#Goro 'needs to be fucking extra all the time' Akechi
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Guess who’s thrown goro akechi and akira kurusu into my siren au world.
Maybe I’ll doodle the ideas later but I’m getting them out there before I forget:
Akechi is a hybrid, half siren half human. He’s basically hiding out as a human because he’s trying to take his father down (who is human shido gets no perks because fuck him)
Akira is human but knows a lot about siren and other creatures both because he finds the study neat and he just keeps running into and befriending them and is just a trusted human among the community. (Some of the other phantom thieves might also be critters I do love a reason to explore more ideas with kelpie and sealkie and so on)
They’re still in Tokyo but since there’s not really an ocean nearby akechi has a bad time because hybrids need to stay hydrated, also if he touches water scales pop up so extra reason to wear gloves and all that.
Idk the details or if phantom theif shinanigins ever happen but I do have a scene of akechi and akira going out but a surprise rain hits and akechi is containing panic because he didn’t bring an umbrella and rain is really bad when you’re trying to hide the fact your part siren. But akira offers him his coat and his place which is closer and idk shinanigins ensue.
Definitely think akira knew akechi was a hybrid a while because yeah uh anyways I’m going back to playing persona 5
#it me#siren au#persona 5#persona 5 au#goro akechi#akira kusuru#joker p5#rambles#my siren au has so much lore and instead of making an original plot out of it I keep throwing fandom characters into it like sacks of flour#at least it’s fun and helps me world build more#one of these days I’ll pull an original story out of this world#anyways leave suggestions on what kind of fish akechi would be all I got is stripes and little horns
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ok here is My reasoning for trans thieves:
akira - obligatory “protag has some sort of gender going on” solidified by the fact that he cross dresses. at least some sort of gnc quoi going on here. also he just has the vibes of a trans person. what is that gender? no idea i’m going with some flavor of multigender and/or genderfluid personally but whatever floats your boat. akira is akira and that’s all you really need to know
ryuji - the hair bleach (yes he’s a delinquent BUT it is taking control over himself.) and the shitty jagged looking haircut(? to me at least.) and just the general “fuck society i need to make myself into a person that i’m proud of” thing. eff yeah ryuji go get it king
mona - he himself says he’s a guy… “i Think” & can’t be certain. diversity win your cat is lgbt. or something.
ann - transgender beam because she’s cool as hell. bullying for looking/being different from the other kids sucks but finding shiho & befriending her was rly cool. shiho says trans rights
yusuke - yusuke. genuine answer though. transmasc purely because of the hoodie he wears at the beach. this is what started it in my mind but i think he is so trans. i think madarame lets him go on t which yusuke is very grateful for but deeply conflicted about after The Reveal. i was going to write something about this but my attention span is bad so i gave up
makoto - honestly i rag on her a decent bit but i read something w/ nonbinary makoto once and went “yeah okay this makes sense i think”. so thank you mysterious fic writer who i forgot about. the perfect good girl shtick could be some sort of repression considering who her family is
futaba - gamer girl hacker. come on. but genuinely yeah futaba is very very trans girl. it is the vibes of her i think. also when she warms up to the other pts and starts to be more her true self. ALSO when she goes out with akira and tries to be comfortable existing in public spaces. she :)
haru - i don’t have a lot of thoughts about this one tbh but i’d buy it. her thief outfit certainly has some gender in it i think, though maybe that’s just my stupid shitty little brain speaking
akechi - wow dri not calling him goro this time? yeah idk why i did that earlier either it just came out. anyways something something having to hide your true self under layers of deception. akechi goro is a trans allegory, just with a lot of murder attached to him
sumire: i think you could make the case for it being an extra layer for how badly she wanted to be kasumi, who was the perfect sister she couldn’t be
but in general being a phantom thief is inherently transgender because of (alleged) defiance of societal norms and (allegedly) showing your true spirit. thanks for coming to my ted talk
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Bestie. Bestie. I know I've already sent him for a character meme before, but that was a long time ago and also this one is ~detailed~ so. Takuto, if you'll indulge me? :3
Also! If I may, I'm sending Akechi too 'cause we all want to talk about our blorbos ^^ <3
mwah thank you bestie 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
takuto:
What I like about them: he’s genuinely such an interesting character. his role in the story is generally such a sexy one (anti-villains are p rare from my experience so it’s so cool to see one). i love his confidant and even his class questions and his presence is genuinely very calming
What I dislike about them: why are you me. i’m me
Favourite moment: that one scream after the fist fight. you know the one
Least favourite moment: hmmmmm not sure if i have one i particularly dislike but ig while they’re very plot and character important, his one on one conversations with the thieves can be a bit slow and at times even uncomfortable to watch bc of second hand embarrassment lmao
A situation with this character that I want to see explored more: i really wanna know what happens to him in his reality! we see him basically become a nobody, the thieves don’t recognize him, and i assume it’s his doing? so i’m curious, once everyone’s happiness is actualized, what does he have left to do?? what does he do??? pls i need answers
An interesting AU for this character: curious to think abt how thing’s would’ve gone if he told akira from the start he knows they’re the pt and abt the metaverse and cogpsi. like, how would the thieves react? would they be more guarded around him, or more open? would he become a confidant to them all? idk it’s interesting!!!! idek if it counts as an au bc it’s more canon divergence but eh.
A crossover: i’m ngl my brain is flat out of ideas. fuck it. the bible. biggest crossover of the year. ig it’s technically already canon but anyway
OTP: takuto x you u3u
Other ships?: takurumi ofc! and i think his ship with zenkichi is cute!
BROTP: shibusawa true bro xx
NOTP: whatever his ship with akira is called. for obvious reasons
An assortment of headcanons! (but this post is long enough as is so i’m limiting myself to one): that man lives in the lamest ass apartment you’ve seen in your life. he does NOT get paid enough to afford more. rip king
goro:
What I like about them: the mental illness(es) and everything else also
What I dislike about them: uuuuuuuh ig he’s got some moments that give me second hand embarrassment?? esp in his detective persona. i’m sorry goro you posted cringe you’re gonna lose subscriber
Favourite moment: any time he’s being unhinged during the third semester 😍 but esp as a navi
Least favourite moment: genuinely can’t choose bc any moment that may be cringe is just so funny or i’m simply too happy he’s there that i can’t bring myself to dislike it. ig in his original confidant some of the ranks were a bit boring? so just pick one of those rank ups where he just says how interesting it is to talk to akira despite us never seeing them talk
A situation with this character that I want to see explored more: you know that deleted content from royal where he’s in a rehab center? yeah i wanna know what’s up with that and have more information and see how he heals and how he is afterwards
An interesting AU for this character: actual detective goro........ him solving crimes he didn’t commit himself.......... solving mysteries........... connecting dots and following leads...... perhaps with a trusty partner who looks great in drag called watso- *gets shot*
A crossover: i’m making him besties with dimitri fire emblem even if it’s the last thing i do
OTP: my special little polycule of goro x akira x haru x yusuke. but also just akeshu
Other ships?: akekita, akeharu, ryugoro
BROTP: futago and anngoro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOTP: recently found out some ppl actually ship him with shido and well. i’m not here to police anyone’s ships but Keep That Shit Away From Me
Extra headcanon: autistic king. masking expert and hyperaware of people’s perception of him due to years of trauma. his special interest is featherman. stims by fiddling with his gloves. i’m right about this
send some characters?
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Gifts of the Garden
Relationships: Akechi Goro & Kurusu Akira & Ann Takamaki
Rating: T
Post canon
Oneshot | 861 words
“We were carrying them in one of the baskets,” Akira says from his left. He’s sorting through some flowers: red ones with infinite petals, pink ones with only five, and white ones that are familiar—daisies—he’s seen them many times in the bouquets shoved onto him during his Detective Prince days. “We bought them while Ann was getting you dressed up.”
Goro scowls. “I still don’t appreciate the fact I’m the dress-up doll of the day.”
Ann flicks his ponytail, briefly examining the side-braid’s integrity as she leans away. “You’re not,” she says as if she hadn’t just checked on the work she did to his hair. “But we did not want you walking around in a sweater vest.”
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[Or, the Phantom Thieves make flower crowns.]
ao3 link: here
This was written for the Vague Akechi Fashion Zine on twitter.
“What the fuck am I supposed to do with all of these?”
Ann laughs at Goro’s bewildered expression. “Make a flower crown!”
Goro grimaces as he stares down at the flowers she had dumped into his hands seconds ago. Some have fallen onto the blanket beneath them, one of the many they have spread in this section of Inokashira park for the Phantom Thieves picnic that he had been forced into joining.
“Is it even possible to make one with these?” Goro says as he starts to separate them by color. Some of them are rather small, others engulf his entire palm. “Where did you even get these?”
“We were carrying them in one of the baskets,” Akira says from his left. He’s sorting through some flowers: red ones with infinite petals, pink ones with only five, and white ones that are familiar—daisies—he’s seen them many times in the bouquets shoved onto him during his Detective Prince days. “We bought them while Ann was getting you dressed up.”
Goro scowls. “I still don’t appreciate the fact I’m the dress-up doll of the day.”
Ann flicks his ponytail, briefly examining the side-braid’s integrity as she leans away. “You’re not,” she says as if she hadn’t just checked on the work she did to his hair. “But we did not want you walking around in a sweater vest.”
“Is this really any better?” Goro tugs at the pastel pink sleeve of the loose cardigan, the light fabric bundled at his fingers opaque, only to turn translucent when he lets it go. He wonders if this had been sitting unused in Ann’s closet beforehand, considering the color and the few soft flowers scattered across it are more to her tastes, or if she had bought it exclusively as a gift for him. Knowing Ann, he supposes it was the latter.
At least beneath it he’s wearing a white v-neck, the only thing from his closet, paired with some beige shorts and pink tennis shoes, which he only wore in lieu of his own shoes because Ann had somehow managed to hide his shoes around his apartment when he wasn’t looking. His brief search before they left only led to one pair of mismatched shoes. He knew hiding them that way was Akira’s idea without even needing to ask.
“Yes! And you look good!” Ann says and Akira nods in agreement. “Now get to making your crown, it’ll complete the look!”
“You never answered my first question.” Goro sighs.
“It’s… probably possible.” Akira studies the flower spread that sits between the three of them. “Just difficult. Have you ever made a flower crown before?”
Goro doesn’t respond, and it’s an answer enough. Ann picks up a couple of the flowers from the bunch and starts to weave the stems together. “Well, we can work together and make one.”
“...We could,” Goro agrees, though he hesitates. “Aren’t you supposed to work on yours?”
Around them, on the other blankets, the others make their own crowns. They clearly have a bit of an easier time, with only three or four flowers to work with instead of what appears to be the extras from their selections.
“Yeah, but it’ll only take me a couple minutes.” Ann picks another flower up from the pile. “We did kind of give you a lot of them.”
“I believe you mean the leftovers.”
“No,” Akira says as he picks up a couple of Goro’s flowers after setting his own barely started crown aside. “Gifts.”
“Gifts?” Goro scoffs.
