#its trucy i'll just say that

[turnaboutstar]

I finished turnabout serenade it wasn't as mid as I thought it would be it was actually fun I saw people say it's like big top two but it's better than that case and even that actually had some good moments imo (just like the parts with franzsika and edgeworth etc) like that was interesting!!!and maya was pretty fun in that case but yeah despite most of it feeling like filler and max and ben existences I still think it's better than the first case of that game that's my least favourite it was so annoying imo anyways them playing the video a bunch of times was getting a little annoying but I think with how weird 3d klavier looked it kinda made it more funny than annoying and I think it wasn't that bad of a set up to the next one I'm so excited to play it but turnabout corner was definitely less fun than this one

[fatcathappycat]

7 year gap Narumitsu fic recs (part 1)

The seven year gap years are some of the richest for Narumitsu fan fiction. Below are seven of my favourite seven year gap fics, in no particular order.

Enjoy!

1) Open-eyed, burn the page by just_a_wavefunction

Rating: T Words: 1629 Time to read: 7 min

Fucking GENIUS! All of it. This short fic has plot twists, emotional twists, delicious caginess, frustration, and the calm collected brilliant mind of Miles Edgeworth at work. There is a moment in this work that made me gasp and make a sound out loud, and one simply brilliant last line. What a rush. Just, yeah, Genius.

~7~

2) Make good what has been just so bad by SapphireWine

Rating: G Words: 1,918 Time to read: 10 min

SapphireWine and knows how to build and release tension. This is a short one-shot set during one of Phoenix and Trudy's visits with Miles overseas that captures the moment Phoenix has one of his best 'bad ideas.' ; )

~7~

3) We're a Thousand Miles From Comfort by lilacSkye

Rating: G Words: 1999 Time to read: 10 min

Phoenix flies over to Germany. Miles waits for him. A bubble of warmth held together by a blue coat <3.

Part 5 of the Not perfect is good series.

~7~

4) Turnabout Sorrows by royal_subterfuge (orphan_account)

Rating: M Words: 3098 Time to read: 10 min

Gah!!! So. Damn. Good! One of those fics that I have come back to read it again and again for that rush of dopamine. This one takes place in Germany with Phoenix and Miles finishing off a bottle of wine together. Seriously this might be my all time favourite fic on Ao3 (yeah, yeah, I may have said that about 5 or 10 other fics, each for different reasons). Why the author orphaned their account I will never understand. I hope they some how still feel the fan love sent their way...

~7~

5) The Reasonable Man Test by realizationtime

Rating: T Words: 5,901 Time to read: 20 min

Trucy discovers Phoenix’s diary. I think that in the future, I might make a post about this fic all on its own. It is sensitively and compelling written, and deals with themes of mental health. This fic welcomed me in, then kind of slapped me in the face, but smooched me and hugged me and told me that things were going to be ok, or at least that loving souls will be ok despite the pain.

~7~

6) Like a house on fire by zombiekittiez

Rating: M Words: 19551 Time to read: 80 min

A beautifully crafted Miles and Trucy relationship-centric story. From the description:

"The phone rings and Miles answers, voice sharp and forbidding, jarred from a rare restful sleep.

“Do you have any idea what time it is, Wright?”

“No,” a soft, contrite, feminine voice says over the line. A young voice.

…and that is how Miles Edgeworth finds out about the disbarment."

~7~

7) talk me down by halfdemonvash

Rating: E Words: 69,063 Time to read: 5 hours

This fic just came out in October of last year and it is wonderful. I bookmarked it immediately after the first chapter because of the quality of the writing. It is easily one of the best 7 year gap fics I’ve read. Solid characterization and some nice schexy times. Chapter 2 could be a stand-alone story, it is so solid and beautifully crafted. And BONUS! It's a wonderful case fic too.

~7~

Enjoy and I'll release part 2 later this weekend. I have a feeling this series will be ongoing ;)

Woop! Got to it faster than I thought. Here is part 2 and part 3 and yay, there’s now a part 4 {:-) :-)

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[jynxedshapeshifter]

Trucy's Characterization Never Changed: An Essay

Originally I was going to do an essay on all the characters that had flanderization accusations thrown at them but then I decided to focus on Trucy because Trucy.

First of all, here's the link to the TVTropes page for flanderization. It doesn't apply to Trucy in my opinion. You can't flanderize a magician when that's been a central part of her characterization from the beginning. With that out of the way, onto me basically proving TVTropes is wrong about Trucy being flanderized.

Part 1: Trucy's Characterization in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Trucy's a bit of an eccentric magician from the beginning. She experiences negative emotions but she hides it incredibly well, especially for a 15 year old. She's so good at hiding her emotions that it's a plot point in The Magical Turnabout but I'll get to that later.

Trucy shows concern over Apollo breaking down after Trucy fakes her own kidnapping, she shows concern for Lamiroir throughout Turnabout Serenade, and she shows concern for Klavier while Kristoph is testifying. She just usually hides it almost immediately after showing it. Let's look at the two scenarios where Trucy does show concern for someone else, but hides it immediately after; those being when Apollo finds her after she stages her kidnapping, and when Kristoph is testifying:

She tells Apollo not to cry and almost immediately threatens him playfully. Instead of outwardly showing concern, she tries to cheer him up then he threatens to press charges and she explains everything to him. The fact that she staged her own kidnapping to get a recess in the first place is evidence enough that she was worried about Apollo, specifically him not being able to identify when a witness is nervous.

She tells Apollo "Prosecutor Gavin's on the warpath, isn't he?" and justifies it with Klavier being nervous because Kristoph's watching. When you press the next statement, Trucy says Klavier and Kristoph are like a "two-man wrecking team" and doesn't take it quite as seriously. Press Kristoph's final statement and Trucy will voice concern for Klavier again ("Does Prosecutor Gavin seem strange to you, too? It's like he's all grown-up…") and she continues to flip between visible concern and nonchalance. Also worth noting is she also gets visibly concerned when Klavier freaks out on Vera. She also voices concern for Vera at this point.

None of this is to say people are saying Trucy doesn't express concern at all. I'm trying to give a picture of how Trucy tends to express concern; that being, something comes up that concerns her, she expresses that concern, and then she keeps going like nothing's wrong (this applies to more than just concern, it's just easiest to exhibit with how she shows concern). It's not because she doesn't care, it's because she just tends to hide her emotions behind a smile, something that's referenced by Phoenix himself at the end of the game.

Also worth noting is that if she wants to, she will bring things back to her magic show. I would think the fact that she brings up her magic panties whether it's relevant or not just to mess with Apollo is proof enough of this.

Part 2: Trucy's Characterization in Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice

Getting this out of the way now, she's not an airhead after AJ:AA. She is consistently intelligent. I have never once thought she's not. Like just as examples:

First and foremost, because this really makes me wonder where this claim came from, both Athena and Apollo are shocked to find that Trucy was conned into signing a different contract than the one she thought she signed in The Magical Turnabout. Athena specifically says "It couldn't have been easy fooling Trucy. That girl's no slouch!" and Apollo says "It's not everybody who can fool our Trucy." Actually I could make The Magical Turnabout an entire bullet point on its own considering the entire plot is "how the fuck did this guy con Trucy"

Let's also mention Turnabout Revolution. I'm like 99.99% sure her goal was just to get on the plane without being seen, otherwise she wouldn't have popped up at the end of the case. As long as she got on the plane without anyone finding out, she'd be fine because there is no way they were going to turn back JUST because Trucy snuck onto the flight. If anything I actually think Edgeworth is the idiot in this situation for falling for something Trucy's apparently pulled on him multiple times. The important thing here though is that she snuck on the plane in Edgeworth's suitcase. She could've snuck on in anyone's suitcase and she chose Edgeworth's, and I think there's a very specific reason for this. Trucy was present when Klavier said prosecutors don't have to go through the same security checks as everyone else, and if we assume Trucy knew this, yeah, of course she snuck on the plane in Edgeworth's suitcase. Was it pointless? Possibly, depending on whether Phoenix, Apollo, Dhurke, and Athena had to go through security checks. But Trucy still chose the person whose luggage was least likely to be checked and she apparently does it enough that Edgeworth isn't surprised to find out about it.

