trans phoenix is a headcanon i can take or leave at the end of the day. but whats important to me is that in a world where phoenix is trans i need edgeworth to have no idea. phoenix Thinks edgeworth knows because they went to elementary school together and phoenix was a girl back then. but edgeworth just assumed he was misremembering because he has approximately 5 total childhood memories that are each around 20-40% accurate and has always been too embarrassed to bring the misconception up since it's not particularly relevant.
i headcannon that (one reason) Bruce changed his name was due to the way he grew to hate how JD said it, as well as the feelings he associates it with in the present.
queer confession: i played 50 hours of deep rock galactic in the past week
queer confession: i did 90% of the german translation when the game first came out and my writing style choices in german probably still somewhat define that language experience