#chariot/fool swap au

[brokenhardies]

The Butterfly Effect Starting Group

Fool Yusuke Kitagawa

Magician Sumire Yoshizawa Violet

Chariot Makoto Niijima

Lovers Futaba Isshiki

(check under the cut for cat Violet!)

[rollthedice-playthecards]

For Makoto: I hope you had fun on your birthday! Did you have a favorite present?

Makoto flushes.

Makoto: Don't tell anyone, but I appreciated the time I got to spend with Akira and Futaba more than the gifts themselves...

[diamondverse-swapann]

for the founding members of the phantom thieves (ann, futaba, morgana and akira), how did you create the team and why? was there any specific reason? and who are your specific personas?

Ann: Me and Kiki got caught wandering into Kamoshida's Palace on my first day in Tokyo. Thank god for Adler... you saved my life, you know.

Adler, from within Ann's heart: I was simply standing up for myself, milé dítě.

Akira: After we got out of our hole, we found Gerbil Girl in one of that scumbag's jailcells.

Futaba: Would you stop calling me that? I'm not a gerbil!

Akira: Sorry, sorry... we do owe you for guiding us through the Metaverse and how it works and all.

Futaba: And don't you forget it!

Futaba, puffing her chest out proudly: Anyways, me and Upland helped them get out. The day after, of course, these two dumbasses came back...

Morgana: At least Kiki awakened to Antiochus!

Ann, giggling: You were pretty badass, Kiki.

Ann's smile falls.

Ann: Then, Kamoshida raped Scimia Lavenza, Morgana's older sister-by-choice. He didn't like how Morgana wasn't doing as he told him to...

Akira, scowling: Or that Morgana wouldn't let him do the same to him. Bastard had her attempting suicide.

Morgana, slightly teary-eyed: She and I are orphans, so we have no legal protections. Wasn't that enough trouble?

Morgana: In any case, when I heard that Big Bro, Ann and even Oda-senpai stood up to Kamoshida, I demanded they let me help avenge Lavenza. One thing led to another, and me and El Çid filled out the founding Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Ann: And now we're always looking for people in need of help, so we can give them hope.

She pulls her friends into a group hug.

Ann: Hehe... moving to Tokyo is one of the best things that ever happened to me!

Even if it was only because of the worst thing to ever happen to me...

[mariibeann]

Role swap au character design!!

Need to design everyone else soon but here is Ann, Akechi and Ryuji or now :D

Ann is the chariot Arcana, Ryuji is the justice Arcana and Akechi is the Fool!

Morgana is same as well silly cat

[lesbiamano]

i just realized. i think i never posted the arcanas for all the characters in my swap au😭😭for the sake of not leaving you guys on tumblr in the dark, this is them!

• The World (as in The Wildcard) - Futaba Isshiki, codename “Sibyl”

• The Magician (yes he is a cat in the over world) - Akira Kurusu, codename “Bishop”

• The Chariot - Yusuke Kitagawa, codename “Vivid”

• The Lovers - Haru Okumura, codename “Ivy”

• The Emperor - Ryuji Sakamoto, codename “Star”

• The High Priestess (he’s a human kid here) - Morgana, codename “Pawn”

• The Hermit (and navigator) - Goro Akechi, codename “Hawk”

• The Empress - Makoto Niijima, codename “Specter”

• Justice (Black mask) - Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa, codename “Indigo”

• Faith - Ann Takamaki, codename “Valentine”

as for the non playable arcana characters, i also changed a few of them

• The fool (and i mean the actual real one) - Igor

• The Hierophant - Sojiro Sakura

• The Wheel of Fortune - Kiyoko Akechi

• The Strength (from the get go) - Lavenza

• The Hanged Man - Zenkichi Hasegawa

• Death - Tae Takemi

• Temperance - Sadayo Kawakami

• The Devil - Mika

• The Tower - Shiho Suzui

• The Star - Kana

• The Moon - Maya Amano

• The Sun - Tatsuya Suou

• Judgement - Sae Niijima

• The Councillor - Rumi

and as a little bonus, instead of jose, i put in sophia ! not for any major plot reasons, just because i really wanted her there lol

anyway! that’s all of them! if you have any questions i’d be happy to answer! i love this au so much it’s so fun😭

[beezonia]

So thinking about personas if I ended up doing a arcana swap au

take this list and tell me your thoughts!