Trucy can throw knives with such perfect precision that she prevents Cosmos from scootering away while she's investigating the space center with Phoenix, something she reacts to with "And the streak continues!" implying she's been throwing knives at moving targets for a while at that point (behind Phoenix's back, I might add). Throwing knives at a target is one thing, throwing knives at the tires of a moving vehicle is another and it makes me wonder how much she practiced. Either way she'd have to know exactly how to throw a knife to puncture the tire of a moving vehicle because she very specifically used a knife to puncture the tire of Cosmos's segway. Precision isn't the only factor into this, she needs to know exactly how much force to put behind her throw. She might've just guessed at that for all we know, because it's almost impossible for her to know exactly how much force to throw a knife with to puncture that tire without having thrown a knife at the exact same type of tire. Like. GIRL

When I saw the claim that she turns every conversation around to her magic show, I was like "surely that's an exaggeration and she does that because Phoenix wants her to focus on school instead of going out and investigating with Apollo" and checked the transcript for The Monstrous Turnabout. Guess what, I was right, for The Monstrous Turnabout at least. It's either relevant to something, the conversation didn't have a solid topic in the first place, or she's passive-aggressively complaining about not being able to join investigations (because the reason discussions with her were usually on topic in AJ:AA is because she was Apollo's investigative partner).

Like did we forget that presenting something and an irrelevant tangent happening isn't new in the Ace Attorney universe? Kay and Lang get into a powerscaling debate about wolves and ravens because Lang was presented with Kay's Yatagarasu pin. Trucy's been pulling the magic card on Apollo when he presents something since she was introduced. Athena and Apollo get into a powerscaling debate about Tenma Taro and the Nine-Tailed Fox (which is tangentially related to the case at best). I'm pretty sure Maya has moments like this.

Trucy's tangents just get more plentiful because she's not investigating the crimes and she herself implies she's annoyed about it. I've never met someone who likes doing schoolwork, why wouldn't she focus on her magic if she can't investigate crimes and it's between schoolwork and magic (which, mind you, is her job that she gets paid to do)? It feels less like "Trucy's whole personality is being a magician" and more like "mutual 'what are you working on' exchanges between coworkers" because as I said, magic is Trucy's job.

To put it another way, magic is to Trucy what law and psychology are to Apollo and Athena respectively. "But Athena doesn't talk about psychology near as much as Trucy talks about magic!" She's Apollo's investigative partner. She knows what's going on in the investigation which makes it easier for her to stick to the topic of the investigation. If she wasn't involved in an investigation, I can almost guarantee she'd start psychoanalyzing Apollo and Phoenix. This is opposed to Trucy, who has no idea what's going on aside from what Apollo and Athena tell her because she's not involved. Like there's very much a reason most conversations with her go to magic after AJ:AA. What else is she going to talk to Apollo, Phoenix, and Athena about? She's not involved in the investigations. That fact is implied to annoy her.

Like I said, Trucy bringing up magic when you talk to her during investigations just feels like some kind of "how's work going" exchange, which, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that normal in workplaces like the Wright Anything Agency? The only difference is that Trucy's job is vastly different from everyone else in the agency. Apollo and/or Athena tell Trucy how the investigation's going, so she shows them how her magic is going in the most inconvenient way possible. It's funny and I love her for it.

And she still hides how she's feeling behind a smile. Presumably because she's so used to a smile convincing people she's fine, she's surprised when Apollo's bracelet reacts to her saying she's fine. She actually explains why she does this in The Magical Turnabout; the Gramarye creed is "A true entertainer always keeps a smile on their face" and Trucy's been living under that since her debut (she also explains this; she sees it as a way of keeping Zak alive). She does this twice in Dual Destinies; once with Athena and once with Apollo. We can also assume she did this when Aura was holding her hostage, since she says she performed magic tricks for the rest of Aura's hostages to keep everyone's spirits up. Let's break down the times she does this in Dual Destinies though.

The first time is in The Cosmic Turnabout, after Apollo gets attacked by Tonate. Phoenix teases Trucy about not being able to tease Apollo anymore and even that doesn't get a reaction from her, which prompts Phoenix to say it's been a while since he last saw her so down. When she does finally talk, it's to say they should take Starbuck's defense to "avenge our fallen comrade" (Apollo). Not really sure if it's relevant but I do think it's worth mentioning that Athena is the one who cheers her up here.

The second time is in Turnabout for Tomorrow, after Athena's arrested under suspicion of Clay's murder. Here she's masking her feelings about both Apollo's estrangement from the Wright Anything Agency and Athena's arrest, but it's actually implied that she's more upset about Apollo leaving (which I'm going to guess is because she's closer to Apollo and she knows Athena's in good hands with Phoenix defending her). Trucy is so upset about Apollo leaving the agency that she blames herself for him leaving in the first place (specifically wondering out loud to Phoenix if her roping him into her magic tricks is why he left). She's so worried about Apollo that she stays back when Phoenix leaves the space center to keep an eye on Apollo, which is what results in her being held hostage. To reiterate, she was so worried about Apollo that she basically ditched Phoenix to keep an eye on him and ended up one of Aura's hostages as a result.

I also want to mention that Trucy explicitly says during the credits of AJ:AA that she feels like she found her "long-lost, big, little brother" and she is all but stated to have abandonment issues from the age of eight (something I say because she's worried that Phoenix is going to leave her like Zak did when Phoenix basically adopts Trucy on the spot). Look at her reactions to Apollo leaving the agency and Apollo staying in Khura'in with that in mind and it just makes it even more heartbreaking. Trucy even asks if they're really going to see Apollo again when Apollo says he's staying in Khura'in. She feels like she just found her long-lost brother again (and she did, she just doesn't know it), I think him just leaving without much warning (TWICE within six months of each other) probably triggered her abandonment issues.

Part 3: Conclusion Because There's Definitely More I Could Say But I Don't Know What. I'll add to this later. maybe

This is more of a ramble about how I don't think Trucy's characterization changed at all after AJ:AA but I will do a proper analysis of Trucy at some point, especially because I really want to analyze her dynamic with Apollo. I don't even really know how much sense this makes (which seems to be really common with these but it's fine. I'm okay with that) but I will be analyzing Trucy again, I promise. She needs a hug so bad

[weena-mercator]

narumitsu fic recs - part 1

I've been putting together fic recs for a while, trying to sort things into different categories rather than just sharing one big post of stories that are all over the place in type, length, etc. - I've appreciated all the fic recs I've gotten on reddit and in nrmt discord servers, and wanted to compile things in such a way that it makes it easier for those who are interested in reading more fanfic! while I still have decent amount of fics bookmarked on my "to read" list, i have read a not insubstantial number this year (don't mind me just rolling into the fandom nearly 23 years late - actually I really liked AA when I first saw GG play in 2019, bought the game b/c of it - & I liked nrmt but something about JFA was the turning point for me to become just totally normal about them)

anyways, i digress...

