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I swear to god the more I think about how Sumi's toxic/negative thoughts and behavior along with the filter's red flags were not only fully ignored but even outright ENABLED and sometimes mocked by the people around her the more horrified I feel guys. Again, fuck Shujin Academy. Not only that but her whole experience at Shujin just felt so... Isolating. It doesn't excuse it and she needed to grow out of it but it's definitely little to no wonder she primarily clung onto and became dependent on Maruki and Joker for a while.

Like her peers, Shujin faculty, hell even well intentioned ones like Maruki and even her father just kept enabling and putting on temporary bandaids thinking that what's currently happening to her and their ideas to help her were gonna benefit her in the long run when they just... Unwittingly make it worse. It's primarily when Joker steps in to tell her to STOP with the delusions and unhealthy behavior that she finally starts to show actual improvement and snap out of it. Same with her coach who had been trying to tell her to stop from the beginning.

Like don't get me wrong, Maruki and her father aren't horrible and DO care about her compared to Shujin but they kinda still unwittingly contributed to her problems by allowing her to live a lie as Kasumi. But on the other end of the spectrum, there's the added nuance that she did feel like the filter did help her (she was suicidal for Pete's sake) but also felt that she didn't need it anymore because it's ultimately not healthy and just a bandaid solution.

That and she acknowledged and admitted her own faults in the situation saying that she wasn't any better. Actually the more I think about it, the more I realize that one of the mental hangups she's dealing with is being so caught up in her own problems that she doesn't see the bigger picture of things (Kasumi not being this perfect person, Maruki's suffering despite his kindness and smiles, etc.). She even mentions it in a safe room dialogue and can even be shown in the flashback of Kasumi's death. It just kinda adds more to her selfishness even when her feelings are understandable and Kasumi's behavior and methods of helping can definitely come off as condescending to anyone. It just reached MASSIVELY unhealthy levels along with people around her enabling the toxic behaviors (Maruki included).

I guess a tl;dr is that she IS an interesting critique on Japan's fucked up mental health system and stigmas along with Maruki and I feel like people should talk about this more because it's so interesting to dissect.

#starchild rambles #ramblings #persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #p5r spoilers #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #takuto maruki #dr maruki #sorry it's a little messy #just her whole situation was so messed up the more one analyzes it #at the same time the game acknowledged her own selfish behavior with her wish #it's great nuance!

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Wellll now! Toxic ShuAke/AkeShu fans be getting mad at P5X lately! My Joker arc/Spite mode activate! (/hj)

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #random meme #persona 5 the phantom x #wonder p5x #joker p5 #joker persona 5 #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #p5x #what's the ship name for joker and wonder?? #idk #i was just fueled by spite #also yes the sumi meme i made was inspired by the whole ''HOES MAD'' thing with Akechi #I swear the hypocrisy from the fans never cease to amuse me #''It's forced yaoi!'' they say even tho some the baiting with Joker and Akechi can be forced sometimes

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YOURE THE AUTHOR OF PRISON OF GRIEF!? I LOVEVTHAT FIC SM!!

Oh hello! Yes both me and @creepymarsh are authors of this fic! It all started with an AU idea they coined while chatting on Twitter so send love to them too! The next chapter is slow coming but we're happy you're loving it so far!!!

#answered asks #asks #starchild answers

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i drew a second outfit design for sumi wayyyy back so now i've decided to redraw it and make it better! and also, i chopped her hair off! now THATS what i call character development

#reblog #persona 5 royal #persona 5 #p5r #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #p5r spoilers #YOOOOOO! #I love it #another one spreading the short haired Sumi agenda! #I still need to do my black swan esque design eventually

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Sumi’s morning coffee

#persona 5 royal #persona 5 #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #p5 #p5r spoilers #p5r #reblog #huge ass mood!

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sumiiiii ♡

#persona 5 #persona 5 royal #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #p5 #p5r spoilers #p5r #reblog

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I swear if I had a nickel for every time Tom Taylorson voices a dad-like character with trauma, long hair and goatee, wields a big sword, and practically adopts a group of youngsters I'd have two nickels... Which isn't a lot but it's funny that it's happened twice!

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 strikers #p5s #starchild rambles #zenkichi hasegawa #marble danish cookie #cookie run #cookie run witch’s castle #i swear i'm funny

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Persona 5: The Phantom X

#persona 5 the phantom x #p5x #p5x wonder #p5x ruferu #omg ruferu burrowing out of the bag is so cute!!!! #And wonder's smile is just ugh! So adorable! #they're both precious!! #reblog

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A phenomenon I’ve seen in fandom with a large central ship is that people will have their shipping goggles activated at such an intensity, they doggedly erase character traits that don’t contribute to pushing forward romance. The two individuals in the relationship are rendered utterly one-dimensional through the loss of any individual aspects of their story or personality that could be interpreted as an obstacle to shipping.