——

Justice Makoto - Irene Adler (her true persona) I’m not sure about her false persona maybe something like Maid Marion maybe

Justice Sumire - Odile (her true persona) Odette as her false persona - so we get mirroring of how others see her and how she sees herself

Empress Makoto - Hera (Idk maybe it’s something like Elphaba and she’s finally going against those who pressured her to be perfect and stay in the lines so similar to Haru)

Lovers Haru - Gerda (The Snow Queen, sort of how haru ends up fighting for the “shiho” in her life despite all the hardships her fiancé keeps throwing at her)

Emperor Ryuji - Dionysus (not entirely sure on this but i think it fits, maybe ryuji’s resolve as the emperor is to break from kamoshida’s grip and bring all of his victims together to fight back? So not exactly like the cult of dionysus but it’s that gathering of people)

Chariot Yusuke - Something like Icarus (in the sense he got popular with his art quick and Madarame used him for fame so Yusuke got burned when Madarame said he was plagiarising and so the rumours started that yusuke would use almost anyone who was good at art or anything else for that matter)

Lovers Akira - Satine (Ik Satine isn’t like an actual figure but a character in a film but I felt her character fit well with lovers Akira and justice akechi in the sense their relationship was forbidden in almost every way)

Justice Ryuji - Sheriff Of Nottingham - His true persona god I think it’d be super cool! And maybe his false is something like Dick Wittington (or maybe that’s for Fool Ryuji) Justice Futaba - False - Lady Justice - True - Van Helsing (I just really like the sound of Futaba’s true form in the metaverse being really Van Helsing 04)

Fool Ryuji - Dick Whittington (I just love this sm actually)

Fool Ann - Bonnie Parker

Preistess Ann - Nike (Greek Godess of victory!)

Lovers Makoto - Psyche maybeeee not sure

——

I could keep going with this but I’ll leave it here for now and feel free to tag me if you use any of these (idk if I will be yet!)

[symphonic-scream]

Okay.

New Arcana Swap

(tag for now is Transboy Haru I need a new name for this I know)

Anyways. It's been like 2 hours here's everything I have so far

So it's a Fool Haru au, but as a trans guy. He's been transitioning since the year before he started high school, and he's had top surgery. Now he's in his final year, and he's being shipped out to Tokyo after a summer in Juvi, all for something he didn't do

Toranosuke Yoshida as the Hierophant with Goro as the Hermit too it's. This ex politician who has been adopting these kids who's rich and important parents abandon them

Emperor Makoto. And then with Makoto, she's been "staying" with Kobayakawa as a pupil and StuCo Prez, and once he's confessed, she reaches out to her sister and returns home to live with Hanged Man Sae. She's sorta non-binary genderfluid? She doesn't have a term coined yet. But pronouns vary each day

Makoto: thanks, so much. For saving me, for helping me find my sister again, for accepting who I am, and- and for loving me,

Haru: oh, Mako dearest,

Makoto, crying: d-dont look at me like that, Loverboy. Just- let's hurry, the others are waiting

(in case you couldn't tell yet, this is Okujima)

Haru: hey why are you so close with that pharmacist?

Yoshida: oh, cause. I take pills?

It's cause Goro's on anti-psychotics lmao

It's how he so easily got Haru in with the counsellor Death Maruki

Maruki: yep, I see your files are completely true. So, I'll get you set up with your old regime of hormones

Haru: just like that?

Maruki: yep, but I also have to give you anger management sessions. Your parole demands it

Haru: ...I understand. Just, thank you. For understanding who I am

Chariot Shiho and Lovers Futaba, and the Temperance is Kanji-

Cause his husband is the Judgement and their wife is Fortune-

Moon Joker, Magician Ryuji (he's a lil lizard), Star Ann, Empress, uh, Yusuke?

Shiho a recovering amputee. She got in an accident that ended her volleyball career, but she's trying to not get too depressed about it

She cost them the national title. She ends up starting her training again to aim for the Paralympics, and manages the school team

Shiho: hey, why was Shit Head calling you a girl?

Haru: I, I'm trans,

Shiho: THAT BASTARD! Urgh, I'm so sorry, I know a teacher who'll help report that bullshit. I'm Shiho Suzui, school cripple. Nice to meet you, transfer boy

Haru: thanks, I'm Haru Yoshida. Thanks for not, freaking out on ke

Ryuji's a little bearded dragon in the real world

And MORGANA! He's like, Shinya's age? Human

He's playing the hero, trying to take down the Yakuza that ruined his family and left him alone, but he's young and scared, and the group saves him and he moves in with Yoshida too and he's like Haru's little brother

Goro: you're getting soft, old man.

