#p4!!!! im pretty happy honestly!!!!!

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Qualifying - Fernando Alonso

[hecksupremechips]

Persona 3 reload should not entice me with those damn shiny bells and whistles!!!

[eleetalks]

MEXICAN GP RACE RECAP

Interesting FP1 with the tests for Pirelli and 5 reserve drivers on the grid.

The 5 drivers were :

Theo Pourchair -> Alfa Romeo

Oliver Bearman -> Haas

Isack Hadjar -> AlphaTauri

Jack Doohan -> Alpine

Frederik Vesti -> Mercedes

Out of these 5 I think Bearman showed geat potential.

Both Ferraris had car issues that oddly enough were repaired before the end of the session.

Didn't get to watch FP2 ( I was way too tired bc of work) and im kinda bummed about it. I saw it rained at some point and after that Leclerc didn't manage good laps, wasn't as fast ?

FP3 was a bit all over the place imo, they tried testong for qualy and race pace... all of it in 60 min.

Albon was really good all through the 3 practices !

Stroll impeding on Sainz was a bit too much, not for the impeding itself but more bc of how dangerous it was.

QUALIFY

I think the main surprise here was Ricciardo, I mean, we all know he is a very good driver but did we expect him to end up P4 ?

Q1

As soon as qualify started, it was clear there was a difference with track temperature. Albon was great during practice but as soon as temp was a bit lower felt a huge difference with the car (could it be he had actual damage?).

Leclerc impressed everyone setting a very good time on Mediums, honestly couldn’t believe it when I saw it.

Norris surprised everyone (me included) by not making it to Q2. It looked like he really struggled to put together a decent lap… and the yellow flag certainly didn’t help.

The yellow flag also made another victim, Sargeant received a 10-place grid penalty for overtaking during a yellow flag.

Q2

As opposed to Q1, Q2 was very uneventful.

Alonso was left out of Q3, this last part of the season is really not being kind to him.

Albon was left out of Q3 for track limits, he really struggled with the car.

Q3

Ferrari got a first row lockout (😍), what could possibly go wrong ?

As said before, Ricciardo got P4… in an AlphaTauri ! Let that sink in ! He really did a miracle !

Perez got outqualified by Ricciardo.

Perez in a RedBull got “beaten” by Ricciardo in an AlphaTauri.

Verstappen got P3, and this is possibly the only track where starting on poleis not the best thing so I think he will be P1 out of Turn 1.

RACE

We knew it was gonna be an interesting race from the start. The Ferraris didn’t have a good start and Verstappen took advantage of that. Perez was eager to do good in his Home race but ended up half on top of Leclerc’s car and being OUT of race.

In the contact with Perez, Leclerc suffered a minor front wing damage that has been investigated for Unsafe Driving Conditions but found in compliance so no further action was taken.

Magnussen had a pretty bad accident, probably a problem with his car, and went into the barriers (hopefully he is okay). This caused a RED FLAG that played in favor for Red Bull and a little against Ferrari (strategy wise); in the restart Leclerc mantiened P2 on Hamilton but then got overtaken by Lewis, also because Hamilton was on Mediums and Leclerc was on Hards.

Norris proved to be a great driver and McLaren proved to have made important upgrades to the car in the second half of the season… from P17 to P5, wow 😮!

Also happy Ricciardo got his first points in this season and too bad for Tsunoda, he was having a good race until that contact with Piastri.

Ferrari didn’t do bad but they proved they have many issues still, especially with hard tyres.

🏎️❤️

[gay-yosuke]

hi im obssesed with team mariechan can i umm 6 12 25 teddie.?

HI KAIIII THANK U im working out what abilities and stuff i think they should all have. i would've given her araquanid if i could because i always associate it with her (cuz i had an araquanid named kaguya who was fucking Powerful)

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

i'm an annoying younger brother! but im very huggable! and i hate doing retail work!

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

transfem. like. look at how happy she is in the alice outfit. to the point that its literally hung up above where ted sleeps (in yosukes closet) and you can see it in arena. transitioning can and will save her.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

initially, and probably like most people, i did think ted was a little annoying. not to the point that i outright hated him, because yknow. being the annoying younger brother, his little quips about scoring and stuff, but the longer ive been into p4 and the more ive looked at him and seen better translations of what he says, i think he's pretty good! sure, he still says a few things in game which make me feel like "shut up ted" but honestly, i get that with most of the characters (especially when it comes to them misgendering naoto). all in all, i think he's a fun havin' party dude who just loves life, and honestly? that's something i can relate to.

