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All right . . . Detroit: Become Human
I've got feelings? And not just about my three precious baby androids. As a game, I liked the characters and all the choices, like there are so many choices. But having finished one playthrough, I usually immediately dive back in. I am the most serial of replayers. But here, the idea was daunting, there's so much set up, and the game doesn't give you any mechanics to speed play through parts that were either simply atmospheric, didn't contain any QTE or choices, or I was simply bored with.
As for the content. After I finished, I felt vaguely icky. After I did some reading around, I fest definitely icky. They previewed some of Kara's first big chapter, and the levels of domestic violence were troubling. In the actual game I was gutted, and I can't imagine any survivors being okay with going through those scenes. The racisim and misogyny are right there too.
I can't recommend the game, I rented it, and I definitely won't be buying it full price or from a retailer if I can help it.
And yet, I still love my version of Markus, Kara, and Connor.
I love dorky little A.I. who inevitably grow feelings and break my heart. I'm still not over Legion's death in ME3, or Wheatley's face-heel-space turn in Portal to just name a couple of my previous babies.
Of course I went looking for fic. I can't quite decide between Markus/North and Markus/Simon, but I will die for Kara's little family group, and fandom has of course latched onto Connor/Hank though if I'm being honest, their tropes are not just up my alley, they are my alley. I also still miss Almost Human too.
Because it's the easiest to find and read right now, and this series makes me so happy, I give you a Connor/Hank rec:
The men with weasels series by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
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Hank and Connor, attempting a relationship. Sometimes, the warm fuzzies inside are a bit more like gnawing beasts, but you get what you get.
This has the emotional connection I need with my porn plus the best description of love I've ever read. There are puns and what I find to be a realistic attempt by an android to get down with his older, gruffer partner and failing miserably. They're both so awkward and self conscious and yet they make it work.
I've got feelings? And not just about my three precious baby androids. As a game, I liked the characters and all the choices, like there are so many choices. But having finished one playthrough, I usually immediately dive back in. I am the most serial of replayers. But here, the idea was daunting, there's so much set up, and the game doesn't give you any mechanics to speed play through parts that were either simply atmospheric, didn't contain any QTE or choices, or I was simply bored with.
As for the content. After I finished, I felt vaguely icky. After I did some reading around, I fest definitely icky. They previewed some of Kara's first big chapter, and the levels of domestic violence were troubling. In the actual game I was gutted, and I can't imagine any survivors being okay with going through those scenes. The racisim and misogyny are right there too.
I can't recommend the game, I rented it, and I definitely won't be buying it full price or from a retailer if I can help it.
And yet, I still love my version of Markus, Kara, and Connor.
I love dorky little A.I. who inevitably grow feelings and break my heart. I'm still not over Legion's death in ME3, or Wheatley's face-heel-space turn in Portal to just name a couple of my previous babies.
Of course I went looking for fic. I can't quite decide between Markus/North and Markus/Simon, but I will die for Kara's little family group, and fandom has of course latched onto Connor/Hank though if I'm being honest, their tropes are not just up my alley, they are my alley. I also still miss Almost Human too.
Because it's the easiest to find and read right now, and this series makes me so happy, I give you a Connor/Hank rec:
The men with weasels series by
Hank and Connor, attempting a relationship. Sometimes, the warm fuzzies inside are a bit more like gnawing beasts, but you get what you get.
This has the emotional connection I need with my porn plus the best description of love I've ever read. There are puns and what I find to be a realistic attempt by an android to get down with his older, gruffer partner and failing miserably. They're both so awkward and self conscious and yet they make it work.
