#nickandmaya

[turnaboutfix]

what a trio of fun american citizens

[distanttraceofbeauty]

my gorgeous low quality wife (and maya fey) in HD for anyone who hasn't seen them yet

[demonadelem]

A bestfriendship doesn't have to be codified or stuffed into nuclear found family dynamics to be deep. Sometimes good friends can be good friends without seeing eachother as pseudo siblings.

HOWEVER let me make one thing clear, Maya does actually see Phoenix as her brother.

[l-i-n-u-s-k-a]

I love the difference in their dynamics

[dpurut]

was cleaning out my 2021 folder and found a Maya in there. releasing her into the wild

art ig- @acepostale :)

[platonic-pals-punchout]

Epithet Erased (webshow & lite novel) | Ace Attorney (video game series & anime)

[This poll was made by silly mistake on the part of the tournament runner, who misread the bracket. Sorry! It won't count towards the overall tournament. Followers have voted to make Gio/Molly PPP's mascots if they win tho!]

Giovanni Potage & Molly Blyndeff:

1. THEY’RE SO SILLYYYYYYY i love them. they’re such a prime example of friendship with an age gap in media, which, i think needs to happen a bit more. i have friends older than me! i have friends younger than me! and also they’re just. goofy. silly 2. Would any friendship bracket truly be complete without this dynamic duo? She’s a serious an disillusioned elementary school student, resigned to her miserable lot in life after years of neglect and doing her family’s taxes. He’s a wacky and optimistic teenager turned supervillain, here to sweep her away from her abusive family. Together, they commit CRIMES! 3. She is an anxious child who has the power to dumb down noises or impacts to help her deal with the literal everything in her life, as she has to balance school and her family’s toy store, especially as her father and sister seem to prioritize their own selves and not care about the family as a whole. Molly is like 11 or something and has to do her family’s taxes! He is a villainous mastermind!…well, he says he is. In actuality, Giovanni is a captain in the Bonzai Blasters, with ambitions of being promoted to Vice Principal…or even Associate Justice or Valedictorian! (Yes. This is how that system is organized) But unlike the rest, he prioritizes the wellbeing of his minions above all else. He’s comfortable with his masculinity, as he knits for his minions and packs them all some soup in case they get hungry. Oh! He also has the power of soup. He can make soup, make steam of soup, and every 13th physical hit from him deals critical damage (that has nothing to do with soup. It’s just what he does). After a heist gone wrong, these two meet, and Giovanni adopts Molly as one of his minions (giving her the minion name “Beartrap”, on account of her bear hoodie. She likes bears). Together, they thwart/do a heist and steal a valuable amulet. Giovanni also distances Molly from the Banzais when the cops show up, so she will not have to worry about legal troubles. Not spoiling much about the book (Prison of Plastic, go read it), but Giovanni continues to stand up for Molly against her family, who continues to write her off. He tries to get her sister to connect with her and soften up. He can’t do much with the dad because he sucks. Giovanni makes sure Molly knows how cool she is as a person and that she doesn’t let herself be walked all over by other people. He helps her stand up for herself, and in turn, she helps him with crime.

Maya Fey & Phoenix Wright:

1. Quite frankly I don’t think they will win. They are constantly being tormented and experiencing the horrors and this poll would be no different. 2. they literally cannot die no matter what hell canon puts them through. fall off that bridge n cliff to a deathly boy! get kidnapped like 4 times girl! when she gets kidnapped like the first time, they had to make a new sprite for Phoenix coz he didn’t look devasted and depressed enough. Power of friendship though! and she is OKI! :) 3. The most iconic attorney and assistant pair in the series. Phoenix canonically ran onto a burning bridge to try to save Maya when she was in danger. His call with her got cut off once and he left the country to go make sure she was safe. She’s been kidnapped twice to be used as leverage against him and both times she was more worried about him than herself. She once jumped in front of a taser to try to protect him. He’s also defended her from murder accusations like four times. Their relationship defines the original game trilogy even more than the Wright-Edgeworth relationship does. Other Ace Attorney games wish they could replicate this dynamic. They got added to a fighting game as a single unit where they work together to fight. They both think they’re the reasonable one in this friendship, despite neither of them actually deserving that title.

Note: This blog is run & followed by aromantics. Insisting any pairs are ~actually romantic~ will not only cause you to be blocked on the spot, but you’ll out yourself as someone not safe to be queer around. No one wants to hear how stupid you look with those shipping goggles on.

