◐ in which min yoongi is a dry-humored high school student who just seems to have an inclination towards bad luck, plus an irrepressible sense of justice residing within him that's coincidentally reflected in seven other chained down, determined teenage souls - which brings about the creation of the phantom thieves, a team of superheroes dedicated to erasing societal decadence through "stealing hearts" in modern-day seoul.

➻  the phantom thieves of hearts ;

leader: min yoongi / second-in-command: kang seulgi

 
min yoongi (17) - codename: ace, new transfer at sehwa academy

  
kang seulgi (17) - codename: widow, student at sehwa academy

  
oh sehun (??) - codename: blanc. an otherwordly cat who can shapeshift into a human at will.

  
kim taehyung (17) - codename: V, student at sehwa academy

  
jeon jungkook (16) - codename: flash, student at sehwa academy

  
kim yeri (16) - codename: wizard, student at sehwa academy

  
jung chaeyeon (17) - codename: athena, student at sehwa academy

➻ others:

  
jung jaehyun (17) - rising star in the police scene, genius detective

  
kim seokjin (23) - yoongi's guardian / kim mingyu (16) - student at sehwa academy


more to be added!!! 
this list is prone to editing (as well as the phantom thieves' info)

 
 theme: wake up, get up, get out there / whims of fate - persona 5

wake up, get up, get out there
raise your voice against liars
feed your anger like fire
why does nobody want change ?

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come on, why don't we spin the wheel?
see whom it may call
to give into temptation
to win it or maybe lose it all
who knows where the whims of fate may lead us

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for those who don't know what persona 5 is about: basically in a spoiler-free way it's kids fighting against adults' corruption with entities called 'personas'  against shadows in the metaverse. confusing lingo is explained below!
personas: tamed, trained embodiments of people's personalities. personas are obtained through users' "awakenings", and they grant their users powers to use in battle - they can even evolve/strengthen into more powerful forms !!
shadows: a contrasting concept to personas; the more malevolent manifestations of one's thoughts. by defeating a person's shadow, you can 'free' them of corruption and get them to confess to their wrongdoings/get punished accordingly.
metaverse: an alternate universe in which we can actually see visual representations of one's psyche - shadows can only be found here, and not in the real world. thus, you can only engage in battle in the metaverse.
tl;dr: you can just read the story to find out since i'll explain everything more specifically in it anyway lol (but it won't be an infodump promise)

title: beneath the mask
author: taeyeonsundaes
genre: action, coming of age/bildungsroman, comedy, crack, romance?
a/n: wow ok i need to update my other stories but i s t g  i just had to put this up bc wow persona 5 is amazing aF but i haven't found the time to rave about it yet??? i haven't even played it l m a o  but i've watched literally every playthrough that exists on youtube man awesome games always inspire me
this is totally a self indulgent au but i l o v e superhero aus and persona 5 is just my game + btsvelvet and etc pairings i adore yAY
codenames were chosen for a reason (and yes, taehyung's remains V for a reason) & sehun is a cat hOLLA he's inspired by morgana but he'll be kind of different from what morgana was like in terms of personality (but tbh if u squint most of the characters have taken inspiration from characters in the persona series as a whole coughsjaehyunakechi)
title inspired from persona 5 ost 'beneath the mask'. tagline in foreword also from persona 5! and ofc story itself is shamelessly based on persona 5

warning: use of foul language, possible grammatical errors, spoilers for persona 5 and its plot