I wanted to talk about heids connection with the robots and his doting on them - I know this is silly but we can assume the PWS stuff is genuinely canonical to the characters, so, I'm gonna go off - one thing in particular, is the enthusiasm and way that heid talks about the creations. This man /loves/ them; he talks about them like they're the pride and joy of his life.

Hell, he probably has a higher opinion of the machines than most of the people he knows -

Also relating to this is the implication as to his relationship with Scarlet - she's the one building these machines ( as far as we know ) and yet, Heidegger's doting on them as if they were his pets. It makes me curious as to how that dynamic is between the pair of them - does she still see him as a stupid as she did in the original? Will we see them pair up in the proud clod to battle avalanche together? To what extent do they share ideas, knowledge, enthusiasm?

I have a lot of thoughts when it comes to Heid and Scarlet - it always comes back to a relationship that is bred by hate, arrogance, a thirst for power and sadism. They're two people who find solace in each other through a mutual bonding over violence and tech. I think that their relationship is superficial outwardly but dig a little deeper or plunge them into a terrifying situation and I DO think that they'd reveal true care for one another. In a weird way, Heid probably dotes on the machinery so much because it's almost like /their/ child. /Their/ creation.

Another note is Heids inability to connect to people ; primarily due to his sadism and drunken power (both literally and figuratively). It's hard to form connections when people are stepping stones to you - hard to really care for people when you've shaped a name for yourself that people fear - so, I think another reason he dotes on the bots so much is because they're an easy connection. They can't argue, can't hate him; they follow orders, do their job, are admirable.

Heidegger has become so far from humanity and so distanced from people that he honestly finds more connection in a robot than in flesh and bone.

Ultimately, he's out of touch - he feels distant from people. He doesn't feel close to anyone anymore and I think, truthfully, heid knows this deep down. He won't confront it, won't admit it - he will keep close to his robots and continue to alienate those around him. But, in truth, he really needs to understand closeness again. He needs it, honestly.

But he probably doesn't deserve it.