Akira is silent, focusing a bit as he attempts to tie the two flowers together. They snap. Akira finds a new pair and starts again. “A while ago we—” He tilts his head towards the distant Haru “—were talking about what flowers would fit everyone. Everyone’s making their crowns with their flowers and yours.” He grabs another flower. “And everyone gave you some of theirs. So you can have a bit of all of us.”
Goro stares at the pile. “I see…” He picks up a couple of the flowers and sets them on his lap. Combined, the collection of flowers is a mess, and he doubts they’ll be able to weave most of them together like they’re hoping.
He looks at Ann and Akira’s fingers, studying the movements they make, then looks back down at his first selections: a rose and one like the red flower he saw Akira with earlier. He supposes he can try to weave together these fragile stems and hope that somehow they’ll stick together despite the pressure.
Later, the group chat will be filled with pictures from the afternoon, including shots of the trio making his crown, of Ann setting the finished product on his head and adjusting his hair, and some from the posed pictures Ann took of each of them. He saves one photo of each thief, and sets them as their contact photos, and saves three more, two group photos and one of himself, to print out.
Scrapbooking is still new to him, but seeing his time with the group, carefully immortalized alongside some dried flowers, is nice, even if he’ll never admit it.
#persona 5#written for a zine#this is so old#i wrote this in 2021#and i'm posting it basically a year late oops#astersatdawnfics
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Can't believe he did that whole act just as an excuse to touch Joker. .
#i always knew you could do it joker#akechi is so gay#goro 'over dramatic' akechi#or#Goro 'needs to be fucking extra all the time' Akechi#his thought process probably:#oh joker found a chest#this is my moment#i must seize it#act natural#i am so surprised#this is truly a victory to rejoice#*'subtly' puts hand on jokers shoulder*#p5r#persona 5#goro akechi#persona 5 royal#akeshu#shuake#persona#p5r spoilers#ren amamiya#p5
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Heard you’re still doing Akechi requests, and that makes me so happy; your writing is beautiful! Can I maybe request headcanons with a fem! s/o that’s sassy and lowkey has a savior complex? Like they’re super confident in all they do and stuff haha
S/O Is Sassy and Has a Savior Complex
FANDOM: Persona 5
Character(s): Goro Akechi
Type of Request: Headcanons
Word Count: 177
Note(s): Aw thank you so much! I'd love to do this for you!!
Akechi
Considering you're his S/O, he's probably known you for a long while now. Otherwise if he just met you then he'd get annoyed. But no he's used to it and finds some of the things you say amusing.
He enjoys your comments and the banter that you two have. Akechi does go back and forth with you on things just for fun.
He's never going to introduce you to Akira. For one, he fucking hates Akira. Two, the combined sass of you two would cause him to shoot someone.
Akechi enjoys your confidence too. It let's him know that he doesn't need to keep an eye on you all the time. Although he probably should just because other people might get fed up with your demeanor.
Probably don't try the savior complex thing with Akechi. Like he wants revenge and he'll make as many deals with the devil as possible to get it. So don't try saying something like, "I know you're a good person so maybe stop killing?" because it'll just annoy him.
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You have the best takes and I was wondering what an actual Akechi redemption would look like? Sending him to prison is a weird take I've seen considering the themes of power, corruption, and manipulation of youth, and quite frankly it's just boring and lazy from a plot/character standpoint. I imagine the first step would be talking to Futaba and Haru (and others who were affected by his actions) but I'm not sure what would happen after that.
ok firstly THANKS i do my best yellin into the tunglr void
second “Sending him to prison is a weird take I’ve seen considering the themes of power, corruption, and manipulation of youth, and quite frankly it’s just boring and lazy from a plot/character standpoint” is the SEXIEST sentence ive ever read re: goro and thank you for putting these words in this particular order i want it framed, truly it makes zero sense whatsoever
third thanks for this super duper cool question because weirdly enough i havent…………….. really thought about it before??? ive seen more than a few really interesting goro redemption arc fics but if i were gonna do one myself………………….. hmmmmmm
ok ok ok ok ok ok i will. do my best. big psuedo revisionist fanfic under cut
a redemption arc needs to address the wrongs and hurts that he’s done, as well as just generally other noxious junk. to rattle them off so we know what we’re working with, he
killed wakaba (unknown circumstances), which hurt futaba
killed okumura, which hurt haru
assisted shido in his rise to power
assisted an unknown number of other douchebags like shido in their rise to power
killed an unknown number of other douchebags
created psychotic breakdowns, involving casualties and potentially some deaths
was generally a shit on live television
lied to sae.
betrayed joker.
and from there he needs to address these in such a way that his character grows and is better for it.
simultaneously i think it’s important to weigh the opposite issues, which are the ways that akechi is either right or has a valid point, the ways that akechi has presumably been mistreated/abused by people around him, and just generally following through on seeing akechi become happier and healthier for having gone through a redemption arc. in no particular order, he:
apparently desperately craves approval/recognition from others, but not in a productive way (sorry the TV audience does not actually love you lmao!!!!!!!)
has some kind of complicated relationship with shido to say the fuckign LEAST, and i think addressing that angle of shido’s abuse is important
really suffers from his inability to be honest with just about anyone; how deeply he’s hidden his true self has not only exacerbated his loneliness, but it’s done so in a way that i think should be really understandable to any one of the thieves, who also need to hide their true selves and feelings when in public
is 100000% correct about how much shido should eat shit and die
does have a valid point about how dangerous the phantom thieves are, and, in irony of all ironies, probably is a good critic and moral barometer to make sure joker doesn’t go over any lines
is canonically the character who is most unafraid to go against joker’s orders
is smart all absolute FUCK while maintaining an attitude of FUCK COPS
so with all that in mind:
i’d say, the engine room confrontation happens as SOON as they enter shido’s palace. not necessarily specifically in the engine room, but that confrontation happens off the bat. the phantom thieves take two steps into shido’s palace and find that they can’t go anywhere–everything’s locked, or off limits, and the whole place is under more surveillance than any palace they’ve ever seen. sojiro was right when he said that shido’s paranoid as fuck.
they try to leave the palace for the day to regroup, and akechi’s there like a guard dog ready to defend shido’s psyche. why wouldn’t he be? he must have planned that perhaps the thieves would retaliate like this, whether or not joker was alive.
that whole very embarrassing breakdown happens. haru and futaba already canonically seem in favor of akechi rejoining the team, so although haru does say she won’t forgive akechi, i do think that doesn’t need to be at odds with them being in favor of him working with the team.
so, say, akechi’s on the verge of being convinced to work with the team, and he’s not necessarily all in on this whole “being alive” thing, and he’s not super convinced that he deserves redemption, but the phantom thieves really really really insisted, because the phantom thieves can and do change hearts, even when they’re not in palaces, and they’ve just changed akechi’s.
cognitive akechi doesn’t show up because i’m using him later.
first thing: akechi, haru, and futaba need to have a talk, which is actually pretty easy and not even irrelevant. go through shido’s palace, get the letters of rec, everyone recognizes akechi. like haru in okumura’s palace, akechi’s practically their ticket into half the ship.
getting the letters of rec naturally brings up okumura and wakaba, imo, because it hammers home that these sorts of scumbags are the kinds of people that akechi was killing. and also that this is the kind of scumbag that okumura was, in life. have haru go through the five stages of grief all over again, like she did back in okumura’s palace, realizing that her father kills his own employees for the first time. have her struggle all over again to reconcile the father she loves with the father who died with the father who murdered and exploited and drove his employees to the brink of death. have akechi face that even the people he killed were people, too.
depending on your interpretation of wakaba, she was either just as corrupt OR she was genuinely a nice woman, but that can be addressed in a bunch of ways–akechi didnt know what he was doing at the time, or he totally did but didnt feel like he had any other choice–either way, some sort of contextualization of wakaba’s role in shido’s conspiracy needs to be unearthed.
say futaba wants to know what her mother was like. say she asks akechi because akechi knew her, maybe knew wakaba better than futaba ever did, because futaba was young and also because futaba never spent a few days literally crawling through her mother’s psyche like akechi did. make akechi tell futaba about the woman he killed with his own mouth. maybe he tells her only the good parts. maybe futaba MAKES him tell her the bad parts. maybe futaba thanks him for it, and akechi figures out that an apology could never be enough.
the point, basically, is to use shido’s palace to have haru, futaba, and akechi come to terms with each other. forgiveness isnt necessarily the point–understanding is more important. haru and futaba come to understand how and why akechi did what he did, while akechi has to sit through several weeks of looking his victims in the eyeballs.
for extra bonus points of making akechi look his victims in the eyeballs, personally i think that futaba would be the most supportive of all the phantom thieves of akechi turning over a new leaf. she canonically tells him that “it doesn’t matter where you start over” and relates his struggles to her struggle to turn her own life around, and honestly i think sympathy would fuck akechi up the most.
meanwhile, in the real world, capitalize on akechi’s position: if he’s deep in shido’s conspiracy, it really only makes sense that akechi could locate the people they need rec letters from in the real world, and use that to find their cognitive equivalent in shido’s palace. show me akechi’s relationship with shido, founded on akechi trying to appease shido and trying to avoid shido’s wrath simultaneously.
maybe shido’s closing in on the phantom thieves in the real world. he suspects that things haven’t gone according to plan. make use of the fact that shido trusts (to an extent) akechi’s word, and have akechi cover for the phantom thieves in the real world.
maybe show me shido actively manipulating akechi with praise. show me the greys of that relationship, like how we saw madarame treat yusuke well, or saw sae at her best and worst with makoto. show me how difficult it is for akechi to continue to help the phantom thieves even while actively engaging with his own abuser.
make akechi a traitor to shido. being a traitor was his role, wasn’t it? to betray the thieves? just have him betray shido back. he’s good at being a traitor, isn’t he? akechi probably volunteers himself for the role. let him capitalize on his ability to lie and outsmart those around him. let him make it up to joker in the only way that akechi feels he can: even more lying.
get all the rec letters. akechi himself hands shido the calling card. confront shido–cognitive akechi is there and just as much of a bitch as always. show me how much disdain shido has for akechi, how little he thinks of akechi, how nasty he is–and how blindly adoring cognitive akechi is in return. it’s gross as all hell, but it’s a final nail in the coffin to haru and futaba’s grieving process, even forms some sort of solidarity.
there’s half a second where akechi is in the position to kill shido. shido’s shadow is down, akechi’s got a gun, he could pull the trigger before anyone could stop him. futaba tells him not to.
haru tells him that he can kill shido if he wants to.
everyone’s like HARU??? HELLO???? but haru says, as far as i’m concerned, this man is just as much my father’s murderer as akechi-kun is. if you want to, i won’t stop you. but i know that it’s harder to survive than it is to die, too.
akechi does not kill shido. they steal shido’s treasure and return to the real world.
at this point in the canon plot, yaldabaoth starts to happen really fast, but bear with me for five seconds–bring sae back on the scene. shido confesses, and akechi’s reputation goes up in smoke. people call him a fraud, people won’t stop talking about shido being his dad, akechi’s name gets dragged through the mud worse than back when the PT were at their most popular.