[kitsune-kira]

Investigation Team as Phantom Thieves AU

Been giving it some serious thought on how it would actually work because a straight swap jkdfasjkl honestly uh lmao

They’re not super rebellious. So I thought.... Maybe more of a blend of the games instead of a straight swap? Like just some stuff I’ve thought of while daydreaming-

obviously some backstories would probably need to be shuffled a bit probably? just bc.... hhhh.... persona reasons-

thinking instead of a resolve to rebel a resolve to see and seek the truth? bc jkfasdljka they’re taking their truthseeker themes WITh them into new AU land bc i don’t see how else this could work 

Which made me think in the persona awakening instead of a mask appearing, glasses (like the TV glasses) could appear but uhhh honestly ripping them off doesn’t make sense to me because they’re a lens to pierce through lies and falsehoods (the fog)

AND INSTEAD OF MASK BLOODINESS IT’S JUST THEIR EYES BLEEDING (they’re fine dw if the thieves can be okay after ripping off half their face, the team can be fine after their eyes start bleeding) 

Something something about lies being purged from their eyeballs 

Probably the resolve to see the truth is tied to either backstory, their canon shadow issues, or both!

like for yu/souji specifically it’d probably be idk him being in denial that his parents kinda suck lmao i have no idea how that would translate to an in-palace awakening- 

i’m honestly kind of torn on what to do with adachi, personality-wise it would make the most sense to give him an akechi-like role but at the same time it just seems so..... dry...... to me..... maybe bc akechi was kind of like adachi (at least supposed to be i think) as in he was supposed to not seem to be a threat Until He Was so i’m actually tempted??? to make adachi the first palace the team tackle??? 

honestly we’re kind of fusing the persona 5 and persona 4 plots together here a little probably- 

Also corrupt police detective seems like a good first step for the team to me, kind of similar to Kamoshida bc uh lmao adachi was.... not on the same level as shido.....

Probably more focused on chasing the perp behind the mental shutdowns rather than just getting adults

Is Teddie still a shadow?? Probably ??? I don’t know how this works but I love Teddie too much help

RIP Margaret in this AU. I kind of figure her splits have a calm, mysterious slightly playful twin and then a easily irritated duty-bound one not too too different from Justine and Caroline but y’know more Margaret-y.... Also ngl bc Margaret looks older than Lavenza, Margaret’s twin splits probably also look older- 

lmao Yu/Souji’s velvet room is a prison van maybe.... Take the limo and the prison and merge it into one- 

IMAGINE just keeping some persona 5 cast for Plot Reasons like Shido and Akechi

Detective Prince vs Detective Prince

Instead of a second coming of the detective prince it’s just the media fighting over who deserves the title more, the latest in the Shirogane detectives or this New Guy Who Has a Very Nice Smile And He’s Pretty and Actually Doing Interviews- 

I actually uh don’t entirely know what to do with everyone’s backstories, other than everyone is in Tokyo for Plot Reasons

idk it’s easy enough for yu/souji, he just came back to tokyo

yosuke never left tokyo 

naoto and rise are easy enough to place in tokyo too

teddie is just.... from the metaverse so yeah

Not too hard for Chie too ig her parents just moved to the city and she’s probably not jazzed about it

Yukiko and Kanji tho.... Their families are well-established in Inaba hhhhhhh 

I MEAN could just have.... 

...... we could literally steal akira’s backstory and give it to kanji

i can see it kjladkljafjkldsa

yukiko still is an issue hmmm

(if you can’t tell im literally brainstorming more as im writing this-)

Honestly best I got is she followed Chie, and there’s better schooling in Tokyo, and she wants a path that ISN’T the inn

.... oh. actually that kinda works akjdfjklad

.... me thinking about how this is just a lot of pre-Inaba IT huh and the IT being more miserable for reasons 

Yosuke probably has ehhh fake friends

Kanji’s delinquent record is going strong except he got fucked over worse than usual 

Chie probably isn’t that happy in the city

Yu/Souji is..... Yeah

Rise is probably just getting hit with the hardcore burnout 

Naoto just carries the stress with him (i hc he/him naoto) 

OKAY BUT THE IDEA OF THEM HAVING TO LEARN TO BE SNEAKY ALL ON THEIR OWN SOUNDS HILARIOUS TO ME

BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE ALL THAT NATURALLY GOOD AT THIEVING

