Hi I Have A Request!! How About Akira Being Sleepy/groggy After A Clinical Trial With Takemi, With The

hi I have a request!! how about akira being sleepy/groggy after a clinical trial with takemi, with the side effects of the drug making him feel really tired…and clingy too. reader is already at Leblanc when he comes back and waiting in his room bc she had brought a movie for them to watch. but of course they don’t end up watching the movie and he decides that her chest would be the perfect pillow and place to fall asleep on. she is a bit flustered but melts into the cuddles and pets his hair while he sleeps. /)//w\\(\

Personal Remedy

Fandom(s): Persona 5

P5 Protagonist/Joker x Fem Reader

Summary: After a tiring day of going through another round of Takemi’s clinical trials, Akira needs you to make a full recovery. And despite all your fluster, you are more than happy to take of your hardworking boyfriend. There’s no place he’d rather be in anyone else’s arms but yours.

One-shot

Content: Fluff, romance, established relationship, sleepiness, napping, tired/soft Joker, flustered/nurturing Reader, cuddling & snuggling, comfort, domestic bliss/fluff, falling asleep listening to heartbeats, movie date.

Warnings: None.

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Taking your seat on Akira's bed, you couldn't help but shift a little in anticipation as you stared at the floor entrance of the stairs, waiting for your quiet and ever hardworking boyfriend to walk up.

The two of you had planned for a movie date today, where you'd be the one to pick the film and your boyfriend would have his home-attic reserved for you to watch together. Akira had texted you beforehand that he would possibly be running mildly late, so you could get a head start in arranging the setup.

Sojiro had allowed you to stay to wait for the young man as he began preparations for closing the café. He had long since trusted you two in being rationally responsible for whatever activity you'd do alone. So he left the small establishment some time ago with the closed sign switched and a locked door on his way out. Akira would reopen it with his spare key.

Looking out the window, evening had began to roll in. You went to playing on your phone to pass the time when you finally heard the sound of a lock being undone, signalling his expectant arrival.

The noises of footsteps drew closer, albeit slow and lazy as a familiar mop of messy black curls and trademark faux glasses came to view as Akira trudged up the stairs. They were all a part of his look in keeping a low-profile regarding his unjust criminal record.

"Treasure..?" Akira's soft baritone voice called out to you; carrying a pleasant relief and relaxation underlying his calm tone.

Your face instantly changed into a fonder and gentler look towards your boyfriend. As nonchalant and reserved as he behaved, he had a serious romantic and sweet side of himself that he'd bring out to you in private.

Akira's sharp, stormy eyes were slightly half-lidded, posture a little hunched, even with his hands in his pants pockets, showcasing his drowsy state after a tiring day. And considering that another way you've spent time together aside from dates and group hangouts, was helping each other with errands and such. You understood the amount of work he had to do as the leader of the Phantom Thieves, including 'strengthening his bonds', as he previously explained it to you.

Akira had opened up to you about his unique ability, which was different compared to yours and the others. The power of the Wildcard, where the strength of his multiple Personas depended on the strength of his ties with the people around him. So doing clinical trials with the gothic doctor was a way for him to form a bond with her. He never delved too deeply on the topic, but it made your heart light knowing that Akira trusted you enough to talk about this part of himself. There were even times where he confessed to sometimes feeling alienated from the Thieves.

You were always willing to hear what Akira had to say to get whatever pressure he needed off his chest. Including lying together on his stiff, makeshift mattress atop of those crates as you freely conversed about anything, cuddling on his couch, or spending other moments such as these.

"Aki," you say, standing up from his bed to make way to him. Your brows furrow slightly at his clear exhaustion, just what ragged him out like this? Standing in front of him, you place one hand on his shoulder, the other to his cheek. Akira didn't hesitate to lean into your touch with closed eyes.

"Are you okay?" you made sure to keep your voice mellow. "What happened?"

".. Takemi."

