[ SECRET POST #4385 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4385 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Detroit: Become Human]


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03.
(Timeless)


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04.
[Ben from Simply Nailogical and Rich Evans from Red Letter Media]


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05.
(Netflix's Dumplin')


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06.
[Criminal Minds, season 3 episode 7 "Identity"]


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07.
[The Lion King (2019)]


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08.
[Thomas Middleditch]







Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 41 secrets from Secret Submission Post #628.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, except it is explicitly written as a father/son dynamic. I know Connor's an android but the life experience difference thing is still there. Not to mention the fact Hank's son death made him suicidal then he starts to bond with a new "son" except this time it's an android.

FFS. I know shippers tend to delude themselves but this is just ridiculous.

[(Anonymous)]

Not in the fandom so I have no horse in this race but...just because something is "explicitly written" a certain way doesn't mean fans have to interpret it in that way.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but like... you can interpret things however you want, but at a certain point it's no longer really textual. Interpretations aren't infinitely and equally plausible. At a certain point you're dealing in an AU.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

I agree with this. And I can definitely understood why people might find a ship super squicky if the characters are clearly depicted as having a parent/child like relationship in canon. I mean, I get why people ship Buffy/Giles, for example, but it still makes me feel ill to think about it.

I don't believe in harassing people about their ships, though. However, I also have no problem with people expressing how much something squicks them out if they're doing it in their own space (and not tagging it misleadingly).

[(Anonymous)]

Only in this case, it's not textual. It's heavily (or rather, heavy-handedly) implied to be a lazily executed and badly written "father-son" dynamic, but it's not an unshakable fact everyone has to abide by, NOR is Connor actually Hank's very real, totally related son.

[(Anonymous)]

No it’s not. First of all hanks son died 3 years ago before the game begin meaning Cole was 9 years old at best present time, not a 30 year old man. The game even goes out of its way to show that if Connor does remind Hank about his dead son that it’s *bad* since the only way that happens is for Connor to die multiple times and ends with Hank killing himself. That is *not* a healthy dynamic. Also if you investigate Hank’s room there are hints around he’s looking for companionship and was considering getting an Android to fill that void. The game is bad and hamfisted in multiple other ways but it fucking beats you over the head that if Connor = Cole, Hank = suicide.

And FINALLY both Clancy Brown and Bryan Dechart debunked the fatherbrotherdogging. It’s the nonshippers who are delusional.