#persona 5 royal spoilers

[golfishwiththebigeyes]

got a real Maruki piece cooking but I am so amused by the fact that bro’s evil boss outfit just fully has a metal thong

[phantom-chirp]

Happy 11/20, like last special shuake day here is my (summed up) reaction

I say summed up because I also just sent messages like "Akechi... what's going on with you" for like an hour

[easyaesthetics]

Hehehehe

[may-lutlone]

One wish dictated by the other

I can't believe his wish was playing chess with Joker all along 😞😞 stinky hypocrite

[luniise-kel]

scott pilgram reference

[alt255]

every single time Akechi says "you really are (x), Joker" (or something similar) in P5R

In no particular order:

"You really are intriguing. I bet you'd make for a worthwhile debate partner on the subject."

"You really are an intriguing one."

"In any case, you truly are interesting. You never cease to intrigue me."

"I see. So we even share that perspective, do we…? You truly are fascinating."

"*chuckle* You truly are intriguing."

"I'm sorry if I'm prying. You truly are interesting."

"You truly fascinate me. I'll happily accept your gift."

"Haha, you truly are well-composed."

"Hahaha, you truly are intriguing."

"Leading your team this far in search of an infiltration route… You are truly amazing…"

"50,000 coins, hm? …You truly are special, Joker."

"You really are― No, never mind."

"You truly are interesting… Quiet, yet possessing the courage and determination to take action."

"Heh… After all this, that's what you have to say? Seriously, you really are…"

"You really are a strange one. You do realize talking to me is a waste of valuable time, right?"

[gzeidraws]

the life of a four-eyes…👓

[hilacopter]

part 10!!! let's fucking go

I'm planning on maybe doing something fun with these after part 11 so stay tuned :)))

previous part

[persona-brainrot-real]

I don’t even know how to articulate my thoughts about Akechi and Sumire in the third semester. Something about Akechi, whose entire life was dictated by grief over his mother and the resentment of her killer that he stopped living it, seeing Sumire doing the exact same, grieving her sister and resenting herself as her sisters killer. It’s no wonder he hates Maruki so much for how he treats her and feeds into her desire to live as Kasumi - when you boil it down to it, Maruki’s endorsement of her desire to live as Kasumi isn’t all that different to Shido playing along with Akechi’s desire for revenge, both of them letting the vulnerable child think that they had an ounce of control in their decision.

He protects her every chance he can without ever being condescending to her but it still comes across patronising because she’s standing next to Joker, whose competence he never once doubts. He asks her if she’s okay, if she can handle it, and then turns to Joker and says don’t let me down. He checks in with her constantly and he realises what the issue is with her identity but never presses it so she can figure it out herself forgetting that if it wasn’t for the right circumstances and the confrontation with Maruki that she could never have realised or come to terms with it, just as he never realised that he was never going to get his revenge on Shido.

And in the middle of that you have a guy who has just watched all of his friends abandon him for a better, happier life with their old friends or old family and despite everything they’ve done together he realised he doesn’t really know them all. Not Kasumi, who was actually Sumire, not Akechi, who was lying to him the whole time they were friends (but who he suddenly has to trust completely because he has no other choice, who is STILL lying to him by never mentioning that he’s going to die soon) and not any of the Phantom Thieves, stop having time for him the moment they have other friends.

Maruki managed to make a reality that was completely isolating for Joker, gave him Akechi as a consolation prize for taking everyone else from him (exaggerating for effect: I know he and akechi wished for each other. The point remains that this was the only option Akira has for company after everyone else is given their friends or family back).

Does this make any sense. Can anyone hear me.

[monakisu]

[artistic-rice]

In another life, I would've loved doing laundry and taxes with you.

[artianwen]

Here's my 2/2 contribution!! ignore the fact that it's 2 days late whoops

[phantom-chirp]

There are many Akechi lines in P5R that have plagued me, but this is one of the biggest ones, because what

Sir, what are you talking about?? Am I just missing something, what the hell does this mean. Why did you choose to draw that parallel?? Goro???

[easyaesthetics]

Persona 5 Royal + The Onion & Reductress headlines 2/?

[osrinlore]

happy 2/2

[pjssometimes]

I really like Shuake, and I mean I really really like Shuake-

I think one of the reasons I like them so much is the idea that Joker saw the absolute worst of Akechi. To hear Goros story with his mom growing up, seeing the murder, the breakdown in the engine room, the entire way he acts in third semester (rude, abrasive, no detective prince charm anywhere). Yet still goes ‘I want that one’. To see the absolute worst someone has to offer and still love them is something so beautiful to me.

I also think about the third semester where Akechi wished to play chess with Joker. To me for the ship it kinda represents how when you truly love and care for someone you don’t need them to do something for you. Don’t need them to give something more than just their presence. Despite all the regret, all Akechi wanted was to be able to spend time with Joker, because in the end that’s what true connection is to me. The simple love for someone else’s mere presence

To me their ship is a whirlpool of trauma, bad decisions, mistakes, and conflict. Yet it’s also whirlpool of understanding, connection, forgiveness, and finding the place where you belong in a person

Sure your romantic interest murdering two friends father plus mother and then murdering you (trying to) is a major red flag- but they’re still cuties

They bring me comfort. The thought that my mistakes are not the end of me and there will be someone out there who will put in the effort to support me. Better yet someone who wishes for and enjoys my presence.