#like tbh the ortiz android was going to die no matter what

[thiriumhound]

“i wish this established trait of deviants applied to the main cast” is a consistent trait of this game, i’d say... first rA9, now this >_>

though to be honest, i always interpreted connor’s “deviants also have a tendency to self-destruct when they’re in stressful situations” a bit differently. i always saw it as him framing it as something compulsory that Just Happens because he can’t comprehend that they’re people with feelings being driven to suicide. it’s dehumanization, for lack of a better term. (think someone complaining that their severely neglected dog chews up the furniture when it’s left alone in the house- treated as an irrational behavior that just happens for some reason instead of something with a reasonable emotional cause.)

connor sees it as “when high stress, self-destruct” when the truth of the matter is “these people are being put in inhumane situations so horrible that they, very commonly, decide suicide is the only way out”.

It is stated that androids self-destruct when they feel stressed enough. I wish it was something that could also happen to main protagonists. I mean, all of them are terribly stressed, it's a miracle they keep it together without a need to find ways to calm themselves down.