I'll start off with my favorite contenders for long (more than 50K words) canon-compliant (or mostly canon-compliant fics) - some are more dramatic and some are more light-hearted

obviously since this is a recommendation list, I may make comments about how I feel about something with a fic that you don't agree with - I only say this to point out some of my thoughts regarding the fic, not to start a hc war... and I'm definitely not trying to say "this author is wrong" or anything like that, just pointing out my personal opinion

a long way to fall by prospectkiss

this is the first long fic I ever read for nrmt and I can't recommend it enough. Heads up that this fic is E - Taking place between T&T and AJ (handwavey give them more time in this time period than in canon), this is also a case fic that majorly ties in to the plot - you've got romantic tension, mutual pining, drama, angst and a great (and spicy) ending. word count: 78K POV: rotating between Phoenix and Miles why it’s a must read IMO: I admit I am partial to getting together fics that are pre-disbarment or very early 7YG, the PINING and build up is incredible and it’s very difficult to put down but especially once you get about halfway through, it will be hard to stop! I think I read this in only 2 sittings.

the long way home by griffonage

a fic that deserves SO much more love - it is so incredibly well-written and heart-wrenching. the very beginning covers major events of the first trilogy quickly while the majority of the story takes place during the 7YG. Phoenix is always right there for Edgeworth, but Edgeworth is pretty great at making terrible decisions -including running away from things he wants deep down- and that finally takes its toll on Phoenix, whose anger is very justified. Per the tags: ??? to friends?? to it's complicated to it's VERY complicated to... unsurprisingly this makes for a pretty angsty relationship & moments that make you just want to shake Miles (and Phoenix, but a lot more Miles). This is also an E fic FYI, as far as I remember that stuff is only short scenes in a few places as opposed to like, a whole chapter devoted to it. word count: 84K POV: Miles why it’s a must read IMO: there are multiple little case fics along the way that are interesting, this story truly made me sad I wasn’t also working and exploring in Europe, Trucy!!, the OCs are very well done, it’s a great character study of Miles, and writing wise, this is one of the most well-written stories I’ve ever read among fanfic and published novels written in my lifetime

trace (vestiges) by FaultyParagon

this fic is pretty well known, and while it may not rank quite as high for me now as it did when I first read it, I do regard it highly. A mostly filling in the gaps fic that takes place from AAPW to right before DD - it's not exactly a slow burn, but just because they manage to get together earlier rather than later doesn't mean they aren't going to encounter obstacles in their relationship. This fic is M - it sort of rides that line between M and E in my opinion, as the sex isn't very graphic but not just glossed over either. word count: 225K POV: Miles why it’s a must read IMO: touch-starved Miles, again, I’m partial to them getting together pre-disbarment, despite it not being exactly a slow burn it does have quite a build up, I really love seeing Miles have a lot personal growth, especially in regards to handling his emotions, during his “choose death” year and during 7YG as well as how he is there for Phoenix and Trucy during that time

turnabout feelings by ssygir

a 7YG fic where Edgeworth requests Phoenix's help to research trials by jury, bringing Phoenix and Trucy with him to Paris - where they unintentionally get caught up in a murder investigation, and Phoenix realizes his feelings for Edgeworth are definitely not platonic. While my personal view is that Phoenix has known he's had non-platonic feelings for Miles for a looooong time, I can appreciate a good fic where he's just now figuring that out. This fic is E, but that's pretty much limited to one chapter. one small note: this fic does have a follow up, but hasn't been updated in over a year (although the author has said they plan to finish it at least! so hope is not lost yet) word count: 76K POV: Phoenix why it’s a must read IMO: it’s an early 7YG getting together story, the case fic is fun, not a total sloooooow burn but definitely builds up, a good pick when you want a more lighthearted story with very little angst

dating for a turnabout by Mikomikono

technically set in that tiny window between AAI2 and Phoenix's disbarment, Miles asks Phoenix to join him to investigate a smuggling operation at a resort - except they find out that the event taking place at the resort is a couple's retreat, and the only way to have full access is to pose as one... oh and of course Larry happens to be there too. This one is a fun case fic with mutual pining, only one bed and a sprinkling of angst among some silliness and fluff - while I wish there was a little more to the ending, it was a very fun read, T rating. word count: almost 90K POV: rotating between Phoenix and Miles why it’s a must read IMO: the author has little profiles and evidence info for the case posted for each chapter, very fun! I’m a bit picky about fake dating stories and I think this one does it very well, and again, I really like seeing pre-disbarment getting together - and they are pining fools here, it’s good stuff

chasing history by SlatedForAbandonment

post canon, Phoenix invites Miles to stay in his guest room while he's in LA working on his PhD. Some small notes on timeline - this is where it gets a little loose with canon compliance, although the author does note that in the tags - Edgeworth is already Chief Prosecutor but currently taking a leave of absence to work on his dissertation, but hasn't found permanent residence again yet, despite this being a few years post SOJ (at one point it is stated that Apollo is 28) - my personal take is Edgeworth's behavior/reactions are more fitting of trilogy era Edgeworth, or even early 7YG, but you know we all have slightly different interpretations of the characters... all that being said, it is a super slow burn that delivers, well-written with fun dialogue and very sweet moments as well as a bit of angst. rating is T. word count: 68K POV: rotating between Phoenix and Miles why it’s a must read IMO: even with feeling like this story might more realistically take place much earlier in canon, you get a great slow burn with plenty of incredibly sweet moments along the way that just make you melt

the catch-up game by theacegrace

post canon, Trucy is on a year-long magic show tour and Phoenix is left feeling like everyone keeps moving on and leaving him behind, while also dealing with some realizations regarding one Miles Edgeworth. again, my personal take is that Phoenix would've realized this long before now, but this story is an interesting Phoenix character study and once you get about 3/4 through the story, the situation is very tense - it's hard to not read this whole thing, or at least the back half, in one sitting. rated T. word count: 66K POV: Phoenix why it’s a must read IMO: it’s always interesting to consider that prior to his disbarment, Phoenix was the more self-assured and bold one of the two when it came to matters of the heart, and then afterwards that essentially flips for a while - now Miles has gained a lot of confidence and gone through a lot of emotional growth (Phoenix starts to gain this back a lot after becoming a lawyer again, but he’s definitely not just back to trilogy-era Phoenix)

it would feel so good to make you mine by hi_its_ellis and lowbatteryhealth

post DD, this is an unusual slow burn - both Phoenix and Miles know they're in love with each other, but they've come to an unspoken agreement on how to handle this - there's a winner and a loser, and the "loser" is whoever cracks first. honestly, another fic where I just wanted to shake them until they came to their sense, but it's very fun and sweet, T rating. word count: 54K POV: various why it’s a must read IMO: it’s tagged idiots to usdiots LMAO, so many sweet moments among the aggravation - they are BOTH moron-sexual, your honor, and you’ll want to strangle them /affectionate…

a turnabout toast by ideny

summary by author: (after the events of AJ) an estranged Phoenix and Miles respond to a friendly challenge from an unexpected source: do three things each to fix your lives. this fic is technically the least canon compliant because we of course learn in DD (and this fic was written before the release of DD) that Phoenix and Miles did spend time together during his disbarment, at the very least in Europe helping Miles research. So this is a hell of an angsty read, worth it for the story-telling despite that it departs from canon in that way. Not rated, but I don't recall anything above T rating stuff happening in it. word count: 68K POV: rotating between Phoenix and Miles why it’s a must read IMO: this fic is partially responsible for me changing how I feel about Larry (that is, that I think it's so important to have him in stories and be written as a more nuanced character than he's usually portrayed as in canon), and damn they really go through it in this one, dealing with the aftermath of the events of AJ is very interesting, lots of angst but I feel compelled to tell you don’t worry, the ending will ease your pain

Obligatory recs:

legal partners by miggy

project: matchmakers by WingSongHalo

how to court a fool in under three months by snowyrunes

All 3 of these are post canon getting together fics, AND all 3 are told from various POVs, not just Phoenix and Miles - there's a reason they are some of the most well-known ones - PM is probably the most fluffy with the least angst (and has a very cute multi chapter follow up), followed by LP (has a fairly short E follow up) - HTCAFIUTM is the slowest burn (it also has a follow up that hasn't been updated since 2022... which stinks because it did leave off on a bit of a cliffhanger and I really wanna know what's going to happen lol - so snowyrunes, I'd love to read more of that but also understand if you've moved on!)