Yoshida: maybe I am. Or maybe, I'm finally doing what I was meant to all along

He runs a homey beef bowl shop and Haru helps out, and Morgana sits at the counter slurping his noodles and Goro studies away in the back booth. Little family of three brothers

Goro: thanks for changing my heart, I guess

Futaba: no problem, man

Goro: ...I, feel like I need to tell you all. My mom was schizophrenic, and I've been being treated for it since Yoshida took me in. I, I'm gonna get myeds adjusted too. So I can be reliable for you all as navigator

Shiho: whatever you need to be yourself, and to be healthy

Haru: and if you end up like that again, we'll race back in and save you

It's shown in how his palace would change every other day. Like if you wait too long the infiltration route changes

Once he's doing better again, he gets back into school, and ends up in the other third year class with Makoto

Goro: your partner is a pain in my ass. They're making it hard to get that #1 spot

Haru: isn't my love so smart?

Goro: fucking gross. Bleh. I'm going to go watch a documentary on serial killers.

Toranosuke and his three sons, such a proud dad

Haru doesn't leave Tokyo at the end of the year. He gets formally adopted, and moves from the attic to the proper Yoshida house

Naoto: so. You're the leader of the Phantom Thieves?

Haru: ...what's it matter how I answer? They got their signed confession.

Naoto: I knew it, there was no way they'd have gotten a genuine one so quickly... Those bastards... Well, hopefully our chat can clear things up. Tell me, why'd you do it? How? The more I know, the better I can help you out

Naoto recognizes the boy from his husband's class roster, from his chats about the transfer boy that seemed to affect everyone around him

Naoto: so. Your dad kicked you out?

Haru: yes. Not for being a boy, he accepted that part of me. No, I caught on about some of his shadier business deals. So, he framed me for assault, disowned me. I got lucky, that Mr Yoshida agreed to house me, otherwise I would have probably ended up back in Juvi,

Okay this is getting too long so MORE UNDER THE CUT BUT WHAT DO YALL THINK LEMME KNOW

Okay. More

Shiho with her slight hobble cause of her prosthetic, and when she just *can't* wear it, she's on crutches, Like at the beach

She wears her leg to the beach, but takes it off when Makoto and Morgana egg her into running out to the water with them. Makoto loads her onto their back until they reach the water and then it's just. Splashing and fun

Goro's reading a book while Ryuji lies on a towel in the sun, soaking in the heat. Haru and Futaba are munching on popsicles and watching the others

Two Jokers

Moon is Akira, and Ren was in Shiho's role

They're Futaba's foster brothers. So that's why Futaba really wants to join up. To avenge Ren. And it's why Akira helps out

Futaba: hey, so Ren's awake. He's going to need physical therapy, but he's keeping all his parts. He's, also going to testify. He won't be returning to Shujin,

Akira: he's going to finish at Kosei. It'll be a better fit for him

Makoto, fluid, having more they or he days but still having she days. Masc she days, but still

Coloured bandanas around their upper arm for their different days. Now embracing their baby punk side

And smiling so much more, back home with their sister and able to be themselves with support, and having friends and a sweet boyfriend

Hifumi for the Faith and. Justice Kasumi and Sumire TRSUT ME

Haru: hey!

Makoto, wearing a dark red bandana: hey Loverboy, can I get a kiss?

Haru: course, love. How's my girl today?

Makoto: feeling great, Sis and I are going out tonight. She said you're welcome to join if you want? And then maybe come over after later to "study"?

Haru: how can I say no to you?

[crescentmoonteas]

IF YOU REGRET / RESET THE GAME

art by Lyn @jazlyn_jin!

hi! want to experience all the highs and lows of IYR/RTG (IF YOU REGRET / RESET THE GAME) but have no idea where to start or what Lyn and I are even going on about? no problem! here's a starter pack/summary post that'll get you up to speed in no time 💫

the tldr is that it's a roleswap AU where Haru is the protag and Ann is the traitor. the "not long enough; need more context" (doesn't roll off the tongue quite like tldr though) is below the read more!!

NOTE: this AU contains spoilers for both vanilla Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal. you've been warned!

most of the information for the AU is very neatly summed up (and comes with extremely good art by Lyn) in this thread on Lyn's twitter. below is more of a neat recap containing some plot points and stuff that you can use for reference or whatever.

what does IYR/RTG mean?

it means "if you regret, reset the game" and is a lyric from the song Axe to Grind from Persona 5 Strikers! it's a reference to how the roleswap is essentially a 'reset' of the canon game.

how did the AU come about?

two years ago I (Ash) posted a silly tweet about a roleswap AU "but it's just the Thieves put in a randomiser" and Lyn saw traitor!Ann and went wild. anyway two years passed and we're now back working together to make the AU a reality! sort of! we're not Maruki! maybe!

new roles!

🍀 Haru: Fool/Wild Card

🪶 Goro: Magician

⚡️ Sumi: Chariot

🦚 Yusuke: Lovers

👾 Futaba: Emperor

🌀 Morgana: Priestess

👑 Makoto: Hermit

♟️ Akira: Empress

🐈 Ann: Justice

💎 Ryuji: Faith

new personas!