Ah, that made sense. Akira volunteered months ago to be the test subject of Tae Takemi's, a back alley doctor in Yongen-Jaya, clinical trials. It served to benefit both parties: access to medicine for the Phantom Thieves, and research for the local doctor.

Though you did worry sometimes that the woman would push the experiments a bit too much on the noiret, even if she was licensed in the medical field. She did call him her 'guinea pig' after all, it made you a tad unsettled by that notion but Akira reassured you that he wouldn’t overdo it.

"C'mon.." you whisper, taking your hands to hold his. "How about some rest, yeah?"

Akira tried to straighten himself, doing his best to blink away the drowsiness. He must've had to put as much energy as he could to walk home. "No, it's okay. You chose a movie to watch, right? We can still set it up."

When he took a step forward, he slumped against your body. You didn't stumble from his action, and stood steady as you accepted his embrace. He didn't put all his weight on you though, just enough to hold you loosely in his arms. With your height difference, Akira towered over you, so you stood head-to-chest. That meant he had to lean down more to rest his face on your shoulder.

You deliver him a half smile, quirking one corner of your lips high with an eyebrow raised. "Think you can manage to sit through the whole thing?"

The frizzy haired male snuggled his nose against your neck in response, causing a sudden squeak to escape you from the sensation. Akira gave a light chuckle under his breath, you always were ticklish there. He knew he had to prove that he could go through the entire film, but that meant moving his body away from yours, and you were just so warm that he couldn't bring himself to leave.

"Let's just do a rain check, all right?" you stroke the back of his head, fingers brushing his soft tresses. "No objections. Don't think you can fight me on this."

"I think you've been spending too much time with Morgana.." Akira mumbled, giving you a light squeeze.

"You two are basically a package deal." you softly retort. "Being with you includes him, too, you know. Speaking of Morgana, where is he anyway?" looking at his bag that somehow still hung onto his shoulder, you saw no sign of the not-cat's whereabouts. He would've chimed in to agree with your sentiment by now.

"Futaba," Akira took a pause to lightly sigh. "took him home for the day for our date."

You hum, musing to yourself, "He did say he never liked being the third-wheel."

"Nope." eventually untangling from your hug despite his dismay, Akira stood on his own, mildly sluggish, glasses lowered to the bridge of his nose.

You shook your head with a sigh, reaching to take off his spectacles with one hand, "This way, Hero." the other went to grab his again and guided him to the bed.

Even snickering a little from the jesting nickname, Akira lazily followed suit. Once he sat down on the mattress, you stood in front of him after putting his glasses on one of the shelves nearby, he was still able to surprise you with his sudden agility. Trapping you in his arms, he brought you down with him, turning you to lie on your back while he laid on your front. But this time, he rested his head against your chest, body between your legs.

You immediately felt warmth spread your cheeks, which grew hotter when you felt his face press further.

"W-Wha—?!" you stuttered, face completely flushed.

"You're really warm," Akira sighed out contently. "and soft. I should do this more often..."

"Hol-hold on for a second..!"

You tripped over your words, unsure how to respond to that, much less what to do with your hands as they were raised halfway up from your shock.

"Sh-Shouldn't you change into your pyjamas? You can't sleep in those clothes..!”

"Just this once..?" Akira's sleepy voice begged, lifting his head to give you those endearing soft gray eyes. "You can spend the night, we don't have school tomorrow."

"It is getting dark.." you mumbled out as you looked out the window. "And I don't think I can bring myself to get up anyhow..." you sigh, cheeks still carrying a remnant of pink.

Akira's face brightened up at your words, "Then I hope you don't mind being my pillow for the night, too?" There was that cheekiness of his that came out to play. "You feel much better than a real one. Definitely a better way to wake up than having a cat suffocating you to consciousness."

Knowing he was serious about that last part, you grumble a little, lips pressing together in an almost pout before Akira swooped in to deliver you a swift kiss. It almost blanked your mind before you shook your head out of your stupor. "At least let me take off my bra, I can't sleep in it."

