Oh You’re A Writer? How’s Doing Everything You Can To Avoid Writing Going?

Person A: I ship (insert a Canon ship)

Person B: Oh cool, I don't ship that but I do ship this (insert non Canon ship).

Person A and Person B:

Show up at work like hi boss sorry I'm late my I was helping my mother track down one specific 90s dungeon crawler for the purposes of obtaining a muffin recipe the developer hid in the files

THIS SEEMS PRETTY GODDAMN INTENTIONAL BUT MAYBE I'M CRAZY

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This is amazing!

Megami Ibunroku Persona: Shadow Maze - English translation of the official P1 novel is done!

Hi there.

Some of you may not know me, but I’m the guy who translated the Persona 1 manga. And today I present to you Megami Ibunroku Persona: Shadow Maze, the official Persona 1 novelization!

God, I’ve been working on this translation for so long, it’s good to be done already. It took me almost six years, but in my defense it wasn’t like the translation was the only thing I’ve done during this entire time. I swear there was a point where I must’ve gone two years without touching it. Regardless, it’s done.

So… English is not my first language. I like to believe that my English is very good, but chances are there are some small stuff here and there that sound stiff or not quite natural. I went through the text multiple times to fix stuff, but I don’t have an editor. If you come across a composition that isn’t quite right, please tell me. I may release an updated version if there’s a non-insignificant number of changes to be made.

Q. So, what is this?

Megami Ibunroku Persona: Shadow Maze is an official Persona 1 novel, published in 1997 by Aspect Novels, written by Naoko Korekata.

Q. Cool, what is the novel about?

It tells the story from the first Persona game, but Maki is the protagonist and the novel is written in first person.

Q. Wait, what about the regular protagonist? Does he not exist in the novel?

He’s still around, he just isn’t the protagonist anymore.

Q. Who’s this Jay guy?

The game protagonist. The Western fandom got used to calling him Naoya thanks to the manga, but just like Minato/Makoto, Souji/Yu and Akira/Ren, the P1 protagonist has multiple names in different adaptations.

Q. Can I read this without any knowledge of the game?

Sadly, no. While it technically tells the story of the entire game, it glosses over a lot of stuff.

That being said, you don’t need to have played the game. Reading the manga also works! (Please read the P1 manga)

Q. So, have you got any Persona or Megami Tensei translations in the works?

Not really. Someone at the Megami Tensei Wiki was kind enough to share the Jin novels, and if no translator has picked them up yet, I can do it. If I do, I’ll try releasing the chapters as I finish them, rather than waiting until I’ve finished the entire novel.

Q. Where else can I find you?

Here on Tumblr, and on Twitter too. I haven’t been very active on either of those platforms recently, though. I’m trying to change that.

Q. *slams hands on desk* Where’s the book?

MEGA.

Google Drive.

Enjoy!

Thanks for the tag! Let’s see here…

A Beginner's Guide to Destroying the Moon – Foster the People

N ever Really Over – Katy Perry

A Ghost - Travis

W olf in Sheep’s Clothing – Set if Off

K ill the lights – Set if Off

W ant to be close – Persona 3 OST

A little more - Skillet

R asputin – Boney M

D amage - Red

G inko’s theme – Persona 2 OST

H ell to your doorstep – The Count of Monte Cristo Musical

O rewell, beneath the cracks – Octopath Traveler OST

S how Stoppin’ Number – Team Starkid

T he Gate of Finis – Octopath Traveler OST I guess I’m just tagging anyone who sees this and wants to do it :)

song tag game

thank you @rainbowscas for the tag 😘✨

rules: for every letter of your url, put the name of a song you like that starts with that letter

L - Lord I Just Can’t Keep From Crying - Colin Stetson I - I Will - Mitski Z - Zero - Smashing Pumpkins S - Solider, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos T - That Unwanted Animal - The Amazing Devil I - Icky Thump - The White Stripes E - Every Man Has A Molly - Say Anything L - Little Numbers - BOY

tagging anyone who sees this and says hm i wanna do that. 

Tried a bit of Lauren Groff’s style on this one. I don’t think I pulled it off 😂

Angsty fic of Onyx nudging mc’s body (she’s unable to come back in animal form) with her muzzle to try to wake her up. Like that scene in Game of Thrones when Drogon tries to wake Daenerys up

Written by @an-awkward-ghost

The sight was sickening.

MC was—is larger than life, someone that would fight tooth and nail to achieve what she wants. Onyx had always admired that about her. At some point in their relationship, Onyx felt less like the badass Envy Assassin she was and more like a lost little puppy MC had found on the street. She had crumbled more than once in her arms, cursing the world, her sister, her inability to do anything right.

She wasn’t that cool woman that had kissed MC one night, sparkling green eyes and a dimpled smile. She is a broken woman, left to rot, to fail, to hurt everyone she ever cared about, and now, now… the only person that had looked at all her faults and shrugged them off, that had welcomed her into a loving heart, was… she was…

Please, MC, she begged in her thoughts, please don’t leave me.

She just couldn’t process it. There was no way, no way, no way—

She crouched low to seek MC’s warmth, taken aback by the scent of death and sweat and blood, and her mind went blank, because how could this be, how could MC, how could someone as strong and determined and wonderful as her be—how could…

She pressed her snout against her rib, hoping against hope that she would feel it rise. She knew that if she listened for a few more seconds she’d hear her heart, her breathing, and her mouth was already opening to tell MC to stop scaring her, to wake up, but all that emerged from her were low growls and desperate roars. Her muzzle refused to form the words she wanted to say, and everything came out as a choked sound of pain and grief. She wanted to say it, she wanted to yell it, please, please, MC, don’t leave me, please stay, you’re going to be fine, I’m so sorry, so sorry, please—

MC’s body refused to give signs of life. Onyx wondered if she wasn’t looking hard enough, if MC was merely tired and would blink drowsily at her and laugh that bell-like laugh of hers. Her eyes. Onyx needed to see them, because surely… surely… that part of MC was still alive…

Onyx wondered if her eyes would look as dull and faded as dirt on a mountain, instead of the usual, warm orbs of chocolate she was so accustomed to seeing. Her claws sank deep into the earth, rooting Onyx in the spot.

Right. Right. MC’s eyes must be full of warmth still. They had to be, but Onyx couldn’t confirm it.

She stared hopelessly at MC’s closed eyelids, at the way her hands laid on her sides. She had the posture of death and eternal memory, and Onyx couldn’t unsee it now.

MC was—she was…

A small nudge. The body rolled easily into its side, no resistance, no nothing. Despite all her fur, the spot of muzzle that had touched MC’s body burned with cold.