History Fanfic / ThePunishment

* WasOnceAMan: [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Wheatley]]. He was once an accountant that worked for Aperture and managed to appropriate billions of non-existent funds for their projects.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The first chapter describes an AlternateEnding to Portal 2, where [[spoiler: [=GLaDOS=] saves Wheatley from space.]] In the [[spoiler: 10th Chapter]] this describes why.

Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakens alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented.

He spends some time getting acquainted with the nuisances and ''perks'' of his organic body—reintroduced to hormones, he quickly develops a strong infatuation at the memory of Chell and sets out to find her. Chell soon stalks and attacks him, having also been re-imprisoned in Aperture by GLaDOS. Luckily for Wheatley, Chell takes pity on him in his now-helpless and remorseful state and agrees to let him accompany her in her escape.

Over the course of their journey, Wheatley struggles to understand the propriety of personal boundaries and physical attraction, and Chell struggles with conflicted feelings of trust, wanting independence and craving intimacy with another human. GLaDOS does her best to complicate things further in many manipulative and increasingly threatening ways.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: GLaDOS frightens, harasses, and tortures Wheatley in his dreams.]]
* AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler: A concept that is exploited by GLaDOS due to Wheatley's confusion and insecurity in his new body.]]

* BadDreams: Wheatley receives these [[spoiler: courtesy of GLaDOS.]]

* BrainUploading: Wheatley, the other cores, and GLaDOS were all humans turned into AI.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The first chapter describes an AlternateEnding to Portal 2, where [[spoiler: GLaDOS saves Wheatley from space.]] In the [[spoiler: 10th Chapter]] this describes why.
--> GLaDOS: [[spoiler: You are my [[TitleDrop punishment]] for her.]]

* Hallucinations: [[spoiler: GLaDOS manipulates Wheatley through auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations.]]

* HearingVoices: [[spoiler: GLaDOS speaks to Wheatley in his sleep, and later when he's awake as well.]]

* InelegantBlubbering: After [[spoiler: GLaDOS mindrapes Wheatley]], he turns into a heaping mess and can't tell [[spoiler: her apart from Chell]] and ends up pushing her on the floor by mistake. It's not until he actually sees that it's Chell is when he starts to calm down.

* KickTheDog: GLaDOS's continued efforts to hurt Wheatley when he is completely helpless.

* ManipulativeBastard: GLaDOS.

* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: GLaDOS attempts to invoke this in Wheatley. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]

* {{Revenge}}: GLaDOS seeks revenge, especially it seems against Wheatley.

* YourWorstNightmare: [[spoiler: GLaDOS gives Wheatley bad dreams, eventually appearing in them herself.]]

* WomanInBlack: [[spoiler: GLaDOS appears in Wheatley's dreams as a frightening woman in a black dress.]]

[[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com The Punishment]] is a Portal fanfic written by [[http://conquerorwurm.tumblr.com conquerorwurm]] and actively illustrated by [[http://rubitrightintomyeyes.tumblr.com rubitrightintomyeyes]]. It first appeared on the Portal kink meme as the first fill listed and has since continued for eighteen chapters running. It is considered by many to be one of the best Portal fics out there, though it is still a work in progress.

Over the course of their journey, Wheatley struggles to understand the propriety of personal boundaries and physical attraction, and Chell struggles with conflicted feelings of trust, wanting independence and craving intimacy with another human. GLaDOS does Her best to complicate things further in many manipulative and increasingly threatening ways.

In the short story prequel [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]], Doug Rattmann meets Wheatley shortly after his mind had been transferred to the ID core. Wheatley still vaguely identifies as a living person and is frightened and confused by the change. To ease his pain, Rattmann erases all of Wheatley's remaining memories of being human.

[[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com The Punishment]] is a Portal fanfic written by [[http://conquerorwurm.tumblr.com conquerorwurm]] and actively illustrated by [[http://rubitrightintomyeyes.tumblr.com rubitrightintomyeyes]]. It first appeared on the portal kink meme as the first fill listed and has since continued for eighteen chapters running. It is considered by many to be one of the best portal fics out there though it is still a work in progress.

