#wildcard futaba

[lesbiamano]

all the wildcard!futaba and justice!sumi art ive done so far ^_^

[phantomthiefgaige]

So just a heads up, some of my followers may wanna avoid the Wildcard Futaba AU I’m making for….reasons

Content Warnings include

Sexual Harassment

Murder

Bullying

Emotional Abuse

Emotional Trauma

Parental Trauma

Drugs

Alcohol

Depictions of blood

Do I really gotta say swearing? It’s persona. No shit it’s got swe-

Morgana

Sibling neglect

Seriously, Persona CW’s are fucking wild. I can keep going too.

Manipulation

Depictions of very bad weather (Thanks Netflix)

Terrible writing

And many, many, many more

So if that’s not your cup of tea…might wanna skip it folks. For everyone else…hold in tight. It’s gonna be a doozy…

[235uranium]

"loki is akechi's hate" "loki is destroying akechi's psyche" you're all cowards. loki is akechi's anger and outrage at being trapped and abused. and that is NOT a bad thing

[ryntaia]

Haru, Makoto, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Futaba, Morgana, Ren, Goro

yeah I've been doodling this crap on and off for the last few days enjoy

Yu mentoring Ren in the ways of Wildcard

Small fists of trike justice

Ryuji is very impressed

Inaba Fox acquires a son, delivers inari sushi unto him

Ren please behave yourself

Anyways I got carried away and drew a lot of these lmao

[iguanasplit]

i need more of the hermitfaith au

-"So, shall we meet Again, Yoshizawa?"

It seems Sakura Futaba, has taken interest in me.

(I am thou, tho art i,

Thou hast acquired a new vow...)

[The Wildcards from the HermitFaith AU]

[samasmith23]

How Goro Akechi effectively serves as a dark foil to the Phantom Thieves' brand of rehabilitative justice

So... I understand that Goro Akechi is a pretty divisive character within the Persona 5 fanbase (especially his pre-Royal incarnation), but I have to admit that I honestly found his backstory and role as a sinister foil to the Phantom Thieves to be legitimately intriguing. Elements which are revealed during his boss fight in the game’s “Cruiser of Pride” arc!

When the Phantom Thieves infiltrate the Meta-Verse to confront the Shadow of the corrupt ultra-nationalist politician, Masayoshi Shido, who’s palace takes the form of a gigantic yacht sailing through the ruins of a sunken Japan, they are suddenly confronted by Akechi in the ship’s engine room. Having just betrayed the team during the previous arc, Akechi is revealed to not only be the true culprit behind the mysterious wave of mental shutdowns & psychotic breakdowns (which included the deaths of two Phantom Thieves’ member’s parents, Futaba Sakura’s mother Wakaba Isshiki & Haru Okumura’s father Kunikazu Okumura respectively…) that have occurred throughout the game’s narrative as part of Shido’s conspiracy to get elected as Prime Minister, but that he is also Shido’s illegitimate child. Essentially, Akechi was the product of a dubious affair between Shido and a sex worker whom the former later discarded when he discovered that she was pregnant, driving her to depression and suicide shortly after Akechi's birth. Akechi spent his entire childhood being passed around as a “problem child” between various foster homes (highlighting Japan’s problems with how the country treats its orphaned children) before later being granted the power of a "wildcard" persona-user, as well as knowledge about the existence of the Meta-Verse by the false god of control, Yaldabaoth.

While Akechi was a societal outcast similar to the members of the Phantom Thieves, he took the wrong message from his experiences. Akechi misguidedly believes that the only way to truly oppose the status quo that looked down upon him is to not only become a part of it (i.e. caring only about his good grades & celebrity status) but to destroy everything that he hates by reducing himself to Shido's right-hand assassin in the Meta-Verse, perpetuating mental shutdowns & psychotic breakdowns on Shido’s political enemies simply to get some semblance of recognition & validation from his abusive father before exacting revenge on him (whilst exploiting his "ace-detective" celebrity status to "solve" the crimes that he himself committed).

Essentially, once Shido finally became prime minister Akechi planned to whisper the truth about being the former’s illegitimate child, telling Shido that he was only able to get where he was due to the son he abandoned and labeled as a potential “political scandal” before murdering him.

Despite Akechi and the Phantom Thieves' mutual dislike of Shido, the former is so fixated on vengeance that he does not care about the innocent lives he ruins and destroys in the crossfire to satisfy his own personal bloodlust. Instead of legitimately trying to reform society like the Phantom Thieves do, Akechi becomes a pawn of the very same systemic corruption that was responsible for his initial suffering. Akechi cares only about his own hatred & jealousy instead of empathizing with others who were also victimized by society’s ills. This contrast is visually reflected through the juxtaposition between Akechi and the Phantom Thieves’ leader, Joker, when they confront each other in the engine room of Shido’s yacht. While Joker is portrayed as standing strong alongside his teammates & friends, Akechi stands alone in the opposite end of the room, confused & angry. While there is a part of Akechi that regrets his horrible actions and even recognizes the potential for him & Joker to be friends due to their similar backgrounds, he's too far gone into his obsessive vendetta against Shido that he refuses to turn back and now desires to kill the Phantom Thieves in a misguided attempt to ease his internal conflict.

During the boss fight with Akechi in Shido's Palace, the detective prince repeatedly dismisses the Phantom Thieves' efforts to appeal to his common senses, believing that concepts like friendship and teamwork are foolish "cliched bullish*t... in this eat or be eaten world."

