#cyberpunk edgrunners

[hypercyberspace]

if i had a nickel for every time an animated netflix video game adaption was actually good despite all odds i would have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

#hoping this continues to happen but #other video game adaptations do not have a good track record #this is talking about #arcane #and #cyberpunk edgrunners #rambles

[gaijinthealien]

Rebecca's cosplay ! (part 01 of ???)

Part 02 will be posted soon enough

#my art #digital art #gaijin #artists on tumblr #digital drawing #art #ns/fw art #cosplay #cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #edgrunners #rebecca #nier automata #2b #2b nier automata #crossover #ns/fw post #cyberpunk edgerunners

[chiefbasementcreator]

Art by Liang Xing

#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk edgerunners #edgrunner #rebecca edgerunners #edgerunners rebecca #edgerunners lucy #lucy

[littlenono]

Cyberpunk Edgerunners / David Martinez aesthetic

Crédit : Nono

#cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk #david martinez #aestethic #cyberpunk edgerunners david #cyberpunk edgrunners david martinez #moodboard

[tsjon3s]

My Hero Aesthetic

David Martinez

“it’s Not like I’m holding a grudge; wouldn’t have jumped that raging psycho if I was.”

“Liar.”

“No I’m serious.”

“No, you would have. You’re the guy who jumps into the fire to rescue someone, anyone, even when you know your gonna get burned. You’re just that type”

#cyberpunk #edgrunners #my hero aesthetic #I have a weakness for tragedies #original

[jacuzziwaters]

Yes I am rewatching Kotaro Lives Alone instead of watching the shows that just got a season/new season.

#i hate it here #haven't touched Spy X Family or Mob Psycho #have yet to finish Cyberpunk Edgrunners #head in hands #kotaro lives alone #jay's attempts at communicating

[theartmage]

Rebecca - Cyberpunk Edgrunners

10/31 with a Alt ver.

#reza kabir #artists on tumblr #inktober #theartmage #cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk 2077 #rebecca

[visio20]

Anybody that has been paying attention to my posts might have noticed I've been reblogging anything and everything Ghost in the Shell and cyberpunk. About a month ago I watched Ghost in the Shell for the fist time and thus went feral ever since. I've watched the original 3 times now and a lot of stuff in the periphery, including the live action movie. Watching the live action and a touch of Cyberpunk Edgerunners I've been figuring out what I don't like about modern cyberpunk. Watching Blade Runner is where my thoughts started to solidify. The 80's/90's had a very pessimistic view of the future due to various factors which I don't fully understand and don't want to get into; because of this the future is portrayed in a dirty and cluttered manner. BR and GitS both portray the city as an incredibly oppressive and inescapable. The soundtrack to ghost in the shell is a masterclass in bring forward this effect, especially the track Making of a Cyborg. You feel the incredible weight of the city on you. In the major's case you feel this oppressive force has moved from surrounding her to being her. She is a cyborg completely, there is no separation between her and the rampant and uncontrolled advance of man. Compare this to modern cyberpunk, specifically GitS live action and Edgrunners. They still try and portray the future as horrible but in my experience its mostly portrayed in easy to understand events and actions. The disconnect is the environment and overall atmosphere. Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners are super cool futuristic city with horrible events happening in them. How many people have you heard talk about how awesome it is to drive around Night City? GitS and BR are dingy, dark, and sad. I don't yet have the experience and literary analysis I need to delve deeper into this topic here, plus this post is so long at this point, what the fuck. I do want to point out I realize that modern cyberpunk is supposed to evoke more of a modern fear of over stimulation and ever presence of capitalism but I'll get into that more later. Thanks for reading my insane ramblings and gushing over Ghost in the Shell.

#Cyberpunk #ghost in the shell #literary analysis #Anime #cyberpunk 2077 #ramblings #Blade Runner #thoughts #Don't be mean #media analysis

[mystiika]

𝐓𝐀𝐆 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑!