🍀 Haru: Eurydice + Tyche + Atropos

🪶 Goro: The Mórrígan + Crowley + Hereward

⚡️ Sumi: Raijū + Cerberus + Anubis

🦚 Yusuke: Oshichi + Kikuri-Himei + Suzaku

👾 Futaba: MYDOOM + Sputnik 1 + ELIZA

🌀 Morgana: Babel + Seraph + Adam

👑 Makoto: Ophelia + Rapunzel + Vivian

♟️ Akira: Le Horla + d'Artagnan + Raoul

🐈 Ann: Daphne + Medusa + Persephone

💎 Ryuji: [SPOILER] + [SPOILER] + [SPOILER]

new confidants!

Wakaba Isshiki is now the Judgment Arcana

Jin Akechi is now the Devil Arcana

Nozomi Akechi is now the Tower Arcana

Kasumi Yoshizawa is now the Moon Arcana

new palaces! (and some returning ones!)

Madarame (Greed)

Shun Nanami (Wrath)

Kobayakawa (Boasting)

Makoto Niijima (Acedia)

Fumiko and Atsuto Kurusu (Pride)

Wakaba Isshiki (Envy)

Kamoshida (Lust)

Holy Grail (Sloth)

Yaldabaoth (every single sin at once)

Maruki (Sorrow)

new all out attack screens! (screens to be drawn, here's the phrases they have!)

🍀 Haru: Lucky Strike

🪶 Goro: Any Way The Wind Blows

⚡️ Sumi: Danger! High Voltage

🦚 Yusuke: Après Moi, Le Déluge

👾 Futaba: GG NO RE

🌀 Morgana: I Said No Running

👑 Makoto: Lifeguard On Duty

♟️ Akira: Checkmate

🐈 Ann: That's All Folks!

💎 Ryuji: [SPOILER]

new plot changes!

Kawakami now works at Crossroads part-time rather than the maid service. there is no maid service in IYR/RTG.

Crossroads is also the place where Haru winds up spending most of her time due to the high number of confidants there and their lax rules about having birds in the bar

there's also a new waitress at Crossroads called Ren!

Shido is a complete nobody in the AU and is not relevant to the plot at all

the confidants that have been swapped out are either dead (sorry Sae) or they no longer need their confidant chain doing due to the lack of Shido in the AU

Ohya is now having a great time with her reporting partner and probably drinks a somewhat reasonable amount now maybe

Haru's dad is alive and well and still a complete asshole

Ryuji is fine :) stop asking questions about him :)

[kumakuma-circus]

i felt the need to share my original deranged arcana swap ramblings. i'll put a transcript under the cut also cuz i realize it might not be great quality with how tumblr is-

first image: "i need to make like. THE most self-indulgent p4 arcana swap au known to man. by which i of course mean me [(teddie)] as the fool and rise-chan as the magician. which is admittedly the exact same as a oneshot i saw once on ao3 but that was tedrise too so. same braincell things-

that's like. literally all i got. though thinking about it based on what i know about how arcana swaps are usually done i think lovers yu would work (i'm randomly struggling with words rn but. vaguely gestures yea). and also i kinda wanna keep the investigation team ship pairs the same (as in like. fool/magician, chariot/priestess, star/lovers, emperor/fortune) which therefore means star yosuke. which is also the same as the aforementioned oneshot i saw on ao3 but whatever- it's times like these i'm glad yosuke has a government manga-assigned fursona. i realize how deranged of a sentence that is out of context and i doubt you know what i'm talking about one second let me get the image-"

second image: "this one. kin assigned. also i know red pandas aren't actually bears but. heehee we match. :3 bro moment. i got off track there but i bearly had a track to begin with tbh ghgvuvhvfvvgvg-"

[sparklepoint]

hey i saw stuff about ur asau (hermit!yusuke is perfect and kitteh ann is the fluffiest little baby and i love her) and i just wanted to ask if you have the other arcanas planned? is it a direct one to one swap or is it different?

omg. ty for giving us a chance to introduce

 ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ card shuffle ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

@floodbender’s and mine roleswap au in which the story roles are remixed based on randomly reassigned arcanas + canon backgrounds

it’s kind of a work in progress so this is not q definitive & some arcs are less developed than others, but we do in fact have something planned for everyone :3c let's meet the cast!!

starting with <3 bitter bitch besties <3

○ the fool – akechi

he has pretty much the same backstory as canon, but without Metaverse access; therefore his only outlet has been trying to prove himself academically etc. to show them all

it isn’t really working. even with all the effort, he still gets written off automatically most of the time

there is no arrest/probation/anything out of the ordinary that brings him to staying with Sojiro and going to Shujin, just a last minute arrangement by his previous foster placement 

