#tumblr keeps adding a spotify tag and I keep removing it. it's a stalemate

[tanaleth]

Songs to ship by

Tagged by @pchberrytea to list 5 to 10 ship songs—thanks! I pass the tag to @lothrilzul, @allisondraste, @anonymouscosmos, @bluekaddis, and anyone else who's feeling the love.

I'm currently enjoying a belated dive into Ace Attorney and have dusted off the old AO3 account. My fic is a Mia/Diego origin story: fluffy, uncomplicated, drowning in dramatic irony. (Never have I felt guiltier using the "canon compliant" tag.)

So anyway, for this cute little ship fic, I picked a bunch of super depressing song lyrics as chapter titles. Like you do.

Wallow with me, fellow denizens of Miego hell.

1. Tall Tall Shadow

Fic context: Mia and Diego stagger out of the courthouse immediately after Turnabout Beginnings.

Title context:

Cover all your steps One day I know they will be tried No deception left And now even you might realize That there is no lie that you can live in Tear it apart, your own confession made in the dark ... You can't run away When you know that the tall, tall shadow Tall tall shadow is yours

2. I'll See You There

Fic context: Flirting! Flirting in the office!

Title context: oh

I'll bring you flowers when you're dead and gone Asleep in the pines in the valley of the mountain Next to you, I'll lay my bones when I've reached my prime Beside the brandy wine where I finally find my rest ... Oh lover, I'll see you there Waiting in the willows with your autumn hair

Oh lover, I'll see you there

3. Coffee Girl

Fic context: First date! (They go for coffee, obviously.)

Title context: hmm

It's hard to leave your bed The cool and hard summer sheets Hangover hangin' on by the fangs Walk to work on wild feet ... Hey there, coffee girl Beautiful and disaffected It was perfect 'til He came along and wrecked it

4. You've Got It All

This one is a bit of an outlier because I stole it from my friend's (much jazzier, beautifully curated, far superior) Godot playlist.

It's very horny! So is this chapter.

But you don't fold, you don't fade You got everything you need, especially me Sister, you've got it all ... You make the call to make my day In your message say my name Your talk is all the talk Sister, you've got it all

5. A Little Patch of Sun

Fic context: Oh, to be young and happy and in love—

Title context: [flips ahead in Mia's diary]

Saturdays are the greatest When you wake with someone And you read the morning papers In a little patch of sun ... And it's not much of a party When you're a girl on your own And Saturday turns to Sunday And you wake up alone ... I used to have someone

6. We're Gonna Live

Fic context: Gosh, this is getting serious. They're planning for the future! Aw.

Title context:

So bright The flames burned in our hearts That we found each other in the dark ... We're gonna live We're gonna live We're gonna live We're gonna live At last

...yeah, that one is definitely just me being a dick.