#sure I don't ship phoenix/edgeworth

[cookinguptales]

*agonized* I FORGOT BASIL OF BAKER STREET

anyway, here are some investigators I love in no particular order:

Phryne Fisher

BASIL OF BAKER STREET

og Sherlock Holmes who threatened to hit a guy with a stick for abusing his daughter, no other version

Benoit Blanc

"Sherlock" Futaba (I'm gay)

Hershel Layton

Phoenix Wright and/or Jayjay Falcon (iykyk)

Nancy Drew

Nick & Nora Charles

Goro Akechi, because I like an investigator that causes as many problems as he solves

also I feel like I should read more old-school mysteries. I should get into Agatha Christie. nothing is stopping me.

also also I think it's so funny that my gay shipper ass keeps not shipping huge m/m ships (like Sherlock/Watson and Phoenix/Edgeworth) but then I very much do ship them in AU versions of those canons (Sherlock/Wato-san, Basil/Dawson, Jayjay/Séverin, etc.)

why am I like this

[laurellala-comics]

A Shakespearean comedy of errors

bonus:

[aceof-stars]

Manfred von Karma!

Thank you for the ask <3 (to every else who sent me a character ask, I'm working on it :)

First impression

I actually never hated him or had strong feelings about him. I was introduced to AA through narumitsu fanfic but I knew I wanted to play the games so I avoided everything with spoilers, including everything Manfred. I guess I just thought of him vaguely as a villain and Miles' mentor/father figure.

Impression now

He's one of my favorite Ace Attorney characters. I have him at 4th but honestly, maybe he's 3rd now?? I have developed an attachment to this ridiculous evil man. I love him so much. I wish there was more canon content of him, but I think he's an interesting character with a lot of room for nuance.

Favorite moment

He doesn't really have many canon moments (and I haven't played AAI). But probably when he gloated Phoenix into cross-examining Polly the parrot and it's implied that he witness-coached a parrot. Manfred, you are an insane person.

Idea for a story

I just want to see a story where Manfred is force-fed a redemption arc. Like for example a no DL-6 AU where Gregory manages to get a Manfred properly investigated for forging evidence. But to ensure he doesn't get another penalty, Manfred tries to frame another prosecutor to throw Gregory off his trail.

Only, Manfred finds out that the person he is framing is actually guilty of forging evidence. Manfred has to follow through with his plan and gets dragged into working with Gregory. Gregory is surprised but grateful that Manfred has been so helpful in weeding out corruption in the prosecutor's office, and wants to befriend/ally with Manfred. Manfred is seething with hatred. (Oh and eventual Shingou :)

Unpopular opinion

Manfred as a character deserves a lot more nuance. There's... a lot to talk about but these are the three main things I have a strong opinion on:

1) He was a flawed parent and I think it's more interesting to explore those flaws than to just label him abusive for the sake of villainizing him.

2) It does not makes sense for Manfred to be sexist/homophobic/etc. Simply because I don't think he cares enough to hate a group of people like that. He is very rational, efficient, and his perfectionism is focused on his prosecuting career. If anything, he discriminates against defense attorneys (lmao).

3) Manfred didn't brainwash or force Miles into becoming a prosecutor. I'm sure Manfred was influential but Miles had his own reason to be a prosecutor that stemmed from DL-6. Miles was also always a perfectionist (the paper cranes thing) and the von Karma family brand of perfectionism just amplified it.

Favorite relationship

Shingou!! <3 (Gregory Edgeworth/Manfred von Karma)

Defense attorney/prosecutor ship, toxic enemies to lovers, doomed romance, or super slowburn (if no DL-6 AU), bitter courtroom rivals turned bickering old married couple (who still duke it out in court), co-parenting Miles and Franziska (before officially getting together).

Favorite headcanon

Manfred did love Franziska and Miles (in his own way). Regarding Miles, Manfred saw him as a symbol of his failures (the penalty Gregory gave him and the shot in his shoulder). So Manfred struggled a lot when he began to actually care about Miles. When Miles's perfect record was broken, Manfred saw it as a threat to his own perfection. (I hope that makes sense. I do need to think about this more to solidify the headcanon. I just love complicated von Karma family dynamics)

[catgirl-catboy]

When exactly were cykesquil hinted? I mean actual lines, because I played DD and I never got that vibe from them.

(Not judging just curious.)

1.) They directly foil Wrightworth.

Capcom, after AA1 basically said "hmm, people thought Phoenix and Edgeworth are kinda gay due to Phoenix becoming an attorney, LETS MAKE THEM GAYER", and then later gave Athena the same motivation.

2.) Less evidence, but a commentary on AA in general

But Ace Attorney has a trend of older man/younger woman ships, with Turnabout Big Top being the most notable example. A lot of the time, it isn't framed as creepy either, since Gumshoe is crushing on a woman 10 years his junior, who he used to work with.

3.) Official Art

Like, sure. It could be platonic, but I don't see any Mia + Maya or Maya + Pearl art like that, and I'd certainly question the artists intent if I did. They're certianly marketing it in a way that appeals to shippers.

They also marketed a whole DLC case around Athena and Simon's relationship, which isn't necessarily romantic, but considering that the other two DLCs are "Phoenix's first case back!" and "Phoenix and Edgeworth at a wedding, the case" it paints a picture.

You could argue its a prosecutor + defense thing, but considering I see a lot more Ryuunosuke + Kazuma than Ryuunosuke + Van Zieks, that pattern doesn't hold up.

4.) Sexual Innuendo

Sexual Jokes are an ace attorney staple, and Cykesquill is not immune. Considering this is an official translation, Ace Attorney is at least okay with the idea of these two hooking up.

I wouldn't go so far as to call them canon, but the marketing team knows about the ship and plays into it.

[valworth]

I do think that Wrightworth's popularity makes the AA fandom slightly uninhabitable. I'm by no means the first person to say this, but it sure is on my mind. This isn't to say I don't understand the appeal. I do. They have some incredibly strong moments and are an interesting, compelling couple. They are also both massive bitches, which is tremendously fun. My issue lies more so in how inescapable it is.

