#i really want desmond to be an aeon arcana
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teecupangel Ā· 1 year ago
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If Desmond ever ended up in the Persona 5 universe, I wonder what he would think of the Phantom Thieves? Would he be a confidant for Akira/Ren/Joker, be a neutral party? Become a Phantom Thief himself? I can't help but think that because of his Bleeds, he'd end up having his ancestors show up as Personas to help him fight in the Metaverse.
Ngl, I wanna make Desmond the Sun because of my penchant of giving Desmond something related to the very thing that killed him but based on his ā€˜situationā€™, these are the Arcanas that Desmond can be part of in my opinion:
Aeon (many of the Aeon Personas have an affinity to light and a common theme for Aeon representatives are that they are unfamiliar with the world they are in and are struggling to find their place in this world which describes Desmondā€™s current predicament and alsoā€¦ thereā€™s no Aeon confidant in P5 so Desmond wonā€™t be sharing this spot with anyone or, worse, wonā€™t be removing an existing confidant)
Sun (A character in a lonely and most of the time terribly situation, signifying the hopelessness of them succeeding with the end results being them having to reflect on their situation and coming to peace with themselves and what is happening to them)
Moon (being attuned subconsciously to the world around someone, gaining the ability to sense things without being told about them, or without anyone else knowing, this arcana is also sometimes called the Arcana of Lies and Deceit which Desmond would be doing anyway because thereā€™s no way heā€™ll tell the truth)
Death (metamorphosis and deep change, regeneration and cyclesā€¦ which can also hint on Desmondā€™s origin as someone not from this world)
Personally, I do see Desmond as a Phantom Thief and acting like the cool older brother type to these teenagers. But being a neutral party seems more like his style, consideringā€¦ everything.
So I would suggest we make Desmond a neutral party the Phantom Thieves meet up with in the Metaverse from time to time, mostly in Mementos because, in his own words ā€˜something calls to me hereā€™.
The Phantom Thieves donā€™t know heā€™s the same bartender that works at Crossroads who would always give Joker a Shirley Temple whenever heā€™s on break. Lala told Joker that Desmond looked ā€˜lostā€™ so she helped him out (in more ways than one, Lala actually thinks Desmond is undocumented and helped him be an ā€˜upstanding citizenā€™ā€¦)
Desmond, for his part, is just happy that, for some reason, he knows Japanese? He has a feeling itā€™s one of his Bleed and many people tell him he speaks like heā€™s from a period drama so yeah, thereā€™s that (itā€™s one of his Ibn-La'Ahad ancestors who knew Japanese because they chased the Mongols to Japan)
As for Desmondā€™s Personaā€¦
It would be funny to give him Minerva or Juno as a Persona but weā€™re not that evil. Another idea would be to give him Dionysus for our usual ā€˜Desmond could totally be Dionysusā€™ Sageā€™ idea that pops in and out XD
Althoughā€¦
So weā€™re going to make Desmond special because heā€™s our blorbo and weā€™ll use the Persona 1 and 2 plot of how the characters get their Persona.
He does the Persona game because he was bored one day XD
And thatā€™s how he starts to hear Mementosā€™ call.
And while he journeys in Mementos by himself, thatā€™s when he encounters the Shadowsā€¦ of his Bleeds.
Confronting them (which always ends in a boss fight) ends with him receiving their Arcana and his Bleeds become his Personas.
His Bleedsā€™ Arcanas:
AltaĆÆr: Hermit (wisdom, introspection, solitude, retreat and philosophical searches)
Ezio: Judgment (associated with realizing one's calling, gaining a deep understanding of life and a feeling of acceptance and absolution)
RatonhnhakĆ©:ton: Hanged Man (sometimes self-sacrificial or self-loathing, but are more often notable for being caught between two different extremes, parties or stages in life of which they have little to no control ā€“ always in the middle of two opposing forces and heā€™s doing his best to protect his people given whatā€™s happening) or Strength (associated with the morality about the stronger power of self-control, gentleness, courage and virtue over brute force)
Haytham: Emperor (desire to control one's surroundings, and its appearance could suggest that one is trying too hard to achieve this, possibly causing trouble for others; some elements in life are just not controllable)
Desmondā€™s real Arcana and his own Persona (which may or may not be some biblically accurate angel-like figure with all of his Bleeds around a small orb similar to the Apple of Eden in the same veins of the Norns design) will only awaken after Joker reaches max level with him.
Also, the Phantom Thieves donā€™t know itā€™s him because his form in the Metaverse is always hooded with the robes changing depending on which Persona he uses (at the start, they thought it was different dudes until Desmond changed Personas in midbattle)ā€¦ and yes, that includes Haytham. Desmond gets a hood too even when heā€™s using Haytham but he also has Haythamā€™s tacohat. Themā€™s the rules.
Arcana symbolism from megamitensei.fandom.com
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