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IT HAS ARRIVED!!!

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for the next months, this blog will probably only be semi active. or at least until i can fix everything i need to fix irl by august. long story short — i’ll be moving cities, living on my own for the first time, and then there is a lot that needs to be done. i have planned to make a proper promo post eventually, and maybe reblog some memes. so if you want to interact with my ren somehow, that will be a good start. ( • ̀ω•́ )✧ but please don’t expect me to be able to take much initiate to plot threads for the time being.

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What's Ren's relationship with his parents like? A lot of the fandom has his connection to them as basically nonexistent or even neglectful, so I was curious as to your opinion on this. If his relationship is positive at all, is he closer to his mother or his father?

i feel like i almost should replay p5 again for the nth time just to be able to give an accurate answer to this, as i don’t recall very well the few dialogues where his parents are mentioned. and i’m a person who very much want to stay true to what little we know is canon.

but i have always thought of ren’s parents as very busy with work, leaving their hands tied quite often when it comes to spending a lot of quality time with their son. so he grew quite used to taking care of himself, becoming independent at a young age. and since his parents are familiar with sojiro, it’s possible they work in government related positions, or at least one of them do.

ren was sent to live in tokyo because shujin was the only school that was willing to take him in, despite his record, and his parents discussed with sojiro about giving him a place to live. sojiro is very harsh to ren in the beginning, because it’s typical of people in japan to have a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ mentality. but his parents used their contacts to get ren a place to stay with someone they know and trust, so i personally don’t think his parents are that bad and don’t care about him at all.

yes, they are neglecting, because they don’t exactly prioritise spending time with their son. but at least it appears like they are willing to help him when he is in a bad spot.

though, for ren on another hand, he doesn’t feel very close to his parents on that deep, personal level. they are not exactly people he can talk to, so after moving to tokyo he doesn’t contact them much. they have always been busy, and he knows they can’t say no to work for him, so he actively avoids troubling them further.

as for my headcanon about which parent he’d most likely go to for things — the answer is his mother. all the suffering he goes through that throw his life up side down makes my heart break for him, so i want him to at least have a somewhat sympathetic mother, even if she’s not able to always be there for him （；へ：）

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I'm back again with a question in regards to Ren and holidays- does he have a favorite, and how excited does he get for holidays? Is he that guy who screams it's Christmas on Black Friday or is he more neutral?

he’s more neutral about most of the holidays, and will go about them like they are any other regular day. it’s the bigger and more widely celebrated holidays he cares about — christmas and new year.

christmas was a holiday he loved as a child, as it’s typical children get a lot of nice presents for it. but he has gotten more neutral towards it as he got older, and now likes the day as a holiday he can spend with people he cares about. and eat delicious food. can’t forget the delicious food! ren also likes how cities become decorated for christmas, and just the vibe that the holiday brings along with it every december. it’s more or less his favourite holiday, and he likes to at least put up a tiny christmas tree when december begins.

ren also likes the fireworks on new year’s eve, and visiting the shrine on the first day of the new year. it’s something he has always done, and the holiday is really not the same without this tradition for him.

he has a lot of memories of his parents being very busy for holidays and unable to spend a lot of time with him and together as a family. so for the two holidays he actually do care about, he tried to think of things he could do on them every year that would make him happy and feel it was a worthwhile holiday, and that wouldn’t rely on his parents having time for him.

the rest of the year, ren is more of a festival person, really. they are meant to be fun events after all, and he enjoys attending them with friends.

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Continuing on the line of love related questions, how does Ren behave when he develops feelings for someone? Does he hide romantic attraction well at all?

in the game ren is seen as being good at keeping his cool and confesses without any complications. but i think this is partly about the fact that him having romantic feelings for a confidant is completely the player’s decision. you kind of decide in that moment when given the choice to confess or not if ren has romantic feelings for them.

as for the way i would write ren having romantic feelings for someone… he’s not someone who develops romantic feelings for someone often or easily. there has to be a strong platonic bond between them beforehand for him to start developing romantic feelings. but when he does, he’ll still appear composed and cool around them, like nothing’s different.

but like everyone who has strong romantic feelings for someone, you can eventually see it on them when they care deeply about someone. and ren’s not any different. his eyes are his feature that could eventually ‘reveal’ his feelings to those around him.

but at first he himself won’t be fully aware that he has a crush. he slowly connects the dots as he can’t stop thinking about them, and being around them makes his heart beat faster and his chest warmer. without thinking much about it, he will go a step further to help them, become agitated if something bad happens to them, etc.

he will spend a lot of time thinking about this in private, and once he sorts out his feelings and thinks everything through properly, he will not be shy about confessing and attempt it in a fitting situation. the last thing he wants is for them to be uncomfortable or feel pressured, so he tries to be gentle yet forward about it.

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Got another question!! In regards to the 5 Love Languages (Touch, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Quality Time, Acts of Service) which would you say is Ren's primary language? What makes him feel loved and appreciated?

i don’t know much about the five love languages, it’s not exactly something i have heard, read or thought much about before tonight. so this is all based on some quick research i did.

as for ren, i believe his primary would be acts of service.

he cares a lot about those closest to him, and wants to help them if he can. it is also my interpretation of him that he is someone who puts actions over mere words. and ren isn’t someone who would ask for much and doesn’t really have the highest expectations, so it makes him feel very appreciated when they are spontaneous actions done with an earnest wish to make him happy.

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A deep question in regards to the muse: What does he believe the purpose of life is, and does he believe he himself has a distinct purpose? If so, what is it?

prior to moving to tokyo, ren didn’t give the purpose of life much thought, if any at all.

but when he came to tokyo, stumbled into the metaverse, awakened to the persona power, and formed the phantom thieves, it was something that he began to think about from time to time. now he and his new friends had the power to change people’s hearts, and make criminals the law enforcement can’t and won’t do anything about confess their crimes. a part of ren started to think and feel that this was his distinct purpose, bringing to light the horrible crimes that were lurking in the dark and living freely; bringing justice to the victims, and having the criminals deal with the consequences of their crimes; change the world to the better, even if just a little bit, even if it might be just a drop in the big sea.

which is essentially why, in the bad ending, he accepts the false god’s offer. like the phantom thieves can live on as heroes, and he doesn’t lose his purpose after having found one. basically just a selfish act to keep himself from feeling empty, and keep his powers as they have gotten to his head.

but in the actual ending when the metaverse disappears and they go back to just being regular kids again, ren doesn’t feel that he has lost his purpose with it, nor his earnest desire to bring on a change. the phantom thieves brought a lot of things to light, and if even just a little, they did a lot of good things for japan as a whole. (things would have been bad for the whole nation if shido ended up as prime minister after all.) ren has a strong sense of justice, and so, he sometimes considers a future occupation where he can try and continue making a difference.

as for a general thought about the purpose of life, he doesn’t really have one. people can and should simply be able to do what brings them happiness.

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hello! this is a new REN AMAMIYA — the protagonist of persona 5 ♡! currently looking for new confidants to follow, so if you are interested please like this post and i will check you out! reblogs to help me get this around are also greatly appreciated. coffee & curry for all. ☕🍛

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me sending you inbox stuff. me liking your starter calls. our muses actually interacting. + me possibly tagging you in stuff.

i know not everyone might be okay with this even when we are mutuals, so if you don’t mind me attempting to make an effort to interact with you both in and out of character — you know what to do.

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