AND IT’S FUNNIER TO ME IF TEDDIE UNLIKE MORGANA LIKE CANON P4 ONLY HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE METAVERSE BUT NO THIEVING SKILLS

so yu/souji and yosuke hit the books on how to be sneaky 

Yukiko, Naoto, and Rise are probably the best asides from them to pick up on it

The rest uh lmao less so

but then again ryuji isn’t really that stealthy from the start so im sure it’ll be fine 

i haven’t really considered other team swaps but im sure i will somedaaaay

for now i just think the eye bleed persona awakening sounds really cool hhhhhhhh even if it’s roughly as edgy as canon p5 awakenings lmao 

They probably just summon their personas with Willpower(tm) in the metaverse, no taking off the glasses necessary bc again it.... doesn’t make sense to take them off.........................

i have no idea what change of heart adachi would look like 

ALSO I JUST REALIZED IDK HOW TO SQUEEZE DOJIMA AND NANAKO IN HERE 

unless we just move them to tokyo but mmm 

ngl i kind of like the idea of sending a less shitty adachi to go hang with them lol

can we waffle between inaba and tokyo 

that sounds fun honestly ngl 

anyway the team sweating as they actually have to break into a real place in order to resolve a cognitive barrier in a palace

Naoto has to break the law in order to catch a criminal h e l p

forcing the neutral good squad to learn some chaotic gremlin tendencies

they probably would still call themselves the investigation team but them canonically calling themselves the investigation thieves sounds hilarious so maybe lol

[yoonminist]

💕 crush stories p4 💕

My relationship with my crush is a little complicated lol she's the softes bean ever and has a lot of problems she doesn't wants to talk about and I'm the only one who's there for her but last year everything just went down because i needed a friend to be there for me but she treated me like shit so i turned to another friend and we started dating. While i was in this relationship my crush got a boyfriend (who treats her like shit) After 6 month of dating my gf me and my crush became best friends again and i spent a lot of time with her. I broke up with my gf last week because i had to realise we only dated because we were both lonely. Now I'm back at pining over the smallest cutest girl in the whole world while i have to take care of her or she would probably die dnkdks i actually got her to watch httyd with me as her bf was being an ass and she loved it even tho she usuall hates animation movies lol 

you’re right this is complicated lmao so she’s still with her bf ??? even though she’s cute and has her own problems you don’t deserve to be treated like shit so i hope you cleared up whatever that was,,, i suggest you take a little time to enjoy being single before you start thinking about dating this crush now because i’ve seen people date for the sake of not being lonely and it usually isn’t good in the long term but good luck!! and i don’t know how bad her bf is but she should dump him

He's not texting since 3 days ago (our first date)... I think i don't like him any more 💔😭 we've been friends for 5 years...

:’( either he treats you better or you drop him bc you deserve better than that ♡

I think im a little strange, there's a guy that i like(a lot) he is really cool, funny and smart, but i think he is gay. Rather than i'm being sad or something alike, i ship him with his friend, but i still liking him. I'm getting crazy :')

ohhhh does he actually like his friend though or do you just ship them because you think he’s gay ?

aaa, so i've liked this guy for almost 3 months and i did the Thing where i told him (which never happens, because i'm usually way too shy and i tend to want to tamp my feelings back to nothing). that night, we spent hrs walking blocks and blocks and he told me he doesn't like anyone atm, which i understood 100%. after that, it really wasn't bad and we actually hung out at a lookout point for a few more hrs into the morning before he took me home. he's the first person in a while that made me feel so nervous, excited, fluttery, good about myself in a long time. i think (i hope) that i'll be over him soon - at the end of it all, he's still a good friend. the butterflies haven't left yet though - my lil heart won't stop hoping and he's not gonna stop being cute and gosh darn attractive and lovely anytime soon 😫 (ty for letting me rant through this! you're one of my favorite blogs 💝) 

THIS IS SO CUTE ahh im glad you went for it!! even though he told you he didn’t like anybody it’s better that you know and don’t spend all this time being hung up on him and wondering about What Ifs so i’m happy for you ♡ he sounds like such a nice friend though so i’m glad you have a person like him in your life and hope that you get over him asap (and thank you !! you’re so sweet 💖)

My crush is an asshole who played push and pull with me for 3 years and recently decided to declare that he likes me, but he's still not sure about us. He said, i quote: 'what if i ask you out and then change my mind' . So we're at square one again😂 he is such an attractive guy, i can't give up on him😭

NO no matter how cute he is you should get rid of him omg what an asshole-ish thing to say,,, trust me even if it’s hard at first you’ll be way happier when you’re over him !! he doesn’t deserve you!!!! ♡

My crush is actually in Korea for the summer (no lie, he's an exchange student at my school). He's so adorable and sweet, but we almost never talk or hang out, and whenever we do I'm always the one to initiate :c Just trying to be optimistic and open about everything rn :s

optimism is good!! hopefully it isn’t because he isn’t interested or already has someone but i guess the best way to find out is always to hint at it or outright ask about his love life ??

