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butchfairyzine · 5 months

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“FEY: A Guide to Fairies of the Butch Variety” themes (Text version)🐸

This book will explore butch fairies, arranged into six differently themed sections. Below are descriptions of these themes, as well as a number of example concepts that might fall under them! You can choose one of the examples we’ve provided, or come up with something yourself - as long as you run it by the mods to approve!

We will be choosing five (5) artists and one (1) writer per theme - one (1) artist to illustrate the ‘title spread’, and four (4) to illustrate the ‘guides’ within. The writer will be asked to provide snippets, comments, short poems, and descriptions to intersperse with spot illustrations on the ‘guide’ pages.

🌱 Garden Fairies

Garden fairies thrive in the world’s backyards - they can be plant-themed, critter-themed, and insect-themed. Large or palm-size, they tend to their surroundings with care and good spirit, and are often brightly colored, eye-catching things. This is your ‘Seelie’ group, for a real-world folklore equivalent.

Example concepts:

A fairy taming a grasshopper steed

A petal-winged rose fairy sleeping in a flower bud

A butterfly fairy collecting nectar

🏡 House Fairies

House fairies reside in and around the home. They are usually small, hiding from humans in nooks and crannies and forgotten places - and will get stuck between the couch cushions. They come out when the coast is clear to make mischief: rearranging trinkets, pilfering snacks, turning up the corners of carpets - all heinous behavior!

Their own dwellings are not to be trifled with, however. They’re of the utmost coziness, warm and safe and full of . . . ‘collected’ goods . . .

Example concepts:

A fairy facing off against a housecat

A fairy in their little home surrounded by myriad stolen trinkets

Fairies scheming to throw something nasty in a human’s stew

🕸️ Dark Fairies

Dark fairies dwell in the domains of shadow - in fairytales with unhappy endings, in childrens’ nightmares, under the surface both figuratively and literally speaking. They rejoice in sowing discord and causing mayhem, and shun the light. These are your ‘Unseelie’ equivalents.

Example concepts:

A murderous moth fairy poised to strike

A hag-like fairy offering a bargain one can’t refuse

A gaggle of tooth fairies

👑 Courtly Fairies

Courtly fairies are those who spend most of their time between lavish palace walls, voluntarily or otherwise. Towering spires, silkspun sheets, all wreathed in swirling gold filigree - a fairy court makes itself known for miles around. Most other fairies consider them the least carefree, though every once in a while a monarch does crop up who rules the land with wild abandon, whipping all fairykind into a frenzy for a decade or fifty.

As an aside: dark fairies enjoy courtly fairies as particular targets for their curses, twisting their beauty and opulence into ironic reflections.

Example concepts:

A cursed fairy monarch chained to their throne

A rogue fairy prince on the run

A fairy knight in beetle armor

🌆 City Fairies

City fairies have bid the splendors of the fey adieu for the neon-splashed fast lanes of a human metropolis. Usually, they try to (more or less) blend in, bask in humans’ energy, break their hearts and leave them wondering how you do that thing you do. Little city fairies exist, too, trying their best not to get crushed underfoot as they go about their busy lives!

Example concepts:

A raver fairy stealing the show in a color-soaked warehouse

A mundane-looking fairy creating otherworldly pastries with the help of some friends

A fairy guardian of some public property

🔥 Wyld Fairies

Wyld fairies are closest in essence to magic itself, to nature and those primordial forces they let flow through them: the elements. They eschew court-made laws, borders, customs, and causes, simply forging their own paths through life with little consideration of worldly issues. They are bright like fire, deep as water, free as the wind.

Example concepts:

A fairy fire dancer

A seahorse (or, ‘kelpie’) herding underwater-fairy

A fairy exploring the edge of the upper atmosphere

#butch fairy zine #fairy zine #fey: a guide to fae of the butch variety #art zine #long post #text post

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breezingby · 6 months

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Pink Floyd ~ Shine On You Crazy Diamond, parts 1-9 (seamless edit)

~ ♫♪♫♪♫ ~

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond.

Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond

You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze

Come on you target for faraway laughter Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon Shine on you crazy diamond

Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light Shine on you crazy diamond

Well you wore out your welcome with random precision Rode on the steel breeze

Come on you raver, you seer of visions Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

~ ♫♪♫♪♫ ~

#youtube #Classic Rock #Pink Floyd #Shine On You Crazy Diamond !!!#lyrics #1975

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satoshi-mochida · 2 months

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Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered launches in 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC

From Gematsu

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2024, developer Grasshopper Manufacture announced. Wishlisting is available now via PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, and Steam.

Attendees of PAX East 2024, which runs from today until March 24 in Boston, Massachusetts, will be able to go hands-on with the first playable demo of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered at the NetEase Games booth.

Here is an overview of the game, via its store pages:

About

Shadows of the Damned, an action–adventure road trip through hell, has been remastered at last! Get ready for a story about rock, love, and just a little bit of demon slaying.

Key Features

A Hot-blooded, Hellishly Twisted, Feverishly Filthy, Love and Hate Filled Road Trip – Join the crass Garcia Hotspur and his boney buddy, Johnson, as they traverse the depths of the Underworld to steal back Garcia’s kidnapped lover, Paula, from the clutches of Fleming, the Lord of the Underworld. Let the soul of rock ‘n’ roll run loose in the heart of the twisted hellscape that is the Underworld.

Make It Through Fiendishly Funky Dungeons With the Powers of Light and Dark – The powers of light and dark pave your path forward. Like ravers in a nightclub, demons are emboldened by the dark, but grow weak when exposed to the light. Use your buddy Johnson to blast your way through the darkness of the Underworld.

A Cult Classic Born From the Most Creative Minds in the Industry – A third-person shooter crafted by industry legends Goichi Suda (No More Heroes, Killer7, etc.) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, God Hand, etc.).

View a new set of screenshots at the gallery. Visit the official website here.

#Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered #Shadows of the Damned #Grasshopper Manufacture #Suda 51 #action adventure #Gematsu

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noir2nuit · 1 year

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IchigoMinako .ust Masterpost

Be aware that some of these .ust or whatever else are old. (For some reason you can't click on links if you see this page on full blog. Click on .ust Masterpost link in my bio for them to work). 💾 to download, 🎵 to listen, 🎹 for the instrumental.

Machigerita-P songs :

Alice in Wonderland [不思議の国のアリス - Fushigi no Kuni no Alice] 🎵・💾・🎹

Butoukai ni sayonara [舞踏会にさようなら] 🎵・💾

Fuyou [芙蓉] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental with ust DL link)

Glass Heart Sphere [ガラスハートスフィア] 🎵・💾

Greetings From The Bottom Of The Well [拝啓、井戸の底から - Haikei, Ido no Sokokara] 🎵・💾・🎹

Halloween Patisserie Tricka Torka [ハロウィンパティスリトリカトルカ] 🎵・💾・🎹

Kugui (also known as Cygnus) [鵠（くぐい）] 🎵・💾・🎹

Kuroi Tou no Ouji [黒い塔の王子] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental with ust DL link)

Okaasan -rebirth- [おかあさん-rebirth-] 🎵・💾

Omoi Kibako [重い木箱] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Ouka Ryouran [桜花繚乱] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Instrumental exists for Normal Version, but not the Real Guitar one)

Pierrot (also known as Clown) [ピエロ] 🎵・💾・🎹

Test Tube Princess [テストチューブプリンセス] 🎵・💾

The Full Course for Candy Addicts [キャンディアディクトフルコォス] 🎵・💾・🎹

Tsumi no Tsuki [罪ノ月] 🎵・💾・🎹

Instrumental Only (Fanmade Instrumental)

