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a-sketchy · 1 year

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ochazos · 2 months

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// I think it would be fun to interact with the following people in the P5r verse

Joker - Both leaders. Both wildcard.

Ryuji - Both used to do and be good at track.

Yusuke - Makoto was in the art club and really enjoyed art.

Futaba - Makoto died in 2010 and technology has changed so much since then.

Haru - Garden buddies.

Akechi - Both orphans who struggled in the system. Both there because of a wish.

Maruki - He would probably think what happened to Makoto was so unfair and that in his world, he could be spared

Sumire - The are both BIG depressed.

#∗ —— ❝ p5r. 》 your wish #˗ˏˋ wishlist ⟶ ❛ waiting for a miracle ❜#No matter who he gets close to he's going to be emo about it #Because he's going to die

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blueskittlesart · 1 year

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Thoughts on akechi X joker?

yeah so in royal valentines day happens like directly after akechi dies for the second time and if you dont have a gf the game spends the entire day shaming you for being bitchless so like the entire day poor joker was getting made fun of and i was sitting there like guys his boyfriend just DIED

#like can you imagine being forced to kill your bf for the good of humanity and then immediately everyones like lmao ur SINGLE?? loser #the entire time i was playing it over break my sister and i referred to akechi exclusively as 'jokers boyfriend.' so yeah i like the ship #in all seriousness i think its like incredibly obviously implied and i love when gay people want to kill each other #royal was sooooo good for akechi/joker content. the bad ending will be seared into my brain forever #my only critique is i wish there was MORE base game content where they got to hang out. 8 confidant levels is nice but i want more #<< that might just be me being obsessed with akechi but. whatever im right #asks #p5r spoilers

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chipjrwibignaturals · 4 months

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I have a chronic illness called “unable to pick up a game again mid-game” that prevents me from actually playing persona 5 (the game with a 10 hour long tutorial)

#to be fair I think in THIS case it’s a bit more choice paralysis #iirc i JUST finished madarame’s palace but its near the end of that Chunk of Time #and between being low on guts and finishing it late meaning I couldn’t get the teachers confidant sooner #(or now bc see above. low guts.)#it’s just made me like. YOUVE FUCKED THIS. START OVER.#but I’m like!!!!!!!! 20 something hours in or whatever!!!!!#I KNOW the realistic answer is ‘not everyone can somehow 100% the game on the first playthrough and p5r has NG+’#that I should just continue On and if I rlly wanna make up for that I can do a Second Playthrough but. !!!!!!!! no!!!!!!#idk maybe I’ll start a second save file and we’ll See #I wish you could rb w polls at Least on your own posts I wanna make Yall decide for me HFKDBN

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ochazos-m · 4 months

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@unrealization said: "Don't go… I love you." - Yukari / 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 - accepting (x)

He pauses for a long moment. He had resolved to see things through, but now he freezes. He had intended to walk away for good. Leave Yukari to move on with her life. He was gone. He could never come back. Him just being here left Nyx unsealed. It was only a matter of time.

But she said she loved him. He never thought she would say it. Even if she felt it. He doesn't want to look at her. He needs to walk away. He needs to leave again. But he doesn't. He turns back and faces her.

"Takeba..." He stops. His chest felt too heavy to breathe. His throat felt tight. His voice came out quietly. "Yukari... I..."

He didn't want to go. But he had to. He wasn't supposed to be here. He had only hoped they could all move on. But it wasn't so simple. He could have never imagined he'd mean so much to her or anyone.

"You know I don't have a choice... I have to go back..." He kept his distance, even though he wanted to get closer. But it was hard to imagine leaving if he did that.

"You know I'm not supposed to be here." He can't look at her. His lips tremble as he gazes at the floor. "I'm sorry... For hurting you again."

Please hate me.

#unrealization #how could you do this to me when i have to work tomorrow #∗ —— ❝ p5r. 》 your wish #˗ˏˋ ic. ⟶ ❛ done and dusted ❜#˗ˏˋ answers. ⟶ ❛ i'll wait to see you again

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vashtijoy · 2 months

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have you seen the commentary from the p5r artbook going around? the shuake part of my dash is losing it a bit at the implication that their wishes were mutual!!! that seems to be what some people are getting from the commentary at least… amy insights?

