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I've done this for Phoenix so now I have a duty to fulfill

Explanation of some options bc of the character limit under the cut

6- Mikotoba claims that his son/daughter adopted Ryunosuke as her sibling first and used his name as an alias but Sholmes argues that Iris also adopted him into their family and 'you already have an adopted son don't be greedy!' this all doesn't even matter because they are married and would share children anyway but its the principal of it all. Ryunosuke probably just asks for Kazuma's hand in marriage just to end the argument.

7- he's still a special little guy but not in the way that someone created by a deity really should be, he's pretty durable though...

8- you can't tell me that ryu doesn't have the vibe of a guy who was supposed to be the funny side character but then the real main character died and whoops you're important now have fun being subjected to the Horrors

9- get kung fu panda-ed idiot

#srb #morning boost

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I've done this for Phoenix so now I have a duty to fulfill

Explanation of some options bc of the character limit under the cut

6- Mikotoba claims that his son/daughter adopted Ryunosuke as her sibling first and used his name as an alias but Sholmes argues that Iris also adopted him into their family and 'you already have an adopted son don't be greedy!' this all doesn't even matter because they are married and would share children anyway but its the principal of it all. Ryunosuke probably just asks for Kazuma's hand in marriage just to end the argument.

7- he's still a special little guy but not in the way that someone created by a deity really should be, he's pretty durable though...

8- you can't tell me that ryu doesn't have the vibe of a guy who was supposed to be the funny side character but then the real main character died and whoops you're important now have fun being subjected to the Horrors

9- get kung fu panda-ed idiot

#i love a guy who is concerningly secretive about his personal life #the naruhodo family tradition of totally having something weird going on in the background but not ever talking about it #the naruhodo family tradition of being arrested for a murder and not having any family bothering to show up #the great ace attorney #ryunosuke naruhodo #ryuunosuke naruhodou #tgaa #dgs #asoryuu #andromedas poll hell #poll

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I love thinking about the thematic and direct parallels between Phoenix and Ryunosuke, I'm going to make more by throwing Ryunosuke off a bridge

#don't worry it's part of my Phoenix!Naruhodo au so he'll be fine #my guy lives in london that place is full of bridges that is not good to fall off of #the Thames is not a fun river to be thrown into #im thinking of mean things i can do to Ryunosuke for the au so that he can be angry and also on fire #i like when the chillest littlest guys have dialogue that implies that they could go a little feral in the right circumstances #he deserves to get a little mad and righteously violent #i feel it in my heart

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Obsessed with the vibe that both Ryunosuke and Phoenix were built to be the most easily underestimated guys ever and they’re always set up against people who would eat them alive if given the opportunity. They’re also distinctly different flavors of visibly pathetic, Phoenix has more of the ‘ridiculous stupid reckless crybaby’ thing going on while Ryunosuke is a ‘tiny nervous woodland creature begging to be hunted for sport’ kinda vibe.

While there’s no way that it’s all a facade, it would be interesting if they were at least self aware. Phoenix does his puppy eyes in court at the judge and at Gumshoe to get into the crime scene and Ryunosuke just forgets to draw attention to the fact that he constantly has a sword on his person, while Kazuma uses it for intimidation Ryunosuke rests his hand on it for support and that’s it.

During the 7yg Phoenix tailors his persona specifically to double down on the idea that he’s shady and down on his luck and this feels like a choice that he’s made rather than him actually giving up and we know that he never gave up. That’s like… his whole deal.

Stronghart takes one look at Ryunosuke and immediately dismisses him, no one can turn this little runt into an assassin. He’s not a threat if he mutters all his thoughts to himself and is visibly anxious all the time.

I just think it would be funny if they weaponized it and are constantly pulling the ‘im a little birthday boy’ move.