* I'mCryingButIDon'tKnowWhy: Wheatley breaks down after being attacked by Chell and doesn't understand what's happening to him.

* AbandonedLaboratory: Aperture in general, especially in more recent chapters
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Wheatley needs to, to accommodate for his 'itch'. [[spoiler: Chell is also an offender of this trope]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: GLaDOS frightens, harasses, and tortures Wheatley in his dreams]]
* AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler: A concept that is exploited by GLaDOS due to Wheatley's confusion and insecurity in his new body]]

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Wheatley has many innocent and childlike traits due to his lack of any memories from his life as a human; on the other hand, this trope is inverted in many ways by Chell who, while also suffering memory loss, isn't as innocent
* AnonymousBenefactor: [[spoiler: Maps left by Doug Rattmann help guide them through the facility]]

* BeingHumanSucks: Wheatley was excited about the change at first (primarily for the chance to have limbs and escape his broken core body) but not so much anymore
* BizarreTasteInFood: It's revealed Wheatley was eating toothpaste before he was reunited with Chell
* BrainUploading: Wheatley, the other cores, and GLaDOS were all humans turned into AI

* ComfortFood: Seemingly any food is comfort food for Wheatley
* ContemplateOurNavels: Chell has done a lot of this throughout the story, and Wheatley has been doing a lot of it more recently as he has had more to worry about and more to hide from Chell
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment or Unishment: Wheatley was a little disturbed by the change to a human body (primarily grossed out and confused by it) but he was also excited and hopeful that it might help him help Chell. Over the course of the story his opinion of having a body has taken a nosedive

* DynamicEntry; Chell tackles Wheatley down during their cat and mouse game in the corridors.

* GuiltComplex: Wheatley continues to feel guilty and insecure having not yet redeemed himself for betraying Chell
* Hallucinations: [[spoiler: GLaDOS manipulates Wheatley through auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations]]
* HandSignals: Chell's means of communication
* HearingVoices: [[spoiler: GLaDOS speaks to Wheatley in his sleep, and later when he's awake as well]]
* HeroicMime: Chell

* HumanityEnsues: Wheatley
* HumanityIsInfectious: In a sense Chell is humanizing Wheatley just by being there as an example and through her efforts to communicate, though she does lack some understanding of humanity herself

* IdentityAmnesia: Both Chell and Wheatley have experienced this
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Both Chell and Wheatley manage to unintentionally fluster each other on many occasions
* I'mCryingButIDon'tKnowWhy: Wheatley breaks down after being attacked by Chell and doesn't understand what's happening to him
* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[spoiler: One of only two times Wheatley has heard Chell's voice]] Also Wheatley, on many occasions.

* KickTheDog: GLaDOS's continued efforts to hurt Wheatley when he is completely helpless
* LanguageOfLove: Chell and Wheatley grow closer though Chell can't talk and Wheatley often has a hard time understanding her
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: What Chell is to Wheatley; his happiness and his ability to survive depends on her
* LossOfIdentity: Both Chell and Wheatley have experienced this
* ManipulativeBastard: GLaDOS
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Chell is alternately hot or cold towards Wheatley, much to his confusion

* NonverbalMiscommunication: Wheatley often has a hard time understanding Chell's pantomimes, but he's getting better at it

* NoSocialSkills: Wheatley doesn't understand the nuances of appropriate human behavior
* NotSoStoic: Chell
* ObliviousToLove: Applies to both Chell and Wheatley, though more in relation to their understanding of relationship feelings in general than explicitly "love"
* ObsessedWithFood: Wheatley really enjoys tastes he likes

* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: GLaDOS attempts to invoke this in Wheatley. [[spoiler: It doesn't last]]