While this attitude of Akechi's might seem unrealistically cartoonish on the surface, it actually makes sense when considering his background of being unfairly labeled as a "throw-away child" by Japan's foster care institutions. YouTuber LadyVirgilia goes into far greater detail about this in her excellent The Truth About Goro Akechi analysis video. There, she states that an overwhelming number of Japanese orphans are incapable of being legally adopted due to impoverished parents voluntarily relinquishing them from their care while still maintaining legal guardianship over them. Additionally, LadyVirgilia discusses how violent hierarchical power structures often form among the children within these foster homes, with younger orphans sadly being subject to bullying & abuse by their older peers.

While these facts are not explicitly stated about Akechi's backstory within P5 Royal itself, they can easily be heavily inferred due to the game's heavy emphasis on exploring themes related to Japanese sociocultural issues. It’s implied that the institutional failings of Japan's foster care system (combined with Shido's abandonment of his son while he was still in the womb), ultimately contributed to the development of Akechi's warped perception of the rest of the world. Due to being dismissed as a "throw-away child" and being forced to grow up in an institution that is unfortunately subject to high rates of systemic abuse & neglect, Akechi spent his entire life feeling unwanted & loved. Ideals such as friendship & companionship became foreign and unrealistic concepts to him due to having experienced nothing but society's cold & uncaring apathy.

Essentially, Akechi became deeply jealous & hateful toward the rest of the world, misguidedly compelling him to want to prove his superiority over the rest of society by manufacturing his status as "the celebrity ace-detective and honors student who ultimately brought down Shido." But when Akechi encounters the Phantom Thieves and befriends their leader Joker, he begins to experience his first genuine bond of companionship. Despite developing a legitimate appreciation towards Joker, Akechi is simultaneously confused & unable to fully process these newfound feelings. Akechi becomes envious of Joker's ability to rise above his similar status as a societal outcast by befriending & protecting others like himself. Consequently, Akechi projects his own failings & inability to legitimately rise above his tragic upbringing beyond his false celebrity status onto Joker & the Phantom Thieves, cruely dismissing them as "the trash of society" and blaming them for interfering with his revenge plot against Shido. This empty & hollow existence that Akechi chooses to live is further reflected by the sole two personas that he utilizes during his boss fight: Robin Hood, who represents Akechi's false celebrity & justice-abiding gentleman facade, and Loki, who embodies Akechi’s true personality as a deceitful trickster & psychotic murderer.

I personally couldn’t help but find all of these elements to be rather interesting & insightful about Akechi’s role as an antagonist/rival to the Phantom Thieves. It honestly highlights the tragic nature of Akechi's situation, since while he had the potential to utilize his deductive knowledge & skills as a "wildcard" Persona-user similar to Joker, he instead allowed himself to be consumed by his own hatred & madness.

The parallels between Akechi & Joker are further evident through the latter also being a victim of Shido’s abuse. Specifically, the corrupt politician wrongfully sued Joker for “assault” when he tried to stop Shido from drunkenly forcing himself upon a woman. In contrast to Akechi however, Joker is motivated by his negative experiences to fight against the unjust status quo that figures like Shido represent to prevent similar abuses of power from ever occurring again to others. Additionally, we also see dualistic parallels between Akechi and other members of the Phantom Thieves, such as Makoto Nijima who similarly previously upheld the misconception that “good grades and following orders are all that truly matters to be a worthwhile member of society.” Whereas Makoto outgrows this mentality by instead choosing to utilize her status as student council president to help her suffering peers rather than for her own academic career, Akechi conversely exploits his intellect as an “ace-detective” to perpetuate societal injustices for his self-centered vendetta against Shido.

In essence, if the Phantom Thieves embody the potential benefits of rehabilitative justice then Goro Akechi embodies the dangers of retributive justice (aka, revenge). To reference two of my favorite movies, Batman Begins and Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, not only is there a strong difference between justice and revenge (one is about altruistic harmony whereas the other is about personal satisfaction), but the most surefire way to victory is by fighting to protect what you love rather than fighting to destroy what you hate...

The distinction between justice & revenge is made abundantly clear at the end of Akechi's storyline in the baseline game (i.e. before the Royal exclusive Third Semester new content), where following his defeat at the hands of the Phantom Thieves Akechi is suddenly approached by a cognitive duplicate of himself that dwells within Shido's palace. In addition to the Cognitive Akechi emphasizing the futility of Akechi's quest for acknowledgment & vengeance against Shido by revealing that the latter always intended to dispose of his right-hand assassin once he was elected prime minister, the cognitive duplicate also reveals the true depths of Shido's depravity when he states that he only ever viewed Akechi as a puppet to fulfill his own ambitions. While it is true that Akechi was so obsessed with revenge that he allowed himself to become a pawn of the corrupt status quo, it is exceptionally cruel to learn that this is how Shido has always viewed his own son (which is further punctuated by Shido later revealing to the Phantom Thieves that he secretly always suspected that Akechi was his illegitimate child due to how much he reminded him of his mother). It is this revelation in particular that allows the Phantom Thieves to better empathize with Akechi's tragic upbringing & circumstances. Even though they still seek to hold Akechi accountable for the murders that he committed at Shido's behest, the Phantom Thieves simultaneously recognize that in a sense, Akechi was also a victim of both Shido's cruelty and the systemic injustices of larger Japanese society.

This effectively culminates in the bittersweet resolution to Akechi's storyline in the base Persona 5 game. When the Cognitive Akechi duplicate offers his real-world counterpart one last chance to "redeem" himself in Shido's eyes by killing the Phantom Thieves in his stead, Akechi for the first time in his life decides to be his own person instead of being defined by the labels Shido and society had imposed upon him since birth. Choosing to no longer be a puppet of Shido's corrupt machinations, Akechi rejects his cognitive duplicate's hollow offer by instead turning his gun on the duplicate and his Shadow minions before sealing the engine room's watertight doors between himself and the Phantom Thieves. At the very end, Akechi was finally able to acknowledge that his desire for false appreciation from both his abusive father and larger society was ultimately worthless. Akechi ultimately sacrifices himself to allow the Phantom Thieves to escape, recognizing their true justice while entrusting them to do what he was incapable of by holding Shido accountable for his crimes & reforming society.

