#also i'm back 8U

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

I've obtained fudge. I am living up to my name.

[moisette]

This match was really fun. I've not played against many Hillbillies after he got buffed because I'm a Killer main. Terrifying actually xD;

Also Finesse is such a fun perk x3 I've been trying out different ones lately. I love Lithe but I actually enjoy fast vaulting windows. Can't do that very often because I don't want to waste my Lithe.

I hate this place as Killer. Not as much as I hate the main building on Mother's Dwelling, though.

He didn't do too good during the match so I figured he'd likely have NOED. The way he just left Nea on the ground told me he probably did have it but I don't mind being the first to test it. He also seemed faster too so xD

Also I got this :3

[breezycheezyart]

Christmas Spirit Allura and her Christmas Angel Shiro are on their way to spread some festive cheer for the new year! (Available on redbubble!) Please do not repost

[artsy-hobbitses]

I'm already in love with your Grimlock, especially since you remember something some people forget. Grimlock is the leader of the dinobots. He's incredibly intelligent and skilled at what he does, even if it is tearing someone's arms off. He's capable of planning strategies, and knows his team well.

My monster loving 5'4 ass: I hope this doesn't awaken anything inside me.

Hahaha yesssss eueb

He’s actually semi-based off his depiction in the UK comics since my husband (an old-school TF fan) adores them and remembers their stories the best out of the entire franchise.

Grims does break into the “ME GRIMLOCK KING!” manner of speech quite often in public but in private with his team and when talking to OP (The librarian is puny and soft, but also sincere), he’s pretty eloquent

He’s a Scotsman from Glasgow. Used to be famous on the British independent wrestling scene and was a locker room leader before a career ending injury which he was told this experiment could help fix, and in desperation because indie wrestlers often do not have exit plans at his point in his career, he allowed them to work on him. To their credit they weren’t lying about fixing the issue, they just didn’t tell him about all the other shit or that he’d be ‘indebted’ to their service until his bills were paid.

In my incarnation of him way back in 2007, he had a wife daughter whose whereabouts he currently doesn’t know of—-that he was in debt and couldn’t provide for his family was what drove that desperation to surrender himself to RatBat’s experiments to hopefully get better—-and whether his wife ran of with his child after seeing what he’d become or if she was been paid off and threatened to move away as to keep the project a secret is as of yet unknown. I may or may not keep this aspect intact depending 8U

The initial speech impediment/tic was also actually something he did struggle with in his earlier days trying to understand/get used to the changes to his body—-and his mind to an extent—-but he keeps it even after he manages to get back his normal manner of speaking, to fuck with people.

[threelizardgang]

(( 1, 33, 39 and 40 for all of them and B for the mun. ))

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

Give Vinny a whole quiet afternoon and he will sit for as long as he wants to, might even try to fall asleep if he really feels safe, something very rare but very welcome for him.

Vex is almost there, until he's hungry of course, he gets a lil antsy and bity whenever food time is coming, probably has used Vinny's tail as a chewing toy one too many times lol

Meanwhile Nala is already up and gone and has probably found pretty stones and human clothes to take home during the spam of this answer.

On a scale of "idle like a tree" to "fueled by sugar and the power of mayhem", Vinny is like a leaf stuck in the drain, Vex a very sleepy lion, and Nala gets a score of please do not give her sugar.

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Could they be considered lazy?

Pretty much not for Nala lol, She enjoys moving and exploring, and is always trying to get the boys to have fun around the city with her.

Vinny and Vex were taught different tho. Coming from a much more feral family has trained them to be resourceful with their energy, only using what they need to get food or protect their home and each other.

Tho being young and full of cat genes also means neither are safe from the zoomies :3

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How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people?

For Vinny it's very easy, as he grew up being one of the runts of his original scrafty gang, he knows what is like to be casted aside for coming off different or weaker than the others. Now that he's older and somewhat a leader, he knows that no "flaws" can't hold anyone back if they really wish to do something for their family.

