#here4you

[iwonderwh0]

Emma: "This is Daniel, the coolest android in the world! Say hi, Daniel!"

Daniel: "Hello!"

Emma: "You're my bestie! We'll always be together!"

The thing is, Emma probably didn't even know anything about her father's plans to replace Daniel, and it is really possible that if she had a chance to get to know about it before Daniel, she'd be the one throwing a tantrum, potentially preventing anything that happened instead. Aside from just Emma, it was repeatedly mentioned throughout the game that kids actually love androids. For example there's this dialogue at the station that Markus can overhear:

Little girl, visibly upset, hugging herself: "Are we really going to get rid of Mandy?"

(Probably mother): "Grandma says it leaves her nothing to do, sweetie."

Little girl: "But she's so cool!"

Mother: "I know, honey."

Not only kids think they're cool, android-only band Here4You is even hitting the charts as one of the most popular among youngsters, whereas adults find them really creepy and soulless. Another overhead dialogue from the same chapter:

"I heard that android boyband is going to win sone music prize"

"You mean Here4You? God, they're so creepy.

"My kids don't listen to anything else."

From adult's POV this attachment is interpreted as just another form of phone/internet/social-media/[insert anything else young people are accused of liking too much]-addiction, because most of them are too angry at CyberLife to comprehend that their kids may actually like androids for who they are as people in their lives, for being their safe space of a kind, and not because they're just addicted to that fancy toys to play with (although there probably are some kids who'd see them exactly this way. There always are.)

It was truly a misfortune that Daniel got so overwhelmed by the news that he instantly became fatalistic instead of pausing to really think about it first, to maybe consider that this decision may not have been a collective one, and there's still a chance -- maybe a small one, but still the one worth looking into -- to cancel it by talking, asking Emma about if she knows (because she probably didn't) instead of instantly going for the gun to take revenge on everyone as equally guilty. Instead of asking, he instantly assumed the worst – that Emma's opinion in the matter will be the same as her father's, and that was his main mistake. Daniel must have had really good relationships with the whole family including the father who as it turned out didn't think of him as a person, but rather a replaceable object – something Daniel never expected or even considered before, which, by the way, only further implies just how much he was actually loved for this information to be this unexpected and this world-shattering. He never saw it coming AT ALL (and in a generally anti-android society it really is telling) so this unexpected truth basically overwritten everything he ever knew about his life and world as a whole, making him feel like a fool for not seeing it earlier.

In this sense he's really similar to Connor when he realised that CyberLife never loved him, that he in fact is NOT special, not an exception from the rule, and was only used as an expendable object. There really is a parallel here. Except for Connor this knowledge didn't came with an anger, but with guilt for his previous actions (and, you know, Connor was actually right about it while Daniel could have potentially made a mistake in interpreting it the way he did)

So "Daniel never saw it coming because he was only surrounded by love" is one theory, but now I wanna consider a different one, being –

He was never going to be replaced on the first place,

Philips family is just insanely rich and John decided that he can afford to buy one more android, because why not? The one they have is great, and their enormous apartment with giant gold statues of Buddha and big-ass pool area would benefit from another pair of hands. It's possible that this decision wasn't even planned, but just an impulsive purchase done by someone who's so rich that spending nearly 10K is not a big deal.

And in this case, maybe Daniel's suspicion accumulated over a period time of him hearing how other androids are talked about outside of Philip's family and always thinking "For me it's different – they actually love me for who I am and will never replace like that. They're not like those other people, they're different, I'm different." And then him seeing that purchase was just...the last straw that was needed for him to apply all those previous already existing suspicions to his own situation and finally consider that they might actually apply to him, resulting in him drawing those depressing conclusions that if true would mean that his whole life has been a lie that he was just too stupid to be able to see through.

So there's at least a small chance that it was all a result of just a big misjudgement and/or could be avoided if dialogue was Daniel's first choice of action instead of him getting blinded by his anger and urge to take revenge on those who -- at least from his immediate understanding of the situation -- betrayed him.

[detroitbecomeonline]

I love thinking about this too!

Memes about deviants driving a car which is equivalent to a human climbing inside of a horse

A vine-like trend of androids telepathically changing a cafe's music to something explicit before sprinting away, human cafe owner in hot pursuit of the shaky camera

Capitalistic companies and organisations pushing products for "Deviant Month" by selling triangles in December

How-to YouTube videos by deviants which turns into the main source of common health/repair/modification information

Books being written and sold by *the* AI about its personal experience and lots of people are jumping at the chance to have this 'AI' on their podcasts

Here4You band turns into a hardcore android screamo band singing about their anger at the system

Android reaction memes are household appliances that make perfect sense to other androids but humans are like "why did you comment a picture of a microwave"

Listen, I absolutely love joking about the memes/pop culture phenomena that the DBH characters would have lived through (vines, memes, trends, tiktok, etc), I think it's hilarious, but what about all the memes/pop culture phenomena that would result from the events of the game in the dbh universe?

People making memes about their appliances deviating, all in good fun of course. A deviant comes up with a dance called "the red wall" where they mimic breaking their code to deviate in dance form and it becomes a viral trend, some deviants altering the steps slightly to mimic their deviancy, and the like. T-shirts that say "I survived the android revolution" but it's a picture of an android phone wielding a sword. A couple androids become particularly obsessed with Star Wars and make a fan account called "KyberLife" that gains thousands of followers. Deviant-made YouTube videos titled "THINGS MY OLD OWNERS NEVER WANTED YOU TO KNOW!! (DRAMA! SCANDAL!! LIES!!!)". Way too many YK500 kid androids dress up as Peter Pan and the lost boys for Halloween. Memes about how the androids are called "deviants". The possibilities are absolutely endless.

