#not that im complaining! i love my gay puppets very much

[koifsssh]

for that one wally fan i keep seeing on my dash and making me laugh with their posts, i think theyre very silly

this shall be a secret drawing (nobody tell them) (if you do i will be sad) (not really if anything amused) (hehe!)

[puppet-purgatory]

you won't post 1 headcanon for every puppet. you wont

i WILL. AND i'll do it in chronological order from appearance (more or less). but it will be under a readmore after the first season so i dont interrupt anyones scrollin

The Professor: i think in addition to growing a bit from Dino DNA(tm) he also has feathers now. just some feathers in there with his fur. maybe even molts and is miserable about it

Death: he plays guitar And piano, but just as a hobby. he's like a salaryman who had a garage band as a teenager and never fully gave up on the dream

Propeller: propeller SADSTUCK: i think he legitimately had to go to therapy for the britannica shit that happened. PH feels like it would be that realistic about mental health tbh

Big Pile of Diamonds: his mustache is fake. his greatest secret. his greatest shame.

God: he actually really likes to dance! unfortunately next 2 no one will do it since... The Incident

Train: does he not have a better name... maybe put a mr. in front of there... anyway he feels betrayed by the U.S. since they gave up the train model for highways/interstates and the motorcar industry. gets REALLY heated about it

Mt. Vesuvius: has a bunch of speeches given by famous latin authors and orators memorized, but sometimes he mashes them up without realizing/misattributes which one was written by whom. old man moments

Hatshepsut's Goose: can't remember what their gender was in life. that's fine, they love being a nonbinary icon. AMAB (Assigned Mummy at (em)Balming)

Clipped Coin: dodges the spool's wrath by being unflappable and so down to earth despite his apparent success. truly the king of staying in his own lane

Olympic Torch: hes a cranky piece of shit and only really enjoys sporting competition. he was complaining about being in the group puzzle photo so god just picked him up and he went ffffffffffine. okay. ill smile for 2 seconds

Gay Oars: i think they Also went to therapy, mostly relationship counseling, and now they are back and better than Ever. unbreakable bond. im abt to pen a whole ass comic series about them getting married in purgatory

Policarpa's Spool: still thinks of himself as a spy type, but there's only so much spying he can do in... purgatory. of course, his primary nemesis is the treasure chest.

Lake Donner Snowman: idk if this counts as a headcanon per se but in my very short list where i recast the puppets as famous singers, he is ABSOLUTELY voiced by Weird Al Yankovic.

St. Nick's Wet Bones: sort of taking the whole purgatory thing in stride. he kinda feels like he's in retirement! now he's a minor agent of chaos who's looked after by his darling Pickle Boys

Beast of Gevaudan: i was so sad when the infinitiger wasn't real, i wanted them to have a cooking show together so badly and destroy the horse's self-esteem. i love him. hes so abominably french

Stool of Gold: well-traveled, well-read, literally just as sensible as the Book or the Oars, but finds the chaos entertaining to spectate.

Ziryab's Oud: I think that the puppets have divvied up the whole Wondrium Arena and all have designated Living Areas, and he has a whole dressing room filled with shitty costumes he can't even wear. every time someone knocks he answers like hes on MTV's Cribs.

Bye Bye Brothers: they live in the orchestral pit and treat it like a secret lair. only other Murderer Puppets are allowed in. EXCLUSIVE club

Flower Boat: GNC Icon. this is a flower boat stan account. jenuinely a wholesome, emotional vessel doing their best to pitch in.

Molasses Horse: you can wash him as much as you want, that shit always just comes back somehow. the book theorizes it's psychosomatic at this point, since they're technically only souls at this point.

Tiny Piece of Wheat: bro i bet they went through SUCH phases after finding out about the professor's death. like all five stages of grief and then four more that have not yet been discovered by humans. dw kiddo, u got Grandparents incoming

Emu: the type of guy to fistfight you and then help you up. laid back but ready to throw down at a MOMENT'S notice. has no beef with the Wheat, but generally avoids them to keep from any Upsets.

Treasure Chest: has a little list of get-rick-quick schemes he wants to test, but has no way to in purgatory. he has one braincell bouncing around in his head like the DVD logo

Scabs & Pus: they get to hang out with the Bye Bye Brothers in their little club :) they're gross dudes to look at and be around. but they are ultimately harmless and friendly and just happy to be included.

Book: i love da book. I think he lives in the music library backstage and finds librettos for stageplays/musicals to pitch to the group to put on, as well as produces their little TV shows.

Birch Trees: since they share a root system, they have a telepathic link and communicate without even speaking, which is fucking creepy as hell when one or both of them just start laughing out of nowhere. they probably enjoy acting sinister

Asmodeus: he worked HARD on his song for the show!!!!! i think he's a bit of a ham sometimes when he gets the chance. also his goat head bites literally anything that comes close on reflex.

The Devil: while everything he does is to get souls, it also feels like he wants for positive and is less an Enemy of God and more an Irritating Coworker. in my brain they have a whole Tom and Jerry thing going on.

I don't have anything for the Fake Puppets the Substitute impersonated, but im planning on drawing some infinitiger soon bc he was my fave for sure

The Substitute: this is PURELY crack but i think it would be hilarious if he had voice commands like some tech does. i want him to climb back in the window and ryan just yells XBOX TURN OFF and he vanishes.

Dino Dad/Dinosir: i think even after he gets to the present and learns about all kinds of rocks and gems and crystals he Still just loves a big old rock he can lay on and sun himself with. like a dad and his armchair. doesnt gotta be fancy, just has to be comfy.

Dino Mom/Dinosara: i think she would be REALLY into the fake tv shows the puppets in the Wondrium Arena make. and they'd probably Love to have her as a fan. i think both the professor's parents are Hella popular.

[veldian]

tell us more of ur think tank hcs i personally am at the edge of my seat

HELL YEAH ALRIGHT HERE WE GO. some of these might be against canon in some way but that's your fault for trusting me with this

ALSO, AS USUAL, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. THIS GOT VERY LONG. when i think about the tanks i go fuckin wild with it

starting with pride headcanons to get the ball rolling

all the tanks are nonbinary, but additionally, dala is a trans woman and 0 is a trans man

8 hates gender he fucking hates it. every day he wakes up and says "today i will make gender my bitch" and then he does. he says this in the game too you just don't know cuz he only speaks in static (don't factcheck this)

if you ask 8 what pronouns she uses, they will shrug and give you a "i dunno" noise. sometimes it'll make a non-committal hand movement and some unintelligible noises. good luck

god this bitch (borous) is gay! good for him! good for him.

he's also intersex! i don't remember where we got that hc but i like it and im holding onto it

okay but borous calls himself bi because yeah Men, but he also loves dala very much and doesn't want to misgender her. also as previously stated, 8's main goal is to confuse everyone about their gender so the tanks all stick with mspec labels to be on the safe side. you never know what'll happen. gender is a ticking time bomb

bi gang: klein, borous, 0

pan gang: dala, mobius

don't ask her about any of her identities she doesn't know the answer either: 8

have i gone off about polytank dynamics enough? i don't think so

8 and dala started dating first because horny bitches gravitate towards each other. they can also "pass" as a "straight couple" so hopefully no one at work will look at them and call them slurs. hopefully

klein and borous knocked things out of the park for being the first gay scientists ever

