#dispatch discussion

Robert Robertson comes from a generational heritage of heroes. He was raised to be Mecha Man. His behavior speaks to rigorous, military-esque training from childhood. He's been working essentially as a combination tank operator, EMT, cop/soldier since at least 18 years of age. As a kid, his dad told him to "get up" after being shot in the ear by a laser gun.

My point is- Robert is tough as nails. Ofc course he has chronic pain and trauma and deserves a good long cry. He deserves to break down. But he's not going to do that easily. He's not going to allow himself to be soft without significant effort.

I feel like often people skew Robert more toward the softer emotional side- writing him more as Waterboy's personality or fanon Jaskier, to use a non-Dispatch example. And not that there's anything wrong with babygirlifying your faves- it's a valid part of fandom! But for Robert- it sometimes feels a bit too OOC, at least for my personal taste.

The litmus test to evaluate a Robert Robertson depiction is - "Is this Robert as tough or tougher than Steve Rogers?" While there are differences, Steve Rogers and Robert Robertson have enough in common to be used as a sort of bench mark. Captain America's experience in war and as a hero are similar to Mecha Man and pre-serum Steve has a similar tenacity and health issues to post-accident Robert. I would argue for Robert being equally as tough as Steve Rogers- and furthermore, I would argue Robert is likely tougher in certain aspects.

The difference lies in Robert being brought up from childhood to be MechaMan. Steve Rogers was not trained from youth to be a soldier. He was an artist. He went through poverty and illness, but he had a non-violent career and joined the army later in life out of personal conviction to do the right thing. Robert Robertson in contast was raised and trained from birth to fulfill the MechaMan legacy, and then took on that mantle extremely young. He had no career besides the suit. He fully expected to die in it. Unlike Steve, who had at least the support of his mother, Robert's main influence was a cold and miltaristic father. While of course when it comes to the super serum, Steve is physically stronger- Robert is likely emotionally tougher than Steve Rogers, or rather more emotionally stunted. Stunted due to being brought up from youth for the purpose of living a life of brutal service with the expectation to die in the line of service.

I mean... Is there any other company of superheroes willing to hire a FORMER SUPERVILLAIN? The Phoenix program was all about reintroducing these kinds of people back to society by giving them something useful to do, like... hello? "Don't be evil" kinda stuff.

This critical point of having to cut someone off a REHAB PROGRAM, is something wild for me, BB said "they have to know we're serious" BUT, HOW DO YOU EXPECT THAT A FORMER VILLAIN WILL GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES AFTER BEING CUT OFF AND NOT GOING BACK TO BE VILLAINS? LIKE WHAT?.

And what happened with "everyone gets a shot"? ok, they're not doing their best at scoring at the scoreboard, but at least they're doing something useful to people, to the company, and mostly: NOT BEING VILLAINS?!

Am I missing something?

Edit: PLUS, while Robert's at the hospital, we can see BB had to replace Robert's place until he got better, and she said she is is 'a little bit rusty', but!

How in heavens do you expect that your BOSS won't be good at it's job? (No hate btw) but I don't why they made BB be the literal image of responsibility and maturity in the game but added those simply little details that someone like her shouldn't commit, but, i think this is what makes the characters human!!!

If you still haven't finished your playthrough better to not read that, unless you don't gaf.

So, I have a MASSIVE hyperfixation on Dispatch rn, does anyone want to discuss it under this post? I'm surious about others' playthrough, theories, etc etc. I just finished episode 8 and it was FIRE, still hoping for a second season tho. Also, in my playthrough, Invisigal stole Robert's revenge and became a villain, lol. I have no idea why that happened, but probably because I neglected her, and she got offended... Again💀💀💀

I can see Rob and BB having conflict because He wants revenge and he wants it now. But that goes against SDN policy for whatever reason. That could play out in an interesting star crossed lovers kinda vibe.

I guess Visi could fall down the villain path, but I don't know. Even if she did I can't see her purposely teaming up with Shroud or going against Robert after all she's went through.

Maybe she'll just get depressed and refuse to leave her house. But yeah if she's still her flippant, uncaring self after last episode. That shit wont be cute no more. It never was to any but Jesus Christ if she says the same inappropriate "jokes" she always makes, imma let Rob punch her in the face if we get the chance.