#saetae

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some ships I drew suggested from ppl on twitter :3

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Saetae for day 17 of drawing WLW everyday for a month :DD

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~ give in to temptation ~

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Sae and Takemi

[symphonic-scream]

More of Fool Makoto Swap

So, things start much earlier. The one running the scene in the bad guy sense is Kaneshiro, and he takes care of anyone investigating him. Which includes taking out two investigators about to blow things wide open.

He goes to their private office, threatens them to back off, and they don't. On the way out, he's seen, heard making his threats. Makoto is ten when she watches him walk away. She's ten when her parents drive off the road later that night. She's ten when she's separated from her older sister by adoptive parents who couldn't care less about her, only took her in cause of the money they'd get

Makoto doesn't hear from her sister for years. She believes the whole time that Sae didn't wanna have anything to do with her. She keeps her head down, does as she's told. Until, she gets caught breaking one of the house rules. She kisses a girl.

So, she's accused of stealing money from her adoptive parents, and they throw her out. Luckily, they don't actually file charges against her. But, she's 15, and with nowhere. Until she's told she's being sent to Tokyo, cause she's going to live with her older sister

Sae Takemi, as she's known now, is a Criminal Investigator like their parents were. She's married to a doctor, Tae, and they've recently adopted a son. Morgana. She's missed her sister all this time, tried to call and send letters, but of course it was all blocked or burned

Makoto lives in the main house in this au, and Morgana as the Hermit is introduced from the start. As many of them as possible are, but that's semantics. Makoto lives in the basement, so she has her own space away to get used to things, and she adjusts to being allowed to be a teenager

She's less ostracised than Joker was. But, rumours start coming around. That she reason she's in Tokyo was cause her adoptive parents didn't want her anymore. Lies about how her sister only took her in cause she had to. Add on the fact that she shows up quiet, with her head down? Yeah. She's not really popular

(everyone is a year younger here so I can have Makoto and crew be in second year cause I want to)

Anyways. On her walk to her first day, she spots a girl. A kind of sad look to her, standing with an umbrella. And Makoto just stands there getting soaked in the rain, and maybe feeling a little gay, and before the other girl can say something, a car pulls up

It's Shido, a boy in his passenger seat. He greets the girl, Haru Okumura, and kicks his son out of the car so he can give her a ride

And that's how Makoto meets Goro. He scowls at the car driving off, curses out his perverted father, and they walk together. But they get sidetracked when they pass the local gov building two streets from the school

PALACE ONE IS SHIDO

He's using internships with Shujin to get at young girls. Keeps Goro there as an assistant to do dirty work in exchange for supporting his mom. Haru is only there cause her dad wants her to help the business from the gov side

Magician is Futaba. She's in the Metaverse kinda like Sophie I'll figure it out

They take shit down and I'm working on stuff past this but I do wanna say Makoto's persona? Based on Julie D'Aubigny. Fire Protag

After the first palace the gang all change up their school uniforms a bit. They all were proper before, because two of them were in political internships and one of them didn't want to do anything to draw attention

Goro adds a vest of some sort. Not uniform, and dark red. Haru gets like themed socks? Maybe kitty socks, something else that's kinda cute maybe. Makoto has a hoodie on under her blazer, dark blue and black. Also, pants.

Next palace? KAMOSHIDA. Ryuji comes in here, but he lives in Yongen, so he's run into Makoto during a jog here and there. He's a first year at Kosei, and he's been working with the track team and they're improving so Kamoshida starts taking the credit for it. Says if Ryuji says anything, his scholarship will go away

Then, idk who the palace ruler for 3 will be but the Priestess is Ren. He and his brother, Akira, are twin former child actors at Shujin, and are now trying to live normally. Says Ren, at least. Ren is the quieter twin, whereas Akira is snarky and known to be trouble in a kind of flirty, fun way

Ren, Akira, and Makoto are all members of Student Council together, so that's how they're shown earlier.