sae takes up prosecuting shido’s case, and akechi can’t avoid her forever when he’s supposedly a key witness. sae says, i’m going to give you one chance to explain yourself. you lied to him, you tricked me, you pretended to be my partner all that time and then ran rings around me. talk.
so akechi explains himself, even though half that stuff isnt permissible in court. he doesn’t butter her up and he doesn’t use his cutesy prince mask, and for the first time sae sees him as he really is. and sae says, those are some pretty serious offenses, akechi, what are you going to do now?
akechi’s just gone through that whole bonding session with haru and futaba, during which akechi had to realize, ah, shit, i fucked over the lives of these two very nice girls and even inflicted the same trauma that i myself went through onto other people. so akechi tells sae, well obviously i don’t fucking know, i dont have a career, i might be expelled, and i’ve killed a shitload of people and there’s no way that i can make up for that. but if i could, i would want to do something to right the wrongs that i did–i’d want to address the murders i committed, and maybe do something to fix it.
sae says, you’re smart as all hell, what you’ve done is irrevocable, you know your way around the police and its corruption, you’re willing to do better and you know how hard doing better is going to be. i’m the same way. i might not have killed anyone, but i’ve ruined the lives of so many people in the name of my career and a distorted sense of justice. if you want to do better, i could use a person like you. what do you say that when this case is over, we become partners for real, this time?
akechi says, but sae-san, what about your reputation, what about your career, wouldn’t it be bad to have a fraud like me by your side?
sae says, i didnt have you as a partner the first time around because you were stupid. use your head, make it work, and maybe i’ll buy you sushi off the conveyor belt someday.
case number one is prosecuting the shit out of shido. sae said they’d be partners after akechi is no longer a key witness, but at this point, being a key witness is basically like being her assistant. sae’s there every step of the way while akechi gets shoved through the public wringer. i say, make him lose all his public fame and reputation and more, everything that he thought he wanted, and he come out with sae’s respect, akira’s support, and the phantom thieves on his side.
the trial starts to stall because of yaldabaoth’s influence, which then brings us to that whole reveal about yaldabaoth using akechi as well for yaldo’s own ends. yaldabaoth offers the p5 vanilla bad end, in which the phantom thieves continue on and become incredibly famous and eliminate most crime because they just change the hearts of anyone who does anything halfway wrong.
i say, let the thieves deliberate on that one. all of them, not just joker. it’s not actually a very bad deal, necessarily; it’s just vaguely skeevy and authoritarian. let’s say, akechi is the biggest opposer, and points out that if akira goes down that route, akira will be doing exactly the same thing akechi did for so long–using his power for his own self-satisfaction, power unchecked and out of control. let akechi use the fact that he’s akira’s “rival” and outspoken critic to good use. akira tells yaldo where he can stick it.
fight yaldabaoth, win. sae takes akira into custody. akechi makes good on his deal with sae, and both of them work together to use akechi’s testimony, akira’s testimony, and shido’s testimony to nail shido and clear akira’s name.
from there, flash forward to the epilogue in the same way that it happens in canon, except akechi is now sae’s lackey and she’s overseeing his efforts to undo whatever damage he did to all the nameless people he’s hurt over the years. she’s going to become a defense attorney, and akechi’s probably going to become her assistant and later paralegal. both of them are committed to reforming the justice system for the better and addressing their past wrongs.
im actually big fucking mad at how little i had to change about persona 5 canon to make this redemption arc work. @ persona 5 royal meet me in the pit.
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persona 5 royal: my thoughts after finishing it five minutes ago
disclaimer: the only reason im writing this is because 1) i have a lot of thoughts and feelings that i need to write down and if i dont ill explode and 2) i want to be able to find this when p5s eventually drops so i can compare my thought processes. if you do not agree with what i’m going to say, that’s cool! just block me or ignore this post.
now for the sake of sanity, i’m going to try and narrow down this entire list into chunks because this’ll probably be very very long and very much about me just screaming about stuff that i liked, loved, and don’t like. i will be spoiling both the original persona 5 and persona 5 royal, obviously, so i hope you finished both!
1) Akechi
so yes. Goro Akechi. Everyone’s favorite murderer. I’m going to by spewing a lot of hot takes, and this is probably going to be the spiciest: i am in the most intense love-hate relationship with this brown haired antagonist because jesus christ is he a complicated son of a bitch. I know i’ve complained in the past about how much Atlus often struggles with utilizing a character well, but that does not at all relate to Akechi in any way, shape, or form.
I’ll say this now: He is a character I genuinely, truly hate, yet he is the one I want to hear from the most. He is someone who is a bad person (yes, he is a bad person) but whenever he comes on screen he makes me sit up, he makes me pay attention to him because that’s just the aura he exudes. He is a character who i would never, ever waste my time defending or justifying his actions, but every minute joker spends with him is a minute i want to stretch out as long as possible because he is just that good of a character. He is interesting, he is well defined, he is smart, he is clever, he is sassy, he’s a motherfucking asshole who’s never had a vibe check in my life and i still hate him. Goro Akechi is what Star Wars wanted Kylo Ren to be, and that allegory may not make sense to many people but it works for me so i’m saying it. It’s to the point where writing akechi in a fanfic makes me sweat because in my opinon capturing the essence of akechi is near impossible unless you know what you are talking about (i do not mean that in anyway to discourage people from writing him, im just saying that I am a coward because i will never be able to write a good akechi). Anyway, bottom line is: i despise him but my eyes are always glued to him at all times.
back to the main point-- Atlus absolutely nailed this character and every single addition they put in for Akechi. I’m so damn thrilled that you actually have confidant hangouts with him because every single time you talk to him, it services not only the plot, but it perfectly does what it is supposed to do: it makes you like him, but also leaves the player slightly unnerved. they do it so casually that I might have trouble explaining it, but bear with me: everytime you hangout with him, he always does or say something that unhinges you just a little bit, it leaves you asking ‘wait why?’ or ‘but how did you know that’ or ‘why are you saying that?’. akechi is constantly playing mind games with you. and not only that, adding backstory to akechi (moreso than in the original) is just fucking fantastic. he’s always been a fully fleshed out character but after playing royal, goro akechi actually exists in my mind, and i still hate him (but also i dont. but also i do. anyway)
2) the ending
just finished the game and this is the point where i am at odds with p5r for the first time. the ending to p5, in my opinion, was flawless; everything was perfect and had meaning. from the shot of akira being shown to not wearing glasses anymore because he no longer feels the need to wear a mask (character development: he was very unhappy at the beginning of the game and now he’s happy with his friends--i love it), to his friends being the one to drive him home (amazing, he left his home town and came to shibuya alone via transit, and one year later he’s now leaving with all of his best friends in a van they rented just so they could stay with him as long as they can--it’s perfect, i love it), and also all of them seeing how large and infinite the ocean is (because now there’s unlimited options for them because they all have a new perspective on life).
But....none of that is there in p5r. it feels impersonal. no one drops him off at his hometown, he was still wearing glasses, and there’s no grand metaphor about what they all achieved.
Now, i am not a (complete) moron. I know why they had to change it: it’s because of persona 5 scramble (i think). they wanted to set up a plot for the next game and i feel like thats the reason why persona 5 royal’s ending suffered for it: they were too focused on the next plot that they forgot to focus on the sentimental ending for p5r. don’t get me wrong, seeing akechi in the train station absolutely made me lose my shit and made me scream at one in the morning, but i think they lost the core meaning in doing the other stuff. i did not like the focus on maruki and kasumi (will be talking about them later), cause i feel like it took away from the ending, and i also didn’t like the fact that the whole joker outfit in the reflection thing (but i will be letting it slide since it was during the after credits anyway). So while i do love one (1) new aspect of the final cut scene, i still adore and stan the one from persona 5.
3) the entire last semester
i’ll be quick: the final palace? the best palace. fight me. it’s fantastic, it’s innovative, it’s interesting, and most of all, the palace ruler is actually the best one in the entire game and i know i wont be the only one to say this. maruki is not a villain: i know for a godamn fact that im not the only one to say that i almost agreed with his deal of allowing the reality (damn i almost agreed twice) because why wouldnt you?? it’s literally a perfect reality! the only reason i didnt agree is because i knew the game wouldnt want me to agree and would force me to have the bad ending! anyway, i love the last section so much. the palace design is interesting, the antagonist is brilliant (who doesn’t love a morally gray antagonist?), and finally, the payoff of kasumi happened and it made me silent for ten minutes. the entire reveal of her being sumire and kasumi being dead is just so genuinely shocking to me that it nearly broke my neck.
what actually broke my neck was the initial incident for the third semester. seeing everyone in this wild alternate reality made me so unsettled that i literally got a stomach ache. i saw morgana as a human and nearly passed out. shiho in the underground? wig. ryuji saying he’s on the national pedastal for running? literally my eyebrows just popped off my head. fucking WAKABA? FLATLINED. brilliantly executed and i love the initial akechi and akira buddy cop movie vibes in the beginning it was just so fun.
one huge part of the third semester for me though, was of course, akechi. seeing him completely throw away his ‘charming ace detective’ speil was the most refreshing and interesting and not to mention, hilarious part of the game. he does not give a fuck about anyone and he is not afraid to let you know. he is the biggest savage and the most insane person on the phantom thieves group. he’ll roast you, he’ll roast your boyfriend, he’ll roast fuckin anyone and it’s fantastic. not to mention his dialogue is killer: he says the most bat shit insults ever and my favorite example is when you go up to him near the end of the game, you know, to hangout with him and be a nice guy, he just does not hesitate to say ‘what, you came just to see me? just the sort of brainless sentimentality i’d expect from you.’ i LOVE IT because why the hell would he try to be nice? the jig is up, he’s got nothing to hide. and he owns it. atlus seriously nailed akechi in this last semester and it’s brilliant and i love it.
4) everything else
- one small thing that pissed me off in both games (but especially this one) is how many godamn fake out deaths there are. Morgana has one, Akira has one, Ryuji has one, Sojiro has one, Maruki has one, motherfucking Akechi has two. it just hurts me!
- sumire is an amazing character who has depth and she is lovely and my biggest complaint is that it feels like atlus shoved her in. like, she feels like a new addition to the game, you know what i mean? maybe its because ive played the original p5 first, but you know, it’s not a big deal. but i love her so much
- on the topic of sumire, i cant say that im completely super duper happy with how different she felt from the other thieves? im sure that’ll be explained in p5s but she just got so much screen time that it just truly made me confused?? maybe im just a horrible person, or that’s just a really hot take. but anyway, yeah maybe im bitter because i really wanted to see extra hangouts/school trips during royal, but didn’t really.
