does sumi's new starter persona still main light elemental skills as opposed to ren's dark
also what becomes ren's new second tier since he's not the trickster here
dark would fit Irene
As a fair warning this is my last answer on the matter, there hasn't been much of an exchange going on as you've just been rapid-firing your own ideas like DMs without reacting to the answers I give you, and I don't want to clutter my artblog's history nor my followers' dashes. Thank you
wait would lavenza and jose be swapped to a degree
yah considering we got a male attendant for the other female protag in the series (bar maya who was before the modern personas patterns got established) this will work
regarding femc sumi's romance options there are 3 i do not see it with
sojiro [too faithful to wakaba]
yoshida [better off married to his job]
shinya [*lemongrab voice* TOO YOUNG]
so not counting actual teammates [except akechi who would be still missing at that point and morgana who is still a cat and pretty much still attracted to ann]
only the likes of mishima and iwai would be available as romance options
also imagine ren flat out going "RAVAGE HER" in the harem route
(answering both at once)
So first of all i'm genuinely amused that you're pointing out that shinya is too young to date sumi but not sojiro and yoshida being at least in their mid 40s
Next, bold of you to assume I'll bind myself to the canon dating system when there's a lot to criticize about it. I'll pass up both on the strictly male deal, and the inability to have several options without cheating. As legendary as that cutscene is I refuse to depict cheating as something that will get you A Funni Cutscene and no other consequences, nor do I think Sumi would cheat altogether ; the way it is in-game is just classic Atlus sexist writing ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
Now regarding my personal preferences, they go to Akiren/Sumi/Akechi ( Shuakesumi for anyone who has it blacklisted). It's polyamorous, so also Akiren/Akechi and not just Sumi sandwiched between the two. Thus answering the second question, yeah, those feelings will happen, among others, if I have anything to say about it.
But I once again insist : I have no intellectual property of this AU, merely my own spin to it ; roleswap AUs aren't rare in fandoms. If my answers differ from what you have in mind, by all means, have your own takes. I won't have beef with anyone unless they claim my specific designs or ideas, like the thieves outfit for Joker-sumi and Violet-akiren, as their own. ^^
regarding femc sumi i was thinking less swap their backstories and more like: having shido be the guy who was driving the car that bodied kasumi, and despite his compensation towards the yoshizawa family sumire was still broken, eventually proving to be the nail in the casket for shido's plans as along the line she awakens to persona
also here maruki went for joker instead, making him believe that instead of shido, the egregious womanizer he punched was just some guy, and his hometown revered him for it
ouuuh yeah that's very interesting !! personally i envisionned it as a sort of "new game plus gone horribly wrong" thing, hence the "minimal" change alongside my legendary laziness. plus, whoever of the two does gymnastics will reflect on their metaverse outfit :}
but that's a cool spin :') i've been away for a while so idk what anyone's been doing but like, i have no ownership over a general mc!sumi au and encourage everyone who wants to to go wild with their own takes on it !!