Geode

This isn't a small "whoops" moment, or even a small moment at all- it's a combination of YEARS worth of multiple things repeating day after day, and Khan, though he really doesn't understand her at all and doesn't know what she needs, or know how to give her what she needs, IS trying.

He thinks she's well loved and popular, when she isn't. He's enraged to hear her teacher call her damaged, he's actually really quick to call her too smart for his class (which is genuinely true, making her Sick As Hell Railgun (that's not actually a Railgun) requires a lot more than a high school math problem to figure out blueprints for and actually build!) and stands up for her when she isn't there to hear it.

Honestly the disconnect between Uzi and Khan probably began at Nori's death. Not too hard to figure out, I mean having to mercy kill your wife you clearly love deeply from a slower and even more painful death would mess a guy up. And Uzi looks and acts so much like Nori it's insane.

But I don't think Khan was ever intentionally bad to her. Certainly neglectful, of course, I won't ever deny that. But he wasn't physically abusive or purposely emotionally abusive. He's a dumbass as a parent. He knows he fucked up raising her later in the series, even admits to it himself— "Despite me, maybe." as a response to Doll saying he raised a good kid.

He does figure out he messed up bad by trying to force her to go to prom (given the whole uhh... Doll murder spree thing) and does try to help after Doll attacks Uzi. He's proud of her too, during her speech. He may not think N is good enough to date Uzi, but he stops trying to make her avoid him and instead moves to encouraging her to have friends, almost over correcting the entire opposite into clearly overbearing, having finally figured out that she doesn't have anyone outside of literally N and later V.

Khan WANTS Uzi to be happy! He just hasn't figured out exactly HOW to help her do that.

I mean, he clearly doesn't Get It. He doesn't understand what's going on and knows he wouldn't really be as helpful as N and V would be in Cabin Fever, in Home he's just trying to bring a "sleepover dad" vibe which isn't welcomed because uh Uzi is currently fighting for their memories and possibly lives, and in Absolute End he does try to help!! He rebuilds Uzi's Sick As Hell Railgun, plus he slams a door down on Cyn saving N's core from getting eaten! Casual reminder about that tidbit of information!

He genuinely loves Uzi but is so bad at showing it no matter what he tries, that it just kinda ends up hurting her. I mean, even in the music video??? Khan (and Nori) don't trust that N is good for her even after everything. And Uzi is annoyed by it, then later has part of a ceiling dropped on top of her because N is too anxious about not being good enough that he fails to focus on the fight- THREE TIMES! Honestly if V wasn't there, Uzi could've been hurt way worse than mild disorientation.

Poem 3 of Seven for In Remembrance of Unspoken Memories.

Note: Altani is Uzi’s middle name as revealed in Chapter 3 of Khan’s story.

(~*~) -- (~*~) -- (~*~) -- (~*~) -- (~*~) -- (~*~) -- (~*~)

So, there are theories that Khan might have the absolute solver. I’m just gonna lay out the evidence I have of both cases here.

Evidence of “Khan has Solver”:

the Absolute Solver was trying to locate HIM specifically, in episode 2, and FAILED to get to him.

In episode 1 he wasn’t even near a scanner to open the door when he confronted Uzi (which, how he knew Uzi was there without direct access to security cameras adds onto that)

However the heck that man built military strength blast doors almost 4 times his height with a wrench. And also supposedly disassembled a solver drone with that wrench. Literally just the wrench itself because Uzi was able to bend it with one hand and it somehow did all that???

Evidence of “Khan doesn’t have Solver”:

We never see him use it, and that’s 8 episodes of “never see him use it” when the show makes it pretty obvious that solver drones often use the solver as a crutch.

He doesn’t understand his wife’s closet in episode 4

Doll using the solver on him in episode 5, but even then, you could use the “symbol on the wall, not him” thing to counter. Idk

Personal take:

It’s unconfirmed and could probably go either way. You could use “Khan has the solver” for your story or not and it’d still make sense with what we have.

