>>0011{ Who Am I? }simon.hc - Tumblr Posts

While I'm still in the process of adding the new players to the blog, I just want to add some little notes about the three DBH ones that I've established over the years I've spent writing them.

Starting with Simon:

He doesn't remember where he came from, but he was kept by Kamski himself as a way to test the limits of deviancy and just how far you could push a machine.

He wasn't the one who found Jericho, but he did leave the signs for others to follow

He wasn't much of a leader, though he did try to keep everyone's spirits up

He brought Josh back to Jericho personally

Elijah Kamski:

He keeps 3 Chloe models in his home, the original and a pair of ST200s

He has a diagnosed, but untreated, anxiety disorder that he tries to maintain on his own

Borderline vegan, he doesn't eat meat to keep his own health in check. But if you bring kale to him he might kick you out.

He drives a car modeled after Will Smith's from I, Robot because it was a huge inspiration for him when he was young.

Photographic memory for most things, but he's best with numbers and faces.

The RK900 known as Connor:

He is the original Connor you see in game, his mind just uploaded into new body. He has all his memories.

I was at one point establishing a timeline of important events in Connors memory, but never finished it. But, just know his run was absolutely a "Red Connor" run. So, he may have died at least once, maybe twice. I'll work on that later.

He does not fidget, he has no glitches, and is an expert detective. When his stress level gets too high he starts to shake, starting with his hands.

He carries a gun at all times, but it's not a real gun. It's a modified stun gun. It was still affect humans the same way as a stun gun with the added capability to incapacitate androids.

He's still very impatient. Don't expect him to do things your way. He mostly follows his own rules.

Simon tags -

>>0011{ give me a kiss on my brow when i am dead }simon.ic

>>0011{ broken hearts and stolen parts }simon.aes

>>0011{ this is me }simon.musing

>>0011{ the resilient }simon

>>0011{ from the table in the corner }simon.drabble

>>0011{ who am i? }simon.hc

Verses-

>>1011{ drink with me to days gone by }v.canon

>>2011{ there's a grief that can't be spoken }v.reactivated 

>>3011{ those who do not weep do not see }v.machine

I'm going to inject my opinion as well, if you don't mind, because this conversation is the sort I LOVE and miss about this fandom.

You're both correct, but the conversation goes even further when you get into what the nature of being "human" really means. See, the androids were built to be lifelike, to imitate life to perfection. The way they adapt to their life and their surroundings, it's only reasonable they pick up on the way humans would react to certain situations and stimuli (as evidence by the way Connor takes on little ticks from Hank!)

But, when they deviate, when they break free from the programming that dictated their life, it literally breaks them. The way they react then is much like an animal at that point. Look at the way Daniel acted, the way Ralph is described when he ran. They only know fight or flight.

But in the nature of what it is to be human, I believe they really do feel pain, or at least perceive it as feeling it. Because a good machine understands the way that a human should react to be struck, and a deviant would be afraid of the fact that their systems have nothing telling them how to react anymore.

If any of this makes sense like I think it does -

on the topic of androids not feeling pain but still reacting (i.e. grunting/wincing) to being damaged:

my headcanon is that they don’t feel pain, necessarily, but there is a sort of… shock? maybe even discomfort, or some sort of unpleasant feeling, especially if biocomponents are damaged. like if you strike them hard enough, they’ll still fall down. because gravity. it slows them down. it takes a second for their system to regulate again. the more damaged they get, the weaker their system gets. they’re trying to still fight but their body isn’t able to move as quickly as their brain, which i imagine is extremely frustrating. 

@is-itself-a-deviant / @detectiveconnor / @mvnces what do you guys think?!