I cant tell if Jefferson is a liar, brainwashed, or just a genuinely nice guy in a city full of animals.
I cant tell if Jefferson is a liar, brainwashed, or just a genuinely nice guy in a city full of animals.
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Have you done his quests? Becomes pretty clear what the case is.
finish the quest line
The quest spells this out pretty clearly unless you are asleep while doing it.
He was brainwashed
All of it.
All the people saying finish the quest I did. But there are signs to show that he was a nice guy prior to his little, uh, lets just say disorder.
Guy is a politician, lemme teach you a little trick to tell if a politician is a liar. Are they running for office? They’re lying. This works for every political party.
All of the above I’d say. Its a shame this quest is kind of open ended, I really wish there was more to it. Maybe it was supposed to be part of a scrapped DLC or something.
Did you play the quest? He is being brainwashed
That’s a fair assessment. Our interactions with him are limited, and it’s a bit difficult to ascertain a full measure of the sum of his character – and him being mind controlled surely doesn’t help. THIS IS WORDY AS HELL , but….
Only insights we can infer are crumbs from world at large:
– He’s not Corporate controlled or a Corporate plant. Unlike other Mayor candidates ( incumbent or otherwise) Lucius Rhyme/ Weldon Holt, he’s not into ANY of the MegaCorps pockets . He is completely independent of their influence, and seems to have been for quite a few years before trying for Mayor, and even when he just started out as a public official. Few shards around town shed light on his seeming genuine likeability before and during his political career . He’s 100% self funded as well- this really makes Corps angry with him.
– He’s from the lower class. He’s Heywood native as apposed to Rhyne being Watson native. Jefferson rose from lower class/poverty through hardwork, THE poster boy for the ” Average Man”.Rhyne invited Arasaka back to Night City enforce to counter Militech in Unification Wars, Jefferson opposed more corporate influence at large. He championed social reform blah, blah, blah. Such actions endeared him to the ” Little People”. These reasons are why 6th Street Ga g are SUPER obsessed with Jefferson And want him as Mayor.
So public seems to love him since he started out young, and during his career. This my speculation, take with a grain of salt here on ……..Here’s where it gets dicey:
-Jefferson was groomed to assume SOME TYPE of leadership role by that ” Evil Organization” since his early twenties. They provided his full ride free scholarship to Azukaga- Berkeley law school through NightCorp ( same with his wife), and FROM that point on Jefferson seems to have been FREE from any influence UNTIL he hired that firm SSI. The proxy who did the Brainwashing proper. SSI was only in business for 15 years , but Jefferson seems to have only hired him the last years or so ( I guess 2076~Present). They seemed to have jumped back on Jefferson when his chance for Mayor became tangible.
-This is backed by Elizabeth saying her and Jefferson moved into that penthouse for ” a while”, and tha apartment provides them with that neurotransmitter enhanced fruit. ( To make mind control better). Ironically , when Jefferson started eating junk food, coffee, and cheap food , and staying up super late during his campaign and such practices interfered with the Brainwashing- THAT IS when he began to act out against EVIL organization and hired V…….because deep down. He had a hunch something was wrong, and was breaking free. ( READ THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOOD IN HIS CAMPAIGN ROOM. THEY SAY THE JUNK FOOD HE WA EATING INTEFERED WITH COGNITION) when V enters the apartment bon second visit- You HEAR Jefferson talking shit about Night Corp. His hate for oppressive corporations seem genuine
Who says junk food bad for ya?!
He’s being manipulated by a behind the scenes group. If he is lying I doubt he realizes it.
He’s politician, you’re not going to find a good politician in Cyberpunk.
That’s why the mission is cool, it makes you think alot
Savvy politician that being brainwashed
all 3 (if we count being a politician amounts to lying by definition). You find an actual mkultra type brainwash device if you look for it – and he actually is nice and means well.
why do i think jefferson is blue eyes