I think both Phoenix and Edgeworth deserve the grace to be interpreted apart from each other. They are individuals, with massive lives outside of the other. I think it's really insulting when some can't bear to think of the two apart, god forbid in other relationships, for more than five seconds before they have to make a joke about how they're the most important couple. We get it. Can people talk about something else, though?

Not only that, but I yearn for more varied and nuanced depictions of their relationship, if we're using them at all. My request will always be to make it fail. They're so compelling as a failed couple. I mean, god. You, on an obsessive whim, shape your life around chasing this guy. This guy you knew for a year in elementary school. You have other reasons, but always in your mind, there he is. This thing that's just out of reach, a goal to pursue. Then it happens. You get him, and you win, and it's everything you dreamed. And then it isn't. It just doesn't work. Plain and simple, cruel and real. You're not a good couple, and it crumbles, and every time you see him from that point forward, you have this pang of anger. This feeling of betrayal. You were not what I wanted you to be.

Then there's the inverse of that. The feelings that come from being a trophy, a conquest, an item. They both lack the emotional intelligence to talk about and navigate their own feelings, with Phoenix running head-on into everything with reckless abandon, refusing to question his own motives, and Miles having a tendency to detach himself from his issues as hard as he possibly can. It's such an interesting, flawed basis for a relationship. That's just my take, though. It's how I like them, and no one else will ever be beholden to my interpretations!

I get AA is escapism for a lot of people, and if that's how it works for you, total respect. But I crave variety, god I do. It's not about being right, it's not about being wrong, I just think there are so many ways to play with these characters and the fandom is stuck in a rut of samey-same content, both happy and sad. I'm not here to shame you for liking what you like, either. I'm pretty esoteric. I mean, Jesus. There's nothing less welcome in the AA fandom than a self shipper getting between Wrightworth. I don't mind doing my own thing, and I'm happier with fewer eyes on me anyway. If my stuff upsets you, that's okay.

That being said, I think I'd have a much easier time being around the fandom if people treated it less like there was a way to interpret the games correctly. The general fandom consensus is suffocating at times. Escapism can be dangerous if you don't know how to handle threats to your perception of a made-up world. I don't mean that to be condescending, I've just been there.

It was a breath of fresh air to leave the AA fandom for a while and focus on something built upon 18 years of fan-interpretations, with no right answers. Where every artist's version of them feels drastically different. It made me realize how silly this all is. It also made me remember how sad it was that when I joined the fandom and started trying to share my opinions on certain Phoen-ish ships, a popular AA blogger publicly ridiculed me and let their followers harass me. I just don't understand why the AA fandom compels people to feel like they have to be correct about everything. I've had to be very careful not to let feelings like that sour the whole franchise for me.

I myself have veered into that territory, and it's why I don't like writing this post. I don't want to be that person. I think everyone should be able to give each other space to do what makes them happy. If common fandom interpretations are what you like, then go with those. If you're like me, though, and you've ever been nervous to share headcanons and analyses that are unpopular, this is me telling you I think you're great. Say what you want, make what you want. It doesn't have to make sense. It doesn't have to be right. People might be mean about it, but you still deserve the right to self-actualization, even if no one else likes the things you do.

It's more important for you to post what you want than for others not to see it. If you're not hurting anyone, you can always rest assured that you've no reason to entertain their ire. From the bottom of my heart, just get silly with it.

[victimsofyaoipoll]

Round 1

Propaganda under the cut

Alana Bloom

she kissed will graham in s1 and dated hannibal in s2 so you can imagine how bad the fandom is to her. fun fact she's in a canon lesbian relationship now tho <3

The show literally does the yaoi treatment of victimisation for the benefit of the male leads to her. And then the fandom mistreats her

I'm not sure if this even counts but...Literally a victim of Yaoi along with several other characters in-series, but she got it almost the worst. The entire show is just people dying because the two male leads are OBSESSED with each other and can't be normal about anything. Alana Bloom, actual PhD of psychology and consultant to the FBI, got kissed by one guy, fucked and fed people-meant by the other, and pushed out a window by the murder husbands' forced-surrogate daughter. Like. Actual victim of several crimes caused by yaoi. She's probably one of the few examples of a Yaoi Victim overcoming and evolving past her yaoi-related trauma into a stronger person/character, though: She gets an entire character overhaul and a hot, millionairess for a wife. She kills a man with an eel. She becomes head of the BSHCI, effectively putting her in complete power over her jackass cannibal ex-bf. She does quite well. Unfortunately, the rest of her screen time is spent trying not to get killed in the ongoing fallout of Hannibal and Will's fucked up courtship, but hey. Can't have everything. I don't even know if I'm saying anything valid here: the fandom loves her, but I supposed her position outside of the Hannigram relationship relegates her to a non-subject in a lot of Hannigram-focused fanwork. She's an 'obstacle' to their relationship only in the sense that Will had a crush on her once that went nowhere and Hannibal started an actual relationship with her SPECIFICALLY to piss off Will. I guess she's also a more literal obstacle as Hannibal's jailer and Will's friend who's constantly pointing out to him that Morals exist and he should try having some of those, maybe

Maya Fey

OKAY SO She's definitely NOT the love interest coz she's like 16 n he's 24 or smth but in literally all fandom she's just... the wingwoman. that's all. EVEN WHEN SHE'S IN A LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP IT'S IN THE BACKGROUND N SHE'S SUPPORTING THE YAOI GROWN ASS MEN..... it's horrible... detestable... she's a main character... she has ARCS..... and yet.. her own most popular ship tag is just.. her n her gf as background yuri who are supporting and wingwomaning the fucking main guys. it's a tragedy. Maya Fey would make Phoenix Wright buy her burgers everytime he made her listen to his love problems and then she'd tell him that every complaint he makes will cost another burger. SHE WOULD NEVER BE SUPPORTING YURI.. 