Hermit Palace is Morgana, it's like a cursed mausoleum, cause he thinks he curses those around him. Thinks he's responsible for the death of his parents, and for the misfortune he sees happening to his new moms, Sae and Tae

He's 10, as old as Makoto was when her life fell apart. So, she really feels for him. He's been silent since they met, withdrawn, all sad and shit. He doesn't go to school regularly either, and Sae and Tae mention to Makoto that he's nervous about a lot of things. That he sees the same therapist they have her going to as well

(Maruki, the Sun Confidant)

Morgana and Makoto really bond in this, as mock Big Sister Little Brother, cause she's technically his aunt. A big thing is he starts going to school again in the fall semester, and starts acting like a normal kid more

Like. I'm really centering on making this little family very healing. Sae and Tae are home as much as possible despite their busy jobs, and they make a show of celebrating accomplishments with dinner out

After that, well, it's Madarame Palace. Empress Yusuke! Still working on the details here, but Makoto would've encountered him by now so he's not just introduced in the second to last act and not getting development

Oh and I'm working on Faith Ann, too

Justice in this? It's Akira. The Palace before Kaneshiro is Wakaba, whose daughter is in a coma cause of the research she was doing for Kaneshiro (psst that's the Futaba origin story) and then the holy grail and shit

I think that's most of what I have for this?? But yeah. The Thieves here would be very close, and I'd make sure they're shown as actual friends, like the IT. Almost like family, y'know?

I'm thinking for the Temperance, I might do Iwai. I havent done that variation of him yet, and I think it could work. And maybe Counselor Yoshida? That or Kawakami

Anyways WHAT DO YALL THINK

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Batch 2 Stats

Pausing batch 3 for the moment to drop these! Disclaimer: these polls are not representative of the fandom as a whole.

Before I start, I'd also like to thank everyone who played along with the Yaldabaoth bit - you're the real MVPs.

The ship with the highest love it vote is Ann x Shiho (67.7%) The ship with the highest like it vote is Joker x Hifumi (40.7%) The ship with the highest neutral vote is Chihaya x Sae (72.7%) The ship with the highest dislike vote is Iwai x Yaldabaoth (72.7%), or Ann x Mishima (69%) if you don't count him. The ship with the highest polycule only vote is Ryuji x Shiho (14.5%)

The ship people feel most positive about (combined love/like score) is Ann x Shiho (89.7%), with Takemi x Sae (67.4%) and Maruki x Rumi (64.9%) following them.

The poll that had the most votes on it is Sojiro x Wakaba, with 232 participants. The poll that had the least votes on it is Chihaya x Iwai, with 88 participants. More detailed breakdowns are under the cut!

Honorable Mentions:

The runner up love it votes are: Maruki x Rumi (32.1%) and Takemi x Sae (28.8%) The runner up like it votes are: Hifumi x Makoto (39.8%) and Takemi x Sae (38.6%) The runner up neutral votes are: Chihaya x Kawakami (66%) and Chihaya x Ohya (62.9%) The runner up dislike votes are: Sojiro x Yaldabaoth (69.3%), Ann x Mishima (69%), and Ohya x Maruki (62.3%) if you ignore Yaldabaoth

Most Contested:

Joker x Mishima was the most divisive ship, with Ann x Mika as close competition.

By Character:

Shiho's most popular (combined) ship is Ann x Shiho (89.7%), and their most disliked ship is Shiho x Mishima (41%)

Hifumi's most popular (combined) ship is Hifumi x Makoto (55.1%), and their most disliked ship is Hifumi x Yusuke (13.6%)

Mishima's most popular (combined) ship is Joker x Mishima (48.1%), and their most disliked ship is Mishima x Ann (69%)

Chihaya's most popular (combined) ship is Chihaya x Takemi (27.5%), and their most disliked ship is Chihaya x Iwai (45.5%)

Takemi's most popular (combined) ship is Takemi x Sae (67.4%), and their most disliked ship is Takemi x Maruki (26.7%)

Kawakami's most popular (combined) ship is Takemi x Kawakami (47.7%), and their most disliked ship is Kawakami x Maruki (31.9%)

Ohya's most popular (combined) ship is Kawakami x Ohya (36.7%), and their most disliked ship is Ohya x Maruki (62.3%)

Sae's most popular (combined) ship is Takemi x Sae (67.4%), and their most disliked ship is Sae x Maruki (50%)

Iwai's most popular (combined) ship is Sojiro x Iwai (42.8%), and their most disliked ship is Iwai x Yaldabaoth (72.7%), or Chihaya x Iwai (45.5%) if you don't include him

Sojiro's most popular (combined) ship is Sojiro x Wakaba (59.5), and their most disliked ship is Sojiro x Yaldabaoth (69.3%), or Sojiro x Maruki (42.5%) if you don't include him

Yoshida's most popular (combined) ship is Sojiro x Yoshida (28.1%), and their most disliked ship is Yoshida x Yaldabaoth (59.8%), or Maruki x Yoshida (52.6%) if you don't include him

Maruki's most popular (combined) ship is Maruki x Rumi (64.9%), and their most disliked ship is Ohya x Maruki (62.3%)

Igor (Yaldabaoth)'s most popular (combined) ship is Maruki x Yaldabaoth (19.9%), and their most disliked ship is Iwai x Yaldabaoth (72.7%)

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affairs of the heart

series: persona 5

pairing: saetae

words: 431

though she wishes it wasn't, her and tae's relationship would only ever be transactional. (2nd person pov)

The promise was simple: No feelings, no strings attached. You both lead busy lives, with no time in between for romantic affairs. She's a doctor reaching new heights in the world of medicine, and you're a newly brandished defense lawyer, taking new clients for the sake of seeking justice.