Hi! I have been through the artbook. It's great, isn't it? :D

The image above is called "One Ending", and the creator caption (by illustrator Akane Kabayashi) reads:

When I think about how Akechi's wish was to play chess after school with the protagonist, I almost want to call him out with "You liked him after all, didn't you!"

Look at that. We're told about Akechi's wish, and what it included. We're as good as told outright that he likes Joker—and this isn't the only time, there's also this:

—There are a whole lot of things we can imagine, based on how the protagonist was depicted as someone special to Akechi. Those are more or less the exact emotions represented during Akechi's confidant. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

"someone special" here is 特別な存在 tokubetsuna sonzai—literally "a special presence". It means a special person, and more than that; it describes someone you find compelling, someone you can't look away from, someone who becomes one of your most important people, the centre of your world. It's another term that is often romantic, but isn't necessarily romantic.

(In the same way, I think Kabayashi's suki jan! is more tongue-in-cheek than it is a cast-iron confirmation that Akechi was canonly in love with Joker. The language there is teasing, it's ambiguous, it's baity; Kabayashi is joking. This is a rank 6—as they say, if you know, you know. But it is of course ultimately up to all of you.)

There's another mention of this image, down in the creator interview:

Out of all the Maruki ending illustrations, it was Akechi's that stuck with me the most. It made such an impression to see them opening up as friends, having a fun, peaceful time together like high school students should. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

What really strikes me in all of this is the emphasis the creators put on the fact that this is Akechi's illustration, Akechi's wish. Because I've thought for a while that we know Akechi has a wish. You can see him struggling with his refusals to Maruki in the first week of January. And you can hear his wish spoken—when Maruki repeats it back to him, during the boss fight, on 2/3:

Maruki {F1 81}君たちとなら、君も過ちのない道を歩めるかも知れないじゃないか！ {F1 81}-kun-tachi to nara, kimi mo ayamachi no nai michi o ayumeru kamoshirenai ja nai ka! If you're with {F1 81}―kun and his friends, you could begin to atone for what you've done! Think about it! With [Amamiya]-kun and his friends beside you, you could choose a path with no mistakes as well!

So this wish has several parts. First, there's that kimi mo, "you also"; it's tempting to read this as Maruki also wanting his new world to erase his past mistakes. Second, there's the first part, "if you're with [Amamiya]-kun and his friends". Where to even start here?

Being with Joker and the others is a prerequisite for the second half of Akechi's wish. It doesn't just coexist, it enables the rest of it. Just like his words in the engine room, "I wonder why we couldn't have met a few years earlier, [Ren]..."

Remember, Akechi's whole arc is about his rejection of trust and friendship, and his insistence on doing everything himself. This is precisely what Futaba calls him out on—"you trusted no one", or "you played life in single-player mode". This is what he unlearns at the climax of the engine room, when he realises he isn't prepared to let the others die—and follows through to save them.

Akechi is nothing without others, and he knows it. Without their support, which he believes he has no right to, he has no hope of living a better life, even were he to be given the chance—and he knows that, too. He has learned, and he has grown—and yet he knows the things he needs and wants so badly are forever inaccessible.

And his wish is about all the Phantom Thieves, not just Joker. There are many tiny references to this end—not least the original Japanese rank 10 line for his confidant, where he sacrifices himself for all of you. Joker is his compelling presence, his someone special, but he's formed small bonds with the others too, God help him.

and then there's the crime thing

The localisation frames Akechi's wish in terms of atonement, but that's not what's on offer. You cannot, after all, atone for things you never did. We see Akechi's wish put into practice, in the Maruki ending, where he appears with his friends beside him, wholly innocent and with unstained hands. And we see it in the first week of January, after he has finally met Maruki and spoken to him:

Akechi: Ah, that reminds me—there was one more thing I wanted to tell you. Akechi: About the reality Maruki's put us in... Akechi: It seems that Okumura and Wakaba are both considered alive by all accounts. [Ren: They're not dead anymore? / What do you mean?] Akechi: They aren't mere illusions, or cognitive beings—they truly are alive and existing in this world. Akechi: In fact, their deaths seem to have never taken place at all in this reality. [Ren: What happened to Shido?] Akechi: Shido was the only one arrested on the crime of attempting to overthrow the government... Akechi: It seems the Phantom Thieves were causing a stir in this society as well, but there's no record of your arrest now. Akechi: Basically, in this reality, you and I haven't committed any crimes.

