#p5 azathoth

[texeoghea]

i promise this was going to be a really serious and beautiful image. i promise

[kazeillustrations]

Day 7: Alternate Universe

“Would you rather I take that for you? You’re all friends, right?”

I love the complexities of the false ending. There’s a lot of debate as to whether it’s a “good” ending or a “bad” ending, but one thing’s certain—it’s an alternate universe that undermines all of the struggles the heroes went through.

[blunky]

maruki doodles

[hauntingmiser]

So ever since I saw @wyrdle last post about the two amigos ( maruki and ikutsuki ) I decided "you know what fuck it." and made what I was talking about last post about the whole of "nursing ikutsuki back to health" enjoy.

Ikutsuki realizing that he's in a ward for some reason :

I am so sorry I got this from pinterest

[arseneandhismalefriends]

Azathoth using his tentacles on Arsene and Robin Hood as they both giggle and feel their clothes being taken away.

[glassrednoshozo]

yapping session. just wanted to draw em together

[leelreallylikespersona]

Oh goodness who remembers these

[crimescrimson]

Satanael Defeats The God Of Control in Persona 5 Royal (2019)

[lavengoop]

//P5R Spoilers

Almost perfect✨🐙🧃

[adam-sadmon]

So I was thinking about Maruki (as I do 23 hours and 48 minutes a day, leaving 10 minutes for existential dread and 2 for sleep) and I was reminded of that Robert Caro quote (shout out to Lindsay Ellis' Game of Thrones videos), 'Power doesn't always corrupt, but it always reveals', to paraphrase, the idea that there are such people who are incorruptible and those we believe in power who've let it control them didn't need much corrupting to begin with.

I think about all the people who've wronged Maruki like the robbers, the guy who pulled all funding from Maruki's research etc. And how the very notion of revenge never even occurred to him, he had god-like power to rewrite their lives but, because Maruki was always a good person going about his quest wrong, he didn't let the power get to him because therr was nothing there to get.

[hotcuppacocoa]

if I had a nickel for every reality warping doctor with a Persona who was based on Lovecraftian gods I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[texeoghea]

royal should have ended like this btw

[violetstrations]

[ID: a fully rendered digital comic featuring various characters from persona 5 royal narrated by Azathoth. Panel 1 & 2: A birds-eye view of Takuto Maruki visiting Rumi in a hospital. Azazoth says "I have a deep fondness for human desires. When they fulfil their desires," the statement finishes in the next panel, "then I, too, feel a great sense of fulfilment." with a close-up shot of Maruki placing his fist near to Rumi's, both grasping one of Azazoth's tendrils. A third tendril lies in between their hands as if to separate them. 3: A speech bubble against a black background shouts "But there are far too many limitations on my ability to do that here!!" 4 & 5: Sumire Yoshizawa ties up her hair with a ribbon as it says "Once a wish is granted, it vanishes." During a scene where Goro Akechi and Joker happily hang out in the Jazz Jin, it says "Or by fulfilling the desires of one person," above Joker, then "it becomes impossible to fulfil the desires of another." above Akechi. 6: Azathoth's skeleton glows inside Maruki's silhouette, as well as the tendrils wrapping around his arms. During this, it says "That's why I want to swallow the entire world. If I can do that, then within me," 7: It finishes, "I can fulfil your desires for all eternity." End ID]

Azathoth's stake.

or: I redrew a page from dunmeshi and set it in the third semester. sorry the low quality I have no idea what happened here 😭

og page below. MAJOR dungeon meshi spoilers if you wanna avoid that

[ID: a page from the dungeon meshi manga narrated by The Winged Lion.

Panel 1: A panel showing a person looking at a bookshelf, a person caressing their skin, and a person preaching to a crowd. The Winged Lion says "I have a deep fondness for human desires. When they fulfill (sic) their desires, then I, too, feel a sense of fulfillment (sic). I want to grant the desires of every human in the entire world."

2: He shouts "But there are far too many limitations on my ability to do that here!!l

3 & 4: Over Thistle's unconscious form, he says "Once someone's wish is granted, then it vanishes..." Over Mithrun holding his partner's cheek in front of a heartbroken witness, he finishes "Or by fulfilling (sic) the desires of one person... It becomes impossible to fulfill (sic) the desires of another."

5: The Winged Lion mimics the motion of eating something between his fingers as he says "That's why I want to swallow the entire world. If I can do that, then within me... I can fulfill (sic) your desires for all eternity."

End ID]

[voltdracoatl]

Violet: Well I can’t say I SHOULD’T have it.

Crow: Whoever issued this has MAJOR issues of his own

[smolstarthief]

I swear to god my thoughts on Azathoth after playing Royal can consist of:

Me: Azathoth is creepy and sus sometimes!

Also me after playing Royal: Hehe, goofy eldritch squid go brrrr...

I am not kidding here! XD

[dragonofeternal]

Months later and yeah I'm still totally on the "Azathoth is totally not a real Persona and is 100% Nyarlathotep back on his bullshit" headcanon train. Azathoth actually being a Nyarly completely solves the "Persona users can't have palaces" dilemma, his methods (seemingly give people what they want to lure them into inaction and complacency) line up well, and the design aesthetics (especially those grasping black with electric blue/green hands....) are close enough for me! Nyarly loves playing fake persona, and I'm glad he got to have some fun in P5R.

This will never be touched on in future games or be proven canon, but *I* will always know in my heart of hearts that I'm 100% correct LOLLL