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Marcus in the comments got a lot of Kara 's character right but I wanna add some things that I've learned about her 👉👈
She (and Alice) both inherently follow the ideology of "It would be better if I was human", Alice being able to accept her identity way she is faster than Kara could ever 💀
Here's one thing I think is very interesting is that Valorie describes Alice twists as something that can be used for Kara to love herself. It is basically described as "Oh Alice is human and loves me and I love her, she is special and makes me feel special because she's not like other humans who are violent and hate Androids", then when she finds out Alice is android she goes through that dilemma of "oh she's just like me" , which could imply Kara has self loathing for what she is. Internalized hatred for androids in some way? Maybe insecurity. The narrative switches when Kara is sent to camps (with Markus revolution), you're given a choice to choose certain dialogues and one of them being "brave" and one of lines are "maybe one day they'll realize how much they've wronged us", it either comes off as hopeful or her views on humans changed, developing an ideology similar to North's, more of the latter if you take into account of How the line was said, rather than what was said.
While her main goal is to protect Alice (or the determination to make sure she'll do everything she can to make Alice happy again), Safety is her second priority (not really for herself knowing she can just jump into a freezing cold river), it's probably something she realized after seeing Mary and Andy. (They essentially recreate the scene if Kara and Alice get injured during the escape from Jericho 💀)
Kara has her nosy and curious nature, while not explored fully in the game, it's still there. Even as an android she still had that curiosity but never took it into account (with anti depressants and drugs and just Todd's general behaviour, looking at Alice's books and trying to open the box before getting the key, looking into Luther's bag, following Rose when checking on Mary and Andy and picking up the photo of Adam's dad, and just exploring their house. She also just plays with snow) she does try her best to be empathetic, offering her condolences to North if Markus doesn't make it to crossroads. One person she never really forgave was Connor, she never actually said "I forgive you to him", she maybe has her guard up when it comes to men, after having been wronged by so many. The situation surrounding Connor is either she doesn't remember or she's afraid of it not lasting.
She also manipulates, lies and steals. She isn't some innocent angel the fandom deemed her to be 💀 she often guilt trips in order to survive, she uses Todd's story against him at the bus station, Telling Adam "if you freak out, you'll see your mother in prison, do you want that?" Knowing full well Adam is very attached to his mom. She also uses Alice's story when threatening the Cashier at the convenience store. It's very much, "if I want something, I'll take it"
If you've done the "by River" flowchart, you'd get set options of Kara being able to talk about herself, one of the things she admits to is wanting to find out who she is, not knowing what she actually wants and wanting to learn how to love, implying she never knew how to do it. Kara has a wide array of knowledge, for some whose education can start from kindergarten to university level, but she's always fascinated when it comes to actually experiencing it. This applies to all androids of course.
She's very capable of being someone who micromanages, ignores her own feelings and thoughts, she never talks about her own doubts, only doing it one time with Luther (about RA9) and immediately got shut down . she's also confident, she often throws herself into fights with a 50/50 chance of winning, sometimes even less. Hell, she's even brutal if she wants to be, she can pull out the bathroom android at Zlatko's heart out without much thought, the action is even labelled as "Silence" 💀💀
I really want to write a Kara-centered fic but I struggle to think of anything because well...
(I mean this as someone who likes Kara) remove Alice & what is Kara's goals? It's just really difficult for me to fully understand her character because I know you'd probably end up writing both Kara & Alice BUT - i'd like there to be more to Kara than just mommy-caretaker angst reciever the character(TM).
I know in a way her character is fluid & can be interrupted different ways (it's a game with choices) but almost ALL of her choices are [way to take care of Alice]. ;_;
I'm just thinking out loud ig