-baton pass? literally orgasmic. it made turn base battles so damn fun and the addition of darts and billiards made me foam at the mouth it was SO SMART AND INNOVATIVE AND I LOVE IT ATLUS I LOVE YOU ATLUS YOURE SO SMART SWEETIE
-small thing, but making spells like ‘dormina’ actually useful just made the game so much more fun and dungeon crawling became something i truly, genuinely looked forward to
-being able to give gifts to my bros? absolutely incredible. thank you. side note: seeing akechi happy from giving him a multi vitamin cracked me up. side side note: giving ryuji a fuck ton of weights and him just smiling made my heart so happy i love that boy so much
- ah this game just looked so GOOD! i thought the original looked good but they really went all out. im not kidding, the smallest details in everyday life or even just normal cut scenes were out of this world. especially stuff from the third semester its just OOF good JOB atlus i love you buddy
-ahhh thieves den! how can i forget? i love it. at first i was a bit iffy with it since it really felt like persona 5 (undoubtedly the biggest game atlus has created) was just jacking itself off. but as time goes on, it became a huge addition to the game and seeing characters’ insights and extra lines of dialogue became super duper interesting and a highlight of the game for me. and don’t even get me started on how much i love love love the photos they added of them hanging out! so lovely, a bunch of them made me tear up
- i know it’s literally impossible, but i feel like the game just forgot that akechi is a person who can wield multiple persona and i just wish that could’ve been messed around with during Palaces
- showtimes are so, so crazy and i get so embarassed whenever they play on my tv because they are just outlandish and unashamed but i love them so so much it just defines persona’s personality
-because i love ryuji: i prefer the final conversation you have with him aka ‘whaddya mean? you’re there’ but there’s still a lot of really tender and sweet moments like akira genuinely telling him that he’ll miss him, and also the fact that ryuji wants you both to send each other your times through the exercise watch so you can still race ahhhh i love him so much yall
so, overall, this game is better than the original p5 because of the extra content we get. if persona 5 was the perfect dinner, persona 5 royal is that same dinner and you get to enter the dessert buffet. it’s brilliant, it’s smart, it’s hilarious, it’s heartwarming, and it’s undoubtedly my favorite game of all time without exaggeration. while i do prefer the final cut scene (and final dialogues with some characters) in the original persona 5, in the overall experience, persona 5 royal is superior in my mind. i would willingly get amnesia to play this game again.
I didn’t get to cover everything, but this is definitely most of what i wanted to say. if you actually get to reading all the way to the end, thanks! it means a lot. i hope we can all enjoy persona and look forward to persona 5 scramble together :-)
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why i am goro akechi
a comprehensive list.
• shitty dad
• gay
• in love with joker
• "sorry am i bothering u"
• loves pancakes
• separation anxiety + trust issues
• oversharing + automatic backpedaling
• literally requires praise and acknowledgment or will die
• "i don't deserve x"
• gay
• trauma
• really wants to be loved but doesn't know how to recognize or deal with it when it happens
• appears small soft and pleasant
• fragile yet simultaneously feral
• starved for affection and attention
• self-isolation + a dire need for human connection
• tragic backstory
• spends all time possible within discovered safe space
• smart but really fucking dumb
• infodumps onto select person (people)
• fuck most adults
• shitty dad
• unhealthy coping mechanisms
• very emotional + emotionally constipated
• overworked
• tired
• jokes fall flat
• GAY
• really wants friends but doesn't know how to act like a normal human being
• grew up quickly
• really fucking in love with joker
• whole lotta pain behind that smile
• edgy™️
• long term issues brought on by parental influence
• sad
• lonely
• pretty brown hair
• extra
• depression + refusal to ask for help
• needs a hug
• has an older sort of parental figure to look up to
• consistently digging own grave
• in dire need of a therapist
• just really fucking loves joker man
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Come at me with the lore, fam, after making my own overly complicated fanfic for almost more than a decade with its own magic system nothing surprises me
//OH BOY YOU’RE IN FOR A TREAT
I’m putting it under a cut to save your dash.
TW: A lot of stuff. Rape, sexual abuse, abortion, murder... just... just prepare for the worst.
//Okay, so, Blazblue AU.
Key characters here are: Kagura Mutsuki, Ragna the Bloodedge, Celica A. Mercury, my OC Riku Akasaka, and of course Ren and Goro.
First off, in the BB world, there is a one-world government police state that’s currently been having a bunch of in-fighting and schisms since... forever. They had a civil war (the good guys in this fight lost 8( ), and Kagura has been trying to fix shit for uh... a long time. He’s got the true heir to the throne (Homura Amanohosaka, I think? Their name is long.)
This is an alternate canon where Kokonoe decided to bring her dead aunt back to life like, 3 games early. So it diverges during Calamity Trigger, or The Only Game I Understood (tm). Celica has this power to absorb seithr, or magic energy that can also kill you. The main villain’s body is kind of MADE of seithr. The main villain, Terumi, had a plan to merge with his host and make himself unkillable by linking his life to Noel Vermillion’s. But because Celica decided to show up and cling to Ragna, plans did not go through, but the time loop didn’t restart. Ragna’s plans are at a standstill as well, and he gets attached to Celica, and... it’s complicated.
To sum up Ragna’s story super quick because it’s side information-- He falls for Celica, they have twins, Ragna realizes that his soul-eating grimoire could kill said kids, gets Jubei to cut it off of him, and they live mostly happily for a while until Celica starts dying of seithr poisoning. Then Terumi decides to finally pay back for having his plans ruined, kills Celica, burns Ragna’s house down AGAIN (you know, for extra trauma), and kidnaps one of his kids. The other had a power like her mother so she didn’t get taken because being near her made Terumi sick. Ragna nearly died in all of this, spent years trying to make a decent life for his daughter, got arrested, and then after basically making prison hell for everyone else with his anger and violence, was basically given a plea deal by Kagura of “Look my dude, get on my side in this government coup I’m doing and we’ll basically give you your daughter back, a job, and a steady income. We cool bro?” Aaaand by the time Akechi is around he’s a parent with 7 kids, 2 who are the same age as Akechi and grew up being his friends.
Kagura is the part where it gets relevant to Akechi. Kagura hears about this scandal with the Fumizuki family (long story short Shido is a Fumizuki in this case because it’s a Duodecim family they haven’t used yet, and it means “month of erudition” so I figured a focus on intelligence above all else would be fitting...) involving a bastard kid whos mom just died. Now the whole family is looking to basically throw this kid as far away from them as possible.
Kagura, at this point, is a walking scandal magnet and has stopped giving a fuck. He married a woman literally nobody in his family liked, started a government coup, gave Ragna the Bloodedge the sweetheart deal of a lifetime and more. His wife is my character Riku, who uh...
Goddamnit, another character break. You see why I said this would take a year and a half? XD Anyway, Riku. Riku is one of the last Japanese people in this setting. Japan got magic nuked in Blazblue, to put it bluntly. A giant world-ending monster decided to appear there first. Japan is *still* not inhabitable centuries later. The Japanese people are very few and far between, and Riku’s family is one of the last families that can boast a 100% Japanese heritage. Y’know. Except for Riku. Because her mom went and married an outsider without her family’s permission. Her mom doesn’t give a single solitary fuck what others think and does what she wants. So she’s actually only half Japanese, and her family treats her and her older brother like shit for it. They’re basically only cared about if they’re “useful”. Her brother went into the military academy to basically gain info for the family (they like to hoarde grimoires as well so the NOL and the Akasaka family kind of hate each other), but he “mysteriously went MIA”. I.e. was violently murdered and had his grimoire stolen. Riku went to the academy after to figure out what happened to her beloved onii-chan. It... did not go well for her. TW sexual abuse- she was raped in her freshman year, ended up pregnant, and when she went home in her third trimester, the head of her family forced her into an abortion that caused serious damage. They cut her hair off and basically sent her back to school traumatized and miserable. And now everyone in school treats her like a whore. She decides fuck it, if they’re gonna treat her like that, she’s going to use being a “whore” to her advantage. She slept her way to status, and, using her own special abilities, gathered a bunch of blackmail on literally everyone in the NOL. Nobody can mess with her, but she also has no one she can rely on.
She was initially trying to use Kagura as well (trying to get put in intelligence so she could ruin the people who made her life hell), but Kagura noticed she didn’t actually seem to enjoy sex. He helped her get surgery to correct the damage done to her (he only convinced her to go along with this by saying it was for his own benefit. She did not trust him. He said basically he wanted to be the first person to make her enjoy sex.) She eventually began to open up to him and trust him when she realized they were very much alike. They both were isolated from their families for not following tradition, both had many enemies, and both genuinely wanted to destroy the government around them and create a better world. She joined him in the whole government coup thing, using her intelligence-gathering skills. They’re newlyweds when Akechi is a kiddo.
Understandably, considering all of this, Riku doesn’t really want kids... the trauma of it all is a bit too raw. So Kagura wasn’t really planning to adopt him? He figured he’d give him temporary housing, then send him off to Ragna. Ragna would gladly adopt the kid after all. But he and Riku found out they were very attached to this sad little kid who didn’t understand why everyone looked down on him. Riku, in particular, could relate to his problems.
So Akechi gets a nice, (mostly) stable family! He meets Ren in middle school. Ren outed a pedo teacher that was very well-liked by most of the students and staff, getting him fired and arrested. So, he was something of an outcast. Akechi, upon hearing this, decides that Ren is a hero. (And Ren p much instantly had a crush on him after that). The two grow up as childhood friends. They’re pretty inseparable. Ren doesn’t really like being at home with his family (they’re very much the type that says nothing to avoid being a target for potential assassination. The NOL has been legit very dangerous their entire lives, after all. So their outspoken, determined child causes them no shortage of headaches), so he’s always hanging out at Akechi’s place.
You can probably guess that, actually knowing Akechi’s life story, Ren *actually* assaulted Shido when he saw the dude trying to assault another woman. He was genuinely enraged and just kinda lost it. >>; Thankfully connections save Ren. Kagura basically goes “Ok so enjoy going to the military academy as a reform school. Also you need someone to keep an eye on you. ....My son can do that.” Really... he just wanted Ren to look out for his son.
See, Akechi in this verse is still very concerned with status? He feels that he owes it to his mother and father to live up to his family name, because they’ve done so much for him. He wants to be accepted by the Duodecim as a whole. Riku and Kagura tried their very best to keep him the hell away from all of that political bullshit, but the kid decided to go into the military anyway. He’s not physically the strongest, and he’s pretty naive and childish, deep down. His parents are pretty damned sure that Goro will be eaten alive if left on his own there. (The military academy is, for the record, it’s own massive city. So they wouldn’t exactly be able to keep an eye on him.) So, Renren gets asked to protect his friend.
They also get chosen by two grimoires while there. These are the Rebel’s Grimoire and the Hero’s Grimoire. Grimoires are basically... to put it bluntly, training wheels for magic. Most people suck at magic by nature. Hell, most people don’t even USE grimoires. They use the even bigger training wheels that are Ars Magus. Grimoires usually specialize in a particular ability. They have their own rules, conditions for use, and often choose their hosts. People fuse with their grimoires over time. If the two become completely synchronized it’s called a Remix Heart. (This is the only important lore information from Remix Heart btw, I saved you from reading a crappy fanservice manga, you’re welcome.)