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑(𝐒): honestly lately i've been a fan of a nice rich green colour, think in or around the range of hex 1a4926

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑(𝐒): vanilla/french vanilla for sure, i also like most apple things

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂: i listen to any genre i can get my hands on so i like almost everything, the most recent interesting one as of late is probably egg punk

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄(𝐒): i am not really a movie person tbh ! but i think my most watched movie is sound of music ( 1965 since it was my feel good/sick movie growing up )

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: i don't really have one of these, there's not many i've seen more than once or twice

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆: breaking point by leon thomas ( yes the actor who played THE best character on victorious aka mr leon thomas iii )

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: i just finished the first season of a soccer/football anime called bluelock

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄: the lego batman movie which i think is self explanatory

𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆: i usually have a few going but my main focus rn is on inheritance by christopher paolini

𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆: cyberpunk: edgrunners, lucifer, & skymed for stuff with other people. for myself i'm catching up on a few animes rn mostly. next up is the faraway paladin, rising of the shield hero, & then s2 of jjk

𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍: on tumblr i'm organising myself now that i'm back from hiatus, figuring out what blog maintenance i need to do like fixing/finishing dossier pages etc etc & trying to work through my inbox. irl i'm trying to catalogue my books into a library app i found, sort through the mess that is my phone image gallery, & continue sorting through my chrome bookmarks bc i make new ones all the time but never put them where i need to lmao

tagged by: @smokedanced ty ! i'm also tagging @miidnighters since they tagged me in another one that's pretty similar so ty to you as well ! :) tagging: @yxkanna/@cxldblxxded @ensuists @velvetineblue @parameddic @liightbringr @dxsole @lovepurposed @starsweepers @wolfvirago

#dash games — can i get a heck yeah #ooc — hey! thanks for checking in. i’m still a piece of garbage #queue.

[chronicler-of-narrative]

*Insert obvious flashing spoiler warning for Edgerunners*

Ok, its only been like less than a month since i finished Edgrunners and I have not had the chance to play the game and only know things about it from a couple youtube videos and cultural osmosis so...Im gonna tell you my theory (thats definitely not just my hidden copium) and *how* David survived the ending of Edgerunners and why I think the story of the anime isn't done.

Disclaimer: this was written late at night and while tired. So take my assessment with a grain of salt and be sure to correct me in the notes

Ill start off by mentioning a pattern ive noticed that may be completely wrong but may also be invaluable to understanding the storytelling of Edgerunners and probably Cyberpunk as a whole: Death as an ending.

Now, that is a very obvious storytelling trope. Character finished their arc? Kill them, and all that. But imo death in Cyberpunk IS the end of a characters arc. David's mom dies moments after completely explaining her hopes for David? End of her arc because it serves to set a baseline, a goal David had pushed onto him that then serves as a payoff later on the series. Same applies to the gang, and while my memories of the middle few episodes are admittedly fuzzy, it is my belief that they all died in some way befitting their character: For example Rebecca and Pillar, characters who are very obviously crazy and to some exend hedonistic, don't die in some glamorous way, but rather are both killed by one, violent and most importantly empty action. A complete rejection of their flair, an anticlimactic end. The point im trying to make here is that death, in Cyberpunk, is played off as a subversion of ones goals but simultaneously as a fulfilment of their arc/purpose.

Now David's death seemingly fills that niche, right? In one way or another, he fulfilled the expectations set on him by everyone around him and himself. He saved Lucy, made it to the top of Arasaka Tower, right? And yet, curiously, to borrow a detail spotted by a probably fairly well known theory video on the idea that David did survive, but we never get to see David die. We see him being aimed at by Smasher in a moment reminscent of the first shot with the washing machine, and then we get a bloody transition. We dont see his corpse. Now, even if i personally do subscribe to this theory, i wanna mention the parallel that caught my eye during the scene: Why exactly is it, and frankly why do we even start, with the washing machine? I feel like the answer is fairly simple, actually: It shows us how David is bent to wills of the corporations. From being denied his clean uniform by the washing machine to getting stared down by Arasaka's most prized asset, he starts and ends in submission to the corporate rule of Night City. Now, if I may stretch this out even further, what if in a way, his death represents the washing cycle of his uniform?

Now, this sounds batshit insane, and it probably is, but hear me out. What if the reason its a washing machine is because it shows the beginning of David's cycle of being 'cleaned' into a corpo, the one that ends up interrupted by the lack of funds. And what if, despite how he apparently dies, that shot might be representing his cycle being...complete?

So, to kinda cut down on all of this yapping, let me make my main thesis clear: the protagonist of Cyberpunk Edgerunners did die, but it was not David Martinez that died, but rather, *David*.