Does it count if my crush and I recently married? lol because even though he is my husband not a day goes by that my heart does not flutter with something he does. Wether it be hugging, hand holding or even a smile directed my way, I still get butterflies like crazy. He is the most kind caring and thoughtful person I have had the pleasure of meeting. He is silly and loves laughing. He has the most beautiful eyes and smile I have ever seen. But maybe I'm just being biased lol I love my crush 💜

AWWW CONGRATS ON YOUR MARRIAGE this is so nice ✨✨✨ i love this n hope you’re happy together for As Long As You Both Shall Live

The last time I had an actual full blown crush on someone it was in seventh grade and Jesus Christ let me tell you I was so dramatic over it?? The dude's initials are M.J and I once burst into tears cause I saw the letters on my tv once and we had these letter stickers back then so I put M and J together next to the Pc and whenever someone asked about it I was like it's Michael scofield bc that was back when prison break was ongoing. God I cringe so much now when I look back at it lmaoooo

you burst into tears when you saw his initials fjngjnfjgfn   

Okay so my crush is a girl and omfg, she's so pretty?? Her hair falls just above her shoulders and she has brown hair & brown eyes and I take most of my classes with her, but we have the most fun in German, Economics & Managment and Organisation. So she has a lot of... character (idk lol). She is hella stubborn and takes shit from no one but so do I so we banter and insult each other A LOT, but it's always playful so we never feel insulted. But the thing is that i'm a girl too And I didn't even know I liked girls too until I met her lol (so now i'm a closet bi girl). But the thing that gives me hope is that we low key flirt? We send each other snaps stating how much we love each other and always call each other bae/babe etc. I know girl friends do this but it's different I don't even act that way with my best friend and neither is she? And she once confessed to me that she kissed a girl when she was really drunk, but didn't feel anything with it And once we were hanging out with friends, she was drunk and this guy was lying on top of her (a friend who gets real touchy when drunk, but it was all good no harassment of some sorts) she like kept calling me to help, nothing real big. But she also got jealous once when I send a snapchat to her best friend (she was with her @ the time) & she was like why didn't you snap me? So i'm really confused and idk if she likes me too? Sorry for the ramble :(

i relate to this so much lmao i found out i was bi through my first gf too so this all sounds AWFULLY familiar,, i’ll just say if you joke about being in a r/s all the time it’s a sign that you should level it up to a real one but from what you’re telling me i have a good feeling about this!! i hope she really is into you and that you end up dating ❤ (and that you keep me updated whoops)

so im in marching band and there's this one guy in color guard who's really good and the way he can move his body is just like impossible to look away from? and he's really attractive like the other day he was wearing a shirt that had kind of a low neckline and his collarbone was really prominent and i just ahhh??? im not sure if he knows i exist but he's just really attractive help

I LOVE IT I HOPE HE NOTICES YOU AND IT’S LOVE @ FIRST SIGHT

im crushing on this guy for over 3 years. he is a meanie but i like him a lot :') this past week he confessed and said he liked me. but he is not sure if he wants a relationship. we even went out on something like a date :D im very confused rn ahahaha

you need to be clear with this kind of stuff in a r/s so just ask him!! trust your gut though, no matter how much you like him i think that if you don’t think you’ll be happy dating him then just don’t do it :’( ♡

Hey it's the anon that may or may not be gay who has a crush on the girl named Ramona. So.... I think I fucked up. A few friends of mine threw this huge party this weekend and I made sure to tell Ramona so she'd go (I mean goody2shoes at a party come on how cute is that?) So about an hour or 2 into the party she shows up with some friends and I hang around her most of the night, and when I'm not WITH her I made sure I knew where she was. See the part where I messed up is that Im not the best with alcohol... And I drank a bit much. Now I remember kissing Ramona. And that's it. However according to some friends I kissed her she slapped me I pushed her... into the pool and she left crying. Now its Monday and she wont look me in the eye (it's lunch rn and English is next) what do I do?!? I'm an obvious drunk asshole, BUT THATS THE THING! I was DRUNK! I mean I wanna apologize but I can't even get close to her with her friends there

NOOOOO oh my god you really did fuck up ;; can’t you text her asking if you guys can talk ?? tell a friend what happened and hope she’ll understand and let you explain?? honestly i have no idea but i hope you sort it out and let her know how sorry you are but also don’t beat yourself up too much!! accidents happen even if they are bad, it’s ok in the end as long as you apologise,,,,, good luck ♡ and don’t drink around her again ;;

