History WMG / HalfLifeAlyx

After being stopped by the Vortigaunts at the beginning of Episode 1, the G-Man may have subliminally ordered Gordon to eliminate the entire Resistance in revenge for them defying him, thus explaining the defiant "We'll see about that" line as he's being locked away. However, free from the G-Man's direct influence due to the Vortigaunts' interference, Gordon sees no reason to actually carry out this order and continues to fight for the Resistance, thus earning the G-Man's ire and dissatisfaction. Heck, it's even entirely possible that the G-Man spends his absence during Episode 1 and most of 2 setting up the event of ''Alyx'' in the past so he can entrap her into becoming Gordon's replacement in the present.

Given their similar functionality, it seems likely that the Gravity Gun and the Gravity Gloves - AKA Russells - use the same technology and principles to do their thing. Therefore, it would stand to reason that Russell is responsible for both devices and that one was a adaptation of the other. My guess would be that the Russells came first, given their cobbled-together, experimental appearance (also because it's amusing to imagine him building such a device just so he wouldn't have to get up to get something from across the room) and the fact that neither he nor Alyx mentions the Gun at any point despite the obvious similarities. The Gun was likely a refinement of the technology, as it can exert both a continuous attracting force and a repelling force, both more powerfully than the Russells (although that may just be a consequence of the Russells needing to be small and light enough to wear on the hands).

[[WMG: Eli will die in the [[YouCantFightFate future]] due to his high value in G-Man's plans and Gordon will be horrified by finding his [[CloningBlues frozen corpses in the Borealis's storage tanks]]]]