Vex on the other hand, he can see them very clearly and point them out loudly with no filter. Not so much to be hurtful mind you, to him it's more like "You're not going to survive and i'm wondering if i should just eat you." kjnb

My man's got a diet to maintain he's got no time for bullying or belittling lmao

Nala is much like Vinny in this case, living for so long in the city has lead her to see everyone as different, with their own unique abilities and shortcomings, both very exciting things for her to learn about. She just likes meeting people ^v^

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How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

Vinny is very self-aware of what he can and cannot do, and while the physical is easy, he fears he lacks what he needs to be a good leader and make sure that his gang is safe.

Meanwhile Nala is sort of the other way around, very confident in her social and group skills, but aware that she's isn't neither the strongest or fastest of the three, and occasionally wonders if she's holding the team back. She knows and is very good at brushing it off, but it's kind always there.

As for Vex, there isn't much of him he considers a flaw, not even his damaged eye, but there is one thing.

Looking at Vinny and Nala get together makes him feel very lonely, and low key thinks he's to be blamed for that.

In my canon, male scrafties are known for having many mates, the strongest and with the fullest crest gets the attention of as many as they like. With Vex it was different tho, as he found the attention uninteresting or unappealing, it was only when him and Vinny left his family gang that he began to search for just the right one.

He has not have any luck yet, and sometimes he feels he's wrong and too picky. He will never openly admit it but yeah, my poor lizard man just wants one special gf 😔

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What inspired you to create them?

Damn i don't recall 8U they are among the first few scrafty characters i made back then my god they are so old nkgjbnkf

I think it was just the simple concept of making an enemy scrafty gang for my very first scraf Geo and the Lighthouse crew, huge props for freaking me out if you remember those.

[imagine-organization-xiii]

I'm still curious as to how you see the organization members as dragons? 8U

My info can be found here and here.

Xemnas - Lernaean Hydra - an ancient, nameless water beast.  More heads than any other dragon - when one is cut off, two more grow back in its place.  Had poisonous breath so powerful that even its tracks were deadly.  The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Hercules as the second of his Twelve Labors.

Xigbar - St. George’s Dragon - An ancient British legend tells the story of a flying, fire-breathing dragon who lived in a lake near a village called Silene.  To keep the dragon from killing everyone, they fed it sheep and sacrificed young maidens.  The king’s daughter was to be sacrificed to it when St. George rode upon his horse and pierced the dragon with his lance.

Xaldin - Oriental Dragon - Found in folklore and mythology all over East Asia.  Unlike the European dragons, which were known for violence and evil deeds, Oriental dragons were known to be guardians and protectors of heaven.  They were also said to be protectors of the Earth’s elements and weather, such as the wind and rain.

Vexen - Classic Western Dragon - four legs and a pair of wings, which makes them different form any other kind of vertebrate. In older illustrations from the Middle Ages, most resembled winged lizards with talons and serpentine tails.

Lexaeus - Wyvern - The largest dragon species.  Spends most of it’s time flying and skywriting with smoke.  Around 50 feet long and 18-20 feet high.  They commonly eat elephants or other large African mammals and make nests on crags. They have two legs and a barbed tail.

Zexion - Cockatrice - a pseudo dragon thought to be a relative of the dragon and phoenix.  A heavy appetite and poisonous venom, about 3 feet long and 1-2 feet high.  They build nests in pine trees and sometimes in ships if the ships are confused with trees.

Saix - Welsh Red Dragon - The red dragon is extremely important to the Welsh people and history records mention of red dragons as early as 830 AD in a legend concerning two dragons engaged in battle beneath a hill. The two dragons were tricked and buried deep underground so their screams of war would not disrupt the kingdom.

Axel - Firedrake - From German and Norse mythology, the firedrake is usually found in a dave, guarding it’s treasure.  The firedrake is the dragon that is defeated in the end of the epic poem, Beowulf, and Smaug, the famous dragon in The Hobbit.