8 and dala became polyam icons and pulled 0 in. trans bitches gravitate towards each other

klein and borous did the same with mobius. bitches with facial hair gravitate towards each other

???????

idk and then all six of them started dating somehow. the end

somewhere along the way klein and 8 were like "i like you a little too much" and now they're inseparable

okay anyway. misc hcs

ive mentioned this before but when i pretend everything is in modern times, 0 is a tiktokker and he thrives on the attention and making fun of his coworkers on the internet

"watching steven universe repeatedly when i felt even slightly bad transed my gender" - doctor 8 old world blues

i just remembered i made a carrd for the tanks as if they were kinnies in their early to mid 20s

8 kinned pearl su. borous kinned werewolf cookie. 0 kinned rimmer red dwarf. mobius kinned... morbius forbidden planet. obviously. klein refused to put his kins on it. DID DALA KIN FROM DANGANRONPA

i think at one point we had a half-joking hc where klein gets nauseous if he sees blood

and then that changed to he can't see others blood, only his own

while borous can't see his own blood, but he's fine seeing other ppl's

i know borous said that gabe barked at everyone, but i think gabe trusts the other tanks because he knows borous does

borous set up a kissing booth with gabe. the crowd goes wild

when the tanks get together they usually go to klein's. he's the leader or something. also he has a fucking bar in his house.

he complains about them the whole time but you can really tell he loves having people over. why else would he deck his house out like that? he LOVES hosting stuff. house husband

if you saw my chart where i said klein would rather die than do dishes, i was so wrong. his house is pristine. its easily the cleanest

klein's love language is acts of service. he goes over to his partners' houses when they feel awful and clean stuff up for them when they can't. he also makes them food if they want it. he only complains a little, but you can tell he's mostly teasing

did you know klein has five mugs in his kitchen in-game. he's literally prepared to host his partners at any given moment.

the group have learned that letting 8 come over when their house is a mess is a Huge mistake. it goes from 8 trying to help "tidy up" to "im going to put your books and albums in alphabetical order by artist also your clothes are going to be hue-sorted"

"8 why are there only 8 books on each of my bookshelves"

"it looks better"

"it literally does not"

8 can no longer stomach going into 0's house

on the other hand, 0 hates staying in 8's house. the ticking of all their clocks is sensory hell

on 80 date nights they have to do rock-paper-scissors for which house they go to. or they go out. they love each other but their houses drive the other fucking nuts

oh speaking of their houses. yes dala said she didn't like Literal Teddy Bears but that is null and void considering she has teddies in her house

and she has 5 on her bed. five of them :)

she named all of them after her partners! its mostly cute but there is a slight bit of concern because they know what she does with them <__<

not that 8 has any place to judge. mobius found batteries under its pillow once. all 8 said was "they can vibrate." mobius regrets touching them.

i don't know what to say about dala's mannequins i don't have anything funny im just scared

WHY ARE 0 AND KLEIN THE ONLY ONES WITH BATHROOMS IT DRIVES ME INSANE 0'S BATHTUB ISNT EVEN LAYING DOWN ITS AGAINST THE WALL WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT GENERATOR IN HIS BATHROOM DO THE OTHER TANKS JUST SHIT OUTSIDE I'M SEEING RED

mobius and 0 are both into robotics, and they worked together to make muggy, so they've had date nights where they mainly tinker with electronic things.

0 gets very excited when he makes a breakthrough, and seeing that warms mobius's heart. mobius made a habit of kissing 0 on the forehead or squeezing 0 into a hug when they figure things out.

(0 remembers he likes men.) 😳

dala/klein date nights are essentially just them drinking and gossiping chatting

i asked polycule for some more, so here are ones from your local think tank kinnies

borous -

"klein and borous both like classical music in very different ways. klein mostly likes it to feel smart (see: wheatley) but he just started associating it with the others so it felt nicer And borous just likes it bc hes borous"

klein also likes jazz, but so do all the rest of them

8 has a cochlear implant

"dala likes dressing up to look pretty (see: runway) but is personally embarrassed by it (until she gets encouragement) bc she feels like the others dont support that"

"0 loves collecting and reading those stupid magazines with the birthday party products and themes that ud wanna buy from as a kid but are way too expensive"

"mobius has a secret love for puppetry and will try to bring it up sometimes whenever he can. hes made 3 separate sets of the other tanks as puppets and they freak 0 out"

"borous, in an attempt to better his faults, has started learning from dala and 8 on how to take care of plants instead of what he did before. his basement turns into a cool little green house cozy cuddle area"

"to add on: 8 gardens to cope whenever hes alone bc (projects onto ur kin) he mood drops very fast when alone"

"mobius likes dressing in cozy sweaters and fancy stuff"

0 -

"0 doesn't like anal that much" (thanks.)

dala -

"their new rap album called boyz in the tanks" (THANKS.)

and to top things off, :) here are the normal names for them all, created primarily by our borous kinnie

klein - Ernest Klein (nicknamed ernie)

mobius - Wilbert Mobius (nicknamed bert)

borous - James H. Borous (nicknamed jamie)

dala - Dala Theodore (HER NICKNAME IS TEDDY ITS GENIUS)

8 - Emmett Handley (nicknamed 8 + emmy)

0 - Robert O'Barrick (nicknamed 0/O + robbie (HIM SHARING HOUSE'S NAME IS INTENTIONAL. HE'S TRANS HE PICKED HIS NAME WHY DID HE DO THIS))

[homoerotic-swordplay]

I’m going to live blog my rewatch of The Untamed because im alone and gay.

Episode 8^

-tfw you can’t say goodbye to /either/ of your boyfriends before going back home

-i can’t believe Wei Wuxian literally just throws a rabbit into Jiang Cheng’s arms.

-they’re so cute 😭😭😭😭😭

-lightning storms must be nuts in the Cloud Recesses forreal

-“gone night hunting 🙂”

-Lan Wangji looks /breathtaking/ in those robes. That shade of blue? Incredible. He really does have the reputation of one of the two most beautiful cultivators to uphold after all

-That boat is so tiny how romantic~ I bet WWX complained the entire time about it being cramped

-say what you want about the Wen clan and being evil, but if i got to have a cool cloud/mist/smoke bird to spy on people id be pretty morally corrupt too

-i like seeing when WWX’s talismans are blue and not red, idk how often it happens but it’s a good colour for him when he’s happy

-im CACKLING I love Nie Hauisang so fuking much his laugh is so good

-the bros™️ are back babbyyyyy both of them going “eeehhhhhhhh????” with those shit eating grins and LWJ’s soul is just leaving his body in the bg.

-Nie Huaisang sees LWJ: *war flashbacks to how many times they got punished for drinking and being shitheads* WWX: “oh dont worry hes like super chill now”

-the music and set design for Lotus Pier makes me have so many emotionssss its so prettyy

-“i thought you two were incompatible” Nie Huaisang checks LWJ & WWXs horoscopes daily to make sure LWJ is a good match for his bro

-ahh he’s so good with Lan Wangji bringing him closer to the crowd after that bright smile 😭 “its ok, not that crowded” he’s just so happy to be with LWJ

-Wei Wuxian is so touchy and clingy with anyone he’s close to it’s no wonder Lan Zhan is just in a constant state of gay panic when theyre alone haha he’s not ready to have him hanging off his shoulder 24/7

-“hey, uh, not to be gay but your boyfriend is really hot, dude.” “I agree, my boyfriend is super hot. I wonder if he’s single.”