I have yet to read the highly regarded canon-compliant long fics listed below, but they are on my to-read list!

you ever been in love? by hechima

saturation by tiedyed trickster *

indefensible by zombolouge *

a brief for the defense by Ophelia_Writes * (this has now been orphaned FYI)

turnabout dishwasher by zuzsenpai

*indicates that it has not been finished yet, possibly won't ever be

If you know of any other 50K+ canon-compliant fics that you'd highly recommend, please let me know!

my other posts will be for AUs, chapter fics shorter than 50K, one-shots (might have to divide those up by theme), probably some NSFW sets divided up by theme too!

[aceattorneygamesfan]

Ngl I was very confused when I played Dual Destinies and found out that so many people hate the game but love Athena

She's not a bad character or anything but she's got the personality of like.... yknow when a series is mostly focused on men and they add a female character and her personality is just like. Girl??? and theyre constantly drawing attention to how they're a Girl and everyone else is Boys and Girls are like This and Boys are like That etc etc etc

athena felt like that to me. which was especially infuriating because shes literally not even the first girl in this series?? not even the first girl attorney we get to play as since we got to run a few trials as mia in aa3. ive seen some people (especially people i know are really invested in like. the social category of "Girl"?? absolutely nothing wrong with that, especially for people who have really had to fight to be included in it!!!) who really enjoy that kind of thing and connect with it.

personally, though... i kinda hate it lol. i find it, as i said, incredibly grating, especially when the ace attorney series already had sooo many good female characters who DIDN'T do that.

ok I'll warn you right away English is not my native language and I'm not good at forming my thoughts so sorry but I hope the answer will satisfy you

I agree kinda with you. At first, I also thought that she was just another a weirdgirl assistant template, like Maya but a lawyer. But then she became my favorite character. I think it's because of her psychology gimmick. As a person who suffered from depression, I was touched by her desire in pursuit of the truth to help others. And the scenes when she has a panic attack because of the memories of how she screamed trying to save Simon but no one listened hit me really hard.

I like her design, although many people don't like it. Her sprites are very cute, like several variations of how she hits the table depending on how mad she is or the one where she is shy. I like her theme (especially the song by adrisaurus and the remix by hyquo). And mood matrix is ​​a very cool mini game, although for some reason I always had problems with it.

But in general a lot of people (even those who don't like Athena that much) want a game about her because it's pretty insulting how Capcom treats her. Even though DD was about her, we only play as her in one filler episode (which, although it had some cool scenes, is still mediocre in my opinion) and less than half of the tutorial. Even tho she is a new protagonist! And in SoJ her role is so small that she can be replaced by any other weirdgirl assistant and you won't notice the difference. Again, there is a filler episode, but I have the same opinion about it as about 5-3. In the dlc it seemed like Capcom was mocking you with the running gag that she wants to join the trial but no one lets her. She rarely appears on official art (this is especially noticeable on the capcom cafe art, where even damn Godot is there, but not the main character).Or remember the amount of merch with her.

Yes, judging by the Apollo Justice popularity poll, she is far from the most beloved character, especially according to its Japanese version, where she did not even make it into the top 10 (although let's be honest, Edgeworth clearly should not have gotten first place, he does not play a big role there except for 5-5). But it feels like Capcom gave up on her even when she was born(

I love Phoenix, but I'm ready to say goodbye to him and give Athena a chance to shine. He could get one episode where he works with Trucy as a daddy-daughter duo against Edgeworth for the sake of nostalgia (it worked well in 6-dlc and people, including me, love nrmt). I love Apollo and can imagine a final episode where he flies to LA to help Athena.

But I want to see at least a large part of the game dedicated to her and her alone.

oh and again i understand your opinion about her and i agree a little but i still love her. like i love dd and probably the main reason is because of her

and sorry that the answer turned out to be very long, I have long wanted to write something good about Athena

[lesbianboyfriend]

hiiii jules ^_^ if u could have any media in the world that u steal frm its creators’ hands and remake in ur more worthy and capable ones what wld it be and what do u think u wld do with it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ LOVE U

Transcript: Hi Eli, thank you for this ask because this is a really good question, and I have been thinking about it really, really hard, which is why it took me so long to answer this. Um, honestly, still not sure if I have a good answer, but this is what l've come up with.

Well, firstly, I would like to say—there's a lot I have to say about this in regards to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I don't want to spoil you for anything, and I tried to record this a couple times, like saying things that weren't spoilery, but it wasn't working. So I think always to talk about that when you finish the show, because I think that could be a great conversation.

Um, and move on to the meat of the thing, okay. Now this is going to surprise no one. Un, Ace Attorney. Okay, politically speaking, I don't even want to get into it right now. There's a lot there that, uh, I mean, you know. We all know. Okay.

I just want to talk about, narratively speaking, 5 and 6 because what the first four games do really well is that they are really strong, for the most part, narratively speaking and in regards to the interpersonal relationships, which is where I think the games really shine. Um, and then 5 and 6 flop.

Now, this might be a controversial opinion. I do not know. Um, I think that 5 and 6, the order of the games, should be swapped. And then, obviously, we'll have to make a—[stumbles over words]—oh my goodness. Couple minor changes. Stick with me here. I don't think you have played past the original trilogy. So, I'll just try not to get too into the weeds of things. But, so...

4 obviously introduces Apollo, and then 5 introduces Athena. I think it would make sense for Apollo to have another game that's just him. I love Athena. But, I think because she was so like randomly brought in, I think neither her nor Apollo got their chance to shine, really. Especially Athena, because they were so fucking misogynistic towards her. Which is another thing we would have to change about the games. In my hands.

So, I think that if we take 6 and cut Athena from it, because honestly, she barely got any time in that game anyways, and we put it after 4. Now, okay, I think we keep—Phoenix is still disbarred, but he can practice law in Khura’in, um, because obviously their legal system is kind of fucked anyways.

Um, now the sort of individual plots of each games, that's—there's a lot there, like, there's a lot about spirit of justice in particular that's, like, we gotta shift this around, but I don't need to get into all that. What I just want to say is, um, yeah, so l think Phoenix should be there for Trucy's case, but I think he should still be disbarred so he can't practice law, and so Apollo still gets to take the lead on that.

Um, Athena's case. I think, should be replaced with a case about—where Apollo really gets to take the lead, and I think that it should introduce his friend Clay, who just kind of randomly shows up in the fifth game and is sort of nothingness. And then I think we need Spirit of Justice to, while it's sort of working through Apollo's thing with Dhurke—which I think he should get to on screen work through more—that should coincide with him sort of working through the Phoenix Kristoph thing, and then we can kind of give more attention to that than—because it didn't get, it was completely ignored in Dual Destinies. Um, and then, yeah, so I think we should kind of work through that there. Then we can get to 6, which is now 5. Um, then we can introduce Athena, really give her her time to shine. This is where we should bring back the jury trial, um because I think her abilities would make so much sense with like a voir dire mechanic, um.

Yes, um, then Phoenix can get his badge back, but it can be like he's kind of being a mentor, he’s working with the jury system, so he's not as involved and we can stop sidelining Athena and making Phoenix the attorney instead of Athena because they hate women. Uh, get rid of that. Um, yeah. And then I think this would give Athena more time to shine. I think also because Apollo stays in Khura’in after Spirit of Justice, that would make sense to also, again, kind of get him out of the way for Athena to have more screen time, and then he can come back for the whole Clay thing. And that can be much more emotionally impactful because we've actually been introduced to Clay as a character in Spirit of Justice now, which is now the fifth game, and it's not just, like, a weird substitute for him working through the Phoenix Kristoph thing, because we've already touched on that.

Um, I fear I’ve been talking for way too long, um, especially since I’m pretty sure you haven't played these games, uh, but that's my stance, that's, where l’d take it. Like I said, there's also some individual work we're going to have to do with the,—spirit of justice and dual destinies as just internally within the games. That's a whole nother conversation—politically revamping the games. I mean, to an extent, there's only so much you can do. I will say in regards to that, I think if the games approached it less as like, this is our sweeping stance about justice and what it should look like, and more like, let's explore why these characters think this is what justice looks like. Because that's how I prefer to approach it. I think that's a lot more interesting and a lot less shitty. But yeah. Thank you for the question. I hope this was interesting, in any way. Um, and yeah. I love you!

