#bullsquids

[brinelakes]

why, just look at those peculiar markings

[half-liife]

[Image ID: Two traditional, fully coloured drawings of aliens from Half-Life, respectively showing a houndeye, and a bullsquid. The houndeye, drawn in a mosaic-like style, is yellow, orange and red, except for its stripes and eyes. Its stripes are drawn in blues and its eyes are blue, purple, and pink. The houndeye is suspended mid-air and viewed from the right side, one paw nearly touching the ground as it lands. It looks peaceful.

The bullsquid is drawn in a similar mosaic-like style with its tentacles drawn in reds, pinks and oranges and its body in greens and blues. It lays down amicably on the ground, tucking its tail in behind it as it looks off to the left, at peace. End ID]

[half-liife]

found my new favourite animal

[half-liife]

[Image ID: A traditional, colorless pen drawing of a bullsquid from Half-Life. The bullsquid, with sharp hind claws and fins running down its spine, is viewed from the side. It looks calm as it is suspended in air. End ID]

[badromancebullsquid]

i meant to send this ages ago but i love your url. bullsquid fans unite

[Image ID: A GIF of a beta bullsquid. The beta bullsquid is a two-legged animal, with a long, thick tail and a head that connects directly to its body. It's yellow, smirched with black. Its face tentacles are all white. It's rotating horizontally, viewed from the side. End ID]

WOOOOO! BULLSQUID FANS UNITE. I never thought I'd see another fan out in the wild.... what's Ur favouirte bullsquid design mine is the final one + the one i have in my head.

[bullsquidkeeper]

WELCOME TO THE RANCH!

Hi! Call me [TO BE DECIDED]. I'm a fan and connoisseur of bullsquids and other assorted xen fauna. I run the ranch here, where I'll be collecting images, illustrations, pictures, theories, and words about these beloved animals, taxonomically called 'gastropolypus toxophlegmata'!

[badromancebullsquid]

I’d like to hear bullsquid thoughts! Animals are cool -Red

Heck yeah!! Thank you for asking :0

I have a theory about bullsquids: they came to xen from a different dimension than vortigaunts and houndeyes. Mainly, this theory is based off of the limb differences of the creatures: houndeyes and vortigaunts have uneven numbers of limbs on average (with houndeyes being tripods, and vortigaunts having 3rd arms). Meanwhile, bullsquids and headcrabs have a relatively even number of limbs (2 legs excluding tail for bullsquids, and an arguable number of limbs for headcrabs but it's seemingly even). This isn’t all the xen creatures, but it’s what I conside the ‘main 4’. Additionally, while it’s functionally impossible to tell what creatures came from where, and most if not all of this can be attributed to design choice, I think bullsquids came from a different dimension because of how they look in general. Instead of having central eyes (whether compound or seperated), their eyes are on the sides of their head, and they seem to lack center features, mostly. (Especially when compared to typical ‘xen’ creatures, such as the alien grunt, the alien controller or vortigaunts.) This is mostly just me thinking about the origin of Xen creatures in general but!! I think it’s fun to think about :0

Additionally: in one chapter of Half-Life 1 (in Power Up, i believe), there’s a bullsquid found entirely underwater! This blew me away at first because while I’m familiar with the concept of bullsquids being amphibious (see their names and them generally being found in liquids or liquid-like substances), this implies bullsquids can survive fully underwater :0 I always viewed them as a creature that, especially on earth, is harmed by too much exposure to the atmosphere, thus why they try to hide in enclosed spaces or caves (on Xen or earth) or stay in water or other things similar! (Not sure if radioactive waste counts but. Y’know. It’s the thought that counts) just!! I have a lot of thoughts on xen creatures in general :0 thank you for asking!! :3