This makes fanon interpretations of the characters boring and uninteresting to read about because they have no character traits other than being in love with their romantic interest. I like shipping as much as the next guy, but I hate fandom-at-large’s tendency to only engage with a story through shipping, and especially to the extent that the characters are barely individuals, and do not exist outside of the central romantic relationship

#reblog #shuake shuake shuake FUCKING SHUAKE #the romanticization of 11/20 is one of MANY examples

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Ohhhh Myriddin sounds so cool as a Persona idea for him!!! This whole Palace/Jail idea is so good I'm eating this up like crazy!

Like the poor bot having to confront everything he had hidden and bottled up due to all the trauma and burdens that was placed on him but still wanting to help others even if it means he gets hurt himself or worse.

Sooooo... This has been buzzing in my head for a while when I was planning out my P5 X TF: Prime Crossover AU but... Techno-Organic (Human/Cybertronian hybrid) Joker for this particular AU anyone?

(And yes, it's inspired by Sari Sumdac from Transformers Animated (another fave of mine) tho probably a bit darker in this case)

#persona 5 #au idea #p5 #transformers #p5s #persona 5 strikers #persona 5 scramble #persona #p5r #persona 5 royal #transformers prime #persona series #reblog #additions

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I honestly love how she has an almost Akechi like smile in these shots of the P5R X Another Eden crossover/collab trailer (She's addressed as "Violet" in this collab too!!)!

Also these shots are soooo pretty! Omg!! Look at her guys!

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #p5r spoilers #starchild rambles #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa

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Omg you mad lad! This is so sad but so brilliant! It makes too much sense!

Potentially adding to the tension is Megatron learning about the Metaverse somehow and trying to eliminate OP's Shadow not really caring how it would effect the real one as he would still land a "win" on his end. Also I'm still figuring out Personas for Team Prime since they would turn human somehow due to changes in cognition and to better accommodate their size. So far I thought about Moses for OP and John Henry for Bulkhead so far. Gah I just feel so excited!

Sooooo... This has been buzzing in my head for a while when I was planning out my P5 X TF: Prime Crossover AU but... Techno-Organic (Human/Cybertronian hybrid) Joker for this particular AU anyone?

(And yes, it's inspired by Sari Sumdac from Transformers Animated (another fave of mine) tho probably a bit darker in this case)

#starchild rambles #persona 5 #p5 #au idea #transformers #transformers prime #persona 5 royal #p5r #persona series #persona #persona 5 strikers #persona 5 scramble #p5s #reblog #I'm very very open to suggestions #I did consider Dr Herbert West for Ratchet as a nod to his VA's well known starring role in Re-Animator but idk

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Back to fiddling with touch-ups since P5X's Sprites are super helpful with fine-tuning!

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #takuto maruki #dr maruki #p5r maruki #persona 5 maruki #kinda just felt like refining this design #pt!maruki #the white streak is a hc that he got that as a side effect of fusing with Adam

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Violet

ah man i love her design way too much <3 DO NOT REPOST

#p5 #p5r #persona 5 #persona 5 royal #violet #kasumi yoshizawa #sumire yoshizawa #p5r spoilers #reblog

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Violet Transformation

I really needed to do a transformation gif of her! All the still images of her transformation is up on my patreon! https://www.patreon.com/MegsILS

DO NOT REPOST

#reblog #p5 #p5r #persona #persona 5 royal #persona 5 #violet #kasumi yoshizawa #sumire yoshizawa #p5r spoilers

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Ok so I've seen Akechi owning a Mimikyu which is cute and I agree but consider this: Sumi owning a Mimikyu! It just makes too much sense to me, especially since it's a Fairy/Ghost type! Also, her putting a ribbon on it sounds so cute!!! And my husband proposed her seeing what it looks like underneath and not being scared (same with Akechi) which makes the little one so happy!

#persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #p5r spoilers #starchild rambles #sumire yoshizawa #kasumi yoshizawa #it just randomly popped into my head #headcanons #pokemon #mimikyu

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🦌📻✨Alastor✨📻🦌

I'm currently back into Hazbin Hotel🧍‍♀️

So I'm sorry I won't be posting Transformers stuff. I know most of you are following me for Tf content..😭

#hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor hazbin hotel #alastor the radio demon #reblog