#datz and yuty goes crazy

[beauzos]

If you’re still doing the character ask game maybe Apollo or Athena???

Send me a character and I’ll list:

I will always accept more of these, I love talking KRKJF So thank you! I'll do both of them.

Apollo:

Favorite thing about them: I know it kind of applies to all the MCs, but he is sooo... cringefail. And I love that about him. Like idk he's just so sweaty and vaguely unwell all the time and I think it's charming that he's constantly convincing himself he's Totally Cool Totally Fine Just Absolutely Fine. I also like that he can't help but be kinda mean. Not that he is a mean character, just that he has the most shit-tier filter when it comes to talking to people. I love how often he says shit he shouldn't to people, it's funny as hell to me. I love him Least favorite thing about them: He's really boring until Spirit of Justice. At least to me personally. He's like cardboard in AJ, and I don't... care about his arc at all in DD lol. Spirit of Justice may have slapped another backstory onto this bitch, and while it's silly, I think it works the best because now at least we have SOME understanding of his background. And I like his dynamics with the Khura'in crew a lot. Favorite line: idk... I don't really pay mind to people's lines. But the bit in Turnabout for Tomorrow where he says he finally trusts Athena is fun. I also like that bit in 6-5: "If you committed a crime, you'd better be ready to do the time. Be you a priest, a saint, a queen or a god." That goes pretty hard. Like bro he fucking rules during Turnabout Revolution it's crazy, he's the star of that trial for sure. The star he should've been in this trilogy all along. brOTP: Him and Athena are iconic together. I like him and Trucy for sure, but Athena really brings out some great stuff in his personality. They are so damn funny together, and you really get the impression they care about each other a lot despite the constant teasing and the rivalry. OTP: I generally don't ship Apollo with anyone because I headcanon him as aroace, but if I was going to pick a ship, I like Justicykes, I admit. I think it could be a cute ship and they already have a terrific dynamic together. But yeah. nOTP: Since I already said Nahyuta/Apollo when I did Yuty's, I guess barring ships like him and Trucy which are a given for me, I don't really care for Klavier/Apollo because I feel they have no chemistry. Like. At all. Like for anything KRKJFN The writing between them in AA4 is so Nothing to me, so idk, I just don't see it. It's not a bad ship and I understand why people like it, but it didn't click with me-- but it probably also didn't click because I don't particularly like Klavier to begin with. I don't think he's very interesting. Random headcanon: Uhhh idk! Let's see... I do headcanon Apollo as a trans man, and since I also headcanon Yuty as trans, I guess like... I like the idea of them playing games as boys when they were kids because they don't have the language or knowledge to understand why neither of them are particularly happy with being viewed as girls, so it was a little secret thing that they encouraged for each other because it made them happy. They understood when no one else did. And then they reunite 15 years later, see the other has transitioned, and thinks, "That explains a lot" lol. Unpopular opinion: His SOJ backstory is stupid as fuck but I actually also think it's great and the best thing they've done with his backstory so far, especially since they have continued to not tell Apollo and Trucy that they're siblings (though yes, I know, the ending of SOJ implies Thalassa and Phoenix are finally going to tell them). It's the first time I had a good grasp on his background, and I think his dynamic with Dhurke, Nahyuta, and Datz is legit great. Song I associate with them: I don't think I've ever thought about it. Everything is Fine by Qbomb could be good for him, but it's also very intense, probably too much even for him. But I'll go with that. Favorite picture of them: I love his grin, it's adorable

Athena:

Favorite thing about them: Her personality!!! I love how bombastic she is, I love how much emotion they put into her animations and everything. I love how much she cares about people, she's so ride or die and hardworking even when people underestimate her or look down on her. It makes her a really endearing character. I worried if I'd like her when I first started DD, but she's honestly awesome. She's my favorite protag from the new trilogy, though Apollo is not very far behind. Least favorite thing about them: I wish she wasn't so young sometimes. Like I find it weird that the newer games veer so much towards people becoming lawyers fresh out of high school, and even for someone as smart as her, I'm just like... you can't make her 20 at least or something? And I feel like the only reason she's even 18 in DD is because the assistant characters have to be a teen girl. Like. Yknow lol.

