#Shuuake

[thisfadingblue]

Akechi Rank 8 thoughts

(I’m going to preface this by saying I HAVE NOT FINISHED THIS GAME. These are my speculations/analyses on-foot and they will likely change!)

His hatred towards Joker wasn’t blind range. He cited Joker’s adaptability. He is aware himself of what becomes of unpleasant adolescence, and empathises with that. Still, akechi cannot process that this is because Joker lets people in despite the trauma and ostracism of his past. Akechi, similarly traumatised, is locked in a cycle of shutting people out. He can only conceive of relationships as give/take. He doesn’t deny his connection with Joker and earlier Confidant ranks emphasise small intimate moments like a game of billiards, a quiet conversation at the bathhouse, a debate at a café. Even then, he only “knows” how to hate Joker, and views him as merely essential to his physical strength - another cog in the machine he uses to defend himself. Akechi’s method is hostility towards others, whether this is the rigid wall of his TV persona (lol) or through sharp attacks. He *knows* that Joker isn’t just useful to him. He calls upon him and confides in him. I strongly believe that - whilst this has been his intention as Detective - he is not just trying to disarm Joker. He’ll sell him out and say awful things, and even still this is the first time in a long while someone has really looked at him.

Akechi is not just condemned to a cycle of loneliness and hostility; he is representative of its infallibility, when all hope in community is lost. Joker’s belonging to the Thieves is testament to his own effort to end that cycle, both in the friendships he fosters with his wounded teammates and in their larger missions targeting oppressive figures.

What excites me is how Akechi’s social link does not end at him confessing his hatred. Beyond the existence of 2 more ranks on paper, he offers a glove, in prompting a duel … exposing himself. Akechi’s vulnerability is everpresent, whether in the saccharine cadence he puts on as Detective or at the sharp edges of his rage. He dares to show Joker a hand to wound. Except what he offers is merely a glove. A token of himself, like his existence as immediate and accessible for friendship is doomed to disappear. As he would have it, Akechi never existed for that purpose. He is to disappear, and before he can do so, he might want others to endure his same fate.

[raventhekittycat]

AU where after Akemi figures out Akai is FBI, while Akai is still undercover as Rye, he gets killed on a Black Organization mission (possibly killed by BO if they figured out his identity), and Akemi has to still live in the BO with her one last hope of escape and a normal life and a boyfriend gone.

[justanothershippingcan]

merry christmas anna! :3 to your last response, i am doing better actually! sorry to hear that you're not :( hope it gets better, but congrats on the job too! i wanted to say i saw your discord status and i told my friend who's obsessed with akeshu abt it lmao. they even wanted to know your recs. idk how i have sm friends that are into be gay do crime enemies to lovers like that, bsd, vanitas, yuumori?? i recently got one of mine too (which turned out to be my first ever fic kekw)

AJIDDH SORRY FOR BEING SO LATE! Merry Christmas and the most beautiful of holidays to you as well, Ling!

I am so happy you are doing better, that’s what counts. And thank you for the congratulations!

AKESHUU HAS ME LIKE. I HATE THEM, I have been reading most fics I could chew on while trying to avoid spoilers since I am still in the middle of the game. The mission, of course, kiiinda failed, but it’s fine, I say. Welp, I am pretty sure they have read most of the ones I am about to link but anyway! Here are some I have read, might come around to this once I actually am on par with the game content:

Closing Speed, Wishes wisely expounded (Fairy Tale AU), Irregular Resolution and Ambiguity Aversion all by Lady_peony. The first and the third in particular are absolute favorites. My usual taste in fic involves long one shots with super pining, forgive me.

I said that, but the next is as a hello. which is short, but absolutely felt.

Then, for some damn reason, for once, I went around eating Soulmate AUs. I prefer canon-adjacent fics most of the time, Persona isn't an exception, but with the spoiler-limiting thingie and just in general the presence of great Soulmate AUs, I dived into these waters. The one where they are meant to be is possibly my favorite among them, followed by Saudade, Missing Pieces and The Botany of Love. And welp, A quick drop if you want the angsty-angstee-angstboom and, of the same vein, Black Bird which I believe is the one that made me start this Soulmate AU spree (and has an amazing little twist at that).

And finally, three very different ones. 701 is, I believe, the first fic I read and follows the writing line of "as a hello." Short one shot, relationship study focused. But it has a way more philosophical, artistic vein, so to speak. Should be the first one I read even!

The second is a knight/prince AU The prince's token and finally, one I am actually planning on reading as of now is an actual Phantom Thief/Detective AU Love and Justice share a blindfold. I put these two together because both have, respectively, sexual implications and explicit sexual content. I am someone who usually skips the NSFW parts, so better safe than sorry!

