#Apollo's oh shit moment lol

[tinyredlawyer]

Regardless that there was no one in the room to make eye contact with, Apollo felt his gaze instinctively avert at the mention of Daryan Crecsend. Klavier had already assuaged his worries about being blamed for what had happened, but those events were obviously still a painful point, and it was hard not to still feel culpable for his loss. Especially when it was being pointed to as what had brought about this dry spell of musical inspiration, and when it was explained that that had been more difficult for Klavier emotionally than Apollo had ever acknowledged.

The comparison to journalling helped things fall more into place. Apollo didn't know a thing about music or songwriting, but he did write prolifically about his thoughts and feelings, and he could empathize with the catharsis of capturing the things that were hard to say out loud in a different form. The private nature of a journal didn't translate completely to the artsy need to create and share music that 'worked', but it was still easy enough to imagine the struggle of working through more complex feelings without such a reliable aide to express them.

Like, feelings about the execution of someone you looked up to.

"This... week...?" Apollo fell silent for a moment, but anyone listening could probably hear the sounds of his brain frantically recalibrating to this new information. He'd already known that on some level this had to have been related to Mr Gavin, just given the timing of it -- but Klavier suddenly regaining his songwriting ability and recording ten new pieces in less than a week after his brother's death provided much, much different context than Apollo's initial assumption that he had been sitting on a half-finished album for a couple of years and merely taken recent events as the impetus to finish it and send it out. "Did you-- have you slept?"

But that wasn't really what this conversation was about, and Apollo didn't want to put his friend on the defencive by criticizing his priorities in taking care of himself (... yet). "I mean... yeah, I'd be frustrated, too. All of this is a lot to have stayed pent up all this time, isn't it...?"

"So, help me understand. I think I'm mostly getting it already, but 'everything' is a lot to come out at once like this... so maybe talking through it will help you figure out where you can tighten it up. That's why you wanted feedback before showing it to anyone else, right?" Apollo tried to sound focussed on the music; he didn't want to ask directly about anything Klavier wasn't emotionally ready to share, but the pieces were coming together in a way that made him more concerned for his feelings than he had been already. Klavier talked like some part of him that had been trapped was set free when he was able to write again -- but if that freedom was triggered by the death of someone close and took the form of a manic, days-long songwriting episode, was it a sign of healing or of sickness? "Whatever you need, I want to help."

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"I was keeping out of music...though I didn't really want to. And most people think I have actually quit by this point--I used to balance music and law more easily, but since Daryan..." Klavier sighs, and doesn't feel like saying anything else about it for now.

He falls quiet as Apollo goes on, at first willing to let the offer of harsher feedback to pass before Apollo adds more. It made me want to understand what you have to say.

That was...a first. For Apollo, specifically, who had been quick to say he didn't really like music like what this almost-album was shaping up to be. And it had been a while since Klavier had heard the same sentiment from anyone else, so wrapped up in his own head about it as he was.

He waits, mulling over his words as he lets Apollo finish his thought. After a few moments of quiet, he tentatively starts.

"...Music has kind of been how I express myself since I became more independent, when I was at Themis." Klavier fiddles with the handle of the cup in his hands. "Being able to write music was an outlet for me. Some people journal or whatever; for me, it was songwriting. It was freeing, being able to say what I wanted that way. And then...well. You know what's happened to the Gavinners."

And Kristoph. Even if he isn't mentioned, Klavier can feel his brother hovering behind him, watching and judging.

"...I usually can control exactly what I want a song to sound like. But since that concert....I don't know. It hasn't worked. Nothing worked. I couldn't come up with anything--or, if I could, it was total garbage." He swallows again, thinking. He shakes his head after a moment. "Absolute garbage until earlier this week, and then...everything I'd been trying to write has the audacity to come out after all this time. And these aren't even the same songs I'd been trying to write for years, it's this...this jumbled up mess that somehow works more than anything else has in ages. Frustrated...is putting it mildly."

"...But I'm glad you think it's something worth listening to." He smiles in spite of himself. "Worth understanding."

[mer-acle]

Honestly, I never fleshed out how Athena got Ody, been sorta playing around with the idea she adopts him as a baby??? Like she’s still a goddess so I can see her maybe adopting a baby to have more knowledge about motherhood maybe??? And the baby just so happens to be Odysseus, girlie has no clue what she’s doing, thank fuck Hermes is there as I imagine he’s actually pretty good with kids/babies (just….the way odyessus is in the musical and how excited he sounds about Hermes makes me think that Hermes had been around Ody in his childhood)

Athena’s human name is Natalie and Hermes is Troy! Athena was so shocked to hear her name from Ody that when she went to his room to check on him she dropped her human disguise 

Telemachus Is still very much odypen’s child UwU sweet little wolf…he regains his memories when he’s 6! Fighting off a reincarnated!antinous (basically a kindergarten version of little wolf with no Athena interference 🤣)

Ironically enough! After so many years, Poseidon has mellowed out and actually helps Ody with some identity issues of being a “monster” once Ody regained his memories!

Not all reincarnated ppl have bad important moments that make them regain their memories, Penelope regained hers after she started dating Ody! Went on a first date then fell sick but once she got better she spam called Ody needing to talk to him so badly!

Poor polites :( he ended up regaining his memories at a sleepover with Ody! He got sick during the night and woke up screaming captain, both Ody and polites are going THROUGH IT

Athena: So I kinda have a project...