Demyx - Golden Dragon - found in tales across cultures, from Greek to Norse mythology. Have long tails and massive wings, as well as two large metallic horns and whiskers around the mouth.  It smells of saffron and incense, and are said to be wise and friendly.

Luxord - African Dragon - usually not even recognized or thought of as dragons.  More on the line of large serpents or giant snakes seen several times throughout African culture.

Marluxia - Quetzalcoatl - a Mesoamerican deity whose name in the Nahuatl language means “feathered-serpant.” Related to the gods of the wind, of Venus, of the dawn, of merchants and of arts, crafts, and knowledge.

Larxene - Biblical Dragon - Dragons are mentioned in the Bible many times. The Book of Revelations 12:3 states ”And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.”  The dragon was cast out, “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.”

Roxas and Xion - Dragonnet - A small dragon that is rare, though not any less vicious than the others.  Very similar to a classic Western Dragon, different only in size.  They live and hunt in packs, have poisonous blood, and stay away from settled areas.  They prefer to live on cold mountaintops.

[anonymousfragger]

Transformers Fanfic Terms 101

So @novelty-spark was asking about a masterpost for those sorts of things, I thought I'd throw down the terms i've used in my seasoned time as a TF fic writer. Shoutout to my bae @guttermech for helping with some of these tooooo

So for those who don’t know there’s actually a ton of strange inner-fandom terms and shorthand that’s used in fanfic/general discussions, and can also be used for tags on art. 

First off there's the different types of TF porn/fic. 

Sticky and PnP/Wireplay are the most common, less common is Sparkplay/Sparkbonding There's also a now-unheard of fourth type called Tactile/EM fieldplay.

Sticky: Sticky is organic-based sexual organs, with organic genitals. Usually it's a set of a penis/vagina combo, but there's lots of different versions. One thing is for sure; it's messy, it's slippery, and it's the most common type of TF porn you'll find. 

PnP: Short for Plug-N-Play, it's also sometimes called wireplay, is the counter to Sticky. It's more based on the passing of electrical currents and information between two cybertronians to bring pleasure to both parties. The fact that it's also a common phrase for electronics is a hilarious bonus for when you find that shit in public and can laugh about it. 

Sparksex/Sparkplay/Sparkbonding: This is a fairly well recognized but not always utilized form of cybertronian coupling that involves direct interaction between two or more party's sparks. It's usually coupled with them becoming bondmates which is a term i'll cover below in more detail. 

Tactile/EMfieldplay: This is from the olden days, I've not seen any content made of this forgotten type in years and years, but now's a good a time as any for a resurgance. EMfield stands for Electromagnetic Field, which is the sensory net that surrounds a cybertronian. Long ago [before time began...] it was very common for fics to include the fields as a form of close-contact, a field that would become meshed with others when cybertronians were near each other. This type of porn was more closely related to foreplay, though climax could easily be reached by the two [or more!] fields interacting. This one's pretty complex to explain here, but I think I've got the gist of it down. 

Here's a list of some terms, not all are inherently sexual but are useful to know for the flow of things/knowing the name of some parts of the anatomy and terms: 

Interfacing is sex. It's just what sex is called, pretty basic. 

cable/cord/plug are the words for a robot penis, however a lot of people call them 'spikes' too, which is uncomfortable sounding as hell! Let's normalize cord/cable/plug =u= I've also seen 

Valve is the term used for a penetrable hole, a vagina or butthole or whateverthefuck, it's also sometimes called a port. 

Anterior/Outer node is a term used for a clitoris, and 

Calipers are the internal structure of a valve/port, similar to the muscle structure inside organic holes to clench/cause a milking action. 

Overload is what an orgasm is called. 

Transfluid is cybertronian ejaculate/jizz. Most artistic renderings have it be glowing like Energon but it can be just about anything you want, I used to write it as silver or different colors, they're robots, go wild. Glowy jizz or metallic jizz or black inky jizz or just white jizz, who cares! It's jizz! Have fun! 