While Akechi still remembers his crimes, they never took place. They have been undone, and only his lingering memory—and Joker's, at this point—speaks to them. He objects to this on countless levels, he summons all the strength he has to refuse it, but don't make the mistake of thinking that means he doesn't want it. This is Akechi's wish in action.

People are often very certain that Akechi's resolve in the third semester is like iron—that he rejects Maruki's offers right away, is never tempted, never wavers. But that can't be true. We know he's afraid to die. We know about the bad end where you don't complete the Palace, where Akechi says nothing and stares at the floor, seemingly blaming himself internally while all the others blame themselves aloud, for being unable to say no to Maruki's temptations. We know how he responds to this assertion of Maruki's—Maruki, who has perfectly summed up what we know all the other PTs wanted, and who (even if Word of God hadn't just confirmed Akechi's wish) we have, honestly, no reason to doubt.

Because Akechi never refutes this wish that Maruki describes. He never says he doesn't want it. He just rejects it—like all the others, who so desperately want what Maruki could give them. Futaba's mother, Haru's father. Akechi's life, and his innocence. And the people who might have been his friends, if he could dare, one day, to ask.

Akechi is tested just like the others, and the price he pays for his defiance is perhaps the highest of all.

and finally

[The Maruki ending illustrations are] of Maruki's world, where everyone's wishes are granted and they seem happy. The scene shows their actualised wishes, which were never granted in the real world. (Mumon Usuda, chief designer)

We shouldn't forget the price Akechi pays for his impossible wish. Sure, the vision of himself being altered like Sumire clearly haunts him, and I'm sure it made the choice easier—but I don't think it made it that easy. Instead of taking the dream Maruki offered him, Akechi chose to face up to what he'd done, and who he'd become; at the very end, in the third semester and in the engine room, he always makes the right choice.

And that choice was taken away from him. Agency over his life and death, his own acts, and who he would even be—Joker and Maruki take it all away from him and make him a puppet, just like Shido.

Maruki's ending isn't pretty.

revision history

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v1.0 (2024/03/29)—first published.

#asks #persona 5 #p5 meta #things i translate #japanese language #word of god #shuake #goro akechi #takuto maruki

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npd-goro-akechi · 22 days

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Yoshizawa, and what I would have liked to see from her character

P5R spoilers, to no ones surprise

I'll be honest, when i first played through P5R I very much did not enjoy Sumire. Didn't hate her, I just could not get myself to engage with her character. Which was a shame, because I saw what they were trying to do, I just think the game did it badly lol. Since then, I've started liking her significantly more. But, again, in no thanks to the game. Every few weeks I feel like I see a post somewhere discussing Sumire so I wanted to put all my thoughts in one coherent post. This mostly covers the direction I wish Atlus had taken to integrate her into the game better, based off completely my own opinions. First, I would have loved for them to lean further into the mysterious, possible-antagonist type I feel like they were teetering on the edge on in the P5R opening scenes in the casino. I think it would have been cool if you saw her hanging around members of the PTs during school, or had cutscenes of seeing Sumire and any of them together as if she was purposely befriending them, or any other small scenes that could have made her look suspicious if you were already coming from that angle, but then looking back after you finish the game, she's just some guy making friends. Of course, players who had played through the P5 vanilla would likely be a bit less suspicious, but with the addition of the 3rd semester I think it would be enough to keep people guessing about her role. I really don't have any detailed and well thought-out examples, though, so maybe it's not fair of me to criticize this part too much

However, I would revamp her fight with Joker in Maruki's palace completely. I feel like it comes off too much like it's Maruki's fault; she gets kept in his palace for a week and then when you meet her she fights you. To me, personally, even though I know she's choosing to do so, it really doesn't feel like it - it just feels like more of Maruki's influence. I think it would be infinitely cooler if she went back with the Phantom Thieves and then while they were all going through the palace she did something to sabotage their progress or try and stop them. It would feel so much more like her own decision and also highlight that desperation to stay as Kasumi - that she would be (apologetically,) willing to do something to halt or possibly harm her friends to avoid going back to how things were. I think if the Phantom Thieves managed to talk her out of it here, it would also work well for her actual awakening - it would likely be more impactful after a fight rather than in P5R, when the PTs are just going through the palace. It pisses me off how agency is a major theme of the game and yet one of the few times Sumire makes a choice, it's so easily brushed off as "Maruki's influence," because the game did not do a good job at portraying otherwise. In a fit of desperation, Sumire decided to fight Joker; she made that choice. But, especially with how the fight goes, with her persona then taking over, that choice is just washed over completely. I want her to be so desperate to hide from her trauma that she goes against the Phantom Thieves, and I want it to be unquestionably her decision.

