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buttfishfan · 2 days
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People aren't completely wrong about Kara's story being really weak, but i also feel like people dont realize the amount of missed opportunity in her section of the game.
Kara's story could've been AMAZING if only David Cage knew what he was trying to write.
Sooo here's some ideas ive been mulling over for a couple weeks about how id fix Kara's story.
1. Making Alice human
Even when i was blind to a lot of the bad writing in Detroit this plot twist made me so agitated and confused because there was no plot twist it was seriously just david cage lying to the player for 12 hours 😭 making Alice human would fix many inconsistencies in Kara's story like how she just chooses to ignore the fact that Alice is an android and acts shocked when she finds out. Having alice be human also opens up the story to a more interesting themes about the bonds that can be formed between humans and androids like holy fuck david did you forget the story you were writing midway through 😭 If Alice was human it could also lead to new game mechanics or plot where kara would need to take care of Alice's human needs like food and water which then leads into Kara being put into situations where she is forced to do the "moral" thing and sacrifice comfort or to fight for Alice's survival.
2. Giving Kara's section of the game an actual overarching choice
The biggest reason i believe people think Kara's story is so boring is because in a game that prides itself on letting its players choose their very own story Kara's story allows for the least amount of choices. Both Connor and Markus have overarching distrinct choices that lead to VERYYY polar outcomes. Connor has the ability to deviate or stay a machine and markus has the ability to lead a peaceful or violent revolution. The only distinct outcomes in Kara's story is if you make it to Canada or not and even that is just if you chose the /right/ choices instead of the choices you consciously made. I wish there was more opportunities for Kara to be really evil and fucked up but all in the name of giving Alice the world. I know you're able to steal and lie in various chapters but it never felt like it had any true weight to how kara or the story progressed.
3. Give Alice an actual personality
Throughout the entire game Alice kinda doesn't do or say anything of value like I've seriously lost count how many times she's said "im cold". It makes no sense to me how you get the relationship status of family with her as Kara when you genuinely know nothing about Alice. She doesn't talk about anything. Even as an android she like must've had some sort of interest programing to act like a child but she just never shares anything even with the people that are supposedly the closest ones to her?? I feel like her personality should've been dependent on the way youd approach Karas story. If kara is willing to do immoral things for Alice's sake I feel like Alice should also be fucked up and evil cuz like, shes a kid and kara is her role model of COURSE she'll try an be similar to her mama. If Kara chooses to sacrifice comfort for morals then Alice takes after Kara in that respect too. So not only would you be responsible for how Kara acts you'd also be responsible for the way Alice acts which gives the player the choice of do they want this little kid to follow in the wrong steps or not?
Some ideas i have for how the story should've gone
Todd brings Kara home after she gets fixed and she meets Alice for the first time. Alice obviously knows Kara but after attempting to make Kara remember her she realizes that Kara's memory has been wiped. Since Kara would've probably been the only person to care for Alice before she was broken this would lead to Alice having a breakdown where she realizes her only protection and source of comfort is gone. Alice would probably resent or be distrustful of Kara a little in the beginning because of this.
I feel like running away should've been a more difficult decision on Kara's part. She's just come home from being fixed and she's already deviated i don't think she fully knows what she wants to do with Alice. Especially when they've started off their relationship with nothing i don't think Kara should've been leaning into the whole mom thing. It would've made more sense if their interactions started off as Kara just making sure Alice stays alive and then over time their relationshio actually has room to develop instead of starting off as mother daughter and ending off as mother daughter.
These are only some ideas. Im obviously not a writer but i just really care about this game and feel like it had too much lost potential 🙏🙏
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othellothefelllow · 3 days
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faunshiii · 5 months
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finished replaying dbh today :((
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hamartia-grander · 1 year
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I made a new meme format, whaddya think (part 2/2) 
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I did two this time for the androids and humans because this is funny to me
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2dx001 · 3 months
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dbh + texts from last night (part 2)
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frankedz · 2 months
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Happy Valentine´s day DBH
I appreciate you're here!!!
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retromaccaroni · 2 months
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Kara, Luther, Alice - Happy Ending AU
prints available here
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kishavo · 5 months
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DBH as text posts
HD/modded screengrab creds: ❀ ✿ ❀ ✿ ❀ ✿ ❀ ✿
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kimik0hippie · 11 months
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I'm in my detroit phase rn 🙌 These are kinda messy and crooked, but I drew them more as a reference for myself
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buttfishfan · 13 days
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David cage didn't make her evil enough
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kidrunaway · 3 months
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rk1k-moved · 1 month
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glass-noodle · 5 months
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being alive is hard
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jay-heart-draws · 1 year
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I'm a bit late to the party, but I still wanted to contribute to the fandom :D
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senorpugbean · 20 days
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April 2032
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It's AX400 production month 🎉 I found that there's a black AX400 too late 😭 had I known sooner I would have made a proper artwork 😭😭
The first two weren't intended to look like posters/ magazine covers, I just wanted to fill in the background lmao
2 miscellaneous artworks I did for fun. Got burnt out one first one tho, also Karquette
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Expect to see me not long from now, i have to make up for my disappearance 😔
Here is an actual poster 😌✨
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