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The con in Hankcon stands for consent . Because Connor can in fact consent for himself . Yay

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Happy 7th Anniversary! It's been 7 years since this gay story began!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Ship dynamic:

the gruff man who never wanted a partner again x the partner who becomes impossible to let go

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This is what we should have gotten!

originally found on pinterest (but even reverse image searching didn't help to find an artist)

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I love the implication that Hank and Connor only let the Tracis go because they were lesbians. Like their innate wokeness as latent homosexuals made them go woah shit!! Yeah ladies go ahead, go free

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Happy Pride Month everyone!🏳️‍🌈

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wake up its time to get emotional over the old man and his robot pal again

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Why do people who are against hankcon always talk about the power imbalance in their relationship? They say it's problematic, since one of them is the boss, and the other is the subordinate… Although yes, in the police, people who are in a relationship cannot be partners and work on the same team but for some reason it doesn't bother anyone in dbh fandom...

What I mean is that this argument assumes that Hank and Connor operate within a strict hierarchy, similar to a boss-subordinate relationship, but that’s not really the case here.

First, Connor isn’t technically under Hank’s command. He’s a CyberLife prototype assigned to assist the DPD, not a formal part of the police force’s internal structure. He doesn’t report to Fowler or Hank in a hierarchical sense, and Hank can’t give him binding orders. In fact, the game shows multiple instances where Connor defies Hank, makes independent decisions, or even directly confronts him, like in the interrogation scene with the deviant threatening suicide.

Second, their relationship is portrayed as a partnership. That’s emphasized throughout the game. They learn to work together, challenge each other, and build trust on equal footing, not as a superior and subordinate.

Lastly, Hank is not the one holding authority in their dynamic. If anything, Connor is the one with greater control. Physically, tactically, and narratively. Depending on player choices, he can lead investigations, override human input, or shape the outcome of the entire story.

So if there’s a power imbalance, it certainly doesn’t favor Hank, and it’s not one that compromises the emotional or romantic credibility of their connection.

If Hank and Connor were to start a romantic relationship and Connor chose to formally join the police force, the solution would be simple: they’d just stop being direct partners.

There’s nothing in police regulations that prohibits two consenting adults from working in the same department, especially if they’re not in a direct chain of command. Plenty of departments allow for romantic relationships, as long as there’s no supervisory dynamic involved.

In their case, Hank and Connor already operate more as equals than as superior/subordinate and adjusting their assignments to remove potential conflict of interest would be a standard procedural step, not a dramatic complication. It’s an administrative issue, not a moral or narrative one.

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I've been thinkin that maybe... HankCon is just ahead of its time?

I’ve been thinking about why Hank x Connor gets so much resistance in fandom spaces. Why it’s so often called “gross” or “problematic,” while similar ships get a pass. And I keep circling back to this: the only thing separating HankCon from being socially acceptable for many people… is Hank’s age.

Not his behavior (he’s not manipulative, controlling, or emotionally immature) Not Connor’s arc (he’s not a child, not passive, not unsure of what he wants) Just age. Just the fact that Hank is in his 50s and Connor looks like he’s in his 30s (some even say 20s)

But here’s the thing... if Connor were human, this pairing still wouldn’t be automatically unhealthy. Adults in their 30s and 50s do form relationships. They fall in love. They find something steady in each other: stability, care, intensity, balance. And when it’s built on mutual respect? There’s nothing wrong with it.

It’s just not common, and that makes people suspicious.

Now put that same dynamic in a sci-fi setting where one of them is a hyper-intelligent android who doesn’t age, doesn’t biologically “mature,” and forms attachments through experiential data, not hormones… and suddenly that same age gap becomes a moral panic?

Connor’s sense of commitment doesn’t rely on age or experience in the human sense. He’s not moving through time waiting to “grow into” his feelings. His choices are shaped by logic, observation, and a sharp understanding of the people around him.

Hank on the other hand... Age has a way of making people second-guess what they can offer, especially when standing beside someone who still has so much ahead. But love doesn’t follow a schedule. The worth of a bond isn’t measured by how many years someone has left, but by what they choose to build with the time they have.

We romanticize gods and mortals, vampires and teenagers, 300-year-old elves and rookies. We let androids who’ve been alive for three months fall in love with other androids or humans. But the moment one of them is partnered with a man in his 50s, suddenly the whole dynamic is tainted?

I don’t buy it.

I think HankCon makes people uncomfortable not because it’s poorly written, but because it refuses to align with an idea of “acceptable” love. Because it says that you don’t need to be the same age, or at the same place in life, to choose each other.

You just need honesty. Trust. Willingness.

Maybe one day we’ll stop seeing love between a 50yo man and someone who chooses him freely as a tragedy or a compromise. Maybe we’ll start seeing it for what it is. A kind of emotional equality that goes deeper than years.

Until then, yeah... maybe HankCon is ahead of its time. Because it asks you to imagine love that isn’t sanitized, or symmetrical, or young. And that’s not a flaw. That’s the point.

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When everyone's disappointed by the buddiebait but you've seen this film before and didn't like the ending:

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rebar stuck in someone, naming kids after a deceased friend and queerbaiting...is this really 911 or just supernatural in disguise?

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pov someone makes the mistake of mentioning any of my hyperfixations around me:

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Chapter 8 - 12

lovely and kind and brave and smart

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sherlock and john are insane because. like. nobody else can ever really come close to their relationship. they cant replace each other with anyone. no matter how much john loved mary, she couldn’t stop his nightmares. and sherlock turned to drugs as soon as john faded out of his life. no matter if sherlock ever had any feelings for molly, she just isn’t the same as john’s presence on cases. they need each other. they’re soulmates. i would feel bad for anybody else trying to have a relationship with either one, because they are so completely obsessed with each other. john killed for him after knowing him for a single day. sherlock opened up for him and him alone. they match each others freak in a way noone else can. they don’t even have to be romantic or anything. their relationship transcends everything. can anyone hear me? i know this is a given and everyone knows this but i just. yeah.

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Every queer friend group has:

gilf witch

trickster deity

dead scottish alcoholic

world's most suicidal law student

nonbinary jesus

car guy

irrevocably and catastrophically in love with car guy

kevin

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kai schwinds thirst for andreas fröhlichs porn voice is so real.

love that he is making him say something in that voice at least once an ep now. thank you for your service🫡