#Convin

[my-pretentious-name]

boys will be boys🤙

[ebigeso]

[9in-gavin]

[pewter-yellows]

enjoying convin not in the borderline abuse of baby twink connor or 'gavin is soft boy actually' way, but in a secret third way where they claw at each other until one is left raw and exposed, where connor confronts gavin directly and shoves his arrogance in his face, where gavin is enticed by someone who challenges him and has to wrangle with how his own humanity can be amplified by someone he considers subhuman

where hank begins to improve again thanks to connor and gavin has no excuse for his animosity, admiration slowly coming back against gavin's will

where drinks turn to barely-remembered nights and gavin can't fathom how an android is the first person he hasn't wanted to kick out in the morning, where connor wishes he could beg gavin to stay because, realistically, there is no stable place for him to go while hank is healing and the rest of jericho's population tries to move past the 'deviant hunter' image

where connor is so overwhelmed by everything shifting in his life that he clings to the consistency of gavin's insults, clings to the feeling of not being tied down by his need to please as he convinces himself he hates gavin enough to say anything to him, even though he knows he's not being treated as well as he should (he feels its a fair trade off for being able to blow off steam)

it's fiery, imperfect, and unhealthy, but slowly they find ways to help each other, and gavin finally comes to terms with his feelings.

(he totally spends a night spewing apologies to a somewhat confused connor)

[tenebris83]

It was inspired by one funny video of a man sleeping with his cat's leg in his mouth

[hellofromabyss]

[drifternox]

I'm being smart and uploading art across sites at the same time

ANYWAYS

redraw of a convin doodle page I did years ago

Gavin likes seeing Connor in tactical gear :)

[brokuma]

[faslaj]

MY SUNSHINEEEEEEEE✨✨✨✨✨

Okay yeah i have big problems with fem!Connor bcz like. Look at her. I lose my last brain cell when trying to explain how I love this version🤧

[furyjohnson]

Misc DBH doodles :P

[ebigeso]

[lukelemon-art]

Page 55

(wish me luck, I'm trying to get myself back into comic mode and draw #57, so here's one I haven't shown you before)

the whole comic is here: AO3

[kishavo]

-taps mic- Detroit fandom, you out there? Can I interest you in a sketch dump of Connor and Gavin barely tolerating each other’s presence?

[tenebris83]

WIP

[1ncend1ary]

they are something so special to me

[palinecrosis]

reed800 > reed900 and the mischaracterization of connor

I never understood people’s affinity for reed900 over reed800, and all the reasonings I’ve heard for it never make sense to me. Just to be clear, this post isnt meant to attack anybody who ships reed900, I’ve watched Detroit evolution alright. I fucked with it heavy. I’ve got a solid three Reed900 fics in my ao3 bookmarks. I have credentials. Don’t come for me.

Anyway, I will always prefer Connor and Gavin’s dynamic over a Nines and Gavin hypothetical one. I feel like the reason people don’t like covnin is because they often misinterpret Connor’s character, I see this amongst convin shippers too, not just people who dislike the ship. 

I keep hearing the argument that “Gavin hates Connor, and Connor doesn’t stand up for himself. Nines would be more cold, which matches Gavin’s personality.” This is probably the shittiest take I’ve ever heard. The DBH fandom tends to see Connor as meek. Because of this, they think he’s vulnerable to Gavin’s hostility, which is just not true. When we’re introduced to Gavin, he’s antagonistic towards Connor right of the bat. Connor, in order to keep the peace, remains professional. This is because initially, it’s not in Connor’s interest/programming to disobey or disrupt humans. He prefers to move along, focus on the mission and ignore unnecessary distractions. However, when Gavin persists, when the android being interrogated is about to self destruct, Connor has the choice to physically stop the officer from restraining it and he does, defying Gavin in the process as well. Connor does not care about Gavin’s human authority in this case, he only cares about what he knows to be true and sticking to his objective. 

Now you may bring up the breakroom scene in which Gavin punches Connor, Connor just seems to let it happen despite it being a direct physical attack and not just an offhand comment. I hate when people bring this up because at this time, Connor was not deviant yet. He did not develop enough consciousness/deviancy to actively choose to defend himself. Again, in order to move things along and cause the least ruckus possible, he takes it. I’ve also heard arguments that Connor “pretends” to be hurt in order to seem subservient to Gavin to make it seem like he’s not fighting back against a human. I like that theory! 

People also seem to forget that when things directly misalign with his mission, Connor is quick to go against anybody, even humans, who stand in the way. Have people forgotten what Connor did to Gavin in the archive room? He beat the living shit out of him, incapacitated him, and walked off with a final tie adjustment as if it was nothing. This is the Connor who you’re calling meek, the one who pretended to be the Traci’s dead girlfriend to get to Jericho. The one who sampled Markus’ voice to take advantage of beaten down Simon’s loyalty. The one who nagged Hank to rent Traci’s until the lieutenant humiliatedly obliged. The one who chased Kara and a child down a highway. The one who gets himself killed multiple times just to accomplish his mission. The one who sarcastically told Gavin he’d “miss their bromance.” PLEASE. 

All of this is to make a point for a romantic/sexual dynamic between Connor and Gavin that actually puts them as equals. Where we get the good ending with deviant Connor, androids having rights, Gavin being forced into sensitivity training and actually learn to see androids as people (we love the Gavin Reed Redemption tag). None of that degrading convin bullshit where Connor puts up with Gavin’s bigotry and thinks “I can fix him!” Where Gavin actually takes responsibility for his own behavior and slowly learns to change his outlook. 

Connor would not shut up to Gavin’s insults. He’d push back just as hard, sarcastic and sardonic in his own way. He’d spit some sort of off putting logical roast at Gavin to hurt his feelings, psychoanalyzing him to a T. They’d have amazing back and forth, banter fuelled with sexual tension, actual physical fights, prolonged angry eye contact, pinning down and grabbing dangerously close to certain areas. Connor beginning to warm up to Gavin’s hostility, being smart, seeing past it, knowing it’s a cover up for something more raw and vulnerable. Gavin starting to think “Maybe he’s not so bad” to “he’s funny” to “he’s pretty fucking hot” to “shit maybe I like him”. DO WE NOT SEE THE VISION!! 

anyways I need to convert more people to like convin. yeah you can make your case for reed900 but they will never have as much chemistry as convin and not nearly as much hatefuck potential. thank you for reading.