The Hero’s Grimoire picks a host with a strong sense of justice. The Rebel’s Grimoire picks a host with a very rebellious spirit. The catch is, they always pick their hosts at the same time, and the hosts are always very connected souls, two sides of the same coin. The Rebel’s grimoire also likes to do this *wonderful* thing where it latches on your face and only accepts you if you rip it off. If you don’t, it kills you! Fun times. Goro turned around to look at Ren when this happened, and the Hero’s Grimoire embedded itself into his spine. (Ren’s looks like a pair of glasses when not in use, Akechi’s looks like a crow tattoo with a weird growth between his shoulder blades.)
The two grimoires are sentient and talk to their owners while giving them similar but contrasting powers. Ren can use his Third Eye ability from the games, destroy barriers, teleport through shadows, and has very little presence-- almost nobody notices him around unless he’s pointed out or makes himself known. Goro has the same third eye ability, can create barriers/obstructions, can obscure his movements in bright light (either dazzling people or simply teleporting in light), and has a glamour that attracts others to him. (Ren uses this to basically cling to Akechi at all times while nobody notices him. He loves it. Akechi hates it, because PLEASE STOP HITTING ON ME I HAVE A BOYFRIEND HE’S RIGHT. HERE. )
The phantom thieves also still exist in this AU! They have a different MO but similar intents and goals. Basically, they steal back what the NOL has taken from others. Or, if said thing can’t be replaced (like, say, innocence, trust, etc) then they’ll take what they consider a karmic equivalent (status, power, etc). It actually all started because Ren wanted to get Riku’s grimoire back (Akechi was still vERY upset that the government had it, how dare they do that to his family). So Akechi is on the team from the beginning. Whether he wants to be or not.
There’s a lot more but this is just the basics... @_@ I told ya it was a lot.
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The Persona 3,4, and 5 Rewrite FAQ Masterpost
Everything under the cut! Including my plans, current fics, and spoilers for all three!
Persona 3 Rewrite, titled “Pull The Trigger” (https://archiveofourown.org/works/18834676/chapters/44696302)
-Hamuko is the main character, and protagonist! She does all the major plot important things, cause it’s what she deserves.
-Minato is not excluded though! He is still a part of S.E.E.S, and is a senior student. He takes the role of the Navigator. His Persona is Eurydice, to mirror Hamuko’s Orpheus!
-Fuuka is no longer the team’s Navigator! I’ve reworked Lucia into a battle oriented Persona! She uses the nuclear skills from p5, and has a big fuck off sword.
-Yukari/Hamuko/Aigis RIGHTS!
-Minato/Akihiko RIGHTS!
-More LGBT Rep!
-Not as many social links, mainly cause i’m not a big fan of the P3 SL’s, keeping the party members and a few favorites.
-Both Elizabeth and Theodore are included, with the added addition of Theodore staying out of the Attendant fight. They are represented by the Temperance social link.
-Shinji still dies, sorry!
-Ken isn’t used in combat as much, cause he’s 9. Same with Koromaru.
-Operation Babehunt? Don’t know her! The gang meets Aigis when Hamuko spots her on the beach.
-The Awnser’s time loop isn’t just hand waved??? It’s def more explicit with (SPOILERS), Metis’s whole deal of being Aigis’s Shadow?
-Little stuff, like Pharos ending everything conversation with “Time Never Waits”, Hamuko using ultimate personas after finishing social links, Rio’s inclusion, Hidetoshi’s exclusion, Fuuka being trans, etc, etc
Persona 4 Rewrite, titled “Part The Fog”!
-First off, Kanji is mlm, and Naoto is a trans boy. Those are the stories that Atlus wrote, but refused to follow up on. Naoto’s arc is about accepting himself as trans, Kanji’s is about him recognizing himself as gay.
-Kanji is now the Navigator! Featuring a redesigned Take-Mikauzachi! Rise takes his role as an active party member.
-Soukanji rights!!! Yukichie rights!!! Naorise rights!!!
-Yosuke, Yosuke is bi. His social link itself is about overcoming his internalized biphobia and homophobia. It’s not his shadow’s main focus, but it’s a part of it.
-Rise’s shadow is no longer a pole-dancer! her shadow takes the form of a clown like Rise, putting on a LOVELY carnival (her dungeon) to get people to look at her for who she really is. She finally takes off her make-up in the boss fight, splitting into a bunch of different rise’s and begging her to tell her who “The Real Rise Is?”, kinda like P4TA.
-Adachi is dead. Full stop. He does not come back for P4AU.
-Speaking of spin-offs, Kanami Mashita! After the events of P4D, she gets a Persona of her own, Laetitae!
-Biggggg social link changes. A disguised Kanami, Amnesiac Labrys, and Sho all apear as Social Links. Kanami being The Hanged Man, Labrys being Strength, and Sho as the Moon. Other SL’s changed accordingly.
-Marie is still present, and is more integrated into the story. She is one half of Izanami, and willingly erased her memories after seperation. She herself carries Fog with her, and appears...off. She has a too-long shadow, her smile’s a little too wide, her eyes a little too yellow, rain seems to follow her.
-Teddie is not a perv character. He’s close to the plot so I couldn’t write him out??? But he’s not as pervy as he is in canon, just a flirt. Also Teddie’s Bi, so jot that down.
-I really liked the concept that Rise’s non “Risette” personality was harsh and aggressive? So she’s really rough around the edges when she first meets the IT, only warming up to them after her dungeon is completed. Think Severa from FE13.
-Overall, a lot more actual truth finding, a lot less homophobia and transphobia.
Persona 5 rewrite, titled “Invitation To Freedom”!
-this is the one im most excited for HOLY S H IT
-okay so,
-redesigns for everyone’s phantom thief attire. especially the girls. Ann’s design is more like, a mix between her persona and Shego from Kim Possible? If that makes sense? Less dominatrix, more cutesy evil queen. (Makoto is more knight like, but is still spiky like a biker, Futaba resembles a video game merchant mixed with a tech super villain, and Haru is full on Musketeer.)
-MORGANA ISN’T CREEPILY INTO ANN. NO MORE ANN BEING CONSTANTLY SEXUALIZED. G O D
-speaking of Ann, her entire awakening scene is reworked. No more writhing for my girl. She still kicks the sword and kills Cognitive Ann tho.
-Pegoryu rights!! Shihoann rights!! Okujima rights!! Kasutaba rights!!
-Akechi joins during Kaneshiro’s palace, along with Makoto! Makoto gets herself in too deep thanks to her being over-protective, and Ren folds, saying that they need someone with detective work to help them, and as much as he hates it, Akechi’s probably been onto them for awhile now anyway.
-Akechi is still the traitor.
-There are not one, not two, but three players in Yaldaboath’s game! Whose’s the third player? Kasumi Yoshizawa!
-Kasumi actually has her own team of Phantom Thieves! They interrupt The PT’s antics the palace, messing with them in Mementos, being rascals. her team includes Hifumi Togo, Sho Minazuki (the weird uncle who followed her into the metaverse), and an OC! (She’s currently based oN Hatsune Miku because I do what I want.) [This was inspired by a tumblr post I saw once,]
-When I say that Kasumi messes with the PT, I mean like. They have this elaborate plan to steal Madarame’s treasure, but whoops! Kasumi has already swiped the thing and is a making a break for the exit!
-Along with the standard chapters, smaller ones will be added to give the reader Kasumi’s perspective! She is also a wild card.
-Goro lives and has a palace, sorry atlus!!
-That one scene where Ryuji gets beat up for scaring everyone? Not fucking happening babey!
-All those extra cells in the Velvet Room? there are only three! This is how Kasumi and Ren figure out each other are Royal (Codename still pending) and Joker.
Miscellaneous
-I am currently in the process of adding more Personas and Demons to a growing roster so I can give each Arcana an even amount! Most info on the actual Personas, their skills, and the associated Social Links, can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHJv26RnGryvx_yhfzloPzIQUAB_cYOtwyzWGAxKdlQ/edit?usp=sharing
EDIT: i completely forgot that most of the new personas im adding are from Bayonetta!
-also im indecisive so uhhh help me decide P4 protag and p5′s protag’s name!
https://www.strawpoll.me/18128738 (P4)
https://www.strawpoll.me/18128740 (P5)
#persona#persona 3#persona 4#persona 5#p3#p4#p5#persona rewrite#GOD this is gonna be a nightmare to ta#phantom thieves#investigation team#s.e.e.s#hamuko arisato#yu narukami#souji seta#akihiko sanada#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#p5r#persona 5 the royal#persona redesign#au#persona au
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Achieving the True Ending
Summary: Thieves of Hearts is a dating sim game that grew popular. Akira just got his hands on a copy. Cue him crying about it to his lil’ gremlin of a cousin. Chatfic.
Note: the idea just came to me in a haze of wild inspiration. Enjoy. *plops fic into your lap and strolls away*
Warnings: How Do I Tag Warnings?, P5 As A Dating Sim And Akira Plays It, Futaba-Akira As Cousins, Akira Wants To Date Everyone, Games And Their Multiple Endings.
Disclaimer: Don’t own P5.
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Akira: I fully blame you for this
Futaba: Bring on the blame
Futaba: It’s my life force
Akira: who are the horrible, horrible people who made this game?
Akira: there are TOO MANY PRETTY PEOPLE IN HERE
Akira: HOW am I supposed to pick ONE TO DATE?
Futaba: multiple playthroughs, noob
Akira: STILL
Akira: any recommendations?
Futaba: I thought you didn’t want any spoilers?
Akira: no spoilers
Akira: but who do you think would be a good choice for a first playthrough?
Futaba: oho?
Futaba: you want to ask me who I think would be a good choice to take your virginity?
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: the protag’s virginity
Akira: the PROTAG’S
Futaba: eh well
Futaba: there really is no special preference
Futaba: but a fair warning
Futaba: you should steer clear of pancake boy
Akira: pancake boy?
Futaba: you’ll find out later farther down the road
Akira: okay
Akira: alright
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Akira: I’m a thief
Akira: the leader of a group of thieves
Akira: phantom thieves
Akira: IS THERE A RIVAL I COULD SEDUCE?
Futaba: didn’t you say you wanted to romance nishima?
Akira: it’s MISHIMA
Futaba: whatever
Futaba: anyway, you changed your mind?
Akira: NO
Akira: this game is too horrible for him!
Akira: he needs love!
Akira: if no one is going to love him
Akira: then I WILL
Futaba: sure
Futaba: whatever floats your boat
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Akira: this game isn’t good for my heart
Akira: I’m surrounded by too many pretty, romanceable people
Akira: and I want to romance them ALL
Akira: I can’t wait until I start my second playthrough
Futaba: and then you’ll have to pick again
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Akira: I think I understand what you meant by steering clear of pancake boy
Futaba: oh? You’re there already?
Akira: he’s so gay for the protag
Akira: so gay I can see him puking rainbows
Akira: also he’s a DETECTIVE
Akira: MY RIVAL
Akira: RIVAL ME HARDER PLEASE
Futaba: I thought you were in a committed relationship with nishima
Akira: MISHIMA
Akira: and I am!
