Y'know, Thanks To Chatting With @celestialily In The Replies, Why Not? I Can Work Around This! I'm Still

Y'know, thanks to chatting with @celestialily in the replies, why not? I can work around this! I'm still thinking about Icarus' design so giving him a combat and Navi mode shouldn't hurt much! Just some fine tuning in Maruki's PT design as well!

Ok so I was thinking about Maruki getting a new Persona and thanks to research, it is technically possible to have a Persona that can shift between Navi and Combat thanks to Rise's Persona in P4AU:

...Wait a second... Idea forming... What if Maruki can have that ability too?

Ohhh! I just realized something:

Perhaps kinda like Rise, he would use a visor to scan but can then shift to fight mode when needed since he isn't bad combat wise and has some Metaverse knowledge. Perhaps limitations can be applied too for balance. Navi Mode Maruki would also be able to use "Guiding Tendril" (the ability his Will Seed gives) along with some actualization abilities (namely ailments?)! Of course, the ability would have the limitation of being usable for ambush still. Keeps him from being too op.

It would definitely be good symbolism for his pacifism but also fiercely protective. A fighter but also wanting to provide support as well!

haven’t drawn dad-kichi in a while

Holy cow I didn't think both of my Alastor posts would blow up so quickly (I mean sure he's a fan favorite but still)! I'm also just as happy when I see tags or comments indicating that they'll be used for refs! It's nice!

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Ok, a hot take (I think): Making Mika and Sugimara Mementos targets wouldn't have worked for Ann and Haru's SLs because it would undermine their growth and the fact that they managed to solve their problems and dealt with those two on their own terms without supernatural help (Joker being their moral support helped as well).

(Now I DO wish we actually saw Sugimara facing consequences so perhaps a small rewrite would have worked (ex: Takakura maybe telling him that he found some evidence against him off screen when he decides to barge in to lash out at Haru and her standing up to him perhaps) but that's it. No Mementos, let Haru be the queen she already was and regain her autonomy that was stolen from her on HER terms)