-*longing stares INTENSIFY*

-man i /hate/ this dude, this isn’t some Yin Iron measuring contest.

-this poor waiter, but like, Wen Qing really has more braincells than all of the main cast combined

-“are you making fun of me?” “I am, what are you going to do lil’ baby, cry about it?” “Yeah”

-don’t put Suibian between your legs like your riding a broom absansnxjsnans

-Wei Wuxian’s natural sense for feeling ~*spooky*~ things is a very good character point. Literally since his first day meeting LWJ he’s shown this, knowing without any context that the possessed guy wasn’t actually dead etc.

-imagine going into an unexplored cave for the first time and just finding a fully detailed statue without any explanation. Yeah- I’d definitely think that was haunted too.

- ~scary cave bonding time with the boys~

-WWX looking over at LWJ while restraining the statue screams “is he looking at me? Do i look cool? Does he see me being strong and protecting him?”

-im so genuinely confused at how big this statue is supposed to be

-even before he started using demonic cultivation, WWX’s aura is shown as black/red, I wonder if the cgi team just didn’t bother making it different or maybe that’s just a flex on how much of a Goth™️ Wei Wuxian really is even on the inside.

-i love love love crowd acting and seeing the few people doing the bare minimum to pass in a shot. Its something I recommend everyone pay close attention to cause sometimes its really funny

-thank god there wasn’t a fourth door for the puppets to gently punch their way through.

-“did we just fall into a trap” does liking Nie Huaisang make me a morosexual

[quonit-aceattorney]

2.3 Reaction

Rules:

Q = Me, Quonit.

BF = Bardic Feline, the friend that made me spend 30 dollars on the game and whom I am messaging

I don’t use those when I send the messages close enough my username doesn’t appear.

Any typos (unless they are funny and part of the conversation) will be fixed.

Index

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(Direct continuation of 2.2 Reaction)

"Turnabout Big Top"

what

what is that name

what

pffft

Q: should I start it today or wait

BF: It’s a circus case Hahahaha

Q: oh my god I already love it

BF: Your client is hilarious, btw

Q: i wanna play it now

oh no there will me an acident here

why did he just clip though it

nvm

december 2017?

taking pearl to the circus why not

Q: wait am I raising this child now

I AM SATISFIED

BF: Yeah! The fourth case takes place in March of 2018

Q: NICE

march 20th is the first day

I still feel bad that I missed it

BF: Yep!

Q: on that day I was like "I will make art for this one day and I will pretend it is that day and say "well I bought ace attorney that day just to play that case"

BF: Lol it’s fine. The whole real world date thing was more of an in joke with the fandom

Q: joke how dare you

BF: Because when these games were released, this was the far off future!

Q: I for some reason may attention to timelines in shows haha AND NOW THE FUTURE IS HERE

I bet you thought I would like this case because I said I wanted to raise somebody and now I do

(hahahaha)

Q: it's been 6 months still nobody has told her "hey we aren't dating"

december 28th... a year sense I last saw edgy...

Q: ugh I'm going to have to help another one of your TV show people for the third case right Maya

he sounds like metteton

excuse me but I played Undertale first

ya he reminds me of metteton haha

Q: so he's never out of character

wonderful

Max is throwing cards everywhere who si going to pick it up

oh my god hahaha

Q: this guy is fun

Q: I can't go to any magic shows because they freak me out. "Okay but what is that person ACTUALLY DROWNS"

Q: hey i have the lying thing still

Phoenix has a tendency to copy other people's speech in this game

my attourny badge is being useful in this game

Me: Fabulous, but a jerk Me: Just like Mettaton! I should stop

BF: He is very Mettaton like though!

And lol yes the magatama is yours forever

Q: yessss

wait it goes through different games???

Can I examine the evidence again or did they remove that feature because I miss it

aww okay I'll help you

why did i just throw the ds what

Q: I've never been to the circus enterence how come I can see it

Q: crap i almost got mauled by a tiger

Q: 

Girl: :pops on screen: 

My immediate thought: I HATE you. 

Me: Why was that the first thing I thought

Q: I hate her apparently

Q: If your dad was killed then why are you so happy and willing to let me die

Q:

Phoenix: It's tough not to get charmed when she's looking at you with those eyes 

Those soul-piecing... evil... murderous eyes...

Q:

Regina: I'm worried by so many things right now!!! 

Ya sure

I'm being mean to these characters for fun it's fine

I don't see why so many people hate it yet

Q:

Maya: That's because everyone think's your cute! Regina: No... I'm not cute... you are!!! Using your charm to get these people under your control huh? Well it won't work on me! Wait crap me and Phoenix are different people

Q: 

Me: I need to get an opinion on edgy x phoenix 

Me: Crackship that I can make fun of 

Brain: alright time to avoid the fandom like the plague just like that other show you watched 

Alright now that that is done time for me to allow myself to make jokes about it

Q:

Maya: She seems to be a hit with the men in the circus! 

Phoenix: Ya she must have this weird special power over them! 

Me: Please let that last like me sarcasm and please don't be that dumb

Maya: Even I want to profess my love to her! 

FINALLY LESBIANS

Q:

now my next crackship: Maya and whoever this girl is. I like this girl 700x more because of that line.

i actually love this case

Q:

Maya: You may not know this, but that's called a ''tailcoat'' Phoenix: and you may not know this but this is the face of somebody who already knew that I am proud of phoenix

Q: this case is great

Q: why would people ever hate it

Q: We've got a human metteton and gays what more do you need

Q: Oh ya I forgot that in the majority of places it snows

finally gumshoe I was wondering where you were

Maya: Nick! Nick! He complained! Me: OH YA YOU'RE RIGHT THIS IS WEIRD

I forgot to tell you earlier but I decided that if Pearl is going to ship me and maya im going to ship her and cody

Q: they are both 8 at this point so

why would von karma take a case like this

whatever it's a funny idea

Gumshoe: What do you have to worry about? You only have to see her in court! at first I thought that was funny like he was making a joke and then I realized it's much worse than that

OH MY GOD WE'RE FINALLY BRINGING UP EDGEWORHT

THANK YOU MAYA

guys please :(

I miss edgy...

Gumshoe: Died out in the cold... pretty sad way to die if you ask me Me: The chickies... I'm sad now

Q: he needs a bunch of props to fly did the police really arrest him because they wanted to know how he flew

Q: Actually I made up a think with my brother earlier that could fit here 

Maya: Can't you just call edgeworth? 

Phoenix: all my of contacts were deleted, remember? 

Maya: ...I'm tempted to think that maybe that first case was you're fault so that later I wouldn't ask about edgy 

Phoenix: hahahaha :deletes contacts again: what a silly idea

BF: hahah

Q: I like this case hahaha

BF: good! I'll be interested to see how you feel after the first trial segment

Q: when I got the silk hat I immediately wondered how Phoenix would look in it and if he can weird it to court and then I thought "no what is wrong with me"

who is the witness that eyed

Q: you do know that the prosecution is the daughter of MANFRED VON KARMA, ONE OF THE TWO (or three if you count me) PEOPLE WHO RUINED EDGY'S LIFE

if it's no reason then we aso have no reason not to go in

so LET ME IN

SEE MAYA HAS THE RIGHT IDEA LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT

and then I run right over there

i am so happy that was an option

Q: "Funny jokes are funny"

I want that book

Q: NOW

Q: game adding more cartoon-y characters

HUH

if he was lying then the thing would saw so but nope the magic rock is quiet

BF: did you just meet Moe?

