Now little Caroline is in here too

HAPPY CAROLINE APPRECIATION DAY

Photos of Cave and Caroline's face models, former Valve employees Bill Fletcher and Laura Dubuk, in character because these photos are actually my favorite thing ever and I have way too many.

These are from SDCC 2012

(There are more than this btw!!!! Most were posted to the hl/portal/combine wikis and also the Neca Facebook page!!! I recommend going on the quest to find them like I did because <3)

I don't know if this is a hottake or not, but Caroline and Cave's relationship is so much more tragic for me when they're not romantically involved and are close friends instead. To be honest, and I don't know if i'm just forgetting something pivotal, but I don't know where it even came from that Cave and Caroline were dating or married. I get that the whole Glados thing can be an allegory for an abusive relationship, which makes a lot of sense don't get me wrong, but there's more types of abusive relationships then just romantically-entwined ones.

"But Goose, it was the 50s, CEOs and their assistants were usually involved sexually or romantically. It was just the norm," Do you think Cave goddamn fucking Johnson conformed to societal norms? You think he would draw the line at a platonic relationship between him and his coworker who happened to be a woman? Plus I get that it's a very popular and very likely headcanon that Cave was a (for lack of better words) "A lady's man", but I feel like there's also a chance that he would think a romantic relationship would be unecessary and that he's also married to science. (Cave and Caroline are in a poly relationship with science)

Anyways- The reason why I say it's more tragic as a friendship for me is because I feel like when people say "tHeY wErE iN lOvE" it just waters their relationship down. Think about it from Caroline's perspective, this was the 50s, women were treated like shit in the STEM and business world. She probably had to deal with a lot of men's sexist and/or creepy bullshit. Then here comes Cave, the one guy who didn't treat her like an object (Which is big considering he treats EVERYONE as an expendable object) and held her in very deep regard. He admired her for her intellect, her passion for science, gave her a lot of power over Aperture even before she turned into a Glados, he saw her skills and said that she was the backbone of the facility. He didn't see her as a future wife but a serious business partner. (Possibly friend?)' (Plus i'v also seen headcanons that they knew each other even before Aperture, so take that as you will)

But then comes the Glados project and then he just ends up using her in another way and ignoring her when she says that she doesn't want this.

I dunno but that's just my POV and I feel like the Cave x Caroline thing only comes from the fact that theyre a guy and woman who happen to be close.

The things I would do for Caroline portal

ive cracked the code

show me yr caroline 🔫

i can't believe its taken me this long to draw her aaaaugh

IM THE MAN WHOS GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN . WITH THE LEMONS ! 🍋

GAMERS WE GOT CAROLINE LORE KIND OF????? She's referenced in Portal RTX !!!! With the cube codes!!!!! Her name connects to the pillow cube. How fitting <3

New headcanon is she sews so she made the companion cube plushies. <333

Here's where I got it from lol

The death is a social construct (we live in society(( )

Such an incredible woman!! (Cave always forget that Caroline can eat with chopsticks)

Sketch while listening this - https://youtu.be/OzYxwUZsjtg?si=rP8J2kTawsF5lOIa

thanks for ur attention

Loud and clear, five two four

I think about Chelline (Chell x Caroline) so much

I think about Caroline fighting through scientists so she could be the first one to record Chell’s test results

I think about Caroline watching Chell go through the Testing Track and is utterly entranced by her

I think about Caroline try to make small talk with her once she’s done and congratulating her on being the best out of all the test subjects that’s come through and complimenting her tenacity and resilience.

I think about Caroline talking about Chell to Cave and he is just so tired (or jealous depending your views on Caveline)

I think about Caroline studying ASL so she could properly communicate with Chell

I just think about Caroline in the musical specifically being a flustered mess around her (they really just Korrasami’ed Rick’s ass lmao)

“But Goose it’s not timeline accurate”

Timeline accurate my ass. Portal itself isn’t even timeline accurate. (Chell being a kid at the BYDTWD Science Fair yet also being a recorded test subject in Lab Rat)

portrait of a lady

MY CONTRIBUTION FOR CAROLINE APPRECIATION DAY SINCE THE ANALYSIS IS FAR FROM DONE

WILL PROBS REDO IN WATER COLOR

ENJOY