History Fanfic / HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences

The first half of the saga tells the story of Gordon Freeman's brother, John Freeman, [[JumpedAtTheCall who rushes from his job]] to rescue Gordon Free[[strike:ch]]man in Ravenhol[[strike:d]]m. The second half, entitled "Hero Beggining [[YouMakeMeSic [sic]]]", takes places some time later, during which the Combine have succeeded in conquering the [[strike:human]] humen race. Henry Freeman takes it upon himself to continue the legacy and lead the resistance against the Combines.

The first video was so succesful that some people decided to make the life action movie of Full Life Consequences, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HmujaPtKI see the results by yourself.]] Similarly, check out the [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3395606477827550014&ei=yQNdS4KVJJOHlgf1yZ24AQ&hl=en# Animated Adaptation.]]

Other machinmas and dramatic readings of the various chapters exist, but [[SturgeonsLaw none of them have the notability of the above authors.]]

Compare ''Fanfic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil''. And [[PeterChimaera Peter Chimaera's]] other fic, ''[[FanFic/QuarterLifeHalfwayToDestruction Quarter Life: Halfway to Destruction]]''. Although it may well be [[FollowTheLeader a cash in]] on Full Life Consequences, it is amazing in that he only wrote it after [[{{Uncyclopedia}} Uncycylopedia]], an online encyclopedia like {{Wikiped|ia}} said he was writing it and decided '[[SureWhyNot Yeh, ok]]' and the big bad of the piece's plan is to destroy Dallas. I don't know either.

** While the first three are pretty faithful, [[OverlyLongGag the fourth one decides to insert five minutes of random action in the middle of the story, which to some destroys the pacing]] and to others is [[RuleOfCool awesomeness incarnate]]. See BigLippedAlligatorMoment below for details. Fan fiction machinima is SeriousBusiness.

** And don't let me get started on the Djy1991 adaptation of ''Free Man'', they [[AdaptationExpansion added in a scene that lasts from 6:12 to 11:38]], where they deviate from the original, making [[spoiler:John Freeman]] into a badass god figure by showing him fighting through a number of memetastic locales. While it was praised by some viewers, others felt that it added nothing to the video.

* FingerTwitchingRevival - in the Djy1991 version of Free Man.

** [[spoiler:“I know bro but you are hero” John Freeman said back to ''comfart'' Gordon.]]

* AdaptationExpansion - Djy1991's version of ''Free Man'' contains about seven minutes of entirely added-in carnage, wherein John Freeman meets and then kills a bunch of Combines, hijacks a bioflyer, ''throws a freight train'', meets [[RunningGag and then kills]] [[{{Portal}} GLaDoS]]...

** The reason the machinima are decay are probably because they are ment to be comedies, rather than full on action/drama (the machinima is the comedy, the fanfic is action/drama).

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: John Freeman lifts a train of its tracks and throws it into a ravine with his bare hands. Not the engine, not one of the train cars, THE ENTIRE TRAIN.

* TearJerker - Gaz6231's take on [[spoiler:the death of Gordon Freeman]]. The [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music just makes the scene work]].

* SoBadItsGood - So Bad It's '''''Epic'''''.

* SoBadItsGood

* YouShouldKnowThisAlready - ''Hero Beggining'' was not titled as part of the ''Full Life Consequences'' saga to hide [[spoiler:John Freeman's surprise appearance at the end and his subsequent role in the final chapter, which restored the label.]]

The first half of the saga tells the story of Gordon Freeman's brother, John Freeman, [[JumpedAtTheCall who rushes from his job]] to rescue Gordon Freeman in Ravenhol[[strike:d]]m. The second half, entitled "Hero Beggining [[YouMakeMeSic [sic]]]", takes places some time later, during which the Combine have succeeded in conquering the [[strike:human]] humen race. Henry Freeman takes it upon himself to continue the legacy and lead the resistance against the Combines.

The first video was so succesful that some people decided to make the life action movie of Full Life Consequences, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HmujaPtKI see the results by yourself.]] Similarly, check out the [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3395606477827550014&ei=yQNdS4KVJJOHlgf1yZ24AQ&q=half+ life+ full+ life+ consequences+ animation&hl=en# Animated Adaptation.]]

Solo machinimator Gaz6231 released alternative adaptations of the ''Hero Beggining'' chapters several weeks before the Djy1991 versions. They take a very different style than the above adaptations, favoring intentional NarmCharm and increased body animation over jovial mockery and lip movement. Gaz6231 himself describes it as "the MartinScorsese to their MichaelBay". While the ''Hero Beggining'' video is clearly Gaz6231's first work, the ''Free Man'' video is much more polished and has earned its own following. Also unlike the Icton Entertainment videos, all animation, editing, and voices are created by one man. [[BrokenBase There is a bitter dispute as to which series is better]], especially in the case of ''Free Man''.

* DidNotDoTheResearch - The "Combines" in ''Hero Beggining'' are described as the Metro Police. "Combines" do not come from space. They also do not have laser guns.
** And that's not just limited to the ''Full Life Consequences'' series, either. Squirrelking's {{Halo}} fanfics imply that Master Chief is a robot that can fly, and that the Flood are an actual flood. Of water.
** The story also refers to an unnamed final boss (Dr. Breen in the Djy version) and a boss after that (The G-Man in the Djy version) without any description except the latter possessing a weak spot, which gives the impression that the author never played the game.

What began as an innocent {{fanfiction}} titled ''{{Half Life}}: Full Life Consequences'' (by an allegedly nine-year-old kid with the handle squirrelking) was turned into [[SoBadItsGood something great]] as soon as a [[YoureTheManNowDog YTMND]] user found it. In mockery, he did a dramatic reading of the story. It was a hit. Naturally, seeing that squirrelking had created other fanfics, most notably in the same storyline, other YTMND users had a crack at the dramatic reading thing. Over time, these narrations were turned into [[http://vegeta897.deviantart.com/art/HL-FLC-Part-1-61174719 animations]], but the most impressive series of animations came from machinima artist [[http://www.youtube.com/user/djy1991 djy1991]] using Garry's Mod. Thus begins the most famous telling of John Freeman's story.

What began as an innocent {{fanfiction}} titled ''{{Half Life}}: Full Life Consequences'' (by an allegedly nine-year-old kid with the handle squirrelking) was turned into [[SoBadItsGood something great]] as soon as a YTMND user found it. In mockery, he did a dramatic reading of the story. It was a hit. Naturally, seeing that squirrelking had created other fanfics, most notably in the same storyline, other YTMND users had a crack at the dramatic reading thing. Over time, these narrations were turned into [[http://vegeta897.deviantart.com/art/HL-FLC-Part-1-61174719 animations]], but the most impressive series of animations came from machinima artist [[http://www.youtube.com/user/djy1991 djy1991]] using Garry's Mod. Thus begins the most famous telling of John Freeman's story.

*WhamEnding: to "Hero Beggining": [[spoiler:Combines leave my son alone!]]