Q: sadly he wasn't in the room, so I went to the enterence and this guy is here. I don't have his name yet

ben

alright

i don't think he is going to talk to me :(

BF: ahaha he's got one of the punniest names in the case, Ben does

BF: Oh, he'll talk. you just gotta get him something

Q: BENJAMIN WOODMAN the ventriloquist guess he had no choice 

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also about that first case again me and my brother made another thing

BF: Oh?

hahaha you'll get the FULL pun when you find his dummy

Q:

Phoenix (with his amnesia): My name is Phoenix Wright? Geez... just hearing that I can think of 5 puns already... Are you sure that's my name?

Person he was defending (uhhh we'll call her G): Well when thinking about that does anymore of your memories come to mind?

PW: hmmm... I remember... this one girl that called me nick and I never was able to figure out what the pun was because I thought it was a pun

PW: MAYA there we go that girl 

PW: That was extremely effective!

Not as good but I think it's funny

NICKname maybe?

BF: hee

Q: wont respond to anything i present so why nto ask about the dummy you said it's name was funny

dammit nevermind

I'll go check on moe

Q: MOE IS HERE

wow what the heck

YOU'RE MAKING THE SCREEN SHAKE

why does his head have a mouth no i mean his forhead uhhh sure I want a grape why not

he seems happy with himself

if you object to it, you yell objection!

BF: that's part of his hat lol

Q: i know but why would he put one on his hat

i see there is a carrot in front of it... about about his clothes then?

I like Moe

BF: he's a clown. it's just sposed to look silly

Q: alright I accept this

I wasn't born with no sense of humor I was born with a different sense of humor

Q: Hey Moe please be on our side not the evil miss von karma the second vampire or Franz if you prefer

Q: Please Moe :(

oh my god

Phoenix no

Phoenix knows nothing

I think it was funny he just set it up wrong

PHOENIX THE GENERALLY RIGHT THOUGH PHOENIX IS SOMETIMES WRONG PHOENIX WRONG crap I'm having flashbacks from the April May case

okay but what about max i wanna know more

i need to sleep but this sace is too great

HONESTLY HOW COULD PEOPLE HATE IT

legit dying are you okay

Q: hey moe I found this bottle on the floor but it doesn't have blood on it

no? Moe? You don't wanna talk? Fine.

hey Max

I like all of these characters somehow

Q:

Max: Is Metteton Regina: proved to me that gays exist in this game and that both Maya and Phoenix are ones Moe: is a clown. Tries hard.

Q: wonder If I can get max to talk

oh boy three locks

Q: yaaaaay that was easier than I thought

Q: I mean everybody is in love with her, like we even got a lesbian right here to prove it.

BF: hahaha yes, lotta people wanting to confess to Regina in this case

Q: Max is a jerk but that just makes him more metteton Regina why don't you do what angel did have have like six different boyfriends at a ti- no don't do that please

Q: is trilo his dummy

Trilo Quist... give me a moment to figure out the pun

where is this puppet

aww thanks

hey that must be what we give to Ben to make him talk!

Q: crap i forgot where he told me i hid it

HE HIT IT

HID

Q: heeyyyy i found the puppet

Q: hey ben i stayed up 40 mins more to get you this damn thing

Q: and ben isn't even here dammit

well i gues you don't get your dummy back

heeeyyyy beeeen

how you beeeeen

(i think im funny)

yesss

Q: i like this dummy already

somebody wants me to test their ghost and i said ya despite me really needing to sleep

BF: the pun: say their names together.

BF:

Ben

Trilo

Quist.

Q: oh my god

hahahahahaha

Q: WHAT IF I CALL YOU MR.TRILLO IS THAT STILL FANCY ENOUGH FOR YOU

Q: "You 8-bit excuse for an attorney!" I am mildly offended! Also laughing!

Maya do you know what a ventriloquist is

Q: yaaaay i can talk to him

Q: hey mr trilo will you tell me or will you insult me

Q:

Maya: These two are a really odd couple Nick... more gay crackships yessss

well you all are frauds you're just all talented.

Q:

Trilo: The pay sucks, the (something i forgot) sucks,a nd my partner has his hand up my pants. Maya: you mean ben? Trilo: Yeah... The creepy old guy who never finds it in himself to leave me alone that's because you two are bffs

ohhh so Trilo was asking her out

Q: well max you should've hit the dummy and not ben then

Q:

Phoenix: I think I'm beginning to see why she seemed... troubled...

Phoenix who do you think should marry Regina I'm interested in your thoughts

Trilo: I don't care! It's my choice not hers!

Well I guess she shouldn't marry the dummy

BF: (Honestly, right now? None of them. She’s 16)

Q: oh boy

ya nobody mary her please

Trilo no

ya i didn't wannt hear the rest of that song anyways

Maya don't praise that song

Which one of us is buttface though

Q: Ya I don't like trilo

frick

BF: Don’t worry, it makes it satisfying to tear him apart on the witness stand

Q: Though if the dummy goes that means that Franz is gonna hurt him with her whip so I'm fine with that

yesssss

monkeeyyyyy please don't hurt phoenix

NO

NOT THE BADGE

ANYTHING BUT THE BADGE

WITHOUT THE BADGE...

Q: I AM NOTHING

REGINA PLEASE HELP ME D;

i need my badge though DDD:

my badge isn't even that shiny!!

Maya how can you be pleased at this I need my badge!!!

Moe please i need my badge

but about trilo: Please don't marry him he sucks

Q: 

Regina: How about you Maya??? Maya: Huh What? Me: She's asking if you're going to propose too

I feel bad for gumshoe :(

Moe I need my badge :(

Q:

Moe: Regina is a pure, innocent child Me: I feel so bad for her --- Maya: she's such a cutie too Me: Feed the ship feed the ship feed the ship

this case is funny

Q: The more i hear about her the more I want her to leave the circus

thank you moe

Q: why is phoenix so wiped after two flights of stairs? Oh it's because they don't teleport they have to walk everywhere I send them too well they're getting a lot of exercise at least

my baaadge i missed you so much

T to R = Trilo to Regina

saaave pooiiiint

Q: Well with what other crazy s*** they do allow in court sure you can fly

Q:

Max: I can imagine it now: The dashing young lawyer flying around to courtroom, and immediately everybody is on his side! Me: I'm touched by your kind words, but sadly I cannot fly

Q: See Phoenix and i are on the same page :D

Q:

Franz: That spirit channeling trial was a shame! You're a shame

I mean you did lose last time so

and so did your dad

screw you dad

Q: Franz no matter how hard you try your dad will always be a shame, your last name will always be a shame, and so will the majority of prosecutors. You still have a chance to not be a shame though... but you are right now.

Q: ya but why was there footprints

what was in the box

if he was killed somewhere else why are there footprints

this is the most hated case and I remember you saying that you get punished if you press too hard on some things so I will save a lot (CHEATER!)

Q: well this is a circus and a famous joke is that pepper makes you sneeze so maybe it has something to do with that?

