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@nuclearnerves YOUR FREEGUY CONTENT DIRECTLY INSPIRED THIS, I MIGHT DRAW MORE OF THESE DUDES BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY THEY LOOK TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIL HEADCANNON: WHEN DOOMGUY HAS TOUGH PTSD ISSUES, GORDON HELPS HIM THROUGH IT, AND WHEN GORDON FACES ANY SORT OF HARASSMENT FROM LITERALLY ANYTHING, DOOMGUY DEFENDS HIM 

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so yes, we all know this iconic intro. we have all heard and said how flabbergasting it is that soooooo many dudebros completely missed the point and just go ERMEGHERD, DOOMGUY TOO ANGEY TO CARE ABOUT THE PLOT. its brain damage inducing.

theres another important point to consider, though, as well. people have been too mute about this for too long.

and that is just that... this man, the doom slayer...

hes just soooooooo 💖big💖😩😩😩😩😩

i wish men could grow this big in real life. its crazy how when he cracks his knuckles, he literally causes a miniature earthquake. the music just enhances his bigness and imposing masculine energy. and then that punch!!!!

someone help me please, i am literally just so enamored with his size and power... especially knowing how gentle he is? omg so gentle 😩

someone send an ambulance! 😩😩😩😩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Wolfenstein could have just been a dumb cathartic game series about a jacked blonde dude killing nazis and I would’ve loved it for that—and for most of its existence it was that—but I just can’t stop thinking about what it’s like to be BJ Blazkowicz. not “Billy the Butcher”, not the Nazi-killer, but the man (if you will, the mensch)

what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jewish boy whose abusive gentile father ensured he never got to be raised Jewish, whose only connection to the Jewish people for most of his life was his mother, to be BJ Blazkowicz who fought Nazis not because of who he was but because he had a body that could and a duty to do it? what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, who lost his ability to fight when he needed it the most, locked in the prison of his own body, rotting away as the world rotted around him, who woke up a Jewish man in a world all-but-empty-of-Jews as the Nazis came for him, not even knowing he was Jewish but because he was disabled? what is is like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jew who had to break into a concentration camp, whose body bears the trauma of that place in every cell to its very core, only visible as numbers on his skin, who cut those numbers off himself without anesthesia to free himself from the reminder? What is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, longing for connection to a way of life he can no longer participate in, and yet embodying its survival in his very existence, eager to learn from the few fellow Jews he can find? What is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jewish man severed from his Jewish body, his body stolen by Nazis, only to be replaced by a constructed body not his own—as un-Jewish and un-human as it could be, grown in a lab by Nazis—and yet fundamentally Jewish, developed with technology stolen from Jews, stolen back by Jews, to make him a golem—what is it like to live in that contradiction? What is it like to have lived through all that hell, and then to raise daughters who are able to laugh and play in peace, in spite of everything? What is it like to be BJ Blaskowicz, a Holocaust survivor, an American golem, fighting for the survival of his people for so long and finally stepping into a synagogue for the first time in his life, learning the prayers he couldn’t learn before, that he didn’t think to learn before he was afraid he couldn’t? What is it like to be the meat-head man of action falling head over heels in love with learning for the first time—learning our history, our culture, learning Hebrew, learning Yiddish, learning what it is to be Jewish?

what is it like to be a guardian made in our image, to protect us and lead us forward—golem and messiah? what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz?

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another day, another reminder that the slayer is a big softie for animals 😌

So who else forgot that Doomguy got a SECOND dragon after Serrat?

He has a blue striped Sentinel Dragon in Eternals TAG 2 DLC (species is known as Wintherins, which Serrat is as well)

AND ITS NAME IS BABABOOEY

FUCKING.

BABABOOEY

(ok to be fair it's a community made name BUT I heard it came from Hugo during a Doom stream originally and the fandom just took that and ran with it)

And not gonna lie I thought that was just some random dragon he was able to call in for a quick lift for gameplay reasons. But somehow I missed the obvious Slayer mark in the damn things head and yeah, that's his other dragon.

