#trans futaba

The WIP clip:

Shadow Ann confronts Ann about her pent-up lust and desire toward Shiho, especially the guilt she carries over what happened to her.

As the Witch of Want (taking the form of Hecate), Shadow Ann wrestles control of Carmen away from Ann, and summons Alraune (the Rotten Maiden) and Persephone (the Forsaken Maiden). Meanwhile, Ann struggles to tame her own Shadow and is unable to summon her Persona for part of the fight.

The custom enemy battle anims are still unfinished, FYI, so they're ugly as sin lol

Feel free to tell me what you yourself took from the video :)

What was I going for with this?

Well, this is about many things, and I don't wanna influence what you took from it or say that it's the wrong conclusion(unless you see this as 'just friends' which... death of the author has a limit blud). ... But speaking as the writer wanting to show her work, the fight's two central conflicts are Ann's guilt over feeling responsible for Shiho's SA, and her closeted romantic and sexual feelings toward her.

These are represented by the Reversed Lovers, Upright Devil, and Reversed Strength (which you can see in the Boss' Title), as Hecate (the Witch of Want) guides Ann through her fractured halves in an attempt to reunite them back into a whole.

Persephone, the Forsaken Maiden To summarize the many symbolisms I don't want to give entirely away, she basically represents Ann's guilt (acting as both the Reversed Lovers and Reversed High Priestess). This draws from the myth where Hades abducts Persephone to the Underworld, and Hecate herself later guides her back out. The concept here is for Ann to defeat Persephone by rejecting the distorted belief that she is truly responsible for what happened to Shiho. She has to recognize that she was a victim of Kamoshida's abuse too, while still allowing herself to acknowledge that there were things she could have done differently. But still, it's not her fault.

Alraune, the Rotten Maiden To, again, summarize and not give it away, she basically represents Ann's repressed desire (acting as both Reversed Strength and the Upright Moon). Alraune is a mythological plant said to grow from the spilled semen of the hanged. At first, Ann hid her feelings because she feared losing her friend; now she hides them because she feels disgusted with herself for still desiring Shiho's body after what happened to her. And here, the idea is for Ann to defeat Alraune not by denying those desires, but by embracing them. By accepting that Shiho's violation doesn't make her past or present attraction any less valid, nor does it turn that attraction into something predatory or wrong.

This, by the way, is a lesson that Ann will continue learning throughout her new Confidant, once she finally stops subconsciously patronizing and infantilizing Shiho because of her SA.

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By the end, The Lovers shall be flipped upright once again... For the first time since that man encroached on their lives.

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Btw, my disappointment with Atlus and a big reason for why I'm making this:

I want to treat Shiho's situation with the utmost care and respect it actually deserved. Vanilla P5 dropped the ball so incredibly hard after the first arc (as it did for basically every character after their introductory arcs, let's be real). I want to give these characters the actual depth and respect they were denied.