11 months ago
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Anonymous asked:
I’ve been squeezing up brains to find Bakugou actual plot relevance… there’s so little that he may perfectly be absent. At least in the early stages. In the late late stages there’s some but for then the divergence may have fixed up.
Anyway, i kind of found a couple and here are as aks:
Will Kamimari and Mina be affected in their academic progress by Bakugou not being there tutoring them?
Aizawa showed a huge bias towards Bakugou since the beginning. Is there any other student occupying that spot? Is he still salty about the top scorer being rejected for the new rule? Given Izuku early progress in handling OFA, is he less biased against him?
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barid-bel-medar answered:
Yeah it was the realization I had a number of months back that you can pull Bakugou out of basically all the early plotlines and it doesn’t really effect things (hence FtE’s entire existence). Even in context of the training camp attack they could have just as easily made a different student a target, like Izuku or Shouto. In contrast if Izuku isn’t there, things change dramatically (which yes obviously he’s the protagonist so that should be the case), including for Bakugou’s own character evolution. If he succeeds when Izuku does not, his worst traits would have definitely gotten amplified and problems would have spiraled.
Like if Izuku wasn’t at UA I think it’s perfectly reasonable to write it that Bakugou wouldn’t make it to graduation. He’d either get himself killed or expelled.
But to answer your other questions!
No, because I feel they would have found other students to help tutor them even if he wasn’t there. It’s just in-series it’s a good means of explaining him succeeding in making friends/a social group that isn’t followers ala Aldera.
There’s presently not entirely a student holding that role though I would describe Aizawa as being grudgingly fond of Izuku and Neito despite himself. He actually wasn’t really too salty over Bakugou’s failure because he did get the point the Commission was making and it wasn’t that unreasonable. His salt more related to him feeling Izuku got too many rescue points than anything else. I will say that in context of that, Izuku *wasn’t* entirely wrong to suspect there was some fuckery going on with his practical score because Nedzu did want to make sure he got in and his rescuing of Uraraka made for the opening he needed. To some extent though it is also a different form of red flag the rescue points only since it does raise questions of potential martyrdom issues/lack of care of Izuku’s own life versus the person he’s trying to save.
Yeah Izuku’s sense of heroism is utterly disconnected from Bakugou when it comes down to it. Even in the case of Bakugou his own desire to be a hero is disconnected from Izuku’s existence, there’s other issues specifically there (like the seriously concerning detail of how many of Endeavor’s more toxic trait he happens to have when he’s a kid; at least with Endeavor it’s pretty clear those issues were more ones that started when he was older)
The personas you have equipped should impact the dialogue choices you have
(Note: I have experience with p5, and somewhat p4, none of the others)
But I just think it would be neat if personas actually.... had an impact on social links, on the protagonist's personality. The name of the series is Persona, and while they are clearly a centrally important part of the games, it feels like there's a divide that keeps them relegated mostly to gameplay mechanic
They are described as facets of the self, as aspects of personality given form. So if the protagonist has certain persona, it would make sense for them to alter the dialogue options
Mostly I see this being feasible with social links. The persona of the matching arcana unlocks a bonus dialogue option that can give the high +++ points for ranking those up.
It shows that aspect of the self resonating with the person you're talking with more, by providing an answer you wouldn't otherwise give, because that's not a part of you at the time.
It would add DEPTH!!
Wildcards having some form of DID (dissociative identity disorder)/being a system/multiple/plural is very near and dear to me, obviously
But like!
Even if that is not your headcanon (should I make a post abt that? I could maybe) I think it would be so COOL to have them literally change the answers you can give at points
It would be a fun and fascinating way to integrate lore in with the story and gameplay mechanics. I get the "more points if you have the persona of the arcana" thing but it feels too abstracted to me. It feels separate, just of you resonate more if you have the arcana
But if it actually gave you unique dialogue that could net more points than the others???
It feels like it'd be a much more tangible demonstration of how the matching persona matters, because finding that space of personality is important to deepened understanding
If personas are so important make them impact the actual TEXT, not just gameplay abstraction for growing relationships!!!
TBH I’m concerned about people who’re like, 15+ who can apparently be convinced into abandoning their morals and committing societal taboos IRL just by engaging with something that doesn’t explicitly say they’re wrong/condemn them.
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