There's probably more I could write, especially more about just the horror of her character, the whole taking on the role of your dead sister, but really that second part about changing her and Joker's fight is what I really wanted to talk about and dedicated most of my thoughts too lol

#ive gotta make a comic with that idea someday #or a fic #oh atlus why must you treat your female cast so terribly #also #again #imagine having your world shattered because you thought you were your dead sister #i didnt think about it much at first but the more i do the more im like #what the fuck #thats kinda scary #what the hell maruki #p5 meta #p5r #p5 #p5 royal #sumire yoshizawa #persona 5 #persona 5 royal

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oakdll · 25 days

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i finished persona 4 golden !!!

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 4 GOLDEN AHEAD

It’s lowkey insane that they made the final villain a gas station employee, but it was super cool. I really love the story, almost as much as P5R, although the gameplay was definitely worse for me.

Obviously there are differences because of the release dates, but there were a lot of quality of life issues and inconsistencies. The last 5 dungeons or so felt comically easy, none of them took me more than 2 hours, especially with Marie and Izanami’s dungeons which took me less than an hour each, even with exploring every floor to the max.

The lack of Safe Rooms really hurts the level design here. You basically have to do every palace in one session (at least I did because I don’t like Goho-M’s). Being able to have save points before different sections in each P5 Palace was a stroke of genius, and returning to P4 where every floor is basically identical is just boring. I like how each floor is randomly generated, but it also really takes away from the individuality of each dungeon. Pretty much every dungeon has the same random layout, the only differences are the visuals and occasional conditions like with Adachi not allowing you to fight shadows in one of his floors. Compared to P5, the lack of puzzles and insight into the characters really hurts. In P5, the design of each palace gave you insight into its rulers psyche. In P4, you really only get the occasional confrontation with the character and some dialogue at the start of each floor.

There were also WAY too many chances to mess up your ending. There isn’t anything really wrong with having a lot of endings, but having so many points where you can accidentally get a bad ending because you picked an option that wasn’t obviously wrong was ridiculous. I had heard there were a lot of chances to get a bad ending if you aren’t careful, so I used a spoiler free guide. Having to pick like 7 of the right answers in a row to get a good ending is insane.

If I wasn’t spoiled on Adachi before playing, I never would have guessed it. That is good for the story, but having to deduce it yourself is a bit too much to ask of the player. I think P5 did good with prompting you to save your game before game changing events happen. A mix of that and confirming with the player when they are going off-course from the true ending makes the game relatively simple to play through with no guide. with P4, you basically have to look up a guide for the true ending. Having to say “no” when prompted to leave Inaba to get the true ending is insane, if I didn’t know beforehand I would have messed up my entire playthrough. It makes no sense unless you know the story beforehand, especially when no other Persona game asks you to do something like that.

The game is also shockingly bigoted, which goes entirely against the themes of the Persona series and the game itself. Ironically, in a game about pursuing the truth, the made Naoto deny his truth of being trans. They wrote such good queer characters and then came to entirely the wrong conclusion and ruined it all. I still think if you can look past the homophobia and transphobia, the game has phenomenal writing, but it gets really uncomfortable at times.

The nostalgic feeling Inaba gives off and the PS2 graphics really help the vibe of this game. It feels so much warmer than P5, and I am ALWAYS a sucker for a murder mystery. The fog is such a good visual element to the game, and I have a strange obsession with electrical poles, so having those be a frequent set piece is awesome.

The characters are so wonderful, I really wish I had more time to max out all of the social links here, but I think I would have had to skip out on helping Nanako with her homework and I would never do that to her. Nanako and Kanji are both some of my all time favorite Persona characters, they are both so sweet and I would do anything for them. Marie is also one of my favorites, I have no idea why anybody could hate her. Yukiko is amazing, Chie is a lot of fun, and Yosuke is hilarious. Teddie is a freak but I love him but I HATE his blue eyes, Rise is super nice, and Naoto is so cool. The Investigation Team is debatably better than the Phantom Thieves as a main cast, but they are so close for me. The main characters are all just great.