Kasa to Ame [傘と雨] 🎹

Hiki [絲] 🎹

Yamete Yoshite Hairanaide [やめてよして入らないで] 🎹

Zombie Song [ゾンビソング] 🎹

-MASA Works DESIGN- songs :

⚠ Masa himself is striking down uploads of some of those songs on Youtube, and covers are targeted too. So don't upload them on a channel you don't want to lose! ⚠

Ageha Glow [アゲハグロウ] 🎵・💾

Beheading Dance [首無演舞狂 - Kubinashi Enbu Kyou] 🎵・💾・🎹

Bloody Mary [ブラッディーメアリー] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Byouki [病姫] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Chinese Dogma [チャイニーズドグマ] 🎵・💾

Death, Misfortune, and Amanojaku [死凶天邪鬼 - Shikyou Amanojaku] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Enkaantada [エンカンターダ] 🎵・💾

Ergonomic Hero [エルゴノミックヒーロー] 🎵・💾

Gang Attack [ギャングアタック] 🎵・💾

God Of Marie [ゴッドオブマリー] 🎵・💾

I am the Celebration of Two People [私ハ二人ノオ祝イニ - Watashi wa Futari no Oiwai ni] 🎵・💾

Joker 🎵・💾

Me and a Heart (also known as Your Heart and I Becoming One) [私ト一ツノ心臓ヲ - Watashi to Hitotsu no Shinzou wo] 🎵・💾

Mentalism Maria [メンタリズムマリア] 🎵・💾

On My Seventh Birthday (also known as My Seventh Celebration) [私ノ七ツノオ祝イニ - Watashi no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni] 🎵・💾・🎹

Outburn Kamikaze [アウトバーンカミカゼ] 🎵・💾・🎹

Police No. 13 🎵・💾

Revolver Dragon [リボルバードラゴン] 🎵・💾

Secret Goldfish (also known as The Secret Goldfish) [秘密ノ金魚 - Himitsu no Kingyo] 🎵・💾

Soap Lagoon [ソープラグーン] 🎵・💾・🎹

Star Lily Dance Performance [姫百合演舞京 - Himeyuri Enbukyo] 🎵・💾・🎹

The Beautiful Shadow of the Demon's Frenzied Dance [鬼美影演舞狂-狐ノ嫁入リ - Kimikage Enbukyou -Kitsune no Yomeiri-] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

The Demon Child in The Clear Mirror (also known as The Clear Demonic Mirror) [明鏡鬼童 - Meikyou Oniwarabe] 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

The Fox's Wedding [狐の嫁入り - Kitsune no Yomeiri] 🎵・💾・🎹(OG)🎹(Remix)

The Spider and the Kitsune-like Lion [鬼蜘蛛ト狐ノ獅子ト - Onigumo to Kitsune no Shishi to)] 🎵・💾・🎹

Instrumental Only (Fanmade Instrumental)

Will-o'-the-Wisp [鬼火 - Onibi] 🎵・🎹

VOCALOID :

Baby Death Match (Utsu-P) (ベイビー・デスマッチ) 🎵💾

Encephalon 🎵・💾・🎹

GO TO THE HOSPITAL!! (Mol-P) 🎵・💾

Hi-Fi Raver (EasyPop) (ハイファイレイヴァー) 🎵・💾・🎹

I fell in love with Geisha girl (Kihirohito-P) (私が愛したゲイシャガール - Watashi ga Aishita Geisha Girl) 🎵・💾

Incierto (Ankari) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental existed)

Moonlit Bear (mothy) 🎵・💾・🎹

+ ♂ [Plus Danshi] (Giga-P) 🎵・💾・🎹

Restriction (Jinsei-P)🎵・💾・🎹

Sailor Fuku ga Daikirai (Jinsei-P) (セーラー服が大嫌い) 🎵・💾・🎹

Shadow (tukiyo) (シャドゥ) 🎵・💾

Stalemate (Re:nG) (ステイルメイト) 🎵・💾・🎹

Tenrin Seiou - Shishi Houkou - (MyGod-P) (転輪聖王 -獅子咆哮-) 🎵・💾・🎹

The Fact That I Was There (regulus) (そこにいたこと - Soko ni Ita Koto) 🎵・💾・🎹

The Tattler's Tall Tale (Project OverDoze) 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Yurari (L-Tone) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental existed)