So how did you get here? Laying on your back, naked as the day you were born, falling deeply for this woman you barely know?

You tilt your head ever slightly to gaze at her, as she threads a cigarette between her fingers and drags, avoiding even looking your way. This isn't unusual for your “sessions”, this isn't unusual for her, but every time, it stings just a little more. You want her to acknowledge your existence just once, a wish with slim chances of ever coming true.

Maybe that's partially on you; you entered this relationship fully knowing it as transactional, and for a while you thought that was fine. After all, with how much responsibility lays on your shoulders, there's no time for frivolous things such as romance. But the longer you spend with her, the more she touches you, the more you taste her name on your lips when she fucks you, the harder it becomes to leave it at “acquaintances”.

She's more than just a doctor. She's more than just a means of stress relief. She has a rich history and compelling story that you want to explore, to experience first hand, at her side if she has you.

But you know that she won't. She leaves the bed to collect her dress off the floor, putting out her cigarette in a stray ashtray on the nightstand. You watch her clothe herself, another layer of concealment to her body and to her heart. 

“Same time next week?”

Her voice is deadpan, showing no emotion, showing no weakness. She still won't look at you.

So you verbalize a ‘yes’ to agree to her terms, swallow your aching heart as you pick yourself up, untangle yourself from the sheets, clothe your exposed body, fingertips grazing the spots on your neck where she marked you. 

You wish it meant something. You wish they made you hers.

When you leave, you turn back at her house, having some semblance of hope that you'll catch her watching you, hope that she shares your longing, hope that's shattered when she turns off the light on you.

So you wander home, your dress feeling too tight, your chest feeling tighter, and you wait for your next encounter, for your heart to break all over again. 

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.·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙　Welcome!　*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ .

My name is Elizabeth/Gwendolyn.

I am a writer who mainly writes for the ship SaeTae from Persona 5!

My main muse is Tae, however.

Please stick around to follow my writing progress!

[thebigpapilio]

For the P4/5 Character opinion: Sae

Ships: I don’t have any characters in particular for Sae. Like, I can see her in ships like with Tae and Ichiko, but usually she’s on her own. Aro-ace queen???

... I do think people who ship her with Mitsuru are funny, though.

I’m not all that big of a fan of how Sae treated Makoto and how that hurt never got explored. That’s sorta fucked up, Ms. Niijima.

I was joking around about Sae’s gray/silver hair and thought a Danny Phantom AU would be funny. Pay no mind to the fact I know pretty much nothing about Danny Phantom.

Two Persona ideas I found interesting for her are Ichnaea or Iustitia.

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So I woke up to see these absolutely beautiful good luck charms adorned with Hali on them courtesy of the wonderful @saeta!!! Once again, thank you so so much for this amazing gift sweetie!!! 🥹😭 You made me smile this morning after the horrible last couple of days, and I’m forever grateful. 💖💖💖

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@saeta made the cutest little chocolate box X'vahl for me! He's so adorable eeeeeeee! ~♥

[Get yours here!]

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Mimble Omamori.

A lovely gift from @saeta which has cheered me up no end.

Thank you so much, I shall enter this year with renewed optimism, or at least with a smile.

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saetaeeee! i think sae should get a gf actually she deserves it

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them...

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Shadow Sae Takemi (1/2)

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Fool Makoto AU; Makoto Niijima, the World, aka 'Monk'

It's time for the post about our protag here, Makoto! This one will have the most "spoilers" aka info on the au, since, well, protag and all.