[frickingnerd]

nothing's wrong with you

pairing: trucy wright x gn!reader

summary: trucy comforts you on a bad day...

“hey, don't worry! there's nothing wrong with you and there never has been…”

trucy gently rubbed your arm as she smiled at you, while you quietly sobbed. you had been trying so hard to keep it together, but today was just one of those days where you felt like the worst.

“i don’t think you’re annoying… i really like listening to and hearing what you have to say even if its a lot sometimes… i'll never grow tired of you, i know it!”

[princessenigmar]

hi

i'm effie/maya/trucy. 20 years old #hag. it/its preferred, she/her if we're friends and/or fucking or you mention me in real life, trying out fae/faer. npd + autism + unlabeled plurality (none of your business) + physically disabled.

obligatory statement: i'm not really into men. especially ones that are complete strangers. you can look respectfully but don't touch.

reblogging posts from here is ok just use discretion.

if you're a friend of mine and something i say on here is troubling to you please genuinely talk to me if you hate me in secret and i find out i'll kill everyone in the room and then myself

this is my uncensored blog. for adults only!!!! sometimes i post boobs and i'm gonna talk about boobs and also complain about boring adult stuff so kids go away

i hornypost like a motherfucker but i already have a toy to play with (you have to guess who) (checking the replies is cheating)

main is @trucydoll

[ginaleztrade]

this is funny to me and only me because once i have to explain it in english it gets less funny

but ill try

welcome to my first toki pona post on this sideblog 👍 no one is safe

so this is just an ace attorney version of jan Kekan San's comic which you can watch here, it is very musi with the voices i recommend

if you're unaware, toki pona is a conlang with less than 200 words. this comic specifically uses the writing system "sitelen pona" (but if you want to learn toki pona, its mostly written in latin characters so you don't need to learn the writing system)

the dialogue in toki pona is as follows:

trucy: toki apollo: toki. sina seme? trucy: mi lon e ma apollo: seme a?! sina lon ma anu seme? trucy: ni ala. mi lon e ma

now time to try and explain this... i'll be using jan Kekan San's explanation to help out.

this comic is based on a common grammatical mistake in toki pona. the word "lon" has meanings as a noun, verb, and preposition. as a preposition it is most commonly used to mean "at" or "in". when used as a transitive verb it means "to make exist"

so someone may say "mi lon e ma" to mean they are at a place, when really they are saying they make a place exist. what they mean to say is "mi lon ma"

with this i will now try to translate the dialogue into english, though it will be a little awkward

trucy: hello apollo: hello. what are you doing? trucy: i am making a planet exist apollo: what?! are you on a planet? trucy: not that. i am making a planet exist

ok i hope you enjoyed my toki pona lesson and maybe this comic is at least a tiny bit funny

oh and.. its supposed to look like shit i made it in ms paint. just in case you were wondering

[star-light-shadows]

Hot take: This fandom needs to seriously get over Apollo Justice Ace Attorney.

I saw someone on here recently say that "it's cool in this fandom to hate on Dual Destinies and praise Apollo Justice." In my experience, this is true, and it infuriates me to no end.

There is some serious rose-tinted lensing going on in this fandom for this game, cause the simple fact is, Apollo Justice is a trainwreck of an Ace Attorney narrative, and Dual Destinies was more than justified in doing its own thing.

First of all, Apollo Justice's narrative is chronically not fleshed out, to the point of nearly being outright unfinished.

Every overarching plotline in the game is either painfully bare-bones or left with massive gaping holes.

Phoenix's disbarment, the main center of the narrative, is given the bare minimum of effort by the narrative, with a short case about why he loses his badge that has him only do so by acting like an idiot, and then 8 disconnected investigation segments that tell us little to nothing about the struggles and emotional turns that phoenix goes through.

2/3rds of Thalassa's whole story is flat-out not told to us. Her disappearance to Borginia after her near-death is completely unexplained, her presence in Borginia/her singer persona being completely irrelevant to the rest of her backstory or the main plot of the game at large. Then, it's revealed near the end that she had a previous marriage and a son. The game tells us nothing about the husband or why he's apparently dead, and the son literally just "slips through the cracks" to randomly show up later.

Apollo, the protagonist of the game, is one giant question mark. He's revealed at the end of the game to be the aforementioned son of Thalassa, but he didn't come back with Thalassa to live as a Gramarye for no explained reason, and just randomly shows up again as a lawyer tuteled under Gavin. The fact that this makes him and Trucy siblings is also completely glossed over, with Phoenix and Thalassa just choosing not to say anything for no good reason. (Special mention goes to the writer of this game outright saying he had no clue where to take Apollo and Trucy.)

Kristoph is sort-of-half-suggested to have some kind of backstory or deeper reason for his actions, but said reason is blocked off. And his relationship with Klavier is practically narratively nonexistent.

Both cases 2 and 3 are glaringly unrelated to the main plot, contributing nothing besides Thalassa's undercover introduction (as her singer persona, which, as mentioned earlier, is irrelevant to the main plot) and a horrifically bungled overarching theme I'll get to later.

The last case is also chock full of plot holes, like an entire segment of investigations that only makes sense if you assume time travel, and a good chunk of the very plot-important exposition in said segment being something that the first case indirectly tells us DIDN'T HAPPEN.

Then, even worse, its main characters are just as narratively deficient.

Apollo is a rip-off of Phoenix without the narrative stakes. Any role he has in the overarching plot and any relationship he has with the other characters is completely glossed over. And his personality is basically the exact same as Phoenix's. He's the one with his name on the box and yet he spends the entire game just being there, with Phoenix stealing as much of the show as physically possible.

Trucy is the blandest flattest assistant in the entire series. She can literally be summed up with the words "cutesy magic girl." Half of the game is effectively themed around her gimmick, but that gimmick is all her character has. She contributes nothing meaningful to the narrative, her dynamic with Apollo isn't even anything memorable. Then the game has the gall to reveal in the end credits that she's secretly sad as if that means anything when the game didn't even bother to acknowledge the obvious potential reason.

Klavier just exists. His relationship with his brother doesn't get any elaboration or narrative depth. The 3rd case uses his rockstar gig as an excuse for a central gimmick, but beyond that, he could literally be replaced by Winston Payne and it would make no difference.

Ema does her job well, but detectives rarely ever have all that much depth to begin with, and she certainly did not rise to the impossible challenge of carrying this game herself.

And Phoenix, when you strip off all the layers of poorly thought through mystery, just does what the narrative wants him to without any depth or further thought put into this iteration of his character.

All this would already be a bad enough look for AJ. But it does get worse. Because a lot of the big decisions actively made about this game's narrative were either terribly executed or in poor taste to begin with.

To start with, the elephant in the room, is Phoenix's disbarment.

There are way longer way more insightful analyses than I could write on how Phoenix's disbarment was a terrible writing choice, but to summarize;

Phoenix was disbarred so that he could play a more mentor-ish role in the game instead of being the protagonist.

Despite this not being an inherently bad move, in the end, Apollo Justice made every single self-sabotaging decision that could possibly have been made regarding this plotline.

Instead of actually pushing Phoenix to the backburner and giving the spotlight to the new protagonist, as his disbarment was supposed to do, the game decided to make it this huge mystery that it ended up spending the majority of its time weeding through.

Despite it very blatantly being the intention, Phoenix just straight up IS NOT a mentor in this game. He doesn't do a single thing the entire game that actually helps Apollo out besides giving him cases to work.

