#the only exception to my assumptions is maybe the ending where markus succeeds at a peaceful protest and connor doesn't bring the army

[thiriumhound]

uh. ummmmm

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ok tbh i interpret post-canon as a world irrevocably changed so i can’t see him in evacuated detroit really having a job at all. he and the other humans are just tryna survive (has everyone forgotten the water cuts, school closures, blackouts etc? the entire country is falling apart now that androids aren’t running shit, do people seriously think shit’s just going back to normal after a month??)

ik im the odd one out there though, so... in a world where shit goes back to normal? god idk. in the economy cyberlife’s created it’s not like he can just casually get a job in whatever the individual writer decides he’s into outside of police work, but again that’s addressing the collapse of the country that everyone’s ignoring. so gardening, maybe? he does have a lot of little potted plants, and it might be good for his mental health to take care of them. maybe connor recommends it to him. the issue is again no one would be buying the stupid plants when they’re all too focused on tryna figure out how to live when no one has the expertise to fill the ESSENTIAL jobs androids had, and companies’ budgets are now based around the idea that they don’t have to pay workers anymore so they can’t feasibly rehire any humans left that DO know what to do- but WE’RE IGNORING THAT.

i guess im kinda converting myself to the other side of fowler letting him keep his job out of a ridiculous amount of grace again....... that “can’t you back me up this one time” line always gets me cause there aint no way hank kept his job for the past couple years with his alcoholism and rampant skipping and lack of motivation to do literally anything to contribute to investigations for any reason other than fowler backing him up for the past YEARS lmao

anyway assuming i’m catastrophizing and actually the country pieces itself back together just fine, i’d go with gardening. i guess. really it just depends on how the individual writer interprets him and his likely hobbies. either that or any basic or odd jobs he can get ahold of- do you know how many jobs todd bounced between before being forced to settle on drugs? >_> becoming lieutenant from such a young age probably means that’s all he had going on, so it’s not like hank’s likely to have some secret degree up his sleeve...

Folks who oppose the headcanon of Hank being back at DPD post revolution, can you please share your alternatives?