* PrimalFear: Wheatley's fear of the dark, heights, silence, though those fears existed as a core too
* {{Revenge}}: GLaDOS seeks revenge, especially it seems against Wheatley
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Wheatley in the Punishment prequel [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]], and even after, despite the modifications made during his development as the Intelligence Dampening Sphere

* SwitchingPOV: Chapter perspectives switch between Chell's point of view and Wheatley's
* SugarandIcePersonality: Though Chell is always guarded, she can be warm and protective in certain situations
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Wheatley's perception of the world around him and his feelings for Chell change under the influence of his new form
* TheSpeechless: Chell, though she is able to communicate nonverbally with limited success
* UnreliableNarrator: both characters are unreliable narrators due to their incomplete understanding of the situation and their inability to effectively communicate

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove?: Both Chell and Wheatley have a hard time sorting out and defining their feelings for one another
* WistfulAmnesia: in [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]] for Wheatley, but not since then; Chell experiences this as well, in that she recognizes that much of her past has been lost
* WomanInBlack: [[spoiler: GLaDOS appears in Wheatley's dreams as a frightening woman in a black dress]]
* YourWorstNightmare: [[spoiler: GLaDOS gives Wheatley bad dreams, eventually appearing in them herself]]
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Wheatley experiences this at the beginning of the story, Chell experiences this in-game

* AlternateContinuity: The story has an alternate continuity from the game; the cores were once human, unlike in stated continuity for Portal 2

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: GLaDOS frightens, harasses and tortures Wheatley in his dreams]]
* AllMenArePerverts: [[spoiler: not really true, but a concept that's exploited by GLaDOS due to Wheatley's confusion and insecurity]]
* AlternateContinuity: Alternate from the game; the cores were once human, unlike in stated continuity for Portal 2

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: invoked in some ways by Wheatley, inverted in some ways by Chell who isn't as innocent
* AnonymousBenefactor: [[spoiler: Maps left by Doug Rattmann help guide them]]

* BeingHumanSucks: Wheatley was excited about the change at first (having limbs, not being in a broken core body) but not so much anymore

* ContemplateOurNavels: Chell has done a lot of this throughout the story, and Wheatley has been doing a lot of it more recently as he has had more to worry about and more to hide
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment or Unishment: Wheatley was a little freaked out about having a body (grossed out and confused by it) but he was also excited and hopeful that it might help him help Chell. Over the course of the story his opinion of having a body has taken a nosedive

* EmotionallyTongueTied: Wheatley again.

* HumanityIsInfectious: In a sense chell is humanizing Wheatley just by being there as an example and through her efforts to communicate, though she does lack some understanding of humanity herself

* TheImmodestOrgasm: [[spoiler: One of only two times Wheatley has heard Chell's voice]]

* MundaneLuxury: Chell's reaction to Wheatley's company, despite her more logical side; also things like the bathroom, blankets, etc.

* OrgasmicallyDelicious: Food has a strong effect on Wheatley, which has an effect on Chell.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Wheatley in the Punishment prequel [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]], and even after, despite core modifications

* SenseFreak: Wheatley

* SugarandIcePersonality: Though Chell is always guarded, she can be warm and protective in certain situations of perceived safety

* TheSpeechless: Chell, though she IS able to communicate nonverbally
* UnreliableNarrator: both characters are unreliable narrators due to lack of understanding of the situation (or incomplete understanding) from both sides

* WistfulAmnesia: in [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]] for Wheatley, but not since then; Chell too, in some ways

* YouWakeUpInARoom: Wheatley experiences this in the story, Chell experiences this in-game

Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakes alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented. After spending some time getting acquainted with the nuisances and more... ''enjoyable'' functions of his new organic form, he sets out to make his escape. He runs into Chell who has also been imprisoned once more by GLaDOS, and together they delve into Aperture to try to make their escape. Wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse, leading to many awkward situations.