I find it funny how I said that I am more for canon-compliant but ended up reading AUs. That's what I get for not wanting to spoiler myself, but still loving to get more than what I should bargain for. However, these fics are all outstanding tho and worth a read.

Your friends btw are... incredibly cultured. Like, absolute peak taste. Yuumori, BSD and Vanitas are some of my favorites in general and their ships? Chef's kiss. If your Akeshuu friend wants to share recs as well, they are more than welcome to do so!

AND OOOH? DO SHARE YOUR FIC, I'll be happy to read it! (EDIT: I JUST REALIZED YOU PROBABLY MEANT that you made a friend whose fic was the first one you have read. Ooops, sorry!)

Wish you again happy holidays, hopefully imma adjourn this list once I manage to read more!

[jejushipbracket]

Could I pls ask how many Shinji/Kaworu submissions there are?

There's been surprisingly only two Kawoshin submissions.

I haven't actually watched eva but yeah. I'm surprised.

[coffeeviolinist]

Featuring AkAm getting together, implications of past HiroRei and ShuuAke, mentions of past trauma, Akai being terrible at relationships, and Rei being a petty bastard.

[coffeeviolinist]

As always, AkAm is my number one OTP. It’s one of those ships that works amazingly well with all three of Akai and Rei’s identities, and in a way you can tell an entire story with them. First, you have RyeBourbon, which is full of bitterness, passion, and rivalry with just a hint of genuine affection and trust until it all comes crashing down. Then you have OkiAmu/AkAm, where there are still things left unsaid and trauma that hasn’t been addressed, but at least there’s a chance now that they can be friends if not more. And finally ShuuRei, which is the happily-ever-after where, after everything is said and done, they’ve somehow both survived and found their way back to each other. They made it through hell and back, and now they can heal together because they understand each other in a way no one else can.

GinSherry is a complicated, fucked up, toxic mess for sure, but honestly that’s kind of what makes them so interesting. It’s pretty heavily implied that they were intimate before Gin killed Akemi and drove Shiho away from the BO, and it’s interesting to think about what their relationship was like before all the betrayal and bloodshed. Plus if GinSherry actually had something genuine in the past, that might actually provide some insight as to why Akemi thought he would be okay with letting Shiho go. The whole “if you love something, set it free” and all that.

While I’m an AkAm shipper until I die, I do still love ScotchRye and HiroRei. Also, I firmly believe that if Scotch was alive, the Whiskey Trio would all be in a polyam relationship with Shinichi/Conan as their adopted kid.

Speaking of which, Shinichi, Akai, and Rei will forever be my favorite found family, followed by Shinichi, Haibara, the DB, and Agasa, as well as Rei and his police academy friends.

HagiMatsu were/are soulmates and you cannot change my mind. I mean, they were literally each other’s last thoughts before they died.

If anyone’s read my fics, then you know I love platonic Shinichi and Sera. Also, while I couldn’t fit it onto the chart because it would have made it too messy, Shinichi, Sera, Ran, and Hattori being a dynamic group of teenage crime fighters/vigilantes is my favorite thing ever.

Jodie x Akai is a complicated one for me. While I do think they genuinely loved each other in the past, I’m not a huge fan of Jodie still being hung up on him years after they broke up, especially seeing as Akai never really acknowledges that there used to be anything between them at all. It’s entirely possible that Akai does still love her and is just too hung up on Akemi to move on, but unless we actually get a scene from his perspective that clearly depicts what his feelings for Jodie are currently, that’s just speculation. I like second chance romance, but second chance romance is not equivalent to “I’ll settle for you because the person I want to be with isn’t a viable option anymore”, and unfortunately, unless Gosho actually addresses Akai’s feelings about his past relationship with Jodie, that’s probably exactly what we’re going to get.

That being said, I do enjoy the idea of Jodie, Akai, and Camel being a very close-knit group of friends. O rei ne of my favorite headcanons is that Jodie and Camel like to troll Akai when they think he’s getting a little too serious about work and life in general.

ShuuAke (is that the ship name for Akai x Akemi?) is another complicated one for me. I very much dislike the fact that Gosho made them cousins (imo there was no point in it at all - Mary and Elena being sisters doesn’t add anything meaningful to the Akai family story at all), but the ship itself is so tragic and sweet that it’s impossible to dislike it completely. I love the idea of Akemi falling for Akai and believing there’s some good in him despite knowing that he was using her, as well as the two of them wanting a genuine future together that was always doomed to end in tragedy before it even began. And that’s the thing - they were never going to have a future together. Gin was never going to let Shiho go, and there’s no chance Akemi was going to abandon her sister to go be with Akai in America. Sure, she could have, but I firmly believe that Akemi’s dedication to her little sister was one of the things Akai loved about her, and if she essentially chose him over Shiho, she wouldn’t be the person he fell for.