As for social links, I think P5 still has it beat here. The social link cast in P4 is still good, but there aren’t any benefits like in P5 and some of the characters here I REALLY don’t like. Sayoko is an outright pedophile. With Kawakami at least if you don’t choose to romance her in-game she isn’t as much of a creep, while Sayoko actively sexually harasses a high schooler. I also did not like Eri, I didn’t get to spend much time with her but she really could have treated her kid better. I know she’s struggling but she would lash out leave her kid at daycare because he was having more fun there than at home. Naoki was cool, I barely got to spend any time with him but from what I did see he was nice and seeing the grieving process of one of Adachi’s victims was super interesting. For the club social links, I chose Kou and Ayane. Kou was great, one of my favorites but I ended up prioritizing party members and couldn’t max him out. Ayane was nice, I like her arc but her voice acting really ruined a lot of the social link for me. Ai was also nice, but I couldn’t spend too much time with her and I didn’t like her romance subplot. I actually liked Shu a surprising amount, he was one of the few I maxed out because I had extra time in the evenings and I really liked how his arc ended. Hisano was one I really missed out on, I only got to rank 3 with her and from what I saw she was one of the most interesting in the game. Dojima is one of the best social links in all of Persona. He is very similar to Sojiro, but he’s a lot darker. There’s a lot more drama with him than with Sojiro, both of them are amazing, and Dojima’s relationship with Nanako is so sweet. Nanako as well might be my favorite Persona character. She is the sweetest thing ever, and I would do anything for her. Marie’s social link was also great, but I really didn’t like Margaret’s. I don’t like any Persona social link that requires you to go on quests. I didn’t like the Strength confidant in P5, and I don’t like Margaret or the Fox in P4. The fox is better by default because he’s a fox, but neither are super interesting to me.

The music is phenomenal because it’s a Persona game, but the P4 OST might be my single favorite Persona soundtrack. Pursuing My True Self, Signs of Love, Heartbeat Heartbreak, Heaven, Alone, Your Affection, Like a Dream Come True, Youthful Lunch, Reach Out to the Truth, Time to Make History, and Omen are some of my favorites. The only Persona game soundtrack to compare with P4 is P5, Whims of Fate, Beneath the Mask, Alleycat, Our Light, When Mother Was There, Price, and Butterfly Kiss are also up there. P4 is more nostalgic for me, so I think it might take the edge for me.

The story of P4 is also much more complex and interesting than P5. If it weren’t for Maruki’s palace being so good, I would say that P4 definitively has the better story. Adachi being the antagonist was such a phenomenal twist, and I loved him so much up to that point that it hurt even more. His social link is a phenomenal addition, I can’t imagine the game without it. Having so many endings is partially a result of flawed game design, but also the depth in the story. It really feels like an investigation team solving a mystery. Pushing further and further towards the truth throughout every suspect, from Kubo to Namatame to Adachi, and even Izanami if that counts, the game really accomplishes its goal. I haven’t done the accomplice ending, but I might do another playthrough to get it after I finish P3R.

P4G is a really great game, I think it’s a bit more flawed than P5R, but it’s still phenomenal and it’s not like P5 has no flaws either. P4 really excels with the story and I think the primary issues with it are just a byproduct of being over 10 years old at this point.

#persona #persona4 golden #persona 4 spoilers #persona5 #persona4 #persona 5 royal #persona 4 golden #persona 4 #persona 5 #persona5 royal #persona 4 golden spoilers #persona4 golden spoilers

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icedtoastt · 2 months

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How you feeling about the P5R artbook? Personally I am once again crying over Shuake.

Oohhhh my god I’ve been sobbing over shuake too. The artist notes have been wrecking me. Thinking about “in the end, your wishes became one” so much in regard to the notes on the chess art. Gosh hate shuake so much /pos.

#I was feeling really down and this ask honestly cheered me up #love you anon mwah mwah mwah #iced screams to the void #asks #p5 #persona

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corviiids · 1 month

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hello rook of corviiids fame!

just wanted to say I played p5r bc of your tweets last year!! I had to know what the heck was going on in that game. I then read all of your fics and shh don't tell anyone but you're my favourite writer, I think the way you write the characters is so perfectly and beautifully spot on. you make them feel so so real

I loved all of them very much but seeing the Australia au fic was such a AUSTRALIA MENTIONED ‼️ moment for me

I wish you luck in any/all future writing endeavours!!

sorry this isn't an ask or sin confession :(

AUSTRALIA MENTIONED!!!!!!! POINTS AT YOU. god it always feels SO bizarre whenever anyone tells me they played p5r because of my posts. never let anyone tell you that your words don't have an impact. because of my inability to shut up numerous individuals have been subjected to meeting goro akechi. im so glad

thank you so much my friend i am very honoured and you are extremely kind. this means a lot to me.