[invitedfool-blog]

Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.REPOST. Don’t reblog. WHAT’S YOUR OTP8 FOR YOUR MUSE?: OT8 OR RIOT. OT8 OR RIOT. I am a massive dirty polyshipper and I love the idea of “the Investigation Team cares a ton about each other and that ends up with them becoming a hilarious poly spaghetti pile.” If someone put a gun to my head and said “pick a PAIR,” though, I’m definitely Souyo garbage. 
 WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?: Not quite sure I understand what it means, but I honestly enjoy exploring any kind of relationship between two characters, including strong platonic ones. I’ll RP pretty much anything, though I don’t have any particular fondness for angst just for angst’s sake. I’ve seen too many people who try to do ‘everything must be angst to be deep! artistic suffering! nobody must ever be happy!’ and it honestly makes me want to legitimately fucking vomit. Angst based on headcanon traits, like Souji having a blind spot regarding people wanting him in a relationship, or things like long-distance relationship blues? Sure! But if you never see me reblog general angst starters, that’s why. Angst for the sake of angst is a huge RP turn-off for me, and if someone tries to drag me by the nose into it? Nope, sorry. Life is too depressing and sucks too much to lay there in a pile of Needlessly Dramatic Misery. This does not mean I disdain really fucked up ships, as long as both parties go in with full acknowledgment that very problematic, possibly-triggery shit (for people other than us) lies down this particular road? Seeing the psychology of how a really fucked up ship like say, Adachi/Souji (say, in an “accomplice ending”) would be an interesting dynamic to explore. But the reason it’d be interesting to me is because it is fucked up, and my partner’s attitude in a ship like that would be massively critical, because nothing grosses me out more than Twilight-esque romanticizing problematic, toxic, and fucked up relationships. 
 HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?: It depends on the age of the characters involved. For Souji at 16, a gap of as little as 2-4 years would be squick for me unless it was part of a known, admitted fucked-up pairing. As soon as he’s older and more mature, age differences matter a little less, but I think anything double his age would be a little squidgy at 18? It’s more about the difference in experience than anything, so a very experienced person 10 years his senior would be more squick than someone who had no experience in 20 years additional. Again, since I am okay with playing fucked up shit with the acknowledgement of it being fucked up, this discomfort zone is flexible and mostly based on the difference between “wow, this is a horrible and yet somehow fascinating absolute disaster of a relationship” and romanticizing 50 Shades of Gray-level dogshite as the height of romance. If we’re playing out something terrible, so long as it’s played with the frank mindset of it is fucked up, I find this kind of thing to be an interesting sometimes food. 
 ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: 
 Yyyyeesss and also no? I’ll ship with pretty much anyone if there is IC chemistry- cobviously that’s a little easier with other P4 muses, especially the Investigation Team. HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NSFW?: 
I am a horrible person because I am so inconsistent about tagging NSFW? But I will also tag nsfw-ish if I think of it. Stuff that is overtly NSFW, especially mentioning any kinks, is definitely tagged, but as soon as clothes start coming off with a sexual trajectory or boners start getting popped, that NSFW tag is DEFINITELY on. WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?: 
So far there seems to be a ship actually going with @kunaiflourish ! DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?: If the chemistry develops naturally, I’m probably screaming in tags/IM to the other mun anyway… If someone wants to do a pre-established ship, or a really fucked up ship, we need to be talking. 
 HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?: 
If it comes up naturally, more than anything. That could either be naturally in Discord IM between muns, or 'holy shit I think our muses want to make out’ in-thread. ARE YOU MULTISHIP?: 
AND polyship! ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?: Ship more-or-less. It’s a sometimes food, like donuts. If all your food is donuts all the time, you will get sick of them unless your name is Aoi Asahina. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?: OT8 OR RIOT 
FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: If you have a ship you think would be fun and have a reasonable backstory to it, IM me on discord to sort out background if y'wanna play it as ongoing ship. Otherwise just scream about shipping chemistry. 

Tagged by: stolen from @misetos Tagging: Do you want to do it? Do ya!?

