#holy shit i love enviromental storytelling 😭😭😭😭

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another P3 FES update!

spoiler talk under the cut :

(start with the tags at the bottom and then read from here. yeah, i know, im crazy. i got too excited and now the post is messy. forgive me.)

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anyways, dec 31st.

imagine forgetting something so integral to your being for the year that youve started fighting shadows, and being shown it in the most intimate way ever.

like, of course he's not gonna kill him. its thanatos, its ryoji, it's death, how could he have forgotten? he loves him.

AND ISNT THAT SO FUCKING SWEET 😭😭😭

but its so so funny i was like "eh, i dont get it too much rn" *is thanatos* "oh i get it".

i think its just bc everything started slotting into place, and oughhh i love when you get to that part in stories. because it becomes a different picture.

minato has always been alone, but he also hasnt been. humans and family members that pass him from house to house, because "he's too weird", and reminds them too much of death. gets to always have a comforting presence with him, nothing any human could offer, because at least death is there for him.

death is there for him because death LOVES him. death loves him so much. he accepts him for everything minato is percieved to be, and minato loves him tenfold in turn. he's been made fun of, shunned, misunderstood, and hated his whole life for something that was never any fault of his.

his "humanity" was taken from him, ryoji embodies minatos humanity. he's his kindness, expressiveness, his outgoingness. and yet, minato retains his kindness. minato, sweet minato, who made death human, is still unwaveringly kind.

and this is what i think is so amazing and integral to them, specifically as them. theyre foils, it wouldnt work if minato was suddenly happier or more peppy, or ryoji was sad and depressed. it only works if theyre them.

minato loves every bit of death, no matter what he calls himself. he's been apart of his life for as lonf as he can remember. they're one another in all ways you can entangle them.

death though, is terrified of this. he wants to keep minato safe. he ruined any chance he had of him having a normal life. he gets mistreated because of him. how could you love him? dont love him. please dont love me, kill me, i want you to be happy. i dont want you to suffer. and minato looks, smiles, and tells him there'd be no universe in which he'd kill him.

they're soulmates in the traditional since of the word, they make each others souls whole. know and love each other inside and out. and minato knows hed never be alone. hes not afraid of death, it brings him comfort.

^ WHICH IS WHAT RYOJI NEEDS TO STOP.

Its so sad too, because ryoji fits the role of eurydice too well for comfort. theyre not going to get to be happy together and im so fuckinf scare.d.

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THOUGHTS DONE!

sorry for the long ramble, will report back with more when i get some major story stuff again o7

#compendiumnotebook #i havent played in the past 3 days bc stuff came up #but most recently ive been grinding in tartarus to get minatos ultimate persona #and... guys i got him #oh my fucking god #the tomb chain and wings #holy shit i love enviromental storytelling 😭😭😭😭 #the way you make it is literally just. #its them. #put together #nothinf crazy #just them #holy shit 😭 #anyways i maxxed out his stats and now im lvl 90+ in january while the rest of sees are lvl 70 #so sorry sees. #other than that i wanna talk abt ryoji #so before knowing his name i would always see him in my notifs and on my tl and with minato all the fucking time #and im like holy shit dude who is this #but i didnt really look too much into it #in fact i avoided him as much as possible bc i dont like spoiling myself #so my sister and i were referring to him as 'scarf boy' for the time being #when he appeared we went fucking crazy 😭😭😭 #like 'i hear theres a new boy transferring ' HOLY SHITT SCARF BOY!!! #its funny especially though bc i didnt get it #i was like... so this is the gay boy everyone puts him with.. hm hm.. #and hes just hanging out with junpei #i wanted to talk to him so BADLY #jump forward to december 31st and everything switched #i saved and played through the bad ending first #im really happy i did. because i think it made the truth that much more impactful.