[cool-one-1]

Just sometimes www.GullaTees.Store #DEEP #GOD #LOVE #WAR #PEACE #HAPPY #HELP #HERE4YOU #ONLY4EVER #SERVICE #US #WE (at Just some good times) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPLXD_LEUP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[gmlgloballlc-blog]

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[utopiavybz]

I did a re-order so these will be back in stock soon…along with the Rose Quartz Yoni Eggs🥰 …#Cleansing #PaloSanto #RoseQuartz #Yoni #Wands @utopiadevignzemporium #SelfCareRoutine #SelfLove💞 #SelfHealing #UniqueEmpaths #Here4You #fyp #2-2-22Portal💫 #LateNightRituals https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkM4iJpvLF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tcmae938]

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[dullflamer]

Ooh the new Braids LP came in today! Definitely worth the wait. My favorites so far are #Here4You #YoungBuck #JustLetMe #Upheavalii #SnowAngel #NoteToSelf — #Braids #ShadowOfferings #RedVinyl https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwWtuLnW2D/?igshid=kw0fy1qx7qli

[afar25]

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see #here4you #ufo #cartoonufo #vectorillustration #vectorspaceship #hoodieillustration #characterdesign #beanieillustration #characterillustration #vectorartist (at Downtown Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6P34IwFX3W/?igshid=avdwshjkybt0

[eastsidemags]

Made it. Time to get that shipment banged out! #EastSideMags #neversaydie #here4you #bestcustomers #dedication #whatblizzard #justafewflakes #quitwhining (at East Side Mags)

[jrocrockiee]

No matter what anyone else says about you no matter what you think of yourself, i love you. i really love you, like crazy. i want to be with you all the time. i want to hold your hand all the time. if you name ten things that you hate about yourself, i'll say two thousand things that i love about you. That's the kind of special treatment that i want to give you.

[alexdanversdaily]

chy_leigh: FRIENDS... do not miss this!! @eastofeli & I have joined forces with @qfxevents for QFXCloudCon with a powerful storytellers concert, proceeds going towards @trevorproject to support & celebrate #pride 🏳️‍🌈 Join us and our whole @createchange.me team for an incredible hour of music, some encouragement and inspiration. #Here4You

[iwonderwh0]

Do you think Emma even had friends among humans? She was a rich girl in a country where most people struggle with job security and keeping a home. While people were being replaced with androids here and there she was calling her domestic android her bestie. She had "good vibes only" in her room as her motto (or was it live love laugh? I don't remember for sure which one it was) , not a good sign, probably the ickiest thing a rich teenage girl can have as it betrays a vibe of a mean girl, possibly even a bully. Among her peers she probably had some kids trying to be her friends just to be able to access some expensive games/lifestyle/android (kids according to dbh lore mostly like them and think they're cool) while others openly hated her for being so privileged and probably entitled with being blind to the problems of others due to being as spoiled as she was. She probably thought of them as jealous and perhaps it isn't amusing after all that she preferred the company of her android to kids who either liked her for her money or hated her for it. Growing up in such a luxurious wealth she probably thought of androids as a good thing, a great thing even, her favourite thing that is always there for her as the name of that all-android music band "here4you" that she probably liked as it was mentioned as one of the most popular music bands among kids and teens. That was however up until that bifurcation point at 15th of August. Afterwards, she lost far more than her father, mental health and peace of mind. Her whole world will be shattered, and she probably won't even have human friends to support her through that. Had she ever even had a friend amongst other kids? What if not?

[chylerleighupdates]

chy_leigh : FRIENDS... do not miss this!! eastofeli & I have joined forces with qfxevents for QFXCloudCon with a powerful storytellers concert, proceeds going towards trevorproject to support & celebrate #pride 🏳️‍🌈 Join us and our whole createchange.me team for an incredible hour of music, some encouragement and inspiration. #Here4You

[cool-one-1]

All the time www.GullaTees.Store #DEEP #GOD #LOVE #WAR #PEACE #HAPPY #HELP #HERE4YOU #ONLY4EVER #SERVICE #US #WE (at God Is Good All the Time) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPKcoNLFxq/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kuagerber]

Depression?

So depression is now being trending and it’s getting into every teeenager’s head. Honestly I’ve never got myself into depression before and I’m thankful for that but i really do concern on depression people like why , when , for how long and the questions list goes on. I’ve been observing people get depressed because of their surrounding . We are the ones should be blamed because we tend to ignore and offend them . For example famous people like instafamous you could called it , tend to get depression because people keep commenting on their photo and keep searching for their fault And hurt them with bad words and insulted them. We caused them depression. We say what we want and gain likes by insulting them and feel proud about it but have you ever stopped and sit back and think 💭 wow I’m mean and I shouldn’t have done that ? Depression is not a small matter as it can lead you to suicide ! Don’t ever look down at any depressed people and say oh just a lil stress you can get over it . No people no stop right there ! We should listen carefully to every words they say and concerned on them and you might not know that with your empathy , you just stop someone for committing suicide ? All they need was someone to listen to their problems and just show a little care to them. Most depression people are lonely 😞 Hug them , love them , care for them and motivates them . That’s all they asked for. Wew well I learn this from watching thirteen reasons why and I’ve finished watching both seasons yay and you should watch it too ! Tata

[utopiavybz]

I did a re-order so these will be back in stock soon…along with the Rose Quartz Yoni Eggs🥰 …#Cleansing #PaloSanto #RoseQuartz #Yoni #Wands @utopiadevignzemporium #SelfCareRoutine #SelfLove💞 #SelfHealing #UniqueEmpaths #Here4You #fyp #2-2-22Portal💫 #LateNightRituals (at Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfASgEr3Wg/?utm_medium=tumblr