#but yeah.... tatsuya...

[realboutfatalfury]

ok just watched a playthrough of it cause no way was i going to do all of that.

[katsona-the-katsequel]

If we were to seriously consider a Protag Swap AU, then most of the protags are fucked.

Let's consider P5 for this scenario, since its the most well-known story. The protags considered are Naoya, Tatsuya, Maya, Minato, Kotone, and Yu (and remember, the events of P5 also shape them as they go). Of course, all of them defended the woman and got sued.

I can see everyone but Maya becoming friends with Ryuji and Ann. Those two would get babysitter vibes from Maya instead of reliable older sister (sorry, queen, but maybe you shouldn't have unironically adviced them to Live, Laugh, Love. You're also not a student and have nothing to do with Shujin). We only have Naoya, Tatsuya, Minato, Kotone, and Yu left.

Out of all of them, only Minato, Kotone and Yu would give Akechi the time of day. The rest were either weirded out by his attitude, too annoyed by his plastic smile, or decided it wasn't worth it to get too close to someone investigating the Phantom Thieves (or all of them at the same time). Without the Akechi confidant, the others lost a lot of intel and clues the Phantom Thieves actually got to put the pieces of the mystery together and an ally for the Third Semester.

Kotone never began the Kawakami confidant due to not being invited to Operation Maidwatch. Shame, because she would have reacted a lot like Akira did in lots of main events. I also don't want to put her through the interrogation torture.

Now that I think about it, Yu would have been a smidge more reluctant about the regular Change of Hearts business that the Phantom Thieves undertook. If the circumstances and story aligns, he would go with it in the end, but the entire story and general vibes wouldn't have the same impact than when Akira did it. Minato's Joker is a bit more stoic and way less flashy and passionate about the Phantom Thieves' mission, seeing more like a necessary duty.

In the end, only Akira could do it.

[seesboy]

tatsuya suou is TRULY one of the characters of all time... he's canonically bisexual. his skills include successfully mimicking motorcycle sounds and ranting about what it means to be a man. he has a gay thing going on with his childhood friend slash initial antagonist. he apparently has a strained relationship with boneless mollusks.

[pjsk-headcanons]

tatsuya and kohane are cousins trust. my reasoning? um. blonde.

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[cutebutgrumpyartist]

Happy Birthday to the only, Jun Kurosu!!

[paruparoplippy]

//p2:is spoilers just in case was this how innocent sin ended?

[iridescentjellyfish]

important poll

[transmascutena]

this has been said a million times before but utena being like "i'm just a normal girl who wants a normal boy" is so funny because 1) no you aren't, 2) no you don't, and 3) even if you did good fucking luck at this academy no one is even close to normal

[prringlecan]

why does tatsujun and by extension the entire persona 2/1 cast look like they should be in fear and hunger bc actually I think I might be onto something

[skylardoesthings]

I love the Inazuma Eleven yappers server so much. we got a little silly while roleplaying

[@kxvbzs - hiroto

Ben (who I cant get their @ rn) is Segata

and there's me, who is nagumo, tatsuya, and reina)

[evilmagician430]

who up sinning their fest

[realboutfatalfury]

i am thou, thou art i

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Doppelgängers

A list of the different personifications of aspects of oneself in Persona.

Shadow Self

Representation of the public cognition, person's desire, person's insecurities, and person's fear of public perception (everyone say: "thank you, Hiding in Private").

Distinguishable for their unnatural eyes.

Everyone develops one at some point in life (possibly during early teenage years).

Love to dunk on themselves, unless they're a Palace Ruler, then they dunk on everyone else... before dunking on themselves.

Must be battled and/or accepted by the individual they represent to disappear or become a Persona.

Can be found anywhere in the Expanse. If the issues the Shadow represents are too strong, they form a Dungeon to live in. If their desires become distorted, they form a Palace. Both structures attract regular shadows.

So tied to the individual that any harm done to the Shadow Self will be reflected on the real one. If the Shadow Self is killed, the real individual dies as well.

With the magic of science, can be forced into unstable artificial Personas.

Splitting

Shadows can be naturally split into more aspects of oneself if an inner conflict is too big for said Shadow to represent all of it.

Split into more specific aspects, Shadows gain more autonomy.

Some of the Shadows may want to obliterate the other Shadows if they have opposing aspects. This way the specific aspect gains more power inside the real person's psyche.

Under the Rumor Curse

Nyarly takes advantage of his domain to take control over Shadows and make them do his bidding.

Shadows basically thrive under the Rumor Curse, leaning more on their "public cognition" aspect.

Can lean on said public's perception to continue existing after the individual they represent dies.

Have a stronger desire to not only kill their real selves, but replace them as well.

The combination of greater autonomy and desire to replace the real versions grants them the ability to fight with Reverse Personas instead of transforming into bigger monsters.

May be formed regardless if the individual already has a Persona. Rumors about anyone exist regardless if they've figured themselves out, after all.

The opposite of a Shadow Self. Ideals are what an individual wishes they were and how they want to be perceived.