Akechi POV: you’ve been booted from a family who didn’t want you there for the n-th time in your life and are now moving to stay with some rando who doesn’t want you there either. and everyone at the new school immediately labels you a troublemaker with a problematic background

(of course Shujin is going to make up rumors regardless)

personality-wise, it is as you might expect from a no powers AU Akechi - at the start he’s a bitter, cynical bastard masking behind his Pleasant Boy mode

would have eventually snapped in some self-destructive way if he didn’t meet someone who gets it

rest of the story is spent rehabilitating this man with the power of friendship, mutual understanding, and insane romance. and flufy kity

akechi and makoto: the world is a cruel and unjust place. *minutes later* omg lady ann!!!

i. the magician – ann

flufy kity

backstory inherent to the arcana role

she does not have hang ups about not being human specifically and embraces cathood quite well

instead her issues stem from feelings of comparative inadequacy and not knowing what her role in life and on the team is supposed to be, especially after the PTs get a dedicated navigator

similar to her canon arc, she does mostly handle these feelings by focusing on trying harder & with more purpose rather than growing resentful

when Morgana coined the ‘Lady Ann’ nickname it stuck and now everyone calls her that

still has a widdle crush on Shiho

the only reason Akechi has any side confidants

vii. the chariot – makoto

Makoto handles pressure from Sae far worse in this one

attempted to investigate and expose Kamoshida’s behavior on her own last year and got kicked off the student council for her trouble

grades are suddenly hard to keep up even though she’s putting in the same amount of effort if not more. keeps being left ‘accidentally’ out of the loop about important info. school just kind of making it clear it doesn’t like her anymore

entire social circle crumbled and no support from Sae who at this point is simply mad at her for ‘sabotaging herself for childish reasons’ 

would have eventually snapped in some self-destructive way if she didn’t meet someone who gets it

disillusioned, desperately lonely, and stewing in a lot of suppressed rage

in light of this it’s not surprising that she and Akechi end up bonding pretty much right away in spite of his typically raised hackles

used to be friends with Haru in middle school

vi. the lovers – haru

while Okumura still has a Palace, his behaviour towards Haru is more distant and less outright abusive, and she does not have an engagement hanging over her

instead Kamoshida creeps on her, fixated on adding a demure chaebol princess to his conquests 

Haru’s having trouble rebuffing him as she has issues setting down boundaries with men in general due to her proper upbringing, and is of course scared of his position of authority

in particular, the rooftop garden becomes a hazard for being cornered instead of a sanctuary; 

(fortunately it is also a prime place to be overheard by anyone who's heading up there for definitely not a teen vigilante meeting)

Kamoshida lets out that Haru is the Okumura Foods heiress, which makes her seem like a stuck-up rich princess to the Shujin rumor mill and leaves her ostracized

with regards to Makoto: in Shujin Kamoshida Issues forced them to drift apart, and now, even though both of them want to reignite the middle school friendship, each is reluctant to involve the other in her own respective mess via association

(pictured: childhood friend matching bwacelets)

after that is sorted, they reconnect and begin a prolonged awkward romance dance

(meanwhile the rumor mill is busy debating which one of them is dating Akechi)

iv. the emperor – joker ren akira

legal name, under which he is mildly famous, is Ren Amamiya, actual name he goes by is Akira

for these claiming your chosen identity reasons, his codename is Daybreak :)

his parents are both in the entertainment industry, and the second Palace belongs to his father

Dad Amamiya is a formerly acclaimed, currently washed-up movie director. a nightmare to work with who uses his old connections to run people he doesn’t like out of the industry and ruin their careers

his wife is aware of his transgressions but is too attached to the lifestyle to care 

to Akira’s parents, he is more or less a prop in their public performance as a happy picture-perfect celebrity couple; in his father’s Palace, his cognition is played by an actor

he had long since learned that going against his parents achieves nothing, and has been going through the motions keeping his head down until he meets the team

the meeting is a chance encounter prompted by Emperor-typical  overwhelming fascination with Ann, which in his case is because he’s That Much Of A Cat Person 

rest of his arc is about separating himself from his parents’ legacy as somebody who still wishes to pursue a career in entertainment

ii. the high priestess – morgana

he has Ann’s parents and last name since she doesn’t need them anymore

unlike her, he doesn’t handle their constant absence well and is therefore desperate for the Thieves’ companionship (while being just as tsundere about it in human form as he is in canon)

he kickstarts the Kaneshiro plot despite not being on the student council: since he is a very special smart boy, he can absolutely solve Shujin’s mafia crisis all by himself!