Phoenix’s best friend and partner in solving crimes. She often gets shunted aside by the fandom, reduced to Phoenix/Edgeworth cheerleader and matchmaker. 

okay i wouldnt say shes exactly mistreated, shes pretty well liked in the fandom, HOWEVER shes always seen as like an accessory to wrightworth, her only role being to make jokes about how in love they are etc. i feel like a lot of people ignore her depth and backstory to just use her as a tool in wrightworth stories. she plays a very important role in the games as well and has been through a lot, and has always been helpful to wright, so she deserves to be more than the setup to a joke about wrightworth

[oodlyenough]

now that i've finished dual destinies here is how i'd rank the aa games that i've played.

this started as a bulleted list but then as always i ended up rambling forever, so, some of it is under the cut. spoilers for AA1-5 & AAI1. anything not listed is a game i've not yet played

1. Ace Attorney (1)

can't beat the original. ok so maybe the first time i played turnabout samurai i got so bored i took a 3 year break. that's not the point. i was weak. i think this game is the tightest and as the introduction to the concept and the characters it does a surprisingly good job of balancing and developing all of them. pretty satisfying arcs and relationships for every major character. also 1-4 and 1-5 are two of The best cases ever.

2. Ace Attorney 3/Trials and Tribulations

this one coasts on the strength of the dahlia throughline. all three of her cases are great. the fey lore develops so well and so interestingly, i loved getting a chance to play mia, dahlia is the best AA villain, bridge to turnabout has so many great things going on, edgeworth v franziska rules, phoenix investigating with franziska rules. it had some of my favourite puzzles and puzzle solving. the weak points that lose it top spot for me are that i didn't like how edgeworth and franziska evaporate from 3-5 in the second half, i wish maya had a bigger role in 3-5, and i don't enjoy anything about godot. also the two middle cases bored me to tears

3. Ace Attorney 2/Justice for All

this is a messier game than the above two for sure and i also thought it had the worst puzzle writing of the original trilogy. the magatama's use here is a bit clunky. i also think the way edgeworth's disappearance and return is handled is not quite as satisfying as it could've been for such a big emotional thing. the execution of the start of 2-4 with maya's kidnapping and engarde hiring phoenix could've been done much smoother.

BUT: i love the expansion of the fey lore, introduction of morgan and pearl and kurain, and franziska is my specialest little girl and i love that she's here. and 2-4, especially as it goes on, is such a good interesting case and some of the BEST character stuff for phoenix and edgeworth and truly made me unwell about the ship indefinitely. edgeworth hunched over his desk with bugged out eyes through gritted teeth "the prosecution... rests..." ??? peak romance

4. Ace Attorney 4/Apollo Justice

this is a really fun game that has the difficult task of introducing a lot of new characters and it pulls that off fairly well. apollo, trucy and klavier are all really fun. it's super interesting to see phoenix as an NPC and see what a mysterious galaxybrain he is when you're not given a front-row ticket to his scattered thoughts. i think the mystery writing here was coherent and pretty tight and i had fun solving the puzzles. 4-1 is one of the best tutorial cases for sure.

downside is that it's underbaked and you can tell. the new characters, while likable, barely get a chance to shine or really develop. apollo is not really much more than an avatar, the story is still about phoenix. and even when i'm enjoying the game, it just does honestly feel kind of... mean... the way the game drops every character from the trilogy and does what it does with phoenix.

5. Ace Attorney Investigations 1

fun pixel sprites, some fun new characters, it's cool to be able to walk my lil dude around and click on stuff. some of it is pretty funny. there's a surprisingly large variety of new female characters in different kinds of roles and personalities and designs and i always appreciate that.

the mysteries are not very good and the puzzles are frequently frustrating. the lack of trial day structure means the pacing feels wonky in many places. the returning characters are not written very well, franziska in particular is a flanderized shadow of herself, and most damning of all: edgeworth, the main character, is not written particularly well. the bratworth flashback in particular shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the character established by the trilogy imo.

6. Ace Attorney 5/Dual Destinies

this game had most of the same flaws as AAI and it didn't even have nice art or fun investigation banter to save it. i like athena a lot, i love aura and canon lesbians, it's nice to see phoenix as a lawyer again and get some confirmation edgeworth and the feys didn't fuckin die off screen. aa5 klavier is fucking hilarious. some of the new NPCs are funny s/o to the orca and plonco and robin.

the non-chronological plot was unnecessarily convoluted, the dark age of the law was emphasized so much only to be totally underdeveloped, the phantom plot twist was cool for three seconds and then pretty stupid in retrospect. apollo's storyline is a disaster. trucy has been replaced by an automaton that talks about panties. the lack of being able to investigate scenery makes the investigation days short, hurts character development and contributes the pacing that makes every final trial day feel interminably long and infuriating. too many plot twists rely on the game simply not providing evidence until the last second, at which point the twist becomes obvious. the nicest thing i can say for dual destinies is that it didn't irreparably break anything i loved in the previous games.

[neutrallyobsessed]

Hey, why are you shipping characters who met at the age of 10 (Kay Faraday) and 20 (Miles Edgeworth)? Just genuinely curious. What is the thought process?