From a certain point of view, one could argue that the Phantom Thieves indirectly inspired a change of heart in Akechi by proving to him the validity of their sense of justice.

Overall, while I was initially indifferent towards Goro Akechi at the start of my playthrough of Persona 5 (and even outright skeptical & suspicious of his motives given his vocal opposition to the Phantom Thieves), by the time I got to his boss battle in Shido's palace I ended gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for what the developers at Atlus were attempting to convey with his character. Akechi effectively functions as both a cautionary tale about the dangers of allowing oneself to be consumed with thoughts of revenge, as well as a dark parallel to the Phantom Thieves who seek to legitimately reform society for altruistic rather than self-centered reasons. It was these elements that ultimately elevated Akechi into becoming one of my personal favorite members of P5's cast (right behind Makoto, Futaba & Ann...) from both a narrative and character writing perspective (especially with the Royal edition's overhauled confidant line for Akechi, which better fleshes out the latter's rivalry with Joker, and the player now has to progress manually instead of it being automatic)! And I am definitely curious to see how Royal's exclusive "Third Semester" content further fleshes out Akechi's character since I'm aware that he plays a major role in the new story content.

[katsona-the-katsequel]

The way I understand Persona awakenings...

The Investigation Team (sans Yu) and Futaba gained their Personas manually. The more natural way, we could say. The old way. The would-be user gained their assets personally to boot their Persona. However, this was still the hand-written version.

The Phantom Thieves (sans Futaba and Akira) also did it manually, but the 2.0 version. Not needing to walk all the way to retrieve the needed assets, they got them metaphorically shipped to their location and finished booting their Persona in half the time it took the Investigation Team to find their Shadows.

The P1 and P2 users (+Wildcards) gained their Personas by hiring a contractor. The expert acquired and installed all the proper assets for them and even added the latest features such as invoking them in the physical world or owning more than one at the same time. You could also get personalized real-time assistance! The devices are compatible too! You can call your contractor to transfer your Persona assets to another user! Totally worth the unspecified contract.

SEES (sans Minato/Minako and later Aigis) created their own program to boot their Personas. They are personalized with certain features such as using them in the physical world, but since they're the equivalent of homemade, they need a lot of requirements everytime they want to use them. Good news is that they also found a way to discard assets to save on time so anyone with a compatible device can use it. Kudos for actually making them as functionable as the normal awakenings, if a bit more trigger-happy.

The Masked Circle and Strega used a pirated website. That shit has virus, bro. Yo, they just stole your credit card number.

[paratoxicii]

ohh my goodness... i love futaba and akechi siblings.... its my fav persona hc... theory..? idk.. but i like the idea sm...

i think it would make akechi's "death" and the fact that he as a failed wildcard even more tragic... the idea that akechi could have had what futaba did... ohh it makes me so sad... especially when you consider the fact that their lives are so similar...they're both alone and their mothers left them behind... akechi's mother and wakaba both supposedly committed suicide... but then you find out wakaba was killed (by akechi) and didn't want to leave futaba behind... whereas akechi's mother actually killed herself.. leaving akechi behind in a world where he had no one... he didn't have the support that sojiro gave futaba.. he didn't have the companionship of the thieves... he had no one to save him... futaba and akechi siblings hc really lights up my psychology brain because it shows the significance of nature vs nurture and how nurture play such a big role in a persons development... anyways.. stay tuned for more ramblez :3!!!

[senblades]

hello! i was reading shuake fics, as one normally does, and i came across an interesting subject in one of them!

in the fic (it was kinda like a feb 2 fic but with the interaction between ren and akechi happening 2 week early), ren asks akechi:

"if i know that you're not real and that this is just part of maruki's reality, why haven’t you dissapeared like when wakaba, okumura, and makoto's dad did when futaba, haru, and makoto realized?"

i thought it was an interesting point to make so i was curious and wanted to hear your opinion on it! :D

oh ho ho I have thoughts indeed! (and I think I've read that fic actually lmao)

My general, heavily biased thoughts, are that Akechi not disappearing on 2/2 (or earlier, in the case of the fic you mentioned) is because he isn't actually dead. Something of a basic answer, but a girl can dream HA

Other reasons, however, could include Akechi being a wildcard, Ren being a wildcard, Maruki-typical shuake favouritism, the works! Atlus seems to be very insistent on not giving Goro a true death status, given that they've taken to confining him to "that one week in november" in spinoffs (smh can't believe that the Tactica dlc wasn't set in the third semester /j (...mostly))

But, in the end, I think that Akechi not disappearing and subsequently insisting on returning to the true reality and awakening Hereward, is very important in establishing that, whether alive or dead, Akechi in Maruki's reality is undoubtedly real

There are several meta and narrative-based reasons why I think this is important- first off, would something that is entirely Maruki's creation oppose his ideology like that? And can cognitions even have personas? Like. I'm no Metaverse doctor, but-

And for the more narrative and thematic reasons- To say that Akechi in the third semester isn't real is to strip any and all development to his character during that time of meaning. From the third sem jazz club convos, to 2/2 (what a mouthful HA), to Hereward; to turn around and say that all that was exclusively Maruki putting on a puppet show- at that point, what would be the point of Akechi being there at all, narratively speaking, if it doesn't actually add to his character?

