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This topic is for the list of What-If's I came up with at work today. These questions are meant to inspire ideas for fics, cause I wants me some more Persona 4 fics(I'd not gripe about P3 fics either).
They aren't all epic, or even serious. Some are cracky, some are for drama, etc. And they aren't meant to be for epic AU's, thought you could likely make one out of some, or by mixing and matching. They're just ideas.
Anyway, on with the show...
What if Seta had dozed off in the car on the way back from the trainstop?
I think this would dramatically alter the events that it started. Since he's asleep in the car, he's not shaking the gas attendant's hand and having his power to use Persona awoken.
However, I think that he would actually awaken that power anyway, since iirc, Izanagi says she gave that power to Adachi and Namatame, but awoke Seta's, meaning to me that he had the power already.
Question is, would he awaken it in time to make a difference?
This also could be paired up with the later question about what if Seta was a target of Nametame?
I think this would dramatically alter the events that it started. Since he's asleep in the car, he's not shaking the gas attendant's hand and having his power to use Persona awoken.
However, I think that he would actually awaken that power anyway, since iirc, Izanagi says she gave that power to Adachi and Namatame, but awoke Seta's, meaning to me that he had the power already.
Question is, would he awaken it in time to make a difference?
This also could be paired up with the later question about what if Seta was a target of Nametame?
What if one of the party members couldn't handle the change in worldview and convinced themselves that the whole kidnapping/entrapment/rescue thing was just a really vivid fever dream?
Honestly, I think the most likely candidates for this are Kanji and Naoto. kanji because he doesn't seem to want to accept things that are different, and Naoto because she is the most logical and scientific minded of the group and most likely to go 'lalalala' when confronted with something that flies in the face of conventional science.
Honestly, I think the most likely candidates for this are Kanji and Naoto. kanji because he doesn't seem to want to accept things that are different, and Naoto because she is the most logical and scientific minded of the group and most likely to go 'lalalala' when confronted with something that flies in the face of conventional science.
What if a rescue failed?
This is obviously a vague one, but it could mean that 1) the team can't make it in time, 2) the victim dies during the fight with their shadow.
This is obviously a vague one, but it could mean that 1) the team can't make it in time, 2) the victim dies during the fight with their shadow.
What if, during the field trip to Gekkoukan, the team meets Mitsuru and she realizes that they are all Persona users?
This could be a massively AU story. My reasoning here is that as head of the Kirijo Group, which funds Gekkoukan, Mitsuru might actually decide to greet the visitors themselves as PR or something.
This could be a massively AU story. My reasoning here is that as head of the Kirijo Group, which funds Gekkoukan, Mitsuru might actually decide to greet the visitors themselves as PR or something.
What if Adachi had tried to explore the TV world and got stuck there, before he threw in the anchorwoman?
What if Nametame hadn't taken it upon himself to 'save' whoever appeared on the Midnight Channel?
This could be that Adachi never puts the idea into his head - maybe someone else answers the phone and laughs off Nametame's call as a prank.
This could be that Adachi never puts the idea into his head - maybe someone else answers the phone and laughs off Nametame's call as a prank.
What if Seta had been targeted by Nametame?
What if Mitsuo hadn't murdered Morooka, who would have been the next victim?
Would the team have a double length break between victims, or would someone else take Mitsuo's place as the challenge of the month?
Would the team have a double length break between victims, or would someone else take Mitsuo's place as the challenge of the month?
What if, due to being new and the run-in in April with the police, the police suspected Seta instead of Mitsuo?
What if Naoto decided during her recovery that to accept that she's a girl means not hiding it anymore?
This could be a crack story or a character piece.
This could be a crack story or a character piece.
What if Chie had died, or nearly so, because she ran off ahead of Seta and Yousuke at Yukiko's Castle?
I was incredibly irked when she did it in the game. <_<
I was incredibly irked when she did it in the game. <_<
What if, due to his success in school, Seta convinced his parents that it's better for his education to stay in Inaba?
Perhaps he was a lackluster student in the city, but since coming to Inaba, he's improved in nearly all aspects.
Of course, this could be used as a cover story, and he wants to stay for another reason.
Perhaps he was a lackluster student in the city, but since coming to Inaba, he's improved in nearly all aspects.
Of course, this could be used as a cover story, and he wants to stay for another reason.
What if Seta's Christmas Eve date turns up pregnant during the gap between December and March?
What if someone back in Inaba disappeared, ala the Midnight Channel, while Seta and crew were in Port Island?
What would their reaction be when they returned and heard someone had disappeared? For more drama, it's been raining for a few days, but the rains is supposed to let up that night... meaning the fog will come in the morning. Can they save the person in time?
What would their reaction be when they returned and heard someone had disappeared? For more drama, it's been raining for a few days, but the rains is supposed to let up that night... meaning the fog will come in the morning. Can they save the person in time?
What if Seta's girlfriends and lovers decide to drop by for a surprise visit on Christmas Eve... all of them?
Social Link Break!
Social Link Break!
What if Saki's brother, Naoki was a victim?
I was honestly surprised that he wasn't one.
I was honestly surprised that he wasn't one.
What if Teddie liked all the attention he gets during the crossdressing pageant and decides to simply dress that way?
I think this'd make a funny oneshot about the guys getting weirded out and the girls getting jealous, cause Teddie is cute enough to be competition.
I think this'd make a funny oneshot about the guys getting weirded out and the girls getting jealous, cause Teddie is cute enough to be competition.
What if Seta and Naoto got interrupted during an intimate moment by Dojima, much to their dismay and Dojima's stunned realization that Naoto is actually a girl?
Yes, it's inspired by that pic I posted in the Funny Images thread.
Yes, it's inspired by that pic I posted in the Funny Images thread.
What if Seta, or anyone for that matter, unknowingly helps one of the victims accept their repressed feelings before they ever appear on the Midnight Channel?
The following question could be paired up with this one.
The following question could be paired up with this one.
What if Naoto's gender were to be discovered before she disappeared?
Like, somehow by accident, someone(I';d go with Seta), discovers that Naoto is actually a girl. Perhaps he figures it out. Perhaps he trips and crotch-grabs Naoto by accident only to discover her lack of dangly bits.
Like, somehow by accident, someone(I';d go with Seta), discovers that Naoto is actually a girl. Perhaps he figures it out. Perhaps he trips and crotch-grabs Naoto by accident only to discover her lack of dangly bits.
What if one of the Social Links characters disappears/appears on the Midnight Channel?
What if Nanako was being bullied and decided to tell her 'big bro'?
Now this isn't about Nanako being bullied by one of her classmates, but an adult that, due to whatever reason, is hateful to Nanako. They don't actually hurt her or anything like that, they're just an asshole to her.
Now this isn't about Nanako being bullied by one of her classmates, but an adult that, due to whatever reason, is hateful to Nanako. They don't actually hurt her or anything like that, they're just an asshole to her.
What if one of the girls on the team were sexually assaulted by a stranger?
It does concern rape, yes, and I know that's never a popular topic... but what if?
It does concern rape, yes, and I know that's never a popular topic... but what if?
What if Seta, Yousuke, Chie, and Yukiko were discovered by Morooka in the same tent during the field trip to the mountain and they all got suspended/expelled for it?
What if Seta and Yousuke got a serious case of food poisoning(requiring a trip to the hospital) from Chie's and Yukiko's attempt at curry?
I see this as being humor more than anything.
I see this as being humor more than anything.