[kasaneteto]

my thoughts on persona 5

ive had this in my drafts for like a month and i just now finished it so TAKE IT

THIS ISNT SPOILER FREE!!!! so only read this if you’ve finished the game/don’t care about spoilers. im gonna be comparing it a lot to persona 4 (and 2 / 3 to a lesser extent) so if you haven’t played it and dont want spoilers DONT READ THIS!!!!

i went into persona 5 with high expectations. i’ve been a big fan of the entire series for many years, and like everyone else, had been eagerly awaiting the delayed release of the game; and for the most part, i wasn’t let down. there are very few real issues i have with the game, and despite my bias toward persona 4 i can definitely say that this is the best installment in the series so far.

persona 5, much like p4 did with p3, takes the best things from p4 and improves upon them. you can tell that a lot of care went into this game to make it as polished as possible. all of the things that made p4 a great game are present and more. the characters are very fleshed out and diverse, just as in any persona game. the game also does an excellent job in making you feel connected to the characters. when the characters were plagued with anxiety, so was i. when the characters were depressed, so was i. it really made me feel immersed in the world.

the graphics are also obviously an incredible step up from the previous persona games. the game in general is absolutely beautiful. it’s so vibrant in it’s colors and constantly gives the impression of a bustling city environment. not to mention how stylish the UI is. it’s really apparent that the persona team utilized their resources to their full potential in how fluid all the menus are alone. the way loading screens and menu changes transitioned into each other was so stylish that it had me sifting through menus just to watch the animations. over all the art direction for this game has surpassed all other persona games so far. everything is so incredibly polished, from the cutscenes to the normal gameplay. i can only think of two or three occasions in which a texture looked off to me, and that’s mostly me just nitpicking.

i love the concrete theme of the game as well. from the personas to the social links, everything feels as though it ties together under the thief motif. i really loved that every social link fell under the theme of “someone who has been ostracized by society” and how it enforced the idea that the phantom thieves were necessary in this world. the way each social link has a coinciding mementos request made the social aspects of the game feel a lot more connected to the battle aspects, as well as the fact that social links can now grant you special battle abilities. the fact that they added this aspect is one of the best things added to the social link system in my opinion. it gives you more of a reason to try and max a character’s social link if you aren’t particularly interested in the character to begin with. (however, personally, i didn’t find any of the social links in this game to be uninteresting.) the way they incorporate maxed social links into new game+ is incredibly useful as well. it helps make you feel as though you really accomplished something in your previous play, as well as making you feel motivated to finish the things you were unable to last time.

the battle system and the dungeons are LEAGUES better than any previous persona game. the flow of battle is so much more fun; the baton pass ability brings a whole new aspect into battle. that and the ability to easily ambush enemies makes you feel as if youre really in control of your battles and makes it a lot more fun. i also love love love LOVE the battle aspects that they brought back from persona 2. demon negotiation was one of my favorite things about p2 and i was ECSTATIC to learn that they brought it back with p5. not only does it give you the ability to get exactly what you want out of battle, but it makes you really excited to fight new enemies!!! i was always really excited to get into a battle in a new area to see what personas i could recruit. the fact that youre battling the actual personas rather than the same palette-swapped shadows every dungeon is also super cool to me. it made me really excited to see a shadow that i recognized and be all “OH THAT’S SHIKI-OUJI!!!! I NEED THAT GUY!!!!”

dungeon navigation is so much more fun too. i can’t even begin to express how happy i am that they incorporated puzzle elements into the palaces. it made navigating them so much more fun compared to previous games where you just ran around hallways opening doors until you found the stairs. it made every dungeon feel different and unique, and most importantly really fun!! another thing i really appreciated was the ability to switch party members in the middle of a dungeon. it really encouraged you to use every party member rather than just sticking to a select 3 like previous games, in addition to making it a lot easier to keep your teammates balanced and around the same level. i found it really convenient to be able to just switch someone out when they were low on SP compared to having to either leave or use SP recovering items on them. it also made it a lot easier to finish palaces in a single day (if possible).

most of all though, the story telling elements in persona 5 truly live up to the standard set by previous persona games. my god, was the story telling in this game amazing. the foreshadowing was PHENOMENAL. every once in a while i was able to pick up on something small, and then when they pieced all those little things together at the climax HOLY SHIT. i was literally hyperventilating when they flashed back to goro mentioning the pancakes. the part where he first joined the thieves had me second-guessing whether someone else mentioned pancakes in that scene and i was just overthinking it. but when it turned out to be a real thing I WAS SO EXCITED!!!! not to mention the twist of the fucking century with igor being a fake. the entire time the tone of the velvet room felt off compared to the previous games, but it really didn’t become apparent until the true igor returned. once he did, and lavenza became herself again, i seriously almost cried because of how at home i felt in the velvet room. speaking of crying though... this game had me in fuckin tears on so many occasions. the character writing and development is so much. the way it makes you really feel like all the characters are good friends makes me so emotional. it’s such incredible writing, the way it sneaks up on you and before you realize it you’re fighting yaldaboath and you realize how much you love every single character in this game and you don’t want it to end.

