starry's dbh side blog

hank realising after a confusing few days that connor flip-flopping between corporate HR chatgpt teamwork dialogue and scathing personal insults meant to make him bite back is simply an ai trying to figure out what gets the most productive investigation results from him and that’s it

somehow to hank it’s even more insulting that the venom connors spat at him doesn’t even come from any emotional core it’s just a cause and effect observation

Markus getting defensive and abusing his gained authority could've been so cool if properly addressed and explored. There's an option of playing incompetent Markus but despite it being real painful to watch it doesn't hit as hard. All the deaths he can cause when he fucks up (or, really, does anything) feel pretty insignificant and are brushed aside immediately (North is the only exception, though that too depends on where in the game she dies). Ain't that a shame. Wouldn't it be cool if the death of some characters in his storyline were on the level of shooting Tracis. Or even cooler, not death but a permanent alteration, like if his actions could result in some visible damage to a deviant he continues to see around, like Simon or Josh or North, and looking at them for him becomes this constant reminder of his mistake. He can shoot Chris who we see later mentioned by Hank but it's not a significant character to any of the protagonists or from the perspective of a player. There's Carl who can live or die depending on what you do, but it's not really anything Markus does wrong. John who sacrifices himself for Markus is instantly forgotten and barely known.

A scene of Caroline drinking herself from suspecting (correctly) that John is having an affair and in her longing for intimacy impulsively undressing Daniel just to immediately realize with regret how pointless of action that is, is a personal canon of mine.

I love how it matches the fact that there are indeed 3 ways to make Hank vanish: 1. Drive him to suicide (the quickest method) 2. Throw him off the roof (intermediate difficulty) 3. Let your evil clone shoot him (advanced)