CNA  is sometimes used as a version of DNA, often used for when baby Cybertronians are talked about being made through sexual reproduction. On that note- 

Sparklings, are baby cybertronians. Sometimes they're also called protoforms but more often than not Sparklings is the most accurate way to get it. Protoforms are also a canon material so I don't know if anyone uses it anymore. I'm not going over different methods of sexual and asexual cybertronian reproduction because that honestly deserves a post all it's own. 

Glossa is what tongues are called, while 

Coolant is often used as their version of saliva 

servo is used interchangeably for any moving part w/ a joint- legs, arms, fingers, etc [for fingers i would suggest 'digits' too ] 

Vents are used to describe air flow and to emulate panting/heavy breathing, often used for when a cybertronian starts to get heated and their vents will turn on, expelling hot air. 

Pedes are words used instead of 'feet'

Chevron is the shape that's on many Cybertronian's heads, [examples: prowl, ratchet] 

Headfins are another helmet shape, often described as sensitive or an erogenous zone. [examples: sunstreaker, fort max]

Kibble is the name of anything that is not a vital part of the cybertronian's anatomy but is needed in order to form their alt mode. Examples include tires, headlights, car doors on arms/back. 

Door-wings are pretty self-explanatory, but they are a specific anatomy belonging to the likes of Prowl, Jazz, TFP/Bayverse/RID2015 Bumblebee; they are the doors for their car mode that are perched between the shoulders like wings. 

Audials are used instead of 'ears', while 

Finials describe a more protruding shape of 'ears', such as those on Shockwave, Drift, and Wing. 

And as a special added note, here are some Cybertronian curse words often used in fics:

Dross [Damn]

Frag [fuck] fragger, fragging, etc

Scrap [shit]

Slag[aggressive derogatory term, means to call someone scum or garbage]

Feel free to add things! I hope this helps! 8U 

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

sorry to sound like a normie, but what's P3EM?

You aren't a normie love, I'm just psychotic (aka I'm just an uberfan that's in too deep TT0TT).

So P3EM (Stylized as P3M but we use that for the movies nowadays so 8U) was a P3 cellphone game (like on flip phones) WAY back in the day. A lot of japanese IPs made these bad bois (KH coded was one and then became recoded). Some were single player stories, some were mmo type stuff. Atlus dabbled in both. Sadly, a lot of these games in general got purged. ;w; Only way to access them is if you buy an old used phone that JUST SO HAPPENS to have it still downloaded on it.

ANYWAY, so P3Em is one of these bad bois, the ones that got purged. ;w; We only have old japanese blog info and advertisement pics to go off of. The link I put down was to the Megaten Wiki, a very cool person was able to find some of these Japanese blogs and translated 2nd hand accounts (I found the same blogs when I went looking awhile back), so unlike most of that wiki, this page should be roughly accurate (with what info we CAN find).

ANYWAY ANYWAY, this is a special one of the many Persona cellphone games, because like: P1 Iku no To Hen, P2 IS Lost Memories, P2 EP Infinity Mask, and Aigis the First Mission, they are all side stories that tie into the main plot.

P3Em takes place during the Yakushima trip. A special event called the "Nightmare hour" takes place there, and a special Tartarus like dungeon called "Oneiros" is there too. During the day you SL with your teammates (Yes P3MC SLs with Junpei/Aki amazing!) and at night you explore Oneiros (which is at least 80 floors if not more).

You go through, fight shadows but what's really cool is....there are boss fights similar to P2's Shadow Selves/Reverse Personas and P4's Shadow Selves. They are called Arche-Persona (Arche def: Archē, or 'principle', is an ancient Greek philosophical term. Building on earlier uses, Aristotle established it as a technical term with a number of related meanings, including 'originating source', 'cause', 'principle of knowledge' and 'basic entity')

Arche-Persona appear to be representative of the char not knowing themselves fully (but not rejecting like P4 Shadow Selves, it's just being unaware of something). They do act similar via confronting SEES. But they look like the casts Persona, just a diff color scheme (Like Reverse Personas in P2, or Magatsu Izanagi).

