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eurodynamic · 7 months

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JOHNNY SILVERHAND Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023) dev. CD Projekt Red

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imadhatt3r · 7 months

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You know what? That one line from that Phantom Liberty ending where V can call Johnny a "big ol' softie"? They're right. They're absolutely right.

Johnny is a softie. He goofs off on multiple occasions in V's field of view despite knowing that nobody can see him, probably to his own and V's amusement. He screams on the rollercoaster and grins like crazy at V. He adores Nibbles. He wanted to check on Kerry when he heard that he was suicidal. He finally took Rogue on that car cinema date and can flirt with her in a goofy way straight out of his favorite "Bushido" movies. He has fun on the reunion concert and gives Kerry his DeLuze Orphean as a goodbye gift. He narrates that one quest like a noir narrator just to mess with V. He understands Barry's grief over his tortoise. He's respectful when watching Joshua's crucifiction. He's nice to Spider Murphy and calls her "Spider". He sheepishly apologizes to Alt in "The Sun" ending. He puffs up his chest when Denny says she misses him. He's fuming over the kids in "Talent Academy" being treated like products, probably because it reminds him of how he was treated in the military. He feels for Solomon Reed because he sees himself in him. He feels for Songbird because her circumstances remind him of V's.

And speaking of, he really loves V. He just loves them so much; He's always on watch for any danger and does his best to give them advice. He promises that he will do everything he can to cure them. He will encourage them to take a break if they're feeling sick. He will attempt the most dangerous stunts to get them to Mikoshi. He promises V to let them wipe him from the Relic and he keeps that promise. He will realize that they're his only loved one left and will ask for the last chance, and when he gets it he does everything he can to make them proud and happy. He accepts their decision no matter what it is, because it's their body and life. His worst fear is getting to live again, but without his friend/partner/soulmate/beloved (depending on interpretation) with him. He's proud to be able to call himself V's friend. He's proud of them. He's sad that he won't be able to see how V will change. He choses to stay calm and positive before he will be innevitably killed so that his beloved V will live to keep them calm and comfort them.

That whole hardass, asshole act? It's a ruse, it's a front, it's a persona he had to put on due to bad childhood, PTSD from being drafted as a teenager, seeing other teenagers die horribly around him, losing his limb and being branded with the Arasaka logo he did his best to scratch out and being tossed into a rockstar life of drinking, drugs and fans when he was likely not much older.

He might fight it, but he will never be the detached, emotionless action hero he wants to be, because that's not at all who he is! I think that his slight grin when V says it is one of relief, that he was able to show his most vulnerable, tender and gentle side to the one person he holds dear and not be punished for it, playfully teased but with clear sympathy on V's part. After decades of struggle with who he is being so different from who he wants to be, he can finally be seen for who he is, and who he would be if his life went oh so differently.

#cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #Johnny Silverhand #silverv #hatter blathers #hatter writes meta #i had these thoughts since the base game but pl finally added that one last puzzle to it #its literally like two sentences but its a key that unlocks his characterisation

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miyku · 7 months

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CYBERPUNK 2077 | ▶ dev. CD Projekt RED

But honest to God, V, not fuckin’ around...I dunno. Got no goddamn clue.

#johnny silverhand #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #Cyberpunk 2077 #CP2077 #mycyberpunk #cyberpunkedits #userwolfkissed #gamingnetwork #videogameedit #gamediting #vgedit #dailygaming #mikaeled #apocalypsekid #userliliana #userdekarios #mrdekarios

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hidatafrost · 6 months

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ma’am please that’s my emotional support brainworm

#it felt like forever 😭😭😭#SilverV having unprecedented levels of separation anxiety is so real to me #cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #songbird #song so mi #valerie #v cyberpunk #not that being their last name #SilverV #johnny x v #cyberpunk 2077 fanart #hidatafrost art

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arczism · 5 months

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me: phantom liberty can't hurt me phantom liberty:

#phantom liberty spoilers #phantom liberty #cyberpunk phantom liberty #johnny silverhand #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk 2077 fanart #my art #im trying not to overrender shit but #ehhhh #self indulgent

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swearingcactus · 1 month

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little v’s dogtown doodle highlights! (yes he tried to get Myers to take him to dinner. he’s a NC streetkid he was trying to commit to fucking the NUSA in every sense of the word.)

#cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #song so mi #johnny silverhand #solomon reed #lil guy v #i drew this tag #i think the way i draw him brushes over the fact that he is ALWAYS down to fuck nasty #hilarious how he asked myers out for the dinner only to call her a bitch the next week in the airport #as if dogtown wasn't a nightmare enough now he has to cringe at himself for being shallow enough to fuck the president

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tarmac-rat · 8 months

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023)

#Cyberpunk 2077 #CP2077 #cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty #Phantom Liberty Spoilers #Phantom Liberty #Johnny Silverhand #Songbird #V #Caught about half of the REDstream today and what do you mean this wasn't their dynamic?#Johnny got a buddy :)#aldi speaks #aldi memes

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mikaeled · 6 months

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GIG: TALENT ACADEMY

#usermichi #userksusha #userkarlo #miyku #usernastya #userwolfkissed #gamingedit #cyberpunkedit #cyberpunk2077edit #Cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty spoilers #Johnny Silverhand #my gifs

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dreamskug · 7 months

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Not random, this place, is it?

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

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#phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #dreamskug: gifs #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk #gifs #dailygaming #dailyvideogames #gaming edit #pc gaming #gif #gifset #video games #pl spoilers #cyberpunk aesthetic #pc games #cyberpunk 2077 spoilers #dreamskug: virtual art

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cybrpnkd · 7 months

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#cyberpunk 2077 #phantom liberty spoilers #johnny silverhand #gamingedit #gamingnetwork #videogamemen #dailygaming #*#n8.gif #mannn idk how to color this haha #going thru my footage and gif-ing all the johnny scenes i managed to record :3c

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xsdjkl · 7 months

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Let's talk about So Mi's sacrifices for the NUSA

Basically, I'm just unpacking girl's trauma, because I have nothing better to do (that's a lie, but hush). Also, I gathered some little details about her that I like.

Enjoy and suffer.

When So Mi was recruited to the FIA by Reed she lost her home and all her friends. She was blackmailed and only because she cared about them and wanted to protect them she agreeded to join. And as So Mi herself says, the girl she was died that day and someone new was born.

Over time she bonded with Reed who became her mentor and friend. He was the only person in FIA who she could trust.

She was already lonely and was seeking someone whom she could trust completely - and Reed was always there for her. He taught her his craft. He taught her about the greater values and honour. He taught her how to follow orders.

And when the orders came, she obeyed. Betraying the one who was so very dear to her. It wasn't easy or fair, but that's what he taught her. That's what he always wanted from her. We hear a lot in game that Reed died that day, but we must realise that with his death part of So Mi died as well.

The only thing left in her life was duty... And when the president Myers herself gave the order to go beyond the Blackwall, So Mi was in no position to refuse. They told her it was for the greater good of their country that needed an edge against their enemies... even if it meant breaking the international laws. Laws that So Mi knew all to well as a netrunner were created for a reason.

Once again, she had to pay the price for the 'greater good'. This time it cost her her body. We don't know the specifics as of why was she so heavily implanted (unless I missed something, then feel free to correct me). My suspicion is that the organic body simply couldn't withstand interacting with AIs in a degree that So Mi was doing it. The body may have also proven an obstacle in communicating with the Blackwall, so she had to be upgraded. Something about becoming partially a machine to communicate with another machine? I'm actually willing to believe it actually enhances her analysis capabilities (example - our girlie being able to do three things at once).

Losing her body and detachment from reality.

At this point in the world of cyberpunk someone can replace their entire body and still look human.Then why Songbird's upgrades left her looking like a machine? Her entire upper body was replaced with only front looking like her old self, while her back remained revealed. What was the reason for it? (besides that it looks hot af) To easily 'fix her' whenever Blackwall caused her more damage and pain? To allow her easier access to the Net? To make her feel more like a tool she was?

Also, we can see in So Mi's memories that this change happened in only one surgery. Every time person implants new tech it is a huge trauma for their body. Now, imagine how she felt waking up with her entire upper body gone and replaced? What once felt as a soft skin now being a metal piece and thought she can still touch, she can't really feel?

How wouldn't this cause her to feel detached from people and the reality around her? In the psychological report about her we can read that she indeed has these moments of escapism and her general mental health was decreasing over time.

Let's not forget that So Mi had no one at this point in her life. Without Reed there was no who could she confide in. No one who could protect her from damaging herself even more. When the difference between her and people around her grew larger with each new sacrifice, especially after the operation, she became isolated, trapped in the metal shell that was her new body.

Also, I think it's worth mentioning here the foreshadowing we see in game about her cyborg body. Thanks to @yuri-bullets for pointing this out.

Her jacket with rib cage on the back just screams it's message and here I am oblivious to it. Really nice touch👌

So Mi being uncomfortable with her body.