(it is probably rather obvious how well this goes)

his arc is a more mundane version of his canon one about recalibrating the self-worth issues and loneliness until he can be comfortable with himself and his place in the group

his awkward crush here is converted into being an even bigger Ann Stan than the rest of them

still besties with Akira. also perpetual ninth wheel

ix. the hermit – yusuke

Madarame does not have a Palace

without the international recognition from stealing Kitagawa-san’s masterwork he has to subsist on smaller-time forgery and predatory contracts and the like

his main victim is Yusuke’s mom, who lived long enough to start actually raising her son, but her poor health made her the perfect exploitable dependant 

after she succumbs to her illness, Madarame proceeds to take his frustrations over losing the convenient setup out on Yusuke in his typical insidious way

over the subsequent years trapped in an abusive living situation you’re told to be grateful for, the comments about how she would have lived longer and created masterpieces if she didn’t have to take care of you accumulate to create the most depressed teenage boy in the world

as far as Madarame’s concerned, if Yusuke’s too miserable to keep up with his schoolwork, it’s just another instance of him being a drain on everyone in his life. Madarame’s not going to cater to him and pay for his scholarship – he can just stay in and keep house, if that’s all he’s good for

that leaves Yusuke just listlessly haunting the place, convinced that all he can really do with his life is wait to die and go to hell for the sin of being himself: he sees his life with Madarame as perpetual penitence for his mother’s death, his work as almost ritual sacrifices to appease him, and the shack as his purgatory [--beginning navigation]

his Palace is stylistically themed after the Shinto Yomi with more general underworld theming as well; cognitive Madarame is of course the final boss, although he only drops the benevolent underworld guide pretence once thoroughly provoked

the gang finds out about All This after a series of Mementos requests from Madarame’s latest underpaid helper

post change of heart we’re getting Yusuke the fuuuck out of there

Sojiro ends up taking him in, first temporarily and then permanently

neither of us has the vocabulary to concisely explain the respective holes in their heads this Yusuke and this Akechi have about each other

team navigator. please take a moment to imagine yusukespeak navigator lines

iii. the empress – sumire

the Okumura setup is still happening (sorry Haru), but the PTs recognize it as bait and stay away, instead ending up doing a different palace entirely

the Palace Ruler for this arc is the Yoshizawas’ abusive coach (not the one from Sumire’s confidant)

a classic unethical teen sports situation with disproportionate pressure and a concerning disregard of their physical and mental wellbeing as long as they Get Results tm

neither of the sisters is good at standing up for herself, which in Kasumi’s case spirals into continuous self-denial for the sake of The Sport and in Sumire’s exacerbates her feelings of inadequacy

at the moment Kasumi is being pushed to compete despite an injury which would put her out of commission, which is the deadline/reasoning to deal with this ASAP

the palace theme is Colosseum/gladiatorial arena, with the implication of entertainment of the masses at the expense of the athletes’ lives

(pictured gladiator!cogsumi)

xi. justice – ryuji

Ryuji is the one to get slapped with the arrest record courtesy of Shido in this one

the consequences for a 14yo on scholarship and with no support system outside of his mom (except he just feels guilty about creating problems for her) are predictably devastating 

he winds up at Shido’s Palace afterwards by accident while loitering around the Diet building, which is where his awakening happens

he’s spotted entering or exiting the Metaverse, which leads to Shido making him the job offer he cannot refuse

initially framed as “help with secret research” in exchange for erasing his record and bankrolling opportunities for a sports career, but it’s not like there are any easy ways out once the requests starts getting seedier

he’s just the Metaverse assassin/errand boy for the conspiracy, no astroturfed public persona

to an extent Ryuji convinces himself this is for the best since many of his targets do very much have it coming and it’s AN outlet for letting out some steam over the bleak as shit view of society he now has, but ultimately this arrangement and all the murder involved make him utterly miserable, and on a level he understands this is not going to end well for him

gives himself away to the Phantom Thieves early and in the dumbest way possible

for all the above reasons, he’s not at all hard to persuade to switch sides and start double-agenting

did you guess who’s faith no you didn’t

○ faith – hifumi

we just really like hifumi so she’s included

at first her deal is a toned down version of her canon arc, with her mom pushing her towards an idol-like career based off of shogi. then her father actually dies

mom’s grief response is to lean in further into building her career, thinking that this is what her dad would have wanted; Hifumi’s own grief response is to start crumbling under that pressure until “I wish I could just be the person my mother wants to see” is the prevailing sentiment

this is where Maruki’s unethical therapy comes in and actualizes her into the perfect teenage celebrity personality

thirdsem Hifumi is terrified she will never be enough as herself and it takes the team effort to get her to let go of the idol persona, but conveniently there are SO many people with parent issues here to talk to her about it .