[nay-lon]

[adapotata]

Yesss! I just played this part and I love it!

i will literally never stop thinking about phoenix saying "note to self: gossip with maya about this later!" when he finds out about gumshoe having a crush on maggey

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[distanttraceofbeauty]

society if nick and maya had a dedicated fandom-wide besties tag the way the von karma siblings do 

[turnaboutfix]

Pardon me I'd like to add to this pile xoxo

They have no boundaries and I love them for that

i just think the lack of personal space phoenix & maya have in every piece of media they're in is so funny. at any given moment in time maya is clinging onto his arm like a squeaky toy and jumping in his face and phoenix is hovering over her shoulder to see whatever she's reading and letting her nap on him and there is simply no way they don't poke each other in the sides to be annoying and ruffle each other's hair at every given opportunity and there is no way maya doesn't jump on phoenix's back 24/7 demanding a piggyback ride and phoenix grumbles about it nonstop but always gives in anyway

[demonadelem]

One of my favourite Ace Attorney headcanons is how Maya and Phoenix came to consider each other as siblings.

So in turnabout goodbyes, when Maya and Larry meet for the first time, he mistakes Maya as Phoenix's little sister and it never gets corrected.

I believe that Maya and Phoenix went along with tricking Larry for months, until it wasn't a joke anymore and they genuinely considered each other siblings.

One day, Larry meets Pearl and overhears her say that Maya and Phoenix are together, only then do they finally reveal it was a prank.

[trucygoose]

favorite aa ships?

Platonically? Nickandmaya, Wright-Anything-Agency gang, Phoenix and Franziska, Luke Atmey and Adrian Andrews, Trucy and Pearl.

Romantically? Franmaya, Fradrian, Verocky, definitely more that i cant think of rightnow

Familialy? Fey family, von Karmas, and the Kitakis :>

[vonpharma]

w[h]ip wednesday!

i had a 3 day breakdown about how slow i am writing these sicktember fills but i think i'm fine now. here's some from my day 4! wheeeeeeee god i hope i finish in time.

here's nick and maya

“Hey,” says Phoenix, angling around the side of his computer monitor to stare at her, “what’s your problem?”

Smooth.

Maya turns her head like she’s moving through wet cement, big brown eyes looking less like they belong on a girl and more like they belong on a baby seal. 

“My life is over.”

“Has your life been over all day?” Phoenix asks. “Or just since we got back to the office?”

“I was distracted earlier,” Maya says, voice small, “but it’s too quiet in here. I can hear my thoughts now.”

“Bummer.” Phoenix rolls away from his desk awkwardly, an honest attempt to be a little physically closer to her. “Wanna tell me what’s wrong?”

“You don’t wanna hear it.” Maya looks away. “You always cover your ears whenever I bring it up.”

“Oh.” He lays his arms lazily atop his thighs, averting his eyes in tandem. “Girl problems?”

Maya makes a noise that sounds vaguely like a dying animal.

“Franziska problems?”

She turns toward the backrest of the couch, nestling her face firmly in the space where it meets the cushions. There’s a bit of a tug in Phoenix’s heart, like he’s somehow let her down. 

“Maya, you know I’m just playing around when I give you shit, right? If you need a shoulder to cry on, I can… uh… well, I’ve—I’ve got shoulders?”

She turns back around, pouting. Her hair’s a mess from a long day of investigation, windblown and wild on the back of his bike. Flyaways creep out of her beads and topknot, making her look more than a little haggard. 

“Aw, c’mon, Nick, what do you know about women?”

“I know women!” His brow scrunches defensively. “I’ve been known to dabble. In dating a woman or two.”

“Yeah, how’d that work out for you?”

“I’m on hiatus.” He waves a hand. “It’s a personal choice.”

“Uh huh.” Maya sits up, then, unintentionally mirroring him. Looking down, she fiddles with the tail of her obi’s bow. “I don’t know. I thought I had such mad game, but I think I fucked up somehow.”

“You wanna tell me what’s eating you?” says Phoenix. “Did you and Franziska have a fight, or?”

“I wish!” She looks directly at him, now. “Everything was going great, Nick! We went on that picnic at the lake. Looked at the cherry blossoms. I got to listen to her talk about dorky shit for hours! We made fun of Edgeworth! She picked a bunch of petals out of my hair and was blushing the whole time! I was gonna ask if I could kiss her but I got distracted by a dog! And then she also got distracted by the dog! And then we pet the dog! Did you know she’s allergic to dogs? It’s really cute, actually, she—”

“Maya,” Phoenix interrupts, snapping his fingers erratically, “focus.”

“I thought I was charming the pants offa her,” Maya whines. “I was for sure gonna try and make it official next time I saw her, but…”

“But what?”

“She just completely iced me out!” It’s subtle, but Phoenix sees the beginnings of tears start to well in Maya’s eyes. She fights with all she is to let annoyance take their place. “Like, did you notice that? I kept trying to chat her up at investigation today, and every time she just avoided me like the plague!”

“Huh,” Phoenix says, straightening up a bit as he leans back in his desk chair, “yeah, that was weird. D’you think it was because you were with me? Franziska’s not exactly fond of me.”

