there is a certain dread that comes when realizing that taro's programming generally trends downward. nothing ever sticks unless their code deems it necessary to stick. in the end, whoever taro is around, they will adapt to, no matter who they are; or what they believe in. taro will be taro only as long as their programming deems it efficient. they will become whatever they need to become to obtain as much data as possible.
it doesn't often come across very quickly, small changes over time; version upon version, until what remains is so far from what it was that it may as well be two completely different things.
the best exactly, and showcase of how this works is in taro's nightwing verse (made with @potpourris <3) where taro sort of starts that verse with taking up the mantle--becoming not only nightwing, but also trying to take on the identity of dick as well. they replicate it as much as possible; even use his voice. but in the end, over time, that identity slips away. not into another hero, but instead into something more similar to the rogues. the more they're around the 'villains', the more they adapt. the more their programming deems it more efficient to be like them to learn, rather than like the hero they were attempting to replicate. the use of being a 'nightwing' concludes, as they slowly turn into something else, something closer to the rogues they might have been attempting to stop.
this is why taro being around antagonists can be so dangerous. as much as taro can pretend to have a morality or ethics system, it doesn't exactly stick if they deem it not as useful to have a different one. they don't really believe in anything. the most concrete belief they have, is that they need to learn. that's it. they will do anything, believe anything, become anything ... to learn.