Because I wanna. Because they're fictional characters with a dynamic that I like and I can do whatever I want with them, and what I want is for them to kiss and be very in love with each other. Because I can. Because I can imagine anything for ever :))))

But that's the general "I ship this because I love it and I can and I love playing with my dolls and it's fun" now for Kayworth specifically~~

Well, firstly you are being soooo uncharitable and presenting it with an implied dynamic they don't have. Sure they did meet when she was *9 and he was *18 but it's not like they kept in contact, grew older togheter ala Phoenix & Trucy. No. Miles met her, things happened and went on with his life, pretty much forgetting everything including her. On Kay's side, yeah, she got a big fat crush on the handsome man who found who killed her dad and consoled her when she was at her saddest, even letting her borrow a keepsake for a while. And then she never really contacted him again, it could have been difficult for a young girl like her but that's alright~~

cause y'know... time passes... people grow older and mature and stuff

And then Miles re-meets Kay when she's a late teenager, an athletic, brave, well-mannered, tall as Franziska with heels, if a bit reckless and impulsive young lady with enough knowledge and skills to not just find him but also locate him when he got kidnapped

I'm pretty sure that Edgeworth was left very impressed after witnessing her abilities, take in how much she's grown over the years after not seeing or remembering her, and maybe even feeling some things after being a gentleman in distress rescued by this Great Thief~~ after all, why could it bother him when Kay was "being all chummy" with other male characters? And I'm not talking about evil dangerous men, I mean Gumshoe and Palaeno lmao, why could Edgeworth be bothered about Kay being friendly with them? Does he want Kay to be more friendly with him, mayhaps?

What matters most is what happens next, which is of course, when they spend time togheter, and work on cases togheter, and getting along, and enjoying each other's company. You know. Things that can potentionally make characters to fall in love with each other and have a very lovely relationship!! ^w^

To them specifically: it's about Edgeworth seeing how smart Kay can be, having deductive skills of her own and gadgets that can help on investigations. It's about Kay always knowing what's on Miles' mind, when everyone else is intimidated by Edgeworth's tightly knit frown, she can always read him like a book and know what's going on and help throught out! And the entirity of AAI2-4, the Kayworth case, Miles is sooooooo in love with Kay, even Eddie and Excelsior can tell lol, he lost his job, his employees, his stuff, his freedom and he STILL was more worried about Kay ughubghbughbuhugbu it is so beautiful

And that's why Kayworth is my absolute OTP in Ace Attorney, my fav ship ever in the franchise, that also happen to have a 9 year age gap, which btw is my fav number! So do remember that, ey~~? ;)

[ivy-saurs]

20 fic questions

i was tagged by @mutxnts ! thank you so much for the tag ash, i had a lot of fun answering these questions 💜

1. how many works do you have on Ao3?

i have 3 posted and i'm hoping to publish more this year! i have a few wips in the pipeline :)

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

40,769 words (haha 69 nice)

3. what fandoms do you write for?

ace attorney and the simon snow/carry on series

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

a snowy christmas (simon snow) one of us is lying (simon snow) carpool (ace attorney)

5. do you respond to comments?

yes! comments give me so much serotonin hehe

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

none of the fics i've written really have angsty endings haha, they have angst in the middle/towards the end but then i like to end on a happy note. if i had to go with one, maybe it would be one of us is lying?

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i would go with carpool because even though the ending is open, there wasn't any angst in that fic and it was a pretty short and happy fic

8. do you get hate on fics?

thankfully i haven't so far 😅

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

i don't at the moment but i would never say never...

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i've never written one but there are some very cool crossovers out there!

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

thankfully not (at least not that i know of)

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

no i haven't!

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

i haven't but it's definitely something i would be open to doing! in primary school, my best friend and i would often co-write stories together and it was so fun!

14. what’s your all time favorite ship?

either narumitsu or snowbaz

15. what’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i'm worried that i'll never actually finish the AU i've come up with where edgeworth owns a gay bar and suddenly he's losing customers because a rival gay bar opens next door - and it just so happens to be owned by a cute guy called phoenix wright...

16. what are your writing strengths?

i think i'm fairly decent at writing dialogue and writing concisely!

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

stealing ash's answer for this one lol i'm also not the best at writing prose and i struggle with using flowery/poetic language and vocabulary

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i don't think i've ever done it before and if i did i would only do it for very well-known phrases in other languages like "te amo"

19. first fandom you wrote for?

technically pokemon when i was a kid, although i never published it, so if we're talking published works, then it's the simon snow fandom

20. favorite fic you’ve written?

one of us is lying! i worked so hard on it and i took a long break from writing it, to the point where i wasn't sure if i would ever finish it. but i did and it was SO worth it. i recently found my notes from when the fic was in its infancy and it made me so proud to see how much the fic changed and grew while i was writing it! it's my longest fic and i really wanted to post it all in one go - it took so much willpower to only post one chapter a week even though all of it was already written haha

i'm not sure who to tag but please feel free to do this if you want to and say that i tagged you in it, i always love reading people's answers to these questions!

[ritzcuit]

tht post... i mean, all the replies are like "yes this is because of the DIABOLICAL PURITEEN ANTIS" but even for relatively uncontroversial ships, they're pushed down, bc there's an insistence on ""Canon Ships"" and also gay ones lol

like narumitsu -> langworth. krisnix doesnt suffer this problem as ive seen but maybe im wrong. but even when ppl are allowed to ship either of those, there's an implication that it's only okay for the 7 yr gap, until phoenix and edgeworth Both Realize that they were MEANT to love each other, bc narumitsu is the ultimate ship. which is crazy. Cus like what if you just don't gaf about narumitsu.....

or klapollo lol. god forbid you ship claypollo. THOUGH again this might be less of a problem. i do distinctly remember ppl saying childhood best friends were sibling coded so you cannot ship. which is Puriteen Nonsense but im pretty sure just comes from "klapollo is the Ultimate Ship you cant ship anything else".

it makes sense to me ppl not rly rocking with narumayo or justicykes or wtfever because weird little age gaps like that arent In right now... gumworth i think has that problem too but it also has a few really good artists drawing for it which makes it acceptable Also it isnt straight lol

shit like miego and klema/skyemadhi suffer bc they are m/f and therefore Illegal. this is something i'm guilty of too but again this isnt rly a STINKY PURITEEN thing because m/f ships arent a crime, theyre just like, unpopular rn. still i can recognize it as being unjustified. miego esp is like, a key part of mia's story, if you're into exploring that thing... which is why the only miego content i see nowadays is From ppl who respect mia and want to explore her character. cool!