Hermes:

Hermes: you cannot be serious. We have a kid now?

Athena: I have a kid now.

Later, after shit went down.

Athena: No you're right, we have a kind now.

Both of the names are so good. (Natalie bc I'm a black widow girlie and that was her first codename in the MCU how coincidence goes sometimes I swear) And Troy, bc what else would it be (in canon, he probably named himself that to piss Apollo off about the war lol)

Oh what's it like in the AU how different are their disguises to their real form?

Ah Tel in his little kindergarten brawl my heart

Oh I love that actually. Have Athena and Poseidon made up as well?

Oh the gods must have jobs right what are they working as?

Oh Pen haha. Imagine going on a date and then getting hit over the head with a whole life you shared with the guy. She must have been scared he didn't remember ahhh

Oh gods not the captain jumpscare 😭😭😭 poor babies

[journalsouppe]

APOLLO JUSTICE!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!! What i would literally give to have a true AA4 sequel. I wholeheartedly believe if Yamazaki's team could ignore aa4 canon to make 5 & 6 then Shu Takumi should absolutely be allowed to ignore any 5&6 canon to make an aa4 sequel. I'm dying out here pleaseeeeee

The Phoenix sticker is from Peachcott. The Klavier sticker is from Ayabit from the Turnabout Cinema zine. The Apollo and Trucy stickers are from astarsor.

Writing typed below!

rating: 9.8 played: Fa 2023 port: 3DS favorite? Y replayable: Y recommend? Y series: Ace Attorney

Comments

THE JUDGE PAINTING

apollo's such a dork <3

ooo i like the perceive function

i love the music

DONT SAY THAT TRUCY T_T

there's so much going on in this investigation

wow i love how uneasy i feel even after the trial ended

LMAO I FORGOT ABOUT THE PHOENIX SEX PHOTO

i dont think y'all want your panties back...

klav's a bill and ted fan i see lol

LOVE mr eldoon's design 10/10

klapollo meet cute moment LMAO

oops ^^; i accidentally wrote a 600 word essay about the first case

i like how apollo cried over trucy

IT'S JUSTICE TIME??? T^T

i like klavier's hands a normal amount

alita must have some dirty fucking feet

the animations are so smooth

apollo being jealous of klavier at the concert and thinking he's cool LMAO

apollo is WHIPPED

trucy is KILLING it in court, she really is nick's daughter

klavier's shoe print *skull emoji*

out of pocket shiny forehead comment LMAO

lamiroir has similar vocal tones as malon!

THE PENIS FIRE AND KLAV PUTTING IT OUT IN THE BKGD

the smile and hair twirl klavier LMAO

why am i doing this music recording thing T^T

i dont like looking at daryan T_T

letouse kazuma moment lmao

capcom loves the face down death with writing on the ground huh LMAO

wtf is the judge talking about

i love all these scientific tests with ema! :)

i love the snackoos SFX

klav does not miss an opportunity to take a short at apollo's big forehead LMAO

APOLLO YOU DUMBASS

faking blindness is crazy

I KNEW IT WOULD BE DARYAN'S VOICE

klav's office is so much more normal than edgeworth's

WAIT IS IT GRAMARYE AND NOT GRAYMAYRE??

THE ANIMALS??

i love apollo and lamiroir goofing on klav

similar tech opening to brc

WTF WAS THAT KRISTOPH JUMPSCARE T-T

LORD DADDY???

oh he's insufferable

HOLY SHIT THAT'S WHY VERA IS STARING AT KLAV??

"rip off" phoenix is so real for that

are they injecting magnifi with piss??

im curious why kristoph would do this to phoenix

he just left his daughter???

tf is going on

T^T THE KRISTOPH ZOOM IN

why does klav have that egg from dragon tales

apollo understands me with mascots

this is so gay omfg

daryan not liking trucy means he goes even more into the shit book than before

apollo the journaling king

the x-ray function is a really fun addition

BABY TRUCY

omg phoenix with out the ugly hd redraw

GUMSHOE

he said it!!! he said 'ace attorney' lmao

i love and hate that i have to present the journal page

why does the screen shake when mr misham speaks T_T

THAT SCAR IS FREAKY

siblings omgggg

Summary:

I love this game so much. I love it so much that I am heartbroken knowing that AA 5 & 6 butchers the story it setup and I'm considering not even playing them unless AA7 is announced. I love all the main characters so much, the whole story was so well built and I can def see the influence the story had on DGS. Apollo is such a good protagonist, he's relatable but also so unique. I love seeing his character progression in the game: a new attorney who is easily manipulated to a confident and determined attorney who trusts in his own judgement. I LOVED Klavier oh my god. I love how much he respects Apollo and although he doesn't hesitate to tease him, he doesn't bully or abuse Apollo in any way. They both have a mutual admiration and rivalry where they try to play as fairly as possible. Klav doesn't maliciously withhold or change evidence, but he does spend hours reviewing his arsenal and thinks of all the counter arguments the defense could bring up. I really like Apollo's ability, it continues the mystery and mysticism from the original trilogy but with new mechanics. I adore Trucy so much. She honestly might be my favorite AA character. She's determined, strong willed, and above all -- extremely silly. I couldn't of asked for a better character to be Phoenix's daughter. I also LOVE the sibling reveal at the end but gdi if only they actually figure it out T^T T^T. I think Apollo and Trucy's dynamic is probably my favorite Defense and assistant dynamic. This who game was so fun, I know 4-3 is not everyone's favorite and it is a little all over the place but I also enjoyed it and loved the premise. There's so much to say, I haven't even talked about Nick and Kris - what an incredible feud, what a genius development for Nick. I cannot recommend this game enough, I am so obsessed with it and cannot wait to make art <3 <3.