Which one that shows up depends on your part apparently.

I'm so fascinated bc its like a mini P3/nusona game and sounds so fun! TT0TT

You also have this sexy beast (srry P3Re, ya got nothing on this sexy stringbean)

[moisette]

I wanted to share some clips from this one match because I really had fun with it xD

I was like "Oh. Cool. I waste the pallet and I also die. Nice 8u" I didn't see him nod because I had looked away but I thought he did something because I saw it out of the corner of my eye. Watching it back, he nodded.

I did not expect Feng to Dead Hard 8u

I shared this one already but I'm adding it here too.

[moisette]

I miiiiiiight play Killer tomorrow... I got annoyed by a couple of matches earlier and I've been sucking at looping lately. I've also just missed chasing and killing people 8u I've missed my Trickster uX I wanted to give Dracula another try. But I also miss playing Alucard...

I'm worried that if I go back to playing Killer, I might stop playing Survivor...

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

so since p3r's been out for a while, if you had to choose one and only one thing to change about the remake, what would it be? (I said change not add, so no femc option or og music option lol)

NO SPOILERS (I'm mostly gonna talk about gameplay mechanics)

(Just an FYI how far I've been able to get through P3R with my current sched, I just watched Junpei's believe it or don't Shinji just saved us in the back alley).

I mean if a change is just replacing, rather than adding onto it......

FeMC route instead of P3MC's route. 8U (can't do that with Answer, I mean you can but I'd just have a game about a group of teens bitching at each other for like 5 hours instead of 80 ajlfkdjsf) Same can be said about OG music over new I guess jaskdflafj

But that's not really playing fair so......

Bringing back the key mechanics of Tartarus (aka fatigue and split up).

If not that then.......either bringing back randomizing floors each time (and doing away with fixed for the night floors).....OR getting rid of those fucking Twilight fragments/having the damn clock have the option for monetary spending.

I do not like the twilight fragments, and I find grinding for money early on to be worse than any of the other versions.

Like fr my bf goes to sleep, I've been booting up P3 (OG) and I'm going through Tartarus, and.....I like it more. I think P3R obvie has the better presentation, but just......having the option to run up and down floors and snagging cases filled with money (with tired and no teammates left) feel less grindy or an issue than me running up all the floors hitting those damn breakables hoping for a piece of item that I can sell (for a shit price too). (P3P makes it a tad bit less grindy by keeping teammates there and not having the tired aspect until you leave, AND actually giving you the damn money when they find it TT0TT) But the time I spent playing Vanilla I got A LOT more money saved up than I did in P3R....even after I left and sold all my shit too (both are being played on normal mode). TT0TT I'm not even finished with my run, I still have the dumb driver to kill (and all my teammates have left so woot......solo fight 8U)

I also just think the shiny gold chest is like.....more pleasing to the eye than those damn locked chest. They just put that in there cause P4 and P5 had them, but their thing is less of an issue getting those keys than P3R.

So far you only get TF's if: Liz gives them to you passively, You find them walking around, or you happen across a breakable in Tartarus. (maybe more are possible later, maybe you can grow them, maybe the Fortune teller gives you a boost I dunno)

P5/R you can make those lock picks, and you're encourage to just......make a lot of thief stuff (you get an item and it boost your stats).

P4 is a bit more of an issue, you get them by defeating rare enemies, and iirc you can get two of these keys on rainy days if you go to the capsule machine outside the item store (best way to get them).

P4G makes it a bit easier by giving you growable keys iirc. Which makes it easily passive.

But what P5/R/4/G lack that doesn't make this as much of an issues as P3R is.........those are ONLY for locked chests. It's not ALSO for HEALING. TT0TT And so far for not a way to get them easily (as far as I know atm) it's like......no I shouldn't waste it on healing.

And maybe it's all a ploy to force me to use other characters. Well....they have another thing coming buster, I'm dropping some of these chars the second I'm able to cause I only wanna play with my favs. But I guess it's nice to just use Yukari as a healing fountain instead. Doesn't solve my SP issue but eh......just having to buy a shit ton of mad bulls.