#I haven’t actually played AJ so idk if he’s just as weaponized pathetic as the Naruhodos but I would believe it #I think Apollo has just too much externalized rage to really get the soggy kitten vibe down #we do know that Trucy has the little girl act played up on purpose too #‘don’t put me on trial for murder I’m just a little guy!’ #pheonix wright #ryunosuke naruhodo #ryuunosuke naruhodou #ace attorney #the great ace attorney #tgaac

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God, I love it when people who clearly have personal experience or expert knowledge on certain things write obscure AUs that incorporate those things so hyperspecifically that I feel like I'm learning something.

I love nurses who write hospital AUs that have accurate medical knowledge just thrown in there because they went to medical school and when people who clearly had a phase where they obsessed over a certain time period write an AU set in that time period or location it's just so fun.

Tell me about the 1950s Chicago culture and history and how the characters are interracial and how that affects their life, I love when the money is accurately converted and the personal histories of the characters are thoughtfully woven to incorporate the new setting they're put in, I love it when people care so much about making something and use their own expertise to aide them.

#i love it when the authors notes are just a history lesson #or like an index/glossary about the vocab used by the characters #if you think no one would care about your mechanic au where you throw a fictional guy under a car bc that's what you know I care #its so nice when people so clearly care about the world that they're writing in #can you tell i found a new fic today and I'm excited about it #ao3 #fanfic

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Can’t make a fem!Phoenix without a fem!Edgeworth, because no matter what gender this prosecutor is, she isn’t allowed to even slightly come off as straight

Design details and artists commentary below the cut

She is babey, and I’m absolutely convinced that she still wore a bow tie every day to school and never learned how to tie it so her dad had to every morning. It’s also important to note that this is the most saturated her hair gets, from dl6 on it gets lighter and less brown.

A lot of my bratworth design is based on the unimplemented design for PLvsPW, and I made sure to have some hellfire imagery to poke at the demon part of her reputation. This is the shortest her hair gets to represent Von Karmas control over her, after this era she keeps it longer and after the 7yg she keeps it loose to symbolize her freedom from mvk and how she slowly got more comfortable with herself so she doesn’t have to focus on controlling every part of her appearance.

Yes, Trilogy Edgeworth and Trilogy Phoenix have matching knight earrings leave me alone.

She also gets a little embroidered sunflower/defense attorney badge in this era. It’s meant to resemble the sun and represents Phoenix’s reentry into her life and her relationship with her father before she lets go a bit and leans into the whole chief prosecutor thing.

All I have to say is that her earpiece is 100% Phoenix themed

It was very important to me that she dressed so similarly to her canon version because she just gives off those vibes, maybe she wears a skirt and black tights and high heels that could puncture a bitch but that suit jacket is so mandatory. The day you see any form of this guy in something that’s not formal wear is the day she dies. She buttons up her shirt to the very top when she’s at the beach. You will never see the skin on her legs if she can help it. She only wishes she could pull off a hat so when she goes outside once a year she won’t get completely sunburnt.

It’s also important to note that I drew her facing her right and Phoenix facing her left so they would be mirroring each other because they are gay, now I just need someone to use these as icons so I can have an Edgeworth to my Phoenix 💔

#srb #bc this flopped so hard and im still a little upset with it #i thought yuri narumitsu was catching on :(

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I DO obsessively read peoples tags when they rb my art

And, yes, I DO kick my little feets and giggle when I get compliments

#tags are so important to me #this goes for fics and other posts that get a bit of attention #i love it when people talk through the tags its so fun #i love your opinions and your thoughts they're so interesting to me #youre not annoying i love you

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#morning boost #im actually going to not vote on this one unless i succumb to the urge to see what people are voting #but then ill have to choose which one of my hcs i like the most which is hard for me #or ill choose the one i know people dont care about so i dont sway the vote

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PLEASE elaborate on the phoenix and franziska shenanigans during the 7yg you have NO idea how much i like them

I am someone who loved the investigative portion of Bridge to the Turnabout where Franziska had to babysit Phoenix when he wasn't allowed to follow Miles and Iris. I think when he's not her rival defense attorney and is looking particularly pathetic, she is actually pretty chill around him. She is not exempt from his aura that gets young women to imprint on him and follow him around.