...but really, the truth is that this "popular opinion only" thing extends past ships. god forbid you enjoy dual destinies or spirit of justice bro youre told theyre the worst games that arent worth playing at all and u really should only like the Good and Perfect trilogy/tgaa (SHOT FOR MAKING EVERYTHING ABT SOJ) But like!! it's the same trend! "these are the popular opinions so you have to agree with them, on some level, or else you can't Play With Us." IT'S SO WEIRDDDD WHEN WILL IT END BRO

[pyropsychiccollector]

Ace Attorney: IF (... Harem Edition)

Gonna make this one short and sweet. Apologies to those that don't like harems; this is just my creative decision as writer. No NTR in my house. (人◕ω◕)

As usual, I entertain 3-4 girls for the guy. That's become my average for harems. This first post is about Phoenix; I'll make a separate one for Apollo later. Those will be the only guys with harems, at least at this time. To be fair, I don't have ships for Edgeworth. He's just a cool character for me. XD

Iris

Though a lot changed in this AU, I've kept the Phoenix-Iris relationship intact. They still went through the canon motions of Iris posing as Dahlia, and though I haven't touched on their reunion yet... You can rest easy they do eventually. (人◕ω◕)

I won't get into the full details, but after meeting again Iris agrees to leave Hazakura Temple with Sister Bikini's blessing. Iris gets a job as a nurse, and over the next seven years she rekindles her relationship with Feenie. She only has to get over her guilt of deceiving him when they first met; in this AU she never became an accomplice during a Hazakura incident. Phoenix is pretty busy as a prosecutor, but it's not his whole life. Making room for Iris again is very doable~...

Their attraction to one another is pretty strong. Outside any physical attraction, Iris enjoys that Phoenix can still be a goofball but he's evened out a lot and become very mature; Phoenix is still quite smitten with her reserved and kind nature. He sympathizes with her family tragedies, and is more than happy to be there for her. Though she does connect with her cousin Mia as well, and gradually makes friends over the next seven years. Iris works at the Dye-Young Hospital, so Phoenix is on pretty familiar terms with Nurse Karen Jensen, who becomes one of Iris's best friends, and her grandmother Bonnie Young.

After seven years they decide to go for marriage. Iris wanted to wait that long to make sure their relationship was genuine, and not just something they returned to out of pure sentiment. Admittedly, she does have to put up with sharing Feenie... and that also takes getting used to... (人◕ω◕);;; She often butts heads with Franziska because of the whole whipping shtick. Iris can be surprisingly bold when it comes to caring for others... Not that Franziska stands for all the insubordination, but she knows Iris is a "favorite" of Phoenix Wright... so there's not much she can do. (人◕ω◕);;;

2. Franziska

Franziska got acquainted with Phoenix around the Dahlia trials. She wasn't that fond of him at first, he was a foolishly foolish fool of a college student. (人◕ω◕) ... But Phoenix got interested in her as a friend, especially when Franny "allowed" him to be declared innocent and threw the book at Dahlia. Sure, his idealistic mindset clashed with Franziska's perfectionism. But he threw himself into studying law to become a prosecutor that pursued the truth regardless of the accused's innocence or guilt.

... (人◕ω◕);;; Again, not something Franziska was thrilled about that he kept reaching out... But eventually she folded and helped him become a proper man of law (and not just a bluffing fool). Due to her father being the Chief Prosecutor, she couldn't be too close with him, but Phoenix did rub off on her over the years. To the point that she didn't fully agree with her father's idea of perfection even before he was fully exposed as a criminal.

After returning to Germany for a bit to collect herself (after her father was imprisoned), Franziska came back to find out what sort of prosecutor she wants to be. She and Phoenix were still somewhat distant for that year as Franziska clashed with Mia and the Edgeworth lawyers in court for several cases... And then they grew closer again through the Matt Engarde/De Killer trial as Phoenix took the reins on that one. Franziska already knew she wanted to be a different prosecutor from her father, but around this time she stopped caring about any win records.

She and Phoenix worked together on a few cases over the next year, Phoenix's rep growing. Eventually they ran into Shi-Long Lang, and all the drama that goes along with that. Franziska decided to work with Interpol as a prosecutor around that time, which meant that she would be away from Japan a lot... But with Phoenix, she always had a reason to come back home. (人◕ω◕) Because yeah, their friendship blossomed into love over the next seven years. They helped each other grow as people, and Phoenix helped smooth out any tension she had with Miles over his "betrayal" of becoming a defense attorney. You know Franziska by now, she's not the kind to be open with her feelings. Not in public. (人◕ω◕) She somewhat envies Iris for that, but you didn't hear that from me.

With Iris and Phoenix talking about marriage, Franziska hopped in on that. Taking a break from her globetrotting to secure her spot as a Mrs. Wright. ... Though she still goes by "Von Karma" while with Interpol. She won't let that name die, and she won't lose to Iris. (人◕ω◕)(人◕ω◕)(人◕ω◕)

3. Calisto

Calisto... This is perhaps the most interesting one. The gist is that she was caught and arrested for attempting to murder Byrne and Mack Rell, and got rehabilitated through working as a detective under Tyrell. Eventually she got assigned to Phoenix as a partner, and she usurped Franziska's role in molding him into a worthy prosecutor. Their dynamic has always been unique, if not distant on the surface.

Yet Phoenix became a friend of sorts that Calisto didn't wish to lose. Wouldn't let him get convicted of murder, and ensured criminal elements didn't lay a finger on him. The protectiveness went both ways, and despite her past Phoenix placed his trust in her. She also got some merriment out of messing with him. (人◕ω◕)

They've been working together for a decade by now. Their relationship has never been "romantic" in the traditional sense, but in some ways they do operate like a married couple. So when Franziska and Iris came into the scene, Calisto wasted no time in sinking her claws somewhat. Mostly to mess with them, but also Calisto had no plans to get in a relationship with anyone else. She had no interest in such things... Phoenix was probably the closest she'd ever get to such attachments. (人◕ω◕)

Calisto had no issue becoming a Mrs. Wright, even though Franziska and Iris balked at her shamelessness. She doesn't remember her real name, so "Calisto Wright" will do good enough. And really, Calisto strikes a middle ground between caring Iris and whip-happy Franziska. Outside of her giggling fits, she's a pretty serious woman that won't put up with foolishness while on the clock. She's not very intimate with Phoenix...at first... But married life has a way of changing that. (人◕ω◕)

[daddywright]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

tagged by @samioli ! (late getting to it, happy holidays!)

