I redrew (and redesigned) my Portal boi because he definitely needed a refresh!
Sum details:
His mask broke during the long fall in Portal 2 but he kept it anyway
I'm going with the stupid "Portal 2 happens 50 000 years into the future" theory because it's complete nonsense and I fucking love it so, because he spent so long in the Relaxation Vault, he got very pale (he was already pale in Portal 1 but not as bad)
For the same reason, his hair grew pretty long (he shaved it after escaping)
He got the massive burn scar on his left arm from an energy pellet grazing him
Oh yeah, trans rights also
And I just realized that I never shared his backstory here so it's under the cut if you're curious!
In chronological order:
Mitch creates Aperture
He puts Ophelia at the head of the entire facility
Ophelia realizes that Pedro would make the perfect test subject so she wipes his memory -it's the first and only time that a full memory wipe is done on a subject- She then realizes that watching him test would make her feel bad so she gives him the mask to hide his face. That way, she can watch him test without any remorse.
After a few tests, she puts him in a cryo-chamber (because she wants to put him through much harder tests that have not been invented yet)
Mitch and Denny are (forcefully) hired as test subjects but are brainwashed. They are both put in cryo-chambers
Not long after, Ophelia decides to turn herself into an android so she can live forever and control the entire facility. The scientists warn her that this can cause severe memory loss and mild insanity. She does it anyway and loses all memories of her human life. She now has full control over Aperture.
Judging all the scientists useless, Ophelia floods the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin
Portal 1 happens
At the start of Portal 2, Pedro is woken up by banana Pedro (who is a core in this AU) who wants to help him to get out of here.
Basically the same story happens. But Pedro eventually encounters Mitch and Denny who try to take him down. He kills them in return (Denny didn't have his long fall boots)
They finally get to Ophelia. Though, contrary to Wheatley (who got corrupted by the mainframe), Core!Pedro was actually planning to take Ophelia's place from the beginning. He stuffs Ophelia in a potato battery (she appears as an hologram being projected from the weird eye/circle thingy on it) and sends she and Pedro down the elevator shaft
Pedro's mask breaks during the fall, which leads Ophelia to realize that his face feels familiar after they reunite
While going through old Aperture, Pedro and Ophelia learns the truth about themselves (thanks to all the pre-recorded messages)
The rest of the game happens pretty similarly, except that at the end, after shooting Core!Pedro into space, Ophelia tries to get Pedro back to testing (after all, he IS the perfect test subject). Pedro refuses and attempts to destroy her. He fails, but Ophelia gives up and lets him go as she does not want someone who will try to destroy her 24/7
Basically like in Blue Sky, Pedro ends up in a small town where the people help him back to full health. He settles here and eventually finds out he has great cooking and baking skills and gets his own little cake shop (I'm not sure I still want this to be the post-game for this AU but I'll leave this here anyway)
These notes date back to 2020 HOLY SHIT IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS
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"There's a mouse hiding beneath that pine," Yellowjay whispered, ears pricked to detect any other sounds of movement. Antbite nodded, motioning for Yellowjay to move in for the kill.
Crowflame watched the younger warriors intently, feeling a pang of pride at how well his clanmates worked together. As Yellowjay crept forward, the mouse scent was suddenly overtaken by a far more pungent odor, causing the fur along Crowflame's spine to raise in alarm.
The tom barely had time to issue a warning when a massive red fox burst through the trees. Its teeth snapped together in a horrible click, its gaze cold and unfeeling. Crowflame's heart was racing. The leafbare snow seemed to melt beneath Crowflame's paws, instead being replaced with burning stone, the smell of decay swirling through the air.
"Antbite, look out!" Yellowjay yowled. The fox had turned its vicious fangs upon Antbite, and in one feral chomp it tore a chunk from Antbite's pelt. The tom shrieked in pain, staggering back, but the fox wasn't finished. It lunged for Antbite again, jaws a moment from snapping down around Antbite's throat. Crowflame was frozen, he couldn't move, he couldn't do anything, his son--
"Crowflame! Wake up, blossom, you're having a nightmare." Awakening with a start, Crowflame practically flew to his paws.
"Blizzardfang? Where's Antbite? What's going on?" The tom hissed, gaze sweeping across the warriors' den. A couple ears twitched irritably, but most cats remained asleep. Mossfrog was blinking at him groggily while Sweetclover was eyeing him with open concern. Finally, Crowflame's gaze landed on Antbite. The tom's chest was rising and falling gently, tail twitching occasionally in sleep.
"Why don't we go get some fresh air?" Blizzardfang murmured, her bushy tail running along Crowflame's flank.
"Yeah, some fresh air. . . okay." Crowflame took a deep breath, shooting Sweetclover an irritable scowl for good measure. He didn't need the young warrior fussing over him because of this.
Blizzardfang trotted ahead, occasionally glancing behind her to make sure Crowflame was following. The two eventually stop to sit in a secluded corner of camp, not wanting to bother Brambletuft or Myrtleclaw, the cats who had been saddled with tonight's camp guard duty.
As he sat, Crowflame buried himself in Blizzardfang's fur, hiding his scarred face against her warmth. "This time it was Antbite," Crowflame mumbled.