Instead of respecting Phoenix's existing character, portraying him in an any way-dignified light, and letting him have the reputation and legacy he built up in the first 3 games, Phoenix is straight-up character assassinated. They could've had him be the head of a legal firm tutoring bright up-coming lawyers like Apollo and Athena despite lacking a license of his own, but instead they dress him up like a hobo, turn his office into a clearly failing "talent agency," give him a daughter, (which you just KNOW the game wants you to assume has a scandalous origin,) and everything he does relating to the law is actively portrayed as the shadiest shit it could possibly be.

The actual case that caused his disbarment requires him to make the brain-dead decision to use blatantly dodgy evidence when simply pointing out the obviously visible ripped paper would've made his argument just as well. And when his presenting forged evidence is revealed, he's not even given a chance to defend himself despite 3 years of heroic and honorable exploits, including taking down MULTIPLE evidence forgers in high positions of law.

This also all happens literally 2 months after the end of Trials and Tribulations, completely ruining any semblance of the happy ending that the game was supposed to end with. (And yet none of his friends are present for this dark time, not even when one of them could probably pull strings and get his badge back within a year.)

Then, at the beginning of the game Phoenix deliberately has evidence forged and handed to Apollo to take down Kristoph, putting Apollo's badge in danger and proving the committee that took his badge away right.

And at the end of the game, the entire plot of the last case is literally just Phoenix puppeteering a trial to reveal Kristoph's crimes, but after how the entire game was spent making Phoenix look like a shady immoral prick, you can't expect the player to see this as a victory and not the horrifically manipulated circus court that it is.

Along with this atrociously thought-through plotline is a supposed theme of distrust, both in people and in the court system.

This is something a lot of hardcore fans of this game will parade as being the game being brilliant and more mature than other games, but when you actually look at what's going on here using any media literacy or genre awareness, it's not even a particularly strong argument that it was intended let alone is it good.

First of all, the game does not acknowledge this theme in the slightest. At no point does Apollo actually acknowledge how untrustworthy and unfair everything seems, much less struggle with that fact or what to do in spite of it. There's such a thing as too subtle, and Apollo Justice's "theme" of distrust is a master class.

The theme starts with Phoenix and his forging evidence in the first case. And despite everything I just explained about how horrible Phoenix is portrayed in this game, anyone who knows anything about how media works will know that Capcom isn't going to ACTUALLY deliberately portray Phoenix as the villain or the one in the wrong, so it's dead on arrival.

Along with Phoenix, the proponents of this concept argue that the other 3 defendants are also supposed to be untrustworthy, but in reality, they simply are not. It's a running gag (A very annoying one,) in this game that none of the defendants can/will actually talk with Apollo, but despite that, it's painfully obvious for all 3 that they are as innocent as defendants can get. * Wocky tries to act like a gangster but is so obviously a wannabe that it's questionable he even has the guts to kill someone. * Machi Tobaye is A F*CKING CHILD. In a case where the murder weapon is stated at least 3 times to dislocate the shoulder of a grown man if he's not trained to use it. * And Vera Misham is the most obvious stereotypical depiction of social anxiety I've ever seen.

Along with the defendants, this supposed theme is supposed to extend to the court, with the proceedings themselves being meant to be stacked against the defense in a particularly dystopian way. This is often compared to "The Dark Age of the Law" from Dual Destinies as somehow being a better version of said theme, but once again it's terrible. Specifically, the only way this supposed concept manifests is in the 3rd case. (Every other case is the same as any other game in the franchise) Where the fact that Machi is being accused as the killer is so blatantly nuts that it's basically the game laughing at the series and the improbability of some defendants' suggested guilt. Which, in practice, does not suggest to the player that the law is in a dark age; it just pisses them off.

Lastly, as an aside, Apollo Justice is also strikingly lacking in the more light-hearted aspects Ace Attorney is typically known for. Besides case 2, the game is pretty much devoid of humor or goofy antics. (And half of case 2's antics are centered around women's underwear.) This is defended by fans as the game being more mature, but in reality it's just a lack of an important piece of Ace Attorney.

As I've explained thus far, Apollo Justice is fundamentally flawed and appallingly far from even a functional narrative, much less a well-written Ace Attorney game.

The next mainline game to come after it, Dual Destinies, has become a punching bag in this fandom primarily for the crime of not being Apollo Justice 2.

But while there's a lot more that can be said about Dual Destinies and its relationship with Apollo Justice, I feel what I've explained thus far is already enough to justify its choice to largely leave AJ behind.

I'm going to finish this post here for now, but later I will reblog it with a 2nd part covering exactly that, explaining not only why Dual Destinies was justified in the direction it took, but how it is a truly phenomenal narrative that avoids Apollo Justice's deep-rooted flaws and frankly completely blows it out of the water.

[snoocupz]

Yesterday my friend and I finished playing Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice on German! NOW,

Here's my personal opinion review of the German AA4 translation!

(And my free pass to ramble about my favourite game!) POSSIBLE SPOILERS for Apollo Justice, at least if you speak German!

1. Settings and names:

The game is set in the fandom-wide known Japanifornia still, and the translation doesn't really seem to make an effort to make it look like the game is placed in Germany, which I am somewhat glad about! Locations are, if so, translated very directly and at least to me it seemed like it kept its funny "Japanese/American" touch!

No names have been changed in the German version APART from Klaviers. Which makes sense, as the world Klavier in German is a literal object (just meaning Piano as most people know) and as a piano is also frequently mentioned I am not surprised they changed it. However, Klaviers German name is "Kantilen" which also includes a reference to music - however I mist admit I would have NEVER gotten this connection myself, making it... not a really good reference in my mind. I am quite surprised that they didn't stick with his French name Konrad, which is in fact an actual known and used name in Germany, other than Kantilen. There is no hint on the Gavins culture or anything, means Klavier unfortunately loses his touch of switching between languages, however I am somewhat glad that they didn't just changed it to any other language! So I am satsified and believe most of the English name puns were easy to figure out for a German person as well! :)

2. "Quality" of translation:

Here is a hard one. I should criticise the translation after all. Because I am genuinely surprised HOW MANY random typos the translation had. Sometimes they forgot words, sometimes a random letter would show up, sometimes a word was written wrong, or two words were written together that shouldn't. HOWEVER...

I must be honest, I thought it was absolutely HILARIOUS. It brought me a really good laugh whenever a random typo or word showed up, as if the person speaking ingame hasn't quite nailed the language yet. So I cannot actually say that it bothered me! I'll use one of said mistakes to come over to another point -

3. Use of formal language:

Now, this is something I just thought would be interesting to mention! In Germany "you" can be either said more commonly "Du" or more formally "Sie". Personally I thought it was extremely interesting to see who would use which word on which character as it was great to see how "different" their relationships actually are! As an example: When Apollo meets Phoenix and Trucy, they both immediately use the common "you" (du) on him, Apollo himself instead uses the formal version (Sie) for Phoenix mostly. Even more interesting was to me how Phoenix and Kristoph at the beginning of the first case while still being "friends" did use the common "you" on one another, until things get heated and they both don't only start calling each other by their last names, but also addressing each other formally and therefore more distanced! I thought that was really cool!... Up to the point where they appearantly couldn't decide between formal or non formal and just... made it to one non existing word. Another mistake that made me, personally, laugh rather than shaming it tho!

4. Use of specific language/ dialogue flow:

Lastly, the game translation deserves a big plus for the use of very specific German words that I wasn't expecting to see from the characters! Words as "Sonntagsfahrer" which cannot be directly translated but bring so much more character into it! The German language has a lot of specific words to express certain situations or emotions and they made really good use of this! Additionally it was simply funny to see the character use them. Of course Phoenix (no licence) would know what a Sonntagsfahrer is.

Here are some of my personal favourites when it comes to the use of specific words I somehow didn't expect!

Also; They make good use of common German slang. As an example, on some point Phoenix calls Zak "Kollege", not as in workmate, but a slang, and Woky keeps on saying "Alter" a lot, which is so very fitting. I was really expecting hin to say "Bruder" or "Diggah" next.

