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Honestly a shame that most Persona fans don't know that the whole modus operandi of the Phantom Thieves (specifically calling cards) has roots in a very specific Arsène Lupin story and not just like a general Arsène Lupin thing, specifically based on the story "Arsène Lupin in Prison" where Lupin sends a note to a baron that he was going to rob him all the while Lupin was in prison to send him into a paranoia, all the while his band of thieves infiltrate the castle and trick the baron into letting them through the front door through taking advantage of the baron's paranoia of the thieves. This is pretty close to the calling card mechanic in the games complete with the thieves basically stealing everything after waltzing into the front door after some prep work before. Some of the other usual Arsène Lupin staples that are found in the game that doesn't get talked about enough is the fact that most stories start of with the resolution/end point and for the most part, Arsène actually tells another character how things had gone down, so even the in media res set up that Persona 5 has where the entire plot is told entirely through flashbacks via Joker telling Sae everything before we reach the interrogation room is also very Arsène Lupin. The strange and elaborate plot like them pulling the switcheroo with Akechi to help Joker escape is also an Arsène Lupin staple with most of the plots resolving in such strange twists that it seems impossible to figure out what Arsène was planning until he actually reveals it.

A lot of Persona 5 Vanilla's main Palace plot is heavily based on how an Arsène Lupin story usually goes and honestly people should just read more Maurice LeBlanc's Arsène Lupin.

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shadow the hedgehog! 🦔

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My reactions basically throughout the movie

Tails translating the backstory from the temple about the Master Emerald:

Knuckles explaining his backstory to Sonic:

Tom, Maddie and Sonic all holding hands talking about how they’re family and the emeralds start glowing:

Sonic making the announcements during their base of the ball game:

That lady GUN agent saying they found a file of a lost project from 50 years ago:

The capsule surfacing and we see a certain red and black hedgehog strapped inside of it:

Anyways idk if you guys can tell but I rlly liked this movie.

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so called "free thinkers" when Live & Learn starts playing

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hello sa2 nation

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This will never not be funny to me.

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sonic headers!! (feel free to use!)

got bored at work so i edited some official art for people to use as headers

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sonic movie fans when sonic movie 3 reveals that the army general obsessed with Olive Garden was the one that shot a ten year old girl in the 70's

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Ramy (TV Series) S02E03 “Little Omar”

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Just a scowling Twilight for ya all.

I'm so happy with the anime adaptation!

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Anime only after episode 1:

Manga readers because of chapter 62:

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while i'm excited as fuck for spy x family's anime adaptation next year, this is the only scene i care about that they better not mess up

this scene honestly means so much to me. it shows that despite how much loid tries to keep his cool, he wants to prioritize the mission. he desperately wants to, but the second that anya cries? the moment that she shed a single tear because she was forced to remember something she probably didn't want to, because of something that someone said? that made loid snap and he was out for blood

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Pls I need an episode of The Office ft Covid after seeing these tweets 😭💀

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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ヒトリエ

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Hitorie - 3分29秒 (3 min 29 sec) (Full Size) - Lyrics English Translation

哀願しても懇願しても変わらないやもう Begging and pleading won’t make a difference, ugh I get it now 踏みにじられるだけの花 A flower doomed to just be stomped on

貴方の声を忘れはしないだろう I’m sure I’ll never forget the sound of your voice 風に吹かれて散り散りになって Long scattered in the winds

その昏々たる水晶体には映らない未来　未来 Good luck trying to see the future in that dim old crystal of yours, no way it’s happening 哀願しても懇願しても変わらないやもう Begging and pleading won’t make a difference, ugh I get it now 踏みにじられるだけの花 A flower doomed to just be stomped on 傍観している造反している見ない振りしている I see you watching and doing nothing, stoking the fires of conflict, turning a blind eye そんな貴方を僕は見ている I’m watching you

安心しなよ僕たち皆いつだってやることは同じさ Rest easy though, everyone’s doing the same thing, even we and you

僕らの感情のどれ一つとしても Not even a single one of our emotions その眼に映ることのないもの Are something that can hold their attention あなたのようになれはしないんだよ I’ll never be able to be like you なろうとも、そうしたいとも思わないんだよ Even if I do happen to turn into you, it wouldn’t be on purpose

この混沌から真相までも全部全部下らない芝居 From turmoil to comprehension, all of it, every last bit, is just an inane charade もうわかりきってるなら If you get what I’m saying then- 臆病風に吹かれながら想い馳せるだけの日々を Instead of letting me spend my days just crushed by my own cowardice and mind run amok 終わらせて -Put an end to this

哀願したよ散々した、それでどうだった？ I had pleaded  impassioned, so what did you think? 意味の無いことの集合体だ T’was a conglomeration of meaningless shit 傍観してる造反してる見ない振りしている I see you watching and doing nothing, stoking the fires of conflict, turning a blind eye そんなあなたを僕は知っている I’m well aware of you

愛憎、二転三転、グレーゾーン Love and hate, tides turning, the gray zone どうかなっちゃいそう It’s all going crazy 醜いでしょう？それは否定しないけど Hideous ain’t it? I’m not gonna deny it 傍観者も共犯者、見ない振りしているあなたも Onlookers, partners in crime, you who are turning a blind eye また、それに等しく I repeat, we’re equals

安心しなよ、 Rest easy though, 僕達みんな終わるまで Till the day we’re all put at our ends, will we all keep doing the same things やることは同じさ Even we and you

Footnotes:

● The lyrics “I’ll never be able to be like you. Even if I do happen to turn into you, it wouldn’t be on purpose.” bring a certain quote of Shinoda’s too mind... This one: