I'm not attracted to tame animals

When you've been resurrected by your boyfriend but you gotta lay low

Phantom Liberty was so good for SilverV shippers and Johnny self-shippers who overlay themselves over V. The DLC's place as belonging towards the end of the game definitely stands out in Johnny and V's interactions, they're friends. They can aggravate the fuck out of each other but still, they're friends! And Johnny's so smiley in a bunch of scenes too.

And I love how much he shows up. Sometimes he doesn't even say anything, he's just there for whatever reason. But if I remember right there was a line from Johnny at one point in the DLC that seemed to imply that V has some control over him showing up, that they're able to "pull him out". And I love that implication with how often Johnny shows up but doesn't even say anything. It's like his presence brings some comfort and stability to V, they just likes having him around. Emotion support brain parasite 💙

For the sleepy dialogue prompt: 7!! :3c

Sleepy Dialogue

7. "Did you dream about me?" and "Just put your head on my shoulder." First is (implied) SilverV and the other is some backstory ft. Vincent!

"Did you dream about me?"

v clung onto sleep this morning, comfortably lying on her stomach with one cheek pressed to her pillow. she remained in this position in an attempt to drift off again. a futile attempt as it did not go unnoticed with her roommate - brainmate. "did ya dream about me?" his voice reverberated in her skull, low and rough at the edges as if his own dreams had chipped away at it. v gripped her pillow a little tighter, she really needed to wash these sheets. there was also weight on the mattress beside her; nibbles most likely. "wouldnt blame ya for wantin to go back to sleep." she heard the cockiness in his voice but it didnt frustrate her. he wasn't mocking her; it was flirtatious banter. "like that hm? so smitten with ya, spendin all my waking hours with ya isnt enough?" she lifted her weight up with both her arms, just to collapse back onto the bed, face first into the pillow. the weight also shifted but v did not think to look; this felt nice. "didn't tune in this time?" she answered, her voice slightly muffled by the pillow. "nah. i got some of your memories. bummer, your wet dreams are always so entertaining." johnny replied and there was movement again, it clearly wasn't nibbles since the size didn't fit but v wasn't connecting the dots. "there is plenty of sex in there, maybe one day you will get lucky." she shrugged and raised one hand to her head to scratch her scalp. "yeah, turns out you used to have fun sometimes." there was a certain tinge to his voice that v couldn't quite place but seemed familiar nonetheless. her brow knit together in confusion as the sudden change in tone threw her off. movement again, this time the weight was lifted from the bed. she open her eyes to scan the room for his figure. after a few moments the sound of nibbles scratching on her apartment door, asking to be let in almost startled her. disappointment or maybe regret settled into her chest now.

"Just put your head on my shoulder."

it had only been about a week since they escaped; from their childhood home, their parents and their torment. the final confrontation between their father and v had cost her an eye and him a wounded ego. the twins knew however that their tormentors would not just let them leave and so they had to stay on the move; be a pair of ghosts until they turned eighteen and would be truly free. their new way of living had already taken it's toll, they had nowhere to stay; all the homeless shelters were stock full and even if they weren't they couldn't risk having the badges called on them. "why cant we just stay with the doc? he helped us and he seems nice." vincent asked as he wrapped his arms around his body in an attempt to keep what warmth he had. v only replied with a grumble, she didn't like the thought; they were already in debt to him after he tended to her wounds. "he said he'd help us." there was hopefulness in his voice or maybe naivety; he truly believed his words. when his sister didn't reply he looked upward, scanning the lit windows and wondering what the people in their flats were doing. v had set down a piece of cardboard for them to rest on and finally replied. "dont trust him." she said. "who just helps someone without expecting anything in return?" her pessimism didn't surprise him but the answer was clear to vincent: a good person. his gaze was still directed upward and v indulged as well. "i wanna go home." he mumbled more to himself but it didn't escape her. the statement shot a bolt of unidentifiable emotions through her body. she cant go back. not to that place. not to those people. she had finally broken free of her prison and she would rather freeze to death on the streets than die a coward in the house she grew up in. vincent could felt her reaction; their bond had strengthened over the years of having only each other. v didn't believe in the esoteric side of twin bond but he could feel it every day: her joy lifting his own spirits, her despair deepening his own, her anger seeping into him. "we don't have a home." she finally spoke, bitterness radiating from every syllable; he could almost taste the bile. he finally looked at her again and his eyes were drawn to the dirty bandage wrapped around her head, concealing the wound where her left eye used to be. v noticed his gaze and turned away from him. he leaned against the wall and slid down to sit on the cardboard, one hand grabbing hers to pull her down with him. she followed to sit next to him, huddling together. "we can find one. make one." v slung her arm around him, cradling his head in her palm and he allowed her to pull it down to rest on her shoulder. "tomorrow." she nuzzled the top of his head with her face. "get some rest, i'll keep watch."

