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corpocyborg · 20 days

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WIP - Excerpt from "Secure Your Soul" (AU where Corpo V never leaves Arasaka)

From Chapter TBD - "Feed the Demon"

V wasn't sure how much time had passed, but as she started to regain lucidity, she became gradually aware of Johnny's voice in her head.

"I mean, for fuck's sake, V," Johnny was saying. "I've seen your memories. The things you've done for 'Saka. You've killed. Blackmailed. Ruined lives. And for what? Corporate rep? Profit margins? How do you live with yourself?"

V stopped dead in her tracks. She couldn't remember how she'd gotten here. The alley she was in was abandoned. Litter lined the sidewalk, and the street lamps were barely flickering. In a dark corner nearby, a stray dog was busy devouring a rat.

For a few seconds, V just watched it. Homeless dogs were a rare sight in Night City. This one was dark gray and half its left ear was missing. It looked lean and muscular, and it tore off chunks of its prize with a ferocity that domestic dogs almost never displayed.

"You see that?" She asked Johnny.

Johnny's physical image materialized in the alley. He leaned against the wall - appeared to lean, she reminded herself - and gazed at the dog. "See everything you see," he replied.

"You're looking. You're not seeing."

"That so? And what'm I supposed to be seeing?"

"The evolutionarily synchronized relationship between predator and prey."

Johnny looked up from the dog and stared at her. She could see the anger on his face, but she could also feel him manifesting that same anger inside her body. No matter. She'd make it hers. Anger was an emotion she could work with.

"You see one dog eating one rat," V continued, allowing some of Johnny's anger to seep into her voice, directing it back at him. "In your interpretation, there's one winner and one loser. It's accurate, in a way. The dog wins. Look at him. He's a survivor. Even you should be able to recognize that."

Johnny didn't answer. His image was looking away from her, eyes locked on the warring animals. But she could still feel him fuming. Only now it was hard to tell where his anger ended and hers began. She continued speaking.

"You don't see the bigger picture. For every dog having dinner tonight, dozens starve. For every rat providing the main meal, dozens get away. They're fast enough or clever enough to escape.

"Only the best dogs feed, only the best rats live. And because of this, over generations, both species improve. In the end, the prey species benefits just as much as the predator species does. And the world gets better."

"The world." Johnny repeated the phrase slowly. She tasted his revulsion on her tongue. "This world?" he asked. He gestured at the trash-strewn alleyway. The dog had finished its meal and had settled to sleep in a blanket likely left there before by a homeless person. "This is your brave new world?"

"No, Johnny," she responded, her voice echoing the revulsion he'd forced her to feel. "These are just the rats that got caught."

#cyberpunk 2077 #valerie locke #johnny silverhand #fanfiction #wip #secure your soul: a cyberpunk 2077 fanfiction #god i love writing her interacting with him #her image is so deliberate normally even with other corpos #but you can't lie to someone whose pulse is your pulse #with him it's no holds barred #feed the demon feed the demon #she also feels his emotions which makes it all so much worse ughhh #she normally would believe these things but she wouldn't necessarily feel those associated emotions #that's what's created in the area where they meet #and it's AWFUL #😈

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ley-med · 6 months

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Back from my week long break, and had a blast of a time, but not feeling too refreshed.

First off, apparently now I have insomnia. And I can't decide if it's a symptom of my mental unwelless, or if I'm feeling like shit because I can't sleep. I want to cry.

It's like, even before my vacation I could feel the desperate need for vacation, and I was so permanently exhausted that it started to scare me, but now that I had a week off, I feel like I rested just enough to realise how burnt out I really was (am)

I am so damn tired from having to dig myself out of this mental pit again and again

And I just want to have a good night's sleep...

#i am constantly on the verge of tears #and I questioned my career choice several times this past week #because why do i have to feel this tired #and why do i have to witness all this suffering #and i can't even put it into words how low i feel now #and it scares me because i honestly love my job #and most of the time im so content that i can't believe i get to live my dream job #but then i crash sometimes #and it's awful #i don't want to feel like this #personal #vent #might delete later

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soulerflaire · 6 months

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Please tell me the guy who bullied and attacked Mizu as a kid and shows no remorse today, was carousing with prostitutes to celebrate his engagement, and who has been nothing but insulting to Mizu does not turn out to be the love interest for this show.

The second she shows even the slightest interest in him, I'm turning this off.

#watching blue eye samurai #also can we get rid of the comic relief character?#he is wrecking the tone of this show #you want to give her a disabled apprentice for the parallel?#go ahead I'm all for it #but then you went and made him a big dumb oaf who is both stealthy and clumsy depending on which you think is funniest in the moment #and it's awful

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myboyfriendjake · 1 year

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happy to see that new legislation is being passed to address issues in the kpop industry

#south korea #kpop #companies have gotten #too comfortable with debuting minors #literally #the only reason i wouldn't want chiquita to debut #is because of how young she is #and it's awful #how many companies don't pay their idols #or put #them on horrendous diets #hopefully things #will move in the right direction

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macaroni-rascal · 2 years

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Whenever the roofers makes a particularly soul crushingly loud bang, Marsh looks at me like he's saying "please, fix it."

