portendingdoom
portendingdoom
an independent dual muse blog for ㅤㅤjohnny silverhandㅤ ㅤand ㅤㅤvaela soleilㅤ ㅤfrom cd projekt red's ㅤcyberpunk 2077. ㅤestablished in march 2024. ㅤby katie / pudding.
conduct
Thank you for taking the moment to read this! I'm Pudding / Katie, I'm 29 years old, and use she/her pronouns. I've been on this website for far too long so I'm kind of on the side of no nonsense, but I assure you that I'm pretty easy to talk to. Now, onto the rules!
— ㅤI am a mutually exclusive blog. If we're not following one another, I will not respond to your character's asks nor will I write you starters.— ㅤIf you follow me first, I'd prefer for you to make the first move in terms of interactions. I promise, if we're mutuals, I'm more than happy to talk to you and begin to figure out interactions with you!— ㅤI don't mind if personal blogs follow me so long as you don't reblog my stuff.— ㅤI will likely unfollow you if your attitude is overly negative, or if you reblog a ton of unrelated content to your blog. Run your blog how you want, but I just don't want to be around it.
— ㅤI'll be very selective with shipping on this blog. I personally ship my versions of Johnny and V together, and while I don't think it's impossible for me to ship with other people, I have a massive preference for that pair.
— Johnny has a lot of triggering material in general being. This includes, but is not limited to: mention of war, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, mention of physical abuse, misogynistic language, mention of drug use, mention of alcohol abuse, and likely more.
— ㅤIf you're an OC (or even a canon character that doesn't know my character in canon), do not assume my character knows you. If you want pre-established relationships, you need to come to me first.— ㅤPlease don't make it a habit of asking for starters without responding to them. If you have an issue with a starter, just let me know! I promise you I won't be annoyed or upset, because I want nothing more than for us to be able to interact.— ㅤYou definitely don't need to match my reply length, but I'd appreciate it if you gave me something to work with so I'm actually able to respond properly.— ㅤYou're more than welcome to turn our asks into threads if you want! Just be sure to turn into a new post and tag me!— ㅤTriggers are tagged as "trigger cw".— ㅤI have no triggers myself in regards to dark subjects. I do, however, have emetophobia which I would appreciate being tagged. I won't jump at you if you don't do this, however.
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dossier ㅤ //
ㅤjohnny silverhandㅤ ㅤ ㅤvaela soleil
BASICS
BIRTH NAME. robert john linder
ALSO KNOWN AS. johnny silverhand / johnny / robbie (formerly)
TITLE(S). none
AGE RANGE. 15-34+
BIRTHDAY. november 16th, 1988
GENDER / PRONOUNS. cis male | he/him
ORIENTATION. bisexual (female presenting preference)
OCCUPATION. soldier (formerly) / rockerboy (formerly)
RESIDENCE. night city, usa
PERSONALITY
FEARS. losing someone else
POSITIVE TRAITS. socially conscious, charming, passionate, protective
NEGATIVE TRAITS. paranoid, antagonistic, narcissistic, hypocritical
QUIRKS. dyes his hair black ; excessively opinionated ; has deluded himself into thinking he's stuck to his morals ; first reaction to most things is violence
ZODIAC. scorpio
ALIGNMENT. chaotic neutral
MBTI. entj-t
TROPES. self-serving memory ; aw look! they really do love each other! ; the gadfly ; all for nothing ; functional addict ; hidden heart of gold ; sex, drugs, and rock & roll
BACKGROUND
BIRTH PLACE. college station, texas
PARENTS. johnathan james linder (biological father ; deceased) & lori linder (biological mother ; deceased) ; natalia beck (adoptive mother)
SIBLINGS. none
SPOUSE. none
CHILDREN. (verse dependent)
EDUCATION. dropped out at 14
LANGUAGES. english
APPEARANCE
HAIR. black (currently) ; blond (naturally)
EYES. brown
HEIGHT. 6'1"
PIERCINGS. none (all closed up)
TATTOOS. a look at them here
SCARS. a Y shaped scar across left pectoral ; a series of scars along the left side of his torso ; a more faded, horizontal scar between and below his pectorals
FACE CLAIM(S). keanu reeves
MEDICAL RECORD
MENTAL HEALTH. post traumatic stress disorder / cyberpsychosis / nicotine addiction / alcoholism / drug addiction
PHYSICAL HEALTH. chronic pain related to cyberarm
CYBERWARE. chromed cyberarm
EYESIGHT. no need for correction
DRUG USE. addicted prior to death
ALCOHOL USE. abused regularly prior to death
| date | event |
|---|---|
| Nov 16 1988 | robert john linder is born to johnathan & lori linder in college station, texas |
| Dec 1991 | Lori Linder dies at the age of 31 |
