#deadlyfortune

"Y'know, I've been thinking about something lately."

"I'd make a smart ass remark about that, but I'm too curious. What about, Junpei?"

"Why the hell did Atlus retcon the ending of Persona 3 with the Answer so that Minato died? I mean sure, the Great Seal move used all his HP, but why? He had the power of the Universe! The hell was keeping him from just throwing it all at Nyx to seal her away and not have his soul get taken along for the ride?"

"That's... actually a good question. Reshuffled's ending is kinda spoiled on me and Ria's Shared Background page, but in my case I was a little too freaked out by suddenly Erebus to worry about my soul not being stuck to the Seal by accident."

"Shit Junpei, you're right! Why'd they have to just drop the ker-deadness hammer on Minato like that? It effectively killed Hamuko as well, and that's just not okay because she's super nice and super cute!"

"Maybe Atlus thought it would fit the theme? I mean, 'Memento Mori' kept popping up in the opening sequence for the original P3... of course, they didn't really use that whole butterfly effect thing in P3P, since all that really changed was 'Shinjiro is in a coma instead of dead', but only if you finished his Social Link. And don't get me started on how stupid and pointless the entire October 4th sub plot is."

"Man, what does Atlus have against the cast of Persona 3 being happy? First they kill or render comatose Shinjiro-san, then they kill Chidori, then to cap it off they kill Ryoji plus Minato or Hamuko depending on which game you're playing, to say nothing of the collective backstory of everyone who's not Fuuka being 'AT LEAST ONE OF MY PARENTS IS DEAD' or some shit."

"And then there's how every Magician Arcana dude in every game seems to be the butt of every joke ever. Like how they treat you in Ultimax, even though you're pretty clearly fuckin' badass as hell. I mean c'mon, those Victory Cry mechanics you have would probably make SHINJIRO call hax."

Ryoji hummed, checking his watch as he sat on a bench at Iwatodai Station. He'd sent Karin a text to meet him there, though he realized he'd shown up rather early and was going to be waiting for a little while. He rested his hand on his chin, his mind wandering slightly.