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1'''My Life Is A Goddamn Mess''' is a semi-famous ''VideoGame/Persona3'' LetsPlay written by Schildkrote, made to seem like the [[CharacterBlog LiveJournal]] of the main character, [[FanNickname Minato Arisato]]. The original thread on Website/SomethingAwful has been archived, but it can be read [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Persona3/ here]].
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3As the intro goes, Schildkrote once found the livejournal of one ''[=RaMeNbOi1990=]'' dated from 2009-2010 (which was in the future at the time). Fascinated with what he found, he archived it all, with the actual account eventually becoming lost for good. In it, Minato recounts his story with a mix of written accounts and some artwork both hand-drawn and animated (AKA screenshots and cutscenes).
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5There was a sequel about ''VideoGame/Persona4'' titled '''Christ Almighty, I Hate This Town''', but has since been put on hiatus due to events in Schildkrote's life.
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7If a trope already applies to ''Persona 3'' and isn’t used in the LetsPlay, do not add it.
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9!!''My Life Is A Goddamn Mess'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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11* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Minato getting Lucifer, Messiah, etc.]] near the end.
12* AudienceParticipation: Minato's progress with Social Links is primarily decided by people he asks online. Despite the fact that the series is supposedly archived entries from long ago, Schildkrote asked people to "play along" as part of an experiment.
13* BittersweetEnding: Acknowledged when he maxes out Mamoru's Social Link and has to say goodbye to him.
14-->'''Minato''': His life hadn't turned out the way he'd planned... but he's going to make the best of it. I respect that. With that, Mamoru shook my hand one last time, and left. I went home too, and now here I am writing. Shinjiro, Mamoru...wonder what'll happen if everyone leaves. It's pretty depressing, actually...I think I'd rather go to bed than think about it anymore. Bye, guys.
15* CharacterBlog: Besides Minato, it seems that the members of SEES have [=LiveJournals=] of their own, including [[RobotGirl Aigis]], and are fond of commenting each other.
16* CharacterDevelopment: Minato goes from EmoTeen to MessianicArchetype over the course of the story.
17* CurbstompBattle: A few examples. First is SEES' encounter with The Reaper, though that was AllJustADream. Then there's the battle against the Hell Knights, where the Shadows did more damage to each other than SEES did to them. A UselessUsefulSpell Sexy Dance isn't.
18* ADayInTheLimelight: A page of Junpei and Yukari's own [=LiveJournals=] are used to observe Minato from someone else's point of view. Turns out Junpei is even more of a SmallNameBigEgo online and Yukari runs something of a gossip column. In fact, [[spoiler:Nyx Avatar/Ryoji is the narrator for most of the final parts of the game.]]
19* DeadpanSnarker: Minato.
20* EmoTeen: Minato. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better]].
21* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Minato, when the others point out that there was a full moon on the day of the monorail incident and on the night of 6/8, then ask if it was also a full moon on the night he awoke his Persona.
22-->'''Minato:''' Well, yeah, it was ful[=--=]oh shit.
23* FantasyGunControl: Lampshaded, with Minato stating that Kurosawa doesn't provide guns for them due to the fact that it'd be bad to mix up your weapon and your evoker.
24* FirstGirlWins: Averted. Minato ends up [[YouLoseAtZeroTrust reversing]] [[{{Tsundere}} Yukari's]] Social Link, though he does eventually fix things up with her. That said, her Social Link remains incomplete at the end of the game, [[spoiler:but he does max out Chihiro's Social Link]].
25* PokeThePoodle: Minato's initial attempts at breaking [[CheerfulChild Maiko's]] little spirit.
26* PreclimaxClimax: The last thing Minato did before the final night was [[spoiler:"share a tender moment" with Chihiro, knowing that it could be the last time they'd be with anyone, much less each other. Chihiro herself is not fully aware of the severity of the situation, but does call it one last favor from Minato.]].
27* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Minato wishes he had the kind of "normal" dreams that make no sense, instead of the plot-relevant ones he tends to actually have.
28* RunningGag:
29** Minato thinks of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucatan Yucatan]] every time Junpei refers to Yukari as Yuka-tan.
30** Every time there's a homoerotic moment between Minato and Bebe, Minato ''immediately'' tries to hide it.
31* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Implied to be Melon Bread for Minato when the Old Couple from the Heirophant Social Link gives him some.
32* TheUsualAdversaries: Fuckin' Strega.
33* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Nickname variant.
34-->'''Bebe:''' My name is Andre Laurent Jean Gireux. But zey call me Bebe!
35-->'''Minato:''' ...how do you get Bebe from ''that?''
36* WordSaladTitle: Minato's account name, [=RaMeNbOi1990=]. He claims someone from his old school set up the account and chose the name for him.

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