#cybernoir

[synthwavesire]

"The future is always a dystopia in movies" ~ 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝐶𝑜𝑥

#aesthetic #retrowave #neonnoir #retrofuture #synthwave #80s #cyberpunk #dreamwave #neon city #chillwave #glitch #futuristic #dystopian future #dystopian society #dystopia #cybernoir #cyberwave #cyber city

[ashur-miranth]

·.·★ vyp ★·.· #blackandwhite #cyberpunk #cyberwave #synthwave #vaporwave #cybernautika #cybernoir #xboxone #gothic #bnw #Netflix #classic #darkaesthetic #neoncity #videogamesart #dark #museum #arthistory #museedulouvre #dieselpunk #blacknoir #foryou #scificyberpunkart #warframe #classicart #retrostyle #hdr #steampunk #vapormax #blancoynegro (en Lucerne, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpqFtWDO1_d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blackandwhite #cyberpunk #cyberwave #synthwave #vaporwave #cybernautika #cybernoir #xboxone #gothic #bnw #netflix #classic #darkaesthetic #neoncity #videogamesart #dark #museum #arthistory #museedulouvre #dieselpunk #blacknoir #foryou #scificyberpunkart #warframe #classicart #retrostyle #hdr #steampunk #vapormax #blancoynegro

[authoramandaparsons]

The Calibrationist is AVILABLE NOW!

To celebrate the release, The Calibrationist will be FREE on Amazon for a very limited time; March 04-08!

Hope to see you there! :D

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When one bad night can take out the city... In an alternate near-future Chicago, psychics roam the streets under a regime of oppression, lost within the glare of new technology. They all fear the same fate: the Calibrationist, the agent charged with taking them in when outpourings send their powers into overdrive. Wayne Grayson never wanted the job, but with government incentives being the only thing keeping his comatose fiancée alive, he doesn’t have a choice. When outpouring victims in Chicago suddenly skyrocket, Wayne must team up with psychic-wary Veronica Jones—a black Chicago police sergeant, familiar with the hypocrisies of the system—to discover the cause before the city lies in ruin. The deeper they delve into the investigation, though, the more they begin to suspect that someone is setting off psychics intentionally...but Wayne mustn’t let the details of the case reach the public, as each fear-mongering new story only tightens the shackles of hatred closing in on his community. Meanwhile, in a post-catastrophe Japan, psychic Sonya Izono finds herself pregnant in a country where mandatory sterilization is in force. Torn between bitterness at the child and a fierce desire to save them, Sonya must find a way out of the country before her secret becomes impossible to hide. As Wayne and Sonya’s paths collide, they must work together to unravel a devious plot intent on setting the world against itself, psychics and non-psychics alike. Mind-bending and grounded in the heart, The Calibrationist uses speculative intrigue to examine the state of the modern world, perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir.

#writing #amanda parsons #new release #bookblr #psychics #scifi #andy weir #blake crouch #cybernoir #cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #mha #my hero academia #The Calibrationist #social commentary

[spring-maidens]

dumping some doodles of me and my fiancées cybernoir characters from a long standing story

joan skinnerhart (she/her, shorter) - prolific circuit racer, trans butch half cyborg

elara mercier (she/they, tall ferret) - human hacker turned super advanced ai

#oc art #joan and elara #joan skinnerhart #elara mericer #cybernoir #original #original art

[cityofalbinoch]

What makes up a world?

We don't create in a vacuum, and lately I've been thinking about why Albinoch is shaping up the way it is. Below I've compiled a list of various stories and songs that I think have molded a critical part of what I'm putting out into the world. I sincerely recommend you check all of these out, if you haven't already (with one glaring exception oops). The nuances of Cyberpunk, and Vampires, and Speculative Noir fiction are all so fun to explore on their own, and I've really enjoyed figuring out how to mesh.

FILM/TV

Strange Days (1995)*

Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Near Dark (1987)

Lost Boys (1987)

Johnny Mnemonic (1995) (affectionate)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2004)

Angel (1999-2005)

Life on Mars (UK) (2006-2007)

Dresden Files (2007) (derogatory-affectionate)

Midnight Mass (2021)

Mute (2013) (DEROGATORY)**

MUSIC

Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum

David Bowie (especially Lazarus)

Lanulos by HereComeHere

MCR

The Clash

Death

X-Ray Specs

Jhariah

Bauhaus

LITERATURE

"Johnny Mnemonic" (Gibson, 1981)

Fetch Phillips novels (Luke Arnold, 2020-2023)

Dresden Files novels (Jim Butcher, 2000-ongoing)

Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)

GAMES

Vampire: the Masquerade (TTRPG)

Cyberpunk series (little derogatory)

All of these works are found in fragments and little pieces all through Albinoch, in her setting, her technology, and her people. I've really enjoyed taking an inventory of parts of this city and asking, "okay, where did you come from?" I think it's important to recognize that even original creative works are a patchwork of the things their makers love. And this city more than anything has helped me recognize how much I make stories for and because of the stories I love.