Shukichi x Yumi is a cute ship and I love how much he adores her, but my god dude, PLEASE just propose to her already. Preferably when you’re both sober. At this rate Masumi is going to end up married before you and she doesn’t even HAVE a canon love interest.

I’ll always have a soft spot for ShinRan, and I do think they’re cute together. That said, CoAi/ShinShi’s bond is incredibly special. I’ve also grown to love KaiShin and HeiShin, as well as Sera x Ran and Ran x Kazuha. And of course I still love HeiZuha even though Hattori’s refusal to confess to Kazuha because he doesn’t want his confession to be “overshadowed” by Shinichi’s confession to Ran is getting VERY frustrating. Honestly, all the teens are very shippable with each other (minus Shiho x Sera because we do not need another Akai sibling dating their first cousin).

I don’t think AmuAzu would work well as a ship, but I do think it would make sense for Azusa to have a one-sided crush on Rei for a while before it eventually fizzles out and they end up just being good friends. I also like the idea of Akai and Azusa forming a weird friendship where they trade embarrassing stories about Rei (Akai does it out of revenge for Jodie and Camel befriending Rei to tell him embarrassing stories about him).

i drew a relationship chart for fun feel free to use it 👍

[esmerayselina]

pocky day (3)

[sk-mumu]

Inspo:

[narukamisfool]

Akira: I have feelings for you.

Akechi: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.

Akira: ...I have feelings for you.

Akechi:

Akechi: You're a fucking idiot, what the fuck is wrong with you-

[wingsofimagery]

Day 1 of SoftGoroWeek: Jazz

Jazz singer Akira Kurusu and Jazz fan Goro Akechi

[raventhekittycat]

Thanks for the tag @imsotiredcanipleasegetabreak !! A london fog latte is an earl grey latte! They're very good and i recommend adding some vanilla to them.

Three ships: ShuuAke (detco), SeraShi (detco), Royai (FMA) Last Song I Listened To: whatever was playing at the restaurant Last Movie I Watched: sailor moon SuperS movie Currently Watching: Sailor Stars mainly and a host of other things too Currently Reading: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness Currently Craving: a working sleep schedule and the mochi donuts the waiter forgot last night 😭

Won't tag anyone but you're welcome to jump on this one if you wish 🥰

Rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better/catch up with.

Tagged by @lady-with-a-deathwish ! thank you sm for tagging me :))) it’s my first time doing one of these !

Three ships : jonmartin (the Magnus Archives), gertrudeagnes (also Magnus Archives), and villaneve (Killing Eve)

Last song : The Garden by The Crane Wives

Last movie : Jennifer’s Body

Currently watching : nothing at the moment because I’ve been pretty busy with classes but I’ve been meaning to watch Over The Garden Wall (even if it’s not very seasonal)

Currently reading : The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Currently craving : chamomile tea

Nine people : @anxious-sapphic-bitch, @space-city-traffic, @uhode, @ominouslyqueer, @macin-tosh, @youareenoughphan, @honeybee-apocalypse , @an-fiach-dubh, @boxofsilence (no pressure though !)

[scandalmania]

“Futari” lyrics

Lyrics: RINA ~ Music: MAMI

Kami wo yurashite kimi no tonari wo aruku Hayaku tsukamaete dare no mono demo nai migite Kigatsuita koro ni wa inakunaru kamo yo Sono mune ni mamorarete mitain da yo Watashi wa kimi ga nozomu you na ii ko ja nai ...kamoshirenai kedo Hajimete atta hi kara futari no aida ni Hajimari no yokan ga shiteta no Sora no mukou ni hikari ga mieru wa Te wo tsunaide machi wo kakenukeyou Donna toki datte kimi to issho ni ga ii Mou zutto zutto hanasanaideite Oikaze ni fukuranda akai sukaato Nee, watashi-tachi korekara doko e mukaou? Fukaku kabutta fuudo de me wo kakasanaide Dare ni mo misenai hyoujou wo watashi dake ni misete Itsuka no namida mo shuuake no yuuutsu mo Kimi ni furerareteru aida dake wa Kiete yuku kara fushigi da Sora no mukou ni hikari ga mieru wa Niji no bashi wo watattara kisu wo shiyou Donna mirai mo kimi to nara kowakunai Mou zutto zutto hanasanaideite Asayake ni terasareteiru kanransha Nee, watashi-tachi korekara doko e mukaou? Mada shiranai basho made tonde ikou Mada shiranai basho made tonde ikou, futari de

Romanji trascribed by TGE @ Scandal Heaven. At the source you can also find kana and translation.