| Early 1993 | Robbie is traded for a pack of cigarettes when he's 4 years old |
| 1994 | Robbie is adopted by natalia beck, a former nomad |
| Jun 1999 | Robbie and natalia move to Night City |
| Sept 1999 | Robbie meets Kerry Eurodyne in the 5th grade |
| 1999-2002 | Robbie and Kerry end up meeting Denny, Nancy, and Henry |
| Sept 2002 | Natalia dies following a car accident |
| Jan 2003 | The second central american war begins and robbie joins up |
| early - mid 2003 | robbie's friend, cole, is killed during the war. robbie loses his arm and it's replaced by weapon-grade chrome. he ultimately goes awol. |
| mid 2003 | robbie lives in the hotel pistis sophia for a month, nearly dying from the throes of depression and apathy caused starvation. finally, though, he manages to pull himself together enough to try to find kerry. his birth name is abandoned and he now goes by johnny silverhand |
| mid 2003 | samurai is formed |
| late 2003 | Jack Masters signs Samurai to Universal Music three weeks after watching them play at Rainbow Cadenza. Their first single would hit #1 on the EuroRadio charts, with their debut album following suit two weeks later |
| 2007 | Samurai goes on hiatus after Nancy is sentenced to 7 months in jail after killing her abusive husband. The rest of the band supported her throughout that time |
| 2008 | Samurai officially disbands. Kerry and Johnny sign with Universal as packaged together solo artists |
| 2011 | johnny's relationship with rogue amendiares ends after he's caught cheating on her with multiple women |
| aug 4th-5th 2013 | alt cunningham, johnny's newly ex-girlfriend, is kidnapped by arasaka in front of him. johnny gathers a small team (thompson, rogue, and santiago) to raid arasaka tower in an attempt to get alt back. johnny's impulse ultimately accidentally leads to alt's death. |
| aug 2013 | johnny goes into hiding with the aldecaldos following alt's death |
| 2015 | johnny returns to night city |
| august 20th 2023 | morgan blackhand and johnny both lead a pair of militech assault teams to infiltrate and bomb arasaka tower. johnny silverhand is killed by adam smasher. before he dies, spider murphy manages to get a copy of his engram |
| may 1st 2077 | johnny silverhand's engram comes to consciousness inside the head of vaela soleil, and thus begins the wildest ride of both of their lives |
robert john linder. the only child of johnathan james and lori linder, though he doesn't have much of a memory of either of them anymore. his mother died when he was 3 years old, and was traded away for cigarettes when he was 4. he has little memory of what happened after that, but thankfully ended up in care of a former nomad woman. she moved them to night city when he was about 10 years old.not long after that point would be when he'd end up meeting kerry eurodyne in their shared 5th grade class. they were almost immediately joined at the hip.if he were asked later in life why he'd decided to join the military when he was 14, he wouldn't be able to give a very good answer. maybe it was partially to escape the grief of losing his adoptive mother, maybe it was just to prove he could. No matter the answer, though, no part of him really regretted it. After all, his part of the second central american war was what opened his eyes in the first place.2003 was a hell of a year for him. went to war, lost a friend, lost an arm, woke up to the absolute shit show that was the government, became johnny silverhand, but also, he and Kerry would form samurai not too long after he came home. to top it all off? they were signed to an actual label before the year even ended.samurai fizzled out in 2008, where he and kerry would end up being signed to the same label for their solo acts. they were still practically inseparable, with them touring together for much of their early solo careers.in 2013, johnny was dating a netrunner named alt cunningham. he was never aware of just how good at it she was, creating the infamous program known as soulkiller. so, it was no surprise that he thought he was the reason why she was kidnapped in front of him by arasaka goons.after invading arasaka tower with the help of his ex, rogue, and a few others, alt unfortunately would end up dying while behind the black wall. if johnny hadn't had a vendetta for arasaka before, he sure as fuck did now. so when militech approached him to lead a team to infiltrate arasaka tower once again, who was he to say no?
how he'd gone from threatening her life to caring about her more than he had about anyone in a long, long time... he wouldn't be able to tell ya. no matter how it happened, though, johnny knows what he needs to do. vae needs to live.