untitled 01 | 02.05.2023

synopsis: Overwriting V means some things slip through, even if Johnny doesn't want them to. a/n: fun fact: I meant to post this little character study like a month ago but I chickened out. In retrospect, I actually really like it even if I pantsed the whole thing and have no idea what to do with it now . Enjoy a kind of messy silverv snippet with some implied Johnny/OFC. make sure to check ao3 for tags and warnings. stay safe and read at your own discretion :)

She sounds just like her.

Something in the cadence of her voice as she curses his name, his violation of her mind. He’s heard it all before. 

You ruined me, you killed me. She isn’t the first to say it. 

He phases into existence. Blue like looking at a neon sign with your eyes blurred, blue like a screen that’s given up. He can’t truly touch anything but he feels it. Feels it all through her. It's all so far away, so visceral and soft at the same time. He feels the steering wheel give in under her tight grip. He can feel her mind.

He wants to rip that chip right out of her fucking head. 

He’s seeping into her. Overwriting her. 

The funny thing is, he can’t say it's something he hasn’t done before. Just more literal, this. But he remembers her. Remembers how he picked her up off the side of the road and tainted her existence. Her legacy. Then, he resented her for it — for becoming the creature he made her. 

Johnny’s always been a bit of a hypocrite.

V doesn’t take the pills to keep him at bay anymore. Says “It feels wrong,” and doesn’t say much else about it. He watches the side of her face from the passenger seat as she breathes. Breathes for them both. He knows her like how you know something in a dream. Everything just is.

She looks like her too. He can’t stand the sight of her. 

“Can you please get lost for five fuckin’ minutes?” He doesn’t want to hear her say anything ever again. 

This is his penance. For the life he led, for the way he destroyed her. Her. He can’t bring himself to think of her name now, to speak it aloud, for he knows V like he knows himself — like blinking. They bleed into each other too much and he’d die another million deaths before he shares her with anyone. 

A smirk starts to creep up on V’s face. Real mean, like she’s finally had enough of him. Like she’s experienced each thought of his for herself. Nothing is sacred anymore. 

“You think she felt anything? You know, when you died?” He’s been sharing her the entire time. “If I was Jessie,” his organic hand clenches into a fist. He cannot feel it, he feels V’s hand come up to her chest instead. “I wouldn’t have.” V shrugs. They’re crossing over into Pacifica and neither of them knows why.

“You don’t know shit.”

“I know everything.” She’s heard her voice — Jessie’s voice — in her head since that first night with Johnny. She’s seen her face, all the hazy, nostalgic visions of it. V knows how it started, how it all ended. She knows because he knows and they are nothing if not the same person at this point. 

V knows that she would have felt something. In Jessie’s shoes or in her own. Everything she told him at the Pistis Sophia would be a lie if she didn’t. She hopes the thought doesn’t bleed over.  

It kills V that when he sees her, listens to her, he doesn’t think of her at all. It rips her to shreds. It reminds her of Jackie. There’s a lump in her throat as she drives past the mall. It's one Johnny feels. She doesn’t give him the relief of making it go away, she lets him sit with it. They both suffer.