When V meets Songbird face to face for the first time, she is visibly embarrassed and I'd say even a bit uncomfortable. The image of herself that she showed V through Relic is nothing more but her wish to how she could look and be percieved. This version of So Mi probably never even existed, yet she still wants V to see her as this person.

Through the Relic So Mi is much more comfortable and chatty. She moves around more freely, speaks more calmly. And I do realise that whenever V meets So Mi in her physical form she's either a prisoner or in pain, so she doesn't really have an opportunity to show 'her real face'. Yet, there are moments when So Mi's personality slips through, confirming that this person is truly somewhere there, trapped inside the metal cage of her body.

And no, this is not up for the debate - So Mi is touch starved. She wants to touch V on multiple occasions. She craves the feeling of someone being by her side, she yearns for comfort of the flesh, because she was deprived of it for so very long.

Another thing I noticed is the change in So Mi's haircut. Maybe she's just truly getting older and her preferences change... or maybe she's trying to hide something?

This might sound a bit silly, but So Mi doesn't even have ears at this point. Her current hair is arranged in a way that it hides the sides of her head. But, notice how So Mi's Relic version tucks her hair behind her ear. Is this another 'normally insignificant' thing that she misses?

This makes me so, so sad and literally drives me insane.

The breaking point.

So Mi gave away everything in the name of duty and empty promises and she was still asked for more. Again, we don't know the specifics, but she was infected with something that originates from beyond the Blackwall. Both Johnny's engram and the AI result in the same thing - a person fading away. But, while the Relic is overwriting V's memories and replacing them with Johnny's, changing the very structure of who they are, AI that lives inside Songbird is stealing the memories away, feeding on them in order to evolve. Her own self is literally being ripped away.

The only thing So Mi had left was herself and they tried to take it away from her. The very essence of being a person. It was being stolen, piece by piece. Every memory, every sensation fading away to the point where she could not remember her old home's address or her mother's voice. She'd be left an empty void, searching aimlessly for any scrap that once used to be her. Even Johnny admits that the worst thing someone can do to another person is to change who they are. The terryfing concept of taking someone's self... ceasing to exist. A fate, some might argue, worse than death (and we see it a lot in game - Songbird, Johnny, V, Peralez, hell even Garry The Prophet talks about it!). I will probably make a seperate post about it in the future.

So Mi had to do something in order to survive. This act of self preservation born from pure desperation to remain oneself led to the events of Phantom Liberty. Please notice how despite the pain and anger that she must have felt for being treated like a tool through all her life she still didn't wish for other people to suffer. For Myers she was just another weapon, yet So Mi didn't want her dead or hurt. She didn't wish her wrong, but she had to resort to treason for her own sake. Songbird never wanted revange. She just wanted to survive and be free. She just wanted to live.

Final thoughts.

Honestly, considering how faithfully Songbird served the NUSA throughout all these years they should be building statues in her honour. Alas, history will probably never know her name and her sacrifice.

I can't get over the fact how So Mi is still a good person with good intentions. Her heart remained pure despite everything she suffered. She's tormented by guilt and regret, making the same mistakes over and over again, but she doesn't want to anymore.

I do not doubt she always wanted to help V. She wanted to be honest with them. Yet, the circumstances forced her to manipulate the truth and lie to them about the cure. I'm sure that if she wasn't at a verge of dying she'd do everything in her power to be fair and keep her word.

She was lucky though, for meeting a rare kind of person in Night City who could truly care and forgive.

Thank you for reading, hope at least some part of whatever it is I wrote makes sense. Ta-ta

and yes i will count how many times she smiles at v

#long post #song so mi #songbird #songbird cyberpunk #songv #v #phantom liberty #phantom liberty spoilers #cyberpunk 2077

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eurodynamic · 7 months

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JOHNNY SILVERHAND Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023) dev. CD Projekt Red

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promises-atsundown · 7 months

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thinking about how v’s name is only uttered twice during the events of cyberpunk 2077, and only once by the person who knew her the most. how the alias of “v” become something akin to a mask, something to hide behind. v the merc, strong-willed and capable. she put “valerie” to bed years ago, buried her. thinking about the conversation at the oilfields, when johnny says “most people i thought were my friends couldn’t even stand to be in the same room with me. you’re fucking closest to me by a long shot, there 24/7. and yet, you don’t seem to hate my living guts.” the intimacy of sharing one mind, one heart. v and johnny as an “us” and “we” in the most literal sense of the word; one and the same. thinking about the tower’s epilogue, where v talks aloud to johnny, even though he’s not there. how in all the endings where one is left without the other, how often that must have happened. how painful it would be to become accustomed to sharing one mind with each other, only to have that ripped away, and the loneliness that must come with it.