[dootznbootz]

Can I be for real? I hate when people hate on Circe/Kirke for being morally gray >:( Because all the gods are to an extent. Also I think the saying "You can like her as long as you acknowledge she's a bad person" doesn't really work because you could say that for all the gods. I think it's better to say "You can like her as long as you don't try to justify her actions" because that's what most Circe/Female god fans do. And it's so double standard-y I hate it >:( NORMALIZE LIKING CHARACTERS WHO ARE BAD PEOPLE WITHOUT TRYING TO JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS BY MAKING THEM VICTIMS. Especially when there are ACTUAL victims in the myth. Circe wasn't trying to protect herself. She's a goddamn goddess and a daughter of a titan. If she truly felt threatened she would've done something more permanent/serious to them. And if she was a male no one would he saying she was just trying to protect herself or something! I get there's a lot of misogyny in Greek Mythology but Circe is a GODDESS, she's above mortals. If Odysseus had to eat a MAGIC DRUG to defeat her that what could've the other soldiers done???

That's one of the reasons I really hated the Circe Book. It just feels so icky when people try to justify the shit she did. Like boo don't. We don't try to justify Zeus' actions. We don't try to justify Apollo's actions. We don't justify Calypso's actions (Or at least we shouldn't). We don't justify Theseus' actions. Because we shouldn't! So don't justify Circe's either >:((((((

Lmao sorry this kind of turned into my own little rant- Anyways do you have any Circe headcanons/shenanigans? I love my old ass mean witch wife 👉👈

And have a great day too, Mad! :D

All of this!!! Yes! Great points!!!

And that's the thing! You can be a fan of two different characters even if they're at odds or one has hurt the other! I do NOT hate Circe at all! Did she traumatize my special lil freak, Odysseus? Yeah. He's in therapy (AKA Penelope's arms). I still don't hate her!

And I absolutely agree with the whole "I just wanna protect my nymphs!" being kind of silly. It's fine, but I prefer her just being selfish in that moment (at least in my writing. There's more to it but I HAVE A PLAN!)

For headcanons/shenanigans, I'm...trying to be a bit more "stingy" with them, as for 1.) I really love my Circe and she's very special, and 2.) I've...honestly been doing too much into headcanons and not as much into actually WRITING. ;~; Which is what I really WANT to do. So I'll give a few basic silly ones that I'm okay with sharing. :D

1.) Circe has a habit of saying words twice. Like "Oh, oh", "My, my", "Yes, yes," etc. She has that habit from her papa :3 (I really love Helios lol. I wanna have him visit Aeaea during the year Odysseus is there just because I can lol) Once, though, Hermes pointed it out and teased her about it so she's a bit embarrassed and tries to not do that. (it slips out)

2.) She is basically her own lil sun. (not as much as Helios ofc, but yeah. enough) You can't look her in the eyes too long as it's basically like looking at 2 mini suns. If you're a mortal and sit close to her, you may get a sunburn. (she has mostly dryad nymphs working for her because it's a bonus to get extra sunlight.) It's kind of nice when making potions to be very warm so then she can hold it for a while and it'll warm up.

3.) She's kind of a behavioral psychologist/researcher in a way?? (putting my own field of interest into my shit lol) She much prefers the company of animals and immortals. She thinks humans are neat but she sees them more as something to "study". She does not see them as equal in a way. She also finds humans to be a lil gross. Being as warm as she is, mortals tend to sweat if they share the same room as her for a while and...Ew :') (Fun fact: Odysseus is a very sweaty dude, so... yeah. "I'm putting up with this because you're handsome and I want to study you.") It's part of the reason WHY she turns them into "cuter furred creatures". Also cats like laying in sunbeams!!! :D She's so warm! (Odysseus' men were to feed her pets eventually)

4.) She tends to laugh at her own jokes.

5.) Her and Artemis have beef because her having her pets run amock on Aeaea is fucking with it's balance in nature xD basically a bunch of big cat/wolf predators being introduced and what's naturally there can't keep up.

Some other stuff would give spoilers and some are not safe for wormlings so yeah! :D I hope this is good!

