Round 4: Match 1

Dark Willow Fanart!

[Oh, that's cool!]

(What's cool?)

[It looks like someone is trying to figure out the ultimate Valve character and Mike made it to the 3rd round.]

(Nice! Good for him.)

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[So, we're going to mak-]

(Yes, we will be making G-Man propaganda.)

Doing one of these bc why not

(Both the ads and comics count as canon)

ALL TF2 MERCENARIES vs EVERY SINGLE MINION

okay i wanna do one of these silly poll things

if you haven’t played portal (or if you have idc i’m not your mom)

I need the people's opinion.

Asking "would you rather work at Aperture or at Black Mesa" is like asking "Do you want to shove your hand into a Barrel of Radioactive Waste or A Set Of Active Hydraulics" so I propose a different sort of poll. WHICH COMPANY DO YOU THINK WOULD GET CANCELLED FASTER

CONTENDER #1: APERTURE SCIENCE PROS: -Progressive as fuck -They'd do numbers when it comes to social media -It's probably a decent workplace if you do like.. accounting? IT work, HR maybe?? -Food and water provided (granted, it's shitty water jugs, cans of beans and cartons of milk from what we've seen) -They do "Bring your Daughter to Work" and "Bring your Cat to Work" days! Fun! -Somehow not as likely to cause an interdimensional alien invasion. -They dabble in home security. CONS: -Toxic as fuck workplace environment -They'll probably give you cancer on purpose -Oh, y'know, the inhumane harvesting of the homeless to use as guinea pigs. -If you're a janitor, work maintenance, or something along those lines you are most certainly going to contract tetanus -THIS PLACE PROBABLY SUCKS ASS FOR ANYONE WHO'S SCARED OF HEIGHTS -Considering Cave did canonically fire someone for being in a wheelchair to cut costs on ramps.. um? -If you do bring your daughter you do have the option (and are actively encouraged to) make her run through a potentially lethal test course.

CONTENDER #2: BLACK MESA PROS: -Dormitories and on-site cafeterias provided -Progressive as fuck (I'd say more than Aperture) -They actually accomodate the disabled -Has their own security force -Generally more trusted by the government -I feel like their social media presence would be way more reduced and way less obnoxious CONS: -THERE'S RADIOACTIVE WASTE FUCKING EVERYWHERE. -Entire department dedicated to dissecting live alien lifeforms that range from the size and intelligence of a foofoo dog to "this thing is smart and it WILL break free and it WILL snap your spine in half" -They'll probably give you cancer on accident -Breen feels like the type of guy to pull a Musk on social media -Y'know. The dozens and dozens of corpses that piled up as a result of sending scientists to an alien dimension. -Generally way more involved with the government. ewwwww -Workplace environment is sooorta rough and employee competition seems to be commonplace (unless Magnusson and Kleiner are just fucked up) -If the lead-up to the Resonance Cascade is anything to go by, they're not beyond doing rush-jobs when it comes to important tests. It also seems like they're not beyond taking bribes

Do be sure to put your reasonings in the tags if you do reblog this poll. It'd be pretty fun to read everyone's different thoughts and reasonings.

Round 2: Match 6

How about Gordon Freeman from Half-Life?

Ah… Gordon Freeman, in the flesh… though you’re a bit taller than I expected you to be… or perhaps shorter?

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