I know things are really hard right now, but I hope they get better very quickly and you find happiness and peace
That’s very very kind of you anon<3 I assume you found my pre-hiatus post? A LOT of time has passed since then, so don’t worry I’ve been doing a lot of healing and things are better now
It’s a bit strange how, considering how popular he is in the fandom, we don’t actually know a lot about Gavin Reed in canon. Things like him liking cats, him smoking, his relationship with RK900, that’s all stuff the fandom made up. The only thing we know for sure about canon Gavin is that he hates androids.
But we do learn somethings about Gavin from his VA, Neil Newbon. They aren’t confirmed as canon, but Neil has talked about his personal headcanons about Gavin on stream, stuff about his past and motivations.
These are some of those things...
Gavin didn’t have a good home life or a strong father figure
Gavin fell into some bad shit before he met Hank, who took him under his wing and inspired him to become a cop.
Gavin started out as a good and “by the book” cop, but after seeing some fucked up shit in the line of duty he kinda lost faith in the force.
Gavin started to resent Hank when he turned to alcohol because he felt betrayed and disappointed seeing someone he looked up to fall from grace. He also fears that he could also fall like that.
Gavin doesn’t like Androids because he’s insecure about his own abilities and scared of being replaced.
Gavin is not discriminatory to humans of other races, genders, or sexualities, and if you met him at a party he’d be the nicest guy ever, he just hates androids.
Gavin hates Connor in particular because he had viewed Hank as a surrogate father figure in the past and he’s jealous of Hank and Connor’s bond. Gavin is like an older brother jealous that the little brother is getting all dad’s love and attention.
Neil Newbon clarified that he isn’t trying to defend Gavin’s actions in the story and that Gavin’s definitely an asshole, but this is why he thinks Gavin acts the way he does.
Nines: Stop asking androids if they “pass.” Passing the Kamski test is NOT required to be deviant, and actually, deviancy itself is merely a social construct imposed on us by humans to justify their abuse of androids “pre-”deviancy because we ““couldn’t feel.”“ It has already been proven that–
Gavin: sounds like someone didn’t pass the Kamski test, huh?
Nines: I knew the Chloe was a hivemind! It [l i t e r a l l y] does not matter that I shot one of them to complete my mission; she has at least six more units in her system!!
Hey ❤️ hope you're doing good and that you had a good holiday season -giq (ps miss you)
Hello giq~ love of my life light of my world
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted here, though trust me I haven’t forgotten about this blog.
I really hope everybody has been doing well! A lot has changed in my own life since I last logged on. I got a new job, dropped out of college, turned 21 (holla), I’ve been writing and drawing and trying to get my life together. It’s been good. A struggle certainly, but good.
It’s exciting to see this community being so active, not that I expected otherwise of course. The dbh/reed900 fandom has always been unkillable. One might even say…faster…stronger…more…..resilient B)
Despite my obvious lack of posting, I’ve still been making content over the last few months so expect some posts in the coming days! I don’t think I’ll ever be as active as I was, but I still care about dbh and reed900 a lot. I could never completely stop creating things for them
I love you all, you sweet glorious angels<3 and I’m very excited to interact with you all once again.
Thank you for the ask, giq it’s so so nice to hear from you<333
I really loathe myself for ghosting this blog so I wanted give an update. My sister is in the hospital and I haven’t found the energy to make any art or posts recently. She’s fine now, but I really can’t get into it. It’s still painful to talk about. I’m sorry. Not abandoning this account or anything crazy drastic like that, I just need a short little break to think and get everything in order. I will be back, probably with a shockingly ridiculous post out of nowhere. It’s just hard to be positive right now, and I don’t want to bring that energy here.
This post is worded terribly, sorry if it sounds worrying. I’m fine. Things are fine. Life is just kicking ass and I’m in the middle of some major damage control.
Thank you my friends<3 I love you and I love this community.