#aigis (mentioned)

[thesarcasticism]

love how much she just hates him on sight

[blueskittlesart]

about the lesbian sex it's literally because the devs didn't bother to remove the aigis romance route for femc. they were too lazy to be homophobic. elizabeth is also romanceable btw.

honestly the funniest thing about all this is that i assumed that all romance was genderlocked and therefore decided to romance akihiko and i kept having to reload saves and google shit because he’s got like 6 different relatively innocuous dialog choices that will lock you out of romance forever. meanwhile i was coasting on vibes alone with aigis and she still ended her social link begging me to fuck her

[mochilovemail]

[z-grist]

Another storyboard I got to work on recently, this one focusing more on drama.

This one is a Persona 3 storyboard! Featuring Aigis and Akihiko. Big content warning for mention/discussion of an Eating Disorder. This is based on a story by @halfpennyjones, "Inversion" on ao3.

Done on Storyboard Pro, and (most) backgrounds were done on Blender 3D. Thanks for watching!

[no1ryomafan]

I said I was gonna talk more about MM on this blog again and I will probably eventually do analysis stuff I just need to prep this shit cause those post take time for the ones that are more coherent and not just my usual word vomits, BUT I do need to word vomit for a second about one thing that plagued my mind again today.

One of my biggest peeves with the series lore is how reploids and humans hardly have interactions, more so in the X series as Zero makes a bit more effort in this regard, given it’s a huge deal how reploids are seen lower then humans for the longest time- but what has dawned on me more of another factor that really sucks about this is how reploid society itself is ALSO unexplored.

We hardly have any idea of what makes them different from humans, we can only grasp basic details from what the games provide us but it’s unclear if there society is either “very much identical to humans but still has changes to make it different given their machines” or “completely different down to how they live and are treated”. I can’t speak for every robot media ever as I haven’t consumed them all-that’s a impossible task as some are bound to not interest me lol-but I feel like ones that are primarily having sentient robots and multiple of them rather then stuff like mechas where they don’t have much of a personality (usually) or the cases like Aigis in P3 where she is a robot in a mostly human society and therefore learns to become more human, they usually try to give the robots some kind of established society but MM only gives us breadcrumbs.

Like I know transformers is a bigger series so it got more chances to be incredibly fleshed out but I think about how my friends had told me about it and it’s society from just the comics is incredibly detailed that you even know they have religions n shit. And I’m not saying MM has to go to that extent even if it’s had metaphors of that in the later series, but more context to what reploid society has and doesn’t would be nice.

If they actually do need to eat and we aren’t supposed to guess that the energy tanks n stuff are there equivalent, if they ever got to have hobbies or jobs besides serving under humans especially when they have free will, etc. More of how they operate would be really nice to know but alas much like many things in this series lore it’s never going to be deeply elaborated on so I have to throw darts at a board.

[fauxnotice]

It pisses me off sooooo much when aigis relationship with femc is dismissed as less significant than the mc variant as if it isnt the almost exact same in both routes (id say its more heartbreaking even)

[aloyiouis]

snippet from minato’s artbook description that stood out to me. i think it’s important.

[theoneprecioustome]

Ribbon says Aigis is "special" (特別) and Makoto goes "You see, Aigis?/There you have it, Aigis". He really is out there making sure Aigis feels loved at all times 😭

I'm not sure why, but that Ribbon line was translated as "Aigis-san, thank you in particular..." so it looked like Makoto was just agreeing with Aigis being "free", even though Aigis' next line is literally "I'm not special" lol

[nikkisticki]

I think I have to block Persona 3 so I don't have to hear more about Reload, not a fan of a bad company that hates queers and innovation now taking their best game and un-innovating it

[a-sketchy]

hmmmmmmm now that i’ve finished p3p i guess my choices now are to watch the answer, start a ng+, or start p4g. i think i’m leaning towards that last one

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Love this “for you” thing Twitter, esp when it involves people I don’t follow with takes I don’t agree with. And here I am coming in to defend fucking P5 of all things. How did I get here? DX How have I sunk so low? u_u 

Anyway someone said that Persona hasn’t had any passion since P3 (so P4 onward has been soulless).