#i think meeting goro akechi counts as a sin also #asks

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ochazos · 1 month

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@silver-strings-of-fate ♥'d for a lyrics starter. (for ren!)

"How can I share this life with someone else? I promise you, there is no weight that can bury us beneath the ghosts of all my guilt."

#˗ˏˋ ic. ⟶ ❛ done and dusted ❜#∗ —— ❝ p5r. 》 your wish #thanks shuffle #silver strings of fate

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arcplaysgames · 1 year

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I don't remember this at all so I don't even know if its part of The Lotus Tree or not, lmao, sorry Kasumi you are so boring up until, uuuuuuuuuuh about 40 minutes from now actually

So Reverie wakes up, happy new year, time to head downstairs to

no no no no no non on onojnkofidflasjk NO

NOOOOO

no!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

no

inhales

okay.

I, in real life, staring at my Odin, literally out loud said, "Oh fuck ALL the way off."

Anyway, we meet up at the shrine by luck, hahhaaha what a crazy random happenstance.

Also: HARU! MY GOD! WHAT A KNOCKOUT! I feel like her kimono might cost more than my fucking car.

But there is already a very weird tension in the air when the group gets together. They all meet up at a shrine that has no visitors because it seems like no one in the world is wishing for anything because their lives are so perfect, so the crew is like "well! this was nice. uh see ya!" and the vibes are so bad. Immediately everything feels like a world encased in glass, like a pinned insect that just got a shot of euthanasia and is starting to lock into place.

It is fucking EERIE as shit.

oh my god I'm gonna sharpen an axe and cut down your Lotus Tree, Maruki, I swear to god

"Would you join the Phantom Thieves" as an indicator that all is perfect and no one needs to do anything is sure Something.

Somehow, just watch me, I will find a way to blame this all on Mishima again. I'm already trying to calculate the trajectory.

SPITTAKE

I FUCKIGN HOLLARED OH MY GOD

I don't want to sound like the average Atlus developer right now, Morgana, but I think you may have gained some weight.

Also, sidebar: COWARDS for changing Morgana's voice actor for this. COWARDS!!!!! Cassandra Lee Morris has been doing fucking WORK with this character, I literally would rather her continue voicing him with a pitch modulation effect than swapping the VA, /HISSES ANGRILY

Anyway. Reverie and I are both in complete unity at the moment because all of this is Fucked.

Again, me, IRL, shouting "NO" at my Odin.

oh i feel ill from this, this is horrendous. Maruki, you got a fucking storm coming, and i have a fusioned Izanagi-no-Okami with your name on it.

LOOK AT REVERIE HERE. So like I've ranted about how the P4MC was such a non-character while Reverie is so so much more. I can feel how freaked out he is even while he's still a mostly silent protagonist. The fear he feels as he tries to make sense of this situation and starts to wonder how far it spreads is fucking radiating from his posture and how he's watching everyone from over his popped collar and event he way he hasn't turned the chair around to face them, he is cheated away from everyone.

God, it's amazing. I have a lot of issues with P5R but the protagonist is a triumph.

Oh, immediately before he said a single fucking thing. He knows. He knows. He walks in and takes one look around and he knows.

Which in of itself is fascinating and I wanna sink my teeth into what that means.

Everyone in this world is getting their desires. No! No that's incorrect. What they are getting is their pain taken away. I remember Maruki's absolutely batshit closing speech as he left the school in November.

Everyone is getting a life where the biggest traumatic moments did not happen. Futaba never lost her mother and thus Sojiro never lost his best friend. Morgana gets to be human because he admires humans so much. Ryuji was never kicked off the track team. Haru never had the falling out that lead to her father's death.

But Reverie? I don't know what he gets. Before the switch flipped on the Lotus Tree, Sae revealed that the woman who was involved in Reverie's false assault accusation might testify, so his record might even be overturned.

So we have Reverie, and we have Akechi. The two Wild Cards who were puppets of a bored god (who, uh, since Philemon isn't actually involved in this I don't really know anymore what Yaldabaoth's whole deal was but whatever, lean with it rock with it).

