#hlvrai swap

[caffeinehevsuit]

Swap AU Gordon ! ! by sweetmugs ! ^^

Im too much of a scaredy cat to tag so.

[wilsonphiggs]

benrey slop ft. swap AU again

(for context the one where he’s holding his face is based on that one clip with gordon holding benrey’s face like “I KNOW I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN HERE I KNOW”)

[sweetmugs]

this is mainly for archival purposes, incase my computer dies at some point lmao

but i did draw them! all of em! so they get to be posted

(btw, this does NOT mean im going to start swap!hlvrai again, but i am currently kinda hype focusing on and off it at the moment, so you get some arts)

[ladylunora]

i turned my “imagine if instead of benrey being the only character on the science team to not be a scientist was the other way around with him being the only scientist in a group full of guards” shitpost doodle into an actual au… i call it “HLVRAI job swap au”

also i won’t go over every scenario on this au (you can ask me if you want tho) (also aside from these characters everyone else stays the same, jefferem and josh were scientists tho aaaaand gman does swap jobs too but i won’t reveal anything yet you’re gonna have to wait for me to make more doodles of this au) because its still pretty much the same as hlvrai but they swap jobs but if you wanna know how the res cas happens i wrote it bellow

gordon’s a regular security guard doing his job guarding the test chamber, and this scientist benrey is the one who’s gonna do the test experiment in the test chamber… he shows up without the hev suit to do it though just his lab coat, and gordon follows him insisting that he has to put on the hev suit, and benrey just tells him he’ll be fine because that he is not human and he definitely knows what he’s doing and “dude you don’t even have a passport and you’re wearing an orange shirt you’re the one suspicious”, gordon tries to tell him he spilled coffee that morning on his blue shirt and “wait passport?? WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT WE DON’T EVEN NEED OUR PASSPORTS- DOCTOR BENREY YOU CAN’T GO IN THERE WITHOUT THE SUIT” when they get there gordon calls reinforcements (bubby, coomer and tommy) to help him with this fucking guy but they assume benrey knows what he’s doing, anyways gordon and benrey get into an argument while benrey is trying to do the experiment, they both end up pushing the cart too fast fucking the whole thing up and the resonance cascade happens

[dimonds456-but-only-hlvrai]

Gift for @dilfgmancoolatta's fic, (Un)Forgettable. This fic continues to hurt me and plague my thoughts, lol.

Come read it here! It's a swap AU done REALLY well.

[qhazomb]

well the HLVRAI fandom seems to be coming out of hibernation, and i see other people reposting/reblogging their older fan stuff, so i figured i might as well, too.

in which Gordon and Benry swap bodies and neither of them enjoy it. shenanigans ensue. and body horror. and Benry vogue-ing while in Gordon's body. among other things. what kind of things? just read and find out!

[artwithatlas]

New game! Guess what’s wrong with me from this image alone

[cupids-cringe]

silly guy board

[winterjackal]

how to hug an alien: a guide

[egglandart]

(GIF)

I know I live in a video game. And I know Benrey’s name isn’t really Benrey.

But I… I killed him, and the game bugged out… The save file couldn’t be accessed…

[sol-draws-sometimes]

Maybe it’s my fear of not being believed but I literally can’t do comedy where the other person isn’t being believed. Straight up, at first I would get stressed when the Human Centipede clip was going around. Like, do you know how terrifying it is to be in a wild ass date where you think you’re in danger and the waiter notices but has they have to open their mouth so now you have lie. Or the Elmo Rocko memes like, OF COURSE ELMO’S DISTRESSED! I WOULD BE TOO! LIKE EVERYONE IS TELLING YOU THIS ROCK IS REAL WHEN IT’S NOT(and like yah I’m sure there’s nuance to the situation but like COME ON).

Or Bibi from La Familia Peluche, I remember liking the show as kid and I still do but like, fuck man, the borderline emotional abuse than girl goes through IS WILD. LIKE EVERYONE FUCKING TELLING YOU THAT YOU’RE NOT NORMAL AND FEELING LIKE YOU’RE GOING CRAZY. I remember rewatching La Familia Peluche in Highschool and like fuck man, that period episode. Or to this day I remember the scene where they were serving food and she started to eat first and her family chastised her so she stops but then they make her feel back cause she already started so now she just continue to eat it and like I’ve literally been in a similar situation. And for those who haven’t watched the show, the whole shitck is that this is an absurd world where everyone works on a different level and Bibi’s the only who reacts normally to our eyes(the comedic straight man to alot of the jokes), which leads to the iconic line “Bibi porque no eres una niña normal”(Bibi why aren’t you a normal girl) that is said in every episode. Which from a dramatic irony perspective that we the audience know she’s the only normal person, makes it a funny joke, but if you think about it too hard, it’s so fucking sad, I just can’t help but not fully enjoy the show cause I just constantly feel bad for her.

Fuck even watching HALF LIFE VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE FUCKS WITH ME! Like yes I very much enjoy the series! But, most of the time I’m just feeling bad for Gordon, like fuck man, I’d react the same way, wouldn’t you. Like ESPECIALLY BENRY! MAN DID HE STRESS ME OUT! I genuinely felt so bad for Gordon!

And then this slides into how I can’t enjoy alot of comedy(especially cringe humor) cause even though I understand the joke and think it funny on paper, I just end up feeling too bad for the character to actually enjoy. And it’s awful because I’ll STILL watch the shows because I’m invested in the characters not the humor if that makes sense??? (Oh, Community/The Office, the hate love relationship I have with you).

Anyway, yes I’m so fun to watch comedy with, I literally can’t be in the same room from some scenes. And yes, all my favorite characters follow the Only Sane Man trope, why’d you ask?

[caffeinehevsuit]

What's this ?

A recent Gordon ?!

Looks like Firewall n Cicero r here too !! Where are they actually ?

[wilsonphiggs]

half life but the AI is self aware (but benrey is the protagonist)

idc I will love swap AUs til the day I die

[hlvrai-villian-swap]

asking out of curiosity since im recently coming back into HLVRAI and remembered this delightful AU:

would fanart of the villain swap AU still be alright to make?

This account is pretty much dead. Fanart, however, is more than welcome! Since the other author and I are no longer active here, people are free to make their own canon for this AU as well. After all, having fun is what AUs are all about! So why not share it with others!

[ladylunora]

job swap au frenrey

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Rotating them like a marshmallow in a microwave