What I mean by this is what if his death was real...But metaphorical? What if he didn't die physically, but the part of him that opposed Arasaka, the punk that didn't fit into the academy, died?

Now, at the end of the series, Adam Smasher is alive and well, and yet in 2077, we kill him. Now, I don't know the context on his dynamic with V and how narratively his death happens, but I do known hes dead. This to me, creates a vacuum. A vacuum that, a game with a clear message about the futility of trying to change the rule of the corpos, should logistically be filled right? And while yes, I am suggest David will take Adam Smashers place, I do wanna explain why it happens.

Now, one thing about David is that he's special. Its a very reccuring motif im the entire show, and one that seemingly doesnt go anywhere since he ends up getting destroyed by the even more special Smasher. But what if, hear me out, that idea of being special had a different use: What if it is used as a framing device (especially given David and Ripperdoc have a conversation ABOUT Smasher) that means to frame David as being similar to Smasher. As being his equal in specialness. What if thats the whole reason its not Max-Tak that ends up killing the cyberpsychosis afflicted David, but Smasher. A sort of "you and me are not so different" moment that supposedly shows Smasher triumphing over David. Now, it could just be that David was enough of a threat to Arasaka that called in the big guns, but then again, if he was, why would Smasher wipe the floor with him? If David was as much of a problem as he's made out to be, wouldn't he be able to hold his own against Smasher, even for a little bit? But no, Smasher demolishes him, completely and utterly. And thus I believe this was all Arasakas plan. To see how suitable of a replacement David is for Smasher. And the reason we only hear whispers of David in 2077? Because hes locked away in some Arasaka facility, being worked on to surpass Smasher and potentially even become a threat to V, considering they seemingly have no issue with killing this supposedly super strong cyborg.

So yea, Tldr: David only died metaphorically, he could potentially come back as a Smasher 2.0 in a sequel to either the game or the anime.

If i got this all completely wrong, do not hesistate to roast me in the notes. If I think of any additions the next time im online, ill make sure to add it as a reblog.

#cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk: edgerunners #adam smasher #david martinez #theory #speculation

[drovenna]

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[theparishofspacedust]

Cyberpunk: Edgrunners — Lucyna “Lucy” Kushinada

Art by Sora9HK1

#Cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk: edgerunners #Night City #edgerunners lucy #Edgerunners #lucy kushinada #lucyna kushinada

[corhore]

What do you think of Harley's design from the new Suicide Squad trailer?

She looks like Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgrunners cosplaying as Harley. I think its dope.

[theblooddaemon]

A little late to the party, but y'all know I had to draw best girl Rebecca from Cyberpunk Edgrunners

#rebecca #rebecca cyberpunk #cyberpunk #cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk 2077 #digital art #artist on tumblr

[itz-darktrax]

Pretty nice to see the cyberpunk fandom hyped for edgerunners! Thanks for 84 notes on my edgrunners teaser gifset! I never would've guessed it would blow up this much!

Now on to 100 notes!

To the Big Hero 6 Fandom: Why is my "How Fred Explains Covid" incorrect quote blowing up? Did you like it that much?

#dark talks

[espritdecorpo]

HUMANITY/EMPATHY. So there is sort of a major point of difference between Cross’s two verses with this one. Leaving Militech was essentially leaving any sense of stability in her life, as well as giving up any corporate benefits. This would obviously have a pretty big impact on someone who has a fair bit of cyberware and baggage having served as a PMC for several years.

A post-Militech Cross is probably skirting just on the edge. Not in the Edgrunners / 77 sense but moreso in the Cyberpunk RED sense. In that consistent cyberware use coupled with environmental factors and a lack of a strong support network will really accentuate someone’s worst traits.

For Cross that comes moreso in the form of risk taking behavior and egotism. It’s the sort of “I’m bulletproof” mentality that a lot of mercs probably carry with them. This coupled with being a bit of an extreme consequentialist definitely leads to some morally questionable decision making.

Because of these factors it’s kind of an interesting situation where corporate Cross is probably measuring out with more empathy because of the nature of her environment. Definitely no saint but at least a little more personable.

#// headcanons; lore #( i’ve had this in my mind for a little and needed to write it down somewhere or i’ll forget ) #( and finally found like the right wording for it i think ) #( also this is liable to change as she makes new connections