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Wolfenstein could have just been a dumb cathartic game series about a jacked blonde dude killing nazis and I would’ve loved it for that—and for most of its existence it was that—but I just can’t stop thinking about what it’s like to be BJ Blazkowicz. not “Billy the Butcher”, not the Nazi-killer, but the man (if you will, the mensch)

what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jewish boy whose abusive gentile father ensured he never got to be raised Jewish, whose only connection to the Jewish people for most of his life was his mother, to be BJ Blazkowicz who fought Nazis not because of who he was but because he had a body that could and a duty to do it? what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, who lost his ability to fight when he needed it the most, locked in the prison of his own body, rotting away as the world rotted around him, who woke up a Jewish man in a world all-but-empty-of-Jews as the Nazis came for him, not even knowing he was Jewish but because he was disabled? what is is like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jew who had to break into a concentration camp, whose body bears the trauma of that place in every cell to its very core, only visible as numbers on his skin, who cut those numbers off himself without anesthesia to free himself from the reminder? What is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, longing for connection to a way of life he can no longer participate in, and yet embodying its survival in his very existence, eager to learn from the few fellow Jews he can find? What is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz, a Jewish man severed from his Jewish body, his body stolen by Nazis, only to be replaced by a constructed body not his own—as un-Jewish and un-human as it could be, grown in a lab by Nazis—and yet fundamentally Jewish, developed with technology stolen from Jews, stolen back by Jews, to make him a golem—what is it like to live in that contradiction? What is it like to have lived through all that hell, and then to raise daughters who are able to laugh and play in peace, in spite of everything? What is it like to be BJ Blaskowicz, a Holocaust survivor, an American golem, fighting for the survival of his people for so long and finally stepping into a synagogue for the first time in his life, learning the prayers he couldn’t learn before, that he didn’t think to learn before he was afraid he couldn’t? What is it like to be the meat-head man of action falling head over heels in love with learning for the first time—learning our history, our culture, learning Hebrew, learning Yiddish, learning what it is to be Jewish?

what is it like to be a guardian made in our image, to protect us and lead us forward—golem and messiah? what is it like to be BJ Blazkowicz?

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iirc he actually was an engineer/mechanic in the marines, during the events of the first game

Doom The Dark Ages Spoilers under the cut!

I just know his Nerd ass was having the time of his life watching this guy weld his Mech back together.

He's not looking at the Mech it's self, he's stood right where he can see them reattaching the arm. He's watching the guy work. Doom Slayer had to have been a mechanic or an engineer- shit he works on his own guns and suit- He probably would have built his own mech later had he had the time and materials.

I just imagine him being secretly delighted like a kid watching a playset being put together in front of them.

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Daisy Stimboard 🐰🌼

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🍕they both love pizza 🍕

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im dreaming up a daisy fanfic inspired by this picture and this song.

im thinking of the frightened spirit of a rabbit that died way too young crossing the veil and approaching the path to the other side, all alone. but then it happens upon a much older spirit, and its a brown bunny, poised perfectly among softly billowing clouds like a sphynx.

they wind up gazing together at the moon. so no names will be mentioned but it will be obvious to fans, i think. i hope.

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i would say this and the chainsaw are my favorite wepons in the doom games. i guess the crucibles pretty cool as well.

A slayer and his super shotty

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in this household, we are not only suckers for the whole "big scary man likes small, cute animals" trope, but we are also in adoration with the "pets that match their owners" trope.

i headcanon daisy as an absolute unit of a flemish or continental giant rabbit, the size of a small dog or pig, and also a little grumpy.

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omfg 😂

Melee combat in Doom The Dark Ages:

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Small doodle for today. Posting is gonna be choppy for a few weeks (maybe a month??) Due to moving reasons, so if you don't see some art for a bit, I promise I'm not dead, just busy with packing and other things

But I'll still try posting some art in between

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and a TON of female characters really are just blandly all written the same, too. they always had to be "strong" and "independent" for the longest time. good god, please let your women characters be stupid, or girly, or silly!

its so hard to critique poorly written female characters without someone coming out of the woodwork to be like "yeah FUCK that bland bitch mary sue she ruined the franchise" like hm. no actually i dont want to be aligned with you actually. i'm good over here.

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i didn't press anything. is gordon supposed to do that during this scene

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my goodness do all of you love my gentle touch post. i suspect you mischievous little gremlins love the size difference as much as i do, so im uploading another angle that even more clearly shows how big his arm and hand is compared to hers, not to mention just HIM.