and there'd be too much noise, Tabitha, on the other hand, should be at the club)

Dr. Doofenshmirtz (probably has a tragic backstory involving the Club and as a result has created the Club-Destroy-Inator)

Wheatley (thought you meant a golf club and came fully kitted out for golfing complete with a kilt and the funny little hat)

GLaDOS (flooded the club with deadly neurotoxin)

The Joker (flooded the club with Joker Gas)

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Welcome to the Science Lesbian Swag tournament!

Who out there has the most science swag, lesbian swag, and the most swag at the science/lesbian intercept? This bracket is here to find out! If you're unfamiliar with the concept, see the original post. Inspired by other polls like @topdisease @vs-coughing-baby, @sharp-teeth-swag, @autisticgirliesbracket, @sapphiccharacterstournament and @fuckablerobotbracket. This blog used to be fictional-train-fight! if you're looking for those posts, check the masterpost.

RULES:

No real people please

polls will last a week, qualifiers (if there are any) will last one day

One submission per character per person!

if lots of characters from one piece of media are submitted I'll hold qualifier polls

Canonical scientists/engineers/mad scientists only

widely-headcanoned lesbians (like Ms Frizzle), other wlw, and characters that just do absolute numbers with the girlies (like Evelyn Deavor) will still be considered!

You don't have to be a mad scientist to get into the bracket, but I'm pretty sure it helps!

I might use submissions as propaganda/post material before the bracket starts, just to keep things interesting- bear this in mind when submitting!

Terfs explode and die challenge

Everyone have fun!

Bracket:

Matchups under the cut:

Cosmia from Orphan Black vs Aura Blackquill from Ace Attorney

Honoka Yukishiro from Futari wa Pretty Cure vs vs Dr Macmillian from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Croix Meridies from Little Witch Academia vs Marina Ida from Splatoon

Silence from Arknights vs Ellie Sattler from Jurrassic park

Olivia Octavius from spiderverse vs Setsuna Meiou from Sailor Moon

Bonnibel Bubblegum from Adventure Time vs Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb

Athena Cykes from Ace Attorney vs GLaDOS from Portal

Valerie Frizzle from the Magic School Bus vs Ema Skye from Ace Attorney

[idkplzhalp]

Miss Pauling and GLaDOS have the same genre of sapphic situationship but in reverse. Like Pauling with Admin and GLaDOS with Chell. Employee chasing boss vs boss chasing employee (???) (Lower ranked person chasing person in power vs person in power chasing person who opposes them). Okay Valve... I see you..

I keep ChellDOS/AdminPauling one-sided therefore I think the two gays in despair should simply Get Over it and kiss with each other instead. When you think about it, Pauling and GLaDOS/Caroline are very close to the romantic types of the other one. Pauling mimics Chell (athletic, determined, independent, doesnt conform to those they dislike) and GLaDOS mimics Admin (older, has big plans that matter to nothing else, putting up this aggressive or condescending personality to manipulate or defend) -though these are basic similarities, not necessarily why one would like the other. Oh also the designs are vaguely similar? Almost??? like Chell and Pauling I've seen drawn similarly while Caroline and pre-australium Admin are exactly the same but Admin got more flare.

they need to SAVE EACHOTHER😭😭 Like outside of their situations I think they'd be nice to each other, especially having similar-ish interests or at least neither gaf when people die on the job (as they caused it). They'd be normal together and the good endings to their toxic yuri. Or whatever.

[herseyaf]

This is the Aggregate Fiction admin.

Eka's Portal admin can shut up and sit down.

[riimuladump]

starting this blog off with an old chell and wheatley from 2019

[dailychell]

(link to a list of palestinian fundraisers that are low on funds)

(remember your daily click!)

greetings. this account is dedicated to posting chell from the portal series once a day. art is done by me, but i may have guest artists in the future. you can use my art, but i am hesitant to allow complete free use. i humbly request that you ask before using my art as a pfp or things of that nature, and also credit me. it would be much appreciated.

i do not have a DNI, but i do block freely. terfs, shipping discourse, and general nastiness are not tolerated here. be respectful of me, my art, and others. if you have nothing kind to say, say nothing.

i may post ship art occasionally, but for the most part it should be exclusively chell. i am a multishipper, so expect variety. i will tag any ships so that users with the tag blocked are free to browse this blog without seeing something they would rather not.

that said, hi from the guy behind this account. you can call me just about anything, but i am partial to 'blue' and 'chell.' my non-daily posts will be tagged with 'admin chell.' use whatever pronouns spark joy in you. i'm choosing to remain unrevealed for now. i think it makes things more fun for both of us.

send me whatever asks you feel like. just keep it safe for work, but like. a cool workplace where they're not prudes. you get it. requests (outfits, scenarios, color palettes, etc.) very welcome. i'll try to get to everything, but no promises. i reserve the right to refuse any request for any reason. i will likely just delete the ask, to save us both from dragging things out into the public. discussion of portal and its characters more than welcome, but don't treat this like a confession blog. please. we've all seen how that goes before. don't make me regret having anon asks enabled.

i'll sometimes give my opinion on things related to portal and its fanbase, and you are free to do the same under my posts and in my askbox, but i would really like to keep this blog lighthearted and discourse-free. be respectful and kind to your fellow fans. it's always okay to block someone. if things get bad, i will step in to take appropriate action. be advised: if you argue about pointless things under my posts, all participants will be blocked.

posts will begin when i feel i am ready, but hopefully soon. see you all then.