Last Topic: 2:54:06pm, 11/16/2023
Last Post: 9:52:24am, 05/10/2024
In a lot of ways, V is the superior successor to David Martinez. Where he couldn't go, you still might. But it takes a lot to become a legend...
Also, fun detail: Johnny Silverhand had to deal with Cyberpsychosis too. Not only is the Relic itself mitigating Cyberpsychosis, but two other things are helping out a lot here. First, Johnny himself knows how to handle the burden more or less decently -- him being so erratic and violent in the flashbacks is partly from the chrome, but he was still functional. Second, and this is maybe even more important...V has a support network who can hold him/her up, which David didn't because he never let Becca in the way he should have, unlike V with Misty, Jackie, Vik, Panam, Judy and others. Cyberpsychosis isn't actually a one-way trip. As per the detailed setting lore, therapy and welcoming empathetic treatment from other people can help. It's not just the guy in your head keeping you sane -- it's every single real one you've met along the way and opened up to.
(Bonus fun detail: you know why the OST for Edgerunners slaps so hard? Akira Yamaoka arranged it. Yes, the Silent Hill one! Dude hasn't missed once in a lifetime.)
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Shine on, you crazy diamond.