Itâs a bit strange how, considering how popular he is in the fandom, we donât actually know a lot about Gavin Reed in canon. Things like him liking cats, him smoking, his relationship with RK900, thatâs 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 arenât 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 didnât 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 âby the bookâ 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 doesnât like Androids because heâs 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 heâd 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 heâs jealous of Hank and Connorâs bond. Gavin is like an older brother jealous that the little brother is getting all dadâs love and attention.
Neil Newbon clarified that he isnât trying to defend Gavinâs actions in the story and that Gavinâs definitely an asshole, but this is why he thinks Gavin acts the way he does.
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