VAELA
SOLEIL
ㅤCLOSE FRIEND / GIRLFRIENDㅤ
kerry
eurodyne
ㅤBEST FRIEND
he owed so much more to him than he'd ever care to admit. despite the abuse, the rage he put on him, he was almost relieved that that idiot stuck by his side for so much of it. just don't let kerry hear about any'a that shit. he'd get an even bigger head.
the source of so many of his regrets. at one point, he would've insisted he loved her more than he'd ever loved anyone. they were rotten together, but even worse apart. the guilt over her death still eats at him, leaving him aching inside.
ALT
CUNNINGHAM
ㅤEX-GIRLFRIENDㅤ
ROGUE
Amendiares
ㅤEX-GIRLFRIENDㅤ
rogue had always deserved better than him, he knew that. the fact that she still helped him out despite it all was sometimes unreal. he sure as fuck didn't deserve it, but... at least she didn't keep her upset with johnny from her being there to help v out.
dossier ㅤ //
ㅤvaela soleilㅤ ㅤ ㅤjohnny silverhand
BASICS
BIRTH NAME. vaela soleil
ALSO KNOWN AS. vaela soleil, v, vae
TITLE(S). none
AGE RANGE. 27+
BIRTHDAY. october 12th, 2049
GENDER / PRONOUNS. cis female | she/her
ORIENTATION. bisexual (no preference)
OCCUPATION. nomad (formerly) / merc (formerly) / mechanic
RESIDENCE. night city, usa
PERSONALITY
FEARS. losing more people
POSITIVE TRAITS. helpful, playful, trusting, forgiving
NEGATIVE TRAITS. on the gullible side, impulsive, wishy-washy, mischievous, shortsighted
QUIRKS. not greatest at telling when people are lying to her ; has now adopted a few personality traits from johnny ; dresses primarily in black and pink ;
ZODIAC. libra
ALIGNMENT. neutral good
MBTI. esfj-a
TROPES. back from the dead ; tomboy with a girly streak ; wrench wench ; magnetic hero ; affectionate nickname ; tragic keepsake ; like an old married couple
BACKGROUND
BIRTH PLACE. [unknown]
PARENTS. sidney soleil (biological father ; unknown) & kriea soleil (biological mother ; unknown)
SIBLINGS. unknown
SPOUSE. none
CHILDREN. (verse dependent)
EDUCATION. homeschooled by the nomads until the age of 16
LANGUAGES. english
APPEARANCE
HAIR. hot pink w/ black roots (currently) ; hot pink (usually) ; black (naturally)
EYES. brown
HEIGHT. 5'1"
PIERCINGS. two left eyebrow piercings, two right eyebrow piercings, and one labret piercing
TATTOOS. johnny + v heart tattoo
SCARS. an x-ish shaped scar across her left cheek ; a small scar down her forehead
FACE CLAIM(S). none
MEDICAL RECORD
MENTAL HEALTH. post traumatic stress disorder / survivor's guilt
PHYSICAL HEALTH. physically weakened post-tower ending
CYBERWARE. EMP Threading ; Ballistic Coprocessor (formerly)
EYESIGHT. kiroshi cyberoptics (formerly)
DRUG USE. tried in the past, not interested
ALCOHOL USE. drinks occasionally
| date | event |
|---|---|
| october 12th, 2049 | vaela soleil is born to a pair only known to her as sid & kriea |
| 2051 | after staying with the bakkers for some time, sid & kriea end up abandoning their daughter and leaving them with the clan |
| Mid-2076 | the bakkers merge with snake nation, causing v to leave the clan |
| late 2076 | v meets jackie welles on a smuggling gig. it goes wrong, but they form a connection that will change their lives forever |
| late 2076 | v begins to live with mama welles |
| late 2076 - early 2077 | v meets misty olszewski and viktor vektor |
| may 1st 2077 | v, jackie, and t-bug go on their biggest gig to date. t-bug and jackie are killed. v is subsequently killed by dexter deshawn, but is revived by the relic |
| May-July | The events of cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty take place |
| August 2077 | v is taken to langley, virginia to get surgery to save her life. it also is said to her that they'll be able to give johnny a new body, as well. v is in a coma for 2 years following this |
| June 2078 | johnny finally has his own body again. he decides to stay with v until she wakes up, but doesn't contact anyone about her condition |
