#tristanxisolde

[yume-tsuki]

Constantine's pain >>Your fractiouness is now over child! You will be a mermorial for the others not to try this, too. << >>Still try to fight me?... Wait, wait your eye.... Aren't your grandfather the king of Liones; Meliodas the wrath, leader of the seven deadly sins?<< The man laughed. An evil, mad laugh when his plan took shape in his mind. >>King Meliodas would do everything to safe his precious grandchild isn't it? Specialy when he is in a pinch! But a finger? No, then you can't work but there is something special only you got. << He strokes his cheek, then his face get cold. >>Scream as much as you want, tell the other slaves to fear me!<< The next moment Constantine lay in his own vomit and blood, his mind seemed to fade. He was more dead than alive, only the voice of Jade's ghost helpe him not to snap. >>Time to wrap a little present and send it to the king. You should try to survive, not that Meliodas wrath will be for nothing!<< Far away Constantine heared the laugh, and the words the man said to him, but he couldn't get them. They brought the boy back to the cell were the other kids were. First he was more death than alive till Loh tried to speak to him. Asking him how this had happened. >> We will never make it.<< He cried in his arms >>Don't say that, our fathers will come rescue us, they are legendary holy knights.<< the cruelty of this men destroyed the last hope the kids had in their hearts . First they killed Galahad and now they tortured Constantine till he lost an eye. Then Constantine feld something soft wraped around his head. >>Finished! It's patched up! I'll give you my ribbon it's a feel-good charm from my mommy!<< Constantines broken heart start to feel warm again. Maybe they can still make it. Maybe their fathers are here soon too... >>Thank you.<< he sniffled and a soft smile appeared on his face.

[rose-130]

Since it's Valentine's Day, and since I'm going to spend it alone, that's why I wanted to make a One-Shot of Tristan and Isolde

Tristan: Isolde? What do you do here at this time

Isolde: Prince Tristan.. I'm just looking at the beautiful stars and it's a beautiful night

Tristan: lately I've noticed that you're a very attractive and beautiful girl, it makes me very happy just to see you

Isolde: does it mean that he likes me? -blushing-

Tristan: maybe -he approaches the pink-haired girl, approaches her sweet lips and kisses her-

this is real !? The prince is kissing me but then I hit my head hard and realized that it was just a stupid dream that will never come true

Isolde: can I talk to you prince?

Tristan : yes

Isolde: I can get confused and lose my mind. Dreaming that I am happy but when I wake up I remember again and I don't want to suffer anymore

Tristan: what do you mean?

Isolde: it doesn't matter, I just want to tell you that at any time I'll be there for you and if you need something you can ask me

Tristan: Did I hurt your feelings at any point?

Isolde: no young man, it's just that I'm wondering if someone will love me one day

Tristan: you are a very pretty girl a boy if he noticed you

Isolde: thank you

Tristan: I'm still waiting for a girl who complements me

Isolde: I hope you find it

Tristan: I hope it's like my mommy

Isolde: Queen Elizabeth is a very beautiful woman and from that you were born a very handsome boy I mean I mean a boy who looks like his mother

Tristan : when I find her , I will marry her , we will have beautiful children I want to spend my whole life with my own family

Isolde: sounds beautiful.. can I give you a hug?

Tristan: yes

well so far, it's very short I hope you liked it

[nataliarw2004]

I love how Tristan just ignores that Gwain just said they can take each other’s chastity. This boi is so oblivious 😭 it makes me wonder if Tristan and Isolde will ever get together with how naive he is

Also Tristan has Ellie’s face but from this angle looks just like Meliodas

[artemis-maia]

Why I think Hamuko‘s Persona should have been Psyche

I have always thought that it was a waste to also give Hamuko Orpheus since Psyche would have arguably been a better match for her in every regard. In fact there are some story aspects that match Psyche‘s story a lot. I will mention these story parts over the course of the article.

I also think that giving Psyche to Metis was wrong since nothing in her storyline fits Psyche in the slightest. 

First of Psyche is a human princess which is emphasized over and over. 

In Aigis‘ case her being a robot makes sense since Athena was born fully armored from Zeus’ head and she is the goddess of strategic warfare (which means that it is her job to finds a way to cause the most damage/deaths unlike Ares who just represents normally clashing armies).

Even Labrys makes sense as non human since Ariadne is not 100% human since her father Minos is a son of Zeus and her mother Pasiphaë is a daughter of Helios. Also the name Labrys refers to the labrys axt from Minoan culture from Crete (labrys and labyrinth are also said to be related words).

Metis’ name is fine since it is the name of Athena‘s mother. But her storyline is actually like a retelling of Athena‘s friend Pallas not of Psyche.

Both Athena and Pallas are warriors raised as sisters, Athena accidentally kills Pallas in a sparring match and out of mourning names herself Pallas Athena. This fits Aigis‘ guilt feelings and her taking over the protagonist‘s place in the Answer.

Giving Metis Pallas as a Persona would fit Aigis‘ Athena theme totally (the name Aigis/Aegis named after Athena’s shield, Palladion the wooden statue of Athena, Athena as a Persona herself) and also explains why Metis looks like another warrior robot since Pallas fought like Athena.