"Have you talked to Silverbelly about this yet?"
"No."
"You said you would," Blizzardfang scolded lightly, shaking her head. "If these nightmares don't stop, you won't get any sleep."
"Last time I visited the medicine den, I was told my vision isn't going to get better," Crowflame grumbled, shifting so that he could see Blizzardfang's face. What had once been the most beautiful face he had ever seen, eyes gleaming enchantingly like twin lightning bugs, fur soft yet wild like a windstorm, was now little more than a grey blur.
"We don't know that for sure, blossom."
"We do, though," Crowflame replied bitterly. "I walked right into a wall yesterday. Snailpaw laughed at me!" She had quickly stopped laughing when Crowflame whirled on her, spitting furiously.
"You don't need your vision to be a great warrior. A great deputy," Blizzardfang purred. "This is your dream, Crowflame. Live it!"
"I can't," he huffed. "Not when half the clan pities me. It's a wonder why Cherrystar chose me at all."
"Crowflame," Blizzardfang chided. "No one pities you. No one doubts you except for you."
"Maybe you're right."
"I'm always right!"
"I know." Crowflame sighed, flicking a pebble across camp with his tail. "I want to be a good deputy. I've been doing a good job, but I can't shake this feeling that something is going to go horribly wrong and I won't be able to stop it."
"It doesn't all have to be on you. If anything goes wrong, I'll be right by your side. Nothing gets past me," Blizzardfang grinned in a manner so goofy that Crowflame had to fight to keep a grin of his own off his face.
"Okay, fangs, I believe you."
"You better!" Blizzardfang used a paw to ruffle Crowflame's fur. If any other cat tried that, they surely would get their paw bitten. With Blizzardfang, Crowflame only chuckled.
"I don't envy Cherrystar, but sometimes I wish I could have been made leader instead of Maplestar. I feel like the time has slipped right out of my paws. I'm practically an elder now."
"Being an elder isn't so bad. You'll get to boss everyone around a ton."
"I already do that as deputy."
"You'll get to do it even more!"
"I suppose," Crowflame relented. "At least I'd be leaving the clan in capable paws. There's no shortage of young warriors to take my place."
"Is there anyone in particular you're looking at?"
"Biased, I'd have to say Antbite. He's a good kid. I think he'd make a great deputy. Unbiased? Probably Poppyfeather. I'd trust her to lead the clan well."
"I'm not sure Antbite would even want to be deputy." Blizzardfang tilted her head consideringly. "Poppyfeather's probably a good choice. She's a bit hard to read, though."
"She and I see eye-to-eye about a lot of things." Crowflame shrugged. "I'm starting to feel a lot better, actually."
"Do you want to try and get some more sleep?"
"I'd rather stay out here for a bit longer, if that's okay."
"Of course." Blizzardfang rubbed her head against Crowflame's cheek, a deep purr rumbling in her chest. "Just don't stay out here brooding for too long, okay? Our nest gets cold without you."
Crowflame seriously doubted that last statement, but murmured an agreement nonetheless.
By the time Crowflame returned to their nest, it was almost morning. He found he didn't mind, the night having given him a strange sense of clarity. As he snuggled against Blizzardfang, she immediately wrapped her paws around him, smooshing him against her chest. (Blizzardfang did this quite often, nearly crushing Crowflame in her sleep. He didn't mind.)
As Crowflame drifted to sleep again, he was certain no more foxes would haunt his dreams.
-🐉(tempted to do a "collection of moments" piece for blizzardcrow... would you be interested in that or are there other characters you'd like to see?
also felt the need to add yellowjay as tribute.)
SCREAMING AND CRYING... dragon i love your fics so much i cannot even express it properly. him comparing Blizzard's eyes to lightningbugs. calling her Fangs. sobs and wails DRAGONNN my heart. god i love this sm
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Ok, last random assorted headcanons before a big surprise!
Ryan was born and raised in Redshore and currently lives with his mom, step mom, and two baby sisters who are named Lila, Ellie, Amy, and Bella (in that order).
When Johnny is tired, stressed, or dealing with a lot of emotions, he will subconsciously switch to speaking Hindi instead of English because his mother taught him it as a baby and it makes him feel closer to her.
Buster wears a binder and is horrible at remembering to take it off to the point Rosita has numerous alarms on her phone to remind him.
Eddie was running the theatre while taking night classes during Sing 2 so the troupe could go to Redshore and not leave anyone behind.
Nana and Clay have been friends for years due to performing a few times together and at the same events when they were young.
Marcus does not understand like 90% of any of the music or theatre references Johnny makes, like not even close to understanding. He is pure confusion.
Meena makes birthday cakes for all the members of the troupe and will also bake things for holidays people celebrate, completely unprompted. She has a list of everyone's favourite flavors and everything.
Ash and Rosita talk to each other in Spanish a lot as they are the only two members of the troupe who are fluent in it. This also makes them the only members of the troupe to have someone else there speak the same non-english language as them.
Gunter, despite having a German accent, is Finnish. The only reason his accent is German when he speaks English is he learned English when he was living in Germany for work.
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