Thanks @marudyne for bringing life to my vision of Shiho Suzui and her Persona, inspired by the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne. I really love the details!
I started conceptualising Hester a few years ago. I considered other figures in mythology but I kept coming back to Hester because she is kind of everything I imagined Shiho to be: the definition of inner strength.
The patchwork on her skirt is meant to represent that everything broken still can be mended; it might not be in the same state as before, but that doesn't mean it's unable to be repaired. It's also what Hester does in her story too to provide for herself and her child.
The cage skirt is somewhat meant to protect her. I imagine that Shiho is a tanker and Hester's goal is to protect her treasure. In this case, "Pearl"—which is what I have used as Shiho's PT title.
For context, Pearl is Hester's daughter. This goes along with my thought process well: as a mother, Hester would want to protect her daughter. A Persona would want to protect its user, I imagine, so Hester is a means to protect Shiho.
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Snippet Sunday
From April 21 of Part 1 of Halcyon Days. Note, this is from the first draft version so it's very much unedited and unrefined just getting the ideas down.
Ren tries not to think about it until lunch time, at least, when Shiho sets her lunch down and glares at the box.
"We have these strange powers. . ." She sighs. "I don't know. It feels like we could really change something for the better, though, and like we aren't even trying to."
Ren can't say he disagrees. They could change something for the better.
"If that other world has any impact on our world, we could." Ren taps his pen. "We don't know that for sure, though."
It's all guess work and speculation. Shiho and Ren are both trying to figure something massive out from maybe three clues.
"And we won't know for sure if we don't try." Shiho looks towards the door. This abandoned classroom rarely has any visitors. But it doesn't mean it has none.
No pressure tag for @tkwritesdumbassassins
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Untouchable (3868 words) by cinereous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Persona 5
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Iwai Munehisa/Suzui Shiho
Characters: Iwai Munehisa, Suzui Shiho, Takamaki Ann
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Recovery, Flirting
Summary:
Shiho returned to Tokyo expecting everything to feel the same as it once had.
What she hadn't expected was to find a strange shop in a dark side street, or for the man inside to be just as mysterious and intriguing as the bright green sign outside.
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At first,I was struggling with her color tone,but it turns out quite okay I guess
Carillon Wish was one of the member of the volleyball club and an excellent player of it.She didn't have much friends,her best friend in school was Almond Roll.
But,Skunk Rule's appearance had changed it all.He forced them to obey all his gross and pervert orders or else that Carillon/Almond will get more hurt from that sick pervert.
In the end,Carillon could stand more of it and she decided to end her life right at the academy's rooftop.Pegasus's hollow bones had make her get more damages when she had fallen right from there.Her consciousness faded along with her last apologize to her friend.
Gladly,she gets to recover from all those damages,even though it takes years to deal with it.Even better,she could continue playing volleyball in the future.
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I commissioned this piece by @amyhayanora for Shiho Week 2022 and I’ve been holding back on sharing it here, but here you go! This is Shiho with her other self, Pearl, whose outfit was also designed by Amy herself!
I’m so excited to share more of Phantom Thief Pearl and, as such, I will be tagging anything Shiho!Pearl related stuff with the hashtag listed below.
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The main plot of The Gemini is done, but I've still got CGs to add, errors to fix, and side scenes to input. But I figure I'd give you all a little treat while we wait, and let you see a bit of some of the beautiful artwork I've gotten for this game.
I can't wait for you to find out the context of all these scenes.
Haven't played The Gemini yet? Find it here, and lemme know what you think!
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Persona 5 Drabble (Beautiful Rose Has Thorns)
Attention, I'm putting up a trigger warning for this. It's nothing super descriptive or in depth but this will be dealing with feelings about stuff that happens during the Kamoshida arc. Slight mentions of life or death ideations and physical/sexual harrassment. I just wanted to let you all know. Of course if you've played the game then you know what I'm talking about.