Over the course of their journey, Wheatley struggles to understand the propriety of personal boundaries and physical attraction, and Chell struggles with conflicted feelings of trust, wanting independence and craving physical intimacy with another human. GLaDOS does Her best to complicate things further in many manipulative and increasingly threatening ways.

In the short story prequel [[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com/post/7430283171/the-punishment-prequel-daisy Daisy]], Doug Rattmann met Wheatley shortly after his mind had been transferred to the ID core. At that point Wheatley still vaguely identified as a living person and was frightened and confused by the change. To ease his pain, Rattmann erased all of Wheatley's remaining memories of being human.

* BadDreams: Wheatley receives these courtesy of GLaDOS.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The first chapter describes an AlternateEnding to Portal 2, where [[spoiler: GLaDOS saves Wheatley from spaces.]] In the [[spoiler: 10th Chapter]] this describes why.

* CannotSpitItOut: Played with. It's not that Wheatley can't, it's that he can't find the right words since he has no proper social human experience to find the words to describe his attraction to Chell.

* IAmNotPretty: Somehow Wheatley mentally conceives the notion of attractiveness, having compared himself to Chell, believe he's quite ordinary.

* NoSocialSkills

* WasOnceAMan: [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Wheatley]]. He was once an accountant that worked for Aperture and managed to appropriate billions of non-existent funds for their projects.

[[caption-width-right:298:Chell tells Wheatley off. one of the many illustrations from rubit]]

Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakes alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented. After spending some time getting acquainted with the nuisances and more ''enjoyable'' functions of his new organic form, he sets out to make his escape. He runs into Chell who has also been imprisoned once more by GLaDOS, and together they delve into Aperture to try to make their escape. Wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse, leading to many awkward situations.

!!the punishment contains examples of:

* MindRape: [[spolier:GLaDOS to Wheatley. She inserted something into his body to allow her to see through his eyes and visits him in his dreams to torment him.]]

* WasOnceAMan: [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Wheatley]]. He was once an accountant that worked for Aperture and managed to appropriate billions of non-existent funds into their accounts.

[[spoiler: It's revealed that GLaDOS is manipulating Wheatley's mind the entire time, to a particularly vicious degree in his sleep. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. So far the fic has focused on Wheatley's experiences as a human, Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.]]

--> GLaDOS: [[spoiler: You are my [[TitleDrop: punishment]] for her.]]

* AmbigiousSituation

[[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com The Punishment]] is a Portal fanfic written by [[http://conquerorwurm.tumblr.com conquerorwurm]] and actively illustrated by [[http://rubitrightintomyeyes.tumblr.com rubitrightintomyeyes]]. It first appeared on the portal kink meme as the first fill listed and has since continued for eighteen chapters running. It is considered by many to be one of the best portal fics out there though it is still a work in progress.
Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakes alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented. After spending some time getting acquainted with the nuisances and more ''enjoyable'' functions of his new organic form, he sets out to make his escape. He runs into Chell who has also been imprisoned once more by GLaDOS, and together they delve into Aperture to try to make their escape. Wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse, leading to many awkward situations. It's revealed that GLaDOS is manipulating Wheatley's mind the entire time, to a particularly vicious degree in his sleep. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. So far the fic has focused on Wheatley's experiences as a human, Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.

* InelegantBlubbering: After GLaDOS mindrapes Wheatley, he turns into a heaping mess and can't tell her apart from Chell and ends up pushing her on the floor by mistake. It's not until he actually sees that it's Chell is when he starts to calm down.
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Chell for Wheatley. Since she can't get her point her across verbally, she uses sex to explain to him that she doesn't mind his body at all.
* MindRape: GLaDOS to Wheatley. She inserted something into his body to allow her to see through his eyes and visits him in his dreams to torment him.

* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: GLaDOS attempts to invoke this in Wheatley. [[spoiler: It doesn't last]]

Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakens alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented.

