#oh madarame

[michi-chelle-draws]

some madarame doodles!

[utowarazed]

SLOW DAMAGE SLOP!! oh and also spoiler warning [part 1 probably]

[acrid-wondrland]

Top 10 Hottest TokyoRev Guys According to God(me)

1. Hanma and Future!Hanma

2. Ran w braids

3. ponytail and mullet Sanzu

4. 1st timeline adult evil Mikey w the slicked back blond hair

5. Wakasa but not w his ugly ass emo haircut.

6. Mechanic Inupi

7. Draken but not Mr. Clean Draken

8. Kakucho w hair

9. Manbun Rindou

10. Unironically Shion

If ur man didnt make it on this list don't worry he's still probably hot there's just too many sexy fine shawties in TR

[iftrashcouldsparkle]

Hey does anyone wanna hear my thoughts about how Madarame and Fujieda's routes are essentially the same thing but in a different font????? Huge spoilers for the true route of Slow Damage.

Once I started playing Fujieda's route it struck me how it pretty much followed the same story beats as Madarame's:

Towa is confronted with a relic from his past > Something about it nags at him so he starts poking around > He remembers something from his past > He comes to terms with some aspect of his identity > Confrontation with the Takasato asshole that's been causing issues

But aside from that, both Madarame and Fujieda reflect different aspects of Towa's character. Both of their routes revolve around the idea of meeting someone so similar to you that they might as well be a mirror and the understanding that's born from that. The main difference is what they reflect and the traits they bring out in each other.

Madarame essentially reflects all of the things that Maya made Towa into. When they're together, they reflect and amplify the rougher edges of each of their personalities. Towa's apathy, his recklessness, his impulsivity, and his masochism are the things Madarame considers to be Towa's "true self". They're the parts of Towa that he sees reflected in himself; the parts of them that operate on instinct rather than the norms of society. Madarame loves Towa in his own way, and accepts the "roughest" version of himself, but these aspects of his character are things that Towa became because of Maya's abuse. It ultimately works for them and they find their version of happiness, but the more instinctual Towa that Madarame sought out is a version of Towa who is ruled by his coping mechanisms and survival instincts. To find this happiness (a happiness found in pain and danger), Towa must first be broken and regress back into his trauma. Madarame and Towa reflect each other in a way that enables the worst of their behavior.

Fujieda, on the other hand, reflects everything that Towa is DESPITE Maya's influence. (There is still that aspect of mirroring each other through their trauma and their shared scars is one of the big reasons they begin to connect, but it's more than that.) They reflect each other in their resilience in the way they choose to keep living and their refusal to let their trauma further define them. Both Towa and Fujieda suffer from survivor's guilt and consider suicide, and yet both of them make the difficult choice to keep living to some degree because of the other's influence. They reflect each other in the memory of the girl who gives them both the strength to carry on; someone they loved and lost. They reflect the ugliest and truest parts of themselves, showcased in their negative first interactions early in the game and the literal/metaphorical scars they share. Yet, despite how scared they both are at being confronted with someone so similar, they see the beauty and humanity in each other where they struggle to see it in themselves. Because Fujieda's character mirrors Towa's so closely, he's able to relate deeply to Towa and understand how much of his behavior is an attempt to regain his autonomy and recognizes that he could have very easily ended up the same way. Fujieda loves Towa for who he's managed to become despite Maya's abuse, and it's this mutual understanding that allows them to support each other so thoroughly. Fujieda and Towa reflect each other in a way that ultimately supports a journey to healing and recovery.

Anyway, if you actually read all of that I would love to hear your thoughts because it's been rattling around in my brain for too long!

[sweetbbyshion]

you don't reply to shion's text and 1 minute after he's calling you to ask who you're fucking

[michi-chelle]

this scene hits different right after rei’s route 🥲

[idiotwhotalkstoomuch]

Replaying Persona 5 Royal with a challenge where no one but Joker can and must use support and status moves and teammates can only attack with them having to be in full assault mode for every boss battle (mostly so exploration and grinding is still fun for me) and oh my god I want to find the person who made the Persona 5 teammate AI and PUNCH THEM IN THE NUTS (OR IN THE STOMACH IF THEY ARENT BIOLOGICALLY MALE)

[spacetrashpile]

i’ve been watching my friend play p5 royal for a bit now and i’ve decided that it’s the ideal way to play p5 not because of any story changes or what have you, but because you can unlock isanagi-no-ookami (the god final persona from p4) for basically free at any level and then just myriad truths your way through the rest of the game and it’s the funniest thing in the world

[rinwhore]

he's angwy and he will boink ur head with the bat (he got stole it from Ran)

[nevaronn]

alright ch 2 is sitting pretty at 1300 words rn I am very eepy and going to bed. i wanted to get more of a draft down but brain said 'no' so I might just go do my typey types on my phone when I inevitably get inspired to keep writing once I lay down

[floofymeow]

thinking about model au towa (and body guard madarame)

towa in a corset…. or in a line of lingerie….

sometimes like I think for his job he’d barely keep his health together otherwise people won’t want him

he is really skilled at pre-emptively covering any and all scars/blemishing with makeup —> but once Madarame enters the scene he forces him to do it for him as a sort of push and pull

Edit: adding a read more I didn’t think id yap for so long

towa has a set of fake eyes to put in depending on his shooting, prefers none

the only shoots he really enjoys are the ones where he gets to choose who he models for — they “model” towa as they see fitting which gets up to canon euphoria levels of intense

likes pornographic shoots the least, thinks they’re the most boring out of all of them.

begrudgingly maintains his health. like forces himself to eat meals and the only one he tolerates is Rei’s cooking. he tearfully purges the alcohol in his apartment, though he would at least retain cigarettes. thinking about a scenario where he’d be on an alcohol ban to improve his health for an upcoming shoot and madarame would be an ass and drink in front of him.

during bans towa gets really curt and easily bristled, taku would be his agent placating him and madarame would immediately resort to using pleasure as a way to shut him up.

a lot of chances that force madarame and towa into less violent sexual encounters bc they can’t royal screw up towa’s body before a gig/shoot.

madatowa’s down time together is madarame lounging reading books and towa sprawled in his arms reading model or art magazines. in a good mood they also explore new coffee shops and bars. sometimes they’ll force each other to go to literary or art meet ups, sometimes browse through museums.

id like to think rei and taku interact with madarame the way disgruntled disapproving parents who won’t intervene tolerate a clearly bad influence boyfriend that they can find no proof of being bad. taku and him would have very terse loaded tension convos, while madarame would either ignore rei or say things that get him arguing. but they’d still tolerate each other fine and maybe at some point get along… in the distant future.

madarame would also kinda be more relaxed / complacent since he’s put into a limiting position—outside of work hours, towa can rarely ever track him down and it’s always unknown what he’s up to. towa is playful in how he bosses madarame around as his bodyguard/ aide, trying to constantly test madarame’s limit.

[seaquestions]

part of me is glad to see the post where ppl r thirsting over yajima from genshiken bcos she looks just like me for real (no but for real for real) but every time i die a little bit because even just thinking abt genshiken nidaime makes me start frothing at the mouth with near rage. but oh well. They Don't Know.

[demi-pixellated]

And on to the Truth Last one: Fujieda 👓⚖

[designernishiki]

well. finished yakuza 5.

[witchy-on-main-uwu]

Not the boyfriends!!!!!

[4filen0tfound4]

Aghh I keep on forgetting Ren isn't nonbinary. "I thought you were one of those men" he's not even a man .