Her hand searches the pocket of her jacket, fingers brush against capsules. “It feels wrong,” she’d said and she meant it. It's never felt very ethical, very humane to send him away at her will. He’s a person. A parasite of a person, yes, but a person nonetheless. One with thoughts, and feelings, and V would never admit it but she misses him when he’s gone. Almost as much as she despises him when he’s present. 

“Take ‘em.” He’s bitter that she would even think about it. “Wanna get rid of me so bad, fuckin’ take ‘em.” She can’t blame him.

“Stop.” Still driving, she shuts her eyes and leans her head back on the headrest. Just for a second. “Please, Johnny. Just stop.”

He phases out to wherever he goes inside her mind. Blue like lines of code in a void of black, blue like the sky outside the windshield.

Walk of Life

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by madelinek

It all starts at eight years old.

His dad’s still on the bearable side of alcoholism, where the mood swings and abuse haven’t really settled in as part of their daily lives yet – or maybe Johnny’s just too young to recognize the bad parts. Either way, when Johnny’s eight years old, Joseph Linder’s still takin’ some enjoyment outta life. One of the things he enjoys besides alcohol is music, and when little Robbie rides shotgun with Joe on his way to the liquor store, he’s entranced by the deep voice singing outta the truck’s dingy speakers.

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Snapshots of Johnny Silverhand's life and the importance music played along the way.

Words: 7879, Chapters: 2/3, Language: English

Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Johnny Silverhand

Relationships: Kerry Eurodyne/Johnny Silverhand, Rogue Amendiares/Johnny Silverhand, Alt Cunningham/Johnny Silverhand, Johnny Silverhand/V

Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, POV Johnny Silverhand, snapshots of Johnny's life, part 3 is silverv but you can actually just leave this fic at part 2 if you enjoy pain

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I found your AO3 name thanks to a previous ask and realized that I already read and loooved all your V/Johnny stories! When you were talking about your V and her hearing impairment, I actually remembered reading « He's Not Real, She's Not Pretending » but couldn’t remembered the title or your name! Anyway, all your silverv stories are amazing and reading your answers here is a bit like little small one shots in the best way so please keep telling us about your canon ideas for Aidan and Johnny

Ahhhhhh thank you so much! It means a lot that you enjoy my fics and V!!!!!💖💖💖 

Honestly, reading my fangirling and ideas is a really easy way to get an idea of things I wanna implement as I get further into Aidan’s fic, though right now its still Act 1 bro time with Jackie. I plan on having a lot of horniness, angst, and chaos because I’m a pervert who lives to make my ocs suffer before they receive any sort of happy ending, hehe. 

I’m definitely always a little awkward of doing it without someone like asking or prompting me, because I know I can get very caught up in gabbing about my ocs. So, it’s honestly been so nice having people take interest, ask questions, and even through general V have a way to just word vomit all my internal bullshit. 

Cyberpunk 2077 Spoilers within this

So, here’s a little idea i wanna try to implement into her canon, cause i find it cute. As I kinda mentioned before, my V, Aidan, has never been on a proper date before. When she was a kid she had a huge crush on a girl and convinced the girl to runaway and join her nomad family. (something she immensely regrets now as an adult because her nomad family is awful, but as a kid she was caught up in what she thought was love.) While she was with the nomad family, she never pursued anyone outside of this crush, despite this girl truthfully being very toxic and bad for her even as a friend. She had all these fantasies of doing big grand gestures and sweeping the girl off her feet; but all it culminated in was a bad friendship, a shitty hookup, and the girl swearing her not to tell anyone because she was ashamed of doing anything with Aidan. Once she left, she never felt comfortable getting close to people emotionally and never felt she could handle, or was truthfully worthy of anything deeper than a one night stand or friends with benefits. However, there still is buried deep down that sort of romantic believed in love at first sight kid within her, that wishes she could have a true blue romance. 

