Let’s talk about the rooftop-scene and in my opinion the wasted potential of Connor not becoming deviant in it, especially when he became friends with Hank through the game.
When Connor & Hank are fighting after their emotional talk & Hank suddenly wins & holds Connor over the ledge. Connor asks him one last time: “Moment of truth Hank, am I a living being or just a machine?” He forces Hank to think again about the question if Connor is alive or just a machine. Also he applies to Hank’s humanity & wants to use it against him. Especially with the revolution which is ongoing behind their backs. For machine Connor emotions are weaknesses which he can use against Hank. Even though everything they have gone through, Hank decides that Connor is just a machine & lets him fall. Which is understandable because Connor’s actions didn’t let him think in any other way. Hank is a broken soul who has lost his trust in humanity. Of course he couldn’t think that Connor is a living being after seeing him do everything for his mission. Even use their friendship for getting the information about Jericho’s location. So machine Connor is the logical solution.
Now let’s talk about the second outcome, when Hank & Connor are fighting and Connor wins. He also holds Hank over the ledge, but instead of holding onto his own life, like Connor in the scenario before, Hank opens his arms, looking into Connor’s eyes & asking him: “Moment of truth Connor. What are you gonna do?” Even though you can choose to spare Hank, it’s not a real choice. If you spare him, he will try to push Connor from the rooftop again & one of them will definitely fall & die. But why should machine Connor choose to spare Hank? Especially when they are friends, Connor should know the best how stubborn Hank could be if he is determined. So Hank would definitely still be a thread for his mission if he let him stay alive. He would still try to stop Connor, doesn’t matter how much it costs. Also we can see how determined Hank is with his own mission when he said: “You know ever since Cole died I’ve been nothing but a coward, just wanted to destroy myself. Lost track of the man I was. Do you know what? You don’t f*cking scare me, Connor. I remember who I’m now. Come on.” So why should Connor let him stay alive when he definitely knows how determined Hank is to stop him? He isn’t the man from the beginning anymore. He has found himself again, just for the purpose of stopping Connor. So wouldn’t it be the most efficient way to k!ll Hank in favor of the mission?
Also if Connor becomes a deviant & will be hacked by Cyber Life, Amanda answers Connor’s question about what's happening: “What was planned from the beginning… You were compromised and you became a deviant.” She literally says that it was planned to let Connor become deviant! It was Cyber Life’s plan all the time. So why do we have only one situation in which Connor can become deviant? And it’s only with Markus.. In my opinion it would be more logical when Hank, the person with whom Connor has the deepest relationship with, would be a trigger for his deviation. Especially when it comes to Hank’s potential death. Deviation is triggered because of strong emotions, why should Connor feel nothing, when he sees his friend almost dying before him (after he rescued him more than once e.g. falling from the roof in “The Nest”). Yes I know we are talking about machine Connor, but does the decision to stay a machine really erase the possibility for Connor becoming deviant? And wouldn’t it be a strong turn when Connor has decided to stay a machine, but then becomes deviant because of the purpose to save Hank? Tbh I would have loved to see that!
Markus turned deviant because of his father-figure Carl & Kara became deviant for her adoptive-daughter Alice. So why is it just Connor who didn’t turn deviant for the person he has the deepest relationship with? I think it’s wasted potential to not use their relationship for Connor’s deviation. Especially because it would underline that Cyber Life lost against their own creations which they wanted to control again, but the desire of the androids to stay alive is much stronger than their creators. Also we would get another potential Happy Ending for Connor and Hank & also the chance that they both started to fight together for the androids, which would be very cool. After all they have become a team & I think Hank deserved to stay at Connor’s side fighting for the freedom of the androids.
Sorry for the long talk, but in my opinion it’s just logical that there should be an option of Connor becoming a deviant on the rooftop scene. It seems wrong to me that he doesn’t become deviant even though he rescued Hank & tbh when I saw this moment first I thought there would be this choice. And tbh there are enough potential scenes in which Hank dies.. He deserved another Happy Ending & not just one. Also I love the deepness of the relationship between Connor & Hank & I think that a deviation on the rooftop would make it even deeper.
Thank you for reading & please remember that’s my opinion & just some thoughts about the situation & Connor and Hank’s relationship. I wanted to write here because I love Connor & Hank a lot & would have wished for such an ending.
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