| nov 2079 | v wakes up from her coma and finds out the truth about her condition. reed assures her that she and johnny can leave whenever they want, and thus they're take back to night city as quickly as humanly possible |
as far as she cares, v doesn't have parents.she was raised by the bakkers. they are her family. or, they were for a very long time. teaching her how to take care of herself and the family, how to rely on people. she never thought she'd be alone with the family by her side.until the bakkers sold out to snake nation. she couldn't rightfully stay with them after that. tearfully, she would end up leaving the clan to preserve her morals, saying goodbye to the family that'd taken care of her all her life.thankfully, through a botched smuggling operation, v would end up befriending jackie welles. from there, she'd quickly ended up with a newfound family in the form of him, mama welles, viktor vektor, and misty olszewski. with the addition of t-bug, vae and jackie would end up as a seemingly unstoppable trio.until they weren't.t-bug was dead. jackie was dead. v died, too, only to be forcibly revived by the relic and given a fancy brain tumor.it's a lot. it's too much, in her opinion. but what more can she do but keep going?
she's not sure anyone will really understand her relationship with johnny. well, maybe kerry and rogue. loving a bastard that'd hurt them.it seemed like a commonality in every person that god too close to him. they either came to hate him, or they'd fall for him. vae is almost relieved it's the latter for her.
JOHNNY
SILVERHAND
ㅤclose friend / boyfriendㅤ
Viktor
Vektor
ㅤfather figureㅤ
one of the first people after the welles family to really help her out in night city. vae owes him a lot and couldn't appreciate him more. she cares about him deeply. maybe that's why she kept her distance after getting johnny stuck in her head - to avoid how upset it all made him.
Misty. oh, misty. vae adores her, but now the sight of her fills her with guilt. even after their talk, vae still feels responsible for what happened to jackie. she hopes that one day she can properly apologize to misty. for now, it's started by trying to heed her warnings.
Misty
Olszewski
ㅤclose friendㅤ
Kerry
Eurodyne
ㅤclose friendㅤ
she wasn't prepared to end up befriending a nearly 90 year old rockerboy, but it's far from the weirdest shit she's done as of late. while initially feeling like shit over him basically using her to replace johnny, their friendship has become so much more than that.
Ride or die! that's the nomad way, man. after losing her clan and jackie, panam was a breath of fresh air that reminded her so much of home. she's a lot more intense than vae is, but that's fine. vae feels like they even each other out.
Panam
Palmer
ㅤclose friendㅤ
Judy
Alvarez
ㅤfriend
vae feels like she's always hit or miss with judy. she understands her longing for freedom from night city, but they have a tendency to clash a bit. vae thinks of her as a friend, and genuinely hopes judy feels the same. part of vae is afraid she doesn't.
vae is cautiously friends with river. they've had many a good moment, but some of his actions and words have left her just a bit on edge. Johnny's done far far worse, so she tries not to judge him. she likes him most when he's in uncle river mode.
River
Ward
ㅤfriendㅤ
verses
in concrete canyons squinting neon eyes
ㅤmain game verseㅤ
v and johnny are inhabiting the same body, existing through the story and all the unexplored bits in between. their relationship could be turbulent or surprisingly great.
whether it's the early days of samurai or just days before the bombing, johnny just isn't doing well. he's managing through it all, but just barely.
mama here comes liberty
ㅤpre-2023 johnny verseㅤ
to rebuild and then tear it down again
New body / new life verseㅤ
a changed up look on the tower ending. johnny got his new body. he stayed with vaela through the remainder of her coma, and thus comes the beginning of their new life. vaela is trying to figure out what to do next, while johnny is coming to realize just how much he missed her.
mains
