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Sua I’ll save you please I’ll take all the pain and suffering away Sua please

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"Look at this idiot lmao doesn't he know he's still on stage? Why is he going to her, does he want to die? lololol"

"PFFFT- Couldn't be me LMAO"

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"MY WIFE!! MY WIFE!!! HYUNA MY WIFEY I'VE MISSED YOU-"

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So how are we feeling about Wiege?

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kim dokja is like my conniving eunuch. hes the member of my household always creeping around trying to bring about my downfall through nefarious means to me. hes behind me when im sitting on my throne (desk chair) muttering about how a lord so illustrous as me should acquire more concubines (start another webnovel) in order to properly show off my status to the peasantry and other lords, and that i needn't fear about the household expenses (how late its getting and how early i need to wake up for work tomorrow) because he's got it all in hand (he does NOT have it in hand). he's sneaking into my bedchambers at night to whisper poisonous thoughts in my ear that cause a suspiciously familiar suicidal ideation man to appear in my mind come morn. he's turning my stupid chud heir against me.

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Please tell me there are ORV fans on this app

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I think I’m gonna make more of these, I love alien stage so much

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for an ideal world

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I forgot to draw for like a month but uhhh here’s something :)

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Filling the persona 2 shaped void

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temptation

i lowkey have too many notes to write down properly KDFHKDS but ill write them down for Future Cele so i can read it later and be like omggg past cele ur so fun and interesting

in general, the more "color" the scenes have, the closer it is to "real life" as opposed to the muted/hushed winter blues of maruki's reality

i.e. the dark frames w akira smiling and the very last panel are when reality sinks in: first for akira, then for goro

by the way this is long winter au but sumire is still brainwashed. this also works for canonverse but i just had long winter au in mind:o

youve heard of laundry and taxes now get ready for coffee and pastries

in every panel, akira is smiling! :) and goro is very much not smiling.

intentionally his face is hidden in the last 2 pages so its unclear whether it's the "ideal reality" already (akira/goro's daydreams/wants/desires), or if goro is still fighting akira on making sure he picks the right choice

the smoke from the first page kinda leads into the 3rd page omfg COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL BUT REALLY COOL LMAOOO

that's nameless and belladonna in jazz jin!!! i love them. I LOVETHEM. i miss them so bad is it obvious

the cafe is loosely based off of caffe strada @ uc berkeley LMAO. my parents used to take me there a lot as a little kid so that's the first cafe i think of when i imagine one. its like right on the streetside, basically on the sidewalk, so its very bustling and people are always walking by... probably a little disconcerting to see everyones summery bright smiles despite the bitter cold and snow

in long winter AU, the Ideal Reality starts before 1/1 so yeah they get to see the new years fireworks together (or something)

also intentional that they wear the same winter outfits in the whole comic although it Probably does not take place at the same time. in maruki's snowglobe, time seems frozen in place... but akira and goro are both acutely aware that the sands are running thru QUICK

goro's frustrated expression on page 3 is one also of disdain: "don't speak FOR me you fucking imbecile" type of expression.

goro, who's never lived a normal life and therefore doesn't know much abt "normalcy" nor really actively seeks it. this 3rd semester is basically purgatory for him and he doesn't care to try and go through the motions the way akira does. akira what do YOU know about the type of "normalcy" i deserve? how do YOU know if i "deserve" that?

im thinking that this is a naive akira who is mostly set on taking the deal because he feels hopeless... seeing all his friends with good happy lives while goro and himself are alive and miserable and shouldering the weight of the world during the horror of long winter......

oh but if he takes the deal they could all be good and alive and happy!!!.... and goro knows this. i feel like in any other universe (i.e. akira is 100% certain on not taking the deal and goro knows this) then goro would be happy and carefree to do these little indulgences for himself and akira's sake, to just enjoy the snowglobe world while it exists.

but this goro is discontent. he sees how akira is enjoying the snowglobe and knows maruki is depending on this. goro has to be the one to remind akira that none of this is his to keep........ in this fucked up world, routine is dangerous. becoming comfortable is dangerous. they cannot keep any of this.

on that note, goro says "i hate you" in a halfhearted sort of way (it's not true and akira knows that.) but he's trying to think of a way that he can dissuade akira from picking the wrong choice.....

and i think the thing is, goro thinks all of this, but he still falls into the rhythm of routine with akira anyway. in a way, goro feels hopeless too.

all of this is maruki's doing........ paralyzed by the inability to choose... whatever you do, you lose. goro needs to hold akira at arm's length so the stupid sentimental fool doesn't get too attached and falls into the wrong universe. akira needs to make a concentrated effort to detach himself from goro even though he wants the simplest thing in the world: just one more unremarkable day with him. it's lose-lose..........,

also i liked drawing the tentacles in the last pic the freaking blue lines on them were SO satisfying to draw

edit: also the last page: the blood flooding the panel….. the idea of the ideal world being built off of the blood and sweat and tears and bodies of the people who could have been. of those lost in the actualization, of those destroyed, of those stitched together and brought back to life. all just for a little false happiness. goro sees it but akira doesn’t, and it’s a grim sight.

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I got 3 hours of sleep last night because I decided that making this was far more important (it was look at it)

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Arguably one of the funniest bits in persona 4

Idk if I���m ever gonna finish these sketches so I might as well post them

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So I decided to fix it, I think it looks way better this way.

Rahhhh Yukiko art

Based on the Burning Petals move she gets

I just realized that I never textured her skirt but I’m not gonna fix it

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Rahhhh Yukiko art

Based on the Burning Petals move she gets

I just realized that I never textured her skirt but I’m not gonna fix it

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ITS MY BIRTHDAY GUYS IM OLD NOW

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MY SWITCH DIED AND I DIDNT HAVE TIME TO SAVE MY PROGRESS IN PERSONA 5 I HAD SO MANY HOURS UNSAVED