#dbh stuff

[desired-misery]

... why didn't CyberLife stock crash with the Daniel situation? It was clearly plastered all over the news?

Why don't we see any protests about that?! Protesting CyberLife? An increase in people destroying/returning their androids because "if that android did that to that little girl, what is to say that my android won't do it yo my child/me?"

Because the game implies that all it took for Daniel to deviate is being replaced. [Which... if that is all that needs to trigger the android... YIKES... and for Daniel to take a little girl hostage? And very much intend to kill her???]

Daniel wasn't damaged prior to killing the father, it seems like. He had a bullet hole from the officer. And none of the reconstruction Connor does show evidence of a struggle/fight. [The house does seem trashed, but that could be SWAT moving shit for their purposes? Idk, there is no evidence Connor runs over that says anything more that Daniel was treated badly. Just that he was going to be replaced.]

[desired-misery]

I think Carl has gotten emotionally attached to Markus and realized that he wants Markus to be able to live after Carl passes.

Does Carl "encourage" Markus autonomy more cuz he genuinely wants Markus to become a person or cuz he's feels like his life is in the final stages and he's afraid Markus will have no one?

[pastelaeqy]

What if you. Wanted to go to [ X | NOTHING ]. But CYBERLIFE said:

this is really stupid hope it makes you laugh

[canonically47]

i saw a post (that must be from a WHILE back) calling connor autistic and i just haven’t been able to stop thinking about it

in addition to what they’ve said, i also want to point out some other things he does that can be considered symptoms of autism:

repetitive, self-soothing movements.

connor rubs his hands together or plays with a coin if you leave him idle, or in cutscenes. it is a form of self-regulating through repetitive and familiar actions. i think fixing his tie as often as he does can also fit into this.

additionally, there is a deleted scene in which he grabs onto his collar for comfort when amanda tries to override his control in the final mission.

inability to fit in with own kind (deviants – parallel with neurodivergent peers) but also with others (humans – parallel with neurotypical peers).

as mentioned, connor struggles to relate to and bond with hank – “i think working with an officer with personal issues is an added challenge” – despite being programmed to fit into ‘any kind of group’ (desc. from his gallery). he has difficulties understanding him and voices this to amanda.

however, he also struggles to relate to fellow deviants, or androids in general, and is very different from them. this could be partly because he is a prototype, but so is markus, and he blends in well. connor, meanwhile, had a very skewed perception of both humans and deviants (see: him picking the most dumbass outfit and pose to infiltrate jericho) and struggles to interact with them, appearing hesitant at all times (see: telling markus he understands if he decides not to trust him, sounding somewhat uncertain when proposing his plan to markus or north, his whole relationships with hank and gavin etc.)

misunderstanding or total lack of understanding of social cues, norms, or common sayings.

he displays confusion when hank says “you know where you can stick your instructions?” (“no. where?”) – which could be irony, but i read it as genuine. he has trouble interacting with people ‘normally’ and cannot emote properly, one proper example being how weird he smiles (see: awkward smiles when he talks to hank at the station the night after the interrogation, weird smile given to gavin when he does not understand his humor).

speaking of not understanding humor, not only does he find gavin unfunny, he also does not get hank’s gruesome humor (see: frowning when hank jokes “they must have really had it in for him”).

moreover, he speaks over hank (see: speaking over him in his house, thanking him for his cooperation while hank is yelling at him) without seeing it as ‘bad’ – lacking a social cue.

clear, sole focus on one single thing.

this is, of course, his mission, regardless of what it is: catching deviants (machine) or helping jericho (deviant). he always is troubled and/or upset if he fails it, and he doubts himself, is confused or disappointed when he lets androids go, and, if he explains himself, he visibly struggles in doing so: “it’s my fault, i should’ve been faster”, “i don’t know why i did it”, “there was no reason to shoot that android” etc.

sticking to routine or to familiarity.

connor does not get rid of his android uniform, nor LED, after deviating, as markus and kara do straight away. you can argue the other two do it out of need to blend in, but it is also something that frees them; connor does not take after them in this.

noticing small patterns or details other don’t

this is literally part of his programming LISTEN TO MEEEEEEE

while i don’t think all androids are neurodivergent, deviancy, in connor’s case, can be read as an allegory for neurodivergency, specifically autism.

connor always displays symptoms of deviancy regardless of your playthrough – he lies to hank in the stratford tower in ALL routes, this being a canon, non-choosable cutscene, and another solid example is fear. he expresses fear through gestures (see: flinching away from the stratford tower roof if he died from falling in the hostage chapter – fear of heights) or dialogue (see: discussing death with hank on the bridge: “nothing. there would be nothing”; being conflicted when amanda tells him he may replace him.)