now with all that praise out of the way, i do unfortunately have a few qualms with the game as well. 

my firstt issue is how similar the structure of the story is to persona 4. the characters are all quite different, and the environment is drastically different, but the narrative, namely in the latter portion of the game, is strikingly similar to p4. that isn’t necessarily a bad thing per se, p4 is really good and p5 did an excellent job of improving upon something already great, as previously stated. however, due to my familiarity with p4 i was pretty much able to predict how the end of p5 was going to play out, more or less. because of this i actually was convinced that i had to call everyone up again to fight through one more palace on the last day, like with izanami in p4. it’s not the worst thing that they could’ve done, but i guess i just would’ve liked to see them create something a little more different.

now my BIGGEST issue is just a personal thing that im sure not everyone can sympathize with. however, it honestly kind of ruined the end of the game for me. nobody so much as mentions goro after his death. sae brings him up, like, once, and shido talks about him before you fight him, but.. thats it. he wasn’t even in the credits along with everyone else. it honestly broke my fucking heart. it felt like they all forgot about him. goro is my favorite character in the game, so im definitely biased, but still... i would have liked to see them at least bring him up in some of the more climactic moments of the ending, or just had some kind of mention of him other than “he’s missing”. i felt so empty when the game ended. it was a wonderful ending, dont get me wrong. i just... wanted goro to be there. im not saying that he shouldnt have died, (i mean, i would have liked it if he didnt, but it wouldnt have been necessary to make the ending satisfying for me) just that they at least acknowledge him more after his death. idk. maybe im just being nitpicky, but that really dampened the ending for me.

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[hunny-pp]

GIVE ME A CHARACTER;  and I’ll break their ass down:

No one has sent me Greenhill or Bluer for that character meme so I’m gonna treat myself

Sports Anime: 

How I feel about this character: Oof what a  b a b e, honestly. I am a loser for jocks like him because I’m a bit of a jock and honestly you can see that’s he’s been trying hard to make things right for him since the Arden incident, like the face he made when he had to beat up Maurice’s lackeys???? or even that small face of terror he made when he hit Ciel, like god even if he’s trying everything just blowing up and backfiring for him, it’s honestly sad. 

Also from a sportsman’s perspective I FUCKING LOVE HIM, god he just gives everyone a fair go and he is just a passionate player who knows how to play fair and treat everyone with respect , it’s just a shame that EVERYTHING WAS RIGGED UGH THIS MADE ME MAD I HATE HATE CHEATING. 

Also that entire cricket match made me flustered because god.....damn.......greenhill is hot and did i tell you im a sucker for passionate jocks????

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Violet!!! Redmond (see here), Bluer, just.......poly p4 guys........

My non-romantic OTP for this character: EDWARD!!!!

My unpopular opinion about this character: you know how frances was fucking not ~~*pleased*~~ with the messy looks ciel and seb had???? That is me with Greenhill’s stage hair....I’m sorry but.......it makes me feel uncomfortable, I want his smooth slick hair so he can scowl at me properly

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Greenhill got the anger management/impulse control training he deserved, he got the closure and healing and he is happy and content.

Did Everything but an Acceptance Speech:

How I feel about this character: HONESTLY, I am shedding so much tears for Bluer, because he was at this emotional high for working so hard and winning the cricket tournament, before it fucking PLUMMETED because of the expulsion. To me, it’s a huge punch in the gut, like I felt like Bluer didn’t have the time to fully bask in the glory and satisfaction of HIS hard work and effort because everything came crashing down. 

Also honestly, Bluer is pretty admirable....I MEAN THAT TRICK SHOT THO HOLY FUCC HE GOT SKILLS. Also sisters.....I relate my dude...

All the people I ship romantically with this character: r EDMO N D and poly p4, I think y’all get it by now

My non-romantic OTP for this character: CLAYTON, like you know that bit in the Yonce music video where everyone is clapping to Bey.once?? Bluer is her and Clayton’s the one clapping

My unpopular opinion about this character: Lawrence fucking Bluer DESERVED the win, he worked hard and jesus fuck he is the REAL champion of the second blue miracle, not the boi who CHEATED, sorry I get passionate about sports

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Where is the scene where all his sisters come and hug and comfort him and his friends and tell him that everything will be fine

[lesbirdan]

1, jojo; 2 jokuyasu; 3, kakyoin

001 | Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

Favorite character: OH NO ... i gotta pick ... ??? honestly probably Okuyasu or Josuke. i love the kids. honorable mention to Mikitaka who is Perfect although they have regrettably little content

Least favorite character: hgghbfdgh god ... 

