essay meme of sorts.

[truthlol]

HEY DUDES, I am not going to be marking my spoilers as much anymore since Persona 4 has been out in Japan for nearly a year, in North America for six months, and in PAL regions for a little over two months. Please, uh, don't read P4 threads if you don't want to be spoiled, that could only end in tears. Alternatively, tell people. We are obliging

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[hardlyboy]

SET UP ALADDIN'S ACCOUNT SO I CAN JUMP HIM WITH VAAN

also talk to me about what was going on in their thread because naoto is naturally suspicious even if she acts otherwise.

[truthlol]

I'LL DO IT TOMORROW, I have some really awesome threads going with Robert and Adachi at the moment.

Uhhh, hilariously, there's really not much thought in that one. He got annoyed when she started talking about the letter, so he shifted the subject to Yousuke because he is a dick and Yousuke annoys him and if he can get someone on his case for stuff that annoyed him, then that's kind of funny! THAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS TO THAT.

[butagod]

IDK give me a five things meme for Ammy. OR WHAT DID HE THINK WHEN HE FOUND OUT WHO SHE REALLY WAS!

Something. :D

[truthlol]

FIVE THINGS AMMY WISHES ADACHI WOULD FEED TO HER idk give me five things to talk about.

Also oh man, he was so bitter when he found out. He's got this- WELL, YOU'VE PLAYED THE GAME, Adachi's not entirely chill with the whole concept of Gods and whatnot, so finding out that Izanami basically dicked around with him was a little ... it unsettles him, to say the least. And now having the sun goddess harrassing him a lot bothers him! STUPID GODS, GET OFF MY LAWN, things like that. He's just. Bitter. It's weird.

[butagod]

LOVE ME ADACHI, LOVE MEEEEEE also feed me stuff like 1. BONES 2. MORE BONES!11 3. you had a piece of a donut or a bagel or something once, didn't you? 4. BOOOOOOOONESSSSsssss and 5. actually whatever's in your pocket right now, I will eat that :3

ps pet me :D

[truthlol]

GTFO

[slashing_canon]

\o\ I like your essay!

For myself, I think I would like... mmm, I think 'redeem' is a bit strong of a word, but... I would like some sort of forward motion (and when I say "I would like", I don't mean "SO PLAY HIM LIKE THIS", by any stretch, just, what I would enjoy seeing in like, a fic, or what I'm going to believe, etc etc); as you say, he does at least make a tiny itty bitty baby step of acknowledging that there are consequences and he's going to have to deal with them, and I think he could probably inchy-squinchy his way forward from there. But it would be slow, and he'd probably never be, like, a magical happy person who loves the whole world.

But I do think he'd have to move forward, if he were going to... stay alive, which the P4 kids were very adamant on! It's not like he CAN really ...avert his eyes and look away this time. The whole prison thing would be a big part of that, I think -- it's a very immediate, physical, constant consequence, isn't it? So there's that.

Tl;dr OH FANDOM, but I think your ideas are good.

[truthlol]

YES EXACTLY. I still get a little "ehhhh" when "redeem" comes up, especially in conjunction with Adachi, but as a whole I don't really like throwing that word out a lot for the most part. I do think he's someone who can move forward, which is a really, really good way of putting it. The kids were adamant on it, but it does seem like he accepts it on some level so. idk. THERE WERE BABY STEPS THERE! It's a small thing, but it's like he's starting to at least look forward. Even if he's still a dick.

idk I'm just rambling. I AGREE basically.

[inndependent]

I think it's that, for me, "redeem" has this... undertone of forgiving and/or erasing whatever wrongs performed and... I don't really see how that's... possible. With Adachi. I mean, it ISN'T like he was being controlled, or even particularily crazy, at the beginning (in the moo-ha-ha sense; I think probably someone who has such an utter failure of understanding that OTHER PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE TOO is probably kinda crazy to begin with)

But iirc, when he goes after Yamano, it's because 'you led me on (somehow...) by being attractive but now you're having an affair even though you have no idea who I even am, because we've never met' (and this is still her fault); this is not a redeemable mindset. Also, when he forces himself on her, at that point, he doesn't know he can push her into the TV, does he? So... what exactly was he going to do to her? I can thing of some things and they aren't very nice.

I AM VERY GOOD AT RAMBLING thank you for letting me do it at you >->;; about your character >->;;;;;;;

[truthlol]

mte. Whenever fandom brings it up again, I'm just going to point to this thread and roll my eyes at them.

IT'S TOTALLY COOL, I completely encourage rambling, especially on characters that are vague as hell. I really love reading other people's interpretations and whatnot.

[katharon]

I loved our truth thread when he refused to tell Yousuke what he wanted to hear.

I am curious about what he would have said, but at the same time, it is kind of fun to not know at all.