She is genuinely offended on his behalf when he gets disbarred because he beat Miles and Manfred and even her! why the hell would he cheat in a case against a teenager! She does not think for a second that he forged that diary page because she knows firsthand how he throws himself into things and cannot prepare an entire evil plan for shit. However, she does not know how to convey this to him so she bullies Miles into flying him and Trucy around because Miles is almost too good at being resigned to pine sadly from a distance.

It's also important to know that she sees Phoenix being a caring father to Trucy and as someone who never really had a valid father, decided that maybe (ex) defense attorneys have rights... Even if Miles didn't get his shit together to put a ring on That Man's finger, Franziska would find herself in Phoenix's found family, it's only a matter of time.

For some reason Phoenix doesn't go to court with Edgeworth, maybe he can't stand being there while not being a lawyer, maybe he forgot he wasn't an attorney once and got kicked out for yelling out an objection, it doesn't matter, Trucy gets to be Edgeworths weirdgirl assistant and Phoenix is stuck investigating with Franziska and they are the worst people to keep each other out of trouble. We're talking about 'guy who ran across a burning bridge' and 'woman who got shot in the shoulder and still managed to get to court eventually' they are an unstoppable duo when they find something they can both get behind.

If anyone can slowly get Franziska to loosen up and learn to embrace the childhood that she lost, it would be Phoenix. I mean, this girl passed the bar at like 13 there was no way she had time to binge she-ra and check out books on drawing horses from the library. He would convince her to get a cat who hangs out in a window backpack that she can carry around during her travels because it turns out that her life is kinda lonely and she totally seems like the cat lesbian type. She is also allergic to cats so she has to get a sphinx or a devon rex or just the most gargoyle/ golbin looking creature to walk on this earth. That just seems like her vibe.

#i don't know exactly what they do but whatever it is it scares the h3ll out of edgeworth #they visit london and realize that they both have ancestors who were lawyers there and that's pretty weird #spreading my van zieks/ von karma connection agenda #I think they should get lost somewhere they shouldn't be and go on a friendship building side quest together #they visit paris and find an entrance to the catacombs and go through a whole horror movie in there #and they come out with the solution to a cold case that's been a mystery for three hundred years #what do you get when you have two dangerously reckless people and take away their impulse control? platonic frannix #they come back to edgeworths apartment where he's watching the steel samurai with Maya and they're covered in ash with no explanation #I just think we should let them loose and see what happens #ask andromeda #phoenix wright #franziska von karma #phoenix and franziska AAI3 WHEN

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#you can tell i have a favorite lmao #im sorry i think about phoenix at all hours of the day #these are jokes kinda but im also serious about them #phoenix and franziska would be such funny friends #i need to make their relationship chart connect on every point #narumitsu are married franmaya are married miles and maya go to cons that leaves one pair #i also think that they hang out during the 7yg europe trips when edgeworth is busy #they should get into hyjinks and Phoenix should be her weirdgirl while Trucy helps miles in court #what im saying is that they can stand each other #ask me to elaborate on any of these I dare you #i have several ideas on how Phoenix is legally a Fey #he just has like four separate Feys look at him like he's a lost kitten and decide that he's one of them #i tried to keep them somewhat unique like obviously phoenix has adhd and miles is autistic and magic literally exists to an extent #we all know apollo has tboy swag #i think it's late enough in the day to be silly ill let myself have this #ace attorney #pheonix wright #kay faraday #franziska von karma #ryunosuke naruhodo #ryuunosuke naruhodou #andromedas poll hell #lana skye #trans phoenix wright

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We make fun of Klavier for being called Piano and I get it but it really plays into his nonbinary swag of having a noun name.

