i know i need to stop engaging with the spe subreddit but it just keeps coming up on my feed. someone posted how specialshipping seems like siblings and i just have so much fandom fatigue. someone in the replies even said that the ship was creepy. i get that you don’t like the ship but it is one thousand percent easier to just ignore it. i’m in so many fandoms and have so many ships that i understand that you just interact with what you like and that’s that. i’m so over people objecting ships by saying they’re sibling coded. if the creators wanted them to be like siblings they would have made them siblings. just say you don’t like it and move on. at the end of the day, they’re all just little dolls that we stick together to make kiss.
investigation team as songs I’ve been listening to recently
not even sure what spawned this but i just kept thinking about specific characters when listening to certain songs so i decided to write it out for others to see. my only restriction was that the song had to have come out before or during the p4 canon. some songs i associate the lyrics and some the vibes. also i included youtube links because spotify attaches the account to links and i am keeping this separate from irl lol
here we go
souji: All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
reasoning:
“I wouldn’t trade one stupid decision for another five years of life.”
in my totally not subjective opinion—this is one of the greatest songs of all time. a song about nostalgia and reflecting on your past. yes, it is a song about being older and he’s a teenager. but this story is about the bonds one creates and how they stay with you. he will absolutely reminisce about this time in this way
yosuke: Solitary Set by Polvo
reasoning: something in that main guitar riff seems so unsure but also so reassuring. that is very much his dynamic with souji. (souyo my beloved lol)
chie: Huddle Formation by The Go! Team
reasoning: this song is just so fun and jumpy. it makes you want to bounce around. i thought of chie almost immediately when i first heard it. this actually jumpstarted this pose.
yukiko: Untitled #3 by Girlfriends
reasoning:
“i stood as a two hundred year old tree trunk. my roots firm and deep”
very much like yukiko’s relationship with inaba and her inn. in place and unmoving. belonging to the places she’s been planted in
kanji: Punk as Fuck by The American Analog Set
reasoning: reading the title, you’d assume it would be some crazy rock song with screaming. you may not be inclined to listen to it. once you hit play, however, you, instead, are treated to a soft admission to loyalty. i think that fits kanji perfectly
rise: Girlfriend by Phoenix
reasoning: while the actual song is about the singer not really understanding his girlfriend, i see it as rise’s relationship with herself. her arc about not knowing who the real her is and her journey hit similarly
teddie: In C by Terry Riley
reasoning: this recording was posted post canon but the song is from 1964. this is a composition that is entirely dependent on the individuals playing it. no two performances are the same. it is built on the ideas and feelings of the performers-like teddie. he is a shadow formed by human emotions. he himself used ideas and feelings to become what he is now.
naoto: Cult Logic by Miike Snow
reasoning:
“can you free me from this logic that i knew?”
the most logical member of the it. she constantly has her preconceptions challenged by the cast and unlearns a lot of it.
bonus
adachi: Cain Said to Abel by Bloc Party
reasoning:
“this self-obsessed sinner. i hear he loves a fight”
adachi and souji totally had a cain and abel thing going on. especially if you read the manga you can see his jealousy.
the group as a whole: Angel Eyes and Basketball by Foot Ox
reasoning: it’s about seeing the world falling apart and still continuing to work through your own stuff and helping your friends
nanako: Desired Constellation by Björk
reasoning:
“it's tricky when you feel someone has done something on your behalf”
reminded me of them debating on throwing namatame into the tv on behalf of nanako
makoto yuki/p3 protag: Videotape by Radiohead
reasoning: sad and about saying goodbye
vibes: The Truth by Handsome Boy Modeling School
reasoning: jazzy and cool as hell while also being about finding the truth
i love every edition of specialshipping and i absolutely mean it. i don’t tend to care for anything mlm bc i have a general disinterest in men but i’ve thought a lot about red x transmasc!yellow recently. i don’t think i’ve seen much content for that dynamic and i find it very interesting. i’m not trans so i don’t feel i could do it much justice but i totally encourage my fellow spe fans to write/draw it bc i think it would be very cute
also here’s the gen!fic that inspired these thoughts:
i’m not super involved in the spe subreddit like i was in 2020 but i’ve noticed that yellow has been getting a lot of hate over there. i’ll never understand just going on a place like that to just dunk on a character. i’ve got characters i hate in fandoms across the board but i never feel the need to go into subs and just be like “this character is an affront to god bc i think they’re annoying” it’s just not beneficial
also there is a side of me that feels like rampant hating of specific fem characters for the crime of not being your favorite or “getting in the way” of your ship is rooted in a bit of misogyny.
this is a nonsensical 3am sleep deprived rant that may end up being deleted
not to be american but i’ve thought about this topic for years and it has haunted me and i need to speak it into existence
blue (f) is the oldest of the dex holders and her birthday is june 1.
red and green (m) were born the same year
in the american school system, green would be a year below red and blue and one year above yellow.
the cut off for school years is september
with the johtrio, there is a chance that not all three are in the same year as well. if crystal is the oldest, silver is a grade below them. if silver is the oldest, all three are in the same grade. if gold is the oldest, then crystal and silver are a grade below him (i’m trying to figure this one out still lol)
in practice:
if red and blue are high school seniors (4th year), green is a junior (3rd year), yellow is a sophomore (2nd year), and the johtrio are a mix of freshman (first year) and eighth grade
a lot of future fics involving yellow tend to have her job be something akin to nurse/pokémon nurse or forest ranger. i have no problem with that and i think it’s well within her character to have that kind of support role.
however, i read a fic once that had her as an art teacher and i realized how much i wanted to delve into that artist side of her. her early art isn’t the best but if you look at her drawing of the bust in viridian gym, you can see that she’s really made progress over the course of two years. now it’s not the mona lisa but it’s pretty decent for a thirty second sketch
i have this idea in my head of her going to art school (the equivalent of nyu, so castelia university or something lol) and honing her craft as an artist. maybe she wants to specialize in charcoal art of pokémon or paint large murals around viridian city (imagine a really cool mural on the outside of the gym). i’d personally love to see her as a full-time art teacher who could teach about doing art with your pokémon or as a means for trainers to wind down after battles.
yellow is a pretty good learner. she’s shown that once she learns about something, she makes sure to apply it. i don’t think it’s crazy to send her off to get a degree
ms. bosque verde’s class seems like it would be really fun
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