takemuraownsmysoul

[takemuraownsmysoul]

I was reading up on lore for funsies and discovered something horrible. I'm a yorinobu apologist. Not because I think he was good but because I think, ultimately, he was trying to do the wrong things for the right reason. I think he's tragic. Proof that not even royalty, the temporary emperor himself, cannot win against the all consuming machine that is Night City and cyberpunk.

Yori really learned that flesh, machine, divine, all are for the rot. It just so happens an unfair amount of that rot inhabits the city he chose.

[takemuraownsmysoul]

So this is just me in major denial still over the ending of CP77 but does anyone else have a "fuck you, V lives" AU? I know lots of you do.

But I just wanted to share mine because I both find great comedic potential and angst in it.

So imagine this: after the devil ending, V gets 6 months to live, right? But what if it just turns out that Arasaka did what Arasaka does so well and just straight-up lied?

We know saburo has a very low opinion of V and makes assumptions about them in general. So what if they just thought they'd drink and party themself to death, thinking their time was about to anyway?

That's where my AU goes, and since, of course, I'm a Takemura lover, its only serves to stand that he would be given a rude awakening at their presence.

Imagine it: it's maybe 2 or so years on, Goro has long assumed V dead and had quietly mourned her (female V in my case) before moving on and settling back into his life. He's accompanying Saburo back to Night City for some kind of meeting, business blah blah, and while he's standing behind him, being his stoic guard self, he just happens to glance out the window down at the street and there's just.... V. Walking down the street as if nothing ever happened.

I know it's so far-fetched and a silly take on things, but I had to heal my own heart.

[takemuraownsmysoul]

"I wish cyberpunk had done, etc. I wish there was X ending, I don't feel like they explored XYZ enough"

BABE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. Cyberpunk, even as a tabletop game, revolved around the fact that there is ALWAYS something going on that you don't know about. The whole point of the series is that YOU CAN'T WIN. You, no matter how reknown you become, will be an insignificant cog in the big machinery that is night city, and you will die that way. The entire point is that there's no satisfying way to end it. There is no "good" or "happy" ending because THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SERIES IS HOW FUTILE TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM IS. The most compelling thing about the series is that no matter what choices you make, you lose, and you've got to grapple with that to get to the ending that you consider the best possible outcome, and even then, you won't be happy.

There are no happy endings in Night City.

[takemuraownsmysoul]

Takemura: Act natural.

V: For this kind of situation, the most natural thing would be to panic, so technically I can panic.

Takemura: NO, that’s not what I meant! Act like it’s a normal day!

V: My ��normal’ days of late, consist of a lot of panic.

Takemura: Will you just cooperate?

V: When a person is panicking, they are not apt to cooperate very well!