And.....I don’t agree with it. Obvie, I love P4 and it’s spinoff era (I found it fun and def the opposite of soulless). Yes, that includes P5 and it’s spinoffs. And this is coming from someone that hates P5 and it’s spinoffs.... because of the writing. Not the “lack of passion.” 

I do think Atlus has gotten shittier with it’s business decisions (such as DLC), but I wouldn’t call it passionless. I don’t think passionless people would make hours of cut content, would try to work old ideas from P1/2 back into modern Persona. Business decisions and their team is not automatically indicative or reflective of the creative team or their choices.

Do I think the writing really shit the bed starting with P5? Yeah. But I don’t think it’s from a lack of passion, just a lack of oversight/control (P5 literally has an over abundance of writers and lack of editors, and that’s the same issue Ultimax ended up having). Having plot holes and inconsistencies and some quality control issues doesn’t indicate a lack of passion. 

“Oh you’re just upset because they insulted P4″ yeah, but I don’t think what they implied about P5 is right either. The creative team def shows passion. They brought back ideas from P1/2 and even FeMC the second they got away from Hashino. And I don’t think Hashino is bad either, I think he had a creative vision (aka having P3 be a soft reboot for the series and thus not bringing back a lot of ideas from P1/2) and wanted to see it through. I don’t think that’s inherently passionless of him (in fact, him wanting to stick to his vision might be considered very passionate!). 

Was it a stupid business decision? Yeah a bit (personally it’s whatever, it held things up but didn’t completely screw the lore), but that’s a different issue. 

I dunno it’s just....annoying. I get it, I’m frustrated with Atlus’ business decisions too. I’m frustrated from all the P5 stuff (I’m giving P5X a chance because new cast, new chance), cause I don’t like P5 or the PT. But just cause you don’t like it doesn’t mean the creators “lack passion.”

[systematicallycapricious]

Some Ergo Lore!

Disclaimer: I’ve been staring at both this and my cacophony of assorted AoN notes for too long, so if something doesn’t make sense in it, just let me know and I’ll do my best to clarify it.

(Additionally, stuff like the metaphysical aspects of how Evokers work and more on how they’re used for research are still in the works, so I’ll likely be including those in different lore docs later on. /o/)

[midnightclover]

4 11 and 15 for the ask game? :3

4... see, the most important part of a fishing minigame isnt the minigame itself, but the rest of the game around it. so this is kinda difficult. id mention a bunch of examples but.. it got kinda long, so lets skip to the punch, yah?

a short hike has the best fishing minigame ive seen. the minigame itself is simple, just mash a, and it's hard to fail, but the fun comes in with trying to find out where each type of fish lives.. you end up trying every little spot of water on the island, and finding rarer and rarer variants! its just a fun time (also once you find one of each fish you can talk to the fisherman on the boat and get a gold fishing rod which finds rare variants easier)

11. favourite berry? hm... raspberry. kinda close between raspberries and blackberries

15. a quote from a game that lives rent free in my head.. theres quite a few to pick from. i'm not sure what to choose.

ah how about this? even though it's been ages since i've played it, i still occasionally have himiko from fucking danganronpa v3 in my head going "Nyehh...."

[webbedphantom]

"I could say the same to you-" He replied quickly, almost cutting her off but not quite. "I can't exactly let the brains of this troop pass out from blood loss."

But any complaints either of them had of the other's help seemed forgotten as they stared into each others eyes, the world around them faded for a moment as she leaned into him... but that serenity all came crashing back to reality as the fight raged on.

This is hardly the time for this, Aaron- His Persona chastised in his head. He might've been healed and reenergized, but he was hardly back in top form.

'I know.'

He quickly got to his feet, rising to meet her gaze. "Yeah. Always."