Makoto before the plot

Things start so much earlier than in regular Persona 5. The big bad ruins Makoto's life when she's 10. Her parents, a criminal investigator and a police captain, they were close to taking down Kaneshiro despite how he corrupted most of the force. They don't listen to his threats, so they have mental shut downs, leading to a car crash where they die, and Sae and Makoto survive

Makoto was separated from her sister, and adopted by a couple from Takahashi. They didn't treat her all that well, took her in for the money and shit. Whole bunch of rules, don't let her really be a kid. Y'know. Not great, but not bad enough that it would raise alarms

But, right before her second year of high school, Makoto messes up. Breaks a rule. She, was caught kissing a girl from her class. So, they accused her of stealing from them, and had her case worker take her from their care. No charges were pressed, but word still gets around that she "did that"

Sae fights to get custody of her sister again after like 6 years, and Makoto is shipped up to Tokyo with a small duffle bag. She hasn't heard from Sae this whole time, not knowing it was her guardians who were throwing out her letters and blocking her calls

Makoto's Persona, Element, and Wreapon

So. Her persona is D'Aubingey, as in Julie D'Aubingey. Why? Cause she was fucking awesome, of course. Famously gay, rebellious, and a fighter of a woman. And because of this, her element? Fire

I did not change her physical weapon, so it's variations of brass knuckles and punchy things. Six shooter for her gun as well, I'm not changing perfection

Makoto's Phantom Thief Identity; Monk

Makoto's rebellion in this au is based on pursuing herself and her desires, which she had been barred from for so long. She'd, been secretly trying to keep up with her Aikido all this time, so yeah. Instead of biker rebel, she's fighter rebel. Hence, she goes by Monk as her codename! It's partially cause of her devotion and drive, and cause of her fit, you'll see

Her mask will still be metal, dark grey, with white bolts on it. Shaped to fit her face this time, and I'm gonna be using a lot of words to describe this so hold on. Doesn't cover her whole forehead, goes up to just about the eyebrows, shaped and sloping downwards in a curve down from eye brow to cheekbone, then it goes down to her jaw in a spike, comes back up to go over the nose. Symmetrical and all that.

And for the suit? Inspiration here is from D&D monks. Base black tunic, doesn't have sleeves, v neck. Black base layer bottoms, down to the ankle. Over top of the base bottoms are loose, blue wide style shorts??? Goes just to just below the knee. Best tunic over the base tunic, dark blue with black linings, no sleeves again, like a vest. Dark blue wrappings on her hands and forearms, wrapped belt over all the tunics, low ankle boots. I'll have the inspo photo below a cut

Makoto's Velvet Room, and Attendant

The first time Makoto is in the Velvet Room, she dreams of being underwater. Dark currents race around her. The second time, she sees a hand, and reaches out. She's lifted from the waters, and finds herself on a dark fishing boat, and it's hard to make out details. "Igor" sits across from her, out of place with the rocking and creaking of the vessel

As her journey goes on, the surroundings become more clear. The waters and sky lighten, more of the boat is revealed, and she can see through the thick fog that used to blind her path. As she completes Palaces and moves forward, the boat seems to change coarse and stuff. Oh, and when she agrees to the Contract, Yuuki raises the anchor, and they drift forward into the fog

Her Strength Arcana and Velvet Room Attendant is Yuuki Mishima. He's dressed in dark blue fishing gear, with a net over his shoulder. It's also tied to his ankle, which is revealed later

Makoto's Outfits

Makoto starts out in the standard uniform. Doesn't have a reason to change it up yet. But, after the first palace, she switches things up just like her fellow second years and thieves, Lovers Haru and Chariot Goro! And, as she meets new people and makes new confidants, parts of her outfits change and stuff. Y'know. Influence of her new friends, so it's mostly the other Thieves, but eh

Okay, spring and fall uniform, the base one. Over the turtleneck uniform top, Makoto wears a blue and black hoodie. It's black on the main part of it, with blue for the sleeves, hood, and pocket, and the drawstrings. She wears the blazer still, open, but has swapped to the uniform pants.

Summer uniform! The uniform shirt is on, but over it is a short sleeved plaid shirt, blue and black, with a hood. Uniform pants still, but suspenders down

Spring and Fall Outfit! So, it's the hoodie on top, but under it would be a tight, plain black t-shirt. Like, the kind you wear for exercise. Pants? Relaxed fit, black utility style pants, with the jogger style sinch at the bottom. Buchimaru socks, always

For summer? Black tank under the hooded shirt form her summer uniform, long Cycling shorts down to just below the knee, and then light beige cargo shorts over top.

And, winter. Bulky black coat, blue and black plaid scarf, dark red, fitted tech pants, and big bulky winter boots, with a steel toe in them. Gloves are black, with little red snowflakes on the backs

Social Link Influences

I'm separating this from the outfit one cause some of these aren't just clothing or accessories. It'll be as close to the order she meets them as possible, so like, it's plot stuff here.

