#cyberpunk edgerunners kiwi

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I will never stop being a pissy little bastard about cyberpunk edgerunners, like yes the plot, execution, and ending are very good

But Kiwi was my favorite character and now I'll never be able to rewatch the show without my bones boiling inside me like a malfunctioning water heater in a crappy New Jersey apartment complex

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Legit forgot to tell tumblr it was my birthday yesterday but a way more important holiday is today

Hoping I can finish my anniversary drawing in time.

[d-tronaustin]

September Patreon sketch rewards were of Cyberpunk Edgerunners characters. My ver of Kiwi

[idunnowhatimdoingrn]

So i'm not sure how I feel about how this came out but it seems fine to me.

[super-affection]

[poisonkkay]

Day 24 – Dive

[wolverineluvr]

yandere maine crew hcs plz :3

CW: yandere themes, not asking consent(Pilars part), sa, ooc characters(?), mentions of murder. Gn reader

Characters: Maine, Dorio, Kiwi, Lucy, David, Pilar, Rebecca.

Divider credits: @cafekitsune

A/n: ofc, this also helped me get out of my rut of not writing at all so thank you!<3

Maine

He's not the most patient, but he's not the most forceful either.

He'd rather you love him on your own accord, but he doesn't mind making you love him, especially if you take too long to show any affection.

He's a little possessive, he doesn't mind if you have a friend outside of the crew, but he hates when you touch anyone that's not him or Dorio. Pilar is..annoying. But even he knows not to push it too far. It doesn't mean he's not going to push that line as far as it can go.

If you joined his crew, then great. Better reason to get close to you. But if you're just a random civilian, of course you'll be confused as to why someone like him is interested in talking to you.

You know you shouldn't be weary of him because of how he looks or his background. So you try to be nice. You make conversation with him, questioning the occasional suspicious things he says but, it's probably nothing. You don't want to be mean, so you never turn him down when he asks you something small.

When he brought his girlfriend, Dorio, around, you really thought it was okay. He seemed to love her a lot. So you ignored the side of your brain that was screaming at you to cut contact with him, to atleast be a little more safe and to question his objectives more.

You should've known, should've done differently. You never should've even spoken to him in a friendly way. But now you're stuck. He says he's doing it for you, for your safety, but is he? You used to think he wasn't but you can't tell anymore.

Dorio

She tries to take it slow with you, she doesn't want to scare you off or make you hate her. But it's so hard sometimes. All she wants to do is show you how much she loves you, how much she cares.

If you don't accept her confession, she'll ignore it. She'll act like you're both together. She doesn't care. She needs to let out how she feels in some way.

She tries to make you have a relationship with Maine as well, she's less forceful with that, because in her mind, you'll come around.

If you try to leave or breakup-even though you were never dating in the first place-she'll threaten you. If you never do that, she'll be sweet with you. She doesn't mind if you express displeasure with some things she or Maine do. Everyone needs their boundaries, even if she doesn't like them.

Overall, she's pretty tame. She prefers you to spend all of your time with her or Maine but she doesn't mind when you spend a little time with others-atleast those in the crew.

Kiwi

She's more of a stalker, she knows she shouldn't get close. She shouldn't entertain this fascination of hers.

She observes you when she can, taking note of your movements and making sure she knows your schedule and you to the point that she knows what you're doing, even if you're not doing what you regularly are.

She's possessive, but she knows she can't just kill everyone who touches you. So she settles for the occasional stranger or acquaintance every now and then. It's never enough. And eventually, she cracks.

If you're in Maine's crew, she'll talk to you sometimes of course. Never being too nice, never being too standoffish. Like you don't matter to her.

If you're not, then of course one day she can't help it. She'll squeeze herself into your schedule, just to keep how she feels at bay. She'll talk to you for a moment, feel the fleeting brush of your hand under hers as she apologizes for bumping into you.

Soon she starts popping up more and more in your life. It's odd, but she seems nice.

After a while of the same song and dance, she starts to yearn for more. Stronger than before. She knows that soon she'll have to do something. She's already planning on what.

Lucy

She tries to become someone close to you first, she stalks you when she's already seen you for the day, and she wants to know what you're doing.

She's not stupid, she takes it slow. She doesn't mind playing the long game if she gets you in the end.

Eventually, once she's one of your closest friends, she slowly starts picking off everyone you know. Your friends, family, whoever. At first it was just a sad coincidence, in the end it was a curse for you. You even shut her out, you didn't want her to get hurt or die.

She saw how much it was hurting you, but she kept going. She left some, but you wouldn't let them near you, and they didn't want to be around you either. She was the only one you had left. You should've been suspicious. But you were just grateful.

She'd never leave you. She's been by your side through everything. In the end, you're the one confessing. She doesn't reject you. You should've known. But how could you have?

David (before time skip)

He wants to make you comfortable, wants to make you feel safe and he wants for you to love him naturally.

But he can't help how clingy he is, always offering to come with you everywhere, like a dog.

Let's say you're his best friend, he knows he's been pining over you for so long. He just never realized how bad it was until recently. When he felt genuine murderous intent when he saw another one of your friends-a male one-hug you. He doesn't think he's ever felt like that before.

You're always the one to patch him up when he gets bullied, and he loves it. He loves it so much. You're so kind to him. You're so close to him.

