This sheds an entirely new light on Johnny. We knew he was traumatized before, but not that he was literally SOLD by his father. He experienced almost no kindness in his life till he met V.
This sheds an entirely new light on Johnny. We knew he was traumatized before, but not that he was literally SOLD by his father. He experienced almost no kindness in his life till he met V.
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> **He experienced almost no kindness in his life till he met V.**
I mean, Alt, Rogue and some of friends seemed nice.
He was just too much of an asshole to notice.
Also he was going bananas, which probably doesn’t help.
i knew about his cyberpsychosis but had no idea about his childhood. I dont remember this being referenced in the source books either, and as a lore junkie thats just fascinating to me.
I need to go look up that interview right away.
It does at least bring an explanation as to why he is the way he is. He’s still an asshole, but you can understand why. His friends/lovers did give him kindness and they all came before V, but Johnny was damaged at that point,too deep in his own head to see what he had back then.
Fuck me I thought this was the radiohead sub.. phew
Really makes those smokes you can have with Johnny feel different knowing this. His life was valued at a pack, so those discussions over a smoke probably hit him differently.
Johnny, to any person he knew before dying: “I’m not a psychopath, I’m a high functioning cyberpsychopath.”
Industry conspiracies b like
Johnny’s ego is soo big, that one hand is sufficient enough to drive him over.
Wasn’t he also a soldier at some point?
A Johnny Silverhand movie would be amazing
Though Keanu is too old to play an in his prime Johnny in real life
People should really read the TTRPG accompaniments for the original *Cyberpunk* games, they basically explain all of Johnny and his backstory.
What is The Hand??