various miscellaneous hl2vrai act 1 thoughts:
fucking LOVE the joke of having a character named "additional voices" genuinely so fucking funny to me. its gonna be awesome for the credits
also love that hes like "the exposition guy" constantly talking about events and shit and trying to kinda move the plot along a bit hes fun
SO interested to see what they do with alex. like theres clearly something Fucked Up with her and i CANNOT WAIT to find out whats going on there, especially because im like 99% sure its got something to do with the gnome series shit (I <3 GNOME)
the way that no one seems to know about her despite the fact that from my understanding of hl2 (idk shit about the hl games) shes like kind of a major character and the fact that shes so fucked up kinda reminds me of vanellope von schweetz from wreck it ralph a little, something about having your code fucked up in a way that makes it so no one remembers you exist and also glitching and shit yk?
tbh the way they talked about her name being "alex" and not "alyx" sorta made it sound like they were joking about that? but like also there was that one post a few days ago pointing out that the captions of the gnome series do say "alex" every time the name is brought up, so im kinda inclined to believe that theyre serious about that? in which case im FASCINATED to know why that is like if its lore based or just they thought it would be funny or something. either way its probably good as it does keep hl2vrai alex shit out of the main tag for alyx from half life
not like *suuuuper* thrilled that pretty much the only female major character in the series (aside from like. skyler from bbvrai and peppa from hlage i guess) just doesnt talk, but if its for Cool Lore Reasons then thats chill i guess
idk shit about gmod so idk whats with her face articulation, but tbh i. kinda hate it. like i dont like it on any of the characters it looks creepy and uncanny valley to me, its just kinda the most noticeable on her bc thats like. one of the few ways of showing personality and characterization that she has. i hope i can just sorta train myself to like it/get used to it or something because i REALLY want to like her so so so so bad she just currently kinda creeps me out and i dont like it....
anyways on the topic of the gnome series, HE LOOKED AT THE FUCKING SLIDE!!!! HE STOPPED AND STARED AT THE TOP OF THE FUCKING SLIDE WHERE THE WAYNE GNOME WAS!!!! he only was able to stare at it for like a second and didnt like comment on it or anything because he got interrupted and moved along too quickly, which im kind of sad about, but he stared at it for a second! gnome fans stay winning!!!! (scraps)
fucking love father grigori. just an excitable man who loves god and also shooting things. hes so fucking fun. tbh i really like hollys particular sense of humor a lot, so i think pretty much any character she plays is gonna be kind of a hit with me
i was literally thinking last night about how there are just some people who are really into water as like an element/theme (including me lol), really into like the ocean and lakes and rivers and rain and shit, and with christopher at one point using a metaphor about like water falling onto a stone, i kinda hope that thats kinda where he goes? im not gonna hold my breath though because i kinda get the vibe that no one on rtvs is like that so idk if baaulp has like. a frame of reference for that sort of thing/knows that people like that exist. hes probably just gonna be someone who really likes drinking water, but my personal wish is that he ends up being a Water Guy.
its nice seeing the characters from hlvrai again, even if theyre not like. the Main Party Members or whatever
feels kinda odd to me hearing everyone in higher quality though? i mean dr coomer gets his low quality audio obviously, but everyone else feels so weirdly crisp.... i guess it kinda makes sense though, they get an audio update to match the graphic update
i hope the fandom comes up with more fanon shit to help tell these bitches apart, because as it stands looking at the fanart and trying to tell whos who can be a little. ummmm.
the technical errors were kinda fucking funny tbh. obviously that sort of thing is frustrating for the crew trying to put on a show here, and the load screens were kinda annoying, but a lot of rtvs' humor (and by extension a lot of their audience), tends to be very based in like "shitty/scuffed is funny" with shit like waynes stupid ass bald cap, or their love for the weird fucked up ai voices of the gnome and joshua and whatnot, or bbvrai just having a random ass breaking bad poster running around, or a lot of the stuff in the gameclam videos tbh, so i hope the technical issues dont get them down too much, i think most of their fans will probably just find it kinda funny lol
and finally its just kind of surreal for me to like. be here? like i only got into hlvrai/rtvs a few months ago, so its not like ive been waiting the full 6 years or anything, but im kinda used to having these series just being finished and done by the time i get to them, so its kind of wild to me to think that this is just gonna be ongoing, and that im going to get to tune in to each of these streams as they happen. its going to be a lot of fun <3