So, when it comes time for the Rogue date, she’s equal parts trying to ignore/smash down this growing jealousy by overcompensating and kinda living vicariously through Johnny’s date. Like she’s like, we need to get flowers, (at first she tries to recommend violets because she’s thinking of what she wanted to give her crush as a kid, then quickly realizing they dont have the same meaning for Johnny and Rogue that it would for her and her crush), she considers chocolates, maybe after the drive in they can get dinner, she wouldn’t mind paying for a reservation for them, or ooh no, better yet she can put together a picnic to take to the drive in- And Johnny is like kid chill, what is your fixation on this, I think you’re more excited than me or Rogue combined and you wont even be there? And she awkwardly admits that, you know, please don’t laugh, but at twenty years old she’s never had a date and...she knows she’ll never have one, so she’s kind a wants to enjoy the role she can play in theirs... And she expects Johnny to laugh, to mock her, but he’s just...kinda sad for her and is like, “hey, you know don’t say never, I know it’s weird now, but once you get me out of your head, you’ll have six months to find someone..”  And she just shakes her head, what would be the point of going on a date with someone, getting attached, just to know you’re gonna die... She refuses to be serious with anyone, knowing she’s just gonna croak on ‘em. 

And while Johnny would, love love love love to be the one to take her on a date. To give her that little normal pleasure to make up for all this chip is taking from her. He knows he can’t give her that, he can’t put together a real date for her. So, he’s not sure what he can do, if he can do everything. But then, she does some more stuff to help him out. And...as much as it sometimes makes him wanna scream...her and Kerry get along pretty well. He’s was honestly more than a little terrified of them having sex at the start there and still...kinda worries about it. And on one hand he hates her the idea of her being romantic for anyone other than him, hates the idea of anyone else making stuff up to her and righting the wrongs of this chip other than him. But, god damn it, she deserves to have herself at least one real date before this whole disaster takes her out. 

So, he asks to take control of her body one last time, and he knows he said the samurai gig would be the last one and he was scared for her then, but its been a while, she’s been doing alright. And it will be so quick, he just wants to take care of this one last thing, he swears he’ll be in and out so quick, she wont notice. And she’s rolling her eyes, because he doesn’t have to sell her on it, she trusts him, all he’s gotta do is ask. 

And he swallows all of his god damn pride and he asks Kerry to take her on a date. A really proper, great wonderful date, pull out all the stops for her Ker, bUT TO BE CLEAR, YOUR JOB IS TO TREAT HER TO A NICE NIGHT OUT, NOT TRY TO GET IN HER PANTS. And Kerry’s a shit so he’s just like “No promises, but I’ll take her on a date...or three, ya know however it turns out.”  And Johnny’s not a hundred percent sure he made the right choice. 

B i r d s | Imagine Dragons ft. Eliza  -  @silverhand-hoe

Seasons, they will change Life will make you grow Change will make you cry, cry, cry Everything is temporary Everything will slide Love will never die, die, die I know that Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Birds fly in different directions Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh I hope to see you again

It’s been a second since I made you cry over SilverV with music and I gotta say this ones pretty perfect for canon. The song itself is suggestive that it’s the death of their loved one that led to the end of their relationship. The main theme of the lyrics is that nothing truly lasts forever & that change is as inevitable as life & death. However, it also breaks down the impact that both can have on people where life & experience can provide change & growth, death can harden people. 

This version is a duet and both narrators spend the song lamenting about the special connection they shared to this loved one and among other things talking about missing the moments they shared and their presence in their life. Again it’s heavily implied that death was what ended their relationship. However the lyrics go on to a conclusion where the narrators express belief that even if a relationship ends love itself is not something that ever dies. That though they may be seperated by death, the love they shared lives on, and the hope to see eachother again someday finished the song.

Obviously I chose the duet version to be symbolic for both Johnny & V. I also love it in that while it’s implied it’s never verified if the relationship was a romantic one. Or if it was truly the death of the loved one that ended it. Depending on your interpretation of Johnny & V this leaves it open to have been a close freindship instead of a romance but regardless its made clear the bond being sung about was a very special one & both parties miss eachother and live on with the memories of the other in their heart and better for the experiences and lessons they were given in their time together.