Akira: I’m simply appreciating the other characters
Akira: like my rival
Akira: and my pure soft Ryuji
Akira: and my literal ray of sunshine Ann
Akira: and my too attractive for this world artist buddy Yusuke
Akira: (I need to FEED THIS GUY I SWEAR)
Akira: and my awkward queen Makoto
Akira: and Chihaya, the fortune teller with the MOST ADORABLE FROWN TO EVER GRACE THIS EARTH
Akira: you think I can romance the owner of the airsoft shop?
Futaba: I thought you didn’t want spoilers?
Akira: I DON’T
Akira: I’ll stop asking!
Akira: I’ll keep on playing and keep you posted
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Akira: YUUKI IS A FOURTH WALL AWARE YANDERE?
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: F
Akira: U
Akira: T
Akira: A
Akira: B
Akira: A
Akira: !
Akira: FUTABA PLEASE
Futaba: yeah alright
Futaba: I heard you the first 100 times
Futaba: cool it
Futaba: yeah nishima is a fourth wall aware yandere
Akira: it’s MISHIMA
Futaba: oh come ON
Akira: I WON’T STOP
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Akira: oh come on
Akira: I can’t believe I got the bad ending?
Akira: I need to go cry
Akira: Yuuki my love why did you have to go and kill pancake boy?
Futaba: you know in nishima’s route
Akira: MISHIMA
Futaba: you have to be careful of who you spend your time with
Futaba: you spend a lot of time with pancake boy and boom
Futaba: pancake boy gets killed
Futaba: you spend a lot of time with inari and boom
Futaba: inari gets killed
Futaba: so
Futaba: second playthrough?
Akira: maybe…
Akira: maybe not yet…
Akira: it’s STILL TOO SOON
Akira: my heart can’t take it now
Futaba: suit yourself
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Akira: I’m back and I’m READY
Akira: MY HEART IS READY
Akira: MY SOUL IS READY
Akira: MY BODY IS READY
Akira: I’m going to romance Ryuji this time
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Akira: oh god why is he so pure
Akira: he’s so soft
Akira: so much sunshine
Akira: I have
Akira: so much love to give him
Akira: but god the dialogue options are terrifying
Akira: I can’t distinguish the romance options from between them
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Akira: I got the good ending for him?
Akira: I accidentally FRIENDZONED HIM?
Akira: WHAT
Akira: HOW
Akira: WHY
Akira: okay that’s it
Akira: I’m spite-playing another playthrough
Futaba: mwehehehehehe
Futaba: what’s your pick this time?
Akira: Makoto
Futaba: wow
Futaba: color me surprised
Fuatba: I thought you’d pick Inari
Futaba: you’ve been mooning over him since you started playing.
Akira: next playthough
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Akira: PANCAKE BOY
Akira: PANCAKE BOY WHY
Akira: PANCAKE BOY WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU
Futaba: oooh you’re at the part where you get shot by Akechi?
Akira: YES
Akira: AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND
Akira: I THOUGHT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME?
Akira: wait
Akira: WAIT
Akira: I’m… alive?
Akira: it was a trick?
Akira: holy shit
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: this game…
Akira: this game ACTUALLY HAS A PLOT BEYOND THE DATING?
Futaba: yep
Akira: FUCK YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THE ENDINGS OF THE ROMANCE ROUTES WEREN’T THE ACTUAL ENDINGS OF THE GAME?
Futaba: :3
Akira: FUCK
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Akira: PANCAKE BOY STRIKES AGAIN
Akira: AND HE PIERECES RIGHT THROUGH MY HEART
Akira: I can’t believe he just SACRIFIED HIS LIFE FOR ME
Akira: man…
Akira: I’m sorry Goro-chan
Akira: I’m so so sorry I doubted the sincerity of your feelings towards me
Akira: and I swear
Akira: I’m going to romance you next!
Futaba: what about inari?
Akira: I’m pretty sure my Too Beautiful For This World BF can wait for me for a playthrough or twenty
Akira: (I love you too Yusuke!)
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Akira: Futaba
Akira: Futaba
Akira: Futaba you little gremlin
Akira: Futaba you little devious trickster
Akira: WHY did you tell me to steer clear of Goro-chan?
Akira: BECAUSE THE ENDING
Akira: THE ENDING FUTABA
Akira: YALDABAOTH. SATANAEL. SAVING CHRISTMAS WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP.
Akira: SATANAEL FUTABA
Akira: SATANAEL
Futaba: you’re still playing pancake boy’s route?
Akira: no I just finished his TRUE ENDING. ON WHITE DAY.
Futaba: so the game is still going?
Akira: I’m at the credits
Akira: why does the protag have to return?
Akira: why can’t he stay in Tokyo with his family and BF?
Futaba: wait for it
Akira: wait for what?
Akira: Futaakjsdhkasgdas
Akira: OH SHIT
Akira: WHAT
Akira: WHAT IS THIS GAME
Akira: WHAT DO THEY MEAN THIS ISN’T THE GAME’S TRUE ENDING?
Akira: AFTER EVERYTHING?
Akira: and it’s JUST THE GOOD ENDING?
Akira: FUTABA
Akira: I DON’T CARE ABOUT SPOILERS ANYMORE
Akira: HOW DO I GET THE TRUE ENDING FUTABA
Futaba: well then
Futaba: it’s time for you to start another playthrough
Futaba: and utilize all your skills to go through every single romance route until you get the true ending for each one
Akira: and then?
Futaba: and then your time management skills better be Legendary because you’ll have to start a new playthrough and go for the poly route
Akira: POLY
Akira: DID YOU JUST SAY POLY
Futaba: yes
Futaba: now get off your ass
Futaba: getting Ann’s true ending is a journey
Futaba: and you have to be careful not to fall into the bad ending of the poly route, the harem ending
Futaba: get ready, kiddo, because god is going to achieve perfection through you
Akira: I AM READY
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Extra:
Futaba: Thank you for using the services of the talking playthrough guide
Futaba: your total reaches 666 curry meals
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persona 5 writings/more scribbles
THIS WAS MY ATTEMPT AT ACTUALLY WRITING THIS THING AND I GOT A LITTLE LOST AND CONFUSED AT SOME PARTS, SO THIS IS MORE A BUNCH OF PARTS MASHED TOGETHER WEIRDLY, I CAN’T FUCKING WRITE WELL/CONSISTENTLY TO SAVE MY GODDAMN LIFE
also spoilers
Akira's mind came into focus for the...he doesn't remember how many times now he's spaced out. the drugs have been slowly wearing off which has been both good and bad.
his head has started to hurt even worse, and all of his bruises suddenly feel fresher than they actually are. with his head fuzzier than before, he found himself spacing out constantly. he lost track of time. how long has he been sitting here alone in the interrogation room now? if someone walked in and they said it's been 5 minutes or a whole hour, he'd believe them.
Akira raised a hand up to his forehead, wincing as his fingers touched a bruise there. he tried to focus more, but the only thing he could focus on in the moment was the pain.
instead, he thought back to what just happened and why.
he willingly gave himself up to the police, to drive them away from his friends.
he was dragged into the station in cuffs, drugged, and questioned. he knew it would be tough to sit in here for a while waiting, but they were a little bit harsher than he thought. of course given his record, why wouldn't they be?
now why was he here? they did this plan for a reason...
Sae, they needed Sae on their side. she was one of their last hopes to turn everything for the better, so he told her everything.
his memories turned static. there was more to it...wasn't there?
Akira snapped out of it once he heard voices outside of the room. he looked up at the door, trying to hear what they were saying, but the walls were too thick, his head was still too fuzzy to pinpoint the words.
the door opened and Akechi stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. he had a strange look on his face.
...that's right, Akira closed his eyes for a moment as the memories came in more clearly.
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it started at the tv station, their lingering gazes on each other. it would happen whenever they met up again afterwards.
Akira did his best to convince Akechi to stay at the cafe a little longer, if even a few more extra minutes. it eventually worked.
they began to talk more, see each other more, those lingering looks continuing. he could remember Makoto once asking him about it, but he just shrugged and said something like, "it's nothing."
then that day...when Akechi became part of the team, mostly forcing himself to be a part of them and the rest of the team clearly displeased, Akira however, simply stared at him.
whenever Akira tried to talk to Akechi afterwards about the whole deal, Akechi would brush him off. Morgana was clearly suspicious, since the both of them remembered the comment he made at the tv station.
but Akira couldn't bring himself to fully distrust Akechi. there was...something more going on. much more. he asked Morgana to hold off on anything serious, because he wanted to wait.
"Wait for what? for him to actually betray us?"
"Wait for him to make the right choice."
one evening at the cafe, it happened.
Akechi was there, staying much longer than usual, and he seemed...uneasy. which was unusual on many levels, Akira continued to serve him coffee and even made some curry for him to eat.
Akechi didn't talk much, his gaze lowered to the counter and giving very little eye contact.
Akira desperately wanted to ask him what was wrong, but decided to give Akechi space.
at one point, Sojiro went out to do some food shopping, and the last customer left around the same time. it was just the two of them. thankfully Morgana was out, he was with Futaba helping to do some research.
Akechi continued to stare down into his empty cup silently.
Akira grabbed a fresh pot and stepped over, holding it out. "More?"
Akechi shook his head, raising it up to look at him, smiling that fake smile at him. "No, thank you, i should actually be on my way."
Akira stared at him for a moment, slowly putting the pot down and not breaking eye contact. "....Goro." Akechi flinched just the slightest at the use of his first name, catching him off guard. Akira felt bad, but that's exactly why he did it. "We're alone."
Akechi glanced around the cafe. "so it seems."
"...so would you like to talk?"
Akechi looked back down at his empty cup, holding it with both hands. Akira was sure he was wishing he took the offer for more coffee so he could be drinking it right now and delaying himself further.
Akira took a step over, placing both elbows on the counter and leaning over, bringing himself a bit closer. "you're a part of our team, Goro," he said quietly. "if anything's wrong, you can tell us, you can tell me."
Akechi stared at him for a few moments then looked away at the books sitting next to him. they were both silent for a long time, but Akira didn't mind waiting.
finally, Akechi took a deep breath, looking back at him. "i was planning on betraying and killing you."
Akira isn't surprised or shocked in any way, he simply stares back at Akechi. after a long time of talking to him, of remembering the things he's said, Akira knew it was something like that. it didn't help his heart hurt any less at hearing the words come right out of Akechi's mouth.
Akechi was clearly surprised at Akira's lack of reaction, but he kept speaking. "i saw you all as nothing as tools for me to use. another step for me to get the revenge that i wanted, that i've been working towards for so long. at first you all seemed like a nuisance, but then i saw an opportunity. i was going to use you to get one step closer to him. but...i find myself now...rethinking my plans."
"and why is that?" Akira asked, taking a moment to push his glasses up.
Akechi chuckled and shook his head, and Akira could see it. the walls crumbling, the true light of Goro Akechi starting to shine through. he suddenly seemed tired, exhausted even. like keeping up the fake tv persona was tiring him out, and every other part of him that was fake was tiring him out as well. he couldn't keep it up anymore, not at this point, he was slowly breaking down. Akira saw that as a good thing.