I dunno I just feel like...I have more CHOICE in OG/FES/P3P (and while those have their own little quirks, it's mostly just if they made it easier on you to exploit or not).

Btw I don't really......hate the new Tartarus, it's just different and I'm not used to it. I mean it doesn't help they removed things I did like and replaced it with things that make me go 🤨 Some are good, some are frustrating (ex of good: compendium first day???? amazing, why did it take this long, should've at least been a thing in P3P??? they adopted so much from P4 but not that???) So there's growing pains with that. And I REALLY don't like Twilight fragments. If they just gave me the option to pay with TFs or money at the clock that would be better (I mean money is already an issue in this fucking thing anyway TT0TT)

So yeah like....one of those would be nice on my sanity sljfdlkjfj

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Announcement For P3R and new fans

So with P3R coming out, I'm going to transfer P3 talk (Vanilla/FES/P/R and other stuff in general) over to my new blog "Silly-plays-p3R"

Keep in mind if you go farther into my blog, you WILL get spoilers on P3's Vanilla/FES/P entries, and they are unmarked. But going forward for the next......2-4 months I'll try to keep it on the playing blog, but after a 4 month mark I'll probs bring discussion back onto this blog.

I'm also aware of P3R having broken street date. I don't think I'm going to look for the street date content. I'm not too pressed if I come across it tho. But if I do see something insane and want to talk about it (like the level has to be: FeMC is ACTUALLY in the game!, P1/2/4/5 char appears in the game, P3MC lives/new ending, Metis is there, new robot kinda level of stuff, like actually would shake the foundation as we know it). I'll put it under it on that blog under "read more" so you'd have to click on that portion to actually get spoiled).

But I kinda doubt anything like that is gonna happen. Bc that would be interesting 8U *watches as the monkeypaw curls and I play chicken with Atlus with what I'm saying*

Basically, if you wanna talk about spoiler stuff with P3R (either from leaks) or when it releases, please do it on the linked blog above.

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

LOLLLLLLLLLL look what fell into my fucking lap

Are you SURE about that buddy?

Jesus fucking christ. The game Mako literally says herself she had an idea but chose not to do it. Anne had a right to question Mako's intent, because it would've implicated Mako in turning a blind eye to Kamo's crime (aka where Anne and her friend are a victim).

Anne as the victim has a right to confront Mako, who at the moment is ALSO stalking her (and committing a crime while doing it TT0TT). Mako is 10000% out of line. 1) Mako swung first with "putting rumors before the person" herself (her first intro with Anne/Ryu/MC, tho tbf I didn't check and see if that person addressed that introduction, but it still stands), 2) Considering it'd mean Mako played a role in Anne's suffering I think Anne deserves the right to confront her, 3) Mako is stalking them, 4) turns out....THE FUCKING RUMORS HAD SOME FUCKING TRUTH TO THEM!!!!!

Also get off your high horse about Shiho. Anne literally states she didn't know about Shiho's suffering. Which is that she misinterpreted what was bothering Shiho, not that she didn't see Shiho was having a hard time. Which was, she thought Shiho was worried about a spot on the team. And you know what ANNE DID DO???? Was pressured into baiting herself with Kamo so her friend wouldn't get screwed over. She DID try to help in a horrifically tragic sense.

But yes, Anne giving a "VERY SERIOUS" accusation is SO MUCH WORSE! Oh woe as Mako. DX> Whatever shall she do? :( Oh she may have to run into the arms of a yakuza at this rate! She can't think straight under this kind of criticism! Oh....wait I'm trying to be cunty and belittle her but I'm literally describing the plot of dungeon 3.....whoops! 8U

And this is all because you want to brag about some bs ship of Mako with Jker? You fucking serious? How does this related? (to their cred I didn't read the whole thing, maybe they do swing it back around, but this feels like such an out there/unrelated tangent and I would know, I do them all the time! :'D)

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Ok so like, I made a video and finished it on P5′s English birthday (wasn’t really celebrating it, just kinda happened on that day) but I didn’t have the time to upload it till.....after the date. XP Ironically it was a remake of a video I had previously made but never released, because I was saving it for when the english ver came out (cause it had lots of spoilers cause I used Goro in the video cause Sae didn’t have many clips that would match the audio)....of course my hard drive went bye bye by the time my 4 month wait ended (yeah I made it like 4 months before the game came out here cause.....I really wanted to do it). 

