THE STARS AND US

A blog for dumping things related to my Persona 5 AU: APOTELESMA! This blog contains spoilers for Royal, Strikers and Tactica, and probably Persona 4 and 3! Call me Fae (any pronouns) 25+

[p5-apotelesma]

APOTELEVERSE MASTERPOST

PERSONA 5 APOTELESMA is an Persona 5 AU that I’m putting together little by little in my brain.

Basically, what if the starry aesthetics the game were dialed up to like, 12? I haven’t figured a better way to summarize it and it’s vibes or how it’s different other than pointing to the meaning of apotelesma and going. “Yeah.” 

That’s really what you can expect, honestly, as well as some good ol’ canon divergence (Because sometimes canon is. Worse) headcanon hell, OCs, and some home brewed Plot.

This is a masterpost that will be updated as I develop things!

[depressodium]

[p5-apotelesma]

attention yes hello who ordered the fukdt up cat

[themysteriousmurasamecastle]

[mossy-muncher]

I'm not a good person (remembers morality isn't binary and neither am I) I'm barely a person at all (remembers I shouldn't be self negative) but someday I'll be perfect (remembers that I'm human and I make mistakes) and I'll make up for it all

[jame7t]

meows at you loud as fuck. meows at you loud as fuck again

[dragon-in-a-fez]

fun thing I said today that I wanted to document:

"I don't want to cook my chickens before they're hatched. wait. wait that's not the phrase is it. cooking your chickens before they hatch is just eggs. eggs is normal I think."

I really want to put the phrase "eggs is normal I think" on something now but idk what

[gaytanic-panic]

[qpneuma]

happy valentine's day have a rank 3 shuake

[json-derulo]

"you were always such a good kid! we never had to worry about you :)" thanks! you actually should've, though. like about this specifically

[caleidodo]

Goro should hate Yusuke more. Goro should look at someone who's poor and still financially irresponsible, who dedicates all his time to a passion that would rarely promise stable income, if at all, who relies on the help and kindness of others, and seethe seethe seethe

[fairycosmos]

fucked that you can’t fix other people especially when you really care about them. Oh so im just supposed to be there for you while you suffer. like a useless cunt gargoyle

[orange-catsidy]

wow you have dogshit taste (remembers im trying to be nicer to people who like different things) uh i mean, it's beautiful how the breadth of human experience is so wide it encompasses those with good taste and those with dogshit taste

[lacystar]

15 minutes after meeting the boy you're in love with he saved your life. 15 minutes after meeting the boy you're in love with you two became inextricable from each other because you discovered a whole other world together and almost died for it. he saved your life and you saved his and you are best friends and you've never been in love with a boy before but you've never felt the way you feel about him about anyone else. and he doesn't talk about himself much but you know that before you became friends with him he was alone (and so were you) so it doesn't hurt when you guys start getting more friends and he starts hanging out after school with other people. even though you were the first person who was willing to hang out with him it doesn't hurt because youre just glad he has other people in his life, because that's what he deserves, y'know? what kind of selfish shitty person would want to keep their best friend all to themself? and its fine that all of the girls in your friend group are obviously in love with him and its fine that sometimes he flirts back with him it is it's literally fine. I mean the girls are hot so it makes sense and hes REALLY hot so it makes sense and it doesn't bother you that you know he'd never be that way with you it doesn't. it literally doesn't. none of them will get it anyway. did THEY save his life? I mean, technically you've all saved each others lives a dozen times over because you've all been doing this for so long now but it's not the same. but also who cares? you need to get over yourself. he finally is surrounded by people who care about him and that's all you wanted for him really so it's fine. youre happy for him. you're so effin happy for him. you saved his life and youre in love with him and hes not in love with you and you wouldnt change a thing. not a single thing.

[gentleroy]

Goat's birthday today

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i never did talk about why jokers canon name makes me feel emotions did i

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okayokayokay alotta people bring up the kanji of amamiya being. rain palace, and palaces being a whole thing in the story, and the rainy mix of Beneath The Mask which is just. Ren's Characterization (The Song) and yes that on its own is just. very fun and interesting. but i wanna talk about the name Ren. the name is written with the kanji for the flower of Purity. Lotus.

and combining these two things is just. uhg its so pretty im IN LOVE with names that paint a picture that also tells you something about the character. the image of the flowers blooming on the water of like. a shrine pond in the rain its just. i love it lots

also the Dichotomy of "Ren" being a softer name and Joker being Sharp in comparison, this also being reflected in his disposition as a civilian and the in the metaverse.

but thats not what makes me Unwell about the Name. its the Philosophy of "Ren."

Ren is a confucian virtue, an altruistic value that promotes building community and protecting children.

and then you look at everything ren does for their rehabilitation. the community they build. and the events and the REASON. they formed the phantom thieves in the first place. and most importantly... Ren's narrative foil, Goro Akechi.

Goro represents Japan’s throw away children. the orphaned, the empoverished, the exploited. the ones that fall through the cracks.

GORO EMBODIES THE CHILDREN REN WANTS TO SAVE...

[p5-apotelesma]

i never did talk about why jokers canon name makes me feel emotions did i