Now why I think that Hamuko should have gotten Psyche:

Hamuko‘s entire premise is the butterfly effect thus Psyche‘s butterfly depiction and her connection to the soul would fit a lot.

Psyche is a human princess who secretly feels very lonely since people just worship her as a new Venus however there is no one who actually tries to approach her or marry her.

This reminds me of Hamuko‘s Stepford smile. A lot of Ryoji’s fortune link actually shows you that a lot of her previous behavior was a facade.

Anyway when Venus gets angry that Psyche is worshipped she sends Eros/Cupid to torture Psyche. However he accidentally falls in love with Psyche and defies his mother to make Psyche his. Psyche‘s father after an oracle says that Psyche gets married to a monster let Psyche become the wife of said monster (actually Eros/Cupid).

Psyche thus ends up in a relationship with Cupid similar to Beauty and the Beast. He interacts with her and her only at night.

Seeing Pharos/Ryoji as the stand-in for Cupid would actually be pretty fitting in my opinion since Ryoji not only is not human, in the Fortune s-link you sympathize with him despite him being an antagonist (Maki was a grey character, Jun had a redemption arc however Ryoji despite having no evilness in his heart is unfortunately on the wrong side the entire time).

Eros/Cupid and Thanatos actually do have a lot in common. Both are often depicted with wings sometimes their statues look so similar that they are called Eros-Thanatos since it can‘t be said who it depicts. 

Also both Eros/Cupid and Thanatos also are sometimes depicted as children (Pharos can be the stand-in).

In early depictions Eros‘ mother wasn‘t Aphrodite/Venus or even Penia (goddess of poverty), it was Nyx who laid an egg. Sometimes Eros is also said to have emerged shortly after Chaos similar to how Ryoji virtually appears from nothingness.

Also Ryoji‘s brief stint in his s-link can be seen as similar to Eros‘ brief adventure in company of a human.

Eros-Thanatos would also emphasize the teaching of Freud about the Eros and Thanatos urges. I always got a really Freudian and Jungian atmosphere from Ryoji‘s s-link since it is full of tropes and very fairy tale like.

In Thanatos‘ profile his connection to butterflies (soul symbol) which he sometimes holds in his hand is also mentioned. Cupid is also often depicted holding butterflies.

Anyway when the relationship reaches the climax there is this interesting option:

To kill the ‚monster‘.

Psyche is urged by her sisters to get rid of the ‚monster‘ Eros/Cupid.

Hamuko has the option to kill Ryoji when the December 31 decision approaches.

Both decide against it and the antagonist already means too much for them.

Both Cupid/Eros and Ryoji leave right this confrontation.

Psyche then has to fulfill several tasks one of them is to go to Tartarus. Thus Hamuko if she would have had Psyche would have even had a Persona that has a Katabasis/goes to the Underworld story.

The most interesting part though is this:

Psyche after opening the jar she received from Proserpina/Persephone falls into a death like slumber. After this Zeus allows her and Cupid to be united after she drinks ambrosia and is no mere mortal anymore she is now a deity.

This description of death sounds even way more matching to the ending death scene than how Orpheus dies in myth. Orpheus is sometimes depicted as returning as a prophet like figure (Orphic mysteries) however his final death description is not softly falling asleep, it’s violent since Dionysus worshippers tear him apart.

They did ponder which gender the P3 protagonist should have early on or whether they should add an option like in if... which is why they later returned to a FEMC in P3P.

Maybe they did play with the thought of giving Psyche to a FEMC early on and later just gave Psyche to Metis since they didn’t really give any thoughts about what else they could give her.

I would have liked Orpheus for MC, Psyche for FEMC since both Orpheus and Psyche have a Katabasis and that Metis gets the actually fitting Pallas.

Cupid and Psyche is also sometimes dubbed ,forbidden love‘ which matches Ryoji‘s s-link being star-crossed (RomeoxJuliet, TristanxIsolde, PyramusxThisbe, HeroxLeander style). Also the divine date trope and Did you just romance Cthulhu trope Ryoji’s s-link has would match a lot as well.

Another interesting aspect is that I sometimes see discussions regarding the extent of how much Ryoji manipulates Hamuko into a relationship:

Cupid and Psyche is often examined regarding Stockholm Syndrom and also Greco-Roman rape myth stories.

While I see Ryoji unlike Eros/Cupid as innocent since he has amnesia there is a power difference between him and Hamuko due to being different specimen.

It was actually interesting to see how such a power difference story would actually play out in a s-link.

If you wanna see a CupidxPsyche or Beauty and the Beast like movie that does depict a similar power dynamic I can recommend the Russian movie Dragon Love is a scary tale. I watched it on amazon prime and didn‘t expect much at first but it ended up being a good depiction of the trope.

As I have mentioned I like how trope like and fairy tale like Ryoji‘s character turned out.

I even sometimes see Ryoji as a bit of an Aladdin-like character (his Ryoji disguise basically being kinda like Prince Ali from Ababwa).

Even some of the lines in his link remind me of the Aladdin movies XD.

[tsundereslasher]

[yume-tsuki]

🎃🎃🎃 TristanXIsolde

[nataliarw2004]

Tristan being protective over Isolde! 😭

[nataliarw2004]

Tristan thinks Isolde is cute! 🥰 I live for this!