In the robot au, is Matt like an Android? Did Katie build him as a coping mechanism after Matt died? (- Itsyaboiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)
Matt vanished during a routine mission up in space; basically they think he’s dead, but won’t say it out loud and instead he’s MIA. Katie, in her grief, mourns for a few years- she gets her schoolwork done, does her chores, numbs herself to the outside world. (I didn’t intend this, but I’ve been playing that save for long enough that Mama&Papa Holt passed, so that’s canon in this universe too!) After that she gets lonely enough that she decides to do something about it. She compiles resources, starts bit by bit trying to design a body that doesn’t crumple in on itself or need outside/extra support to be able to stand and move. It takes months, and by the time she’s satisfied, she starts up work on his AI. Programs him to be everything she remembered him by- his kindness, his dumb comedy, his passion- his faithfulness to her.
When she boots him up for the first time, the glow of his blue eyes makes her uncomfortable- it wasn’t the same, wouldn’t ever be, but part of her feels comforted. She gets cozy with this android version of Matt, who helps her feel more human, more alive; he doesn’t let her waste away in her workshop or her bedroom, pushes her to keep moving forward.Some odd years later, by some miracle, Matt comes back- real, human Matt, coming back to Earth to find that his sister did remember him- but seemed to have replaced him.In other words I got LOTS OF DRIVE for this AU and have been dying to RP it, but Matt rpers are few and far between!! Much less the ones who like incest lmao. Feel free to ask more questions about anything you’d like, I’d love to answer them!