Q: Franz you suck

hey trilo i hate you

more than franz actually!!!

That is a really big acomplishment!!!

Q: we've had cases where people frame the others by wearing their clothes, in fact the last one was!

BF: Oh, no, it's not if you press too HARD

Q:

Judge: You're prosecution skills are unrivaled 

Me: OH WELL EXCUSE ME

ah okay

BF: there is a cross examination where if you press the wrong statement at all you get a penalty.

Q: crap

BF: so you can't just press everything without risking damage

Q: well I need to look out for that

BF: You'll know which one it is when you get to it. the game is kind enough to warn you.

Q: thank you game

Q: I'm not talking to a brick wall I'm talking to a wriggling piece of plywood

NO NOT YET MAX

Q: Not just this defendant, but max and everybody else as well!

Q: huh the puppet exploded without any of Franz help

Q: finally she hits him with the whip

Q:

Trilo: What's the matter?! You think that humans have a monopoly on marriage?! yes

Q:

Judge: i guess you're right... Just because I'm old doesn't mean I can't propose to her too Me: yes it does please stop

Q: why does the dummy keep hitting pen

ben

Q: I am glad the puppet is suffering

Q: YESSS Franz hit the puppet with the whip and he exploded

Q: saaave poooiiiint

I should take a little break I guess

Q: he would want to frame you because he didn't want to give you the big check, maybe it was even suicide because he couldn't pay the other workers

I was drawing all of these without references so I decided to draw maya

phoenix go away

sometimes the game is like this

fite me

that's all of the doodles haha

Hi moe why are you sad

Q: I feel bad for moe

BF: hee hee hee

poor Phoenix

Q: I had fun drawing them poor phoenix indeed

Q: but that is how 1.5 felt like haha. Maya left, at the end Edgy left, Ema was being mean, Lana was making ti difficult, Gant betrayed me, so-on

nobody gave me credit for my ideas either it was sad

Q: moe I'm sorry but we're talking about the murder

BF: to be fair, Maya was prevented by the actual plot from being there hahah. Remember, 1-5 was not in the original GBA version of the game; it was added later for the DS port, AFTER the third game had already come out

and the set timeline went that Phoenix doesn't see Maya in person again until 2-2, which takes places BEFORE 2-1.

so the only way for 1-5 to fit the existing continuity at all was to have a case where Maya was absent...which worked out well for us because it forced them to make Ema to fill in for her.

Q: I feel really bad for gumshoe 

true! I can give Maya that excuse, she was fine.

"And why did we put 2-2 before 2-1? For the people who didn't play the first game!" 

dammit I wanna see edgy again I miss him

BF: haha just be patient. He'll show up when you least expect it.

Q: :D

Q: Oh no I need to be carful on this one

Q: time to save a lot and be very picky about what I press about

...I guess it's weird he looked out his window for no reason

save

how did this get here

:D I think I'm on the right track with the window thing!

Q: and now the last statement doesn't make sense because--

yes I do miss vampire the second

Q: hmmm

time to save again

hmmm

wait his cloak isn't black!

Q: and the roses but from the angle he said he saw Max it i didn't think that was important enough whatever

Q: Hey edgy while you were gone I made the guy-who's-name-shall-not-be-mentioned's daughter suffer are you proud of me 

I miss him :(

Q: if he was mature then why would he be a clown

Q: no pressing at all? dammit

Q: time to save

if he was wearing it the whole time then why was it there dammit I don't know if that is actually what the game wants me to think I've been lucky so far and I just saved so why not

:D

I should fail soon i know it

Q: Stop being so mean to Moe it's the dummy's fualt

DID HE BY ANY CHANCE FLY

HE COULDN'T HAVE WALKED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FOOTPRINTS >:(

frick i can't save when evidence is up

the photo please work photo

Q:

Franz: That's not funny! 

Me: It kinda is though...

Q: geez uh

all of these options are not what I am thinking

I can save though!

Q:

Max: I know you didn't mean to ask such a fabulously stupid question but I can't fly whenever I please, it's not that easy! 

That's what I've been saying!

saaave poiiiiint

I still don't get why people hate this case so much

Q: maybe that's just because of how lucky i was when talking to moe

people get game overs and then finally are able to finish it and then his entire testimony is complely disregarded

BF: hahah it's a matter of personal taste, obviously. :3 Plenty of people thing Moe is annoying (he grew on me) and/or didn't like Ben (that's more understandable) for instance

BF: there's the frustration of Moe's cross examination, the fact that this case doesn't seem as CONNECTED to the rest of the game, and there's one other thing that I can't get into without spoiling the end.

BF: Though, for the record, said thing is what I think makes this case stand out in an interesting way.

(and is also the thing that thematically ties it to the other two main cases, though I can't say why.)

Q: It probably is. For all of the characters I can see why people would hate them. Max is a jerk, Regina is being hit on by everyone but she is 16, Ben is boring and the dummy is annoying and terrible, and Moe is annoying and unhelpful in their opinions just save over and over again it'll be fine It is a good point but not everything has to be about story I wonder if I will like the thing at the end hey so it is connected anyways!

BF: BASICALLY It's just a lot of Game 2 as a whole being seen as somewhat lesser for not being as deeply interconnected as the first or the third game, but I think the word about how disliked it is tends to get a touch overblown.

I think Moe more than makes up for his annoying habits by the end hahah

Q: ah. Well I like this game, and I really wanna play farwell my turnabout interesting!

BF: and I'm divided on Ben for a few reasons

Q: I am too... I mean, the dummy is terrible and Ben is too quiet but Ben is controlling the dummy but everyone here is too invested in their careers and- eh

BF: I love Max unconditionally hahha. He's ridiculous and over the top because he's designed to be that way, but there's definitely more to him than you see at first.

Q: Maya don't give it back please why did you do that

Q: there is I like max

Q:

Trilo: Waiting like this is a part of being in love! 

Me: Ya like waiting 60 minuets to send another text and trying to leave the conversation as fast as possible resulting in you not getting to talk to the person you wanna talk to. 

Trilo this is dumb.

Q:

Max: Why would I be friends with a bunch of bozos like them! 

Me: so that they don't frame you for murder of course

Q: gummy!!!

I feel bad for you do you want a hug

Q: gummy thank you :D

Also what the heck do you mean by she's right above us what

I havn't heard of this acrobat so far

oh wait i have

he's friends with the monkey that stole my precious

Q: we're going up into that room

but this time

we'll taze her

while screaming REGEEENGGGEEE as we steal something important from her

no? Fine...

Q: OH HI MOE

Q:

Phoenix: I wouldn't mind hearing more about Max's bust... not that I'm into that sort of thing... 

Phoenix it's fine we already knew you were gay 

this crackship amuses me endlessly

oh my god that is actually a conversation topic now

it is pretty cool though!!!

maybe we can get edgy to pay for i-OH WAIT HE'S NOT HERE

Q: Ya because I totally wanted to garden in 100 degree heat for two hours at a place I dislike with people I dislike.

Oh ya we hit 100 today wooo

also the car was overheating so I had to stop a lot and spend money on ani freeze and have the heaters on so I was boiling and upset and out of money6

whatever playing 2.3 should help

the image I've been waiting for

BF: Lol, to be fair, those are clearly Mia’s boobs when Maya channels her, but Maya’s CLOTHES don’t change with the rest of her.