#and i can't #and it's awful #my poor cat #my poor me #they are SO loud

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creepymutelilbugger · 2 months

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op turned reblogs off but this post must live. it must live and spread malignantly .

#196 #rule #shitpost #laios touden #dungeon meshi #awful #horrible #nasty and a bit gross

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yuri-alexseygaybitch · 7 months

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They need to invent more fake celebrities like Hatsune Miku and Gorillaz and the Muppets because it's genuinely the most sustainable way to maintain a parasocial relationship with the entertainer class.

#who needs real celebrities and their awful takes when you can have fun cartoon people

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seagiri · 1 month

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when did this happen???

#my art #my animations #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #senshi #marcille donato #laios touden #i wanted to color it but i realized how awful my work process is and it wasn't worth it. enjoy anyways #also first frame senshi is slightly traced i'm sorry he's hard to draw from that angle

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wildbasil · 2 months

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things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

#personal #comics #tw abuse #digital art #personal comic #for the record no i don't think my mother loves me #but the idea that she did kept me in an awful situation for a very long time #the number of times people said “she's your mother. she's trying her best. of course she loves you” etc etc #but i don't think “love” and abuse are mutually exclusive #like even if someone DOES love you it doesn't mean it's not abuse and it doesn't mean it's ok #art tag

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bagool-the-wizard · 6 months

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Somebody ate a hole in the flour.

Any idea who it could be?

#bunblr #bunny #rabbit #bnuuy #house rabbit #bunnies #willow and thicket #gremlin #awful little man #dust eater #flour slorker #wife just found him in there chomping it up dry style #absolutely unhinged behaviour

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oliviawebsite · 4 months

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(after misunderstanding what someone said and embarrassing myself) oh great now they hate me and want to kill me with rocks

#realizing im awful at comprehending speech and intention from other people #am i autistic or just a bad person who knows

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spinejackel · 1 year

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What are dead man walking tornadoes? :O

it’s a multi-vortex tornado. i dont remember the tribe it originates from (i think it was cherokee), but there’s a native american legend…? saying? that goes “if you see a man in a tornado, you are about to die.”

the most infamous shot of a dead man walking tornado hit jarrell, texas in 1997

it did so much damage to the town it caused the scale that tornados are measured by, the fijita scale, undergo revisions, and it made anchoring buildings in the tornado alley region pretty much mandatory. (it took the entire town off the map. only those who had taken shelter outside of the town or in underground bunkers survived.)

two more examples of dead man walking tornadoes looking like a person are a tornado from 2011 that hit cullman, alabama

and a tornado from 1975 that hit xenia, ohio

edit: it has been brought to my attention that the native american “legend” part of this post was a rumor spread by a documentary.

i have been asked to remove it, but i believe in letting my errors stand because i’m not perfect. i make mistakes

#ask #nature #tornado #sorry if this reply is late #hope the image of walking tornadoes chills you to the bone as much as they do for me #usually i find tornadoes strangely awe inspiring #what with the shear power and destruction they can cause in such a short amount of time #but walking tornadoes are another class all their own #also i made a typo in fujita scale and it’s too late to fix it now

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cemeterything · 6 months

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are we still doing this because i have a late submission

#🐉#this is less about fan content and more about that awful lazy one size fits all #'10 years later theyre happily married with a cute little nuclear family' trope #because ive read some genuinely incredible fics about characters who would Not fucking have kids #ending up with accidental pregnancy scares or child acquisitions that get treated with all the nuance #and thoughtful handling they deserve #but also. i reread one of my favourite fics yesterday and when one character jokingly brought up the idea of children #and the other reacted with genuine visceral disgust and said what hideously awful parents theyd be #i lit up like a fucking christmas tree

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heywriters · 1 year

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If you want to write a dumb little story with a dumb little plot and ridiculously silly characters. No one's stopping you. Genuinely, no one should be allowed to stop you. Write that dumb story with your whole heart and don't hold back.

#look I've deleted fics that made me feel awful #There's a time and a place #A good idea will come back to you again #But some things should be given time to settle #writeblr #writing tips #writing #writer advice #writers on tumblr

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mushramoo · 7 months

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I am losing it

#the realization is so funny #like oh my god #ITS ALSO AWFUL #LIKE AFTON #fnaf #fnaf fandom #fnaf fanart #art #fnaf art #video games #five nights at freddy's #fnaf spoilers #fnaf movie spoilers #fnaf movie #fnaf movie art #fnaf meme #william afton #vanessa #fnaf vanessa

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ski-ip · 1 month

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cat distribution system

my prologue to this extra :)

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #marcille donato #falin touden #izutsumi #farcille #dungeon meshi fanart #i love cats i love izutsumi i love women #domestic fluff #please excuse the awful handwriting

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