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I have so much in my drafts but I’ve noticed they’re mainly about Yukiko, Rise and the MCK. There’s also one with Kanji.

Yosuke is my second favorite character behind Rise (and Yukiko comes up right after him) but I don’t seem to have any drafts on him. Which is nuts because I think he’s a fantastic character, I love this frog to death and beyond. And I certainly would like to talk about how he’s actually pretty similar to Rise and the Midnight Channel Killer both because it improved my views on all three characters and I already enjoyed the three as characters

And just his Social Link, too. I maxed him out before I maxed any other character by a wide shot. Next one I maxed was Nanako a good while later. It’s a great link and I love thinking about him and Saki and how his opinion on Inaba changed for the better because of his connections and yes I am insane about this boy how could you tell I LOVE YOSUKE I’ll say it a million times

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My friend group and I now have a running gag that every time our stream crashed it’s the Midnight Channel Killer’s fault because our most brutal bugs were during the Kubo and Namatame arcs. You know, the copycat the MCK hates for screwing up his plan of framing Namatame (also Kubo getting thrown in by the MCK literally solidified for us all exactly who the true MCK’s identity was) and the guy the MCK actually wants to take the blame (and none of us fell for it)?? The ones he wants DEAD?

The final massive bug was when we (by we I mean Yukiko and Yosuke’s players and I) were grinding in Magatsu-Inaba and suddenly the screen went utterly out of control to the point I had to delete an hour of dungeon time JUST TO LEAVE THIS HELL. We literally could not select ANYTHING.

Fuck you, Adachi!

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I think a lot about Rise and her relationship with the stage. Her dungeon’s design is full of eyes, because she feels like all eyes are on her and she can’t stop it. I mean, hell, Himiko’s shadow form is meant to show how she feels like she barely has agency over her own body—she’s oversexualized when she’s literally a 15 year old. It’s to the point her initial Midnight Channel Episode sexualizes her and shows a distorted image of her, a major hint to the Midnight Channel’s nature.

(Actually, part of me wonders how exactly she got a decent look at that swimsuit since the clear Midnight Channel Episode hadn’t come out yet since she wasn’t in the TV yet. Was it her being in denial about that girl possibly being her? Then again, Namatame comments about seeing Yukiko smiling during her blurry Midnight Channel Episode (but that did not come from someone in a decent state of mind), so maybe they’re not total silhouettes.)

The image that focused on her chest enlarged her actual chest size to sexualize her more, since, well, breasts are often fetishized, especially larger ones, to the point women can’t go out in public without a shirt. (You’ll notice sexism and especially how it negatively affects teenagers is a huge running theme in this game… but that’s for another post).

Himiko herself is performing when she greets the Investigation Team, acting like it’s a theater performance the whole way through, the dungeon itself is a theater. Himiko’s facial expressions barely express emotion—just a wide-eyed, uncanny smile until she gets mad, then she slightly furrows her brow. I think it’s meant to make her look like a doll. Because that’s all a lot of her fans see her as.

(Can’t help but wonder if the implication is either plastic surgery or like she can’t express emotions in the way she wants because she has to be marketable, especially since these are Himiko’s ONLY two expressions)

To be honest I always thought it was deeply disturbing how even Rise’s shadow is performing. I suppose the others are in a sense too, but not to the extent Himiko is. Rise can’t drop the mask even in the deepest depths of her psyche, those eyes are still watching her very soul, and it scares her. She wants to drop it, but she doesn’t know what she looks like beneath it and is terrified of what she’ll find. Which is something Himiko calls her out on. I do not want to post screenshots of all of that so I’m just going to transcribe it.

Himiko/Rise’s Shadow: They’re all watching! All eyes are on me now![…] Aw, what’s wrong? You want to show your stuff, don’tcha?[…]This is me! This is who I really am! Not Risette, the fake celebrity! Look at the girl right in front of you! Risette? Who the hell is she?!

I mean hell, it’s seriously rubbed in by the fact in all her “complete” forms, Himiko has a satellite dish for a face. I wonder if it’s also meant to look like a kaleidoscope because they fracture images of your reflection when you look into it and Rise talks about different pieces of her when she finally accepts Himiko, and in her Rank 9 which will be mentioned in a second.

But it’s not like she doesn’t enjoy acting and performing, as shown in her Ranks 8-11 (+ the Junes concert). I mean, she breaks down when she realizes Inoue won’t be her manager anymore, mainly because she was hurt that he only compliments her skills after she cuts ties with him. She realizes she “lost everything” because… well… she did enjoy performing. But everything that happened was too much.

And she appreciates that she can mean something to other people, like the girl who writes letters to her! I think her dynamic with this unknown girl is really sweet and interesting.

I also like how in Rank 9 she talks about self-analysis and her life as being similar to a stage, how she plays different roles and how she would use them to run from herself, things like that. It just… I don’t know, it’s hard to describe but it rings true and I’m struggling to explain it.

To be honest, she puts it in a way that kind of reminds me of how Philemon describes people in the beginning of Persona 1.

Risette is indeed Rise Kujikawa, too. I think Risette is her love of music and dance and acting, and partly her sense of selflessness since that girl kept pushing her forward to continue to want to be Risette and continue with her passion. And I like how the game shows that while being on stage has brought her a lot of pain—it’s the mistreatment and control people have over her (to the point even her diet is controlled), she does love acting and singing and everything—it’s brought her a lot of good. That girl and the ability for Rise to genuinely pursue something she loves.

okay anyways I’m insane about this cocker spaniel looking girl she’s wonderful

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I’m so fucking sleepy but I am thinking so much about a post I want to make about Rise and I’ve already started it but for once I actually have decided to put down some screenshots so it’ll take a bit longer

But anyways one superficial reason I like her is her postgame Persona awakening—Kouzeon has a bunch of halos with orbiting planets—it looks like a solar system!