There’s also the specific lines each narrator has with the opening being very symbolic for Johhny’s POV. Two hearts, one valve Pumpin' the blood, we were the flood We were the body and Two lives, one life Stickin' it out, lettin' you down Makin' it right Two hearts beating and living within a single body but sharing a singular valve between them, as in perhaps the sharing of experiences and emotions between them. Two lives again condenced into one in sharing a single body and living life through it. Johnny’s decisions, his eventual mistreatment of V’s eventual & fragile trust. The achnowledgment of this, his flaws, his past failures, the resolve to do better, make things right. With is surving friends yes. But mostly, for V.

And the second verse undeniably symbolic of V and their POV Sunsets, sunrises Livin' the dream, watchin' the leaves Changin' the seasons Some nights, I think of you Relivin' the past, wishin' it'd last Wishin' and dreamin' The focus on the passage of time, the changing seasons, how V’s life was suddenly shortned to only a half a year at most, of course the changing of seasons and the short time they have left would become a focal point for them in just how very precious it suddenly is. Not just how little is left, but how little is left to spend with Johnny. Reliving the past THROUGH Johnny’s memories, learning more about him through them, the wish for more time, more time together, even as their dream of being a legendary merc within night city becomes more and more a reality through their adventures and time with Johnny.

There’s a lot that’s so perfect even if a little sad and very bittersweet, it’s one of the most fitting songs I’ve found for them.

Champagne, Faux Fur, Glitter, Jazz, Lace!

Champagne: what topic could you talk about for hours?

Hmmm, at this point I think I could go on and on about mp100 and video games. Mostly to point out my favorites and why I like them so damn much. Acknowledging both their good points and flaws and how relatable some of them are. Also go off on the art or art style and such, hehe

Faux Fur: describe your wardrobe.

Uhh my clothes basically? Too fucking casual. Lots of weeb, nerdy tshirts and DARK colored stuff. I hate wearing white, it gets dirty too easily and its too bright. I feel weird in white or too light colors. Edgy and black like my damn soul is still my kind of aesthetic, oh well

Glitter: describe someone special to you.

mmm I do have a few people that I do love dearly. The first one that jumped into my mind though is my irl bestie. Met her in high school and boy am I so glad I did. I honestly thought high school was gonna be another “middle school” time but dang I was proven wrong. She’s so smol and cute and kind and funny yet an awkward bean. Yes Janet I love you so very very much and I have no idea how the hell you put up with my quietness and sometimes aloof attitudes

Jazz: name a song that resonates with you and your emotions. explain the reason why.

Lost One’s Weeping by Neru (Kagamine Rin) Since the first time I heard it, just kinda struck me. The music hooked me first cause its the kind of thing I usually hear anyways. And then the lyrics… they’re kinda depressing and does mention suicide and implies a connection between it and school. Which rings true to me; here’s one of my favorite lines:

“but why is it, the devil deep inside usSay we want to disappear? Say we want to die?”

Lace: what is something in your life completely different from last year?

Well the obvious one is that im not in school anymore, haha. But another thing that jumps out is that now I kinda sorta have some more of a concrete presence online? Granted I still don’t talk much and get hella anxious trying to speak to strangers, but now I can safely say I’ve met some real cool and kind people and it makes me so happy. Makes me feel less of just a nameless, useless face among the countless of people that are on this planet

(I dunno what it is about you Silverv, that you make me give these lengthy answers xD thank you though, you curious little nerd~)

Ask a Vet: My Cat Ate String — What Should I Do?

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A while back I wrote a post on Dogster about an unfortunate incident involving my canine pal Buster, some blades of grass and a dangler (or, as I called it, a dingleberry). I described in detail the trials and tribulations of trying to extract grass blades from the anus of a prancing dog. A comment on the post caught my eye and it’s especially relevant right now with all the strings, ribbons, tinsel and other long, shiny objects that humans use to deck the halls and wrap holiday gifts. Cherry writes about the time her cat ate string:

I had a similar problem except it was with my cat and a string she had eaten. It was dangling out of her butt and I had to pull it out. LOL!

A hairless cat with a ball of string. Photography by Dan Kosmayer / Shutterstock.

Cats and string — an iconic pairing that actually does not mix

It sounds like things worked out well for Cherry’s cat, and I’m very happy about that. However, there is a big difference between a few blades of grass that were known to be only a few inches long, and a string that could be any length at all.