Shiho always made fun of her for her lack of acting ability, but Ann likes to think she’s gotten pretty good at putting on a smile. After all, Shiho doesn’t know everything, and Ann doesn’t want her to. Everyone else may believe the rumors, and as much as that stings, it’s worth it in the end. It has to be. Because Ann’s only light in the world is her best friend. She’s the whole reason she plasters on all those smiles around Kamoshida.
Wires pull the corners of her lips up, and something inside her revolts. Every time he looks at her she wants to rub her skin until it bleeds. He’s not even seeing her, she knows. She’s just a pretty, little doll, something he wants to play with, something to possess. She’s not stupid. Not about this.
Just keep smiling, she tells herself. Shiho’s future depends on this. It’s a broken mantra in her head. A reflex more than an actual thought she conjures up at this point. But it keeps her moving, keeps her here. Keeps her from…
Because she loves Shiho, and Shiho deserves the world.
The rumors keep getting worse, and there’s always a new one waiting to be told just around the corner. Sure, sometimes she gets a break and someone else will be the subject of gossip. Others get a few lines of consideration circulated like the hottest news. But inevitably, it all circles back to her. The worst part is she’s starting to believe them.
She’s got Kamoshida eating out of the palm of her hand. She’s leading him on. She’s trying to keep all his attention. She gave him her number. She’s been spotted in his car. From the outside, she knows how this looks. After all, some of the rumors are true.
Maybe they’re right. Maybe this is all her fault. Maybe she deserves this.
And he keeps asking for more, of course he does. Because he can. He’s untouchable. He has all the control. So, he takes and takes and takes. Ann doesn’t know how much she can give before there’s nothing left, and even the strings holding her smile in place snap from being pulled too taunt.
It’s not all bad though, even now. Amidst the roar of their audience, sometimes there’s a moment of quiet, where it’s just her and Shiho. For just a moment, Ann can pretend that these moments are all that matter, that she doesn’t feel so, so tired. These moments have become so scarce. Precious. They’re all that’s holding Ann together.
Until April.
Ann’s felt like she’s been performing by herself for so long that it knocks her completely off balance when someone else comes up and takes their final bow before her.
Shiho stands on the edge of the roof.
Shiho lays on the grass below.
Something breaks. Something’s been broken. Ann doesn’t know what. Something. And she can’t even reconcile what it is until she hears Carmen’s voice.
There’s no more pretending now.
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Staring down the pitiful creature before her, Ann feels flames licking at her skin.
It gets on its knees.
It begs.
It whimpers.
And it’s just not fair. The pathetic would-be demon is what caused all this heartache, all this despair. It drove Shiho to…
Carmen hovers behind her, waiting, flame at the ready in her palm.
This worthless little worm almost snuffed out all the light in Ann’s world.
The boys leave the Shadow’s fate to her. It’s them letting her take some control back. Here she is. Persona towering over all of them, fire dancing around its fingers. She could do it. She wouldn’t even feel bad about it. She wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.
But the thing in front of her doesn’t deserve something so merciful. It deserves to rot. Kamoshida deserves to live with the memories and be crushed by the guilt of his actions until he can barely breathe without sobbing at what he’s done.
Morgana calls her kind. He doesn’t understand. There’s nothing kind about how she feels right now.
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Shiho opens her eyes. Ann cries.
For the first time since everything came crashing down, she sobs. Brown eyes look at her and Ann can’t breathe without choking on tears. Everything hits her all at once and she nearly falls to her knees outside Shiho’s room.
It’s everything. It’s relief and joy. It’s sorrow and grief. It’s the knowledge that Shiho’s alive. It’s the fact that she almost wasn’t. Ann feels it all, allows herself to feel it all now that she’s seen those beautiful eyes.
They both apologize to each other, for everything and nothing. All the things they should have said, could have done. They go around in circles blaming themselves before Shiho stops them, interlocking her fingers with Ann’s.
She smiles, small and tired but so full of love.
And for the first time in years, tears and all, Ann smiles back from the bottom of her heart.
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