...that was something of a slight tangent LMAO- but my thoughts often spiral in different places when I think of the third semester haha (like. Y'all. if I had been a persona fan before Royal came out, I would have gone fucking NUTS when I saw all the shit they added HAHA)

anyways, thanks for the ask! I've been waiting for an excuse to spill all my thoughts like that hehe <3

[akechiwrld]

Imagining the Phantom Thieves as Genshin characters!! (Headcannons, kit, and team ideas because I'm a nerd)

Coming from a p5 nerd and self-acclaimed genshin theorycrafter (I'm not, I just like big damage). SPOILERS FOR P5 AHEAD!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

Mostly because I am procrastinating my HL essay and a documentary on Czechoslovakia that I have to do for history but :)) Enjoy!! Also idk if anyone else has done this before, if they have and you've seen it, I would appreciate a link to their post, since people will have different ideas to me!

Also if you think of any other cool teams please let me know in a comment :D

Akira Kurusu:

He'd be like the traveler - in that he can switch between elements being a wildcard and all. I feel like if he and the traveler met they'd have a Spiderman meme moment like damn you don't need a vision either? Cool.

From Inazuma (I mean they're all going to be from inazuma because Japan). But I feel like his backstory would be like he was a lowly peasant living in the countryside but had to move to inazuma city yk like im having to move to Tokyo - then he meets his cool gang of misfits.

Show me your true form. (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 80) During his elemental burst, Akira enters the Wildcard state and can change from element to element by using his Enhanced Skill: Trickster. Using Trickster allows Akira to switch from element to element. While in the Wildcard state, Akira deals elemental infused Normal ATK DMG of the element he is in, each element having different properties. Since his burst is just elemental infused Normal ATKs, the damage from his burst will scale on both the burst multiplier and the normal ATK multiplier, the burst multiplier increasing the buffs he gets from each element, and the normal ATK multiplier increasing the DMG of each individual hit.

Pyro: Deals massive Pyro DMG to a single target, inflicting Severed Flames upon the target. When a target is inflicted by Severed Flames, Akira deals 50% more DMG to that target, and his ATK is increased by 25%.

Electro: Akira enters the Storm state, and his Elemental Mastery is increased by 100. Deals Electro DMG in an AoE, inflicting Thunder's Wake onto the target. Enemies effected by Thunder's Wake have their DEF decreased by 10%.

Anemo: Sucks enemies into a vortex and increases Akira's Elemental Mastery by 100. Enemies pulled into the Vortex become stunned and cannot move until the vortex disappears. Vortex lasts for 10 seconds. 13 second cooldown.

Dendro: Deals Dendro DMG to nearby opponents, and increases bloom DMG (including hyperbloom) by 75% of Akira's Elemental Mastery. Also increases Akira's Elemental Mastery by 100.

Cryo: Deals AoE Cryo DMG to opponents, and increases Akira's ATK by 15% for each enemy that is frozen on the field up to 6 enemies.

Hydro: Deals AoE Hydro DMG to opponents, and summons Mini-gana (do you get it) to deal periodic Hydro DMG. When Mini-gana is on the field, Mini-gana will heal nearby party members by 70% of the DMG done by its attacks, and decreases nearby opponents Hydro RES by 20%.

Geo: Deals AoE Geo damage to nearby targets, increasing Akira's ATK and Normal ATK DMG by 15% per Crystallise reaction triggered, capping at 6 triggers.

Steal your heart! (Elemental skill. 15 second cooldown.) Hold skill: Akira calls upon his allies to support him, summoning a Monabus and driving it, allowing him to deal Physical DMG to opponents for 150% of his current ATK. Press skill: Akira summons a Mini-gana that deals periodic Physical DMG to nearby opponents for 150% of his current ATK, and buffing his CRIT Rate by 20% for 20 seconds.

A new mask. (Passive talent 1) When Akira enters the Wildcard state, increases his Elemental DMG bonus (including Physical) by 50% of his current ATK.

Home away from home. (Passive talent 2) When put in a team with Goro or Futaba, Akira increases all allies' ATK by 15% and their elemental mastery by 100.

The idea is you build him with a lot of ATK so that his passive can covert it into elemental DMG bonus, so it doesn't matter that you can't use a DMG bonus goblet, which makes ATK on the goblet better overall. So ATK sands and goblet. Also I overtuned the Skill because physical damage SUCKS. But I wanted to include it since he's got his whole Wildcard thing and it wouldn't work to put an element to it since he can switch between them. And physical DMG can't mess with elemental reactions.

Ryuji Sakamoto:

Arataki gang. ARATAKI GANG. Because Max Mittleman = Ryuji and Max Mittleman = Itto. So yeah. Se also gives MAJOR Itto vibes!! (In the best way possible.)

As for his vision, sticking to Captain Kidd's lightning moves, I'd give him electro. I think he'd be a claymore user, but his claymore would be shaped like a mallet or whatever it is he carried in Mementos.

Feel the rage of the seven seas! (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 80) Deals periodic electro damage in an AoE and enters the Seven Seas state. While in the Seven Seas state, Ryuji summons Captain Kidd and uses bombs from Captain Kidd's ship (which attack when he uses his normal attack) to deal Electro DMG to opponents in the AOE. When in the Seven Seas state, Ryuji's elemental mastery is buffed by 10% of the team's elemental mastery and his Electro DMG bonus increases by 50% of his elemental mastery. Lasts for 17 seconds, with a 15 second cooldown.

Go get 'em, Captain! (Elemental skill. Cooldown 10 seconds) Ryuji rides Captain Kidd's boat and deals Electro DMG to opponents in the area, buffing his ATK by 10% (at talent level 10) for 15 seconds.