You have a great day too, Dear anon! Thank you! :D

[lillysilvermoon]

Hey guys has been a hot minute since I appeared here (really sorry about that) life happens, I have been learn a lot and doing a lot of work, internal and external. But I, like here me out, Hades told me to use my key necklace whici is actually his and he gave me for protectio literally guided me to this necklace because I dreamed about it, and is for protection here in the living world and in the underworld. He to told me to use last week. I didnt. Yeah. And just right now I was organizing my week witch to do list because I need to get back on treck and my dragon told ALSO LAST WEEK to protect myself, and I will do a cleanse bath and protection bath tomorrow, also a spell with Apollo, BUT THATS NOT THE THING. I was searching in my book (Hades, myth, magic and modern devotion in case you are curious because I know I was am) and just LOOK AT THIS: "Protect the back of your neck - stray energies love to sneak in at this vulnerable spot"....... this is literally ALWAYS the FIRST place on my body I feel weird on something is wrong. Guys, he was mad. Like as soon as I read this my mind clicked "oh, thats why he wants me to use the necklace" (for context: protect me from spiritual attacts) he just appeared "Yes. and you >didn't<...." if you work with a god you know when you did shit. And I knew I should had put it on but... i just didnt want to in that day, I apologized and he was like "uhum - imagine someone put their tong in their cheek - consecrate the necklace again. And USE-it". He was not mad like 'omg danger' he was mad like "you could have been harm........." this kind of mad. And today i even dreamed about two black and big scorpions on my bedroom (in the dream I was just like "oh, its okay they are on the floor leave them." and them my sheet ripped on my led and I literally JUMPED out of my bed lol. But yeah, right now I am working with Hades again because we werent doing anythin. gfor a couple of months, I needed to sometime to understand were I was with my practice at the moment, I am also starting to work with astral gypsies (its on folk magical from my country which is Brazil in case you guys dont know) and needs dedication and study because I am not familiar with this work and I am learning, I am also in third semester of my uni (I do biological sciences) and yeah. I am doing a lot of cleanse work, trauma healing, meditation, studying with my dragon which if you know takes a lot of time to interpret some stuff, I am focus on material stuff that I want too so thats why I haven't been so activate here and I am sorry, I love this place, i am also sorry for the people I dindt responded, truly but my life has been chaotic to say the least I went trough massive transformations that make caos internally so then the peace can appear. I hope yall are okay. I love you and I will try to bring more stuff here that I have learned. Lots of love, Lia.

[characteroulette]

Actually, here's a smorgasboard of fic recs because why not --

The Things We Do For Gym Access by Queenychu (ongoing): Klapollo fic where they are fake dating and gym buddies. Lots of cute drama, a slow burn making me chew on my own arm, and describes gender euphoria so well it gives it to me second hand (also makes me want to get back to a Gym lol)

In Pursuit of Justice by StrawhatsandDelibirds (ongoing): Apollo Justice from the view point of Klavier Gavin!! This one gets the Wocky and even Stickler voices so goddamn well it's awesome. Also love to see Klavier being both a wreck and the huge dork that he is, I legit cannot wait to see where it goes.

Your Own Cupid by mngwa (complete): a very very cute Ace Attorney fic where Athena is tired of these pining Narumitsu and Klapollo happening around her and so takes matters into her own hands. Kinda. I have a soft spot for these types of fic where the whole point is to setup the pair I'm into lol

Klavier Gavin and the Case of the Anonymous Letter by apolloyoostice (complete): Klavier is a MENACE I, too, would immediately take back my attempt to confess like that lol.

Tomatoes, laxatives, and other things that don't belong on sandwiches (complete): Klapollo work scuffle in which I sided with Apollo the whole time, but absolutely revelled in Klavier's cowardice. Probs steps over a few bounds I don't quite agree with, but it's still a fun romp!

Tragedy by Verse (complete): Phoenix Wright and his relationship to an outer god who seemingly controls the trajectory of his life while it is present. Absolutely beautiful and, indeed, tragic.

Darling, Oh by bootishbint (complete): Snufkin and Moomin have a day at the beach. I nearly have the summary of this one memorised, I like it so much. The language in here and just the title haunt me so, I'm love it.

And Worship the Trousers That Cling to Him by ladysisyphus (complete): a Persona 4 everyone/Yosuke sorta comedy fic. This made me laugh so hard with a bonus HELLO???? moment with Yu specifically near the end. ""If I didn't have this, no one else would be able to have you."" LIKE HELLO!!! I am HERE for casual shit like that dropped in there, Yu is a goddamn funnyman XD

anyway yeah have fun

[beuatifulbuttercup]

song I want to see pjo edits of when the show comes out FOCUSING ONLY ON THE PJO SERIES NOT HoO

BY BOOK

The Lighting Thief:

Poker Face- Do I need to even explain this one? The best scene of the Peter Johnson movies had this ICONIC song so we gotta have this. Obviously with this would be used for the Lotus Casino scene.

The Sea Of Monsters

Speak Now- HEAR ME OUT OKAY! This song but to when Grover is being married off to Polyphemus. I think that is hilarious and peak comedy okay.

The Titan's Curse

Vampire- Yes this is a romance song but if we take of the romantic parts of it it's basically Zoë and Heracles. Specifically the

I used to think I was smart But you made me look so naive The way you sold me for parts As you sunk your teeth into me, oh Bloodsucker, fame fucker Bleedin' me dry, like a goddamn vampire

part I think works very well. It just described their relationship and what he did to her to me.

Snap but the edited version- You know the one where they take off the background music and make it slower(?). That one for Nico and Bianca. It's so sad ugh!

The Battle of The Labyrinth

But I Love You So- Pollux and the Apollo cabin's reactions to their siblings deaths. It's so sad and I love it.

Something in the Orange- Basically just the first battle and then the characters being like "Shit, Percy is about to be 16." And then preparing for the fight.

