quick brain come up with a reason for cypher to be around during the smith virus i need him to be surrounded by smith i need him to be smithed
hmm, i suppose in a version of events where cypher got caught out meeting up with smith before he could help with the ambush, you could make the case that the neb crew wouldn't kill him bc he hadn't actually got anyone killed himself yet, but that they'd no longer trust him as far as they could throw him. so they take him back to zion to be punished/imprisoned/rehabilited or what have you, basically disallowed from going anywhere near the matrix ever again.
and from there, with cypher being cypher, i feel like an escape attempt of some sort is inevitable, like he evades his captors and hijacks an unattented hovership, flies as far from zion as he can before probably crashing, and then, assuming his escape succeeded, and he's not recaptured, he just starts living out in the wilderness as a human exile. using the communication network on the stolen hovership, he begins connecting himself up to the matrix for days on end (very dangerous) before returning to the real world to begrudgingly look after his actual body, all the while in the background, the rest of matrix 1 (slightly to the left, since the agents would have to get morpheus some other way), the six month time skip, and the beginning of matrix reloaded is all still going on.
then, one day, on one of his by that point nigh uncountable virtual excursions, cypher stumbles upon smith, or rather, stumbles upon a whole gang of smiths, who, of course, whilst creepily in sync, are all just like "…mr reagan?". and then they talk, like they used to; cypher explains why he seemingly bailed on the plan, the smiths vaguely describe how their agent self was destroyed and how they became what they are now, they each give their version of comiseration at the precieved betrayal at the hand of their respective species, and then one of the smiths steps forward, making clear the time has come for cypher to join them. the smiths expect the usual fear, but cypher practically welcomes assimilation with open arms; his body in the real world has been flagging for some time now, and if it means he can finally rejoin the matrix wholly and fully, he'll happily become one with smith. very happily, in fact :)
or something along those lines ha ha
i fucking love this thank you whattt...... 💚💚💚
another reblog so i can fangirl for a solid minute
- Cypher getting caught meeting with Smith - i always imagine thinking about how this scenario would play out xD to Zion jail you go you naughty boy
- THE GREAT ESCAPE GRRR. He would be absolute crap at piloting a ship but id like to think he escapes muehehe
- CYPHER AND SMITH BOTH LIVING IN EXILE.....yes. i like this
- their talks like they used to!!!
- yes i like Cypher just accepting his fate oh my gosh. just becoming one with the Matrix and Smith collective. love it
im gonna be imagining this for the next few weeks i think
CyphSmith thoughts on the brain because I adore these two:
- Cypher is the yapper - Smith can be too, if something is REALLY bothering him
- Smith usually picks where he and Cypher will meet, since he's literally programmed to know the locations inside the Matrix. He can even take Cypher to more secret places that the average person cannot access... (rubs hands together mischeviously)
- Cypher leads their relationship often - he flirts with Smith as a joke at first, then he was genuinely invested in him. (haha, it's like how I shipped them as a joke first!!). and Smith had plenty of comebacks to shut him down to hide his affection fot a while xD
- Smith can easily take the lead when he wants, with his role as an Agent and his natural ability to be intimidating. Problem is whether Cypher will take him seriously, he enjoys testing Smith and his authority, until it comes to threats of terminating their deal. what a brat.
- Brown and Jones have no idea they’re kind of a thing - they do, however, ask Smith why hes gone for hours at a time. Smith doesnt elaborate.
- Smith calls him Mr. Reagan usually, and by his first name (Vincent/Vince is my hc name for him) when hes feeling fond of him. Some part of me wants Smith to call him Cypher if getting on his nerves (like c'mon. Cypher is gonna get annoying)
- They both have a bit of guilt about having to seperate and pursue their own goals, but its something they HAVE to do. I like to play around with the idea of one getting way too attached tho, not wanting to leave their relationship behind. especially when its Smith aAAAHHH
- they complain about their lives a lot but neither one is good at expressing negative emotions other than anger grrr.... imagine if one breaks and starts sobbing a little :[[[
i have never been able to tell apart similar faces but my love for Matrix agents is making me able to tell them apart
when i first watched the Matrix I thought all the agents were Smith?????? but since getting fixated this year, I can consistently tell you who's who between Smith, Brown and Jones
however, its only getting easier to tell Johnson, Jackson and Thompson apart recently. I still struggle with those three. once i can wrap my head around the upgraded agents, i am closer to earning the title The Agent Guy™