Bombs away! (Passive talent) When Ryuji triggers an Overloaded reaction, his Elemental Mastery increases by 100, and his ATK increases by 3%, stacking up to 5 times, each Overloaded trigger counting as a stack.

I thought of this so you'd use the supports before him, do his skill into burst to get the buff. Also, I see him as an Overloaded carry just because there are no Overloaded teams in Genshin and I think he would fit it really well. Designed to work well with Ann, as you'll see in her kit :)

Ann Takamaki:

Complete Yoimiya vibes. They'd be best friends by the way. Ann stops by Naganohara fireworks every day with Ryuji to feed the cats there and say hi to Yoimiya :D I'd make her like a popular dancer or something I'm not sure. But she does have an element of her previous fame (if we can call it that) and has people appreciate her for her beauty. Instead of being quarter American, she's quarter from Mondstadt this time! And, Pyro vision. Of course.

Do you feel the burn? (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 60) Ann deals Pyro DMG in an AoE, increasing Overloaded DMG by 70% and decreasing the Pyro and Electro RES of nearby opponents by 60%. Additionally, Ann will deal coordinated Pyro DMG with the on-field character, each attack dealing 70% of Ann's current ATK. Lasts for 20 seconds, 15 second cooldown.

Like what you see? (Elemental skill. Cooldown: 12 seconds) Ann deals Pyro DMG in an AoE, using her charm to paralyse enemies for 10 seconds, and reducing their defence by 20%.

Thanks for the support! (Passive talent 1) When at least 3 party members are either of the Pyro or Electro element, Ann will increase the CRIT Rate of all party members by 15%.

Pink Diamonds. (Passive talent 2) When put in a team with Ryuji and Akira, Ann's Pyro DMG bonus increases by 25%.

Yeah she's my designated Ryuji support because I love their friendship and they give so much sibling energy I love them <33 I wanted to give her the ability to have an advanced skill during her burst since she also deals damage in P5, but I thought it would overkill since her kit is already stupid powerful... Also you do have the option to stay on her during her burst since she does coordinated attacks like Yelan.

Morgana:

Akira fished him out of the sea. Like Paimon. But he is infinitely better than Paimon in every single way imaginable. I'm actually not sure how he found him in this world but the fishing him out of a sea thing was a joke... mostly. But yes he is a magical cat who can talk and do cool damage! I'd say not that odd for Genshin standards though. Anemo vision obviously.

I'm not a cat! (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 60) Morgana leaps into the air and creates an Anemo vortex (looks similar to Lynette's burst in that there's a cat in the middle :> ) that sucks in nearby enemies and deals periodic Anemo DMG based on 50% of Morgana's current Elemental Mastery. If an element is applied to the Vortex, nearby allies have their elemental DMG bonus for that element increased by 15%. Vortex lasts for 15 seconds and has a 12 second cooldown.

Tch, you guys are just small fry. (Elemental skill. Cooldown: 10 seconds) Morgana summons Zorro to deal periodic Anemo DMG to enemies, pulling them into a small vortex and healing nearby party members for 50% of Morgana's Elemental mastery + 25% of Morgana's max HP.

What about my fatty tuna? (Passive talent 1) Driven by his hunger, Morgana increases the ATK and ATK SPD of nearby party members by 20%. hoping they'll finish fighting quicker so they can all go and eat some good sushi after the battle.

All for you! (Passive talent 2) When put in a team with Ann, increases all allies' CRIT DMG and Pyro DMG bonus by 20%.

Makoto Nijima:

I wasn't sure what element I should give her since Nuke isn't really something that exists in Genshin... I decided upon Cryo because she fits the vibes. I'm not sure why but she does. I once saw something that said like vision users were chosen for their personal characteristics and that Cryo was for lonely people or something, (I'm paraphrasing don't quote me on this) not that she's lonely! Just that she had some trouble finding friends because her sister was always working and her position as the council president made it difficult. So yeah, Cryo.

This is my new self! (Elemental burst. Energy cost 60.) Makoto enters the Free spirit state and her ATK is increased by 40% for 10 seconds. She uses Johanna to ride into the air does a blast of AoE Cryo DMG to nearby enemies. 15 second cooldown.

I'll show you what I'm really made of. (Elemental skill. Duration 15 seconds. Cooldown 20 seconds.) Makoto rides Johanna and can drive into enemies. When riding Johanna, her skill becomes an enhanced skill, and she can deal increased DMG to enemies by ramming into them.

I don't need to prove myself to you. (Passive talent) When Makoto uses her elemental skill or enters the Free Spirit state, her Cryo DMG bonus is increased by 20%, and enemies' Cryo RES decreases by 20%.

Skill-based DPS because mostly everyone I've designed so far is burst reliant, and we know that Makoto is super cool and does things her own way while still being uber mega strong.

Yusuke Kitagawa:

Renowned Inazuman artist. He must be. I feel as though he's like Itto in the way that he'd interact with Kamisato Ayato on a daily basis at his art exhibitions and thank him for his patronage, but never realise he's the Yashiro comissioner. Oh sweet Yusuke never change. Also Cryo vision because Goemon!!

The real meaning of art. (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 60) In the throes of battle, Yusuke feels inspiration hit him and is compelled to paint the scene. To do this, he freezes all nearby opponents (regardless of whether they are affected by Hydro, but opponents effected by Hydro will stay frozen for longer) immediately upon casting his Elemental Burst, dealing a burst of AoE Cryo DMG. His normal ATKs then become infused with Cryo, and he uses his paintbrush to attack enemies in large strokes, dealing AoE Cryo DMG.