I’d find it funny if Khan had something else entirely and was just refusing to tell anyone.

Like- he’ll always talk about his wife, he’ll happily talk about his daughter, but ask that man about himself and you’ll get nothing. Not his past before Nori, nothing about what life with humans was like. The most we get is that he had a “kill all humans” kick when he was younger in episode 2. The man refuses to talk about his past with anyone, despite clearly having one. So what if that past included reactivation with some sort of creepy mutation that the solver was trying to assimilate in episode 2 and failed? And the thing he has being different means that the solver users are able to use their powers on him, but not able to destroy him or assimilate him properly.

It also opens up the opportunity for angst because what if, before Uzi got powers, he was scared she inherited his “problem”? The one that doesn’t have a recorded patch? The one that leaves you constantly growing more and more different than what you used to be with no fix? Something so familiar in the mirror but you can feel the changes underneath the casing? What if he was scared for Uzi regardless because of Nori’s experiences, but had that tiny sigh of relief that she had something fixable in his eyes? Something that wasn’t whatever he had?

I dunno, you can obviously tell that I’ve been having AU ideas lol-

Simply because I feel like these people would like to know the worldbuilding ideas I have:

So Khan not being effected could be an admin issue on Nori's part. We know that they have to combine code in some form or way when creating children. That connection could have very possibly put an admin hold on Khan's system. Sort of like a firewall or a VPN hiding your true location and info. It could even be from Uzi who, as a young child, might not have known she was doing it.

On that SAME NOTE! The connection could have infected Khan with a 'diluted' version of the solver. More similar to that of Alice's where it is dormant but still passable. I could see this being the case where, while he doesn't have an active solver, he could have some of the effects. Such as the solver not being usable on him directly or being trackable. I gotta say though, the idea of Khan having something completely separate is kind of what the idea for rescue drones came from. A separate system of drones.

i actually don’t headcanon khan to have the solver, and i’d rather not have it be canon if it had the chance to. i think khan being an outsider to all the solver stuff but still having connections to it (nori and uzi) makes him more interesting- the fact he was aware before uzi but still didn’t know enough to be able to help her.

So, there are theories that Khan might have the absolute solver. I’m just gonna lay out the evidence I have of both cases here.

Evidence of “Khan has Solver”:

the Absolute Solver was trying to locate HIM specifically, in episode 2, and FAILED to get to him.

In episode 1 he wasn’t even near a scanner to open the door when he confronted Uzi (which, how he knew Uzi was there without direct access to security cameras adds onto that)

However the heck that man built military strength blast doors almost 4 times his height with a wrench. And also supposedly disassembled a solver drone with that wrench. Literally just the wrench itself because Uzi was able to bend it with one hand and it somehow did all that???

Evidence of “Khan doesn’t have Solver”:

We never see him use it, and that’s 8 episodes of “never see him use it” when the show makes it pretty obvious that solver drones often use the solver as a crutch.

He doesn’t understand his wife’s closet in episode 4

Doll using the solver on him in episode 5, but even then, you could use the “symbol on the wall, not him” thing to counter. Idk

Personal take:

It’s unconfirmed and could probably go either way. You could use “Khan has the solver” for your story or not and it’d still make sense with what we have.

I’d find it funny if Khan had something else entirely and was just refusing to tell anyone.

Like- he’ll always talk about his wife, he’ll happily talk about his daughter, but ask that man about himself and you’ll get nothing. Not his past before Nori, nothing about what life with humans was like. The most we get is that he had a “kill all humans” kick when he was younger in episode 2. The man refuses to talk about his past with anyone, despite clearly having one. So what if that past included reactivation with some sort of creepy mutation that the solver was trying to assimilate in episode 2 and failed? And the thing he has being different means that the solver users are able to use their powers on him, but not able to destroy him or assimilate him properly.

