#I am Frankie

[radiantrookie]

Y'know if we can revive the Lab Rats fandom, then we can revive this fandom too

[otherkinotd]

Today's otherkin of the day is Frankie, who is humankin 👦

-requested by anon

[tvthemesongs]

I Am Frankie intro

[icepack-for-steve]

Can someone tell me what genre of Nickelodeon shows these were?

[ad-astra-per-aspera-1389]

I wouldn't be able to find the post about it now, but the Andrew and Eliza comparisons have some merit. But the contrasts have more.

Eliza and Andrew (and Frankie, but we're not there yet) have similar code. Eliza wasn't programmed not to lie, cheat, or steal. Andrew was programmed specifically to be able to do that.

Andrew was built into a home (heh, android puns) where his parental figure didn't really care about him. Dr. Peters looks at him like a machine, and he's only using him for revenge. Hell, he gave Andrew a different last name to avoid being found out.

Based on the way Eliza...is, we can kind of assume Sigourney is a lot more caring with Frankie than she was with Eliza. Frankie is almost like her daughter. Eliza was just a machine to her. (Sigourney gets better at it, but she likely wasn't very sentimental with Eliza.)

So, if they were built and raised so similarly, how did Andrew end up a protagonist, while Eliza doesn't step away from evil, even when given the choice?

Simple: Frankie.

Even before she discovers he's an android, Frankie is kind to him. After, she sympathizes with his situation, and, if I'm remembering right, she even lies for his sake...which messes up her functionality. Frankie puts effort into defending him, and Andrew recognizes this.

So, when Andrew goes against orders to protect her, it's not out of left field. Andrew knew Frankie was an android all along, and he had orders to get rid of her. But Frankie just cares so damn much about him, even after she knows Dr. Peters is behind all of this.

Eliza didn't have a community to turn to. Frankie is that community for Andrew. Even before Simone enters the picture.

Andrew, between seasons one and two, gains two sisters who have his back, but that's not all. His first positive interaction with a human was...Dayton. Dayton's kindness may have been forced at first, but it was there. She, Frankie, and even Cole, at times, were the reason he (and later Simone) only wanted to blend in with people, not hurt them like Eliza aimed to do.

Andrew defected to being good because Frankie loved him. Not even romantically, necessarily. Frankie saw humans in such a positive light that Andrew eventually saw it that way, too. By the time NAH was formed, Andrew looked surprised. He had developed a respect for humankind, but despite being borderline attacked for being who he was, he still believed some humans were good.

Eliza never had that opportunity. She was treated like an object, not a person. She was a machine, and no one looked at her and thought, "Maybe she has feelings, too." Eliza wasn't given a chance to respect or trust anyone before it was broken.

In the end, Andrew and Frankie are foils, but they're also, by android standards, half-siblings. Frankie loved Andrew so much that he believed in humanity. Eliza didn't have someone like Frankie.

[boldlyshamlessfangirl]

[adumbshitbutler]

ok but all i’m saying is that andrew was made from the same code as frankie so really it would only make sense that if she developed a crush on cole he would develop one too is all i’m saying is ALL i’m saying

[makeyouminemp3]

if I had a nickel for everytime an actor that used to be on a underrated nickelodeon show in the mid to late 2010s, is now apart of a popular slasher horror show/film, I'd have 2 nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

[iceespizza]

just realised i could have submitted frankie from i am frankie into the robot bracket. frankie i am so sorry

[elmoon12]

Suggest

[radiantrookie]

Imagine if these two met

[fluffyartbl0g]

Huh? Why are they called the Strawhat Pirates? Obviously because they all wear straw hats!!!! (Well except for the captain)

[halacska-fins]

butting heads.

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Frankie will only go against orders if absolutely necessary.

Andrew will only follow orders if absolutely necessary.

[leyhunter]

I fought for like 20 years or something close to it fiercely against One Piece and now I am part of the hivemind

[adumbshitbutler]

okay, so we both agree Lucia and Makayla are girlfriends right? right??? good, great, glad we're on the same page

YES. OH MY GOD. YES. ABSOLUTELY. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. THEY ARE LITERALLY SHARING A RAINBOW UMBRELLA IN THE FIRST MOTHERFUCKIN EPISODE. THE FIRST ONE.

they wanted us to know who these bitches from day one and i thank them for that