The image of a kitten playing with a ball of yarn is engrained in the collective psyche. I don’t know that Normal Rockwell ever painted it, but it would surprise me if he hadn’t.

Cat ate string? First, let’s talk about what type of string

Unfortunately, it turns out that yarn is very dangerous for cats. So is string. And dental floss, fishing line, Christmas tinsel, Easter grass, ribbon, and any similar long, thread-like item. These items, when ingested by cats or kittens, have the potential to lead to a life-threatening condition called gastrointestinal obstruction due to linear foreign body. The condition is every bit as scary as its name implies.

What happens if your cat eats string:

Cat ate string? Here’s exactly what happens. Photography by SilverV/Thinkstock.

Linear (thread-like) items wreak havoc when one end of the item becomes snagged or anchored somewhere in the body. A common place for this to happen is under the tongue — the linear item can become wrapped, and thus anchored, around the base of the tongue and then swallowed.

However, the tongue is not the only place where linear items can snag. If any portion of a linear item becomes anchored anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, problems can occur. The intestines will try to work the linear item through and towards the anus. But if the item is anchored, it can’t be moved. Instead, the intestines move themselves, and natural intestinal motility causes the intestines to become bunched up. This bunching leads may lead to life-threatening blockage of the intestines that requires surgery or endoscopy to correct.

As the intestines bunch, pressure placed on them by the foreign body or by the bunching itself may cause perforations in the intestinal walls. Thin, strong foreign bodies also have the potential to directly lacerate the intestines. Intestinal contents (including loads of bacteria) can then leak through the perforations and lacerations, leading to sepsis and death.

What to do if your cat ate string:

Because of this risk, feline access to thread, yarn, string, and other linear items should be absolutely denied. However, it is not a foregone conclusion that a cat will get into trouble every time it eats string. If the item makes it through the intestines without anchoring, it may pass into the stool. That is where Cherry’s situation becomes relevant to this discussion.

Sometimes a small portion of a very long piece of thread or string will protrude from a cat’s anus. In such cases, pulling on the string can have catastrophic consequences. If the string is long enough, traction on it can cause lacerations or serious damage to the walls of any portion of the gastrointestinal tract with which it is in contact.

Therefore, if you find your cat with a dangling string, my recommendation is to very carefully cut the string near the anus. Monitor the cat carefully until the entire thing comes out. If any unusual symptoms occur — especially vomiting, loss of appetite or lethargy — or if you have any doubts about the situation, seek immediate veterinary attention.

It’s generally safe to gently extract a linear item from the anus if (as in the case of Buster’s grass blades) you know it is short, and you know how to do it properly. But if you have any doubts, don’t pull. Cut instead.

This piece was originally published in 2017.

Thumbnail: Photography by Tibanna79 / Shutterstock.

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Maybe a dumb question, but since you’re an expert on all things SilverV… whose dog tags does Johnny wear?? And whose dog tags does he give to V? Because didn’t he die wearing a pair, and then he stashed another pair at Pistis Sophia?

I got my PHD in SilverV shipping babeyyyy~ hehehehe

Okay, so, firstly. We know the in game look of the tags mean nothing. They reuse the texture for every set of dog tags. Literally, the tags Johnny give V, the tags he wears, the tags Kerry wears in 2013, the tags Dex's bodyguard wears; all have Johnny's birth name on them.  So, that means less than nothing.  CDPR didn't wanna do more than one texture.

Next step; theres two ways to interpret the dog tags circumstance.

Possibility One: Johnny wears the dog tags of the man who died for him, he stashed his personal dog tags in the hotel and gives those to V.

Possibility Two: Johnny wears his own personal dog tags and stashed the tags of the man who died for him, then gives V that man's tags.

Now, both are valid, the scene can imply either. Johnny says "tags belonged to a guy who sacrificed his life for me in mexico." And then "tags are proof of my promise". Could easily mean they're the same pair of tags?

He also in the first sentence points at himself, could mean hes wearing the tags of that man...