"because of you, you..." Akechi mumbled, shaking his head again, raising a hand up to push some hair away from his eyes. "helping you in the casino, helping you in mementos, having to hang out with all of you since we're a 'team'...it's changed my opinion of you all. you truly do believe that what you're doing is right. you truly do believe you can make a difference in this rotten world. the way you change hearts, the way you help victims, the way you help each other...it sickened me. and then i began to see it. you all do this because you were all victims yourselves. i may not know all of the details of your stories, but i understand enough. and i thought maybe...maybe there was a chance..."
"that we could help you?" Akira asked, unable to hide a small grin on his face.
Akechi glared at him, grabbing his cup and shoving it in Akira's face. "more coffee please."
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some time later, they had found the treasure, but decided to wait a few more days before sending a calling card. everything with their plan needed the right timing, and Akechi needed some more time to sort things out on his end.
he stopped by the cafe one more time, saying he needed a good break from "dealing with adults all day."
Akira served him coffee and curry and they mildly chatted about things like school and the weather. and Akira couldn't stop himself from just looking at him, even sneaking glances back at him while washing dishes. something felt...a little different today between the two of them, and he couldn't quite place what it was.
he did notice Akechi gazing back at him from time to time, then Akechi would look away and take a sip or a bite, Akira spotting the faintest of blush on his face.
he thought back to all of their time together and how close they had gotten since Akechi became a true member of the team. he enjoyed their time in the metaverse, working together and beating up shadows was an absolute thrill. it was different from before, everything about Akechi was slowly feeling more real, more genuine.
Akira couldn't help but stare at him, he found the true Goro Akechi beautiful.
"may i...speak to you in private?" Akechi questioned him later in the evening when the cafe was a little more quiet.
Akira finished wiping down the counter, tossing the rag aside. "of course, we can go upstairs if that's ok."
Akechi nodded. "yes, that will be fine."
Akechi got up and waited patiently near the stairs while Akira washed his hands and stepped around the counter, taking the lead in going up the steps to the attic.
Akira walked over to the couch and sat down, leaning back and gesturing to the open space next to him.
Akechi shook his head, stopping to stand nearby him and taking a deep breath.
"things have been changing so much over the past month and i'm still trying to believe it's all real. it's all happening so fast and i'm still trying to figure out how i got so lucky in the end. but it's not the end yet, of course, but i just-"
Akechi sighed. "when we first spoke, that's when it started. there was just something about you i couldn't figure out, and that made me more curious about you. then i saw you more, we spoke more, and i just grew more curious. and angry. i was angry over you. you're just some kid living in an attic, how come you get to be surrounded by friends? it didn't seem fair, it wasn't fair. i began to think of my plan, i began to figure things out and suddenly i believed i was fully right in what i was going to do. but you...you made me change."
Akechi finally looked at him, and Akira's eyes widened. the final walls were crumbling.
"i shouldn’t have given in so easily, i didn’t see myself giving in so easily, but it happened. i thought i couldn’t feel happiness or belonging or anything of the sort but you…you brought that out of me. somehow, you clawed your way inside my cold heart and pulled some strings and got it to feel emotions again. good emotions. and i was scared at first, well, i was uneasy. but i slowly accepted these new emotions and now thinking back on it all…i can’t go through with it, i just can’t. i can’t look you in the eyes and point a gun at your head. not anymore. i decided that day to tell you the truth because of that. i found myself changing my mind, something i thought i was so sure of never happening."
Akira stared at him for a few seconds, and then he smiled. he stood up and lightly patted Akechi on the shoulder. "thanks for telling me, that took a lot of courage to spew all of that."
"spew?" Akechi muttered in confusion.
"i don't mean that in a bad way," Akira chuckled. "i'm glad you decided to talk to me about all of that. i...feel the same way, you know. it all started back then, at the tv station. i knew there was something different about you, i was curious about you myself."
"...really?" Akechi's eyes seemed hopeful.
"yes, and i know this is all moving really fast for you, and i would slow down time to help you adjust if i could. but we need you, now more than ever. i need you too."
Akechi stared at him. "you need me?"
"yes," Akira repeated, smiling at him.
Akechi turned away and rubbed at his face, and Akira heard him let out a shuddering sigh. Akechi looked back at him, determination in his eyes now. "i'll do my best."
Akira grinned, patting his shoulder again. "good."
Akira could remember the beating, the drugs going into his system, the hounding from the adults about his crimes. the details became sketchy over time, but it was all the same anyway.
he remembered all of them looking at the door suddenly, and there being voices outside. and then he saw Akechi step into the room, the adults immediately getting into his face and yelling at him, but he wasn't looking at them. Akechi was staring right at Akira.
Akira couldn't see clearly in his daze, yet somehow he saw Akechi's face in perfect detail. he looked hurt, scared even. and then he looked angry, the most amount of anger he's seen on the detective's face since they met. Akechi finally looked away to look at the adults and began speaking in a strict tone.
Akira could hear the words but it took his mind longer than it should've to process them.
"all of you need to leave at once! this is my case now and that'll be enough from you."
"why are you in here, you can't just-"
"if you have a problem with it, go speak to the chief, i have special permission from him. Sae Nijima should be here shortly to speak with him, so all of you are done here."
there was a lot of movement around the room after that, Akira lost track of who was where. then a table was brought in along with a chair, and someone helped him sit up on the chair, also taking off his cuffs. "it's about time for your big part, Joker."
Akira flinched and glanced over, realizing it was Akechi that was helping him and whispering in his ear.
"i'll be back later, think you can manage?"
Akira lowered his head and gave a small nod.
Akechi said nothing more, stepping back and leaving the room.
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Akira opened his eyes, lowering his hand back down onto the table and looked up at Akechi, giving him a smile. ow.
Akechi didn't return it, simply staring at him for a few silent moments, lost in thought. "i wasn't expecting to walk in like this not too long ago..." he finally mutters.
Akira shrugs. "it's ok, we can talk later."
Akechi nods and his face becomes serious again, he steps over and carefully wraps an arm around Akira, helping him out of the chair. "we need to move fast, your plan worked. Sae is distracting the guards, but she can only keep them back for so long, we need to get going."
Akechi manages to sneak through all the right hallways and go through all the right doors to get out of the station. Akira was impressed, even if he wasn't drugged out right now, he knew this place looked like a maze. once they were outside, there was a taxi waiting on the street for them.
Akechi helped Akira get inside and closed the door behind him, telling the driver the address to the cafe.
Akira leans back into the seat and sighs, his whole body is sore and in pain, but having Akechi here with him makes him extremely happy at the moment.
"you know," he mutters, glancing over at the detective. "seeing you come to my rescue like that was one of the sexiest things i've ever seen."
Akechi's face goes completely red, staring at him for a moment before turning away, mumbling under his breath. "clearly they've hit your head too many times."
Akira grins despite the pain it brings him with the bruises on his face.
an hour later, they're in Sojiro's house, sitting in a small room. Akechi's knowledge of proper first aid and his insistence made Sojiro and Futaba back off and leave the work to him.
Akira sat quietly on a chair with his uniform jacket off as Akechi worked on him. Akira held a small cup of coffee in his hands, courtesy of Sojiro of course, and slowly sipped it over time. it helped him with the soreness in his muscles and his throbbing headache.
"i brought something else as well, if you wanted it," Akechi mutters as he finishes off his first aid.
Akira looks over and watches Akechi pull out a make up kit. "going to make me pretty?" Akira snickers.
Akechi just looks at him and raises an eyebrow, but then his expression changes a little. Akira sighs and nods, he understands. Akechi knows him well enough that he wants the others to not see him like this.
he hoped that it wouldn't get this bad when he was taken in, but he probably would've found a way to cover it all up himself anyway.
they both again sit quietly as Akechi carefully applies some makeup over his face.
they're together much more often, first they have the excuse that Akechi needs to keep a close eye on him and his injuries and help with his makeup, but it's clear after some time that's not the only reason.
Akira teases him more and Akechi is starting to tease back, coming up with the perfect comebacks immediately.
Akira could feel it at this point. something is stirring between them. he wants to say something, to make the first move, but after everything that's been going on, he decides to be patient. it worked the first time, so he hopes it will work again.
thankfully he doesn't need to wait long, as Akechi asks him once again one evening if they could speak in private.
again they're in the attic and Akira sits on the couch as Akechi starts pacing back and forth in front of him. he says nothing at first, simply pacing around and then he sighs and shakes his head, the words finally spilling out from him. "these last few hours, few days, they’ve been too much for me." Akechi stops and looks at him. "i mean, the plan went well and everything but…my emotions have been out of control. knowing that i was thinking of killing you not too long ago makes me feel regret and sadness. seeing you getting beaten up by those thugs makes me feel angry and i wished to be able to summon my personas to tear them apart. knowing that you were there in the first place basically because of me just…" he trailed off for a moment, looking away. Akira could see he was shaking. "everything coming together and now things are settling down a little, i’m thinking about it all. after everything we’ve been through and done, after everything you’ve done for me…i can’t help but feel a connection between us. i know i said it before, but i truly mean it this time." Akechi looks at him again, and Akira can't help but stare as the true emotions show through. "i…care about you, a lot. i’ve never felt this way before and i don’t know how to feel about it. but i know something for sure. i’m glad that i met you."
Akira stares at him quietly and then he smiles. he stands up and steps closer to Akechi, carefully grabbing his hand and squeezing it. "i feel the same way."
Akechi's whole face lights up and he smiles back at him, and Akira almost wants to start crying. the wall is now gone, Akechi isn't hiding from him anymore, isn't hiding anything from him anymore. he finally revealed his true self, and his true smile.
"can i ask for one little favor?" Akira asks.
"what is it?"
Akira squeezes his hand again, taking a step closer so they're almost against each other. he can see every detail of Akechi's face, see the blush forming on his cheeks from their proximity. beautiful, he thinks. "may i call you Goro?" he mumbles under his breath.
Akechi's eyes widen and his blush darkens a little. he clears his throat and nods. "only if i can call you Akira."
Akira felt a shiver down his spine at hearing Akechi-no, Goro now- say his first name like that and he beams. "it's a deal, Goro."
Goro adjusts his hand to hold Akira's and gently squeezes back. "i'm glad."
#this is long even after cutting a couple parts out kfjgd#i lost focus at one point and it just got out of control from there is any of this even understandable lmao#THIS IS WHY I QUIT WRITING DAMNIT
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HEIR OF ASH AND FIRE
MANNERISMS
Forewarning: This post is about to get pretty hefty! And could feature spoilers from the game! Read at your own discretion and I apologize to the dash
This post is in regards to both Tadashi’s body language, his voice, preferred speech, habits and etc. So while it won’t go so in depth into anything psychological aspect it will help flesh the boy out as a character.
Evident in the game Tadashi walks with a slight slouch to his form. Nothing super disasterous but still there back only straight when a serious moment is happening or he is in the Metaverse where his form is straight.
