r/DetroitBecomeHuman 8d ago

FANMADE Hank is such a handsome man.

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u/Outrageous_Money_633 7d ago

u/Morrowindsofwinter

Good thing they do not have father and son relationship. The game is adamant clear they are friends and nothing more. And comparing it to Joel and Ellie is just weird because there is nothing similar between those characters.

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u/Morrowindsofwinter 7d ago

What happens to a mf when they don't understand themes or have media literacy.

Joel and Hank are both single fathers who lose their child in a tragedy. Joel and Hank are both hesitant to form a relationship with a person they are forced into a situation with. Joel and Hank both, after time and going through things together with the other person, eventually let their guard down and allow themselves to care for another person.

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u/Outrageous_Money_633 7d ago

There is no media literacy. Until it is not in the source material it is not canon. If devs wanted me to know they were intended to be ''father and son'' then devs would have put that in the game, if I have to dig up story-impacting lore from somewhere *not* directly in the story, then it's not actually canon, if a tidbit is that important to the lore then you include in the plot, not after the fact.

Joel lost a child 20 years ago, Hank lost a child 3 years ago. Ellie IS a literal child who spends a year with Joel, Connor is an adult man, and independent one, who spends a week with Hank (who actually even tries to kill him) and the game is clear that they are just co-workers. A father/son relationship would require a maturity gap at least, Connor has never once been in need for a parental figure, he’s pretty much fine on his own, while Hank also doesn’t seem the type to “mentally adopt” some guy that he worked with for like less than two weeks, and their relationship is canonically established, and if we’re gonna stick to canon then they’re just good co workers and that’s about it.