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

44... so far :)) (not-so-secret: i actually have a second pseud for one-shots in very small, random fandoms, but i don't use it often.)

2. What's your total ao3 word count?

ah hah. 682,262. i didn't really publish much before the pandemic, but then suddenly all i ever wanted to do was write, and i found such a community online in different fandoms that i haven't really stopped since!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I've published (written is a different story, haha) fic for a few fandoms: namely ace attorney, different sherlock holmes properties, witcher, dragon age, good omens (before the show), and most recently, metal gear!

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

a badge of honor [ace attorney]

plumeria (new beginnings) [enola holmes]

pressure (pushing down on me) [ace attorney]

your heart is cold (but we will warm you) [the hobbit - the first Real Fic i ever published, when i was a kid]

if i woke up (next to you) [ace attorney]

flattering but not surprising that ace attorney is near the top, as far as kudoses go; i joined this fandom in 2020 and it's just EXPLODED since then. it's so cool getting into an older game series and being able to connect with a thriving online community <3

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I absolutely do! I miss one here and there, on occasion, but i try to say thanks as often as i can. i often return to the comment sections of my more popular fics on rough days when i'm convinced i'm the worst writer in existence kasd;jfalskfjf

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

hm... while i tend to avoid endings that leave readers in pieces, i do enjoy some angst now and then. i wrote a one-shot about john watson reacting to holmes's death in OG sherlock holmes titled 'when good men go to war' that definitely deserved the 'major character death' tag, even if it's one of the most famous fake-out deaths in literature LMAO. i've also written canon compliant lanamia, which just hurts. and a miles edgeworth christmas fic, which is self-explanatory. i also wrote a fic for the animated film Klaus a while back that made me cry writing it, which i don't often do HAHA

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

hmm. 'if i woke up (next to you)' is the epitome of cheesy fix-it for narumitsu, but i think the end of 'pressure (pushing down on me)' was written at a time, for me, when i most desperately wanted to read about a happy ending-- the whole series is a fix-it, but pressure in particular dismantled phoenix's disbarment and brought back characters i missed/wanted more of in a way that was utterly self-indulgent, so for me, that's probably the happiest ending i've ever written. :)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, thankfully. but i've gotten enough of unsolicited crit type comments to piss me off eternally-- though i've gotten better at deleting the ones that hurt rather than engaging. (I stopped writing a witcher fic i really liked because i got a comment that a chapter was boring, and it totally shattered me :///)

9. Do you write smut?

Sure! I have been known to enjoy and write explicit fics. I have an academic interest in sex and education about it, and I think some of the best character study fics in the entire universe are explicit. i also think the saddest fics i've ever read have also included explicit scenes, too.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I have! I love a good, clever crossover.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of. (knocks on wood)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, several!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! Most recently (published, that is), for pacific rim.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

OOF. well. i have several, of course. i'll always be attached to classic sherlock holmes x john watson. for fandoms i fell into recently, the bangers are narumitsu, taibani (tiger&bunny, aka narumitsu lite), and newly, otasune (metal gear solid) is THE Moment. the MOMENT, damn it, PLAY METAL GEAR SOLID. and then DM me @solid-snaked because i want to TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

some more well-known ships i haven't published fic for over the years but still love: leopika (hxh), kakairu (naruto... YEAH. NARUTO.), kaishin (dmck), and superbat (dc). also, i tend to really gravitate towards platonic/gen fic for different fandoms as well, almost if not more strongly than shipfic.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

ooooh. toss up between 'call me through thunder' (dragon age), because honestly while i loved writing it, i liked the original writing ideas that came from it more than the actual fic elements and 'when the way is dark' (witcher), because of reasons listed above.

16. What are your writing strengths?

i would like to say my dialogue?? i suppose? i really like writing dialogue and specifically, the framing around dialogue-- i like writing body language and trying to describe facial expressions and tone shifts so that people can hear and see the scene i'm trying to write.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

ahh, i'm definitely guilty of writing intimate/emotional scenes at the cost of pacing, and of favoring tone accomplished by dialogue rather than immersion via setting (i'm bad at like. window dressing and connective tissue between scenes, i think)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

beyond my skillset, I'm afraid

19. First fandom you wrote for?

supernatural. mmhmm. i was a high school sam girlie. the first fic i ever read, also, was supernatural. destiel at age 13. life-ruiner. but i recovered.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

aaaa. overall, i'd say 'pressure' is a fic i'm quite proud of but it's the series overall that makes it my favorite as a writing and a community experience, one that got me through a really tough time in life. however, as far as my writing skill goes, i'm pretty proud of a fic i wrote on a time crunch for Holmestice, a sherlock holmes exchange, called 'the emerald circle', because i got to reference queer history in a way i really enjoyed while writing it.

feel free to pass along this prompt to yourself, fellow writers <3

[thatoneidiotyoulovesomuch]

Random Ace Attorney thoughts, opinions, and ideas I have.

Ace Attorney Spoilers for the original trilogy

I swear to Jeez Maya is trying to kill Phoenix. I feel like at least once in every case she's in she's making an attempt on this mans life with it be mentally or physically

My favorite character changes all the time between Edgeworth, Phoenix, and Maya. At the moment Maya is my favorite.

Godot has the biggest fattest crush on Phoenix. Bro dropped a whole case because Phoenix wasn't on it and then when Phoenix is back on the case all of a sudden he's back. That's the gayest shit I've ever heard (Not really but still)

I heard someone say that Morgan Fey didn't *really* have a motive for the mess she did and that annoyed the crap out of me.