[raventhekittycat]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Akai Shuuichi | Okiya Subaru/Miyano Akemi Characters: Akai Shuuichi | Okiya Subaru, Miyano Akemi Additional Tags: Drabble, Marriage Proposal, DCMK Rarepair Week 2020, Canonically dead character Summary:

Written for DCMK Rarepair Week 2020 for day 4's prompt: Marriage.

Old drabble I wrote for DCMK Rarepair Week 2020 that I finally got around to posting on ao3. I don't remember if I ever posted it here; I do remember posting it to my old twt account tho.

[kimonobeat]

Tommy february6 Lyrics: GIMME GIMME GIMME

English translation and romanization below the cut.

ENGLISH

Countless illusions slumber in this city show me your love I hate being all alone

The things cold devils whisper to me Rule my heart and bewilder me

Baby Love I can’t stop being selfish Oh No! The thrill of a crush just isn’t enough

Gimme Gimme Gimme   Isn’t it awful That no matter what I do I won’t be able to see you today? I took my calendar down, ripped it up, and threw it away

Gimme Gimme Gimme   I’d at least Like you to hear my wish Before I turn into a devil

Yawn. Nothing piques my interest I hate the city when I’m walking through it alone

The only thing I look for within the neon lights Is you

Tonight I’m hiding in clouds strewn with stars Come find me, yeah, even if only in your dreams

Gimme Gimme Gimme   On Monday you’ll get a letter That I wrote over the weekend saying “I hate you!” Just tear it up and throw it away

Gimme Gimme Gimme   Sometimes A mean side of me comes out You hear that? “I hate you!”

Gimme Gimme Gimme   Isn’t it awful That I simply Won’t be able to see you today? I took my calendar down, ripped it up, and threw it away

Gimme Gimme Gimme   I just noticed There’s another me And she might be a bit of a bad girl

Gimme Gimme Gimme   On Monday you’ll get a letter That I wrote over the weekend saying “I hate you!” Just tear it up and throw it away

Gimme Gimme Gimme   I like you a lot I’ve always wanted To be an angel in front of you But I’m gonna be a devil

ROMAJI

kono machi ni nemuru musuu no maboroshi show me your love watashi hitori ga kirai

tsumetai akuma no sasayaki ga kokoro wo shihai shite madowaseru

Baby Love wagamama ni naru no tomerarenai Oh No! koi wa tokimeki dake ja mitasarenai

Gimme Gimme Gimme dou shitemo kyou wa aenaku natta da nante hidoi janai karenda- wo hazushite yaburi-suteta

Gimme Gimme Gimme onegai wa narubeku kikiirete hoshii wa akuma ni naru mae ni

taikutsu ne nani no kyoumi mo wakanai hitori de aruku machi wa kirai yo

neon kara- no hikari no naka sagashite hoshii no wa anata dake

kon’ya hoshi wo shikitsumeta kumo ni kakurete’ru kara mitsukete sou yo yume no naka demo

Gimme Gimme Gimme shuumatsu ni “daikirai!” to kaita tegami wa shuuake ni wa todoite shimau keredo yaburi-sutete

Gimme Gimme Gimme ijiwaru na watashi ga tokidoki dete kuru no kikoeru desho? “I hate you!”

Gimme Gimme Gimme kantan ni kyou wa aenaku natta da nante hidoi janai karenda- wo hazushite yaburi-suteta

Gimme Gimme Gimme kidzuite’ta mou hitori no watashi wa chotto warui ko kamo shirenai

Gimme Gimme Gimme shuumatsu ni “daikirai!” to kaita tegami wa shuuake ni wa todoite shimau keredo yaburi-sutete

Gimme Gimme Gimme daisuki na anata no mae de wa itsudatte tenshi de itai noni akuma ni narisou nano

[jejushipbracket]

has akeshu been submitted yet

There has been like 7 different shuuakes in my inbox. I have only played Persona 3. I don't know what you people mean, but you are all passionate to hell and back....

[ao3feed-p5-boyslove]

by wingsofimagery

Day 2 of Soft Goro Week

Cat maid ShuuAke from unnamed character's POV

Words: 2327, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Soft Goro Week 2020

Fandoms: Persona 5

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Akechi Goro, Kurusu Akira, Persona 5 Protagonist, Reader, Amamiya Ren (Persona Series), unnamed character

Relationships: Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist, Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren, Akechi Goro/Reader, Kurusu Akira/Reader, Amamiya Ren (Persona Series)/Reader