Still, if they were going to take this thing down, they'd need a plan. They'd thrown so much at the beast, yet it still seemed unfazed. They'd need something that hit a bit harder. Something like-

He looked behind them and noticed the Reaper's revolver still resting against the wall.

"I think I got an idea-" He said, reaching down to his belt to pull out two curse cartridges (he'd kinda spent most of his energy healing Mitsuru, and he'd need a LOT of webbing for this), before rolling down his sleeves to insert them into his bracelets. "-but it's gonna take some teamwork."

As soon as his spare webs were loaded, he reached back down to his belt to pluck the baseball sized sphere of blue and white energy from its center and placed it gently on the ground.

"Leader, I'm going to borrow Aigis for a sec." He continued, already getting into that flow state he'd used with his own team, or whenever he knew just what to do with a project he was working on. The issue was... letting everyone in on the plan without taking up too much time. "Mitsuru, if you have the stamina for it, I need you freeze that thing solid."

He then moved over to the oversized revolver, pulling out the chamber until he found what he was looking for. An unused bullet.

"We're gonna give that creep a taste of his own medicine~"

It sounded crazy, but so did most things he said. They were just going to have to trust that he knew what he was talking about.

"Don't overwork yourself," She chastised, her voice hoarse from pain. "Just let me do this for you."

She watched as he chugged the tea back, ignoring the ghastly wails from the Reaper as Junpei managed to land a critical hit. She was barely paying much attention to the fight, her focus was solely on Aaron.

And of course it was, her heart skipped a beat every time she looked at him, she felt safe around him, and she considered him her closest friend. Even more so than Akihiko or Shinjiro. And as Aaron pulled her closer, using his own magic to heal her in turn, she gazed into his eyes and realized what exactly this feeling was.

Love.

She leaned into his touch, eyes fluttering shut and lips parting before a shout for help brought her back to reality. A flush of pink rose on her cheeks as she pushed away from the Spider, rising to her feet again to return to battle.

She reached for her evoker again, pulling the trigger and letting Penthesilea blast a wave of ice across the battlefield again. The Reaper managed to take the hit, falling back for a moment.

"Glad to finally have you back," Akihiko called out. "Now can one of you hit this thing where it hurts?!"

Mitsuru turned to look back at Aaron, determination on her features. "Ready for round two?"

[jdtrashman]

What stood out to me the most about Episode Aigis' first and second acts was how despite Makoto rarely being mentioned - and obviously never by name - you feel his presence hanging over every conversation. He is the true, underlying, unspoken topic of half of what the team talks about, long before the arguments and insults start flying.

You never see the funeral, you never see his grave. Instead, the game shows something so much worse: the hole Makoto has left in his friends by leaving the way he did. (spoilers under the cut)

Aigis naturally falling into Makoto's role as the silent protagonist leader-kun, and for the same reasons as him: introversion caused by deep self loathing.

Junpei proverbially tightening his belt and straightening his shirt, stepping up to be the team anchor because someone has to keep this team from falling apart on each other. How you see that through his jokes, how carefully timed they are to avoid a conversation going down a dark path. He's gone from the guy who blamed Makoto when things went wrong, to the one keeping the team's eye on the ball.

Akihiko doing his level best to stay strong, to prove to himself that he didn't fail his two best friends.

Yukari and Mitsuru's paralleled pain, both having been failed and left behind by yet another man in their life. And how that pain manifests differently - Mitsuru isolating herself for much of the expansion's first act, and Yukari's attempts to shut away the pain manifesting in petty jealousy over Aigis receiving the wild card powers.

Ken appearing to be totally fine until you sit back and realize that what you're seeing is a child's carefully trained numbness in response to trauma. He's lost his mom and two surrogate older brothers. He is, tragically, the best of the group at pretending he's okay.

The only one who seems to be adjusting as well as anyone can is Fuuka. You get the sense that she's the only one who is actually attending therapy for this. And even then, when the story gets to its end, it's clear that she's as hurt as the rest of them.

All of this is conveyed through dialogue way before the colosseum lays all the trauma bare. Genuinely masterful stuff.