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Welcome to MY PORTAL BLOG! Pleased to meet you! I'm Pylime, but everyone calls me Py. I recently got back into portal and out of fear of spamming my main blog, I decided to concentrate it all to this blog because I love it all oh so very very much~ I post theories, thoughts, drabbles and artwork! I'm also looking forward to enjoying the content the fandom has to offer. I'm here to offer my support for the fantastic work this fandom does! If you've got any questions, feel free to ask. Thank you!

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[thebudgetcore]

Another update!

I’ve been thinking of getting around to working on the fic which im calling “Utter Lunacy” unless I decide to change the title later but I quite like that.

So what I’m realizing is I need to do a bit of research and analysis about very particular things...namely reading over voice lines to ensure that I’m characterizing everyone properly and making decent speculations about what the future could hold for Aperture. I’m very dedicated to ensuring that characters only do what’s in line with their character unless I can put them into a situation where they are forced to go with where I want the story to go but I need to have a clear explanation.

My passion for this project was re-ignited recently because I actually finished my analysis play-through I started a year ago or more!!!

In regard to analysis really all I have is some character analysis of Wheatley which I could share. In the last parts of the game that was the only thing that really jumped out at me.

Oh and....yup I totally cried while playing again. I choked up when Cave Johnson spoke his last line and cried at the end when the credits rolled. And I had a number of other emotional responses throughout. Im amazed that even though I know exactly what’s going to happen I always get emotional all over again.

So yeah theres that! Im on a bit of a Portal kick again so I may be posting more about it. I can’t make any garuntees because my interest in things just jumps around like mad but Portal has a really special place in my heart and always will.

[thebudgetcore]

So I might be putting together a different fic that takes place in the future of Aperture...so I’m trying to figure out what GLaDOS would be up to because that dictates the way aperture would be.

First I wondered if Aperture could ever run out of resources. It seems to me that what materials they have for test chambers and the like can be re-used...naturally there is probably a limit to how much these materials can be recycled as they cannot be fully restored to their previous state if they get ruined for whatever reason.

I also wondered what GLaDOS would be up to all those years later. As an AI, can she eventually get bored of doing the same thing over and over again? Would she want to mix things up in pursuit of a variety of different tests? I also wonder if her last encounter with Chell will change her in the long term...if she can ever get over having to say goodbye or living with the knowledge of her origins.

As a fic writer, I could take whatever liberties I’d like but I want to make sure I stay true to her character as much as I can.

[romans-art]

some Caroline sketches I’m not satisfied with but bleugh

[thebudgetcore]

Hey! I dunno if this is too personal of a question but I was wondering what your pronouns are, what your sexual orientation is and your MBTI type (if you don't know yours then what's your star sign?) Thank you!

Nah~ It aint personal. My pronouns are they/them, I’m asexual and my MBTI type sorta switches or falls between INTP and INFP.

Thank you for asking!

[pylime]

I see you all…

Rebloging my Human-ish GLaDOS concept from a few years back.

Thanks for reminding me! I went to go draw her again right away cause I can’t help myself. I figured I’d indulge the rest of you as well ^^

I chose a 1950′s housewife aesthetic for her outfit because because the symbol seems to suit her ironically. Seeing as she’s someone who is expected to fill a certain role and do as others say (by mostly Men) and have her actions controlled….hrmmmmm.

Course, GLaDOS wasn’t having ANY of that and really just runs Aperture for herself and for the sake of the facility itself. She enjoys her job when nobody is forcing her to do it. She’s comfortable.

I could go on about viewing Portal through a feminist lens but just know that’s the idea behind this.

I enjoyed indulging you all with this again ^^

[bc-jpeg]

[pylime]

Here is a collection of Caroline sketches I accumulated overtime. I knew I must absolutely post them.

A lot of this was extreme facial expression practice. I get really emotional thinking about Caroline…

[thebudgetcore]

I recently got the creative update for Windows 10 so naturally I immediately tried to make a 3D model of Wheatley that quickly turned into a joke post.

Im so sorry.

[thebudgetcore]

I ended up playing a bit of Portal 2 today which was a mistake because apparently where I last left off was before the last test area......you know the one.

I let out a very audible sob when GLaDOS said “Goodbye Sir”

But on the bright side I was looking at all the posters and laughed at a cheesy one where a human and a robot are side by side and the Aperture sign is depicted like a halo around their heads........I love this game so much.

It occurs to me that I haven’t played peer review yet so maybe I’ll do that next...I could always go for some more puzzles and hilarious audio.

[ryuki-draws]

The Queen of Aperture.

It’s 2:20 am and I got a sudden urge to draw CEO!Caroline… She is still one of my most favourite characters in general. Long live The Queen.

[thebudgetcore]

The second art request comes from @melodicartist612 With her Portal OC!

She is really cute! So I drew her being cute, I hope that’s okay!

[thebudgetcore]

Whenever I think about Rick; Especially Rick AND Adventure, Indiana Jones comes to mind!

I had a lot of fun drawing this! Thanks for the prompt ^^

[thebudgetcore]

Quick notice! I’d like to thank you all for 300 followers! A bit of an unprecedented number! I’m rather surprised.

I’m very glad you’re enjoying my posts!

You know, I’m feeling generous and eager so maybe I could take some portal related drawing requests! I’m willing to draw Portal OCs too so long as you can provide a ref. They’ll probably all be quick sketches but I think it would be fun to share my gratitude this way~

Feel free to send in those requests whenever!

And again, thank you all!

-The Budget Core

[thebudgetcore]

It’s late at night and I remembered I drew some Wheatley things so why not post them?

I drew Wheatley in a schoolgirl uniform (cause I can) and I drew my Aperture Airline AU Wheatley and I drew reading Wheatley who should really be his chassis version because of the lines he’s saying but ah well--look! he’s wearing half moon glasses!

And farmer Wheatley. The discord I’m in uncovered some deep....DARK Wheatley theories....

[thebudgetcore]

Lately I’ve been thinking about theories concerning the Aperture Science cores.

The two main ones being that they were once human like GLaDOS and Caroline and them just being advanced AI.

Frankly, I love both these ideas.

There is a lot to consider if some of them or all of them were once human or a portion of someone’s mind. It is feasible that they needed to practice brain transfers and did so with varying success resulting in a lot of disks with uploaded minds on them that the scientists later used to create the cores that would keep GLaDOS in check. Perhaps some of these failed uploads resulted in AI that only retain pieces of their formal self. It captures my imagination by wondering who these cores used to be and I see fics go into that and it’s always interesting to see. It was also an element of the Unauthorized Portal Musical that I enjoyed.

On the flip side, if none of the robots are quite like GLaDOS is makes her stand out from everyone else and I think that’s rather important. Even more so when she happens to be the only one that came from a human mind. I theorize that upon GLaDOS’s creation, the scientists took leaps and bounds studying the human mind as well as AI and could easily replicate the structure with their new understanding. This meant they could build better AI and the cores. It also leads me to believe that all robots built after GLaDOS would be somewhat based on her structure.

It’s also possible that both theories could be true. Some of the AI could have been once human up until GLaDOS’s creation and from then on they didn’t have to use people any more.

Generally I don’t know what I have a preference for. I might even switch my theories around when writing different fics. I love the exploration of these ideas most of all.

[junuve]

aegis! totally off model, WITH LEGS, and… well, being cute? cute spider aegis??

look, i don’t know… 

what I DO know, though, is that Portal Stories: Mel is cool, and the folks who made it (Prism Studios) are cool