The Last Olympian

Pompeii but the edited version-You know the one that starts off sad and then they add the music back. The Battle of Manhattan. I wanna see the kids being killed, fighting for their lives, and trying their absolute hardest to stop the war. I wanna see the jungle that the Demeter cabin made, the arrows the Apollo cabin are shooting, the bridge going down, all of it. Then it cuts to them being happy at camp and just being kids. I love this idea and it was the one that inspired me to make this post lol.

Don't Blame Me- I actually have two ideas for this. The first is Annabeth taking the dagger for Percy and unknowingly blocking his one weak spot. The second is Silena pretending to be Clarisse, killing the drackon, and then dying. If we wanna spice it up we could also use that for Clarisse killing the drackon to avenge Silena.

Safe And Sound- After the war when we get those moments at camp. You know Percy and Annabeth being thrown into the lake and stuff like that. just a cute little hooray until the next prophecy.

CHARACTER

Softcore- Nico Di Angelo. Lemme let the lyrics speak for themselves

… I've been confused as of late (yeah) Watching my youth slip away (yeah) You're like the sun, you wake me up But you drain me out if I get too much

Like if you can't see how that fits Nico I don't wanna listen to you lol

She Wolf- Silena since, well, you know, traitor. It could just be a bunch of moments from all seasons leading up to the eventual reveal. It would

Still Into You- Percabeth! Just them as they grow older and develop and start to realize their feelings for each other. This would be so cute to see I would literally be kicking my legs.

Lemme know if you want more but these are the first ideas that came to mind!

[daisychains111]

live "tweet" books with me (via the goodreads progress bar) pt.2: Lore by Alexandra Bracken

idk who the narrator of the first part was, but I'm very confused...if he's not a god anymore is her love interest...or maybe her dad?

who is gil...how did he die?

her grandfather? wasn't gonna guess that

potential love interest spotted..hey masked dude

oooooo does she know him? intrigue

SEVEN YEARS HOLD SHIT THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD

potential love interest #2...van hello

I cannot stress enough how happy I am that her name isn't actually lore

wait nvm it is actually her name...that's stupid

Annabeth come get you mom, this is embarrassing

Percy come get your namesake ancestor...this is embarrassing

they are saying a lot of words that mean absolutely nothing to me?

happy to report that her name isn't actually lore...thank God...gods? whatever

"the Olympics but with murder" Nothing better happen to Miles bc I love him already

HAH poseidon and perseus reference

(I'm gonna spend this whole book talking about pjo just fyi)"

I get this feeling that apollo let Castor kill him

nooooo not the doggg

castor out here with the Olympians shittiest moments highlight reel to remind athena that he's cooler than her

oooo are miles and van gonna be a thing..that would be cute

athena deciding to keep miles around like he's a puppy is peak comedy

just because you're pointing out that the names are getting stupider doesn't mean you don't lose a point for continuing to name your characters stupid things

van and miles going on a secret special side quest together? mmmmhhmmm checks out

don't get me wrong I love a good enemy's to lovers but istg destiny if she gets with the guy who killed her family I will never forgive you

EW CREEPY PEDO GUY GET BACK CREEP

I am directly halfway done with this book, and there has yet to be one single ounce of romantic subplot...This is extremely disappointing"

WAIT IS GIL HERMES!!!

IS AEGIS THE NECKLACE

MILES HAS IT

I asked for romantic subplot but idk if this is what I wanted...however I'm a suckered for childhood best friends to lovers so we'll see"

"do that again when you mean it golden" period you tell her castor (I 1000% agree)

also him calling her golden is cute...even if I'm not sure why he does it"

hehe miles and van bonding time.. thats a romantic subplot I can get behind"

"oh so you're in love with him" YOU TELL HIM MILES

throwing away the necklace as if it's not extremely likely it's the thing you need...aces move lore, stop pouting and think

istg if you kill castor rn I'll never forgive you

IRO YOU MOTHERFUCKER IF YOU REALLY KILLED THAT BOY

 HES ALIVVVEEE

ATHENA YOU MOTHERFUCKER...I should've know better than to fucking trust you

MELORA I KNOW YOU DIDNT JUST DO THAT

SHE WASNT EVEN LINKED ATHENA WHEN I FIND YOU

it doesn't make sense that she's had aegis the whole time and wasn't even thinking about it enough to hide it from readers...im sorry thats just lame"

this book lacks interesting romantic subplot but " I was born knowing how to do three things: how to breathe how to dream and how to love you" is the smoothest shit ever"

him calling her golden? cute...her calling him big guy? really fucking weird

istg don't pin with a couple separated by mortality, I can't handle that rn

HEHE lore calling van out for staring longingly at miles

lore and miles bestie vibes only

I get the sickening feeling castor will not be making it out of this book alive

holy shit she killed athena"

holy shot did athena just redeem herself

apollo let castor kill him CALLED IT

YAY FOR STAYING MORTAL AND STAYING WITH OUR FRIENDS!!!

This book wasn't bad but after the literally masterpiece that is the darkest minds series I expected more from miss bracken...the only reason I was able to read this as fast as I did was bc I had to finish it to read iron flame LOL

[greenconverses]

Recently read: Well, well, well. Look who accidentally did a pink theme for the last books of February. 