What is funny is that he doesn’t even do anything with the piano pun, he’s a guitarist who is so normal about guitars specifically I don’t even think he has a key-tar

#second most androgynous man in the Apollo Justice trilogy has a nonbinary name what a shocker #klavier gavin #ace attorney klavier #aa klavier #ace attorney #apollo justice

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nothing makes me go "ooooh we are NOT the same" quite like reading some post about how people talk with their parents about their interests. what do you mean you told your father about stevebucky. what do you mean he asked further questions

#I only share like… music with my mom #I know she wouldn’t watch the Witcher but she would appreciate the funky instruments #she really likes Kazuma’s theme for TGAAC lol #she knows my art account on insta (so does my grandma) but that’s because I accidentally connected it to my facebook #she’s seen all my cringe art though so I feel like it really can’t get worse #I would never share my fics though #even though she’s a big reader I could never do that #I don’t even write anything too bad I don’t write smut or anything but still

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u ever have on mutuals whos so deep in another fandom that u know absolutely zero about and they make posts that look like they speaking another language or some shit

#i dont know anything about hades 2 or that anime about people turning monsters into food but you guys sound like your having fun #sometimes batman shows up #other fandoms add some flavor to the dashboard even if im not into them #its a little funny to get to know things second hand like i only know the weirdest shit but i cannot tell you anything that makes sense #i don't know what those guys are doing in that dungeon or why that vampire man is like that but i do know that theres some crazy art ab it #i dont know the plot but i did see that the dwarf man got a panty shot and people are stoked about it

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE HAD A PERFECT TRIAL RECORD!?!?!?

I am once more thinking about Mia Fey and trying not to explode

#NOT A SINGLE OTHER ATTORNEY COMPLETELY MANAGED IT #QUEEN BEHAVIOR??? #they literally had to kill her becase she was too powerful holy fuck #apparently it's not stated or even really implied but takumi consiters it the truth so like... thats so funny #but also that means that Phoenix was her first client to be considered not guilty... he started it all... baby boy... #he did not make it easy on her lmao #seriously every single other 'perfect' attorney got fucked up along the way by phoenix or convicted of murder or whatever #even phoenix wasnt perfect (we can forgive him for engarde bc he got the best possible outcome but like... he's still lost) #shes just too cool guys #i love her i think she could've killed redd white if she wasn't the dead mentor archetype #she was just way too cool to stick around she would've kicked too much ass

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I am once more thinking about Mia Fey and trying not to explode

#she has like... a legacy and is compared to Gregory Edgeworth by Grossberg and she made a name for herself #like thats crazy #god imagine being miles and facing off against the understudy of the woman people compared to his father at her murder trial #she talked to the dead to get the list of people redd white blackmailed and waited to move on until phoenix reached the age she was #she found the most pathetic guy eating glass and was like 'okay gayboy you want a job?' #she saw him defending dahlia so passionately and stubbornly and thought 'maybe he just needs to learn how to be a better judge of character #i do think shed be proud that he was right about miles #she knew him as a little twerp but she also knew lana so like... she probably got the corrupted prosecutor vibe #she knew that homosexual tension is the only thing that can beat corruption in the justice system #save me i keep having thoughts

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after ten more seconds of research, I have also discovered that Diego was around 27 when he was poisoned and put into a coma and 'died' so like... there's totally a curse going on here actually. And it totally has something to do with Dahlia.

do you guys ever think about the fact that Phoenix was the same age as Mia was when she died when he was disbarred? That he said goodbye to her for the last time, thinking that he was finally living up to her legacy only to months later lose it all? Would he think she would be disappointed in him for falling into the same flavor of trap that she did? Do you think he sat in her office under the window without a badge as something within him died in just the same place as she did?

#theres a fey and co 27 club i guess #good thing apollo and maya got away in time they don't need any more bad luck

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do you guys ever think about the fact that Phoenix was the same age as Mia was when she died when he was disbarred? That he said goodbye to her for the last time, thinking that he was finally living up to her legacy only to months later lose it all? Would he think she would be disappointed in him for falling into the same flavor of trap that she did? Do you think he sat in her office under the window without a badge as something within him died in just the same place as she did?

#i love the fey and co duo #i love that they're literally the victims of each others second ever trials and are besties who never talk about their families #do you ever think about how he literally idolized her during her second ever trial and not because she was experienced but bc she had heart #cool im going to cry about them forever #pheonix wright #mia fey #ace attorney