#and his protag is like the martian but more annoying

[captainadwen]

finally finished project hail mary. the last few chapters got really, really good. like, can’t put it down good.

unfortunately it took 400 pages before it got that good

[flamestar1031]

basically i just finished up doom 3: lost mission today and i wanted to draw out the doom protags and slap some headcanons i got for them. below the cut is the transcript of the text cause tumblr’s prolly gonna make this crunchy. also will add a few tidbits as well!

Doomguy/Doomslayer, classic doom games + 2016 and Eternal

- most brutal out of the bunch

- also most experienced

- seems to be the most hardened and cold but is really a big soft dork

- considered a god by some but doesnt like to think of himself like that

tidbit for this doomguy is that he’s actually from another dimension on 2016/eternal. my headcanon is that the classic doom games happened in an alt. dimension from the modern ones, and that around a century after doom 64 happens in what I’ve dubbed the classic timeline, the doom 3 games happen

Bravo Marine/Lane, Doom 3: Lost Mission

- Leader of the bravo squad

- lost eye due to being knocked out by the imp

- most strategic of the bunch

- closest related to the martian civilization by blood

- doesn’t seem threatening but can be if the situation demands it

multiple tidbits for this dude! the name lane originates from the cutscene where the bravo squad are ambushed, there are two names spoken, one being lane and the other sam. his appearance is based on the second player doom marine in the xbox port of the game which had co-op! also the blood thing is based on the idea that after the shit on mars went down, martians (sentinels in my mind but ill get to that later) moved to earth and basically became part of humanity. Lane here is the most directly descended from those out of the bunch, minus the Hero.

Doom Marine, Doom 3 Base game

- very aware that most of the demons he fights used to be human

- afraid of becoming a demon themselves and losing his humanity

- not very intimidating and pretty open about emotions

I don’t have any tidbits bout marine, rip

Roe Marine, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

- blames himself for the death of his squad

- acts like a dick sometimes

- really interested in the history of the martian civilization

- not really intimidating, comes off more annoying than anything

tidbits bout this dude is he’s just a really abrasive type, and if you put him and marine in a room together they would get into an argument. they do not get along AT ALL

The Hero, the hero of the ancient martiann civilization from doom 3

- a hero described in the myths of the ancient martian civilization

- is a sentinel themselves, the mars society is this  timeline’s version of the sentinels

- the most traditionally heroic out of the bunch

- very little info is known about them

tidbits about them is basically what it says on the tin, just worded a bit better. one of my headcanons is the martian civilization on doom 3 is that dimension’s versions of the sentinels. The Hero is the one displayed in the stone tablets, being the one to wield the soul cube in an attempt to stop the forces of hell. I have this whole thing in my mind about how this dimension’s versions of the maykrs fit into this and its wild and too long for this post. on a design note, since the hero in the stone tablets looks like classic doomguy, i took elements from that armor and mashed them up with night sentinel armor to get the look for them! 

anyways thats the doom protags plus one! I’ll prolly draw them more in the future cause i have ideas on how they’d interact with one another and just... big fun ideas! i hope y’all enjoyed my headcanons!