Radiant Sin is the fourth in Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus series and features Apollo/Cassandra as the main pairing. I was pretty excited for this book initially, but god, was it a slog. The romance was tied into a weak house party/murder mystery plot to further the overall plot of the series which I absolutely could not summarize for you in any way other than rich people power struggle problems. It felt like filler and the smut wasn’t even good. SIGH. The only thing this series is good at is inspiring me to finish up the Roman!AU tbh (★★.5)

I’ve finished all of the current books in Julie Anne Long’s Palace of Rogues series and I am very very sad. You Were Made To Be Mine was supremely delightful, with the build up from the previous books adding for some truly great moments with the extended cast. I think this romance is the weakest of the five books, but it was still very good overall. (★★★★)

If the plot of The Roughest Draft is any indication of how Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegmund-Broka write their books... lol. This book started off strong and I liked the angle of co-authors reuniting to find the magic for another book after parting on bad terms, but oh my god, I was so tired of their “we’re writing about our ~real feelings for each other BUT NOT REALLY” shit by the middle of the book. Throw in some clear emotional cheating and the constant whiff of infidelity throughout the book, and I was skimming by the final third. This book could not be more up its own ass about the ~magic~ of ~truth telling~ in writing fiction, I swear. (★★)

It Started With A Dog by Julia London was an adorable palette cleanser. Conflict that was resolved through communicating like adults? AMAZING. I love contemp romance novels that take the time to properly build up their main conflicts and keeping them as a central plot of the story. It was also a nice little subversion of the business rivals-to-lovers trope which can get pretty bland without some effort behind it. (★★★★)

[mer-acle]

What if I said I just recently learned that the Ancient Greeks had weed

And what if I said I may or may not be writing stupid crackfic where Hermes and Dionysus, being the amazing younger brothers they are, get Athena high and drunk as shit and she vents about Zeus sucking to the whole gang (Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Artemis, Apollo, and ofc Hermes and Dionysus)

I call it Operation: Get Athena to vent by drastically lowering her inhibitions

Is it an absolute crack fic yeah. But will it have its crack-treated-seriously moments? also yes (they accidentally unlock the hidden Athena background lore, *cough* Zeus’ toxic soccer mom era *cough*)

Oh lol that sounds amazing I am very very excited for that yjfhbbjnn

It's a crack but literally fic lmao love that

[dont-loose-ur-head]

I know this is like REALLY bad timing but deademondais dead lol

“*Oh shit fr?*”

“*Apollo doesn’t hear, ringing filling their ears as they run. A stone path leads a steep staircase down to a river. Water was good for burns, right? Everything hurt. They ran, and- tripping on a rock, they fell- the moment they hit the ground-*”

“*They woke up on the floor of the void, sobbing.*”

“*Its all over with, yeah?*”

“*Hm.*”

[elytrafemme]

i reblogged the ask game from u but I just realised you’ve done like.. every ship I remember from dsmp o(-( and idk enough about ace attorney.. uh klapollo I suppose? i think that’s how you spell it

BRACKETT YOU ARE MY BEST FUCKING FRIEND klapollo. Klapollo klapollo klapollo KLAPOLLO <3333

Klapollo means so fucking much to me because it's a ship that is built on this idea of trust at its very core, which is smth ace attorney tackles a lot overall but like you can see it very pronounced in them. klavier goes through some of the most emotionally taxing shit and apollo isnt there necessarily to like, for lack of a better word hold him through it, but what he CAN do is make sure the truth comes out. and that justice is served. and that gives him this stability with klavier when klavier (espec the way i headcanon him which is a diff story lol) does Not Have That Fucking Stability In Life. and then with Apollo it's like he's been through so much in his life abandoned over and over again and even though Klavier is kind of withdrawn and debatably a coward about things and just Complicated, he respects Apollo and he cares about the truth and hes not like, going anywhere. you know?

i think there are many ways to view them, i really like this idea that the two of them get together like normal ppl unlike their fucking insane childhood friends to rivals to friends to clearly gay lovers etc bosses, but i also do think an angstier approach is interesting of like. a long distance kind of thing? the two of them having to work through their shit and as they do finding this fondness for each other and then one day it clicks in Apollo's head "oh. I love him." and for Klavier who is the type to fall quick (imo) he always knew he liked him and even loved him but one day he has the moment of oh. Oh this. This is Different (and i think Apollo is more shocked to realize he loves Klavier than the opposite, though both are equally shocking. Klavier by far is more surprised to hear that Apollo reciprocates more than his feelings because, well, he's been pining after this guy since the first day they fucking met).

ultimately i think ppl do good with klapollo though i do think there are two major categories of characterizations i see with Apollo specifically which is kind of due to the dissonance between AJ apollo and then DD+ apollo. i think you can see him as the more clumsy, dense, easily moved/emotional apollo, or the one that gets hardened by all his trauma and years in khura'in and becomes more serious and closed off. honestly i do think there is a way to balance both those things though, i think he's a mess in conversations and he can't really stick the landings when he tries to flirt with klavier and he cries when he's really overwhelmed or when the people he loves is hurt, but he also has this kind of serious nature to him where he's blunt and he takes things literally and he loves klavier in a way that's very steadfast and serious, in the im not going anywhere way

and i think klavier just. gives apollo the love he's fucking deserved and with that gives him the freedom and the tranquility of that too. he puts his faith in apollo and he gives him space when he needs it and then when apollo needs him klavier is always always there and he would sing from the rooftops about how much he loves apollo and thats his instinct but he knows apollo isnt that type of guy. so instead he whispers i love you between sleep and exchanges brief forehead kisses and dropping off lunch at his office etc and thats the way they love.

i think verall though there are two major ways i see klapollo characterized and you know what. both are in character and i like them both and whether they get mixed together or not i am still satisfied with it hope this helps.

anyway you might be able to tell that i really really like this ship huh

[mistwraiths]

4 stars

People had to wait a WHOLE YEAR for the next one. Wild.

