#facetsinshatteredcrystals

Hmm... I'm not an expert on anything detailed since I took a long break from Pokemon (until spontaneous decisions and Pokemon Sun happened) but I'd say that listen to your gut feeling in trading situations. If it tells you to run, get away. In my scenario it was purely a gut feeling I had from various factors.

Let's just say that it was reaally suspicions when a) A random player just offers a trade out of nowhere at Festival Plaza (I had just battled a mutual of mine in a battle & Wi-Fi was on) w/ a rookie like me b) The first thing he offers is a fucking 100 lv Shaymin with a not normie held item c) He was insisting me to do sth in the trade situation after I'd been silent for a minute. It was shady af and too good to be true - and when something seems too good to be true, it usually is a scam or has sth behind it.

(Also when I commented about this to the same mutual I just battled her first reaction was "hacked". I have a very strong feeling on how it was one of those "cheap hacked legendaries" since you can do that w/ games.)

“D-dad...did you seriously bring a sixth cat into this house? We barely have enough room for the five we already have!”

[~☪~] Shinjiro glanced down, lightly tapping his fingers together.

Asdsdasas sorry for replying to this late, asks seem to pile awfully lot these days. I’m more than happy to give advice on this and in general on RPing!

1. Trust your gut feeling in how you portray her, there’s no “wrong” in this art. My Naoto is mostly based on P4 anime since it’s the first touch I had on Persona series and the Naoto I fell for and love to this day is on that surface, and from what I’ve heard the game presents her quite differently in f. ex social development, her being not-so-suave in informal situations and her specific interests. After I’ve rewatched her SL for yunao vibes I’m not 100% sure if my version of her is that accurate but I’m not caring anymore if someone here is going to be not fully content with my way of rping my girl.

This applies to headcanons you have for her small personality traits, gender-, career-, sexuality-wise and for verse dependent ideas. If you cannot see her ever wearing any dresses or for example not liking some food flavors, go for it (and make it clear to others so they’re not confused). It’s your muse, your writing and your show and canon-divergence is allowed to exist.

2. DON’T EVER TAKE PRESSURE ON NOT FEELING SHIPPY. Due to Naoto being a fan favorite and possibly one of the mostly known P4 girls & in RPing people often want to explore romantic relationships the chances are that ppl will ask you if you’re fine with shipping their muses. I’ve lost count on the full amount I have been asked that (and how many times I’ve rejected the offer due to me not feeling it) and felt bad on my muse not feeling romantically attracted to all Rise muses she meets, or in cases where the other party wants a romance SL but she nor me don’t. It’s OK not to ship your muse with any muse and stick with platonic bonds, and this to change in a whim. I’m atm having a season where Naoto isn’t showing any interest to romance and have adjusted my writing to match that.

3. Don’t try to change yourself/your muse for others’ approval. That’s going to get you nowhere and kill your muse faster than Phoenix Wright would call out a contradiction in a witness’ statement in the tutorial stages. Once upon a time I tried modifying my muse and her behavior to fit possible verse ideas/interaction plots and lemme tell you, that only caused me a Hell lot of stress and lack of muse regarding those projects. I almost lost muse temporarily on her and had to go on semi hiatus to realize what had gone wrong and how could I fix it, and after the break I did my best to regain my former motivation and rose even higher than I’d foreseen. It was ironically worth it but I don’t want anyone to doubt their own abilities nor be through the same.

Nowadays I tell the other mun right away if I feel that sth is wrong or if I want to drop an idea. Sure, it might sting for a day or two if it had potential and takes guts to do that but it’s better in the long run.

4. It takes time to grasp her and you might notice later how foolish your earlier view on her was. This happened to me recently when I looked at my ages-old replies and was surprised on how bland/one-sided she’s been earlier. A part of me felt like an idiot and fool for missing such obvious things and I was surprised on my original ideas being completely different to my current ones. As you grow in life and have various experiences, it affects your writing and your muse’s growth more than you first think and that shows in your ideas any brain function - and the newest version is often the most important and best one for you.

(On the side note: if you feel like one of your hcs isn’t working properly or now OOC, ditch it. Trust me, you’re not going to miss those bad ideas.)

That screenshot was also what made me from like to love her.