5 Favorite ships:

Speedwagon/Jonathan/Erina

Jotaro/Kakyoin

Abdul/respectful treatment by the narrative (and Polnareff, conditional on a specific dynamic/characterization)

Josuke/Okuyasu(/Koichi)(/Mikitaka)

So I’m not actually on part 6 yet but I’m pretty excited abt Jolyne/Hermes/FF

Character I find most attractive: God?? They’re all beautiful?? idek

Character I would marry: None, probably, that seems like a bad plan

Character I would be best friends with: probably the DIU kids tbh like. I definitely would have wanted to be friends with them when I was sixteen, so like, hypothetically if I was still that age, but I’d also be down to be like, a Cool Older Mentor Friend

A random thought: why didn’t Joseph try to teach the other Stardust Crusaders Hamon ............

An unpopular opinion: I don’t think Dio is attractive at all ... 

My canon OTP: Jonathan/Erina is super sweet ... im lov them

Non-canon OTP: what do you mean “Josuyasu isn’t canon”

Most badass character: I’ve gotta say Abdul, honestly? The fact that the SDC run into SO MANY Stand users who are like “aw, shit, that Abdul guy, Magician’s Red, that guy’s super strong ... Joestars who” is. Compelling to me. Also I love that he signed onto the SDC just as a moral act -- he has no personal stake, he could have just run and stayed gone, but instead he chose to help them fight Dio, bc Dio is evil and needs to be stopped -- heck, I’m Weak for strongly moral characters

Pairing I am not a fan of: JONATHAN/DIO IS FUNDAMENTALLY CURSED (as is Koichi/Yukako, sorry not sorry)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): HHHHHH Abdul and Every Single Woman

Favorite friendship: All? Of them? Like, the Stardust Crusaers as a collective, but also the Erina/Jonathan/Speedwagon triangle, but also Josuke & Koichi & Okuyasu ... basically everything I ship I also ship as a strong friendship bc imo the best love is founded in friendship

002 | Josuke/Okuyasu:

when or if I started shipping it: basically from the beginning, I was rooting for them ever since Josuke healed Okuyasu Just Because ... talk 2 me sometimes abt Josuke being a foil for Keicho in terms of Okuyasu’s character arc and narrative bc it fucking kills me I love them

my thoughts: A lot of content has Josuke being the one who’s Smooth and Beautiful and Perfect while Okuyasu is just like. “??!?!? :O” and. Listen. I love that, but also consider, Josuke being a huge dork who is totally bowled over by how Big and Much Okuyasu loves him

What makes me happy about them: They're so tactile! Every time they’re just like, casually draped over each other it makes my heart do a happy,,, They’re so cuddly & I love it

What makes me sad about them: WHY DON’T WE EVER SEE THEM AGAIN ... @Araki my crops are dying, I need P5/6 Okuyasu and Josuke as mature Stand users like how Jotaro is in P4, I wanna see them Grow

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: when ppl slide in the like, casual (internalized) homophobia without elaborating on it, or even really seeming to know what they’re talking about it? Why do you gotta do that. Stop

Things I look for in fanfic: Relationship balance, agency for both of ‘em, especially both of them being huge dorks abt each other rather than one POV character weirdly idealizing the other ... bonus, though I’ve never seen it, I just want it, fic where they don’t go through a whole huge dramatic Confession process, they just shift naturally into an extremely close-knit loving friendship & neither of them particularly thinks anything of it

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Either of them and Koichi tbh.

My happily ever after for them: Josuke becomes a paramedic, Okuyasu takes up cooking &/or goes into social work, together they protect Morioh & make a Big safe house to protect ppl, especially kids, they’re the town’s protectors & even once their time runs out they stay as guardian spirits

003 | Kakyoin

How I feel about this character: GOD. RELATABLE ... too much Intense narrative resonance for me to deal with

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Jotaro and that’s basically it although Kakyoin/Jotaro/Rohan is a hypothetical, mostly-joke AU OT3. Also AU OT3 Kakyoin/Jotaro/Ms Kujo

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Kakyoin & Polnareff ... I love their friendship ... what dorks 

My unpopular opinion about this character: I’m ... less distraught over [redacted] than most people in the fandom, I think. They got to become fully someone they wanted to be, starting from a place of crushing loneliness and self-loathing; they had no regrets. I don’t think that’s such a sad thing, in the end.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I wish they coulda gone to Morioh & met the Kids ... especially Koichi & Okuyasu, dang

My OTP: Jotaro/Kakyoin obvs

My OT3: Jotaro/Kakyoin/peace and happiness

[ninidreamworlds]

le amo hasta con el casco

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