"Of course." he beamed. "That'd be even better." Akira quietly laughed when you answered him with a gentle shove, you couldn't bring yourself to actually hit him, not matter how light. And it wasn't like nakedness was a novel thing between you with how far and committed your relationship was.

Shifting to let you take your shirt off enough, he chose to rest his head back down beside your torso, letting you do what you needed to do without making any glances. He was a gentleman, after all. And you wholeheartedly trusted him.

Once done, you were only able to put your bra on the shelf with his glasses because of your limited reach. Grabbing a hold of his blanket you draped it over his body, which covered you, too.

Resting back to your bust gain, he rubbed his head side to side with a pleased sigh. And despite all your fluster, you feel elevated regarding his relaxation. Your hand went to pet his hair, running over his messy tresses as he listened to the sound of your heartbeat like a lullaby. It thumped fast from the beginning before going more steady.

“.. I don’t mind how our date turned out.” you murmur.

“I don’t either.” he says back, tone just as quiet.

Hearing Akira’s breathing slowly going even, you knew he was falling asleep. So you presumed to continue stroking his head as your vision slowly faded as well, soon succumbing to the realm of dreams along with him.

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𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟵/𝟭𝟰/𝟮𝟯

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𝔻𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤:

Spring’s Touch

Pairing(s): x Fem Reader

You spend some time resting under a tree, just enjoying spring’s warmth. Having your quiet leader by your side makes it even better.

Content: Fluff, romance, established relationship, napping, sleeping, reading, Arsène Lupin reference, comfort, no hurt comfort.

Warnings: None.

A Love By Hand *Requested

Pairing(s): x Fem Reader

As you stay together, you finally finish up on making something for your boyfriend.

Content: Fluff, romance, established relationship, comfort, soft P3 Protagonist, domesticity, cuddling & snuggling, knitting.

Warnings: None.

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Can I give my two cents on Yoshizawa? Coming from someone that just finished Royal and also likes Aigis and Rise (and can understand why people hate her as well, it takes time to warm up to her). Sorry, english isn't my first language. This isn't also a hate message, just giving my honest opinion.

As someone who always struggled with depression and self steem issues, I really liked Sumire's portrayal and her wishing to be another person (in this case, her "better" twin).

I'll first adress the points in which I agree with you. First, her clothes. You're right, she shouldn't wear black clothes. I think, as she had her true awekening, her clothes could change and have similar colors as her third awakening.

Ok, back to the arguments. I shall tackle them in order.

The only time she helps Joker in the real world is to get him out of jail. - I could say the same about the other confidants. Only Ryuji stuck up to him against Kamoshida, and Shido on the elevator scene (and you can also defend him back if you have enough guts).

Her appearances never feel normal. - I played Vanilla before, so I knew whenever a new scene was popping up with Sumire, Akechi and Maruki. Maybe you think they're shoehorned because you already know she's a new character? Like, that feeling that "oh she wasn't here before".

Overly attached to Joker. - Think about it this way. She just lost her sister (in her mind, Kasumi lost Sumire). And while she behaved as Kasumi, everyone knew who she really was. Talking to her was awkward and like walking on eggshells. Joker, because he didn't know about this situation, he acted normal around her and even helped with her depressive episodes. So, she respected him. Sometimes we need this person to remind us that it's okay to have doubts but we can't let them win. But you said it, she ACTS like a extroverted socialite. She isn't one.

The thieves love her and she ignores them. - Hm... no? She respects all of them equally, specially Futaba and Mona. I do think she least interacted with Yusuke and Ann, but she and Ryuji did talk as well (but well it's Ryuji).

She does not contribute to the plot until the 3rd semester. - She was busy trainning and going on competitions. There's even a whole week she isn't around because of it. That's the same reason she doesn't join the Thieves at first. She's busy. Simple as that. Just like Akechi joined you because of his goals, she couldn't join you because of her goals.