machine connor is, thus, connor masking. he always has some humanity in him, but he shoves it away deep down when taking the path of a machine. he still gets frustrated (example: after his rifle stops working when he attempts to kill markus; swearing if the bomb is detonated following the deviants’ loss of the war), troubled/conflicted (example: “what’s going to happen to me?” and his little reactions when amanda presents him with rk900), and even appears sad (example: his reaction to hank’s suicide, his LED turning red, it appears as though he forces it back to blue.)

while i don’t think this is the intention of the writers, autistic connor is canon to me. he is android autistic. thank you

[mcqraw]

#growth

[tomwambsgays]

unposted hank doodlez

[irunaki]

consider: since Connor doesnt eat it just gets a bit awkward at meals cuz its just Hank eating so he starts to just sip thirium to yk look like hes at least consuming smt then Hank is like 'no kid of mine is going to spend their days drinking one single thing' so he tries to do stuff with thirium (it probably takes a lot of important componets of it during cooking but connor doesnt have the heart to say that to him) and since its liquid hes just trying to make as much things as yo can do with a liquid

[illegalvampire]

shot in the dark

[rayfishandchips]

ra9 please take this as my tribute for entering the fandom *throw a chunk of my dbh wip into the wild*

edit: for the physical version of the tsum tsum Connor, check this

[sorryiliketoscreenshot]

[desired-misery]

A detail I would like changed in the game:

Connor does not pick up the gun in the first chapter in the Phillips penthouse... unless you prompt him. You see the warning telling you (the player) that androids cannot use/handle weapons (because obviously Connor knows that).

If the player decides to ignore that and have Connor pick up the gun... Connor picks it up.

And then immediately gets shot the fuck up by SWAT. Who are antsy as FUCK already about androids with guns-- they are NOT going to have another FUCKING android with a weapon running around.

And you super fail that chapter. So hard. Bad decision-- the WORST decision. Even get a special little scene of Amanda reaming you out because "the fuck were you doing?!"

[desired-misery]

maybe I'm just dumb/not getting it, but what do you mean by the realization that Amanda wasn't human?

Are you saying that Connor didn't KNOW he was in a virtual space? Or that he thought he was interfacing with a real person in real time just projected into his brain?

(I'm sorry, I am struggling with this post/idea SO HARD, I don't get it at ALL.) Because this whole time I thought the moment of Connor being shocked at the photo of Amanda at Kamski's house was because he didn't know that she was modeled after a real person. (and also a big of an overemotional/obvious reaction-- so a bit of a meta reason for Connor emoting like that/not a canon reason for the players who maybe thought Amanda was a real person somehow), Even though it doesn't make sense to me because Connor was clearly visiting her IN HIS BRAIN to me-- not that Amanda wasn't real AT ALL.

Because I never thought she was real. I always thought she was a CyberLife rep/was an AI within an AI (Connor). Maybe that's just me, but I didn't see that as a plot twist. I never considered that was a plot twist, actually. Because I was like "yeah of course Amanda isn't real, she's in the fake garden place". I always considered Amanda to be a personification of CyberLife oversight (obviously) but in an AI sense.

People need to recognize Amanda not being a human was a big deal for Connor, and something that is one of the biggest potential reasons for his deviation in narrative alongside the deviants reminding him of himself.

[average-mako-enjoyer]

Wink is overrated Whore eyes supremacy!

[tartrazeen]

I'm imagining a scenario where Connor goes back to working with the DPD post-revolution, but before rights have been officially signed. So he's still technically classified as 'office equipment'. And there's like four other androids, also ones who used to be at the DPD, all working there as they wait for their classifications to update in the eyes of the law.

And I'm imagining Fowler yelling at everyone that they're all gonna stay until some bullshit gets cleaned up - like they have to clean up the archives or something.

Fowler: I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES. NOBODY LEAVES UNTIL IT GETS DONE.

The Humans: Awwwwwwwww 😠😠😠😠😠

Connor: 😬

The other androids: 😬

Connor: 🖐️😬

Fowler: WHAT, CONNOR?

Connor: can the androids go?

Fowler: What?

Connor: you said 'everybody' but i figured you were talking to employees

Connor: so

Fowler:

Connor: technically

Fowler:

Connor: 😬

The other androids: 😬

Fowler: ... The androids can go.

Connor: NICE

The other androids: 🙌

One of the humans: Weren't you fighting for equal rights?

Connor: yeah and the fight continues, so we've gotta leave at 5

Another human: But you work with us.

Connor: whoa

Connor: i work here like the scanner works here

Another android: I personally have the work ethic of our door locks.

Connor: that's terrible

Connor: also on-brand for your model

Another human: What about team spirit?

Connor: oh we'll be here in spirit

Connor: not legally though

Connor: or physically

[faxaway]

i believe that's called 'projection'

[shhtickerbook]

running low on battery, someone better put this little guy down for a nap to recharge.. 💤

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been far too long since I drew this guy, returning to my roots