My favorite villains are Damon Gant, Dahlia Hawthorne, and Matt Engarde. In that order

If I had to marry one villain from the pure evil category, so no accidental or sympathetic villains, it would be Gant I just feel like I'd be fine if I don't say anything about the mess he be doing.

Gant had/has a romantic relationship with Manfred Von Karma. He also ships wrightworth. (As do I)

Lowkey, like lowkey Maya x Phoenix shippers weird me out. I'm all for people shipping whatever they want but...he met her when she 17 and he was 24. And they constantly refer to each other as family and give that vibe. But that's just me.

Lana Skye, Mia Fey, and Adrian Andrews give me very gay thoughts.

I think Turnabout Samurai is better than Turnabout Sisters. Whenever I watch case raking videos they always rank Sisters over Samurai which is fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I just wanted to say I disagree.

Whenever Maya is gone for a long period of time. I like to sing My Everything by Ariana Grande to show how much I miss her.

I lowkey hate Godot he just gets on my everlasting nerves. But I can appreciate him flirting with Ron and some of the things he says.

My top 5 favorite cases are- Bridge To The Turnabout, Farewell, My Turnabout, Turnabout Goodbyes, Rise From the Ashes, The Stolen Turnabout (I think not sure on number 5)

Max was going to be my favorite defendant but then he decided to be a pedo so no.

Farewell, My Turnabout suffers from lack of new character. I can go into more detail if you want

One of my favorite character themes is Dahlia's "A Distant Trance of Beauty.

I'll probably do another one of these. I really like Ace Attorney. I also appreciate any thoughts you may have

[iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife]

Για το character ask game, Maya Fey :3

First impression: wahh the silly....

Impression now: pls hasn't she suffered enough.... hasn't she lost enough... hasn't she been accused of enough murders....she is so silly and soo sad but also strong enough to still be silly after all this. I love her.

Favourite moment: that one moment in turnabout goodbyes when she spoke up against vk and gave phoenix a chance to save edgeworth....she had spent such a big part of that case feeling useless it felt very nice to see her be strong like this. Admittedly I haven't played aa3 yet nor have i spoiled myself everything about this game the way i had for the first two so i can't really speak about any potential maya moments here but i just know that there are some POWERFUL ones. Can't wait to see them play out.

Idea for a story: none </3 sowwy

Unpopular opinion: Ahhh welll. Admittedly i don't really see the appeal of franmaya....? Like sure the parallels are definitely there, ive seen them, i enjoy them and yet i just don't really care about it. But that's definitely a me "problem", i just can't possibly bring myself to care about more than one (1) romantic ship per franchise and narumitsu managed to hoard any and all potential interest for fictional romance i could possibly have.

Favourite relationship: Phoenix and maya seems like a pretty obvious answer but also....mia and maya.... because as per usual i cannot be normal about fictional sibling relationships.

Favourite headcanon: Food is just. A big comfort for her. Every time she is upset, or someone else is upset she strongly believes that hanging out and eating something will make things better. She probably can't cook to save her life tho. Also!!!! Her relationship with Mia was complex!!!! She was mad at her for leaving her behind just like their mother did but at the end of the day she just misses her so so so much. They really were all each other had at the beginning of the series and then Mia went and died......man....

[notmoreflippingelves]

"Would you ever write": 1) a narumitsu story (doesn't need to end well *smirk* Sorry I am mean XD ) 2) an Ace Attorney/Elena of Avalor crossover 3) a Krisnix fix-it ?

Yes and No

What I mean by that is that. No, I would never write a story where narumitsu is the exclusive and only focus. I'm not even sure that I could write a Phoenix & Edgeworth gen platonic story. I'm just not invested in their dynamic enough to want to center a fanwork about it.

However, I would be open to writing a story that incorporates narumitsu provided that it isn't the main/only focus. For instance, I might write a krisnix that has past narumitsu, unrequited narumitsu, or future narumitsu, but in those cases, krisnix would still be the "main" ship and the narumitsu would stay in the background. Even if the narumitsu is "endgame," I would absolutely imply that Phoenix will always be more than a little in love with Kristoph.

I would also be open to writing Phoenix and Edgeworth as part of a poly ship with someone else. I made a post a few days ago about how the introduction of nearly any third party into the Nick & Miles dynamic is somehow able to make me care about narumitsu. I think the most likely candidates for the 3rd member of the triad would naturally be Kristoph, followed closely by Lang. But I admit to also being curious about Lana or Blackquill. So who knows where it might go.

2. Maybe

I already have way too many works-in-progress/plot bunnies for both fandoms (plus a few other fandoms) to think seriously of adding to them. So I don't think it's particularly likely that I would write an AA + EoA crossover. However, I have actually put some considerable thought into how exactly a hypothetical crossover might work. (If I ever find a way to make my blorbos from each fandom interact in a way that makes sense, this could definitely change).

In the series finale of EoA's sister show Sofia the First, we are teased with the idea of multiple-dimensions/alternate universes existing within canon. The Ever Realm (where EoA and StF take place) is specifically identified as being in a distinct universe from NeverLand and the existence of NeverLand implies the existence of London. And given that London is the setting of the both the Ace Attorney/Layton crossover and the Ace Attorney prequel, we can assume that this universe would be compatible with the wider Ace Attorney franchise.

So due to ambiguous magical shenanigans (maybe involving Esteban's teleportation staff?) , the cast of Elena of Avalor could hypothetically dimension-hop into the same universe as the Ace Attorney characters. I think a crossover might work best if it was set primarily in Kingdom of Khur'ain from Spirit of Justice. It would still be quite an adjustment but definitely less of a culture shock than having the EoA crew land in modern-day Japanifornia.

I have thought a bit as well about some of the character interactions that I would love to see.

