you shouldn't annoy a girl with an axe!

is it normal to want to kiss your best friend

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hint: @lazyskirmish's very special sideblog for persona 3-5

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i think that haru is incredibly angry and spiteful on the inside. she's gentle and kind because she chooses to be. she doesn't want to inconvenience people. she apologizes whenever she expresses her emotions. she likes chopping wood and horror movies and gets a thrill out of killing shadows.

people make a lot of jokes about the sadistic streak she shows in mementos but i think that this is a side of her she rarely ever gets to express due to the expectations placed on her growing up. i think her cruel side speaks more to the sheer amount of anger at her situation she probably has hidden underneath the surface. i don't think haru is the kind of person to take these feelings out on the people around her (we saw how easily she showed grace to akechi, despite the role he had in her situation) so they show up in her hobbies and her tendencies.

the way she interacts with the others, how much she apologizes and sees taking up any semblance of space as a bad thing are pretty clear signs of emotional abuse and neglect. not to state the obvious, of course, i think we all know that her father wasn't the best to her (tried to traffic her, for fucks sake). i honestly believe that she might have even suffered physical abuse as well. how she was raised taught her that she was an inconvenience unless she was being quiet and obedient. negative emotions are often reinforced as a bad thing that you shouldn't express, especially as a child. when you're being abused or neglected and not having your emotional needs met this is dialed up to 11. haru was probably punished for expressing negative emotion and that led to her becoming more reserved with how she expresses herself. this can be seen in the difficulties she has trusting people, and the way she becomes more withdrawn after her father's death.

also

she apologizes

so damn much

overapologizing is very common in abuse victims or people with trauma, and otherwise usually presents in those with anxiety or low self worth. haru's main response to trauma and stress is to fawn, because she was taught not to be an inconvenience to people. she was taught that doing anything that wasn't expected of her was worthy of punishment. it's only after she meets people who accept her for who she is that she starts to express this darker side of herself. apologizing aside, i think haru is quicker to express her true feelings and show her cruel streak around the pthieves because she doesn't fear punishment for doing so. she trusts them!

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yes, not only does haru suffer from a late introduction gameplay wise, but we don't even get to have a full conversation with her until september. before that we only aee glimpses of her in the background or in cutscenes where none of the pthieves are present (save for the fireworks festival, i thought that scene was kinda cute). it sucks how much she's teased for us only for her arc to end up completely overshadowed :( with the other characters we see them around and they're introduced to the story long before their actual awakenings. haru's isolation from the other thieves speaks narratively to how cut off and out of touch she is with her peers. she's stated to be very lonely and not have any friends before meeting the pthieves, so it makes sense that she'd keep her distance from them, but i honestly think she would have benefitted from more scenes before her eventual joining

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they're both pretty stupid

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hint: her greed sickens me. she doesnt need two girlfriends

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ask testing testing one two three

lesbianism?

REPORTING FOR DUTY!!

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Oh noir… I suppose you wanted us to telepathically send you asks…

hint: what do you mean not everyone can do that

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Do you have to sharpen your axe often?

hint: i do use it a lot, yes!

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hint: my ask box is empty btw. i am big as a house and i want attention

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hint: I'M A DUMBASS

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hint: my ask box is empty btw. i am big as a house and i want attention

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hint: it's definitely okay to be a little in love with your friend. are you even really friends if you don't want to kiss them just a bit

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hint: everything will be okay. you don't have a choice!

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i think that haru is incredibly angry and spiteful on the inside. she's gentle and kind because she chooses to be. she doesn't want to inconvenience people. she apologizes whenever she expresses her emotions. she likes chopping wood and horror movies and gets a thrill out of killing shadows.

people make a lot of jokes about the sadistic streak she shows in mementos but i think that this is a side of her she rarely ever gets to express due to the expectations placed on her growing up. i think her cruel side speaks more to the sheer amount of anger at her situation she probably has hidden underneath the surface. i don't think haru is the kind of person to take these feelings out on the people around her (we saw how easily she showed grace to akechi, despite the role he had in her situation) so they show up in her hobbies and her tendencies.

