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ROBBIE DAYMOND AND XANDER MOBUS SANG TOGETHER AND IM CRYING
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vlmZKvvMbEw
![A comic of the Phantom Thieves from Persona 5, consisting of five panels.
Panel 1: Makoto, who is saying "So, what's the strategy for this mission?"
Panel 2: Ryuji, looking slightly awkward, saying "Uh, strategy...?"
Panel 3: Makoto's eyes looking down with an intense expression (copied from her in-game cut in for crits/weaknesses). She is saying "You guys do have a strategy, don't you?"
Panel 4: (L-R) Ann, Ryuji, Joker, Mona and Yusuke. They are all looking somewhat awkward, with everyone but Joker doing the equivalent of their in game hurt/awkward sprite, and Joker refusing to meet the viewer's eyes. Yusuke, Mona and Ann are all looking at Joker. The speech bubble above them has a long ellipsis instead of text.
Panel 5: A piece of paper taped to a wall against a different background colour (brown instead of teal like the other panels.) The writing at the top reads "PT STRATZ" [sic] in a sketchy, pointy font. Below it is written "1. Fuck it we ball" with a "2" half cut off beneath it, with nothing following the number.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/0bdfb659f57cb8decbda7140f84aa5ff/3415b6a3069bee80-64/s500x750/6d4a91affeab365161829ec8652e3e810ea1f4a1.png)
the illustrious phantom thieves of hearts
the sketch and colours were done by me the lineart was done by @kaetor hi jester ily
I have been replaying Persona 5 for days
Ok, we've all seen the HCs about Joker having PTSD and trauma and it's very valid and I can see that... That is until people go way too far with it and make his trauma more like, "uwu soft delicate baby" to the point of infantizing all of it. So let me propose this: Joker going through Post Traumatic Growth! Especially in Strikers. The basics are this here:
Now he is VERY open to interpretation! I buy that he has trauma, especially cop trauma. But at the same time... I feel like he would have started growing little by little. He does still hide his pain, put up a front/mask for everyone. But I feel like he would slowly start opening up more. It also helps that he has Morgana with him, both during P5/P5R and before Strikers where it was stated that the cat came home with him so he can vent or talk to someone as much as he can manage (ESA Mona for the win!). He also still remains a kind boy despite the hardships, even showing sympathy to people like Akechi and Maruki because he can tell that he could have ended up like them had he not found a caring support system.
Speaking of which... His friends, while a mixed bag and definitely needed to take that unhealthy worship of him down a notch, do care and that's probably what helped his growth as well. He had no one to turn to at the start of his probation, even his guardian gave him the cold shoulder. Then came Ryuji, then Mona, then Ann, everyone. He starts to see things differently afterwards. That it's not bad to try to help (Arsene apparently reassures and doesn't shame him if you choose the other option (that shows regret for helping that woman) during his awakening).
Then come Strikers. Now you could argue that it's still there and you'd probably be right. It doesn't magically disappear, it still lingers (some dialogue options for example) but he also actually seems to be getting better even if it's still gradual. The fact that it was made clear that his loving support system in the form of his friends still care about him (to the point where they took the time to actually gather and surprise him with a welcome back party, especially since two of them are college students) no doubt helped that too. Just that he isn't gonna be overly dependent on them still. He will walk on his own two feet to keep going and grow but he will fall back to them if needed. He falls, they'll catch him. And yes, being framed and possibly facing jail time probably caused a bit of a trigger for him but the fact that he's actually behaves rather neutrally towards Zenkichi when he had every right and reason to understandably join the others in being hostile and distrusting towards him really shows how strong he can actually be without a mask (That and a part of me is now wondering if he's a bit of an empath too along with maybe being aware of the hypocrisy of their bias). And this is before getting to know the guy too. He snarks at him during the trip with the others but he's still neutral. Now you could argue that he still hides his trauma and pain and I agree but I like to think some of his goofy moments are more real. Look at his overly theatrical dialogue options in the 2nd Jail, he's clearly having the time of his life! And him laughing at the Venus prank they pulled on Zenkichi. Those examples are clearly pretty genuine to me. He's starting to feel like an actual kid. Especially since he has more freedom to actually be one. And back to Zenkichi for a second, perhaps he also saw a bit of himself in the guy too and that would also explain his behavior towards him.
But I digress: Joker with PTSD, trauma (cop trauma especially), triggers, etc? Valid, fair!
But Joker going through PTG, especially in Strikers? Also valid and hell yes!!
Give me more of Joker growing and overcoming his pain/moving on. Him standing on his own feet and finding his own happiness and path! Especially with how much his support system grows in each game. He has them and he's happy for it! THAT'S the type of content I wish is discussed and done more often! Why focus more on the bad when there can be good sometime later? Who knows really? All I can say is that you can do and even combine all of that without infantizing him and ignoring canon evidence. That's it.
"One shall stand, one shall fall..." // "Under different circumstances, we could have been great rivals... Or perhaps even friends."
"Megatron... Begone!" // "Pillage him, Satanael! ...Begone!"
Ok so for those that have seen this tag:
Ermmm... My hand slipped...
"Your eyes are as bright and honest as ever..."
This part of "Transformers: The Covenant of Primus" gets me every. Damn! Time!
Optimus... Just realizing that he isn't alone... And feeling despair over Bumblebee being (temporarily) killed... Break my heart why don't you?? 💔😭
Like no, honey... You were never alone! They all love and care about you damn it!
Sooooo... This has been buzzing in my head for a while when I was planning out my P5 X TF: Prime Crossover AU but... Techno-Organic (Human/Cybertronian hybrid) Joker for this particular AU anyone?
(And yes, it's inspired by Sari Sumdac from Transformers Animated (another fave of mine) tho probably a bit darker in this case)
Wellll now! Toxic ShuAke/AkeShu fans be getting mad at P5X lately! My Joker arc/Spite mode activate! (/hj)
Boutta play chess against my nemesis (homosexual) and stare longingly at him across the bar (malicious)
stuck in bed with This Guy
last kiss
Ah yes, lovers rivals... ❤
Day 2.5 of tumblr. I do not entirely understand this platform, but you all seem like nice people. Anyways, here’s Joker and Arsène.
Happy 11/20! I was going to do some angsty shuake but then borderline unhinged shuake took over and now we’re here.
I have accepted my mortal limitations and did the boxes digitally. But yeah. Akechi has no rizz and I love him for it.
Cw: blood and a dead (?) body
I’m going to be honest— I sat down to draw something, felt the inexplicable urge to draw Akiren dead on the ground, and kind of just worked from there.
Imagine being Atlus and creating perfection and then not putting the outfit in Royal
Third semester mementos run with the boys
Also anyone got any good 2/2 fic recs I want to cry
I actually had some Christmas art I was gonna finish today, but then I was like, what if I started a whole DIFFERENT piece? So that’s what I did today. Merry Christmas, everyone.