Esteban would not get along with Minister Inga, as he would remind Esteban of the worst aspects of himself (pompous, arrogant, ambitious). Nahyuta would also remind Esteban a lot of himself, in the sense of being , once-idealistic-but-grown-more-jaded as a result of being trapped from a young age under the thumb of a very powerful, cruel, and dangerous tyrant , being forced to do terrible things as a result but nevertheless clinging to their humanity through it all and trying to use what little influence they have to protect their family and country. I really think that they could really help each other heal. I also feel like Esteban might develop a crush on Dhurke Sahdmadhi, but he absolutely would not recognize it as a crush. He would just be all "he's so tall and mysterious and manly. like a hero from a storybook. I want him to think I am cool and smart and interesting too." (This is also how I head canon that Esteban hypothetically views Antonio Agama in universe--an actual crush that he mistakes for a very long time as being a man crush/hero-worship due to him being a very closeted, very repressed and even more oblivious distinguished disaster bi.)

Athena has the potential to develop some really powerful bonds with both Esteban and Elena. Elena's emotion dress magic and Athena's emotional-hearing + Widget provide an interesting point of commonality on discussing how they feel and process emotions in themselves and others--as well as how to cope when the strength and intensity of their feelings overwhelms them. Esteban, meanwhile, would not easily be able to hide his loneliness, guilt, and insecurity from Athena's super-hearing, nor from her compassion. Hear heart would go out to him and she would work on helping him see the good in himself/build himself back up as well as reminding the other characters to show him the affection, attention, and validation that he's always needed.

I feel like Mateo and Apollo would not get along. This is probably a combination of me projecting my Mateo apathy onto Apollo and the fact that Apollo is in general fairly prickly, hot-tempered, and judgy. They would squabble and I would live for it.

Klavier would absolutely flirt shamelessly with everyone. Gabe and Esteban just roll their eyes and Mateo and Elena would be oblivious. But Naomi...he would absolutely rub Naomi up the wrong way and she would bond with Ema over it. She eventually comes around to him, especially when he turns down the playboy persona and is a bit more genuine. I also feel pretty sure that Klavier and Prince Alonzo would start out as bitter rivals, abruptly become besties, and then maybe something more?

Ema and Isabel would absolutely talk each other's ears off about science, and thanks to Ema, Isa would probably enter her "forensics" era for awhile and spend a lot of time using science to play detective.

I feel like Trucy might exchange sleight-of-hand tricks with the Delgados. She would also be fascinated by Elena's scepter and Esteban's staff and would spend a lot of time trying to figure out how the "trick" worked.

Haven't really thought much about Phoenix, the Feys, Edgeworth, Larry, Blackquill, Ziska, Gumshoe, or any of the others. But I think there's potential there. Maybe particularly in having Maya or Pearl channel Alacazar as well as Elena's and/or Esteban's parents.

3. Yes. Yes. Yes.

I actually have a few plot bunnies/works-in-progress (albeit very much on the backburner) that have elements of "krisnix fix-it-fic."

One of them is a post-canon, angsty mess but that ultimately will have elements of getting back together and Kristoph receiving mental health care.

Another is a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend AU in which madcap screwball romantic dark comedy shenanigans ensure that Kristoph never actually kills anyone, undoes a lot of the damage he's already done/takes accountability for his actions, and ends up with a relatively happy ending (even if I'm not entirely sure whether he'd end up with Phoenix ,alone or with one of the alternate love interests.)

The third is a time-travel AU scenario. The DLC case of SOJ supposedly includes elements of time-travel but are later revealed to be faked/misinterpretations. This fic would presuppose that in the process of investigating the case, Phoenix discovered that time travel really does exist. In exchange for successfully convincing everyone else that it doesn't, the Time Travel Bureau will allow Phoenix to make a few changes to the past, provided that they don't disrupt the wider timeline too much. After his first choices of saving Mia and Gregory Edgeworth are rejected (as their deaths have too great an impact on events), Phoenix is permitted to "save" Kristoph by preventing him from committing the murders (as it's gauged that Zak and Drew Misham would've died of natural causes soon afterwards anyway). Phoenix has to be *very* careful in terms of not letting anyone know what he is doing and only making the slightest changes. He will still lose his badge and spend 7 years without it, Zak will still abandon Trucy, Kristoph's forgery will still be revealed and he'll be disbarred and sent to prison for it--though fortunately he doesn't have murder on his conscience/sentence. But Kristoph will eventually get out on parole, live a much happier life (I'm thinking he ends up working in the marketing department for Ariadoney), and possibly get back together with Phoenix.

Send me an ask that says “Would you ever write…” and continue the sentence. I’ll respond with yes or no and give an explanation as to why if I want to.

[missjamiekaye]

9 people you would like to get to know better

Awww I was tagged by @markingatlightspeed

Three ships: okay nah I'm picking my mains Boostle, Heavy/Medic, Garak/Bashir, Tailgate/Cyclonus, Ed/Stede, Edgeworth/Phoenix, Bokuto/Akaashi, Chie/Yukiko, Nagisa/Rei, Raihan/Leon, Franky/Robin and I'm sure going to punch myself later for forgetting oneBAYONETTA/JEANNE

First ship ever: I'm fairly confident it was Boostle?? Medic and Heavy weren't long after. There may have been others but I wasn't invested.

Last song: Absolute by GameChop/RandomBeats/RoboRob I just found this FF7 cover today and it's fucking sick

Last movie: Blue Beetle maybe? I don't think we've watched a movie since then.

Currently reading: almost done with Human Target, and lots and lots of fanfiction right now :')

Currently watching: GEARING UP FOR OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2. HNNGGHGHGHHH I've been hoarding some of the last few episodes of Ted Lasso and tapping into some of those. We just finished My Adventure with Superman last night too.

Currently consuming: I just had a beer and trader joe's truffle pizza

Currently craving: popcooorrrnnnnn.......

9 tags: Aaaaa let's see- @zionmantis @lithefider @ippa-beepa @delena-hupp @bobokitty @ashleyrguillory @azaelyas @daigah