I’m not familiar with the games, so I’m gonna ask somethin here
Do they generally treat the androids poorly until they realize they deviate? How does the shift from “this is my obedient servant” to “this is my close friend” usually go? /genq
(Also if you answered this already, sorry! Couldn’t find it :’D)
OUUUH no this is a great question!!
I honestly think bdubs is one of the only hermits who is really overtly kind of “upset” about having an android (at least, that I’ve figured out so far)! There might be a common “this android will do the tasks I give it” mentality across all of Hermitcraft, since that’s what they were made for, up until Doc deviates and informs Xisuma (who then informs the rest of the server) about the phenomenon.
But, even then, I think many/most of the hermits treat their androids very human-like: being kind to them, making casual conversation, laughing like they would with any of their other friends, stuff like that! Of course, it’s not really the same when their non-deviant androids are only parroting back responses that algorithms tell them are the most appropriate and friendly responses, but I have a lot of cute scenes in my head where, say, Pearl asks (non-deviant) Impulse what he thinks of her newest build, despite impulse not being able to give a thoughtful or sentient answer, or Grian dragging (non-deviant) mumbo along by the hand for his newest prank or idea, or Cleo making small talk with (non-deviant) joe about a book they’ve been reading lately, stuff like that :-)
Since the androids still maintain memories from their “non-deviant” time, most of the time the friendships that form after androids deviate one by one are really natural-feeling :3