Lastly; Despite the errors they made the conversations on German feel really natural! I've got a lot of random scenes that made me smile and gave the characters such a strong personality! So - Here are some more!

If you made it this far: Congrats and thanks for coming to my Ted talk! Fact is - if you speak German and find it just as hilarious to me to hear and see these characters speak German I definitely recommend AA4 on German, it's been FUN!

PS: The fact that psyche locks are translated as "Psychosche Blockaden" truly killed me.Klar, ich hab jeden Morgen auch so ne psychische Blockade. 🫡

[thepoggersdilemma]

I'm going to make a post with observations on AA6 because i keep terrorizing my friends on my private twt and no one there played the games.

It's mostly just notes to remember for fics and fanart so im not really trying to keep them that close to canon or anything.

I think none of them are as important to be considered spoilers, but just in case: AA6 spoilers and some AA5 plot mentions too

feel free to fight me in the comments (PvP arena)

Athena holding Apollo's hand because of his height fear 😭!! (I want to put apollo and wright in a ferris wheel SO BADLY, edgeworth too but we need there to be an earthquake-)

I feel like Apollo had a crush on Ema but she's on a different country with a dude right now LMAODESJFKS.

Someone threatened Apollo saying they'll rip his hair out and he went "Idc it will grow again" and kept on with the trial like nothing 😭 (my guy?!) i think this happened several times and he gave similar answers (*writes down his type of insane*)

I thought the bunnies from Trucy's case would be bad but i ended up liking them once they were together!! they were just silly!!

I got emotional over Apollo and Athena cheering Trucy up, they r sooo weird adopted family trope, it makes my heart combust.

they gave me shippy crumbs of Wright going "Thank uuu, thank u SO much, thank u Apollo thk-" on handout phone in front of everyone until Apollo told him to stop LMFAO. bratty phoenix pls come home

Phoenix bringing up having to take better care of his back.

Maya calling Phoenix out on suddenly being too serious, (omg because of his mentor complex) TELL HIM!! then her immediately getting caught by a police officer and Phoenix NOT REACTING and going "hello ema" while she yelled in the bg?!?!?

I'll keep editing this as i keep playing. idk if this interests you, its how i learned to communicate in the twt echochambers. I'll probably do something similar about AA4/5 once i have the time.

Phoenix going on an investigation all alone, and despite not liking it, he doesn't go through a breakdown, so, to me, this confirms he went insane over Apollo leaving in AA5, i dont need reality to confirm this ✍️

Phoenix having to bend over backwards because of the princess following him was funny, but now I keep blushing at how he keeps politely going "Yes Ms. No ma'am." and I need to throw him over my shoulder and take him into my cave.

Small interaction of the princess going "GUARD!!!" Then she asks Phoenix to do the same and he goes "Uhm, h-ello guard would u come over here please, hi"

So far i just started episode 3. Which is about Wright and Maya meeting up so far <3

[beantothemax]

GAH just saw the AA ask meme! I'll be saying 2, 8, 14, 16 and for 24, I'm gonna say which character do you think would be the best at taking excellent pictures of kibbies?

YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAY

2: favorite main character

APOLLO JUSTICEEEEEEEE HRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. he’s literally me you don’t understand. he has red in his character design. he’s silly. he is so tired and sick of everything around him. what more can you ask for

8: favorite case?

hmm. gonna split this into favorite final case and favorite regular case

FINAL: ouuuuhhhhhhhhgggghhgggghhhvvscscscscscscavavavsvdvrwhwhwgagagagahahhhhhggggggggghhhAAAAAA <-currently dissolving due to experiencing one (1) thought of farewell, my turnabout

ITS JUST. HHOUGH. THE EVERYTHJNT. THE MAYA GETTING SNATCHED. EVERYTHJNG ABOUT ENGARDE AND ADRIAN AND THE TRAGEDY OF CELESTE AND THE. I CAN FORM NO COHERENT THOUGHTS BUT OUUUUUHUUUUUUGH!!!!!!

NON-FINAL: turnabout corner is just really fun!!! wocky’s a silly billy and eldoon is maybe up there with favorite random unimportant characters. man whose name is just noodle guy backwards and who plays a harmonica. ten outta ten. Wesley is fun solely because I like doing a stupid voice for him we don’t talk about anything else in relation to Wesley . OH YWAH PAL MERAKTIS. THEY NAMED A DOCTOR MALPRACTICE BUT JUST SWAPPED A FEW LETTERS AROHND. A THKUSAND OUTTA TEN

14: favorite defendant?

VERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

16: if there was one thing you could change about the series, what would it be?

hm... give trucy a gun with one bullet. that is all

24:

APOLLO HAS A THOUSAND MILLION TRILLION PHOTOS OF HIS CAT WHOSE NAME I FORGOT ON HIM AT ALL TMES

[loregoddess]

When I complete Spirit of Justice, I want to know what you'd like to see in a possible Ace Attorney 7. I know you mentioned you had ideas sometime before and I'm almost at the point where nothing is a spoiler in this series. It's quite exciting! I'll probably have a few ideas of my own for the next entry too. Is it possible Capcom is gearing up for that, since Investigations 2 got localized? If so then... Well. I think I'll have something to look forward to. 💖

Oh definitely, I feel like the fact that Capcom's managed to port all of AA onto current consoles, and even both AAI games managed to make it globally (and significantly more accessible than they had been) gives me a lot of hope we get AA news sometime soon(ish). Capcom's been doing fairly well thanks to RE4 Remake from what I've heard, and the announcement of Okami 2 at the Game Awards was entirely unexpected (I had just assumed Okami was one of Capcom's one-hit wonders, given how Okamiden kinda flopped despite being a decent game in its own right, like Capcom more or less treated Okami like Ghost Trick, a really excellent and beloved game that will not be part of a longer series), so like? Anything's possible.

Now, for what I would like to see in a potential AA7...

The shortest answer possible to "what would I, personally, like to see in AA7" would be a resolution to the loose ends left by AA4 (and 5 and 6, but those loose ends are mostly only loose bc of the loose ends in 4). I want the Forbidden Gavin Backstory (and also for a certain character to get a chance to fucking grieve, and also for the whole Apollo and Trucy are siblings and Phoenix and Lamiroir haven't told them yet thing to uh, finally be resolved, and also for Athena to get some more time as a main character, and...a whole list of smaller things honestly). Realistically I think there's a slightly higher chance of the Lamiroir-Apollo-Trucy family dynamite being A Thing in 7, but this is Capcom and I know their basement is filled with unresolved plot lines and forgotten characters (from games other than AA as well).

But like, the vast majority of my time spent during the height of my AA obsession was going over AA4 trying to figure out what the resolution would have been if the writing team hadn't been changed drastically. Me and a friend of mine spent a ton of time discussing theories and swapping story ideas. So, needless to say, what I personally would be most interested in is the lost story threads surrounding Klavier (I was very, very unwell about him see).

Although there's bits and pieces from 5 and 6 I wouldn't mind expanded either (I'm still so miffed about Clay's death, I'm sorry have the writers seen what spacesuits are like? what they're made of? there's no way that teeny tiny little pathetic excuse of a pocket knife stabbed his heart through a spacesuit. Capcom fight me). AHEM, but realistically? After all these years like, I'm fine to neutral w/ whatever I was dissatisfied with in 5 and 6, there wasn't anything (aside from that stupid little pocket knife) that bothered me enough to stick around in my memory, or, if I do remember it, still bothers me vehemently.

Now, will Capcom return to old plotlines, or will they go batshit and try something new? Well, who knows. I'm a tangential fan to Capcom's Resident Evil series, and have watched RE roller coaster in terms of characters and plotline management, sometimes abandoning beloved characters, sometimes coming back to plot lines or characters no one remembered, so as far as I'm concerned, anything's fair game for any of their flagship series.

