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The YK500 temperature change I believe can be accessed only by 3rd party individuals, Like Kara or maybe someone who knows how to mangle with the android software, it's never really explained and this is the explanation that makes the most sense lmao 💀

I do wish they went into detail about Alice's deviancy as a whole, it would be so fun but it makes sense why they didn't say anything about it considering they were always getting attacked every 5 minutes 💀

I agree that part of the point of DBH is the relationship of Humans and Androids, but Kara's story is a perfect example of what happens on the other side of the spectrum, the possibilities of being mistreated horribly simply because you are different. The way the convenience store worker treats Kara in her android uniform Vs The stolen clothes is interesting, Todd and Zlatko being the bigger evils and how the swat team treats them (at the border and camps) . You can need someone to live that perspective to understand how deep the mistreatment gets yk? Even the android 's that aren't deviant treat her differently (in fugitives)

As much as it would have been fun to have Human!Alice, it wouldn't change how the community treats her, in fact it would be worse. They would complain constantly about how needy she is even more (treat Kara horribly too lmao) 💀 and even if we did get Human!Alice , there surely would be a group of people who want to see a platonic relationship between androids. (This also argues for the whole "we want stronger women characters" they couldn't even handle North, and "we need strong mother figures" but still complain about Kara's story being the embodiment of Dav*d's misogyny like, there aren't people who genuinely want to be homemarkers) There is no real way to please everyone unfortunately 💀

Engagement regarding progression in the storyline is something that is purely subjective. For you as you said, the twist makes the story less engaging, for me it doesn't change anything about how I see it because I have always viewed the twist as something trivial, but for others, it makes it more engaging, especially when you go into detail about the intricacies of the android children

Kara and Rose's relationship is something complex at the beginning. Kara can't trust as easily anymore after all that happened at zlatko's (thus the distrust option at the beginning of midnight train and the cautious dialogue choice when talking to rose about Alice's past). Their relationship is left in the air that's what kinda makes it interesting yk?? Like how close would they get and how much will Kara learn from Rose? Will Kara be able to find herself through Rose's experience and understandings? It's fun to think about. Kara talks about wanting to find herself after she reaches the border (By the river, introspective and curious) and I personally believe that rose will be the guide for her . (This is just my silly headcanon though 😭 if it's irrelevant feel free to ignore)

Hope this essay is a little insightful at least 😭 I tend to go off topic sometimes lmao 💀💀

I haven't 100%d the game yet but one thing about Detroit: Become Human that has bothered me since I finished my first run is Alice being an android

It definitely feels like one of those things the writers just pushed in to surprise the player, which I don't super love (Connor has no idea that there were two androids in the Williams household even though he has access to all deviant android information, Todd never throws the fact that she's an android in her face while he's abusing her even though he'll throw the fact in Kara's face, Alice spends the entire game complaining about being cold/with people saying that she feels hot like she has a fever and then the player finds out she's an android and none of that ever comes up again, she eats human food throughout the game even though supposedly she has no need of it) but it does bring up some ideas around Android deviancy that I find really interesting.

Children do not obey their parents. That's just a fact about children, and in order to be an accurate copy, Alice has to disobey Todd, at least in minor ways. So Alice must have a certain level of planned deviancy/disobedience to be effective as an android child replacement. But that brings up an even more interesting question- did Alice ever deviate when she ran away with Kara?

I don't think that telling Kara what Todd did to her to deactivate her counts as deviation. I also don't think that running to her room counts as deviation - that's a pretty normal action for a child to take. Disobeying humans isn't deviating- not following your program is. I think in the version of the story where you mess up the quick time event and Alice shoots Todd instead of Kara, Alice is definitely a deviant. There's no way Cyberlife programed her to be able to hurt humans, no matter how an abused child would realistically react to their guardian bring attacked.

But any other version, Alice could totally be following her programming. Once Kara shoots Todd, the only guardian Alice still has is Kara. She treats Kara like a mother figure and obeys whatever she says. Even when they're breaking the law, Alice never deviates from her programming to behave differently than a child would in that situation. And honestly, Alice's attachment to "right or wrong" could be just another way that her programming shows up- not enough to stop the adult in charge of her, but enough to give a nod to Cyberlife's programming.

And honestly that's one of the things that frustrates me about the "Alice is an android" thing- there's no way to know for sure that she even truly loves Kara, or if she's just following her programming. And since as far as we know, androids don't really "grow up", Kara will always be taking care of a child who may or may not have chosen to love her. It's just a really frustrating writing choice that causes more issues than it fixes.