Another thing to take note that is EXTREMELLY evident in the game is how Tadashi is always doing something with his hands. He twirls his phone, twirls his pen, places them in his pockets, places them by his chin, pulling his glove in the Metaverse. Tadashi is always doing something with his hands and while this could easily just be a habit he's picked up I'd personally like to connect it to a small coping method. Through some light research ( and my own regardding habits ) they usually pick up in an attempt to cope / help with an aspect of yourself. ( I.E someone biting their nails because of anxiety or nervousness ). So it could be simple to say that Tadashi had to do something with his hands to help them from balling into a fist. Perhaps its just a habit he picked up just to distract himself which is why he is REALLY good at it. Like he can twirl a phone on like his fingertips that is damn impressive. And the tricks he does with a pencil are also pretty damn neat.
Tadashi is a heavy sleeper. Obviously besides the fact that the game forces the player to sleep, for character reasons I'm going to say that all the times Morgana tells Tadashi to sleep it is because he is legitimately tired. Exhausted from whatever the day had in store for him. And in his exhaustion he practically immediatly falls asleep when entering the bed. He rarely even wakes up ( EVEN WHEN MORGANA YELLS ) and on days that he doesn't have school or plans there are times in the game he'll sleep past Early Morning. It's interesting to note. What's also interesting is that if his phone vibrates he wakes up almost immediatly and always has a DISGUSTED look to his face. Like he's just extremely fucking annoyed someone texted him and woke him up. And then once the text is done he'll fall straight back to sleep even dropping the phone in the bed. Not a care in the world. So while sound might not wake him up, movement will. ( vibrations ! ). Though thats not always the case as Morgana sleeps on him and he's fine as day. Let the boy rest.
Boy does he do a lot of things with his head. First and foremost his hair, the game always makes Tadashi do a little twirl at the end of his curls in his hair. And its downright adorable. He does it during any kind of moments, mainly when he's got a question or confused,and I think it's just a tick he developed ( Like playing with hs glove ). Another thing that Tadashi does a lot is roll his neck when he gets an answer correct or when in the Metaverse. Like he's trying to show "That was no big deal" or "That was easy". Kind of a bragging, kind of being cocky. Also small bit on his hair but it is kept messy and naturally looks good. There's also the tendency of his to cross his legs. But i only notice he does it while being cocky or confident ( I'd have to look back through the game to confirm this ) but this is really evident in his SPOILER: victory against Akechi. Fooling him into believing that he has been killed and fooling the entire world that the leader of the phantom thieves is dead, there is that and also all the times he can flirt or say a joke with someone legs are crossed it's interesting. He has an idle stance where his hand is out and he’s tapping one foot against the ground by lifting his entire knee and such. And this looks like it spawns when he's expecting something from someone or is getting slightly peeved
Movements and body language are out of the way now so now I have to talk about Tadashis facial expressions with always default to CALM. Even in rather tense situations he manages to keep a calm demeanor about him. Facing a large shaodow? Calm. Facing Akechi? Calm. But that doesn't mean that he's not angry. He's always angry. And when his facial expression does turn to anger it is something FIERCE. It looks downright terrifing. But his anger is always quiet of course. Keep that in mind.
There's also his smiles which take two forms cocky and playful as a smirk or genuine joy as a grin that can tearn into a large smile.
When speaking to people Tadashi tends to keep rather quiet unless directly spoken to or he has something specific he has to say. Especially in a setting that is public. Granted what needs to be noted that of all the Protagonists Tadashi is the most verbal. Battle lines. Slight talking in cutscenes even. And he technically tells Nijima every facet and detail of his life. These details kind of confirm that Tadashi is not only more verbal than his appearance would suggest but would have a lot to say if needed.
Tadashi also has manners. Thank you and your welcome and I'm sorry. The whole deal.
Another interesting tidbit is how Tadashi can respond to authority figures. Mostly with a lot of sass. It's pretty damn interesting actually. And I think spawns from Tadashi's actual dislike towards authority figures ( especially considering what had happened to him ). It also makes me think about how after obtaining his Persona and courage he's got so confidant and corageuous in himself that he'll even sass authoirty.
Like by the way Tadashi's courage is a topic for another day because it is intense.
Tadashi also has a sense for the dramatics, which I personally connect to a love for movies, and in various times has the tendency to add extra flair or show off. It's in a lot of his movements and even some of his quotes like "Power courses through me." who even says that. That's literally all dramatic. Even when he switches personas he does it with a little twirl. He's all drama. And I love it. It adds a lot of flair to him as a character and gives an impression as if he's enjoying this. ( kinda adds more ground to this being a game doens't it ).
Here's a bit of a spoiler up ahead but here's some details on Tadashi's manner of cockyness. I'd put this on a different post but it's small enough to go here and it also ties into his drama. But boy howdy is he cocky in a lot of ways. "I'll reveal your true form" isn't only a super dramatic line but is also friggin filled with such attitude and anger. Like he's being so cocky about it --- saying that I'll reveal your true form. toa demon. Shadow. Monster.
Adding to that there's also that one time when Tadashi fucking fooled not only Goro but even Shido. And the stance he takes with his legs and the smile on his face. Watching Goro practically go mad with joy over killing Tadashi and yet Tadashi was fooling him the entire time. It made him feel so good to best someone who thought he was better. To have won the battle between him and Akechi ( there's a lot of mixed feelings there) it felt good. And yes he enjoyed it. He's cocky. He really is.
I think that's all I wanted to talka bout. If there's more I'll bring it up in a future post but this is all I've noticed from an initial playthrough and I hope to god I start implementing it in my writing.
#long post //#ᶤ ᵇᵉᵍᶤᶰ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᶤʳᵉ ᶤ ˡᵉᵗ ᶤᵗ ᵇᵘʳᶰ ᵐᵉ ᵃˡᶤᵛᵉ ( headcanons )#AHhhhh i had a lot more i wanted to type out but i was like#this got out all the major points SO#also im not tagging spoilers because of the forewarning#also i apologize to the dash but hey#i like reading my own headcanons on mobile and read mores get rid of it SO
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i’ve been thinking about like. the crushing emotional intimacy of That Image from the end of the p5r opening. the one where akiren’s gently tilting his head towards akechi while they’ve both got their eyes closed with their foreheads just almost touching. and how fucking gay it is
what really kills me is how the camera focuses on akiren and just how happy he is to be fucking shit up with a baseball bat. because the thing about akiren is that he loves being a phantom thief/vigilante, which means that some part of him likes breaking society’s laws, and you’re not supposed to like breaking the law.
the thing about being a vigilante is that vigilantes are primarily moral because they can claim they’re taking the law into their own hands in order to uphold the law. batman, for example, breaks the law so that he can put people in jail. (a lot of akiren’s defense of the phantom thieves when he’s talking to goro on the TV show speaks to just the general idea that even if the phantom thieves aren’t just, they’re necessary, because the police isn’t doing jack shit.) this is how you tell the difference between a shitty punk who gets off on beating people up, and a so-called “noble” vigilante.
so most of the justification for being a phantom thief kind of comes from the standpoint of “well it’s not like i want to break the law and/or take the law into my own hands. it’s not about me liking this power trip. it’s just that someone’s got to uphold justice, so i guess i’ll do the dirty work.”
this is especially so for akiren, for a kid who’s on probation and is supposed be on his best behavior, him flirting with prison by being a phantom thief is really only justifiable on the grounds that he has no other choice. and for akiren, who spends time defending the morality of his actions to the greater public and also specifically to akechi (who goes out of his way to accuse the phantom thieves of amorality), akiren’s best defense of his actions is to claim that it’s not that he likes breaking the law, he just has to.
except we know this isn’t true. akiren loves being a phantom thief. you can’t fake passion like what he’s got in the metaverse. half the fun of persona 5 is just watching how much akiren is feeling himself.
like. i know, i know, he’s a blank slate, he’s a player insert character, silent protagonist, except that’s patent bullshit. the guy’s soul is shaped like arsene. he has a sense of humor, and most of the time it’s varying degrees of DND Vicious Mockery. akiren keeps his shit to himself when he’s in the real world, and then the instant he’s in the metaverse, it’s backflips, coat-tail flipping, dramatic posing with his fancy gloves, knife-twirling, and a really unnecessary amount of smirking. dont even get me started on his VA lines and how fucking smug he sounds, all the time, constantly.
akiren is absolutely doing phantom thief work because he believes in the reformation of society. but he is absolutely ALSO doing phantom thief work because he just........... likes doing it.
(also worth noting that he likes doing it specifically because he got fucked over personally by shido. some people reform all of japan to cope.)
now going back to the part about akechi--akechi in particular goes out of his way to accuse the phantom thieves of being the “other” kind of vigilante, the kind of “vigilante” who has no noble cause behind their actions and really just enjoys bullying others. the best way to argue that that’s not true is by arguing that there is a noble cause: “i’m not doing it because i get off on a power trip. i’m doing it because i’m upholding Justice.”
this, in turn, brings up a really cool dynamic in which Akiren And Akechi Talking About Unemotional Justice When Really They’re Talking About Emotional Emotions. to defend the legitimacy of the phantom thieves, akiren has to defend the PT on the grounds of an impartial, impersonal, unemotional topic, such as “i believe that the phantom thieves are doing Justice with a Capital J” (i think his literal line is “the phantom thieves are justice itself”). if akiren sounds like he’s too emotionally invested, if he sounds like he’s enjoying himself too much, he’s suspect of being the “other” kind of vigilante, the shitty kid who just likes bullying people. so he’s got to claim it’s for Justice.
that might be true, but it’s not the full story. the full story is that part of akiren likes justice as much as he likes being a phantom thief, just as much as he likes being dramatic and extra and unnecessarily flashy, and just as much as he loves beating up shitty abusive men like the guy who fucked his life up.
(and for akechi’s part, yes, he too believes in Justice with a Capital J, but of course we also know that much of his conceptualization of justice is partly because he too wants closure for the wrongs that’ve been done to him, and also he’s a slut for people’s acceptance, etc, etc.)
all of this is to say that the irony of akiren’s and goro’s relationship is that as much as they talk about morality, justice, and the law, what they’re really talking about is what they need emotionally. when they’re talking about Objective Justice With A Capital J, it comes from a place of subjectivity: “i personally was wronged in this way.”
so for akiren in the p5r opening to openly be so delighted to beat the shit out of a miniature version of tokyo and look so happy doing it, right in front of akechi??? it makes me hope that maybe they can put down a lot of the morality/ethics jargon they were using to talk about their feelings. even considering that the p5r opening isn’t a concrete event that’s literally happening (since it’s just a metaphorical montage that speaks to the storyline’s themes, like an anime opening), just that image of akiren openly smiling after beating the shit out of minitokyo in front of one his biggest critics is........... a lot.
it’s more or less admitting, hey, maybe i’m not a paragon of justice, and i don’t have to be, because i’m a human being too with an emotional stake in things. and i’m not even going to pretend otherwise in front of you.
tl;dr it’s GAY
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