Her first ranks and her "slumps". - Depression does this to a person, you can be happy one time and suddenly a tiny obstacle creates this wave of "I'm not good enough I shouldn't be here I shouldn't be happy." Cognition or not, she had suffered the loss of her sister and wasn't getting results while trainning. Anything could put her down. I've been there myself and I still struggle with it sometimes.

The social link doesn't reset/You only know Kasumi, not Sumire/ her perky attitude didn't change/her awakening doesn't make sense - We know Sumire. Sure, she's pretending to be Kasumi, but deep down she's still Sumire. There's an event where she makes a bento for Joker, and it looks atrocious, but when he tastes it it's just curry. In her mind she should be a bad cook, but her food comes out alright anyway. Plus we get snippets about the plot twist, the phone never working, we never saw a picture of her sister. Also, we know her when she was depressed for being her sister's shadow (cutscene with the car accident) but we don't know how she usually acted. We know, thanks to her trainer, that she was quieter and more graceful than Kasumi. Doesn't mean she wasn't perky at the time, and she has as much talent as her twin. In her eyes, Kasumi was better because she won all the time, but Sumire got just as much trainning as her. And Shujin, when Kasumi was alive, wanted BOTH of them enrolled with special status. Self doubt and depression made her underperform, even before losing her sister. Knowing this, her awakening DOES make sense, specially when you consider what her persona was saying. Ok we have Sumire/Kasumi, her sister just died and you're carrying the dream for both of you. You get enrolled with special status, all students are talking about you (we see scenes about the gossip right at the start of the game), the school is expecting great results and in your mind you're "the best of the best". But come competition after competition, you can't perform well. The students that praised you now badmouth you, and even after a third place the higher ups aren't satisfied. No wonder she would almost snap at the palace, SPECIALLY after seeing her sister dying AGAIN (remember, she doesn't know about cognitions yet so it was just like seeing her die again). Her persona says "You strive towards splendor... you know the risk... well if these were the shoes that you chose." You know the risk = she's a fake, and deep down she knows it (self doubt, depression); the shoes that you chose = continue pretending to be Kasumi. On her TRUE awakening, her persona even says "such tenacity, it seem to fit you better than ever before. The glass slippers are a sign of glory." Right at the start of this exploration, Sumire was still faltering due to her self sabotage. But now, NOW she's ready to fully commit and accept who she is. The glory of being herself and being proud of it.

Why did she dance at the school festival. - she's a famous athlete. Students love famous people. She was called because she was recognized.

Why did her father show up? - well we DID help choosing his glasses. jokes aside, it's to foreshadow even further about Sumire's true identity. He says her name, but it gets cut off. We only hear "... re" something like that. Also, two reasons. One, Maruki was making this series of "perfect and happy coincidences" between the characters, so much so that even them commented on it. Her father showing up is also one of those happy coincidences. Two, this man lost one of his children in a tragic accident. I wonder how come he didn't show up MORE. Picking her up from school, from trainning. He should be a little paranoid about her safety.

Why Cinderella/Cendrillon? - Cinderella suffered out of jealousy, ok. Sumire suffered out of jealousy, for her SISTER. Plus, remember, Cinderella had one key aspect: she wished to go to the ball, have the best night ever, maybe meet the prince but she wanted to get out of the shadows. Sumire's biggest wish is to get out of Kasumi's shadow and "go to the ball" so to speak. In this case, to be acknowledged, just as Cinderella was. From ashes to glass. I do think it's quite fitting for her, other fairy tales like Ugly Duckling and Little Mermaid could fit as well.

She suddenly accepted her sister's death. - she got a reality check, had her persona beaten, got in a moody and depressive state. She DID run away from the fact for almost a year. She rralized she had to stop running at some point.

We could've known other patients he helped. - I think the game implies he only helped Rumi and Sumire. He was busy working on his research, and then counseling at Shujin. If he had a chance, he should have helped other students there. Plus the game explicity says that he changed reality because WE the Phantom Thieves asked for it.

She loves Joker no matter what you do. - so does Haru. And Ann.

