#‘girl who follows NONE of those social rules bc shes an outcast and never learned them’
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Its so funny that Makoto gets such an awful rep (usually bc of her treatment of Futaba), but going through the game again, Makoto is the one who leads the conversation into getting her to open up for the palace door. She immediately offers up the idea of just being honest with Futaba; no lies or soft words, just straight facts in a calm voice. She knew Futaba wanted the change of heart, badly enough that shed listen without having to be convinced by force. And when Futaba panics about having to open up, Makoto makes sure she has no chance of backing out (‘give me time to open the door’ ‘ten seconds’ ‘WHAT???!’). Its for her own good!!
I think it can come across as mean and overbearing and even insensitive, especially if you are someone who is sees themself IN Futaba, but Makoto is both incredibly caring, sisterly, and understanding during the entirety of her arc. Like most characters, fandom seems to completely warp and exaggerate very specific moments and traits and sum up entire personalities bc of it. Ryuji and him being stupid; Ann and her being loud and mean; Yusuke being dumb as shit and singleminded for NO discernible reason, etc etc. People took the snooping and her one vaguely insensitive comment (about futaba and her whole Thing) and decided that she was a cunt and a bitch that couldnt be reasoned with.
Its so bizarre. Im aware that every piece of media w vaguely assertive girls has this issue (Sakura, Katara, Aqua, etc etc) but its still crazy that this is prevalent. Shes like the direct mirror of Goro and he does not get this specific kind of hate (usually its ‘he backstabbed and blackmailed us so i hate him’). Sorry. I need to be a Makoto Apologist to protect her from the rest of the world. My girl did nothing wrong shes just weird. She thought she could fight a mafia boss and she was RIGHT! She WON!!!!
#chattin#makoto girl i love yuuuuuuu#makoto doesnt really treat as a younger sister#but she is protective of futaba and i think thats a little sweet. no one else really gets that attention#and she tries to be understanding w some futabas quirks but it confuses and frustrates her#its like two autistic teens on opposite ends of the spectrum trying to interact#‘girl who follows social rules bc her sister and adults told her to’#and#‘girl who follows NONE of those social rules bc shes an outcast and never learned them’#u know makoto has scripts for sooo many things#and she talks extra slow when shes trying to think of something new on the spot for a difficult interaction 😭#BOTH of them have not been socialized in the best way#and are now dealing w having people who care about them and their thoughts and feelings#and theyre BOTH opening up and getting to be more expressive#they do not hate each other they are FRIENDS !!!! SISTERS EVEN…MAYBE!!#AND ANOTHER THING#no way we are calling her a cop when the game was made by ATLUS. certified Boot Lickers 😭😭😭😭😭#same company that made a cop character that said ‘i cant stand the injustice of the police and i hate perpetuating it’#and then made the cop stay a cop. like what.
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