The real question is why Pearl’s outfit doesn’t throttle her.

Q: EXACTLY

Q: THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING

So either the clothes do change or Pearl is the exception. Either way she should at lease try

Also another conversation im drawing right now

BF: Not exactly an exception though, given the fact that the only thing that keeps Mia from flashing the world when Pearl channels her is the fact that she keeps her arms crossed the entire time...

Cause if anything she’s showing twice as much cleavage in that form.

Q: well at least that is good good job mia

Q: very true. 

PW: Hey Maya 

M: What is it? 

PW: Do you wanna go clothes shopping? 

M: What? Why? I like these robes and I need to wear them 

PW: It's just that you're starting to grow out of them is all! We need to get some bigger clothes 

:They get bigger robes: 

:later: 

Mia: Hi agai- 

PW: I got Maya some bigger robes so that maybe when you possessed her you could finally cover your rack I wasted 400$ on those please don't make it all for nothing 

Mia: ...

Q: Alright so I opened the game I'm back at the thing and i forgot what i did

I have a note okay

uhhh I also have the bust

Q: hey Billy Bob Jones do you wanna talk more about your bust

Q: also why do people call the clown moe when his name is Lawrence

i knew we should've taken the baby we noticed in the tailcoat

Q: PAPER

how did i say baby instead of paper

Q: hi gum shoe

crap whos phone is ringing

do you have like a metal detector thing for her

hey how dare you whip Maya out of court

jerk

Q:

Franz: Tomorrow will be the day! The day my dreams finally come true! 

Me: I should be scared of you but because I'm know I can respond with sarcastic retorts.

oh boy i actually get to talk to her

:o

BF: Lol okay the pun with Moe’s name: his real name Lawrence CURLS. His stage name is Moe. And a nickname for Lawrence is Larry. And the names of the original three Stooges? Larry, Curly, and Moe!

BF: Also could be a vague callback to case two, where you had the sisters Ini and Mimi Miney...

Q: ohhhh okay!

BF: Eenie Meenie Miney Moe lD

Q: oh my god hahahahaha This game loves name puns

BF: Oh it loves them soooo much you have no idea. XD and they get way the heck more blatant in later games

Q: pffft

Q: I CAN'T WAIT

BF: Though how blatant they are in the English localization are all down to April May’s name. Once they did her and had her working for Redd White of Bluecorp...

Q: I remember that case, the entire time I was telling my brother "It was the white guy I know it" --- Franz can you like acknowledge your dad was a huge [long strong of strong swear words] please?

WHAT DID EDGY DO TO YOU

Hey Franz we could be best friends if you bring him back for me

Franz it isn't my fault it's your dad's and the other guy's fualt

HE ISN'T DEAD >:(

"He never set his foot in court again" The bonus level man

ya me niether Franz it's a blatent lie because of the bunus level

Phoenix is heart broken :(

BF: Hahaha well it was kind of retconned so that she was talking about the bonus level, but I admit it was pretty clumsily inserted in points

And yeah, poor Nick :/

Q: poor phoenix indeed...

Q: hi acrobat Phoenix is heartbroken can you cheer him up

Aww Acro

why not doodle why do I draw

ringmaster seems like a nice guy :(

Q: 

Acro: Truly a princess.. Are you sure that's a good thing? Exactly!

LIAR

Q: Oh hey Regina is back

Q: I like to think that the things in parentheses are what Phoenix is thinking but how come people can marry him

HEAR

WHAT THE HELL

im having a hard time thinking ugh

uh

but what if i don't wanna get the costume

though it seems like Maya only hears him.

Q: oh no i found the monkey

uh

Q: i got the vest yay

Q: maybe Franz would want it Hey Franz here is an apology gift for something I didn't do

Q: I hate burgers

Q: awww Moe is a good person

Q: ugh

"What do you mean when you say I when playing this game" I mean me, or I mean me as Phoenix. Usually the second.

Q: ugh

Q: nevermind back to game, i talked to Moe about Acro and Bat.

I feel bad for Bat even if that was idiotic

Q: Franz no we're upset and Acro is upset you're not allowed here.

Q: Regina I'm starting to hate you again

but whatever the tradition of A Von Karma stealing something very important to me has continued. SUFFER

LOTS OF MILK FOR MAX

dangit Phoenix I can't save on the evidence page though!!

Q: you call me a fool and you're the one wearing ridiculous shoulder pads. I mean, Phoenix probably has some too but they don't look stupid.

hey Franz do nto bring up personal issues into court please

Q: you might not have been able to see as well because it was snowing

? i dunno

crap uh i dunno

and I can't save either

dammit

now I'll be stuck at this page forever

...leap of faith?

well the silk hat is a problem for me still... so...

how???

This case should cause me more touble I know it

Q: Franz please don't talk about Edgy this isn't the time if you do I will commit suicide and frame you for murder. If it doesn't work and they figure it out, at least my message will get across that I miss edgy.

hey i can save yesss

Q: 

Franz: You're honor, do not allow yourself to be swayed by theatrics Me: You're honor, do not allow the f***ing whip in court, once that is settled, I will stop.

peck peck everybody hates me in this case now dammit even the brids hate me

Now this sounds like 2016

Q: i haven't been penalized yet so maybe I'm on the right track?

Q: the bust!

WHERE IS THE BUST

SHIT IT'S NOT IN MY EVIDENCE

oh my god it is i was really scared

Q: oww stop hitting me

Q: is there ever a time where we don't decide to cross examine

Q: I'm failing a bunch do not worry

Q: WHIPPING MAKES ME NOT WANNA LISTEN TO YOU

LALALALA I DON'T HEAR YOU

Q: interesting! When I failed I didn't need to use the save point

Q: oh so now acro can hear my thoughts from across the room

Q: game already let me go with far I must be right

uhhh

hey the monkey!!!

Is the monkley even that strong

Q: probably look at the other stuff it had

Q: pfft I think it's funny how her insult's are a child's

"MORON"

Q: the clown didn't see him, he saw a silhouette and his hat

hey!!!

Q: I like how Franz it's evil she just hates me

but indeed, it was the bust and nobody will argue with me >:3

and if they do it doesn't mean anything because it's Franz who is arguing

Q: phoenix please explain to me what happened im confused

Q: I have an idea of the motive.

Franz: In this court, only two things matter. The power of evidence and the power of my whip. Me: SOMEBODY PLEASE GET THAT WHIP AWAY FROM HER.

save now before it goes to the evidence screem

Q: wooo

Q: thought he killed max

okay save point

hi gumshoe!!!

Q: poor phoenix

"Why do you refuse to call him nick" Because I don't get it!!!

Q: frick should i cross examine i feel like that's waist time

whatever I can save

Q: I can't provide one because he didn't want the ringmaster to died he wanted Max to die

Q: hmmm

actually

Q: They want me to think it was max

didn't they

well franz

IM GOING TO DO SOMETHING UNEXPECTED

AND ALSO EXPLAIN WHY THERE WAS PEPPER IN THE BOX

IT WAS REGINA >:D

Gummy thank you

you influenced this decition

which may be better

i am right I knew it >:D

Q: Franz: The only thing that shall interrupt me is death itself!