He confessed to you the day before his mother died. He thought that, for once, everything was going perfect for him.

After he joined Maine's crew, he introduced you to them of course. You told him to be careful, to make sure he doesn't get hurt. You don't know much but obviously it's not a great line of work. He did his best to listen to you, to not worry you. But eventually, there was nothing he could do.

David (after time skip)

If you thought he was bad before, he's insufferable now. Occasionally, you can use the bathroom alone. But not most of the time. He gets on your nerves so much.

And he's only gotten more possessive. He hates it when you even glance at anyone. He tries to be lenient with you, you're only a human. It's natural for your eyes to wander around, for you to be curious. But when other people look at you? It's a different story.

He lets you around the crew, sometimes. He doesn't want you to get attached to them, or anything like that. He wants you to rely on him for everything. Food, touch, conversation, safety, love.

You couldn't leave him if you tried, but it's better not to.

Pilar

He's a little more laid back, not very possessive. He doesn't mind it much if you're around others, as long as you come back to him in the end.

But he does hang off you like you're the only thing keeping him alive. His arm is almost always around you, and if it's not he's still around you.

He's touchy, sometimes he tries to take it slow but he can't help giving you the occasional grope or feel. He's more forceful with touch than the others, but he's less forceful with how you feel. He knows you wouldn't love him, atleast not immediately. So he doesn't mind.

If you're a civilian, you're bound to think he's a bit odd. He didn't start touching you inappropriately immediately, but he was pretty touchy from the start. The same goes for if you were in Maine's crew, although he does start to give you gropes faster.

Rebecca

She's rather clingy, like her brother. She's always with you. She's confident in herself, but she doesn't mind being a little forceful to get what she wants.

She's possessive as well, getting irritated the moment you talk to someone. She acts annoyed when you interact with others, but if you start expressing that you feel bad she shuts up. She doesn't want you to feel bad, she just wants the other person to go the fuck away.

She doesn't mind killing for you, it only makes her enjoy it more. She knows not to be too extreme with it, to not kill every person you know, but it's hard for her.

It's more likely that you met her if you were in Maine's crew, but if you're a civilian then you only met her by chance. She doesn't plan much, just sort of suddenly pushing herself into your life.

She's loud and brash, but it's sort of endearing in a way. You start to look forward to seeing her again, even if the ways are always random or at the wrong time.

Maine's crew

If you have the attention of all of them, then you're fucked.

You're never left alone, not for a second. Most of the time it's at least two of them with you. You're coddled and doted on like a child.

There was a chance you could've escaped one of them, but all of them? No shot.

If one of them does something to make you uncomfortable, most of the time another stops them or tells them off. Most of them don't want you to hate them, the others...don't really care. As long as they have you.

Extra notes: I wasn't sure if I should add a little more of the entire crew but I ended up writing a little for them !

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Trick or Treat!! by sawasa@sawasa_c2

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Kiwi from the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime

Ukraine, Kyiv, 2024.

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「1st Anniversary!🎉」 by Sawasa | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

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terminally online

[mechaking789]

Cyberpunk Edgerunners MEMES ( I Found these Images on Google)

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inktober for the week! i lost count of days and just made a whole page

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"Who is Hotter?" Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Fandom Wars: The Crew

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners turns 2 today!

Artwork by Yoh Yoshinari from @trigger_inc

[arcane-artsy]

Kiwi deserved better in the Cyberpunk Edgerunners anime.

She did betray them, yes. But she also tried to make it right. She likely betrayed them because of how David and Rebecca treated her after Maine's and Dorio's deaths. She was called names, mocked, never politely asked to do things or even thanked for her efforts.

Kiwi was an amazingly tragic character and one that had a lot of complexities to her. She got that chrome jaw after her organic one was ripped off (I believe) and she had faced the worst Night City and the cyberpunk world itself had to offer. She has that motto of, "Never trust a soul in Night City" because of the years of trauma and abuse she'd been through. She taught Lucy to not trust people because she didn't want her to suffer as Kiwi had. But, in the end, Kiwi's actions ultimately lead to David's, and Rebecca's, deaths. Of course, Adam Smasher is who killed them, but he was only there because Arasaka had found out about Faraday and his allegiance to Militech. I firmly believe that if Kiwi had been treated by the crew a bit nicer than she had been, as well as made a bit more of a centerpiece by the crew itself rather than the unappreciated backbone, Kiwi wouldn't have betrayed them. And Kiwi wouldn't have died all alone in an alley behind a dumpster, killed by Faraday's men.

I think that the Edgerunners treated Lucy a lot like how Kiwi was treated. I mean that, when Maine was in charge, he was either using Lucy all the time or discarding her. Kiwi became the same. The Edgerunners, while desperately needing their 'runners, didn't treat them very well.

I watched an amazing video about this done by Shaped By Stories on YouTube and I firmly agree with what she said in regards to Kiwi and Lucy. Basically, this little essay I've done here is a dumb version of what Shaped By Stories had said in her much better video. I'm kinda just ranting here.

Anyways, let's hope that Lucy, after all that happened, when she finally got to go to the moon, was finally happy. I really hope so. Lucy was my second favorite character, next to Rebecca. I think I might do more of these rant-like essays about characters in video games, shows, books, etc. What do y'all think? 🥹