She stalks you into the palace. - she's worried about her friends after you implied you had an important job. I'd tag along as well just to be sure. And Lavenza went to the nurse's office as the butterfly. She probably saw it as well, IT'S A GLOWING BLUE BUTTERFLY.

Why everyone talks about how much she eats? - it's a trope, probably like Goku or Luffy. It's a japanese game after all.

She doesn't have a reason to join! - She does. It is "stop Maruki and his weird reality". When she joined Joker and Akechi, neither of them knew what was going on as well. They were the only ones with their memories and that's it. They joined up to solve the mystery. She joined up go help. After that, to stop Maruki.

She has Marinette vibes - ... I don't see it? And I watched a lot of Ladybug, got a bit out of hand yikes. But Marinette is a lackluster character I'll give you that.

AAAAAAND I guess that's it? Wow I wrote a lot. If you read it, thank you so much. Once again I'm not attacking you or anything, I'm giving you my honest opinion.

But I'm gonna say: I hated her goodbye scene in Royal. Maruki left you at the station (Billy Kametz c.c), the gang had an awesome farewell and she just... stumbles across you? What was THAT Atlus?

Those are some details, and I appreciate you being polite about them.

I might need to reinstate my thoughts, points, and counters regarding yours:

I can’t say I’ve totally understood the way the game portrays Sumire’s mental struggles… I mean I’ve also hit a really hard time in my life in high school where I was alone in going through these struggles for some time. And the way people go through their own mental hardships can be different for everyone. But Sumire never emphasizes what her “slump” is, or explains the cause for it. She says it like she doesn’t know the reason, and makes it sound like it’s only a simple slump throughout the first five confidant rankings. She’s been pretending to be Kasumi for some time so maybe it was a mind block from tying her back to who she really was? It’s really her confidence that’s shaky, and Joker repeats the same method of saying a phrase to encourage her, and she goes right back to being perky again without pause. Her slump is always dealt with in the same way the first half of her confidant. She seems to just take it as face value like a compliment.

Even with people feeling awkward about her acting and calling herself Kasumi, it’s not a valid enough reason for avoiding her like the plague. Shujin students I get, but her other fellow gymnasts would be the closest thing to interacting with her and having at least a simple conversation, like Makoto with the student council members. She probably wouldn’t have had to lean on him all the time if her parents or her.. teammates? club members? or maybe a single person talked to her and weren’t so set off about her identity issue. It’d be something like Ann and Shiho, Makoto and Eiko, and Mishima with the guys, or just an acquaintance. I don’t know.

I do find your point of her social link interesting over what she could’ve been feeling herself. But it all feels up for interpretation from before she came to Shujin and when she was Kasumi. Joker did what he always does, helping someone because he was somehow out of the loop about her actual identity when none of the thieves, from Shujin, talk about it. I mean I know it’s for the reveal but this detail was something so simple that could easily be solved. Maybe it’s because they thought Joker was calling her Kasumi for her own sake but he could’ve been informed about it, it feels like a loophole.

I had forgotten about her phone. And it doesn’t really makes sense as to why it’s broken only that Sumire’s or Kasumi’s was damaged and she either kept her phone or taken Kasumi’s. The explanation for that is weird. Did she really need Kasumi’s phone to be her sister?

The thieves love her after meeting her how many times outside the Metaverse without brief meetings like she had full conversations with them every time? Futaba and Mona are taken with her right off the bat because of her politeness for being the same age as Futaba with a different personality and interest for being a Persona-User and an athlete. She’s a Persona-User, that’s usually what catches other Persona-Users’ interest, especially the thieves. The most it feels like she interacts with them is in the Metaverse in Maruki’s Palace. Just because she respects them doesn’t mean they have something close to a max 10 rank up up of a powerful bond like the whole team sorta has. Respect can be different from willingly choosing to make close connections because one likes to have a bond with another. Respect can be broken down in many forms.