Is this true beauty? (Elemental skill. Cooldown 10 seconds.) Yusuke frames his enemies in his canvas (he does that thing with his hands where he pretends to take a photo I don't know how to describe it), dealing Cryo DMG to all opponents in his lens. All opponents captured have their Freeze duration extended by 5 seconds and have their Cryo RES decreased by 20%.

I must capture this moment! (Passive talent) Yusuke's DMG to Frozen opponents increases by 25%.

Futaba Sakura:

Dendro. Need I explain? (Okay maybe I might have to explain but I just thought it fit her really well I don't know why.) She's the daughter of the boss of Komore Teahouse (which I've made to be Sojiro. I'm sorry old boss.) and spends her days sitting behind the counter and waiting with Taroumaru. Since there isn't technology in this world she's a pro codebreaker and has intercepted and deciphered codes from the military multiple times! And since her palace was Ancient Egyptian-themed, I think it would be fitting if she'd been really interested by Sumerian culture and wanted to visit for a long time, always reading about it. Hence, her name as Alibaba. In this world, I'd like to think her mother was a scholar who attended the Sumeru Akademiya in the Spantamad Darshan since that's to do with Ley Lines and such... closest thing to Cognitive Psience I think? Also the Dendro vision could fit with her fondness for Sumeru!

Alibaba sees all! (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 80) During her elemental burst, Al Azif floats above the battlefield and casts Restricted Zone, generating a field. Within the Restricted Zone, all enemies' resistances are nullifed, and their elemental RES for all elements in the party are decreased by 20%, and increases all allies Elemental Mastery by 25% of Futaba's elemental mastery. Within the Restricted Zone, periodic Dendro DMG is also dealt to all enemies within, scaling on Futaba's Elemental Mastery. Restricted Zone lasts for 25 seconds, with a 20 second cooldown.

Pharoh's Judgement. (Elemental skill: 15 second cooldown.) When Futaba casts Pharoh's Judgement, Al Azif descends and deals Dendro DMG to nearby enemies. When Al Azif is on the field, all allies ATK, DEF and ATK SPD is increased by 20%, and their elemental DMG bonus is increased by 30%.

You can't leave again... okay? (Passive talent 1) When put in a team with Akira Kurusu and Goro Akechi, Futaba increases all allies' CRIT Rate by 20% and their CRIT DMG by 60%, fueled by the desire to protect her family, found or biological.

Don't touch me! (Passive talent 2) When enemies are in the Restricted Zone, their DEF decreases by 30%.

TRIGGER WARNING: Non-con. Not in ANY DETAIL, just as speculation as to why Wakaba may have had Futaba. Just to explain the You can't leave again... okay? talent, there's a headcannon that Futaba's father is actually Shido since we never find out who he is. Since we know Wakaba worked with Shido at some point, and he cut off her research and forced Akechi into giving her a mental shutdown, it may have happened that he took advantage of her at some point, leading to Futaba. From what we know of her character, she didn't have a partner (barring Sojiro, but they weren't confirmed for a romantic relationship), so it makes sense that her conception of Futaba wasn't entirely of her own volition.

Also, the Al Azif thing was interesting to me because I did some digging on the P5 wiki and apparently Necronomicon was based on an Arab tome called Al Azif. And since we have Sumeru and the whole thing I added about Futaba being interested in Sumerian culture, I thought it might be fitting to put Al Azif in her abilities.

As you can tell from the very long and detailed skill and burst and the two passive talents I love Futaba!

Haru Okumura:

The daughter of the Takatsukasa clan (well now the Okumura clan) head, which was disgraced for manipulation of the Tenryou commission. She now is the new head, and needs to bring the clan back to its former glory in the wake of her father's misconduct. He dies in this world because an assassin from a rival clan wanted to end his political misconduct. I'd imagine she's friends with Ayaka. And I'm giving her an Electro vision because I think it fits her personality and her whole pinky purple thing going on with Milady.

Say hi to your new boss! (Elemental burst. Energy cost: 60). Haru summons 5 employees that deal Electro DMG. Two of them deal Electro DMG every 1.5 seconds, and three of them deal Electro DMG every 1 second. Each employee deals Electro DMG based on 50% of Haru's ATK, and decreases the opponents' Electro RES by 20%. The employees remain on-field, even when Haru is switched out.

Eat up! (Elemental skill. 7 second cooldown) Haru supplies party members with her home-grown vegetables, healing the party for 50% of Haru's ATK and increasing all allies' Electro DMG bonus and Electro CRIT DMG by 25%.

I'm stronger than you think. (Passive talent.) When her employees are on the field, enemies hit by their attacks have their DEF decreased by 10%.

The employees were based off Furina's lil gang when she summons her burst. They'd have pretty fast Electro application, but not enough to powercreep Fischl, since I think Haru fits into her own specific niche of buffing Electro units (RIP Kujou Sara).

Goro Akechi:

Laughs manically. It is my time. Scaramouche vibes here. But, instead of the Shogun, he could be a lil guy from one of Yae Miko's experiments who was abandoned and left to fend for himself ): He now holds resentment towards her (obviously) and his in rage, he gained the ability to access elemental powers without a vision, because he is also a wildcard! And since he doesn't have as many bonds as Akira or whatever, he can't access as many elements as Akira can, so I'm giving him Electro and Hydro. Electro (Loki) because of his pure, unfiltered rage and Hydro (Robin Hood) because of his sense of justice and kind façade he puts on to make himself seem likable. He got a respectable job at the Yashiro commission, and works closely with Ayato on diplomatic matters, all in hopes of becoming powerful enough to create checks and balances in Inazuma's government to take power away from th Guuji Yae and the Shogun.