As someone who’s studying to be an astrophysicist it makes me really happy :)

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This old post of mine deserves reblogging.

You know I don’t know if this gets touched upon later in game (I’m in July in game), but I’m thinking about Tomoe back when she was a Shadow, and called out Chie on her envy towards Yukiko. Tomoe uses Yukiko’s femininity as a point above Chie for her. But the thing is, the team loves Chie for who she is. I don’t think I’ve had a single dialogue option in her Social Link where I didn’t get 2-3 music notes for her.

Kanji’s dungeon and the point Take-Mikazuchi is trying to explain to him is how toxic masculinity breathes down on him and tries to force him away from being himself… and how nobody should force him to be anything—they should take Kanji Tatsumi, nothing their image of him.

And both times it’s about the attention they get from a different sex. Chie gets ignored by boys for not being feminine enough and Kanji by girls for not being masculine enough.

I want to see if there’s any interactions in game that touch on this parallel… I don’t know how it’d go but I think it would be interesting to see.

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Once I finally finish Persona 4 (me and the gang are in late January in game), I need to find, like, supplementary material for Persona 4 so I can know more about the Investigation Team man I know one person suggested the Magician comic so I could learn more about Yosuke and Saki. Any other suggestions? I know apparently Persona 3 has a Japanese cookbook with a ton of lore, but I’m looking more at Persona 4 because… well, I just prefer Persona 4. It’s my favorite!!

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Me: I should pull out screenshots in my analyses so they’re more coherent (forgets to so they’re less coherent)

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Since Rise canonically loves spicy food and whenever she cooks makes it so spicy she can knock out the literal resident fire mage, I have a headcanon that her spice tolerance is ridiculous. I like to think she thought when she made that hyperspicy curry and taste-tested that it was less spicy than she usually makes it.

I’m wholeheartedly convinced this girl could eat a Carolina Reaper with zero sweat broken.

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so every persona user in P4 is associated with an animal in my friend group and if we ever wanted to send GIFs of those characters when we have a Category 5 (Character) moment we would send each other GIFs of those.

Yu - Wolves (grey wolf)

Yosuke - Frogs

Chie - Dragons

Yukiko - Crows

Kanji - Fish, especially catfish

Rise - Dogs (cocker spaniels)

Take a wild guess for Teddie

Naoto - Eagles (usually crested serpent eagles but any will do)

[NUCLEAR SPOILER CHARACTERS UNDER CUT]

Adachi - Spiders

Marie - Cats

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I was talking to myself about Persona 2 and reminded myself of how much I liked it even though I was actually being rather critical of it when talking about it to myself and then began thinking about the positives…it really is a great game. Er, great two games I guess? There’s a reason Maya’s Theme is found in literally every game after!! She’s amazing!!

I’d analyze more about what I like about the game but I just woke up so all you’re getting is “Maya, Eikichi and Ulala are my favorites and I really love their arcs in particular,” “I have a little crossover fanstory in my head where the Suou bros meet the Niijima sisters (you’ll pry the idea of the Niijimas being inspired by the Suous from my cold dead hands),” and “good grief I love P2 Joker so much AUGH”

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Since my p4 posting is primarily analysis, should I reblog the posts from my main blog onto here?

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I love Yukiko Amagi so much.

I love how her arc is about realizing that the love around her from her family and friends is unconditional and that the power is totally in her hands because I think a lot of people need to know that the greatest way to kneecap your own power is to believe you have none. Which is why her Shadow’s birdcage opens up when she attacks—the only thing holding her back is herself because she falsely believes she can’t choose, that’s the true reason behind her resentment of the inn—she doesn’t think she has a choice, she’s got no problem with the inn itself!

And the unconditional love thing… I think a lot of teens her age need to hear that. I think part of the reason it’s so perfect Persona 4’s main cast is comprised of teenagers is because more than any other age group, teens are especially desperate to feel like they need validation and because of that they suppress more of themself than older or younger people. Their insecurities get constantly preyed on by other teens who are equally as insecure or adults trying to hurt them, so they’re even more desperate to suppress them. So Yukiko getting to learn that she’ll be supported and loved no matter who she is or what she does is a really sweet message.

I also like her personality a lot, love how she’s not just goofy (her laughing fits are adorable—fun fact, when me and my friends played P4 together and got the gag glasses half the group was clamoring for her to have them on and celebrated when she had them on), but determined—I mean seriously, she sucks at cooking but she really tries! She doesn’t let her mistakes get her down and keeps fighting and getting back up! She’s awesome!! I adore her!!

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when your friends and foes look alike

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I guess I’m going to post mainly P4 art here. Spoilers will be tagged. (Especially ones from the sixth dungeon onwards).

I like the other Persona games too, other than 1 (and even then its comic version goes hard). But you probably won’t see me talking about them as much because I really like 4. I have played every mainline Persona game and plan on playing Strikers and Arena.

I speak English and Spanish, know some Japanese too but I’m not as good there. Do not care what you call me.

I have a YouTube so I might post my art meant for thumbnails here and branch out. (They’re good, I promise)