#the detective prince

[astral-druids]

Goro Akechi for pride month because he’s GAY.

[secondhello]

[todeo-art]

Naoto Shirogane, the Detective Prince.

He/him for Naoto only!

In celebration of me beating Golden today. Also sort of a redraw of this old Naoto I drew back in 2020! Really proud of how much I’ve improved since then :3

[lethargicmarigold]

idk if anyones done this yet but i felt incredibly inspired tonight and just let my hands do what they needed to do

[cobaltfluff]

competitive aquarium date

bonus: the night before

[oifaaa]

Every time I read something that's like Justice League appalled to find out about Robin I do have to laugh bc you know I don't think they would care either that or they're all fucking hypocrites

[onesk3tch]

I hope Detective Peach can catch such a dangerous criminal!

[imperiuswrecked]

FREE PALESTINE Wonder Woman by Jay Hero

[princedetectives]

ok but really even without all the dramatic au stuff i like doing to them, i really think atlus accidently made one of the most interesting dynamics from what was definitely just supposed to be a cameo. the second coming of the detective prince and he's so different from the first. from how he is you'd maybe expect akechi to not really care about the title or even be kind of bitter about being placed in the shadow of someone else he hasn't even met, but no,

he actively mirrors naoto. this sweater is the only canonically confirmed callback but i've sniffed out others, even down to the way they hold themselves.

like, clothing is one thing that could just be for the public image, but come on. it's part of his SELF image. his status as the second detective prince is vital to his view of himself.

and q2 all but proves he respects naoto deeply. and it all makes sense because he really is proud of being a detective, of course he'd be a fanboy of one of the most well-known young detectives out there. i can imagine he relates to the image he has of naoto a lot.

and it's not like it places him to live up to the achievements of naoto or anything, to a degree maybe yes, but not enough to the point that it's a burden. because he's piggybacking off of his legacy and blowing it out of the water. akechi is FAMOUS, much more than naoto was, i imagine. people would hear about the first detective prince and go, "who? i only know akechi." the title only benefits him, publicly and personally.

and it'd be so interesting if they met, because it's not like one is living in the others' shadow. akechi has to live up to naoto's reputation because he's the successor to naoto's legacy, placed on his shoulders by the force of the public. naoto has to live up to akechi's reputation because he's the new big thing, he's what everyone is interested now, he's who was chosen to succeed him. they live in each others' shadows. it's an ouroboros of reputation.

i just think they're neat. they'd get along too, i bet. they definitely got along in q2! they're the only ones in the whole world who can relate to each others' experiences of growing up as a detective prince. they're both big nerds. they're both competitive. PLEASE imagine placing these two in the same room together. it would be so INTERESTING.

and don't even get me STARTED on how Crow looks a hell of a lot like naoto's persona

[jmgangel]

Some P5T Shuake to keep me warm in these cold winter months.

[browsethestacks]

Ape-Ril Special #01 (2024)

Art by Dan Mora, Bernard Chang And Hayden Sherman

[soranatus]

WONDER WOMAN vs. THE CHEETAH In Multiversus: Collision Detection (2024) #1

[secondhello]

[1asbrightasthestars3]

Will we ever learn?

We've been here before.

[khorazir]

Ink lineart inspired by the magnificent fic The Great Snogging Debacle of ’95 by @prince-simon A watercolour version will follow.

[borderlineee14]

Establishing dominance