Anyway, so I remade it, tho since we got the first 6 min of the P5 ep it had lots of clips I could finally use for Sae, so Sae ended up getting the role I originally wanted for her (so yeah sorry no Goro). Annnnnnnnnd yeah I’ll....upload it at some point. If my hard drive ever gets fixed, I’ll upload the Goro ver, keep in mind that the quality won’t be as good since I made that ver with WMM and the remake with Vegas (tho I will add the one effect I was missing to the Goro one before I upload it....again if I can get it). 

I’ll upload the video tomorrow since.....haha it’s already past the deadline so might as well wait till everyone is awake. 8U

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Silly: I just can't get into P5 fanfics

Me, a P5 fanfic writer: ... I'll go home now...

(This is a joke dw, tho I am curious what keeps you from getting into P5 fics, at least generally)

Gomen anon. u_u I'm fine listening to ideas tbh!

I guess it’s dissecting what I like in fanfiction under the cut:

I'm just.....like It's a few things. The big thing is I gotta be in the mood for a fanfic. (right now, I'm not really in the mood for Persona fanfics, even of the games I do like). Sometimes it’s timing (I don’t have a lot of time to read). This is the biggest hurdle.

Then the next obstacle is......what I like, and what I like for each series I read.

I tend to like re-write what ifs. "What if this character dated this char?" or "What if the series was re-written but with this plot point." (Actually....that might be why I'm reading a lot of shojo "I got reincarnated *as the *insert char usually not the MC of* of a game/movie/book" or "I've gone back in time after I was killed and/or wronged and will avoid that fate" recently.....)

In that scenario with Persona (including just.....characterizing the silent MCs)........

P4 I think it's the one by Fortunesrevolver where Souji is NG+ post bad end, and is trying to recruit Naoto to change everyone's fate.

P3: What if Male/Female were both there? (namely The Fools' Tournament, Raison De Vivre, and I think another but the name escapes me). Be it that they are separate people (and will they kiss? O0O) or twins (they do not kiss hopefully, read more of these twin AUs during P3P's early years). There's also just "FeMC but she's kind of a dick but she doesn't voice it and the implications of that" (not really a what if but more leaning on just pure characterizing the MCs)...can't remember the name atm tho. 

I've probs read a few more under that umbrella but it's been a LOOOOONNNNG while

Next would be.....sequel fix. Looooove me some sequel fix. Read a lot of them (mostly P3 or P4/ P3 and P4 crossover) back before we got Arena and then the next sequel spinoffs.

P4: "Five years Later" and "Fate or Fortune" (oh gee they are also SouNao centered fics, how did that happen? 8U)

P3 same, tbh they are usually crossover with P4. I've read A LOT of these (mostly FeMC related ones) but it's too late for me to dig these up. Uhhhh The Fool's Turmoil is one (don't read unless you read The Fools' Tournament tho). 

And of course.....there's shipping. Sometimes it's fluff and not related to the above two. But it's usually related to the above two. I have to really care about a couple for that. (SouNao, MinaAi, SouHam, ShinjiHam, and MinaHam are what's drawn me tbh, MinaHam obvie shipped when they AREN’T siblings not that I’ve seen a whole lot of AU sibling ones that are shippy but it’s been like almost a decade since I last looked so I could be wrong!). Read lots. And yeah, shipping can be important. I'm 100% happy with no ships in my fanfics, but if there's a ship I DON'T like, it's a no-go. My ships or no ships. (this isn’t anything against the authors work obvie, I would like to think they’d be happy with me not....reading something that I know is not my speed). 

