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Th4rlDEAL — 05 GLaDOS on: Responsibility
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Published: 2011-05-31 15:23:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 4514; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 56
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This came out significantly wordier looking than I initially suspected...I hope you all aren't getting tired of reading my "Walls of text". :/But I suppose it'll be interesting to see who actually does bother to read it or not, hehe.
And YES I know "I only do Everything" is very much like the PS3 "It only does Everything" Tag line. : P
GLaDOS and all things Portal related are © VALVE software.
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For some reason, this made me notice how much they changed GLaDOS from Portal to Portal 2. In the firt game, he was stationary and didn't do anything. Being hung basically upside down wasn't helpful. In 2 she could do many things... Nod, shake her head, make gestures (sort of), turn around, lower her body if necessary, at some point she even did something resembling a shrug. Even her "eye" can be wide open or really narrow, depending on the expression. They did much more than, as my sister put it, "finally fix her face", and I love how expressive she is after the redesign.
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I had an almost obsessive fascination with GLaDOS at the time I was doing these comics. That fascination had stemmed in large part from the updates to her design and character from Portal 2.
It's not much of a surprise that she changed as much as she did though; Portal 2 was developed with the full power of VALVE's resources behind it where the original Portal was the first game its design team made after being hired by VALVE.
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The first "he" was supposed to be "she". My keyboard hates me .
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It occurs to me now... Test subject irrigation? XD
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Heh, I was wondering if anyone would catch that. TwT
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Care to explain? XD
Also, you plan on doing any more of these? I miss them.
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Not really anything to explain, really. Thought I'd throw in something really ridiculous sounding in the middle and see if anyone noticed : P.
And while I would LOVE to say I plan on doing more of these comics, I'm at some kind of weird point in my life where nothing really strikes my interest artistically speaking, and unless I'm excited about something, I can't really do much with it. It feels pretty lame.
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=/ I hope you get over your art block soon. *hugs*
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I'd love to see a session of Orphan Turret Counseling with GLaDOS.
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Funny you should say that...
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ps3 doesnt do everything...they removed its ability to play ps2 games
and ive read the walls of text...and i see the department of redundency department is up and running still
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lol, she did the impossible again...she stated how one could not summarize her responsibilities in a single sentence, then does it anyway
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finally finished the portal demo download and it works perfectly. just bought the orange box so i'm downloading the full game and team fortress to try it out. but it looks like i'm fine running games that are 5 yrs old haha
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XD That's GREAT! I'm so glad to hear it!
Got to warn you though; TF2's Download is HUGE since they've updated it sooo much since it came out.
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The walls of text are fabulous. And the last panel is hilarious. XD
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Thanks!
That is the one thing I have considered; given that the primary source of GLaDOS' humor comes from dialogue, a few text walls are probably unavoidable.
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Glad you liked that! That was actually what the entire list was kind of written to mask, now that I think about it. TwT
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There is nothing she can't do...except produce that damn cake!!!! Actually, I heard an interesting idea on the cake's location: it's said to be IN the Companion Cube...which would be funny. I've just bought Portal 2 so I should be joining you in portalling goodness soon...
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Awesome! You're definitely in for a wild ride!
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But "I only do everything" isn't even true: she doesn't cook or wash the dishes or do ironing or vaccum-clean the floors or I'm gonna shut up now because there's a horrible prejudice lying therein, but the point remains the same.
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Lol, in the interest of continuing the trend of the politically incorrect: she probably has a bunch of migrant robots to do all that stuff. : P
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I actually had no intention of being politically incorrect - I was just listing mundane tasks which involve machines, but then I realised "wait, those are typically women's jobs, and GLaDOS is based on a woman... craaap. >.<"
But yeah, that's probably true, but that just reinforces the point: She doesn't do everything, just a lot of things.
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Oh yeah, no worries mate.
Yeah, I too doubt she actually does "Everything". I just figured that, being GLaDOS, she'd probably also be prone to a little exaggeration... just little bit.
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Orphan-turret counseling O_o;
Chell ya evil bitch...
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Hehe, threw that in to see who would read her list of "other stuff"... TwT
That said, YES I have decided to explain "Orphan Turrets" in a coming chapter, mwahaha.
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So GLaDOS does everything then? What does she do with the dead bodies? O:
Great comic as always! Each one makes me more and more interested in playing Portal
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It's distinctly possible she's exaggerating a little bit. The games aren't entirely clear on exactly how far her responsibilities go, so she may be taking credit for duties that aren't hers.
And YES! 
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