I don't know if you can undo the trauma of being Goro Akechi.

... I'm thinking about Reverie, and about the constant drumbeat of his connection to Akechi. Wanting to keep a promise.

I just had a really horrible thought but also it's so gay that I dunno if Atlus would Go There. We'll see.

I know I have never been happier to see you. Been a while, Beige Boy. Love the outfit, actually, you look great in actual colors.

/points directly at this

Did Akechi survive or did Maruki being him back because Reverie had unfinished business with him.

That is my question.

Don't answer it, anyone, but what I am thinking is either Akechi will reveal how he survived the Palace (unlikely) or it turns out he fucking didn't and this was the start of the Lotus Tree.

Anyway, Akechi reveals that he was being questioned for the Shido stuff and then they just.... let him go. No charges. He's free. Which is impossible, obviously. And now Wakaba Isshiki is walking around alive.

that lil pose is so gay. i wonder if Akechi is meant to be Actually Gay. serious question. like, we got Actually Queer characters in P4 so we know the people at Atlus know gay people exist, but this game has been scrubbed clear of any queerness.

except Akechi has such intense gay vibes and, sure I'll say it, mannerisms that I wonder if he is subtextually meant to be gay. especially since to my recollection, every male character in this game has been mentioned to be attracted to women except him. like, I did notice that, thank you.

((ALSO, SIDEBAR: YOU KNOW WHAT I MISS FROM P3 AND P4? THE GIRLS HAVING CRUSHES ON EACH OTHER. I miss the casual flirtation and interest all the girls had together. That's also been stripped out of P5 and it sucks.))

anyway what the fuck was I saying. Akechi gay, he and Reverie need to investigate.

And then Kasumi calls to be like "heeeeeeeeeeey so sorry to bother you buuuuuut that palace we ran into at the stadium is back????? is that okay?"

Okay another thing, sorry that this post is like All About Akechi but

lmao Akechi without his mask is a delight. this man is a bitch and he does not give a fuck and nothing in this world or the next impresses him. it is for real so fun how his cadence and register have subtly changed, he doesn't soften his syllables as much anymore, and he is direct as a gunshot.

Between him and Maruki, this whole segment of the game is like Freaks Only, Normies GTFO and I am thrilled. I am a freak, it's me. This is for me.

#p5 #persona liveblog

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astarriscus · 2 years

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❀ : ❝ AYAKA KAMISATO X READER . . . ❞ <3

gender neutral reader. fluff. pre-established relationship. warnings : n/a. wc ≈ 0.4 k.

she is beauty, she is grace ( and maybe, just maybe... you won't be “just friends” soon enough ).

a quick tap on your shoulder makes you turn around, and you immediately grin at the sight of the “white heron princess”. your eyes evidently widen too, and you can feel the heat of your face as you gaze upon ayaka's beautiful visage, smiling shyly at you with a ribbon in hand, and her clothes even much more elegant than usual.

“ayaka...! is there something you require?” you question her, trying your best to maintain your composure. the smile she gives you does something to your heart, though you definitely don't mind it at all.

her voice is soft as she exclaims, “ah, yes, actually! i was hoping to ask you if it would be alright for you to put this in my hair?”, and the smile from her face has yet to disappear.

she motions the ribbon closer to you, and it is then you realize the red tint of her cheeks, and the way her eyes flutter from meeting yours and around the room. it makes you chuckle from how cute she is, and you then bow your head before ayaka slightly as you mutter, “as you wish, m'lady.”

it doesn't take you too long to place the ribbon in her hair, though you both enjoy the brief soft moment.

you can't help but think of how soft and nice to the touch her hair is, but the pleasant respite has ended earlier than you had personally wished. “thank you, my friend.” but what if i wish i were more than that? or, so you wonder—yet, you choose to keep your thoughts to yourself and smile at ayaka, giving her an encouraging thumbs up.

“blow them away with your beauty and grace, ayaka!”

the way her face lights up is something that always makes your heart jump, especially now with how she lightly giggled after, “i will then, thank you!”

for a moment, time stills and merely silence echoes through the room. it isn't long until you hear thoma calling from outside, however, and you both glance at the direction of the closed doors before understanding passes through both your minds.

“well... see you later, then.”

but before you could speak in return, the young kamisato lady clears her throat and you suddenly feel a pressure on your right cheek, causing you to freeze as ayaka then (swiftly) takes her leave.

