#my view is that if p4 is ALREADY being subversive by arguing that one must acknowledge the truths you’ve buried | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fellhellion · 8 months ago

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been chewing on my Yukiko SLink thoughts for literal weeks and while I’m torn on a lot of elements, I think my biggest Thing about its central conflict is the way Yukiko is never actually afforded an opportunity open up about and to work through her feelings about taking over the inn with said community.

#I’ve been listening to some analysis of p4 that is coming specifically from Japanese YouTubers #so I think there’s definitely a cultural lens of prioritising collectivism over rigid individualism #my view is that if p4 is ALREADY being subversive by arguing that one must acknowledge the truths you’ve buried #otherwise they stand to harm yourself and others (because in avoiding them you ignore the ways in which they affect yourself #and thus the world around you)#and both within the ludonarrative and. literal narrative. one gains strength and resolve by openly engaging with those around us and #forming genuine bonds #doesn’t it stand to reason that this should extend to yukiko and her wider support system #even if she stands to possibly disappoint them?#like nominally souji is THERE. but his nature as a silent protagonist effectively makes him a soundboard to yukiko working out these #conflicts kinda. alone. yknow?#tunes talks persona #ehhhh maybe ‘alone’ overstates it. but idk. I just feel that the way her SLink is structured lends itself to being read as yukiko #processing her conflicts without Really confiding in anyone she stands to disappoint #and then yay? the conclusion she comes to allows her to not disappoint anyone?

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