# I love Alyx Vance

I always consider her as a great character. Some time around playing Episode Two, she became best fictious character ever for me. But that has changed after tenth anniversary of Episode Two. When it was one decade, it hit me. These were extraordinary times. I was reading Epistle 3, listened Path of Borealis over and over, and was very depressed because for both of story and real world were futile hope. When I was playing Half-Life 2 series these days (which was my best playthrough), I realized it. I love Half-Life universe and more of that, I really love Alyx Vance.

I love her as a person. And everything on her. Her name, her appearance with brown jacket patched by duct tape, her Merle Dandridge’s voice, her personality, being badass, being frightened, style of speech, movements, silly attempts to be funny. Et cetera.

There is vast amount of characters in many media that are more elaborated. Alyx isn’t extra particularly shown. No it’s not a question of occurrence. It’s a concept of human. And that’s absolutely genius. She has it inside.

I thought that because she is fictious, and there won’t be more official content, she will remain forever, who she is. Woman in her mid-twenties, with headband and unmistakable hairstyle. She will never change and she will never die.

I feel sorry for her, whenever I see any shit about her. She doesn’t deserve that.

This is also extraordinary day. Last day, when Alyx is still known only from Half-Life 2 series. But old perception of Alyx is gone already and new has not yet been created. I am mad becuase there will be Half-Life with her name in the title. This is something I always imagined, but I was always scared how Valve could handle it.

Tomorrow we will see new side of Alyx. My love to her isn’t gonna be changed by that or anything. I’m a completely hopeless case.