bonus: xvii. the star – futaba

Wakaba survives the assassination attempt, but is left unable to continue her scientific work, igniting Futaba’s interest in researching the topic herself

her confidant’s Mementos quest block is still her uncle, who is not as horrifically abusive, but treats them poorly and demands Futaba reimburses him for taking care of them financially

Sojiro is still a pseudo-parental figure in her life, but his role is limited since he cannot insert himself into the situation without permission and Futaba conceals the extent of it from him

she becomes available as a confidant during Yusuke’s arc, which still overlaps with the Medjed crisis

her fixation with cognitive pscience leads to digging into the Phantom Thieves leads to offering to deal with Medjed for them – but only if they prove themselves to her by sorting out a specific request that hit a little close to home. cue Yusuke arc

from then on she’s their tech guy

and that's everyone ✧∘* thank you so much for expressing interest and thank you @floodbender for cowriting this post with me ♡

[violet-fools]

VIOLET-FOOLS

A multi-muse roleplay blog featuring Persona 5 Royal characters in an arcana swap AU. Based around the mun's own arcana swap fanfic; more confidants will be added as fic is updated.

Carrd (contains rules, character bios, and other important info)

Preview of muses:

Sumire Yoshizawa as Fool, Morgana as Lovers, and Yusuke Kitagawa as Chariot.

[hobie-doh]

Okay, final roleswap Ryuji protag AU thing for now, we have our cast.

Fool Ryuji

Chariot Ren

Lovers Yusuke

Emperor Ann

Hermit Haru

Empress Futaba

Adult confidants aren't my focus butttt if I can work it in, we might see a certain goth girl artist and her himbo husband as confidants.

Makoto, Akechi and Morgana are unchanged At the moment because I couldn't be bothered and this story isn't royalized so no Yoshizawa or Maruki plans in the works, I might change my mind if I find something interesting to do with them.

Hopefully in a few days I'll have enough written to share some peaks, but I do have personas picked out for all the swapped Thieves, Yusuke, Ann, Ren and Ryuji's costumes figured out with Yusuke's drawn and to be digitized.

Hamlet.

Yusuke's persona is hamlet, what else can I say? If that doesn't convince you this AU is awesome I don't know what will.

I'm also thinking of restricting Ryuji's personas to just pirates, but idk if that's a good idea.

[rollthedice-playthecards]

Makoto makes a friend, gains two allies and an enemy, and forms her first Confidants.

[brokenhardies]

HI HELLO I saw your arcana swap au and now im intrigued as hell

If you have anything to share about it uhm hi 🙏

ooh okay okay okay!

ive drafted a whole list of the phantom thieves/the hamburgulars but due to like 3 of them not having codenames i haven't posted it. however its p much the same as canon p5r just with the arcanas swapped and the plots slightly altered (palace rulers no 2, 4, 5, 6 & 8 are different)

so right now i have 6 chapters published on ao3 under the name The Butterfly Effect and tbh im quite proud of the story so far! i love fool!yusuke and the rest of the starting team are a joy to write (esp chariot!makoto and lovers!futaba, who have a really fun dynamic!). the next palace is completely original so i gotta figure out the puzzles for it lol

anyway - codenames & personas (for the ones who have codenames lol);

fool!yusuke - ace - nezumi

magician!violet (sumire) - rouge - giselle

charitot!makoto - knight - ching shih

lovers!futaba - jackal - charlotte

emperor!akira - raven - raffles

priestess!goro - ???? - corey

hermit!ryuji - anchor - nautlius

empress!ann - ???? - hélène

justice!haru - cygne - cagliostro

faith!satoru (morgana) - ???? - don quixote

tbh the one who's persona im most proud of is empress!ann - she was originally in the justice position but i changed it around when i made futaba the lovers and goro the priestess, switching haru with her - and her persona is based on a aotearoan (new zealander) spy during ww2 named nancy wake! her original persona name was fiocca - another codename wake used - but i went with hélène instead!

i also really like priestess!goro's persona. i struggled a bit to find a persona with a similar aesthetic to canon makoto's, but then i was listening to a podcast on the salem witch trials and reminded of giles corey, the guy who after his wife was accused of witchcraft straight up went "fuck these witch trials, its bullshit and im not going to be part of it" which lead to him being accused of witchcraft and instead of going along with the mass hysteria of a lot of the young people of salem, decided to be silent and take the punishment of basically getting squished by rocks. instead of revealing other witches, he just kept saying "more weight!" forcing the executioners to push rocks down on him until he died

also lovers!futaba was another persona that i thought was super fun - she's based on charlotte corday from the french revolution, who was not a supporter of the jacobin side of the french revolution and accused the newspaper writer jean-paul marat of basically encouraging violence. so, she decided to trick him into reading a list of potential enemies, and while he was distracted, she decided to stab him! this killed him, and unfortunately she got executed, but she's best remembered for this quote; "I killed one man to save 100,000"

anyway thats a lot of text lol but thanks again for asking this question! very happy to share more info about my asau if people want <3

[diamondverse-swapann]

CHARACTERS YOU CAN ASK FROM DIAMONDVERSE!