YOU KNOW WHAT this will be my new catch phrase I need to get better and not being sorry because I said something

Q: foolishness is contagious

must've got it from you

Q: I'm not bluffing

...mostly...

actually i just need to remember what is going on i took a break for lunch

the pepper there we go

Q: I am very happy that I'm finally on the same track as Phoenix :D

Q: I am on the same track as him I know what I am talking about >:3

Q: the scarf probably has something on it

that the lion would want to eat

Regina gave it to him on the same day that the accident happened

Q: she must've knows he was gonna ask her out

and so she killed him???

lions sneeze.

FRANZ YOU'RE WRONG AND I BELIEVE IN MY THEORY

Q: I really don't want Acro to get arrested though... he's a good guy

Q: nooo i don't wanna go into investigation again

so i won't

Q: at least I saved

EXCACTLY HOLD IT

I THINK FRANZ HAS IT

HIDING EVIDENCE

SO THAT I WON'T WIN

I KNOW IT

and I'm not afraid to not save, I know it.

But noooo she wouldn't ahve it with her

SHE WANTS ME TO THINK THAT

Q: IT SEEMS MY HATRED FOR THE VON KARMA FAMILY HAS BESTED THEM

Q: ONE MORE

TIME

Q: You also made the mistake of blaming me for Edgy's supposed suicide that didn't happen

I am very angry about that

Q: he's crying...

I'm so sad

WOW I ALMOST STARTED CRYING

PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM

Franz: I'm... An... Idiot... Finally, I was waiting for you to say that

Q: Regina, it is time for you to learn about the real world.

Q: :)

Q: i like moe

he really is a good person

Q: all of these people are great :(

WHY WOULD PEOPLE EVER HATE THIS

So are we seeing things from Franz' perspective...

EDGY

EDGY EDGY EDGY

EDGY

EDGY

Q: EDGYYYY

NO

AHH

EDGY

I HAVE UNLOCKED FAWWELL MY TURNABOUT

YES

I AM VERY HAPPY

INDEED

I MISSED HIM SO MUCH

AND NOW THIS THING IS HERE AND IT THE ONE WITH EDGY AND THE CASE I SPENT 30$ ON THIS GAME FOR

Q: YESSSS

why is he wearing blue though

he is purple!

Q: i really wanna play it :(

Q: [my brother] said that if I help him finish turnabout samurai he will let me get it >:D

i love him dammit

BF: hah!

and yessssss WILL

Q: why is he blue though that's phoenix' color

Q: whatever

BF: Juan?

Q: no Edgy

why is he blue now

BF: Oh, in the portrait for the case?

Q: nono at the end cutscene

BF: or what he's wearing at the end of...ah

Q: THE ENDING SCENE ON 2.3

THERE WAS A PLANE AND GUMSHOE AND EDGY

BF: don't worry about that so much.

that's just like an overcoat or something.

Q: so I can still use purple when doodling him?

Q: ya

alright

but yay 2-4!! and my broither won't let me play it!!

and he's only halfway done with 1-3!!!

BF: hahah oh nooooo

Q: helping my bro speedrun, i bookmarked the old tutorial (i don't use a one for the second game) so that I could help him

BF: so what did you think of the 2-3 twist? I sorta kinda fell asleep while you were getting through the later parts hahah

Q: pfft

I thought it was sad I ended up actually almost crying

BF: WASN'T IT

Q: I didn't wanna get the guy in jail i like him

and then he cired

and now im sad

BUT THEN I SAW EDGY

AND STARTED YELLING

BF: Right? Acro was as much a victim as anyone

Q: and now he's going to jail...

:(

BF: at least it's implied that Edgeworth is going to work to get his sentence reduced or modified or something in consideration of his circumstances

Q: edgy you made phoenix think he made you commit suicide

BF: I mean HE DID try to kill a dangerously innocent girl (and kill someone else in the process), so he can't exactly get off scott free, but

hahah Zarla super >:( at Edeworth about that little stunt, but she's not the biggest Edgeworth fan

Q: ya... :( I still feel bad for him though

WELL I AM for some reason

Q: I like characters for little pieces of stupid dialogue and there was a lot of that with edgy AND THEN THE CASE WHERE WE DEFEND HIM that was FULL of those. So that is why I like Edgy I bet.

I was set out to hate Regina until that dialogue about Maya wanting to propose to her came up!!! it's stuff like that!!!

There I justified my liking of the character now I can stop

BF: hahahah nah no I totally get where you are coming from.

and you don't have to justify like or not liking characters to me hhaah. (I say knowing full well I am compelled to do JUST THAT.)

sometimes characters just click or don't click with you for the most random reasons

I've had some that I hated irrationally for a while and then later did 180s on so...logic is weird.

Q: Thanks! I have trouble with that... Talking about my opinions without feeling I need to justify them. Thanks!

CHARACTER LIKING IS WEIRD! At first I didn't like Jockey very much because her color scheme looked too off in the animation "I've Learnt Too Much I have gone Mad" (I call it JA (for Jockey Animation) for short)... though that's just has to do with not knowing enough about the character. Though I have a few other examples of  it just being "THAT ONE THING CHANGED MY MIND". It happens a lot.

Q: doodling more ace attorney because of course

(This leads directly into my reaction to 2-4)

[atlanxic]

part 3 of arc-v college au! lots of world-building

ive been intentionally setting up college au so that the other series arc v crosses over with can be added as i consume them

like i figure... the city is in georgia, the main setting town is a college town in pennsylvania

but anyway, im figuring that the main setting town will have three schools in it, being archibald victor's institution of higher education (AVIOHE but generally referred to as "the V"), Zexal Univerisity, and a trade school the name and students of which i have yet to decide on

lets call the main setting town new yarmouth, just so we at least have a y somewhere in there and i can refer to it properly

the trade school can be called new yarmouth technical institute

all three schools have lgbt student organizations, and sometimes those organizations have joint events, so there's definitely going to be mingling

conceptually, zexal uni is considered the main school of the area, they have the highest budget & theyre Known out of state, they get students not only from all over the country but all over the world

the v is a proper school, but its reputation is less prestigious. its a younger school, it has a greater focus on the arts, and its easier to get into

ZU has been around for like... 90 years, the dean is very eager to round it up to a century

the V is about 45 years old

NYTI is about 30 years old, but quickly gaining a reputation for offering a high-caliber hands-on education, and being very accessible

this is subject to change as i get into zexal, but thats sort of how im laying it out right now

the people in arc v who grew up in standard or fusion dimension have always lived in new yarmouth, or at least nearby

people from arc v xyz dimension are from one of the suburb towns supporting new york city

& synchro city in georgia, like i said

im going to continue calling it synchro city instead of The City

although people from it still refer to it as The City

[yuugo voice] im from The City

[shun, having grown up near nyc] you mean new york??????

i dont actually know anything about how gx and the original series are going to fit into this, but since i seem to be consuming ygo canon in reverse order, thats a worry for next year probably

new yarmouth has a yearly pride parade, which is scheduled in such a way that it doesn't overlap with the parades in philly or nyc, since the organizers often attend all three. it is primarily a college town, and known as a liberal and artistic city. theres a mid-sized non-chain amusement park on the outskirts of the city. the local transit is acceptable but not great. most buses run once an hour, but some of the more populated routes run every half hour, and the suburban routes run every 2 hours except during rush hour. buses to the suburbs stop around 11pm, buses within the city proper stop at half past midnight.