Anime related songs :

Naruto OP2 - Haruka Kanata (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) [TV Size] 🎵・💾

Naruto Shippuden ED7 - Long Kiss Goodbye (HALCALI) [TV Size] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni OP1 (Eiko Shimamiya) [TV Size] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni PS2 OP (Ayane) 🎵・💾(Instrumental exists)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OP1 - Sono Chi no Sadame (Hiroaki "Tommy" Tominaga) [TV Size] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OP2 - JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~ (Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto) [TV Size] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Stardust Crusaders) ost - Time of the Decisive Battle🎵・💾

Pokemon (XY) OP - Volt (Yuusuke) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Pokemon (XY) ED - X Kaikyo Y Geshiki (J☆Dee'Z)🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Deadman Wonderland OP1 - One Reason (Fade) [Full Song] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Death Note - Misa no Uta 🎵・💾

Inazuma Eleven : Ares no Tenbin OP - Teppen e Dash 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt OP 🎵・💾

Paradise Kiss OP - Lonely in Gorgeous (Tommy February6) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Persona : -trinity soul- OP1 - Breakin' Through (kita shuhei) [TV Size] 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Shugo Chara Meikyuu Butterfly (CV:Mizuki Nana) 🎵・💾(Instrumental exists)

Uta no Prince-sama - Piyo-chan no Uta (CV:Taniyama Kishow) 🎵・💾

Yu-Gi-Oh! related usts :

Duel Monsters

OP1 - VOICE (CLOUD) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

OP2 - SHUFFLE (Masami Okui) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

OP3 - WILD DRIVE (Masato Nagai) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

OP4 - WARRIORS (Yuichi Ikusawa) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

OP5 - Overlap (Kimeru) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

FRENCH OP 🎵・💾

The Movie OST - Shadow Games (Trixie Reiss) 🎵・💾

The Movie OST - You're Not Me (Marty Bags) 🎵・💾

FRENCH OP 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

5D's

OP1 - Kizuna (Kra) 🎵・💾

ARC-V

OP1 - Believe X Believe (Bullettrain) 🎵・💾

J-Pop :

Aiin Dance no Uta (MiniMoni) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Episode (Versailles) 🎵・💾

Kasa ga Nai (YMCK) 🎵・💾・🎹(Fanmade Instrumental)

Lust for Blood (Gackt) 🎵・💾

Zebra Queen Theme (ZEBRA QUEEN) 🎵・💾

K-Pop :

Flower (Yang JunHyung) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Let's Get It Started / Water Floor (BOYFRIEND) 🎵・💾

Tick Tack (U-Kiss) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Video Games :

Blind Justice (ZektBach) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Turii -Panta Rhei- (ZektBach) 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Xepher (ZektBach) 🎵・💾

TEKKEN 2 - Landscape Under the Ghost [Staff Roll] (Kaminano) 🎵・💾

TEKKEN 5 - Moonlit Wilderness 🎵・💾

TEKKEN 5DR - Ground Zero Funk 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

TEKKEN 5DR - Snow Castle 🎵・💾

Rap de Chocobo (Hyadain) 🎵・💾

Street Fighter (Hyadain) 🎵・💾

Lucky Dog OP 🎵・💾

The Eevee song (Random Encounters (Feat. Dodger)) 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Others :

DamDadiDoo [Nightcore Version] (Original by Fantasy Project) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Hysteria (Muse) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

My Little Pony - Rainbow Factory 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

French Usts :

Comédies musicales :