He spends some time getting acquainted with the nuissances and ''perks'' of his organic body—suddenly reintroduced to hormones, he quickly develops a strong infatuation at the memory of Chell and sets out to find her. It turns out that’s a simple task as Chell soon stalks and attacks him, having also been re-imprisoned in Aperture by GLaDOS. Luckily for Wheatley, Chell takes pity on him in his now-helpless and remorseful state and agrees to let him accompany her in her escape.

Over the course of their journey, Wheatley struggles to understand the propriety of personal boundaries and physical attraction, and Chell struggles with conflicted feelings of trust, wanting independence and craving physical intimacy with another human. GLaDOS does Her best to complicate things further in many manipulative and increasingly threatening ways.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Chell is described as barely coming up to the level of Wheatley's chest. Wheatley learns he can use his size to their advantage in their escape, though it makes him uncomfortable that Chell is so much smaller than he is.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Though their exact heights are not determined, Chell is described as barely coming up to the level of Wheatley's chest.

Wheatley has been brought back from space by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. She informs him he used to be human though he has no memories of his existence before he was first activated as a core. After GLaDOS destroys his metal form, he awakes alone in a relaxation chamber in his old human body, confused and disoriented. After spending some time getting acquainted with the nuisances and more ''enjoyable'' functions of his new organic form, he sets out to make his escape. He runs into Chell who has also been imprisoned once more by GLaDOS, and together they delve into Aperture to try to make their escape. Wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse, leading to many awkward situations. It's revealed that GLaDOS is manipulating Wheatley's mind the entire time, to a particularly vicious degree in his sleep. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. So far the fic has focused on Wheatley's experiences as a human, Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.

[[http://thepunishment.tumblr.com The Punishment]] is a Portal fanfic written by [[http://conquerorwurm.tumblr.com conquerorwurm]] and actively illustrated by [[http://rubitrightintomyeyes.tumblr.com rubitrightintomyeyes]]. It first appeared on the portal kink meme as the first fill listed and has since continued for eighteen chapters running. It is considered by many to be one of the best portal fics and is currently ongoing.
Wheatley has been turned into a human by GLaDOS for an unspecified punishment. He awakes alone in a relaxation chamber and discovers ~things~ about humans and their anatomy. He runs into Chell who has also been imprisoned once more by GLaDOS, and together they delve into Aperture to try to make their escape. Wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse, leading to many awkward situations. It's revealed that GLaDOS is manipulating Wheatley's mind the entire time, to a particularly vicious degree in his sleep. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. So far the fic has focused on Wheatley's experiences as a human and Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.

!!the punishment contains examples of:

The Pushment is a Fanfic for portal written by conquerorwurm and actively illustrated by rubitrightintomyeyes. it first appeared on the portal kink meme as the fist fill listed. It is considered to be one of the best portal fics and is currently ongoing.
wheatley has been turned into a human by GLaDOS for an unknown reason. she keeps him in a room where he soon discovers ~things~ about humans and their anatomy. He meets up with Chell along the way and they delve into aperture to try and find their way out. wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse and eventually shows this off to Chell rather bluntly. GLaDOS plays with wheatley's mind the entire time, making him and chell think things they ought not to. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. the whole fic focuses on wheatley's experiences as a human and Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.

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[[caption-width-right:298:Chell tells Wheatley off. one of the many illustrations from rubit]]

The Pushment is a Fanfic for portal written by conquerorwurm. it first appeared on the portal kink meme as the fist fill listed. It is considered to be one of the best portal fics and is currently ongoing.

wheatley has been turned into a human by GLaDOS for an unknown reason. she keeps him in a room where he soon discovers ~things~ about humans and their anatomy. He meets up with Chell along the way and they delve into aperture to try and find their way out. wheatley has no knowledge of proper human discourse and eventually shows this off to Chell rather bluntly. GLaDOS plays with wheatley's mind the entire time, making him and chell think things they ought not to. Wheatley and Chell, he with lack of knowledge and she with her need for social interaction, wind up having sex. the whole fic focuses on wheatley's experiences as a human and Chell's introspection upon his actions and how GLaDOS will deal with them in the future.