Her awakening shows no real form of rebellion for an oppressed society that has personally and wrongfully affected her. She has verbally stated that she does not care for people’s opinions and understands the consequences of losing her honour status as a result for ranking lower instead of first place. She did the best she could with what she was already doing and the outcome was what it was. I figured that time she saw her cognitive self was a sort of reminder of her she really was. Like a clue. Considering that her other self from the other world said that it’s her fault, the other self, felt strange and out of place because we don’t know the reason why. If it was just self discovery then that would fit. But she shares nothing that fits with the themes of Persona 5 as a Persona-User. Altus breaks those rules for her. There shouldn’t have been a point for her to have a Persona with such weak reasoning. Her second awakening still has nothing to do with rebellion. And to awaken again the second time with no changes? Hypocritical for the point of the Persona series. It would’ve made sense whether or not she had to even be a Persona-User in the place. Her growth, realization, and moving on from her past would’ve still been affective like the other confidants who reached a point in their lives where the change is known, yet didn’t need a Persona to showcase that. I feel caught in the middle about it.

Her being busy is one thing, but to be out of the story so much with only gaps in between from her appearances just doesn’t feel like a character that can connect the player so strongly as opposed to everyone else. Everyone has responsibilities. Haru has to work on her family company, Yusuke tries to find stability as an independent artist after Madarame, Makoto deals with the student council and doing well with her grades, Ryuji goes back to training as an athlete while working on recovering his leg, and Ann has to deal with the struggles of making it out as a model for her career. Akechi goes through crap with Shido as the Black Mask, being a detective, keeping appearances, and being a student. That’s kind of the point, her goals clash with why she doesn’t need to join the thieves outside of dealing with Maruki. Other than that, she’s got no stakes. She has a life for gymnastics that takes her on a more divided path from others. It’s a lazy excuse of writing to bother even including a character and deeming them important when they deliver no reason of significance to the viewer and backfire their involvement. Akechi doesn’t really count as his reasons and motives are intwined with the thieves’.

The whole school dance and she’s a famous athlete and all is one thing. But is she really the only well known athlete in the entire school for students to be talking about her all the time? It makes me curious about that. And if it’s a school dance, why aren’t any of the thieves who attend Shujin be there? I think I’ve forgotten as to why. But Atlus could’ve come up with any scenario and they chose a dance to bring the obvious ship of her and Joker.

I can really see other fairytale folklore characters that fit her, too, like what you’ve previously mentioned. Though none really fit P5’s themes of fighting for a cause for others and themselves. But I still get the vibe that while her jealousy is shared with Cinderella’s stepsisters, and she becomes someone else to be something than more than what she was, nothing changes about her after that. Her only freedom was through the prince, who took her away from her household and live a happy ending. And while her circumstances are understandable as to why she couldn’t achieve it alone, Cinderella seems like she doesn’t really change. And it’s someone else who does everything for her. To her stepfamily they could’ve perceived her differently, but Cinderella’s character doesn’t appear to change. It feels like a bit of a static character situation, maybe even more. I suppose it’s because she’s acting good in spite of her situation. But I can get behind why Cendrillon fitted her but also not, it just leaves the impression that her and her Persona stays the same. Cendrillon could at least look a little different to bring more evidence of growth instead of giving lines. I think that may be just me..?

The whole eating trope is ridiculous for having it be stated all the time. It feels overused, and to have it be stated every time she eats becomes an unnecessarily boring mention. Especially when the thieves have Ryuji, an athlete himself who they should know exercises a lot. It’s like they don’t know what being an athlete even means.

You can avoid a romance with Ann and Haru by choosing choices that aren’t actually responses to love confessions. Example: when Ann says she’s about to cry on Rank 9, you can comfort her platonically by saying she has the others. It’s the same with EVERY female confidant love interest. There’s an implication for a romance, but you can at least avoid it if you want to.

Your point with her father is something I can agree on. But does getting new glasses with her really deserve a confidant rank? And her tie with Maruki feels loose, and from the time she acted as Kasumi, it didn’t feel like her story expanded to how close of a connection she has to him. Maruki is just far more interesting.