Sae, the Hierophant - the Buchimaru socks. Sae had been buying Buchimaru stuff the entire time they were apart, to remind her to keep fighting to get Makoto back. So, they have matching socks! And, there's a big plush that sits on Makoto's bed. It's not the exact one she had as a kid, but it's the same model as the one she had

Tae, the Death - an undercut. Tae is the one who gives her a fresh haircut before her first day at Shujin, since her guardians made her keep it long. So it's her canon bob, but a little more choppy. She asked for the shaved bit when she noticed her sister-in-law had one. So, yeah her hair is less strict looking

Futaba, the Magician - a small phone charm of an alien, it lights up when Futaba is using Makoto's phone to communicate with those outside the Metaverse!

Haru, the Lovers - a little keychain of My Melody on her school bag. Haru has a matching Kuromi one, says it's to remind them of their friendship. And then relationship cause Haru is the canon romance for this au

Goro, the Chariot - from her first friend, she gets her drive for competition back. A reason to try to stay on top as a student

Akira, the Moon - social skills. This is not a joke, she learns to be more social and more like a real teenager

Ryuji, the Emperor - new sneakers! They go out and buy shoes together when Ryuji becomes a thief, and she picks out a pair of high top runners, blue and black

Takuto, the Sun - emotional health. He's her therapist, like for real. And ways to move forward and shit

Ren, the Priestess - new piercings! Both had their ears pierced to begin with, but they go and get new ones. Makoto gets two bar helix piercings, to start

Morgana, the Hermit - a hand made bracelet. He wears a matching one, and they're meant to signify their promise to each other to move forward, and help others

Hifumi, the Justice - a trick chess piece. A Queen, with a small blade inside. Makoto has the white queen.

Eiko, the Devil - self care. This social link is gonna be real special, since I love their canon friendship, so. Makoto learns actual skin care, and also, to slowly love herself despite everything

Yusuke, the Empress - a tattoo. Yup. He designs one for himself, based on his mother, and she asks him to design one for her, too. A little motorcycle, with a peony. For her parents.

Zenkichi, the Judgement - a second chance. He believes her, despite it all, and saves her from the Nov 20 plot.

I'm stopping here, cause the others are tough to explain in so little words, but I'll make sure to mention it in their posts

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THERES GONNA BE A CUT. TELL ME WHAT YALL THINK OF THIS, CAUSE IVE STARTED WRITING THIS AU! I'd really appreciate feedback, questions, even suggestions! Not everything is fully figured out, so ye

Below will be details about the Royal Semester, and Strikers, along with the photo refs for Makoto's Phantom Attire

Makoto in the Royal Semester

So for Royal, I'm taking a different approach. With Kawakami as the Councillor Arcana, things are of course, different

The Royal Semester plot is essentially the Royal Trio for the au (Makoto, Justice Hifumi, and Faith Ann) trying to work together to think through the things Kawakami has promised to them, as all three have different feelings on it. Theyre mainly leading the charge alone, and working through their stuff together

For Makoto, Kawakami has offered her EVERYTHING. What this means, is she's offering a world where her parents never died, and she still came to be as she is now, with her friends. A "perfect" reality, just for free

And, Makoto is really fucking angry about it. She fought for this world, and the idea of just being handed everything and more? Oh, that's the worst. For Makoto, fighting is her rebellion, her purpose those last few months.

How can she just, let Kawakami erase that struggle? It's what made her-

That's her side of it. She spends days around Tokyo with the other two, and in the Palace, working through their feelings and her own too.

Makoto in Strikers

Okay so for the main plot? Makoto was in second year. For Strikers, it's the winter break of her first year of college/university.

She and Haru have an apartment or dorm at their school, I'm thinking Kyoto University, cause there's a culinary school in the city too, for Haru. Makoto is studying Engineering and Mechanics, with the goal of making safer motorcycles and vehicles. The hands on type of engineer, the building kind

Makoto will be so different than she was at the start of the plot. So, healed. She'd still have her hoodie from above, with any holes or rips fixed up with a cross style of stitching. She'd have dark overalls, the cargo kind, and when she has her arms out, it is shown she's been getting more tattoos. Some gears, and vines

Also, I think Strikers will have a Shadow Operatives theme to the plot. Still working on it

Okay! Ref images!

These are what I looked at for Makoto's Monk fit, but with alterations of course

Also, this is as close to the base mask design idea I have as I could find, so this is just the shape, kinda