madimpossibledreamer

Main Points:
Persona 4 Verdict AU (P4/Judgment Fusion)
Chapter Summary: Not 100% script accurate but it's vaguely adjacent. 
Word Count: 135
Rating: Teen
warning: shinjiro swearing

An omake to the earlier work, also in script-like form:

 

(Yosuke, teasingly)

I’ve noticed something, and I thought I’d look for some clarification.  You use the word ‘asshole’ as an endearment sometimes.  Is there some kind of pattern I should look for to figure out when you’re actually trying to use it as an insult?

 

(Aragaki, suffering)

What the hell are you still doing here?

Mostly focuses on arguments about Persona 4, but I also mention a lot of different fandoms in the process since this kind of bad argumentation exists.  The tl;dr is: an 'Objectively Correct Reading' doesn't exist, only subjective readings based on your own knowledge and life experiences, and if your English teachers said there was I'm sorry: they lied to you.  There's a reason why different literary critics and literary criticism styles exist--and they can be applied to any kind of arts, from art to film to comic books to TV shows.  So stop claiming you have the One Definitive Reading of the text (particularly when you're just trying to gatekeep minorities out of fandoms).  It just makes MIB and English Majors laugh at you.
(and also write ridiculously long essays showing how silly you are, and possibly swear because dear lord nobody's learning anything in English classes these days giles help i need some tea i joke about the state of American education in Shadowed Suspicion but really)
I enjoyed watching X-Files Jose Chung's from Outer Space while writing this though.  I recommend it.  MIB Alex Trebek is great.
Warning: covers sexism, lgbtq+ phobic writing/defense, racism (briefly) and other phobic writing/defense.

( Readers, I committed one of the classic blunders. I read the youtube comments. )

obviously, chapter not today, either

you know this is utterly weird to me but yakuza (especially with the remakes) is more accepting/welcoming/respectful of heavy topics than Persona. how does this work

Part of the reason this fic was abandoned was the subject matter.  It was slated to be an Akihiko/Minato fic, but then I started to think about the weird potentially dubcon considering Minato's also Akihiko's Persona, and that...didn't quite feel right.  So I had trouble writing it or finishing it.  Which is why it is where it is and will probably stay that way.  That being said, there were definitely some parts/lines I liked, and despite it all I find Isabel interesting.  She might appear in something else, maybe, and if anyone wants to see Akihiko or Minato(Makoto) they are probably going to show up in future fic.  Or rather, future chapters of current fic...
~Dreamer~

Main Points: Persona 3 AU
Chapter Summary: 10 years post-Graduation, and Officer Sanada finally gets a (few) answers...
Word Count: 825
Rating: Gen

( exiting the Velvet Room... )

Continuing of the posting of Really Old Things I Probably Won't Finish, because #JobHuntingIsHard.  Or something.
Reminder that I will still attempt to finish anything not labeled alternative paths, no matter how long it takes.  Alternate versions of chapters don't count, and I figure if I haven't even gotten one clue of where I want to go with the story after five years, the plotbunnies have well and truly abandoned it.
~Dreamer~

Main Points: Persona 3 AU
Chapter Summary: 10 years post-Graduation, and Officer Sanada is taking part in an odd chase...
Word Count: 660
Rating: Gen + a little cursing

( escape )

Main Points:
Persona 3
Summary: The FeMC and Junpei hang out and take a breather.
Word Count: 590
Rating: Gen
Notes: Due to Junpei sort of point of view, swearing (a little). FeMC, on my playthrough, is named Shiomi Kotone (because as much as I like her and MC being bro & sis, Minako sounds stupid to me. Dunno why. Probably just one of those 'people randomly like some names more than other people do, and dislike names more than other people do'. Hamuko more so, though. So Shiomi it is). Other people (Chidori, Akihiko, Fuuka mainly) mentioned.
Referencing other series in my fic titles/cut text cantstopwontstop

( >The Stairway to Maturity? )

I...kind of forgot, going home, that my school laptop is the only one that I've actually set up after switching to Windows 10.  So I've got barely anything on there, and couldn't post anything.  Bummer.
Mild spoilers, possibly, in summary below.
I'm back today, though!  I'm intrigued by how much more dynamic Junpei seems, given the difference between how he acts when he's around the MC as opposed to the FeMC.  When he's around the MC, he's girl-crazy, annoying, won't shut up.  When he's around FeMC, he's somewhat protective, whines about the Leader being a girl (which quickly earns Mitsuru's wrath)...and yet.  He more or less offers to be FeMC's wingman.  He thinks she's cute, but he also takes her seriously, especially when he gets over his jealousy.  In fact, he's more polite and respectful and treats her like an equal than he does for the MC.  It doesn't even feel like his relationship with Chidori is tossed aside in the name of dating sim, and I really, really like that.  It makes Junpei a more well-rounded character, and I really like well-rounded, believable characters, because they make the plot itself more well-rounded and believable.  (I'm also amused by how much the 'blank slate' FeMC turned out to have such a huge personality.)

Main Points: Persona 3
Chapter Summary: Junpei, Wingman.
Word Count: 174
Rating: Gen?  (Two curse words, though.  It is Junpei.)
Note: It is in second person.  Not 100% sure why, except, well, protag.  Also, it makes it easier to not use a name, just in case you put in a different name than I did.

            “Akihiko, you had better treat her right.”  Given the tone, it’s fairly easy to misconstrue the words as jealous or something, but Junpei’s actually genuinely concerned about your well-being.

            Your senpai sputters, and the response from the boxer is…less than encouraging.  But he’s startled, and he’s not the best with social situations.  “What are you, her brother?”

            “Nah,” Junpei states with a fake nonchalance that’s every bit backed up by real steel.  “I’m her wingman, her best friend, and I’m the guy that’s going to kick your ass if you pull any crap with her.  If I even hear you made her cry, I’m definitely coming for you.”  He turns to you and smiles, a genuine smile that is great to see.  Talking to the girl he’s too shy to ask her name is helping a lot, apparently.  “I’m not too worried, given that it’s Akihiko-senpai and all, but still…”

            “I’ll give any girl you date the same speech,” you answer with a grin and high-five.  Then you turn to a still-speechless Senpai.  “Ready?”