Now, I have a ton of documents (theories, notes, story and character ideas, etc.) from the height of my AA obsession circa 2017-18, which this ask prompted me to go and revisit to see what past me was up to, and found I actually wrote up several outlines for potential "AA7 stories" where I did basically just write in everything I personally want (in varying degrees of detail per case). But while I think I had good story outlines (actually I had a ton of fun reading the final outline I had labeled as "the best" and maybe I'll turn it into a whole fic if I ever decide to replay/watch the entire AA series so I can brush up on the lore and characterization), I know it's probably very far off from what we'll get for AA7 realistically.

And like? I'll probably be happy with whatever we do get, even if I don't get my long-desired resolution to AA4. It's been so long...

Anyhow, I'd also absolutely love to hear what you'd like to see in AA7, or just ideas for future AA stuff, once you finish AA6 (I will be very curious about your thoughts on the game as well). It's been a while since I talked AA, due mostly to burnout, but I still have a lot of love for the series, kinda remember the spark I used to have for it, and it's been fun getting a fresh perspective from your posts about your experience with the series.

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17, 26, 29 for the ask game! (about either Homestuck or Ace Attorney, what you like more)

I'll do both, because why not

17.) Dumbest part of the worldbuilding

Homestuck: That highbloods live longer than lowbloods. Any fantasy racism plot where one race is more overpowered than another is completely missing the point, in my opinion. It gives in-universe legitimacy to things we are meant to perceive as racist.

Ace Attorney: Apollo's bracelet. I'm fine with my man having superpowers, but having them be partially triggered by a magic item is making things needlessly complicated, especially since Trucy doesn't have the same bracelet.

26.) A "He would not fucking say that" moment

Homestuck: Davepetasprite. It completely undermines the point of Davesprite's arc, since now he really isn't "The real Dave" Jake's hope powers should have been used here instead, to have a Dave be the hero without actually being the hero.

Ace Attorney: Low hanging fruit, but Maya becoming the Master and that being a good thing. Clashes tonally with the rest of the Fey family plotline.

29.) A ship or headcanon that clearly exists only to simplify fanon.

Homestuck: Honestly, Gamtav. I know it has some canon basis, but its one of those ships where the characters probably won't develop in interesting ways in. It just seems like it mainly exists to keep the two of them out of the way for Davekat and Vrisrezi.

Ace Attorney:

Horrifically abusive Manfred Von Karma. I don't think he was a good parent by any means, but the way most people write him makes AA1 feel like less of a gut punch. If he was beating Edgeworth and Franziska for every tiny mistake, then Edgeworth would be less suprised/horrified at the outcome of the trial.

Instead, I see him as more neglectful and distant. He doesn't demand perfection, but he sure only talks to you when you've won his attention.

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Who is your favorite character from every Ace Attorney game?

For me its:

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Maya Fey

Ace Attorney: Justice For All - Pearl Fey

Ace Attorney: Trials And Tribulations - Ron DeLite

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Trucy Wright

Ace Attorney Investigations - Kay Faraday

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - Sebastian Debeste

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies - Bobby Fulbright (not the Phantom tho)

Ace Attorney: Spirit Of Justice - Nahyuta Sahdmadhi (I like characters with missed potential

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - Susato Mikotoba

SUSATO SWEEP!!!!! It's really hard for me to pick, like, favourite favourite characters from each game; I like them all so much <3 But just as an instinctive list, I'd go (under the cut because it got long):

AA:PW - I almost never talk about him, but I really love AA1 Edgeworth. I would say Larry, because I love Larry so much, or even Phoenix because. Guy of all time, but I think it really is Edgeworth. Got through 3/4 of the game going, "I need this man dead", and then spent the last 1/4 fighting so hard to save him, I was screaming for most of the case. Truly one of THE character arcs in video games. I also really like Cody Hackins and April May <3 I hope we see them again.

AA:JfA - Pearlsy is my little darling girl, and she ties with Franziska for obvious reasons, but you know who I think is extremely underrated in this game? Gumshoe. He's one of the few who can really sympathise with Phoenix's grief and Franziska's, he's compassionate, extremely helpful, SUPER cool with some fantastic lines and he saves Maya at the end!! JfA is the Gumshoe game to me; I love him so much. In terms of those exclusive to this game's cases, Mimi Miney takes it for me. I adore her.

AA:T&T - IRIS MY BELOVED!!!! IRIS IRIS IRIS. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, IRIS!!!!! And Dahlia, too <3 Also Viola Cadaverini because she's my world.

AA:AJ - Um... Probably Vera Misham or Alita Tiala? I'm not huge into the main cast, but I find how these two relate and are important to them and their themes extremely interesting, especially with Vera. She's so integral to Phoenix's story, and by extension Apollo and Trucy's, that it's wild to me that she doesn't reappear. Both their character motivations and background are really quite compelling, I feel (I know Alita is just technically a mix of Dahlia and Mimi, but I like both of them so I'm not complaining), and I really wish we got to seen more between Vera and Phoenix. I also like Machi Tobaye a lot.

AA:DD - Ah, we're on to the games I really Do Not Care For. Ummm... I want to give this to Athena, but, honestly, I despised her mechanic (not her fault), and Bobby was the only character really keeping me playing or entertained. So I'll have to give it to Bobby. Robin Newman was really fun, too.

AA:SoJ: Maya. I know this isn't the best depiction of her in the games, but it's her reintroduction into the series, and, despite the less than stellar writing and treatment of her character, she was consistently the one I was happiest to see onscreen. I really wanted to like the Khura'in cast (the first characters in the series to take direct and obvious inspiration from my culture and heritage? I was stoked), but, alas, the colourism and, more importantly, how utterly boring I found them, ruined them for me. I also liked Uendo Toneido as a witness.

AAI - Kay win. I love Kay so much here. She's so fun, and wonderful, and competent, and cool, and honourable, and funny. Kay, you're a dream <3 Also Rhoda Teneiro?? She was so funny??? I loved her as Edgeworth's assistant; I wish we got a bit more time with her. And Detective Badd? And Agent Lang? Calisto Yew? This game had a brilliant cast; I loved them all dearly. Calisto Yew, no one is going to do it like you again. They need to bring her back. For me.

AAI2 - JUSTINE, MY BELOVED!!!! JUSTINE WHO'S SO STRONG AND WHO'S BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH!!!! JUSTINE WHO HAS A SON SHE TOOK IN WHEN SHE WAS STILL IN SCHOOL!!!! JUSTINE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE IN HER OWN WAY!!!! JUSTINE!!!!!!! Also John Marsh and Sebastian <3 They're a family to me. And I don't sleep on Raymond either. He brought a lot to the game (his theme is so good), and it was wonderful to meet Gregory's assistant. Honestly, the Investigation games generally have a really solid cast all around. So many fun characters.

DGS/TGAA - SUSATO-SAN SWEEP!!!!! SHE OBLITERATES THE COMPETITION. ONE OF THE FEW AA CHARACTERS I CAN POINT TO AND SAY, "THAT ONE'S MY FAVOURITE". But Ryuunosuke is my favourite defence attorney, and DGS Sherlock is my favourite adaptation of Holmes ever <3 This game is another whose cast I think just kills it the whole way through. Everyone was such a joy to meet and interact with. Hosonaga, the Skulkin Brothers, Nikola... Natsume Soseki was a shocking and utter delight <3 Shamspeare was hysterical. Olive Green was heartbreaking (I really love the gas case). But yes. Susato-san <3 Her <33

PLvsPW - Bonus one because I needed to put the main guy, the original man somewhere on the list <3 Phoenix, I love you so much. Genuinely, this game has so many great Phoenix moments, and him being a highly enthusiastic baker was phenomenal. I loved him so much here (the entire main cast was fantastic), and he had so many great moments with Maya and Luke that really showcased who he is and let him shine next to the Professor. PLvsPW, I will always love you. Game of all time, which helped set up so much of what would come in DGS, and it deserves all the respect for that alone. Stellar experience.