Maya shakes her head. “I snuck off and caught her alone. She made up some excuse about running behind schedule and just… dipped on me.”

“How do you know she made it up?”

“Because it’s Franziska!” Maya throws a hand up in exasperation. “She doesn’t do behind schedule. Twenty bucks, she’s never been late for anything in her life.”

Leaning her head back against the couch, Maya casts her gaze skyward, toward the high, tiled ceilings and their buzzy fluorescents. The dust that’s gathered on the vents is suddenly the most interesting thing in the whole law firm. 

“This sucks, Nick,” she says, voice wavering. “I like her so much, and I know she likes me too. I keep replaying everything in my head wondering what I could’ve done or said wrong.”

Unconsciously, Phoenix finds himself mirroring her—spine straight, back against the chair. He’s got one palm at his chin, though, eyes elsewhere as he’s deep in thought. 

“That doesn’t add up,” he says after a moment’s pause. “Franziska isn’t… avoidant, at all. She usually speaks her mind pretty freely, yeah?”

“That’s what’s got me worried,” Maya looks back to him. “Like, how badly did I fuck up that she’s acting this out of character about it?”

“I think there’s probably just something we’re missing here,” Phoenix carries on, brow still knit tight as he considers variables and ideas. “Maybe I can get her to talk to you.”

“You’d do that for me?” Maya jolts forward suddenly to stand, the beads around her neck clinking together with a pleasant discordance. “Even though she’s probably gonna attack you?”

“It’s Franziska. She’s gonna attack me anyways. Might as well get something worthwhile out of it.”

“Oh, Nick, thankyouthankyouthankyou!” 

Phoenix is a hair’s breadth away from getting knocked out of his chair when Maya launches herself at him like a missile. It teeters backwards ominously before crashing back down, and he doesn’t have the time to thank any various deities for allowing him to live, because then he’s in one of Maya’s world-renowned death-grip bearhugs. She hugs like she’s on a mission to squeeze the air from his lungs, not helped at all by the fact that he’s got a mouthful of her hair as well. Wheezing, Phoenix makes a half-hearted attempt to hug her back.

After what feels like forever, she loosens around him a touch, pulls back and sniffles away what were almost tears. Phoenix takes a nice, big, beautiful gulp of air and swipes his fingers messily through his hair. 

“Hey, um…” Maya says as he’s fixing himself up. “Is it okay if I sit tomorrow out? I can do paperwork or take calls or whatever you need, I just… don’t feel like I’ll be much help in court tomorrow.”

“Yeah, don’t worry about it.” He smiles. “I’m sure I can handle a trial or two without you there to periodically kick me under the bench.”

“You gotta, like, stub your toe a couple times in my honour, okay?” Maya puts her hands on her hips. “Can’t have you getting cocky.”

“I’m already gonna be covered in twice as many welts as usual.” He rolls his eyes. “Hey, when you and Franziska get married or whatever, do you think you can convince her to invest in a stim toy instead of maiming me in a court of law?”

“Guess that depends on if you’re successful tomorrow!” Maya places a hand on her hip, grinning with her teeth. “Knock ‘em dead, Nick. And thanks.”

“‘Course,” he says. “Can’t have my best employee working with a broken heart.”

[trucygoose]

@firebugging

funny doodle

[platonic-pals-punchout]

The Locked Tomb (book series) | Ace Attorney (video game series + anime)

Palamedes Sextus & Camilla Hect:

they are deeply, insanely devoted to each other. also camilla is a very very good sword fighter, and pal can outthink most people

Maya Fey & Phoenix Wright:

1. Quite frankly I don’t think they will win. They are constantly being tormented and experiencing the horrors and this poll would be no different. 2. they literally cannot die no matter what hell canon puts them through. fall off that bridge n cliff to a deathly boy! get kidnapped like 4 times girl! when she gets kidnapped like the first time, they had to make a new sprite for Phoenix coz he didn’t look devasted and depressed enough. Power of friendship though! and she is OKI! :) 3. The most iconic attorney and assistant pair in the series. Phoenix canonically ran onto a burning bridge to try to save Maya when she was in danger. His call with her got cut off once and he left the country to go make sure she was safe. She’s been kidnapped twice to be used as leverage against him and both times she was more worried about him than herself. She once jumped in front of a taser to try to protect him. He’s also defended her from murder accusations like four times. Their relationship defines the original game trilogy even more than the Wright-Edgeworth relationship does. Other Ace Attorney games wish they could replicate this dynamic. They got added to a fighting game as a single unit where they work together to fight. They both think they’re the reasonable one in this friendship, despite neither of them actually deserving that title.

Note: This blog is run & followed by aromantics. Insisting any pairs are ~actually romantic~ will not only cause you to be blocked on the spot, but you’ll be outed as someone not safe to be queer around. No one wants to hear how stupid you look with those shipping goggles on.