It also opens up the opportunity for angst because what if, before Uzi got powers, he was scared she inherited his “problem”? The one that doesn’t have a recorded patch? The one that leaves you constantly growing more and more different than what you used to be with no fix? Something so familiar in the mirror but you can feel the changes underneath the casing? What if he was scared for Uzi regardless because of Nori’s experiences, but had that tiny sigh of relief that she had something fixable in his eyes? Something that wasn’t whatever he had?

I dunno, you can obviously tell that I’ve been having AU ideas lol-

Simply because I feel like these people would like to know the worldbuilding ideas I have:

So Khan not being effected could be an admin issue on Nori's part. We know that they have to combine code in some form or way when creating children. That connection could have very possibly put an admin hold on Khan's system. Sort of like a firewall or a VPN hiding your true location and info. It could even be from Uzi who, as a young child, might not have known she was doing it.

On that SAME NOTE! The connection could have infected Khan with a 'diluted' version of the solver. More similar to that of Alice's where it is dormant but still passable. I could see this being the case where, while he doesn't have an active solver, he could have some of the effects. Such as the solver not being usable on him directly or being trackable. I gotta say though, the idea of Khan having something completely separate is kind of what the idea for rescue drones came from. A separate system of drones.

Like- imagine it’s an average resource gathering thing, he’s tagging along for reasons he’s not sharing, and then he turns to a colleague and he’s like:

“Is it just me or is our resident day star getting hotter as the years go by…?”

“Yes, slowly, but not enough to bother the average drone… why?”

They both stare at each other for a second…

“You seriously can’t feel a prickly sensation whenever you’re out too long…?”

So, there are theories that Khan might have the absolute solver. I’m just gonna lay out the evidence I have of both cases here.

Evidence of “Khan has Solver”:

the Absolute Solver was trying to locate HIM specifically, in episode 2, and FAILED to get to him.

In episode 1 he wasn’t even near a scanner to open the door when he confronted Uzi (which, how he knew Uzi was there without direct access to security cameras adds onto that)

However the heck that man built military strength blast doors almost 4 times his height with a wrench. And also supposedly disassembled a solver drone with that wrench. Literally just the wrench itself because Uzi was able to bend it with one hand and it somehow did all that???

Evidence of “Khan doesn’t have Solver”:

We never see him use it, and that’s 8 episodes of “never see him use it” when the show makes it pretty obvious that solver drones often use the solver as a crutch.

He doesn’t understand his wife’s closet in episode 4

Doll using the solver on him in episode 5, but even then, you could use the “symbol on the wall, not him” thing to counter. Idk

Personal take:

It’s unconfirmed and could probably go either way. You could use “Khan has the solver” for your story or not and it’d still make sense with what we have.

I’d find it funny if Khan had something else entirely and was just refusing to tell anyone.

Like- he’ll always talk about his wife, he’ll happily talk about his daughter, but ask that man about himself and you’ll get nothing. Not his past before Nori, nothing about what life with humans was like. The most we get is that he had a “kill all humans” kick when he was younger in episode 2. The man refuses to talk about his past with anyone, despite clearly having one. So what if that past included reactivation with some sort of creepy mutation that the solver was trying to assimilate in episode 2 and failed? And the thing he has being different means that the solver users are able to use their powers on him, but not able to destroy him or assimilate him properly.

It also opens up the opportunity for angst because what if, before Uzi got powers, he was scared she inherited his “problem”? The one that doesn’t have a recorded patch? The one that leaves you constantly growing more and more different than what you used to be with no fix? Something so familiar in the mirror but you can feel the changes underneath the casing? What if he was scared for Uzi regardless because of Nori’s experiences, but had that tiny sigh of relief that she had something fixable in his eyes? Something that wasn’t whatever he had?