So where does P5 fit into all of this?

Well.....I really do not care of rereading P5's plot in a "what if" scenario (tbh I'll happily just stay in my own mind for that, I play around with my own scenario's tbh). Mostly cause I'm afraid of it.....being P5...and all it's.....P5-ness......but with added stuff. The closest I can see myself reading is a "fix it" fic rewrite but.....really depends on if I’m in the mood. 

I....do not care for a sequel with P5. Unless it is literally them falling from grace and getting their just deserts (and painstakingly going through how they really kinda screwed things up, crossover with past games is a plus but not required), then maybe. I'm a messy bitch who loves drama, the drama gives character development, PT become better and learn the error of their ways (and not the half assed bullshit that P5S does). But I’m not sure if people who genuinely like P5 and it’s cast would think that needs to happen. 

Then there's ships......I'm.....not really THAT invested in P5 ships.....to want to read them.... I do have ones I really don't like and other's I do like and would rather prefer seeing (but it’d probs be easier to just read a no-ships involved fic).

Anyway, yeah that’s what I like. Sequels, slight AUs/what if/rewrites (within universe/working relatively within canon, Non Persona Ex: What if Luz never went to the Boiling Isles and instead Amity was trapped in the Human World? still uses canon settings and rules but it’s an interesting “what if” scenario) , bonus points if my ships are in it. I usually like to work “in-universe” to something. If I’m just reading fluff it’s usually something in universe. And I don’t really care for like.....Coffee shop/Flower Shop AU, or doctors AU, or *insert thing that is completely separate from canon/working in universe* AU. I can see the appeal but it’s usually not for me (only real, true AU I think I read was a Samurai era one of SouNao.....can you tell I loved/still love SouNao?)

I hope that ramble makes sense and answers your question. ;w;/

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

End of p4's honeymoon? This could be a difference in perspective but I typically saw the anime being the height of p4's popularity; most I know got into p4 with the anime or arena and persona became a bigger name in the west around then. iirc it seemed like the honeymoon period ended with p4au pq and especially p4d

Maybe I should rephrase it.

It was around the honeymoon period for the gamer side of things. Like the long term Megaten game fans. P4 got a second honeymoon thanks to the anime and the new anime fans. A lot of long term game fans weren't happy P4 got an anime first (to which I said "P3 already got Trinity Soul! 8U" .....PTS got the better anime ;w;)

After P4 got Arena (which was almost equally a P3 game >.> But no let's piss on P4) and a remake soon after (forgetting P1-3 got ported to a portable device too...but no let's piss on P4), after those releases people started getting annoyed with it's 2nd honeymoon (probably stoked by the game fans that were already just done with P4 by that point). Cause even by PQ1 people (even the 2nd wave honeymooners) were like "too much P4" (???? BUT P3 WAS ALSO IN IT! I dunno, P4 always got singled out....even when P3 was equally involved.....and was in the middle of their movies airing....or when literally all other games were remade before it's remake but sure it's all P4's fault. >.> people really be like "if P4 breathes, it's a thot!" back in those days....the discourse that kept flaring up didn't help.....)

I know I'm being salty of "yeah it's all P4's fault" but remember, P4 was the fandom's punching bag for awhile, and it was even during it's 2nd honeymoon. "It's not dark enough!" "blah blah this that it's not P3 or blah" "It's not good enough" "It's just a comedy!" (not helped by the anime >__>), "Oh Persona isn't that light compared to other Megaten, it's just P4's fault! The rest of us are much darker!" (like a f fudging competition my god, I'mma say it but P4 killing off a 7 yo and COMITTED if you failed to reach for the truth is a lot freaking darker than some of the "dark game moments" other games have). That stuff started a lot closer to the end of the 1st honey moon and as the 2nd one was starting.

So yeah, I guess it's better to say that's when the 1st honeymoon was ending, and the 2nd wave-new fans honey moon started (and then ended near the last 2-3 spinoff games).