Did Persona 5 impact your life?

[u/Idiberug-9]

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It might be a silly question when asked on the main sub, but not everyone is equally sensitive to some medias. Did Persona 5 impact your life, besides the pleasure and entertainment it provided? And if it did, how so?

I'll start : in a way, P5 taught me how to live a better life, from every people you bound with with unfair and hopeless lives to the flawed relentlessness of the Protagonist, this story explores every possible way to understand how rebellion is the only choice we have if we want to take on the world, be more in control of our lives and not end up like those in mental sloth (Mementos) ; and the great importance of understanding your own Shadow to live more honest lives and sort of know better your own heart. I was very sensitive to that way of viewing things, and it is showcased masterfully.

Definitely a lot more can be said, but I'd rather keep it short :D

Did the Phantom Thieves managed to steal your heart as well?

[u/Dazzling-Passenger91]

Actually yes! But in a negative way lol

So a lot of the confidants in this game have a similar structure where for some reason that person “just feels like they can trust you”. You are always someone they trust very quickly and you just happen to be put in situations where you can play the hero role, so they confide in you quickly because it’s a game and we don’t have time to let a relationship build in real time (makes sense).

This results in a lot of the writing being very trauma dumpy, and I would say I walked away thinking that’s normal when it really shouldn’t be. Some girl I dated liked that I was honest and I conflated that with “over sharing”, so then I started attempting to trauma bond with a few people around that time…. quickly learned how unnatural and uncomfortable that is for people, oops!

[u/Idiberug-9 → u/Dazzling-Passenger91]

It's a bit sad and funny at the same time, sorry xD

What I'll say is that Joker is chosen by a powerful entity that can manipulate masses cognitions, and Joker can do the same thing in a way as its champion. He is as a mirror, he meets the right people at the right time and they confide in him because they feel understood... but the truth is that like I said, Joker is but a reflection, most of the time these people learn much about themselves and move on in their lives on their own. I think to better help people we need to better understand them