I also thought it was kind of annoying how 6-4 kept pushing her being a kid when basically nobody ever talked to her like that before. It felt like they just needed more conflict so threw in suddenly everyone being like "she's just a little BABY GIRL who doesn't KNOW NOTHIN" and I thought it was a touch lame. But not too intrusive, really. At least someone started recognizing she's young as hell, lol. Favorite line: Everything she says is iconic. How am I supposed to pick. Yeah I honestly don't know lol brOTP: Her and Simon are legendary together. Their dynamic is so fuckin funny and endearing to me. It's one of the highlights of DD and the highlight of Turnabout Storyteller. I never knew her and Blackquill were connected before I played DD, albeit I basically never saw anything new trilogy content so it surprised me, but I love them. The siblings of all time OTP: Justicykes, I guess? idk. I don't really ship for her. I'm not even certain what my headcanons for her sexuality are to begin with. I could see her as a lesbian, but I could see her as pan, but I could see her as aro, so on. Her and Juniper is cute too, I just feel like their dynamic isn't fleshed out enough, but that's kinda par for the course in DD. But I can vibe with it. nOTP: Her and Blackquill romantically. Like sorry, but you have fundamentally misunderstood their dynamic. I feel strongly about that. I can't explain it, but it really feels like it misses the point of their dynamic and what makes the dynamic great, but idk. Also it's just Weird for a lot of reasons. Random headcanon: (guy who makes every character he likes trans voice) I Think She's Trans. Also love her being taller than Apollo, I'll go with that hc like the rest of us. Unpopular opinion: I dunno. I think she's a mixed bag to a lot of people because of how DD pivoted so aggressviely away from AA4's vision and direction, which makes it tough for me to determine what an unpopular opinion with her would be, beyond that, like, she really needs her own game. I'd say DD is her game, but we need one where she's in the driver's seat and leading the story on her own. I don't want to see Phoenix or Apollo helping her anymore I'm sick of it KRKF

No clue if that's unpopular though, lol. Song I associate with them: I got nothin', sorry. Favorite picture of them: I like her angy sprite, it's cute.

[brodorokihousuke]

Remember that post I recently posted about how it was insane that Apollo survived that cave adventure? Okay, yea, he has immunity because he’s a main and extremely important character. But, me and @au-tumn-al​ have been discussing how that case would’ve turned out if Apollo did die.

It’s quite long, even though lots of details are still missing.

Okay, first off, we changed something to allow the case to still work. Instead of Apollo, Dhurke, and Atishon being the only ones in the cave when the latter pushes the former, there’s actually another guy in there with them. His name is Jay Strigy, and he’s looking for some rare owl species that apparently nests in caves. He’s brought his fancy camera (the lens is big and it cost a lot) with both a normal and infrared setting. Or just two separate cameras. That doesn’t really matter. He also has a real nice microphone, which’ll be important later.

Anyways, so he’s sitting behind some sort of rock outcrop in this cave when Apollo and Dhurke walk in. Jay already has his camera on, so they’re recorded on that. As they go over to the ledge, either 1. the area is too dark for Jay to pick up anything on the normal camera setting or they’re obscured by a thin rock formation. Because of this, Jay switches to his infrared setting/camera. There’s a bit of a problem with this- the camera isn’t very high in quality, meaning only a blurry outline of Apollo and Dhurke is visible.

Just saying, since this is in the usually-wildly-unrealistic AA universe, I don’t care that IR cameras probably work quite differently.

At this point, Atishon sneaks in. Jay moves the camera slightly, making Dhurke move out of frame for a brief second. In this small amount of time, another figure moves behind them and pushes. Since Dhurke wasn’t in frame, it’d almost appear if he came back on frame and pushed Apollo! That, of course, will be important later.

Oh, here’s another detail that we changed- instead of Apollo and Dhurke hitting the cave floor without any considerable injury, Apollo either breaks or badly sprains his ankle. This makes him yell/scream/etc. in pain, which is both heard by Jay and picked up on his nice mic. This spooks Jay, and he quickly sprints out of the cave and eventually makes it back to Kurain Village, where he alerts the authorities of the crazy stuff he just saw. That doesn’t happen for a while, though.

Back to Apollo and Dhurke- from Apollo breaking his ankle to the point where the mossy cavern floods, not much changes. The only thing that’s different is Apollo is probably leaning on Dhurke so he only has to use one foot to walk.

