It’s a bit strange how, considering how popular he is in the fandom, we don’t actually know a lot about Gavin Reed in canon. Things like him liking cats, him smoking, his relationship with RK900, that’s all stuff the fandom made up. The only thing we know for sure about canon Gavin is that he hates androids.
But we do learn somethings about Gavin from his VA, Neil Newbon. They aren’t confirmed as canon, but Neil has talked about his personal headcanons about Gavin on stream, stuff about his past and motivations.
These are some of those things...
Gavin didn’t have a good home life or a strong father figure
Gavin fell into some bad shit before he met Hank, who took him under his wing and inspired him to become a cop.
Gavin started out as a good and “by the book” cop, but after seeing some fucked up shit in the line of duty he kinda lost faith in the force.
Gavin started to resent Hank when he turned to alcohol because he felt betrayed and disappointed seeing someone he looked up to fall from grace. He also fears that he could also fall like that.
Gavin doesn’t like Androids because he’s insecure about his own abilities and scared of being replaced.
Gavin is not discriminatory to humans of other races, genders, or sexualities, and if you met him at a party he’d be the nicest guy ever, he just hates androids.
Gavin hates Connor in particular because he had viewed Hank as a surrogate father figure in the past and he’s jealous of Hank and Connor’s bond. Gavin is like an older brother jealous that the little brother is getting all dad’s love and attention.
Neil Newbon clarified that he isn’t trying to defend Gavin’s actions in the story and that Gavin’s definitely an asshole, but this is why he thinks Gavin acts the way he does.
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