So, overall, I did enjoy this book for the most part.

I both love Evangeline and want to bonk her on her empty head because girl is literally SO DUMB and gullible. She loves love. She wants a happy ever after. Like girl be serious please but maybe I'm just a cynical, jaded person. She is ENTIRELY too trusting and too forgiving, and it feels unfortunately that she's a little TOO passive in her story. Things are happening mostly TO her and she's reacting. She's really not doing a whole lot. Sorry, she's in a library for ten days I guess reading books.

The main things in this book are Apollo and her getting cursed, the stones, learning some information, and opening the Valory Arch. That's it. Stephanie, you say, that sounds like a lot! It's not though! Home girl literally finds the arch BY HAPPENSTANCE LOL. She's like oh I'm not going to open the arch!!! And then starts smearing her blood on the first fucking thing she finds and SURPRISE it's the arch. But it doesn't open without the stones. That's however the way the story kind of works though. She writes a whole damn letter telling herself not to trust Jacks and promptly forgets about it. She randomly comes across the stones by going "oh surely they will be at this party!" or shocker, the place they stay at has it.

For a girl getting HUNTED, there's surprisingly little of it. In fact, she spends the majority getting wounded. Apollo harms her. She gets harmed by Apollo getting harmed too. And then within less than 10-20 pages, Jacks is hurt too. I love a hurt/comfort moment but there's a lot in a short time. Also, I kind of got tired of Evangeline constantly being in pretty dresses. Like you're being HUNTED, maybe actual shoes? Some pants for better movement?

I was surprised by LaLa cursing Evangeline. But Jacks identity and Chaos' identity, and what was in Valor Arch, and the monster, I was able to guess. It all seemed kind of obvious.

Look, I love Jacks and I'm rooting for him and Evangeline. I love the idea of maybe growing into a true love or you can have multiple true loves, or a second chance, or other different possibilities of maybe you don't get your true love but you find a love that is true to you at a certain time and place. I'm much more eloquent on this subject when I'm not sick. But I don't think Stephanie Garber really delves anywhere into this deep enough or maybe she just doesn't have anything to say really about it. But I find it so fucking annoying about the Donatella part being his true love. Again, I could get behind true love rejecting him. But the fact that she DID get affected and then just didn't die just doesn't sit right with me. I don't think it was done well and it leaves me annoyed about it when it's brought up.

This book brings up a lot of things over and over that we already know about. Jacks and his true love, his fatal kiss, his being a Fate and not human is constantly stuffed down our throat. Other things constantly being repeated. Trust your readers in that we remember shit. Also Luc was so annoying in this book why is he even here still in this story?

I was going to be SO ANNOYED if Jacks really did go back to Donatella. But the fact that Evangeline DIED was hysterical and a shock. And then it continued on. Jacks used the stones. Apollo becoming a sudden villain was honestly so fucking out of left field??? It felt BIZARRE. Also, the ending left me with some questions. If the helm was likely put on to control him and they couldn't control him, why after all this time does Honora just take it off?? Why didn't he eat his family if he's so out of control?? Also, where did the power of memories come from from Apollo? I know there was a Valor with memories but like... is Apollo Arcadian or a Valor?

I'm interested to read the next but like what even. This is like the most frightening, controlling, near domestic violence type of thing. I'm curious to see how long it'll last and how she acts/how she feels/what happens next.

[readbyred]

Given my profile picture, I should contribute here.

Well, I think he was largely screwed over in-universe and by Rick.

Writing camp Jupiter as “Greeks but more aggressive” (at least that was their introduction) was just a bad move. Because if you like Roman history, it’s genuinely not hard to justify a lot of Octavian’s “terrible actions” as a matter of different values and traditions. I can go into detail but this post will be long either way, so this time I will spare you.

Main point is - Rick didn’t write his story well. He assumes that we all believe the narrator so there’s no need to try and make the guy actually unlikable. The fact that the main characters don’t like him is enough. Bc we know that the main cast is doing good! So anyone who goes against them is bad. Yeah, no.

There’s no disprovable evidence that he is evil. His doubts about Greeks? Pretty fair tbh. Especially considering that CHB is really eager to dismiss any. Like, we know it’s bc they would never. But it would be suspicious to me too.

Also he is dismissed by most (if not all) characters. What was meant to be those clever owns, to humour the readers, it only made me personally go “oh so it’s not entirely unjustified that he’s like that”. He’s not taken seriously, his competence is questioned constantly and nothing he said really matters.

All he’s ever introduced as is a scrawny, unattractive kid with no real powers due to his, less exciting/powerful (compared to other characters), lineage. His abilities are doubted left and right and you can’t tell me it isn’t because of him being a legacy.

Which was honestly more so an issue with Riordan’s writing. He was meant to be this rich influential heartless guy. Someone who can screw with the seven, someone who (unlike the new guy Percy) has many people to support his actions. But all that was given up in the name of “knocking him down a peg” for the readers’ entertainment.