(EDIT: Shiori's Shadow wasn't born from the Rumor Curse. It was truly born from her subconscious and manipulated by Nyarly. Sorry about the mistake 🐧).

Ideal Self

SPECULATION ALERT: Might form as naturally as a Shadow, maybe even earlier than the teenage years. The moment a kid is asked what they want to be when they grow up, it's game.

SPECULATION ALERT: Unknown where they naturally reside, though it might be the Expanse as well.

Benevolent by nature, will always help their real self.

Can fight by summoning their own version of Personas.

(I don't have pics of P2's Ideal Selves, but they exist 😔)

Cognitive Self

Representation of how the individual is seen by a specific person.

Created from the perception of someone else, with no input from the individual.

Mostly found in Palaces.

Can be fought, but their power depends on what the Palace Ruler thinks of them and their death doesn't affect the real self.

Under the Rumor Curse

Lean more on rumors for their creation, rather than a single person's perception.

Can coexist in the physical world with the real selves.

Mostly come into being when the rumor is too contradictory to the real thing (like death rumors), unlike normal rumors that become part of a person.

Alternate Self

Come into being whenever there is an alternate timeline.

I suppose characters from P5X would count as this.

Anima/Animus

So far, has only been shown as a genderbent version of an individual.

They're not even called this, but I felt they needed a special distinction for lore-implication-reasons, and if Atlus can play loosely with Jungian terms, so can I.

Not even I know what's up with Theo.

Shapeshifters

Beings with the power to change their appearance to look like someone else.

Somehow both more AND less common than it should be.

[starshine-valley]

Because of a post made by @novanonn i made some lore stuff about the new Vivid Bad Squad which I will call

ForEVER BURN (tried my best to incorporate both Gurney flap and EVER to make a similar combination that Vivid Bad Squad was)

The group of ForEVER BURN came into fruition with the help of Souma. Despite not being physically there to perform, he takes the role of the leader encouraging them to surpass RAD WEEKEND.

Arata participated in a live house competition (i think that’s what those are called??) and ended up bumping into Kotaro. Someone named Akito was performing and Arata had acted a teeny bit antagonistic against him. Kotaro, who overheard Arata’s harsh criticisms, began to defend Akito. Then they perform, it’s all well and good, Arata compliments Kotaro but gives him similar criticisms as he did with Akito. With Akito, since it was kinda to himself, it wasn’t too bad (at least compared to STRAY BAD DOG) but with Kotaro, he kinda went all in (similar to akito’s “you’re the least interesting out of all of them”).

That’s kind of how 2/4 of the group met.

Arata and Tatsuya have been well acquainted but Tatsuya is kinda annoyed with the high horse that Arata places upon himself. They happen to run into each other on Vivid Street. EVER in this ended up disbanding as the other members of the group found passion in other different hobbies that differ from street singing. Tatsuya, however, still wants to pursue this dream so he carries the mantle of EVER on himself. Due to the influence that his senior has on him, he doesn’t want to give up. Arata when being told this, thinks back to what happened with Gurney Flap and Souma. Before they part ways, Arata commends Tatsuya for still going strong.

As for how Souma meets the two, he heard about them from Arata and asked Arata if ever they could help him in surpassing the legendary night. Arata doesn’t take kindly to the idea at first which makes Souma feel dejected but he wouldn’t want to force Arata into it.

Cutting back to Kotaro, at the livehouse where he occasionally works at, he bumps into Tatsuya. He asks Kotaro if the event will still push through since there was pretty much no one there. Kotaro claims it was cancelled. The two chat for a while.

And they somehow get in the SEKAI through the untitled song.

I like to think that their SEKAI would be a Museum of some kind with graffiti on the walls. All the artifacts would be like showing things from the past and how they managed to grow from there. They each have their own sections in the Museum. All of the artifacts in Arata’s section are destroyed btw ^^

Anyways, Souma gets in the SEKAI (cause i like to believe that it’s primarily his SEKAI) and that’s when he gets the idea to form the group.

Arasouma probably get a divorce esque fight (that or Arata and Tatsuya), Kotaro’s self worth is definitely going to play a huge part in it and the rest is history.

Some random fun facts:

-> Vivids are still a duo but BAD DOGS are not. Souma kind of encourages Toya to get into street music. Akito’s still alone and pretty much admires Kotaro’s growth (the same way Kotaro does in canon abt him). Tho the BAD DOGS might form a grp in the later events. Who knows?

-> While Souma doesn’t really perform with them, he’s still their leader in my mind, watching over them in the SEKAI. Also, if they were an in game group, Souma would probably have an alt of every commissioned song they do cause i love him. I like to believe he gets a lot of covers with Arata. Souma would also probably show up in the 2DMVs.

(Hopefully these are good…. and aren’t out of character or confusing. It’s been a while since i pyschoanalyzed the vbs npcs….)

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Same voice actor...

[mysunshine-youremoonlight]

have you started the hermit social link yet. the p2 refs are crazy it's making me have hope for a p2 duology remake (reliable leaker says it exists at atlus?? apparently???)

YES I HAVE. i'm only at like rank 2 or 3 tho srry maya