Mozart, l'opéra rock - Le trublion 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Mozart, l'opéra rock - Je dors sur des roses 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Mozart, l'opéra rock - Le Bien qui fait Mal 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Mozart, l'opéra rock - L'Assasymphonie 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Mozart, l'opéra rock - Dors mon ange 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Notre Dame de Paris - Belle 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Anime :

Chocolat & Vanilla OP 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Danny Fantome OP 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Jayce, Conquérant de la lumière OP 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Nadja Applefields OP 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Olive et Tom OP 🎵・💾・🎹 (Fanmade Instrumental)

Princesse Scheherazade OP 🎵・💾

Sakura Chasseuse de Cartes OP - Razzmatazz (Froggy Mix) 🎵・💾

Titi & Grosminet mènent l'enquête OP 🎵・💾

Pokémon Saison 4 - Les champions de Johto 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Pokémon Saison 5 - La Quête Ultime 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Pokémon Saison 7 - Advanced Challenge 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Pokémon - Pokérap 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Autres :

Macaron (ATOLS) 🎵・💾・🎹

Vanina (Dave) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Vanina (Soul Version) (Dave) 💾

Rue de la Paix (Zazie) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Un monde parfait (Ilona Mitrecey) 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Gerudo Valley 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

XPB02 - HARLEY QUINN VS JINX 🎵・💾・🎹

Une seule vie (Gérald de Palmas) [OpenUtau ustx] 🎵・💾

VOCALOID 1 .mid

Britney Spears - My Prerogative 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Britney Spears - Cinderella 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Britney Spears - Piece of me 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Pokémon Saison 2 - Les Iles Oranges "Un Monde Pokémon" 🎵・💾

Gunslinger Girl - The Light Before We Land (The Delgados) 🎵・💾

NANA ED1 - Starless Night 🎵・💾 (Instrumental exists)

Emo Japanesque Eclectic Girl (sntb11) 🎵・💾

.ust that didn't have dl links in description are missing from this list, I'll update it later (but most of them are old .ust so you're not missing much).

Found an error ? Contact me via MP on Twitter!

#IchigoMinako #ust #UTAU #VOCALOID #ust download

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cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien · 6 months

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Solar Opposites: Ultra Opposites Heroes Theme Songs (for @avaveevo)

Terry/Solar Flare: “Courage in Me” from Lou

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: “Monster” from Imagine Dragons

Korvo/The Legendary Super Shlorpian: “Never Giving Up” from DIVIDE MUSIC

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: “Cage the Beast” from Adelitas Way

Yumyulack/Psylock: “Back Down” from DIVIDE MUSIC

Jesse/Electra: “All Hail2 The Queen” from Dani Wright

Sonya/Soarin’ Girl: “Learning to Fly” from Christina Aguilera

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: “Genius” from Sia ft. Diplo

AISHA: “365” from Katy Perry

EVA: “Starships” from Nicki Minaj

Daryl/Dark Matter: “What’s Up Danger” from Blackway & Black Caviar

Principal Cooke/Super Cooke: “No One Likes Superman Anymore” from I Fight Dragons

Ms. Frankie/Shadow Lady: “Broken Pieces” from Apocolypta

Nova/Lady Roseus: “Naturally” from Selena Gomez

Kevin/The Flamethrower: “Inside the Fire” from Disturbed

Randall/Ultra Man: “Invincible” from Skillet

Jamie/Firey: “Immortals” from Fall Out Boy

Darcy/Miss Darcina: “Confident” from Demi Lovato

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: “Trying Too Hard” from Emmy-Raver Lampmen

Sherbet/Violet: “California Girls” from Katy Perry

Cherie/Agent Red: “Looking in a Mirror” from Demi Lovato

Montez/The Master: “Time of Dying” from Three Days Grace

Pezlie/La Oscuridad: “Rainbow” from Sia

Mia/Shine Light: “Cosmic Girl” from Jamiroqui

Janice/Master Smasher: “Stronger” from Kelly Clarkson

Phoebe/Katana: “In Flames” from Sia

Monica/Acid Girl: “She’s So Gone” from Naomi Scott

#solar opposites #solar opposites au #the ultra opposites #ultra opposites

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awhalesrider · 1 year

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What makes Silverv a ship for me

The most interesting thing about this couple is that they don't necessarily think of them as a couple - they feel attraction to each other, but again, none of them really consider the other as a "lover".

