rex-clypeus:

The various ideas people who are anti-HankCon have, just blows my mind. Half the time, these people haven’t even played the game or felt their hands shake or their hearts jump at the intense choices you sometimes have to make, holding the controller.

I’m fine with your opinions because we’re all allowed to interpret the fandom as we want, but I’m not fine when it is brought to me or to people I care about, in narrow and disrespectful manners. 

As your reasoning to why you shower other people with hate or unmeritedly and harshly accuse them of moral crimes;

Don’t tell me:

• I can only see these two as Father/Son, when; 

1. As Connor, you have the entire spectrum between the extremities of villainy to adorable puppy-android. There are multiple paths you can take, either to become a murderous, cold terminator who eventually may be the cause of Hanks various deaths. Or to overcome machinery and turn into a powerful (attack puppy) ally of his.
2. Their relationship starts out rough. Hank may well take to violence (even kill Connor) out of anger because he doesn’t see Connor as a human. Much less a human child. Or son. 
3. They’re co-workers in crime investigation. Connor is fitted with super-human investigative properties, his integrity isn’t something you can just reduce or infantile. People can be socially awkward and need guidance, even as adults. 
4. The gradual process of deviancy, if you go empathic!Connor, is something that happens throughout the game. Connor isn’t just suddenly “born” with self-awareness.
5. Though you are free to interpret it as such a relationship, by the end of the game, if you have managed to get yourself a caring relationship with Hank. 
6. Or if you enjoy abusive and hateful father/son dynamics and want to project that onto the machine routes, instead. To each their own?

• Puppy means you see him as a child!!

1. No, it is an affectionate term. 
2. Puppy means we see him as a loyal partner who, in this case, has a sweet and pure mannerism. 
3. – seem to care for their mate unconditionally. 
4. – follows their mate around everywhere. 
5. – would protect their mate from any danger. 
6. – takes orders from his hierarchical superior (at work) mate unless machine-instructed otherwise. (I’m so funny)

• It’s “pedophilia” and “incest”;

1. Don’t trivialize the arguments about “pedophilia” and “incest”. There are so many things wrong with using these as arguments in this fandom.
2. Definition of Pedophilia: “a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a prepubescent child”. (Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary) – Connor is modeled after a human male in his 30s.
3. Definition of Incest: “sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry;  also: the statutory crime of such a relationship. “  (Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary) – Connor is an Android. Hank is a human. They aren’t exactly closely related, at least in terms of genetics.

• He called Connor “son”!

1. And I may affectionally call an older person “Uncle” without having to be related by blood or to see him as such. 
2. Other examples: Granpa, Pops, Granny, Auntie, Sis, Bro.

• The disparity in their physical age is too large!

1. There’s no such thing when it comes to an otherwise (if depicted as such) wholesome and equal relationship. The only thing you have to deal with then, is your own prejudicial bum.

• It’s gross because -insert shallow reason-.

1. Then maybe steer clear, if you can’t handle looking at an older male somewhat passed his “physical prime” (in the eye of the beholder). 
2. …or if you can’t handle things being a bit “gay”.
3. …or if you are convinced and disillusioned by aforementioned arguments as being the complete and entire universal truth.

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I’m not the type to get upset easily, or take offense, but when hate is misguided or fueled by misconceptions and prejudice or even ignorance, and when it affects other people who are not deserving of it, I get pissy, in my own space and corner mostly. So I want to clear things up.

Also, I struggle a lot with English. It’s not my native language but I hope my concepts were clear.

Anyway. If you want to interpret their relationship as father/son dynamics, be my guest, but please don’t tag my art with that, it then gets personal for me, it’s like you’re falsely labeling my Tumblr content and turning me into a villain for drawing ship art between what I consider as TWO EQUALS.