Could also mean hes pointing at himself for the "me" part without much thought, though.

Now, the texturing could mean that they meant for Johnny to be wearing his own tags, that they figured since the player would be looking at Johnny more than themselves, giving him the tags he'd be wearing.

But you actually, kinda get a closer look at the tags he gives you, because V holds and looks at them closely. So, it would make sense to spend more time on the details of the tags V gets.

Now, thats all speculation and awknowledgement of possibilities and the interpretations. Which do I personally believe?

Possibility one, that Johnny wears the tags of the man who died for him and that he gives V his personal tags. For me this is

A) cause i love the idea of V wearing his personal tags,

B) it makes more sense to me that if he grabbed his deceased friends tags he'd wear them to honor the man, not storing them away in a hotel vent.

C) i think him wearing the tags of his old friend and stashing his own, makes since im terms of young freshly discharged johnny feeling hes only alive because of that friend, his way of burying himself and letting the friend live on in some way through him as he rebuilt himself.

D) i think it works better for the symbolism and importance of the gesture with V. Him saying, I wear the tags of the man who died for me, to honor his sacrifice and to show I am only alive due to it. And now he wants V to do the same, wear the proof of his promise to do the same for them that his friend did for him. And maybe...to honor him once hes gone.

Again, I see the basis for either interpretations, I aint here to tell people how to feel, but I love him wearing the tags of the man who died for him and him giving V his personal tags.

Since we're talking Daft Punk: I was listening to "Digital love" (even the title fits, lol), and I think this could be a pretty fun silverV scenario: I don't know if Johnny can dream (let's assume he does), and one night, he dreams of a scenario where he and V are dancing. Just that. Seperate at first, untill he grabs V and starts to dance with them together, and they start to laugh, and they look so pretty, and Johnny's heart beats quicker and he's so happy that HE was the one to make them laugh and smile... and then he and V wake up. Johnny's scared shitless: what does this dream mean? He borderline wishes he dreamed about railing V, that he could handle, but this mushy, cheesy, romantic scenario? That's waaay more worrying. And then he starts to wonder: do he and V share dreams? Are they aware of what he dreamed of, or just know it was something nice? V is acting normally, but what if they're bluffing? Would V want to dance with him like that? Could he make them happy like this one day?

Ooooh, i need to go on a daft punk listening spree soon.

Personally, I like to believe Johnny can dream separately from V. I like to think the construct has some ability to act independently of V. I also think by the nature of the chip Johnny has more access to V than V has to Johnny. My reasoning is that Johnny is able to poke around V's memories; he says as much. Where as V kinda gets what they get when they get it. And its implied but never shown that V has his memories lurking in the back of their head. But like Johnny can say; "i poked around and know your childhood" where as V has to ask Johnny's help with the record guy.

I also think Johnny has some level of independent thought. Because he mentions when he wakes up in the oil fields, which implies to some extent he can wake up and sleep independently of V at times (which strikes me as really funny) he can retain memories of his time in control separately from V, he talks about spinning tunes in his head that V doesnt hear.

So, I absolutely do not think the idea of him having seperate dreams is out of left field. And him being so flustered over some cheesy romantic dream makes me grin.

Also, and I hate to go on another tangent but, speaking of dreams I really thought and hopes dreams would play a larger role in cyberpunk 2077. And i know a part if that is just learning to manage expectations, because i get ideas in my head very easily. But between them saying in trailers and promo material like V seeing Johnnys memories in dreams. That being said to Vik. And there being a sleeping mechanic. I thought oh sick, maybe when V sleeps, either at players choice or scripted moments to sleep in main quests, we'll be shown dreams as johnny. And through that we'd learn Johnny's full backstory and have chances to talk to him about it. But...no, we get two memories and we dont know shit about johnny prior to his military service... why do i know the peter pan murderer's backstory from river's quest line better than i know johnnys??? The hell cdpr.

But, all this is to say. Johnny being worried and flustered around V cause he had a romantic dancey dream and he thinks V saw cause they're all flustered and weird; but its cause they had memory dreams of him fucking rogue or something.