I'm just gonna throw out ideas (like darts) to see what you think and then we can play around and modify as much as needed since there are so many possibilities:
- Okay so first here's a big-ass explanation for my method of madness cause I got inspired by Persona 1. There's a character in P1 (I apologize if you do know P1, I'm just explaining in case you do not) called Reiji Kido is sort of prototype Akechi in the sense that his dad was a high-profile politician and his mother was his mistress. He has a very big scar on his forehead because his dad hit him with a knife (I think) when he was trying to defend his mother when they were young.
Unlike Akechi, his mom is alive, but he still has that "Akechi-ness" to him aka while his dad is dead, his set his sights on killing his brother. While he gets 'lucky' in that his brother is literally the antagonist in the game, it is made very clear that he would have tried to kill his brother even if he'd been a simple janitor or someone who won a pultzer peace prize. Thankfully he learns the ~~POWER OF FRIENDSHIP~~ and matures and by the end forgives his brother, so to speak (he ends up naming his baby boy after him cause p1 has epilogues for the characters).
- So basically an idea for Akechi would be that 1) his mom is still alive but 2) he does want Shido to pay for his crimes regardless because of their situation.
- To make him go to Shujin, maybe his mother saved enough money to send him there? It is known to be an expensive and well-known school despite the whole 'only school that took the protag in'. Maybe they have a rock climbing club we never heard of or something. Maybe he wanted to be in Track and Field before the whole Kamoshida happening. Akechi's mother can be one of Sakura's old customers and he takes him in like Protag.
- The main difference is that he doesn't get his powers until he meets Morgana in the dungeon with Ryuji and maybe that makes him realize during the different heists that eventually he can get revenge by changing Shido's heart?
- Maybe he makes it the PT's ultimate goal or something. Like the ultimate heist, not knowing how deep Shido is into the whole cognitive stuff.
- Meanwhile Akiren's stopping Shido could have happened two years ago instead of just one. And he was blackmailed into helping Shido instead of being just given a police dossier (That Akechi could find out about later or via social links) once Shido found out about his powers possibly during examination leading to his trial or something.
- So it would explain why he's mostly numb to it all because no one came to save him from this (including his own parents), and he's been mostly hidden behind his mask as a cool detective prince.
- Maybe Akechi could keep his power, but instead it invigorates his friends.
- Meanwhile Akiren could have something that makes a victim marionette whatever he forces them to do. Keeps it with Yaldy's theme of control too.
- It would make the fight in the boat really interesting because Akiren could basically say stuff like "He's your father! You of all people must want to kill him!" etc etc.
- Stuff happens! I'm not sure how to get Maruki in there but def needs to happen too (and god Akiren would be so paranoid about Akechi picking Maruki's dream world since he's probably got ptsd from being controlled by someone).
That's about what I can think of for now, but let me know what you think!
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- Okay so first here's a big-ass explanation for my method of madness cause I got inspired by Persona 1. There's a character in P1 (I apologize if you do know P1, I'm just explaining in case you do not) called Reiji Kido is sort of prototype Akechi in the sense that his dad was a high-profile politician and his mother was his mistress. He has a very big scar on his forehead because his dad hit him with a knife (I think) when he was trying to defend his mother when they were young.
Unlike Akechi, his mom is alive, but he still has that "Akechi-ness" to him aka while his dad is dead, his set his sights on killing his brother. While he gets 'lucky' in that his brother is literally the antagonist in the game, it is made very clear that he would have tried to kill his brother even if he'd been a simple janitor or someone who won a pultzer peace prize. Thankfully he learns the ~~POWER OF FRIENDSHIP~~ and matures and by the end forgives his brother, so to speak (he ends up naming his baby boy after him cause p1 has epilogues for the characters).
- So basically an idea for Akechi would be that 1) his mom is still alive but 2) he does want Shido to pay for his crimes regardless because of their situation.
- To make him go to Shujin, maybe his mother saved enough money to send him there? It is known to be an expensive and well-known school despite the whole 'only school that took the protag in'. Maybe they have a rock climbing club we never heard of or something. Maybe he wanted to be in Track and Field before the whole Kamoshida happening. Akechi's mother can be one of Sakura's old customers and he takes him in like Protag.
- The main difference is that he doesn't get his powers until he meets Morgana in the dungeon with Ryuji and maybe that makes him realize during the different heists that eventually he can get revenge by changing Shido's heart?
- Maybe he makes it the PT's ultimate goal or something. Like the ultimate heist, not knowing how deep Shido is into the whole cognitive stuff.
- Meanwhile Akiren's stopping Shido could have happened two years ago instead of just one. And he was blackmailed into helping Shido instead of being just given a police dossier (That Akechi could find out about later or via social links) once Shido found out about his powers possibly during examination leading to his trial or something.
- So it would explain why he's mostly numb to it all because no one came to save him from this (including his own parents), and he's been mostly hidden behind his mask as a cool detective prince.
- Maybe Akechi could keep his power, but instead it invigorates his friends.
- Meanwhile Akiren could have something that makes a victim marionette whatever he forces them to do. Keeps it with Yaldy's theme of control too.
- It would make the fight in the boat really interesting because Akiren could basically say stuff like "He's your father! You of all people must want to kill him!" etc etc.
- Stuff happens! I'm not sure how to get Maruki in there but def needs to happen too (and god Akiren would be so paranoid about Akechi picking Maruki's dream world since he's probably got ptsd from being controlled by someone).
That's about what I can think of for now, but let me know what you think!