We really didn’t get a chance to see how her student status affected her. But at the same it feels too similar to Makoto’s situation as well in a writing standpoint.

Sumire probably didn’t realize the process of losing her sister for almost a year. She did have her cognition be to probably think and act like Kasumi where their processing of grief is different. Perhaps she didn’t feel the impact of what Kasumi might’ve felt and if the roles were reversed and she wasn’t too heartbroken over herself because of her subconscious? She could’ve only just been processing her thoughts fresh as Sumire because she finally gets to truly be herself again. BUT, part of that just doesn’t sit right, because she said it herself that she knew deep down that her sister was dead (one of them had to be) and that pretending was wrong. That basically confirms that she is actually aware of what she has been doing this whole time. She really did want to be Kasumi. This is just my interpretation.

I did not mean about Maruki’s change in reality. I meant to wondering about the amount of time he has had since obtaining his Persona and what he’s done with his powers that had led up to the moment of his Palace.

She stalked Joker out of just sheer curiosity and not about minding his privacy that had nothing to do with her? Especially the important job that could’ve meant anything that was of no matter to her. Sure, it makes sense for her to care, but to just blindly follow and stayed in the Metaverse for who knows how long does explain much to me. I’m not sure if I’ve missed out an a detail or something. And what friends? She’s only behaved courteously with the thieves like what a professional relationship would be for a workplace. Nice but nothing deep behind it. And their relationship remains the same. The blue butterfly in the office is an iffy one. Other students were there and they didn’t see it. It’s like when some of the Velvet Room Attendants had gone through a veil of invisibility to the outside world accept their guests. Like the various locations of the Velvet Room in the real world and the Metaverse. Not even the thieves, or any team from P3/4 see the doors accept the guest. This could’ve went in a similar route. Like with Marie where she found support with all the members of the Investigation Team whereas Sumire only had that from Joker.

I had also meant something different as to why she had no reason to join the thieves’ cause. It’s obvious that she’d join to stop Maruki because she was personally affected by him and wanted to help. But as a writing standpoint, joining to simply help without having the shared standard goal of a group who strive for betterment from injustice, who personally experienced injustice and have it affect their lives deeply as motivation doesn’t work.

That’s what I mean for the most part when I inputted that Sumire gave the vibes of a similar lacklustre character who goes with seeking someone as their main person of attention. Marinette was the only character I could think of that gave even remotely a similarity. The two are portrayed as good characters despite their actions that leaves a lot of room for questioning why that even is.

arsene is a hopeless romantic, pass it on.

Oh, definitely. Both from the original books and as Joker’s Persona. I guess that just means the leader of the Phantom Thieves is a real romantic at heart himself since Arsène is a reflection of who he is inside. That’s always been canon to me personally.

That’s a funny coincidence, actually. I had this precise scenario drafted for a long time now and hadn’t decided on when I’d be able to finish it. I made it into two parts: one with Joker and the other with Reader. But I can turn it into a request no problem.

ur opinion abt violet is pretty based ngl 😭 she also striked me off as an iffy or obviously 'waifu' character

Thank you for a kindly worded opinion. I felt like I had to personally be prepared for any moment of an online cyber attack of toxic fans going crazy at me for these honest thoughts the moment I decided to post my rant. And I thought it would be a unique ice breaker for seeming like a distant-silent-writer-with-a-writer-blog to others.

I was even hesitant on doing so because of it, knowing that the Persona fan base is no different from any others, fan bases all have their meaner sides. But the more reasons I found out about her, and I found a lot, it just wouldn’t leave my head whenever I saw even a mention of her in Persona fan content. And with Persona coming to Xbox, PC, and Switch, I just felt like I had to let it out or it’d give me a headache. It made me wonder why people love her so much when she has all these things about her that clash. It’s not like they were secrets. They’re literally in front of your face. I just had to let these opinions out and see if there was anyone at all who’d thought the same and I wasn’t alone thinking differently.