the downtown core is all walkable, but only if youre determined. ZU and the V are about a 50-minute walk apart. with ZU to the north and the V kind of to the south-east. NYTI is to the south, only about a 20-minute walk from the V. the main strip of downtown is closer to the V than ZU. its slightly south of the true center of the city

the main strip of downtown is largely comprised of restaurants and clothing shopping. if you head west you'll find more furniture shops. south towards the v and nyti there are more auto shops and cheaper restaurants, some chain stores popping up as you pass the schools and get into the suburbs. going north from the main strip, youll find office buildings and city hall, as well as the intercity bus & train station, although when you get very close to zu, a handful of student-oriented businesses pop up again. a pizza parlour, a coffee shop, a bar, an office supplies store. zu students often complain that they dont have as many food options as the v, but their on-campus cafeteria is actually significantly better.

the dorms for zu are north and west of the university, apartment complex style. the dorms for the v are to the east of it, and are mostly sets of town houses bought up by the university. the v's dorms hold significantly less people, and as such, are reserved for students from out of town, and especially first years. getting into dorms if you lived in-state before college is almost impossible.

they do, however, have a lot of arrangements and agreements with local landlords, and its fairly easy to find an apartment with help from student services.

so!!! back to our main cast. we've already stated that shun & yuuto dorm together first year. and then ruri and rin share another dorm. the formatting for a lot of the v dorms is like.... you have a townhouse with 3 large bedrooms, each containing two beds, two dressers, two desks, and a closet. for each townhouse unit, there are two bathrooms and one kitchen. most of them are sorted by gender, but some of them are mixed. they do their best to honour student requests about who theyre roomed with, but theres only so much they can do.

yuuya, yuzu, sawatari, gongenzaka, and reiji are all still living with their parents. yuuya and yuzu have the good luck of living within a 45-minute walk of the v. sawatari lives in a mansion to the north of the city and drives to school every day. reiji lives in a condo downtown, and while he can walk to school when the weather's good, he often feels that it's easier to catch the bus. gongenzaka lives out in the far suburbs, and has to take the bus to school. since the v doesn't have a firefighter program, hes going to nyti, but he hangs around the v a lot because all his friends go there. he is often downtown for an hour before and after school, since the bus that runs past his place only runs every 2 hours.

he also has to leave campus events early fairly often in order to make it home before the buses stop. yuuya repeatedly tells him that he'd be allowed to crash at their place for the night, at any time, but gon's father gets angry when he doesnt make it home for the night, so he tries to avoid it.

yuusho is still a famous entertainer who dropped off the face of the earth when yuuya was about 11. he was an actor, more in musicals than on film, but he was in one movie, which yuuya has watched countless times. the movie was never available in major theatres, but it ran the film festival circuit and won a couple awards. its regarded as a must-watch by a select few hipsters, and essentially unknown by the general public.

for the sake of this au, barrett and selena are related. he's her uncle, they live together in a decent but not expensive apartment complex. barrett is a veteran. he's slightly hard of hearing, and tends to be louder than he needs to be. he's strict, but supportive when it matters. when selena first came out to him, he yelled at her for it, and she ran away from home. she was about 16 at the time. she couch-surfed with her friends and ignored his calls for 10 days. on the 11th day, he waited for her outside her school and apologized.

"i dont understand it and i dont like it, but i love you and i want you to come home. ill try my best to support you, this is hard on me too"

she reluctantly went home, and he started going to pflag meetings. by the time selena goes to university, he's over his initial upset over it, and walks with pflag in the local pride parade. she never met her father. her mother was also in the military, but died in service when she was 9 or 10.

barrett has taught her how to shoot multiple kinds of gun, and its a skill she's proud of. having been raised in a military household, she believes american involvement in the middle east is justified through all of grade school. when she gets to college, those views are challenged, and by the end of first year, she's a lot less convinced. her and barrett argue about it frequently.

when second year rolls around, ruri and rin lose their spot in the dorms, and yuzu is growing sick of her father's smothering affection. the four of them find an apartment together.

new yarmouth is big enough for two high schools. to the north is a private school, attended by the canon fusion dimension crew. and to the south is a public school, attended by the canon standard dimension crew

selena and yuzu met at pride the summer after they graduated high school, and exchanged phone numbers. after a few weeks, they discover they'll be going to the same college, and get excited about it. they go on a few casual dates before they start considering themselves a couple

no one is entirely sure why reiji is going to the v instead of zu, since he definitely had the grades in high school to make it into whatever college he chose. im going to say its because the v offered him a scholarship, whereas zu didnt, and while his father offered to pay his tuition, he resents the idea of depending on his fathers fortune any more than he has to.

dennis is the eldest child of a single mother, and has two younger siblings. he kickstarted his love of entertainment by putting on puppet shows for his younger siblings, and then joined the school plays and dinner theatres throughout junior high and high school. his mother thinks he's extremely talented, but worries that acting isn't really a career. as a single mother of three, she can't afford to help with his tuition, so he gets a student loan and works part-time through university. im going to say his part-time is working at an expresso bar downtown. its frequented more by the north-end office workers than by students. he's outgoing and flirtacious as a barista, and ends up being quite popular with the working women who frequent the shop. he puts up posters for all the school productions he's involved in on the community bulletin board in his expresso bar, and a lot of his customers do show up.

he ids as gay and bigender, both of which are a secret from his family, or at least he thinks theyre a secret. when he comes out to his mother as gay in third year, she tells him that she'd had her suspicions since he was in junior high, but didn't want to be pushy or presumptuous.

between working part time, being involved in school productions, and actual classwork, dennis does not get a whole lot of sleep, and is pretty hard to get ahold of for social events. despite that, he manages to show up to almost every queer alliance meeting at least for half an hour, and a lot of sawatari's parties as well. he drives an old orange beetle with several dents and only one working headlight.

i am not really sure what i want to do with sora's backstory? i feel like they're also from a military family

yuugo and rin grew up in the same orphanage. they went to a very low-income school. yuugo was sort of a class clown, and was well-liked but not well-respected in school. he has been and still is known to shoplift, despite rin's disapproval. their orphanage was near the auto district of the city, and they both grew into a fascination with motorcycles. as kids, they would spend their afterschool hours peering at the repair shop up the street.

as they got older, the workers there grew familiar with them, and would show them tricks or ask them for small favours. when theyre 16, they both start working there parttime. the guys tell them that theyre free to apprentice there when they graduate, and that they can sponsor them for basic certification, but theyre both too ambitious to agree to it. the shop workers are all low income, living in the shambled apartment complexes nearby. they work long hours and many of them keep trucking through workplace injuries.

yuugo and rin both respect them deeply, but starry-eyed with the self-made-man myth of american capitalism, theyre determined to get full degrees instead of basic certification, and find jobs designing and testing motorcycles for major companies, rather than repairing them. the guys at the shop are supportive, and joke that they better send them money once theyre rich and successful. they both get into the v on scholarship, though rin manages a full scholarship while yuugo's is only partial.

yuugo tries very hard to get part-time work at one of new yarmouth's garages, but with only informal training, no one is willing to hire him. he's immensely resentful of it, and eventually settles for working delivery at the pizza place closest to campus. its open until 3am, and he often takes the night shift.