Stop underestimating me. (Elemental burst, Electro. Energy cost: 90) Goro unleashes his rage and enters the Berserk state, draining 3% of his HP per attack hit on an enemy. In the Berserk state, all of his attacks have 100% CRIT rate, and 50% of his ATK is converted to Electro DMG bonus. In the Berserk state, he gains an enhanced Skill, which immobilises enemies for 5 seconds with a 7 second cooldown. Lasts for 20 seconds.

I suppose I'll comply. (Elemental burst, Hydro. Energy cost: 60) Due to his desire to be likable to others, Goro will unleash a Tidal Wave that hits all nearby enemies with a powerful burst of Hydro, decreasing all enemies' Hydro RES by 20%.

This will do. (Elemental skill, 7 second cooldown in Electro, 15 second cooldown in Hydro.) Allows Goro to switch between the Electro and Hydro elements. Once the skill is tapped, Goro floats above the battle and can see his enemies' positioning. In the air, he can either use a plunge attack or use his skill again, the plunge attack putting him into Electro mode, and the skill putting him into Hydro mode. In both elements, when coming back to the ground, Goro deals AoE Hydro/Electro DMG, pulling enemies close to him and paralysing them for 5 seconds. In Electro mode, once he does the plunge attack, he heals his own HP by 45% of his ATK. In Hydro mode, however, Goro will immediately consume 60% of his max HP and gain 60% CRIT Rate. His normal attacks will become infused with Hydro, and he will gain 45% Hydro DMG bonus. He will also be able to use his skill again to place down Robin Hood, who will deal Hydro DMG to all nearby opponents.

I'll carve my own path. (Passive talent 1) Every time Goro completes a 3-hit normal attack combo, ATK, Electro DMG bonus and Hydro DMG bonus increase by 15%.

I wish I'd met you sooner. (Passive talent 2) When put in a team with Akira and Futaba, Goro increases all party members' elemental mastery by 100 and can heal all party members for 40% of his attack once their HP falls below 50%.

Weapon: Lævateinn. Base ATK: 674. Secondary stat: CRIT DMG 44.1%. Passive: Increases Goro's resistance to interruption by 30%. Increases Goro's ATK and Elemental Mastery by 15% for 15 seconds every time he consumes his own HP.

Since both Hydro and Electro rely on reactions, I'd build him with EM on the sands, ATK on the goblet, and CRIT DMG circlet, since he gains a lot of CRIT Rate from the Berserk state, and from consuming his HP when he goes into Hydro form. Also I realised if you play him without a shield he'll get gigaknockbacked so I made him a weapon that fixes that in true Genshin fashion :) You can just play him with Sumire but you know i wanted to add the Loki reference.

Sumire Yoshizawa:

Famous Inazuman dancer perhaps? Her and her sister were a famous dance duo until the Vision Hunt Decree, where Kasumi was killed for not giving up her vision. After that, Sumire gained her own vision, never forgetting the feeling of powerlessness she felt at the face of her sister's death. Blames it on herself since she thought if she was strong enough, she could have saved her. Geo vision because I feel like it would signify brute strength in a moment where she felt powerless.

Get out of the way! (Elemental burst, Energy cost: 60) Fueled by the desire to protect her sister, after casting her elemental burst, Sumire will summon Cendrillon to deal AoE Geo DMG for 15 seconds. Sumire will also take 75% of the damage inflicted to the on-field character for 15 seconds, buffing their defence by 30% of Sumire's defence.

Let me handle it. (Elemental skill, 15 second duration, 15 second cooldown.) Sumire gives a Geo shield to the on-field character based on 40% of her DEF. The shield can stack up to 10x, and it gains a stack every time a crystallise reaction is triggered.

Dance, Cendrillon! (Passive talent 1) When Cendrillon is on the field, all allies' DEF increases by 10%.

Team ideas:

Ryuji Overloaded team: Ryuji, Ann, Morgana, Haru.

Ryuji as the on-field driver with Ann to do coordinated Pyro attacks to trigger overloaded. Haru to increase Ryuji's CRIT DMG and decrease enemies' Electro RES. Morgana to heal and crowd control so overloaded doesn't knock back enemies :)

Found family team: Goro, Akira, Futaba, Haru.

Haru isn't the found family but we have the biological siblings and the found one :)

Hyperbloom team with Goro as the hyperbloom trigger. His EM will be gigabuffed with Futaba, and he'd have an EM sands so hyperblooms should do good DMG. Dendro Akira for the bloom buff. Futaba to buff everyone beause I made her cracked, and she pairs well with Goro for the Aggravate triggers. And Haru to increase Goro's Electro DMG and shred enemy defence.

Variant of the team can also be played with Sumire for the shielding so Goro doesn't get destroyed since he consumes his own HP, but Haru would buff him a lot.

Freeze team: Yusuke, Hydro Akira, Morgana, Makoto.

Yusuke would be the team's main Cryo driver, while Makoto would be a quick-swap unit to apply Cryo for Morgana to swirl. Akira obviously does his hydro appliaction and summons a Mini-gana! (I love that name I'm sorry.)

Akira Goro vape team: Akira, Goro, Morgana, Sumire.

Akira in Pyro form would be used as the on-field driver. Goro's Robin Hood would then apply Hydro from off-field. Morgana for crowd control and healing and Sumire for interruption resistance.

Goro destroys the world team: Goro, Futaba, Haru, Sumire.

Literally just an aggravate team. Goro Electro form would be used, Futaba for the insane buffs and Dendro application, Haru to gigabuff Goro and Sumire for survivability :)

[lesbiamano]

i just realized. i think i never posted the arcanas for all the characters in my swap au😭😭for the sake of not leaving you guys on tumblr in the dark, this is them!

