I love hermit Akira sm. However I have to rewrite THE ENTIRE PALACE.
His shadow has much less of a role than Futabas, the three wardens the thieves encounter constantly eluding to the “deadly prisoner” being kept on the top floor of the prison.
Cognitive Ren, Kenji and Aya (YES THEIR PARENTS HAVE NAMES NOW.) act as unhelpful tour guides throughout the palace, leaving the thieves to handle enemies and puzzles on their own.
The final door to the solitary confinement cell is the equivalent to Akiras bedroom door. Up until Akiras awakening his shadow doesn’t really do much aside from begging the thieves to let him rot in his cell like he deserves and rambling about how he killed his family.
One day I’ll sit down and work out the mechanics and actual plotline. That day is not today.
Since Kamoshida is the main antagonist instead of Shido, Shido is slightly less of a piece of shit!!! He’s still abusive but at least he pays child support?
He goes to prison following his change of heart which allows Goro and his mom to actually be a happy family
New issue. I have to name her.
Will now be taking requests for names for her and Akiras dead parents (please I have no ideas.)
Medea was an idea from my friend who’s helping with the au!! With Ann’s velvet room being a theatre we wanted to at least have Arsene and Satanael be characters from plays.
There were also a few jokes thrown around about fusions being more Steven universe style than executions
As for Goro, Shido takes over Kamoshidas role, now just an abuser. Goro is entirely compliant when it comes to his father, which is exactly the thing to lead to his awakening. What better persona for someone tired of being nice than the Lord of Crime himself!
Typing this out, it is similar to what Yusukes whole awakening is planned to be. But I think as opposed to Goro just going along with things and not speaking up, Yusuke is more doing what everyone tells him? There’s a difference to me but.
Anyways!! I like to ramble so asks about this au make me very happy
ooh considering youre so hyped about him... asau akira????
IM GLAD YOU ASKED.
He’s my favourite so he’s the first character I ever saw worked on and the most developed
Funfact: when I randomized the roles Akira got Fool again originally
TW: Abuse, self harm, torture
Akira Sakura, formerly Akira Kurusu is the adoptive son of Sojiro just as Futaba is.
A few years prior to canon, Akira lived with his twin brother Ren and his parents. Akiras dad was a private investigator currently gathering evidence against Kamoshida for a client. When his investigations started to get a bit too close for comfort, Kamoshida employed Haru to silence him.
Haru unfortunately has really bad timing and when she shoots his shadow, he was driving the car, with the rest of the family in it. This ultimately results in a pretty nasty car crash, Akira being the only one to come out alive. The crash was labeled as a murder suicide after a (fake) note is found in their house detailing how much Akiras father hated his family.
After taking a few months to recover, Akira, already severely fucked up, is sent to live with family. Because of the note his dad left, Akira is blamed for the deaths of everyone else and even abused by a few family members. Eventually Akira is taken in by Sojiro, an old family friend but because of everything he’s already been through, he’s become a shut in.
Akiras Alibaba alias in this au would either be Orpheus or Prometheus, I can’t explain why I just like them. His palace takes the form of a prison due to his blaming himself for his family’s death. Cognitive Ren & Parents are the wardens and final bosses. There are cognitive Akiras throughout the palace going through various torture methods in prison cells. Akiras real shadow is in the very final area of the palace, the solitary confinement room.
Akira and Cognitive Ren have a moment to talk before the palace collapses and it’s just Akira finally stopping blaming himself for what happened.
Akiras persona, Pollux is derived from the Greek myth of Castro and Pollux where Pollux is the immortal twin of the mortal Castro, who gives up half of his immortality for Castro. I thought it was pretty fitting for him
Following his awakening, Akira is still pretty quiet but slowly opens up to the rest of the thieves (eventual shuake mayhaps.). The beach episode would probably not happen here since Akira has a lot of scars everywhere from the accident and himself that he would rather not show off, I’m thinking they take him to Dome Town instead? But I haven’t decided on that yet.
ANYWAYS. THATS AKIRA. I RAMBLED SO MUCH BUT I LOVE HIM. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. He’s just a guy. Things are still subject to change though