Jumping forward in time, the cavern has just started to flood. Apollo is either sitting down or leaning on a wall, though it’s probably the former. For the sake of the story, we’ve decided that the current of the water rushing in is quite aggressive and strong. Since the water appears to rise quite quickly in the actual game, this is undeniably possible. Because of this, Apollo is pretty much swept off the ground and bashed against the cavern walls. If you haven’t already realized where this is going, he dies.

Oh, and here’s a diagram of the cave. I guess it makes it easier to imagine stuff..?

Dhurke eventually makes his way back to the cavern, only to find Apollo’s lifeless body. In shock, he pulls it back to the boat. Remember, Trucy is also on that boat. Great. So she’s scarred for life. Dhurke is still in shock, so he isn’t saying anything to her or the (probably freaked out) captain.

They make it back to the dock. Trucy sprints back to Kurain, still sobbing, while Dhurke carries Apollo’s body somehow. Trucy makes it back first, where she finds her father and hugs him as hard as she can. Phoenix and the others ask what’s wrong, but since Trucy won’t say anything, they don’t know what’s going on until Dhurke makes it back.

Obviously, everyone freaks out. Dhurke walks away to some secluded spot almost immediately. Since the police are already there to investigate Jay’s claims of shady dealings, they immediately call in more people, including Ema. Of course.

Phoenix tells Trucy to go home, since this ain’t exactly a nice situation. The authorities immediately pin the death on Dhurke, though he kind of disappeared. Since Phoenix knows that he most definitely wouldn’t kill Apollo, he finds Pearl and they go off to try and find him. They eventually do, but Dhurke won’t really tell them anything. He does say that Maya is safe, though. 

Phoenix and Pearl return to the village, where they learn that a murder charge has been officially put on Dhurke. Phoenix takes on his defense, though he doesn’t say anything about where he is. The authorities look for him, but all they find is Maya passed out in her house with a piece of lined paper filled both front and back with Khura’inese. There’s an ink stain on her finger. Interesting.

Since Dhurke isn’t found, they use Datz as a kind of stand-in for him. Since he was also involved with the orb stuff, this makes the most sense. I dunno.

As the police investigate, they acquire Jay’s footage and audio recording. 

You find out that Nahyuta is prosecuting, and had specifically requested to do so. It’s basically The Cosmic Turnabout, but with ‘Yuty instead of Apollo and Apollo instead of Clay. Ga’ran doesn’t know about their relation, so she doesn’t really care what he’s doing. This also means that Ema is the head forensic scientist. Also, since Nahyuta knows that Dhurke didn’t do this, he secretly tells Ema to relay all the case info to Phoenix.

Okay, the trial portion isn’t really that fleshed out yet, so I’ll just put what we have so far.

At some point, Phoenix receives the video and audio from Jay’s equipment, as well as Apollo’s autopsy report (Cause of death was a combination of drowning and blunt force trauma. Body is heavily bruised and sustained a broken ankle at some point). 

The first point that the prosecution makes is that Dhurke pushed Apollo off the ledge in the cave. Phoenix objects, pointing out that the figure is shorter then both Apollo and Dhurke, meaning that it definitely isn’t the latter. Jay confirms that he thought he heard someone else enter the cave, he just forgot until now.

So they’ve been pushed off together, okay. Now Nahyuta insinuates that Dhurke must’ve killed Apollo right after they fell, due to the fact that both Jay’s testimony and the recording imply that Apollo sustained some very bad injury down there. Phoenix points out that that could’ve been the broken ankle.

There goes another argument. Sorry, Nahyuta.

There isn’t much decided for anything after this, so it’ll be more of bullet points now.

- At the middlemost recess, Phoenix gives Nahyuta the paper with Khura’inese on it. He goes off to read it. Turns out, it’s a letter written from Dhurke to Nahyuta, apologizing for everything, sad things, etc etc 

- When the trial resumes, Nahyuta has a completely different demeanor. They end up replacing him with some other prosecutor after deciding he isn’t fit to prosecute.

- Maybe they could channel Apollo? Idk I just like having people channeled

- The last day of the case is similar to the end of the existing case (solving the murder from 2006), except Apollo (obviously) isn’t there.

That’s... real long, man

I probably forgot tons of details eheh