This is an Arcana-Swap AU featuring Protagonist!Ann. The list of characters who you can ask about will be down below.

You can ask a character to recount their whole storyline, if you want.

Please don't ask anything spoiler-y or mean. Otherwise, go wild!

If I get enough asks, more characters will be added!

You can ask the Phantom Thieves:

Fool/World!Ann Liekki a.k.a. Diamond

Magician!Futaba a.k.a. Hamham

Lovers!Morgana Kurusu a.k.a. Jaguar

Chariot!Akira Kurusu a.k.a. Knight

Emperor!Makoto Niijima a.k.a. General

Priestess!Sumire Yoshizawa a.k.a. Zinnia

Hermit!Haru Mifune a.k.a. Mystic

Empress!Goro Akechi a.k.a. Marquis

Justice!Ryuji Sakamoto a.k.a. Clubber

Faith!Natsuhiko Nakanohara a.k.a. Wily

Hope!Hifumi a.k.a. Mimi

Apostle!Toranosuke Yoshida a.k.a. Tiger

Or the following of Ann's Confidants:

Councillor!Ichiko Ohya

Hierophant!Chihaya Mifune

Fortune!Sae Fukurai

Strength!"Ernest"

Hanged Man!Sadayo Kawakami

Death!Sojiro Sakura

Temperance!Tae Takemi

Devil!Lavenza Scimia

Tower!Takuto Maruki

Star!Sophia & Kuon Ichinose

Moon!Shinya Oda

Sun!Zenkichi Hasegawa

Judgement!Munehisa Iwai

We even have some extra Confidants! All Arcana are taken from the Osho Zen Tarot!

Awareness!Mika Chishiya

Breakthrough!Momiji Sakamoto

Change!Shiho Suzui

Silence!Amanda Liekki

Courage!Alice Hiiragi

Aloneness!Wakaba Isshiki

Hope to get all sorts of asks from y'all!!!

[smolstarthief]

So I've been slowly planning out my own P5/P5R/P5S Arcana Swap AU

And here's what I got thanks to inputs from @creepymarsh and my husband: -Makoto: Fool (her idealism vs Zenkichi's cynicism)

-Sumi: Lovers (gymnastics star and model along with her twin with Kamoshida using Kasumi as leverage against her).

-Zenkichi: Justice

-Maruki: Hermit

-AkiRen: Faith (Based on a VERY OLD Twins AU I had a while back but slightly modified)

-Akane would be a bonus "Charity" Arcana!

-Sophia: Magician

-Either Morgana (hubby) or Ichinose would work as the Councilor Arcana but not sure yet.

Hubby's suggestions:

-Futaba: Chariot

-Sojiro: Hanged Man (Taba works with him)

-Ryuji: Emperor

-Haru: High Priestess

-Akechi: Devil

-Ann: Empress

-Yusuke: Moon

Further notes for Maruki and Zenkichi in particular:

Zenkichi:

-False Persona: Valjean

-True Persona: Fenrir

-(Proposed by Creepy) Fake outfit would be a stylized detective/steampunk outfit while his true outfit is his canon one but torn up and with holes along with chains that he can manipulate.

-He keeps his hair up in the ponytail for his celebrity persona but lets his hair down in 3rd semester.

Maruki:

-A shut-in researcher since a traumatic incident in college with Shibusawa occasionally stopping by to help him stay fed.

-Since there was a theory that the Conspiracy killed Rumi's parents during the break in as a fear tactic towards Maruki, why not utilize it but with Rumi herself added to the casualties? This led to his status as a shut-in.

-Also goes by (Also from Creepy) 13ARU3 (ICARUS) as an online persona.

-In a twist of irony, his previous online persona was Azathoth before copycats took over.

-Had a drinking habit.

-He would have longer hair tied in a ponytail with more pronounced dark circles under his eyes along with more loose/baggy clothing (primarily due to weight loss).

-His Persona is based on the founder of the Illuminati as well (called, "Weishaupt" to avoid confusion with Johanna and Adam in the Garden of Eden story).

-If I go with that then it would be a pyramid surrounded by rings like Ophanim angels and of course with eyes to help with analysis.

-Maruki's outfit is a tough one since I was thinking of using elements of his godhood outfit but his mask is blank with an eye surrounded by circuitry patterns at the center that glows when in use. And shorter too. Maybe. I'm still thinking.

That's about all I have so far! Need to figure out the others!