I've always unilaterally speculated that, excluding one-night stands, the type of partner Valerie would actually favour is someone a little more gentle, or someone with a relatively weaker aura/energy compared to herself, like Raver, like Takemura (who she has sent flirty texts to), and Kerry (who is in Johnny's shadow and life confusion) . She feels like someone who cares a lot about autonomy and control and doesn't like to be led around, so she is more used to "loving" and giving a helping hand to the other person. She is gentle and helpful, but in fact she is the one who makes the decisions at the beginning of every relationship.

And even if our self-centred Johnny is not the voice in her head, he will be another force fighting her for the driver's seat. She'd say: what kinda brain-dead gonk would pick a bastard like Johnny for a date? But 419? Could be worth a try. When Panam said that the neurological connection was like booking a double room with only a queen-size bed and a blanket, she was clearly thinking about her current situation with Johnny; and in Pistis Sophia, when she asked him whether he was thinking about sex. Wasn't she thinking about it?

It's even more interesting when you look at it from Johnny's point of view. Unlike V, it seems to me that Johnny doesn't have a high standard for lovers. He is naturally easily attracted to different types of girls. He's happy to have *some* kind of relationship with all kinds of women who are interested in him. Sometimes he is also very comfortable with the adulation of men. But that also means that these rough sexual relationships don't last as long as the friendships he builds with others (and for some reasons the latter is also kinda "toxic"). He almost never understood Alt's career and stubbornly shut himself off from her admonitions; he only knew that Rogue would never say no to him, but he didn't really speak his heart out to her until that movie date in 2077.

But it's real fun when Johnny spends his time with Valerie. On the one hand, Johnny is attracted to her, and from time to time Valerie flirt with him, letting him mumble "we fight like old married couple people", and sometimes even agreeing they are perfect for each other. On the other hand, Relic makes it literlly impossible for their connection to really develop into sexual relationship (I want it for them tho), and they platonically allow two souls and two personalities to reveal themselves to each other, which is instead a more special connection. In Pistis Sophia, Johnny says V is not his type, but these very words help him prove how sincere and pure a commitment those dogtags symbolise. But it would be too narrow-minded to interpret this as "you're not like all the other girls". Valerie is not a lover that Johnny could leave behind. She is more like a comrade in arms that he needed to communicate with, understand and respect at all times; but he couldn't treat her as an ordinary friends either, because spiritual nakedness was much more intimate than a simple physical relationship. No matter how close a partner one has, they always keeps a part of their secret to themselves, while Johnny and V are sharing even that part of themselves with each other.

He would admire her, and she would desire him, yet they are essentially free from the shackles of a physical relationship, removing the inevitable barriers between ordinary friendship and truly building a purely intimate relationship with another person. They are constantly in a dynamic balance of intense debate and mutual compromise, with Johnny constantly asking V to listen to his advice, constantly exporting his views and goals to her, and V sometimes having to give in; but at the same time she is always asserting herself, asserting her own position, and Johnny has to accommodate her stubbornness. In the end no one is able to tip the scales in their favour, but instead they show a certain tendency to give and sacrifice at the same time. This whole process is particularly interesting, and if I were an AI outside the black wall, I would be definetely willing to observe them every day.

If there was a so-called good ending, they would not probably get married or even talk about the whole *relationship* thing. They'll say they're friends, former "roommates", current friends of benefits (define “benefits” as you wish), but everyone knows that what they have is healthier, stronger, more stable and more indestructible than any intimate relationship they've ever had.

#silverv

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