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Easy mode: An android pulled out of a junk pile.
This is your basic boy and his dog set up. Taking a thing in and caring for it create an automatic emotional connection the audience can relate to. Bonus: Mysterious origin story.
Hard mode: An android built from scratch.
Some assembly required. Batteries not included. To make this work you're going to need some kind of Robotic Engineer Scientist type character and a purpose for the android's creation. Although "to be human" is good enough, it doesn't drive the story forward as well as "combating an alien menace."
Expert mode: An android bought from a store.
Well that's just not interesting at all, and it's easy to see why. Usually top-of-the-line or prototype models are escaped or stolen. Or maybe even won though gambling or a trade. Obtaining something by ordinary means is just too mundane. I've seen/read stories where an android comes with the ship as a kind of interface or a walking pair of keys.
But of course, they are made unique via a defect or glitch.
This is your basic boy and his dog set up. Taking a thing in and caring for it create an automatic emotional connection the audience can relate to. Bonus: Mysterious origin story.
Hard mode: An android built from scratch.
Some assembly required. Batteries not included. To make this work you're going to need some kind of Robotic Engineer Scientist type character and a purpose for the android's creation. Although "to be human" is good enough, it doesn't drive the story forward as well as "combating an alien menace."
Expert mode: An android bought from a store.
Well that's just not interesting at all, and it's easy to see why. Usually top-of-the-line or prototype models are escaped or stolen. Or maybe even won though gambling or a trade. Obtaining something by ordinary means is just too mundane. I've seen/read stories where an android comes with the ship as a kind of interface or a walking pair of keys.
But of course, they are made unique via a defect or glitch.