...oh. that was a kiss on the cheek from ayaka.

in realization of what just occurred, you find yourself smiling, so absolutely smitten with her. maybe, just maybe—you won’t be “just friends” anymore for much longer (or, at the very least, you truly hope so).

( a/n : i forgot to put my authors note when i posted this help OFHSKDNSKS rn im playing p5r final boss and this is so painful IDHSKDJS i hope y'all enjoyed readin tho <3 )

— © astarriscus. please do not plagarize, steal, copy, repost, edit, translate, heavily reference, or profit from any of my works in any way !! . . . taglist ; @noxtivagus

#ayaka x reader #genshin x reader fluff #genshin x gender neutral reader #genshin impact x gender neutral reader #genshin ayaka #genshin ayaka x reader #ayaka kamisato x reader #ayaka kamisato #kamisato ayaka #kamisato ayaka x reader #genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact #genshin fluff #ayaka fluff #genshin drabbles #genshin impact fluff #➳ genshin impact !#✍︎ — starry love letters.

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ochazos-m · 4 months

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verse tags

#∗ —— ❝ main. 》 to the unknown i go against my sorrow #∗ —— ❝ forget. 》 cover your eyes and hide in the dark #∗ —— ❝ strega. 》 with all of my unanswered prayers #∗ —— ❝ p5r. 》 your wish

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sapphiredetective · 9 months

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Introduction Post

Hello, everyone. I... am not entirely sure what is going on at the moment, but given that this app mysteriously appeared on my phone, I decided I may as well use it. It worked last time.

I am currently in Hoenn. My Pokémon are:

A Combusken named Yukiko, a Poochyena named Ren, and a Ralts named Haru.

[Pelipper Mail Active until further notice]

[OOC INFO BELOW]

This is a crossover Pokéblog where I shove my favorite character Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 into Hoenn. Inspired by @chaos-cousins, because if they can make a crossover pokéblog I can too (lighthearted, wouldn't have been brave enough to do this if they hadn't done it first)

This is likely from my own Naoto AU where I've already put Naoto into, for example, Persona 5 Royal as well as Persona 4 Golden - details will be revealed as and when they come up. Not everything's finalised yet.

I have not finished every Persona game, please do not send spoilers for any games besides p4g and p5r. There will be untagged spoilers for those two games on here, but probably nothing major. (Edit: also p3 because whilst I have not played it I think I know most major spoilers)

Also, to any Persona fans who found me... please do not get into arguments about Naoto's gender. Personally, I can accept lots of Naoto genders, but if you can't accept Naoto genders different from your own HC this probably isn't the blog for you. This Naoto uses she/her but doesn't really care; asks using different genders will likely be accepted, but if I feel like you're trying to draw me into something I will simply not interact. I hate that I have to put this paragraph in, but, you know, the internet. I reserve the right to ignore any interactions I do not wish to engage with.

#pokeblogging #rotomblr #introduction post will be updated later #pokeblog intro

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vashtijoy · 1 year

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index of meta posts

Quick index of my meta posts.

Indexes: [two] [three] [third semester] [akechi's confidant]

The script I work from (which I did not make!) is here—page down to "Persona 5 Royal".

new posts

Does True Igor ever say "my Velvet Room"? Comparing the two Igors' use of language. (posted 2024/05/21)

The missable chats and the Phan-Site ranking murders. (posted 2024/05/12)

Followup: How Haru provokes Akechi into opening up on 11/7. (posted 2024/05/14)

Ren is the one who pushes the rivalry, not Akechi. (posted 2024/05/04)

Akechi knows Mona talks all along. (posted 2024/04/18)

Jose's star doesn't fade unless you establish a romance route. (posted 2024/04/16)

Did Akechi really say "Don't troll me online"? (posted 2024/04/01)

What exactly is Akechi famous for, and how long has he been famous? Also, can Akechi access Mementos? (updated 2024/03/30)

[P5R artbook] On Akechi's wish. (posted 2024/03/29)

How does the use of honorifics compare between the Japanese and English releases? (posted 2024/01/26)

translation and language posts (incomplete)

Does True Igor ever say "my Velvet Room"? Comparing the two Igors' use of language. (posted 2024/05/21)

How Haru provokes Akechi into opening up on 11/7. (posted 2024/05/14)