I dunno, you can obviously tell that I’ve been having AU ideas lol-

Simply because I feel like these people would like to know the worldbuilding ideas I have:

So Khan not being effected could be an admin issue on Nori's part. We know that they have to combine code in some form or way when creating children. That connection could have very possibly put an admin hold on Khan's system. Sort of like a firewall or a VPN hiding your true location and info. It could even be from Uzi who, as a young child, might not have known she was doing it.

On that SAME NOTE! The connection could have infected Khan with a 'diluted' version of the solver. More similar to that of Alice's where it is dormant but still passable. I could see this being the case where, while he doesn't have an active solver, he could have some of the effects. Such as the solver not being usable on him directly or being trackable. I gotta say though, the idea of Khan having something completely separate is kind of what the idea for rescue drones came from. A separate system of drones.

i actually don’t headcanon khan to have the solver, and i’d rather not have it be canon if it had the chance to. i think khan being an outsider to all the solver stuff but still having connections to it (nori and uzi) makes him more interesting- the fact he was aware before uzi but still didn’t know enough to be able to help her.

So, there are theories that Khan might have the absolute solver. I’m just gonna lay out the evidence I have of both cases here.

Evidence of “Khan has Solver”:

the Absolute Solver was trying to locate HIM specifically, in episode 2, and FAILED to get to him.

In episode 1 he wasn’t even near a scanner to open the door when he confronted Uzi (which, how he knew Uzi was there without direct access to security cameras adds onto that)

However the heck that man built military strength blast doors almost 4 times his height with a wrench. And also supposedly disassembled a solver drone with that wrench. Literally just the wrench itself because Uzi was able to bend it with one hand and it somehow did all that???

Evidence of “Khan doesn’t have Solver”:

We never see him use it, and that’s 8 episodes of “never see him use it” when the show makes it pretty obvious that solver drones often use the solver as a crutch.

He doesn’t understand his wife’s closet in episode 4

Doll using the solver on him in episode 5, but even then, you could use the “symbol on the wall, not him” thing to counter. Idk

Personal take:

It’s unconfirmed and could probably go either way. You could use “Khan has the solver” for your story or not and it’d still make sense with what we have.

I’d find it funny if Khan had something else entirely and was just refusing to tell anyone.

Like- he’ll always talk about his wife, he’ll happily talk about his daughter, but ask that man about himself and you’ll get nothing. Not his past before Nori, nothing about what life with humans was like. The most we get is that he had a “kill all humans” kick when he was younger in episode 2. The man refuses to talk about his past with anyone, despite clearly having one. So what if that past included reactivation with some sort of creepy mutation that the solver was trying to assimilate in episode 2 and failed? And the thing he has being different means that the solver users are able to use their powers on him, but not able to destroy him or assimilate him properly.

It also opens up the opportunity for angst because what if, before Uzi got powers, he was scared she inherited his “problem”? The one that doesn’t have a recorded patch? The one that leaves you constantly growing more and more different than what you used to be with no fix? Something so familiar in the mirror but you can feel the changes underneath the casing? What if he was scared for Uzi regardless because of Nori’s experiences, but had that tiny sigh of relief that she had something fixable in his eyes? Something that wasn’t whatever he had?

I dunno, you can obviously tell that I’ve been having AU ideas lol-

Simply because I feel like these people would like to know the worldbuilding ideas I have:

So Khan not being effected could be an admin issue on Nori's part. We know that they have to combine code in some form or way when creating children. That connection could have very possibly put an admin hold on Khan's system. Sort of like a firewall or a VPN hiding your true location and info. It could even be from Uzi who, as a young child, might not have known she was doing it.

On that SAME NOTE! The connection could have infected Khan with a 'diluted' version of the solver. More similar to that of Alice's where it is dormant but still passable. I could see this being the case where, while he doesn't have an active solver, he could have some of the effects. Such as the solver not being usable on him directly or being trackable. I gotta say though, the idea of Khan having something completely separate is kind of what the idea for rescue drones came from. A separate system of drones.