Like, people aren’t afraid to laugh, gossip, talk shit, disobey him. And considering his position- that’s not good. Like, if anything Rick gave me a reason to sympathise with the guy. He’s at the strong-people camp, respect-and-discipline-above-all camp. And he cant go “fuck it, I’m going back home after summer” bc that is his whole life.

He has to represent his family, has to care for the camp (like, where else will he go if sth happens lol), has to live up to being an augur even if people think he’s a straight up fraud.

So I can get it. I can technically understand where he could be coming from, even if Rick didn’t want me to. Plus, to me personally, playing the devil’s advocate at first was a part of it. Because honestly half of his “terrible traits” is the writer’s bias.

At first I just wanted to understand him, but I stayed bc of his personality tbh. Like, he’s so fun. He’s such a dramatic guy fr.

And, unlike many characters, he genuinely obeys orders from his superiors, even if he thinks they are wrong. Not bc he can’t be a leader, but he has respect for power and position. I can get in details how that is different than his last moments before death, but only if anyone is interested. Because this will get very long. Well, longer than it already is.

Also the guy was trying to do something for his people, was trying to help the Gods only to have Apollo disown him after he failed. Apollo is straight up like “that thing 🙄🙄”. The very family he tried to honour just forgetting him because his attempts only worsened the situation. I think that if Rick wanted to write him well, many ppl who like Hunter or Amity from owl house would also add him to the list of faves

Anyway, I want him so bad fr

Can someone please explain to me why people like Octavian? (/gen)

[characteroulette]

Apollo Justice is such a game.

Welcome to a seven year time gap!! Your client is actually disgraced (disgraced???) former Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright!! Your tutorial mentor man is a condescending bitch!! Apollo has zero control over any of the proceedings and in the end has to present falsified evidence to prove his mentor was the true murderer for reasons that won't become apparent until much, much later!!!

wanted to think more about what the fuck just happened?? Too bad!! Time for shenanigans to ensue in proper Ace Attorney fashion!!

Here's your assistant, the girl who gave you that forged evidence!! She's Phoenix Wright's daughter. Adopted. Here's a mystery man who looks nearly exactly like the man you just sent to prison for murder!!! Also Ema is back and she's PISSED! Klavier gets a proper intro and he's bitter as fuck!! Time to present panties twice in a row and turn this courthouse into a circus!! Your assistant holds herself at ransom just to explain the main mechanic of the game to you, despite having done this mechanic in the previous case. Your client is a lil punk and his fianceé is actually both way worse and more sympathetic than you first thought!! Hope you enjoyed having your hand held during the second trial day by this Klavier guy it will happen again.

Also, Klavier sent you tickets to his concert. Which Apollo had to pay for. What a weird series of events to get us to this concert. Lamiroir sure is pretty I hope nothing happens later to ruin her character!! Despite the murder weapon being a hand canon and the victim being a man who looks like a brick house, everyone stalwartly believes a tiny 14-year-old child performed this crime without so much as an injury to his name. Apollo watches a man die and is haunted by his final words. Surprise Lamiroir is acrually blind and accused the penis hair shark man to be the actual killer!! He hated your guts from moment one for some reason well now you know it's because he was the villain here. Have fun watching Klavier get lit on fire again and again at least 7 times. The most convoluted and unsatisfying breakdown and way to acquit your client yet.

Well, whatever. Final cases are supposed to be the best!! This Mason system seems weird but surely it has to explain some things. Phoenix Wright is our main narrator and all. Apollo actually gets his shit together enough to understand something is weird about all of this but he's got no other choice than to charge into it all headfirst. The most horrifying Ace Attorney character design with the most annoying tell to spot. Klavier fucking loses it and wuh-oh seven years ago time. Explain yourself, Phoenix Wright.

Upstart Klavier!! Zak spouting ominous bullshit that makes you realise he was planning to run no matter what!! BABY TRUCY!!! The last time we'll ever see Gumshoe in a mainline game... And, of course, as if you didn't already feel cornered by this game's lack of agency, it makes you present the forged evidence yourself. You helped get Phoenix disbarred. You had no other choice but to do so.

Anyway really fucking annoying investigation time!! Have fun figuring out which very specific order in which to do these snapshots!! Apollo and Trucy are siblings??? Whaaaaat?? BLACK PSYCHELOCKS??? What does it mean??? Phoenix has fully taken over the case it is no longer Apollo's show.

Back to the trial, your client could die but more importantly, Kristoph is back, baby!!! We're never going to learn what those psychelocks meant, you have to first stare at the scar on his hand making a face lol. Misham said he never met his client but Vera obviously met Kristoph in person so Drew either left her in a room with a questionable adult alone or was straight up lying on the stand about that. I mean Zak had the evidence that could clear his name in his pocket the whole time and chose to fucking dip instead of clearing himself of a murder charge so like same hat, but I digress. Klavier is having a TIME, Apollo doesn't get to say a damn thing as we close on the court, and wheeee that's it that's the game!! You get to choose the Not Guilty verdict yourself don't you just feel so included???

I want to make it clear that I love this game dearly, but woof it is. Such a ride.

[heartologist]

okay wow the nayna-secretly-being-amara thing was pretty, but i definitely wouldn’t have guessed that dhurke was actually FUCKING DEAD?!?