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Just chilling, don't mind me.

@helpimstuckinafandom

I'm here, I'm a fool, and I'm stuck in several fandoms. Main obsessions: BNHA (including the stage plays they are slept on fr), Persona, Danganronpa, Your Turn To Die, Percy Jackson (PJO, HOO, TOA, TSATS), Six of Crows, It, DnD (Dimension 20 & Critical Role). About me: 20, she/her, lesbian (including nonbinary peeps, because what're you gonna do? stop me?), aegosexual. Credit to the artists that I use for my banner (https://at.tumblr.com/lordofdorknessgundam/3vo6ld2qmga3) and profile pic (https://twitter.com/tsugu1O6)

My AO3 (disclaimer: if you look through my bookmarks to find fic recs, know that I bookmark everything I've ever read ever, meaning if I hated a fic or only read half of it, it still got bookmarked. Just be warned)

A list of tags to block (or look through) of me live reacting to some series':

  1. Your Turn To Die [I only did this for 3-1B] - #your turn to fuck me up
  2. A Court of Fey and Flower (Dimension 20) [from mid-ep 2 forward] - #a court of drama and romance
  3. A Crown of Candy (Dimension 20) [from ep 5 forward] - #a crown of corruption
  4. Neverafter (Dimension 20) - #nevereverafter
  5. A Starstruck Odyssey (Dimension 20) - #a dumbass odyssey
  6. The Ravening War (Dimension 20) - #the raddishing war

^ Casey McQuiston author of Red White and Royal Blue via Threads

I've always seen comments about how a "woman" wrote a mlm novel, and since the movie is on its way, we'll probably see that more often. Just a reminder to not misgender Casey. They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns!

No matter your thoughts on them as a person or author its important to remember that gender identity is not a trophy to be earned!

also I fucking hate those “if lgbt discussion isn’t allowed in schools than neither should pregnant teachers because she’s showing everyone that she got CUMMED INSIDE🤢 lol she’s teaching kids about her breeding kink” posts because 1) what an odd way to think and talk about pregnant people even if it’s just for a gotcha own. weird. anyways 2) are we just going to pretend that pregnant people don’t experience workplace discrimination? that reproductive rights aren’t politicians’ favorite bargaining chip? that pregnant people can’t face other forms of discrimination including medical abuse and social alienation? that murder isn’t a leading cause of death for pregnant people? that there wasn’t a time teachers had to sign contracts promising they wouldn’t get pregnant or could face termination? okay

Thinking about how Dustin originally defending Dart the Demodog like "yeah he's from the Upside Down but that doesn't automatically make him bad" and "we have a bond because he trusts me and I promised I would take care of him" would be SUCH A GOOD foreshadowing for Kas!Eddie.

Fanfiction aside, realistically, I think Dustin would be the only person to unconditionally believe Eddie is on their side right away. While Steve's first instinct would be to grab the nailbat, put himself between Kas!Eddie and the party, and scream at him not to come any closer.

(And Dustin would have to get between his dads like "WHOA WHOA GUYS. Steve, put that thing down, this is Eddie, what the hell?! Eddie, quit snarling at Steve. And put those teeth away.")

my toxic xennial trait is that i believe something should either be software (in which case after i download it i shouldn't need to be connected to use it) or a web page (which shouldn't require me to download anything to use it, however badly, in a browser). fuck your mandatory single function constant connection apps

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The other day I went to a nature reserve and they were like, "Map of the hiking trails? Yes, just scan that QR code to download our app--no, we don't have a paper version; we want to reduce waste."

Which is all fine and dandy, except that the nature reserve has no cell signal.

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inaccessible scenes: after the engine room

Many sequences in P5R are not deleted exactly—they're inaccessible. They're in game, theoretically, but game mechanics make it impossible for you ever to see them.

For instance, there are a bunch of TV shows that exist, that are presumably in game, but you can't ever get to the TV to watch them—usually because Morgana makes it impossible for you to go downstairs.

A couple of these scenes happen around the end of Shido's Palace, around the Akechi fight. Once you go into the engine room, you cannot leave until you defeat Akechi. You can't use a Goho-M, you can't take the route out. You are well and truly stuck.

Plus, once you have defeated him, the game funnels you to the Treasure, and any attempt to (say) go to a safe room will again be cockblocked by Morgana.

This means that the last two safe room meetings in Shido's Palace are never accessible. And one of them is important. Let's have a look.

We all know about the meetings—you go to the table in the safe room, you talk to the team, you ask how your progress is. They say some shit. It's usually worth a regular check-in:

The first inaccessible script appears to be triggered by entering the engine room. You get it after going in, but before fighting the Cleaner—so presumably after fighting his mooks, while you chase him about:

Morgana: We found the engine room, so all we need to do now is get our hands on the letter of introduction. Haru: It would be nice if we could avoid a fight in the process... Yusuke: Hm, given his attitude up to this point, that is highly unlikely...

The second one appears to kick in after the Akechi fight. After Akechi has given his life to save you:

Yusuke: Goro Akechi... I believe he may have been the greatest casualty of Shido's actions... Makoto: Was there no other way? Ann: We'll avenge him when we take Shido down. Come on, we have the letters now—let's do this!

"the greatest casualty of Shido's actions", huh? And it's inaccessible, of course. Leaving the engine room will warp you to the locked treasure room door. If you run to a safe room, Morgana won't let you go in. If you try afterwards, you've been updated to the "we need to send the calling card" script. You never see this.

But I'd bet money it's there. Just out of reach. Just another instance of the PTs understanding Akechi, and mourning him, rather than (say) hating him and being glad he's gone.

one more thing

Most people probably know that you can lurk mournfully by the shutters in the engine room. Nonetheless, here it is:

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So this post was incomplete, of course. There are not only consults in the safe room. There are also all the things party members will say to you when you speak to them.

And, just like there's a consult after the Akechi fight, the party members have things to tell you. Hold on tight.

The most effusive in his regret is clearly Ryuji:

Ryuji: Why the hell did it have to end up like this... Akechi was a victim too, dammit...

Next is Ann, who believes they could have been friends:

Ann: If only we'd met Akechi-kun a little sooner. I'm sure we would've been able to become good friends...

Yusuke is doing his own thing, as t'was ever thus. Other statements of his suggest that he empathises a good deal with Akechi:

Yusuke: His father was Shido... So Akechi was fighting against him as well.

Next are Makoto and Haru, who emphasise the importance of keeping the deal Akechi made with them:

Makoto: I didn't think Akechi-kun would be one to help us... Let's make sure we fulfill our part of the deal! Haru: Akechi-kun entrusted us with changing Shido's heart... We must be sure to succeed.

Last are Futaba and Morgana, who remind you what Akechi did, and say outright that they won't overlook it—but also that they don't overlook what he's done for them:

Futaba: I won't forgive him for what he did to my mom... but I still appreciate Akechi for helping us. Morgana: I wasn't fond of him, but it's because of him that we'll be able to fight against Shido! Morgana: I can't forgive what Akechi did, but we still have to fulfill our part of the deal!