the way she interacts with the others, how much she apologizes and sees taking up any semblance of space as a bad thing are pretty clear signs of emotional abuse and neglect. not to state the obvious, of course, i think we all know that her father wasn't the best to her (tried to traffic her, for fucks sake). i honestly believe that she might have even suffered physical abuse as well. how she was raised taught her that she was an inconvenience unless she was being quiet and obedient. negative emotions are often reinforced as a bad thing that you shouldn't express, especially as a child. when you're being abused or neglected and not having your emotional needs met this is dialed up to 11. haru was probably punished for expressing negative emotion and that led to her becoming more reserved with how she expresses herself. this can be seen in the difficulties she has trusting people, and the way she becomes more withdrawn after her father's death.

also

she apologizes

so damn much

overapologizing is very common in abuse victims or people with trauma, and otherwise usually presents in those with anxiety or low self worth. haru's main response to trauma and stress is to fawn, because she was taught not to be an inconvenience to people. she was taught that doing anything that wasn't expected of her was worthy of punishment. it's only after she meets people who accept her for who she is that she starts to express this darker side of herself. apologizing aside, i think haru is quicker to express her true feelings and show her cruel streak around the pthieves because she doesn't fear punishment for doing so. she trusts them!

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i am playing a pmd romhack and i named my galarian ponyta after haru and my hisuian sneasel after makoto and i feel like those are pretty good picks for them...if you ask me though makoto would probably be a riolu

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i think that haru is incredibly angry and spiteful on the inside. she's gentle and kind because she chooses to be. she doesn't want to inconvenience people. she apologizes whenever she expresses her emotions. she likes chopping wood and horror movies and gets a thrill out of killing shadows.

people make a lot of jokes about the sadistic streak she shows in mementos but i think that this is a side of her she rarely ever gets to express due to the expectations placed on her growing up. i think her cruel side speaks more to the sheer amount of anger at her situation she probably has hidden underneath the surface. i don't think haru is the kind of person to take these feelings out on the people around her (we saw how easily she showed grace to akechi, despite the role he had in her situation) so they show up in her hobbies and her tendencies.

the way she interacts with the others, how much she apologizes and sees taking up any semblance of space as a bad thing are pretty clear signs of emotional abuse and neglect. not to state the obvious, of course, i think we all know that her father wasn't the best to her (tried to traffic her, for fucks sake). i honestly believe that she might have even suffered physical abuse as well. how she was raised taught her that she was an inconvenience unless she was being quiet and obedient. negative emotions are often reinforced as a bad thing that you shouldn't express, especially as a child. when you're being abused or neglected and not having your emotional needs met this is dialed up to 11. haru was probably punished for expressing negative emotion and that led to her becoming more reserved with how she expresses herself. this can be seen in the difficulties she has trusting people, and the way she becomes more withdrawn after her father's death.

also

she apologizes

so damn much

overapologizing is very common in abuse victims or people with trauma, and otherwise usually presents in those with anxiety or low self worth. haru's main response to trauma and stress is to fawn, because she was taught not to be an inconvenience to people. she was taught that doing anything that wasn't expected of her was worthy of punishment. it's only after she meets people who accept her for who she is that she starts to express this darker side of herself. apologizing aside, i think haru is quicker to express her true feelings and show her cruel streak around the pthieves because she doesn't fear punishment for doing so. she trusts them!

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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reblog to let people know it's ok to bother you with questions and statements

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"harus dad was a piece of shit why would she be sad about his death" so trauma and abuse are not clear cut issues and victims often have mixed feelings about their abusers. especially if the abuser is a parent! its not as black and white as "oh he sucked anyways lol". even without the emotional attachment witnessing a death causes ptsd in most cases. if anything i think haru has complex ptsd when compounded with the long term abuse and neglect suffered by her father alongside the trauma of witnessing his death, given no room to process it and not having a real support system to fall back on. you have to remember she'd JUST met the phantom thieves during this time! it was heavily implied that she was alone before this, and it's implied throughout her arc and her social link that she struggles to trust the people around her. the fact that this didn't set back or shatter her trust with the thieves is a miracle.