*Strange Days is truly one of my favorite movies of all time. Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett are fantastic in this, and it somehow even feels more prescient and applicable now that it's almost 30 years old. HOWEVER. In between the noir buddy dynamics and pathetic poor little meow meows, it's an incredibly heavy movie with some serious potential triggers. The heaviness is, I think, merited for what the film attempts to deal with. More than any other title on this list, I'd check the doesthedogdie for this film before watching it, just in case.

** Don't watch this movie. Don't. It's not even fun to watch going in knowing it's bad. This is ABSOLUTELY NOT an endorsement for this movie. It was three fucking hours of my life I'll never get back. Thinking about it is raising my blood pressure. But it felt intellectually dishonest not to include this movie on the list, because a lot of the reason Albinoch even exists is because I got so mad about the way Mute murders cyberpunk and wears its skin like a cheap suit to cover for how dogshit it actually is that I resolved to singlehandedly do better. This movie is also incredibly triggering. But instead of dealing with heavy topics in horrific but respectful ways to interrogate failings in society, it goes "hoohoo wouldn't this be fucked up" and then does it. It sets up some interesting worldbuilding and then shits all over it for shock value because fuck you for trying to engage with its story or characters in any meaningful way. Fuck this movie.

#albinoch inspo #aesthetic #cyberpunk #johnny mnemonic #blade runner #kathryn bigelow #science fiction #strange days #worldbuilding #near dark 1987 #lost boys 1987 #buffy the vampire slayer #vampires #noir #cybernoir

[hekateras]

InvInc agents hiding their faces/identities with various degrees of success

#invisible inc #invisibleinc #cyberpunk #cybernoir

[mogai-headcanons]

Detective John de Lacy from Cybernoir is an autistic gay man with misophonia!

Janet 'Jane' Price is a neurodivergent disabled asexual lesbian with social anxiety!

Ennui Hardy is an autistic trans combootgender vampisome nostalmoonic lesbian!

Vera Casablanca is an aromantic transhet woman!

Kirsty Santiago is a disabled butch bisexual woman with PTSD and anger issues!

dni link

#art credit: falloutnoir #detective john de lacy #cybernoir #autism #gay #gay man #misophonia #janet 'jane' price #neurodivergent #disabled #asexual #lesbian #social anxiety #ennui hardy #trans #transgender #combootgender #vampisome #nostalmoonic #vera casablanca #aromantic #transhet #kirsty santiago #butch #bisexual #ptsd #anger issues #mogai headcanon

[insomniac-jay]

Designs for some ladies in a different universe

I found this picrew and decided to make some designs for some of my OCs in a different universe. The world (and overall story) is called Cybernoir and was inspired by 1920s fashion, noir films, and cyberpunk.

The ladies seen here are Sorami/Stormchaser, Merida/Queen Amazonia, and Elsa/Lady Frost.

Sorami is the daughter of a politician and his wife. Coming from a powerful family, she has been raised in a luxury most would die for. Despite having so much power, she's surprisingly sane. She worked as a journalist before becoming editor in chief for a news company called Through The Grapevine. She plays a very important role as she's been known to be harsh in her criticisms of celebrities and government officials.

Merida is a bodyguard and former underground fighter. She was found by the police during a fight club bust and arrested when she was 16. A woman from a bodyguard agency found them and took them under their wing. She works for a few celebrities and their current employer (and secret partner) is an enigmatic nightclub singer named Daniela Defoe.

Elsa is a member of biker gang. She used to be a former gold medal ice skater but abandoned that life for a newer, more freeing one after murdering her father. How she got the scar on her neck is unknown.

@floof-ghostie @calciumcryptid @s0ursop @opalofoctober @elflynns-horde-of-stuff @pizzolisnacks @peachyblkdemonslayer

#jay's ocs #cybernoir

[readafers]

The Veil Between Realms

#chthonic #goeteia #space-opera #cybernoir #haunted outerspace #infernal #primordial distant future #legendary realm #arcane catacombs #astral battles #unknown plane #forgotten rituals #created spirits #Youtube

[kaibaspuppy]

i am writing character pages on campfire writing for my cybernoir story!! im so fucking exited abt it when i finish them would you guys be interested in resding them

#jack talks #so far ive started on 2 of them #cybernoir

[aggravateddurian]

CyberNoir 1957 | When It Rains...

The year is 1957 (well, at least Val thinks it is), and Val is a private eye in the capital city of debauchery and crime, Noir City. She ponders lost love, as a client seeking her lost love comes to hire her for a job...

To be continued...