• The World (as in The Wildcard) - Futaba Isshiki, codename “Sibyl”

• The Magician (yes he is a cat in the over world) - Akira Kurusu, codename “Bishop”

• The Chariot - Yusuke Kitagawa, codename “Vivid”

• The Lovers - Haru Okumura, codename “Ivy”

• The Emperor - Ryuji Sakamoto, codename “Star”

• The High Priestess (he’s a human kid here) - Morgana, codename “Pawn”

• The Hermit (and navigator) - Goro Akechi, codename “Hawk”

• The Empress - Makoto Niijima, codename “Specter”

• Justice (Black mask) - Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa, codename “Indigo”

• Faith - Ann Takamaki, codename “Valentine”

as for the non playable arcana characters, i also changed a few of them

• The fool (and i mean the actual real one) - Igor

• The Hierophant - Sojiro Sakura

• The Wheel of Fortune - Kiyoko Akechi

• The Strength (from the get go) - Lavenza

• The Hanged Man - Zenkichi Hasegawa

• Death - Tae Takemi

• Temperance - Sadayo Kawakami

• The Devil - Mika

• The Tower - Shiho Suzui

• The Star - Kana

• The Moon - Maya Amano

• The Sun - Tatsuya Suou

• Judgement - Sae Niijima

• The Councillor - Rumi

and as a little bonus, instead of jose, i put in sophia ! not for any major plot reasons, just because i really wanted her there lol

anyway! that’s all of them! if you have any questions i’d be happy to answer! i love this au so much it’s so fun😭

[phantomthiefgaige]

Okay y’all…so for those who know all about my weird AU’s. Lets get them all lined up.

We have

S.E.E.S Chihiro

Sburb: Connection Lost

Toko and Syo as sisters

And of course

Wildcard Futaba

It’s not a lot of AU’s honestly.

Also

I MADE THIS WHOLE POST TO ANNOUNCE WILDCARD FUTABA IS IN THE WORKS!!!!

YOU CAN NEVER MAKE ME LEAVE THE KITCHEN WHEN I’M COOKIN THIS TYPE OF FIRE!!!!!

[235uranium]

THIRD SEM THIRD SEM THIRD SEM

[argentsunshine]

here is a new question and statement. happy pride month. what are your complex and convoluted gender and sexuality headcanons for all the phantom thieves and which of them have autism

happy pride month ♥️

akiras some kind of nonbinary but hes on probation so he doesn't really care about that right now <3 id say he's genderfluid or something like that. gender = wildcard. shes bi but we knew that.

ryuji is cis and he's "he's a little confused but he's got the spirit about transness . he isn't straight but he won't realise this until he's twenty one

ann has had the Very Affectionate Teen Girl Friendship thing going on with shiho for years and the realisation that she's gay has been brewing in the background for years but she doesn't fully realise it until she awakens to carmen

yusuke has the autism thing where your relationship to societal norms is sufficiently weird that "what gender are you" becomes a very difficult question to answer. he also kind of thinks everyone is kidding about attraction and hetero attraction specifically. is he gay? ace? aro? if you forced him to answer he'd spend 15 minutes talking and you still wouldn't have an answer

makoto can be transfem as a treat but she's so focused on being normal and socially acceptable and normal that she hasn't processed the gay part until about a week after awakening to johanna where she fills a notebook with points for or against the idea that she's into women. this does not help at all

futaba she/it transfem swag

haru I'm not really sure on gender but i think she realises shes gay in college but unlike ryuji where this rocks his entire world she's like oh that makes sense and moves on

akechi is a gay trans man but as previously discussed he's a binary trans guy teenager in 2016 who already has a superiority complex so it'll take him a few years to start being reasonable to other less normal and assimilationist and socially acceptable gay and trans people

i think sumi is straight not an insult to her i just think she is. she's the token straight who's become culturally queer because all her friends are gay

I've spoken about The Autism before i can't find the post but I'd just be repeating myself. ryuji and ann have adhd. nvm heres the post

[taldigi]

Isn't Teddie lovers in retransmission? So shouldn't he be navigator?

Also imagine retransmission Yu but with a sword that's the size of his mascot suit

navigator is a separate battle role from arcana- unlike the current trend with wildcards (who seem to be mostly fool -> world). Fuuka was priestess and futaba was hermit.

cat with beeg sord

[beezonia]

P5 eah au

Akira - Son of the Mad hatter (wildcard)

Ryuji - Son of Jack (his story involves climbing and a lot of running to escape giants)

or we make him the son of captain hook (in reference too Captain kidd)

or he’s the son of the hare (Alice in wonderland)

Ann - Daughter of either sleeping beauty or she’s the daughter of goldielockes

or we make her the white queen from Alice in wonderland? Idk

Futaba - Daughter of Robin Hood or daughter of the pied piper (it’s futaba come on)

Yusuke - Son of the little mermaid

or son of the white rabbit

Makoto - Daughter of Prince Charming (I’m going the darling route with her)

Haru - Daughter of Snow White

Akechi - Son of the queen of hearts

Sumire - Either we make her the daughter of Alice and Kasumi was the og daughter but she died/disappeared and her sister took her role

or Sumire is the youngest daughter of Cinderella (In reference to Cendrillion) and it’s Kasumi who doesn’t want to follow her destiny so Sumire might have too

Shiho - Daughter of the hare (tortoise and the hare)

or she’s the daughter of smee (so her and ryuji stay close)

That’s all I got for now! I’ll get back to you on the adults/Toshiro/Eri soon

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