I love rk1k and idk why it always rubs me the wrong way when peeps be writing conner as uwu ✨soft boi✨? I love it in small bursts like. He can be really cute and soft, but this boi is a badass. And I wish I could see more of markus just being in absolute astonishment of the skill and badassery of conner. Like terrified yet turned on by how heckin scary conner could be from an outside perspective. Yknow?
This is so valid I do not know where to start.
Connor is definitely badass, what with taking down armies and all that, and he’s been programmed to be a killer machine under his cute facade (there’s that part where he openly told Hank the purpose of his puppy face design). I think it is precisely that outer appearance that misleads people. He might be a newborn deviant in that sense, he might come off as naive (because clearly he is discovering new things every day) and maybe he is gentle, deep down, but that doesn’t, in any way, negate his badass side.
Pretty sure, at least from my POV, that Markus saw the badassery potential in Connor the moment he suggested infiltrating CyberLife alone. If it were anyone else, Markus would have decided against it, but he knew Connor was probably the only one capable out of all his people, so he trusted him with the task.
I think the portrayal of Connor being soft is, in the end, a matter of taste. I personally lean more towards a mixture of soft and terrifyingly hot. But as a deviant, I think Connor would be more peaceful. So he probably would have occasional outbursts of badassery, but otherwise he wouldn’t harm/hurt anyone on purpose. (Maybe this is what makes people read him as soft)
At the end of the day, I love rk1k because it portrays, in my eyes, a good balanced dynamic. If Markus is peaceful, I’d assume Connor would be too. They have a common aim and they would do anything to reach it (including being badass). That’s what makes them compatible.
This is just my take on it. A personal opinion.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me!