Bonus images below:

Valerie Ocampo-Gonzalez, Private Eye

Full size version of the picture of Melanie

#cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #virtual photography #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cp2077 photomode #my vp #oc: valerie ocampo-gonzalez #oc: melanie foster #judy alvarez #juvie #otp: complementary colours #cybernoir 1957

[synthwavesire]

How I imagined the world by now as a teen

#aesthetic #retrowave #retroart #retrofuture #nostalgia #neon aesthetic #early 2000s #chillwave #glitch #neon city #cybernoir #cybercore #cyberpunk #dreamwave #neonnoir #80s #1980s aesthetic #hipster #hippie #alternative #grunge #dark acadamia aesthetic #los angeles #outrun #80s music #music #synth #synthwave #cyber city #tech noir

[ashur-miranth]

·.·★ vyp ★·.· #blackandwhite #cyberpunk #cyberwave #synthwave #vaporwave #cybernautika #cybernoir #xboxone #gothic #bnw #Netflix #classic #darkaesthetic #neoncity #videogamesart #dark #museum #arthistory #museedulouvre #dieselpunk #blacknoir #foryou #scificyberpunkart #warframe #classicart #retrostyle #hdr #steampunk #vapormax #blancoynegro (en Vierwaldstättersee / Lake Lucerne) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrOafb3OUws/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blackandwhite #cyberpunk #cyberwave #synthwave #vaporwave #cybernautika #cybernoir #xboxone #gothic #bnw #netflix #classic #darkaesthetic #neoncity #videogamesart #dark #museum #arthistory #museedulouvre #dieselpunk #blacknoir #foryou #scificyberpunkart #warframe #classicart #retrostyle #hdr #steampunk #vapormax #blancoynegro

[authoramandaparsons]

It's coming up so quickly! AAAAAAAAAAHHH-

SO excited for my new cybernoir scifi, The Calibrationist! It's available now on preorder for a limited time discount of $0.99, and the official release is scheduled 03/01/2024!!!

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When one bad night can take out the city... In an alternate near-future Chicago, psychics roam the streets under a regime of oppression, lost within the glare of new technology. They all fear the same fate: the Calibrationist, the agent charged with taking them in when outpourings send their powers into overdrive. Wayne Grayson never wanted the job, but with government incentives being the only thing keeping his comatose fiancée alive, he doesn’t have a choice. When outpouring victims in Chicago suddenly skyrocket, Wayne must team up with psychic-wary Veronica Jones—a black Chicago police sergeant, familiar with the hypocrisies of the system—to discover the cause before the city lies in ruin. The deeper they delve into the investigation, though, the more they begin to suspect that someone is setting off psychics intentionally...but Wayne mustn’t let the details of the case reach the public, as each fear-mongering new story only tightens the shackles of hatred closing in on his community. Meanwhile, in a post-catastrophe Japan, psychic Sonya Izono finds herself pregnant in a country where mandatory sterilization is in force. Torn between bitterness at the child and a fierce desire to save them, Sonya must find a way out of the country before her secret becomes impossible to hide. As Wayne and Sonya’s paths collide, they must work together to unravel a devious plot intent on setting the world against itself, psychics and non-psychics alike. Mind-bending and grounded in the heart, The Calibrationist uses speculative intrigue to examine the state of the modern world, perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir.

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"What a great read! [...] The book doesn’t just keep you on your toes with unique storylines and mind-boggling plot twists, but also provides an interesting insight into the state of the world. The characters are amazingly written, the setting is original and the story is creative, suspenseful and engaging."

-Monika M., Netgalley ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#writing #amanda parsons #new release #bookblr #psychics #scifi #upcoming releases #andy weir #blake crouch #cybernoir #cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #social commentary #mha #my hero academia

[attollogame]

Why make it a romance game then? I get that it is primarily a horror game but why give people the option to romance characters if the relationships are just going to be superficial at best?

It's 3 books long and I already said multiple times the romance isn't the main focus, considering you're looking for your sibling and also trying hard not to be killed while everyone else deals with the intrapolitical drama. Idk what to tell you 🤷‍♀️

#the romance is just a fun lil bonus man #its a cybernoir thriller not cybernoir romance for a reason 🤷‍♀️ #also idk i feel like 3 books of development is a lot less superficial then like #loml after seeing you once but #maybe thats just me

[retconomics]

Never heard of Attollo, but I am curious. Can you convince me to play it?

There's a evil sludge and a gas station glory hole in chapter one and the quality just keeps going up from there i think that should be all you need.

#ok but jokey jokes aside its just. SUCH good world building #like its so unique and fleshed out everything feels very real #its very rare an IF can hold my attention enough for me to want to know not only about the characters but the WORLD #and attollo is like. the cream of the crop imo #also if you like cybernoirs and morally grey characters heehee. the way most of the ROs are straight up not good incredible stuff