#ace attorney soj

[friendbreakfast]

whenever people say Apollo has "multiple backstories" its kinda funny to me a bit but not only because of the fact its actually just one backstory that doesn't contradict at any point (which is a post ive already made lol), but rather because of other facts:

Apollo has basically no backstory in the game named after him. His family gets some kind of backstory yes but he is pretty much left out of it to focus on Thalassa and Trucy and Phoenix more than anything, he's pretty much mentioned VERY little in that backstory. So it's not even one of his backstories, I'd say. It's more Trucy's.

In DD, he literally just gets a friend. Having a friend is not a backstory lol. Like yes Clay did come from nowhere but it does NOT count as a backstory. Literally all we get from his past with that friend is a small scene that tells us nothing but how their friendship works. No further story than that.

All in all, Spirit of Justice is literally the only game that actually gives him a backstory in any sense of the word. And it is literally about the one detail that is pretty much skipped over in the first OR second game where he didn't even get much anyway. It is not giving him "another" backstory, it's filling in the blanks what the first game didn't bother to care for much by actually giving him his first and only backstory.

So yes. Apollo HAS a convoluted backstory. But it is ONLY ONE, and is only ever shown at all in the game where people took to complaining that he has multiple.

#apollo justice #apollo justice ace attorney #aa spoilers #ace attorney spoilers #spirit of justice #ace attorney spirit of justice #clay terran #trucy wright #ace attorney soj

[seizethegay420]

#UH HELLO? #WHAT?!?! #GAY #OH MY GOD #GET MARRIED ALREADY #Phoenix sounds so panicked lmao #“Miles is thinking about getting married? But hes *my* husband!” #gay #gay gay homosexual gay #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #phoenix wright x miles edgeworth #phoenix x miles #wrightworth #narumistu #ace attorney soj #ace attorney spirit of justice #ace attorney #apollo justice trilogy

[to00fu]

i truly loved her

#fanart #ace attorney #armie buff #ace attorney spirit of justice #ace attorney soj

[polich-wafer]

…it glares, it roars, and it latches its jaws firmly onto its prey till the bitter prey. that’s what lawyers do to get to the truth!

#ace attorney #spirit of justice #aa6 #soj #ace attorney spirit of justice #ace attorney soj #dhurke sahdmadhi

[agonyaster]

Brother, Oh Brother

“Apollo, go fix the blinds,” Nahyuta says, curling up even tighter. “I did it last time, it’s your turn.”

The only response he hears is the chirping of the birds and crickets outside, which is incriminating enough on its own. His brother snores like an angry flock of warbaa’d.

apollo and yuti beloved…

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Harsh sunlight streams into the room through the slats in the blinds, and Nahyuta winces as it hits his face. He curls into a ball and pulls the blankets over his head, but the light still bleeds through, burning into his cheek through the thin fabric.

“Apollo, go fix the blinds,” Nahyuta says, curling up even tighter. “I did it last time, it’s your turn.”

The only response he hears is the chirping of the birds and crickets outside, which is incriminating enough on its own. His brother snores like an angry flock of warbaa’d.

“I know you’re awake. Go fix the blinds.” Silence. “Apolloooooo.”

Again, silence.

Nahyuta sighs sharply and sneaks a hand out of his cocoon, grabbing his pillow at the corner and slamming it onto the mat where Apollo’s head is. Still, the only noise is Nahyuta’s own breathing and the stirring wildlife outside the window.

“It’s rude to ignore your big brother,” he huffs, sitting up onto his haunches and grabbing the pillow with both hands. Raising it over his head, Nahyuta brings the pillow down with the force of a dragon over and over again.

At first, he’s mildly confused as to how in the name of the Holy Mother his brother can sleep through this, only realizing that Apollo just isn’t there after an embarrassing few seconds. Nahyuta drops the pillow and crawls out of bed, all thoughts of more potential sleep gone.

He pads over to the window and flings open the blinds, squinting out at the rolling countryside. Apollo isn’t by the river, or the tree stump, or at the crest of the hill that overlooks the city. Alright, fine.

Heading into the kitchen, he’s greeted by the mud-caked soles of Datz’s boots, which are propped up on the table and crossed at the ankle.

“Mornin’ Yuty!” Datz greets, flashing a smile that’s all teeth. “Sleep well?”

“Just fine,” he murmurs, grabbing an apple off of the counter and biting into it. The juice rolls down his chin and drips onto the floor between his feet, miniscule spots appearing on the wood floors.

“I dunno, if you ask me, you look like you got into a fight with the bed and lost.” Datz squints. “Bad, too. You sure AJ didn’t attack you in your sleep?”

“Yes, I’m sure.” Nahyuta glares at Datz. “Where is Apollo anyway?”

“I think he went out with Dhurke real early this morning. Maybe they’re getting ready for your birthday.”

“My birthday is three months away.”

“You say that like AJ hasn’t been counting down the days.”

“He has not.”

“What makes you so sure?”

“Apollo can’t count that high.”

Datz bursts into laughter at that, clutching his stomach as he nearly falls out of his chair. After around thirty seconds, he’s able to breathe properly again, even though his shoulders still twitch and a laugh escapes him every few seconds.

“Man, Yuty, who taught you to be so funny?”

“Certainly not you.”

Nahyuta’s a bit worried that Datz will actually fall out of his chair this time, so he just watches, apple halfway to his mouth, as Datz positively howls with laughter. He’s sure every animal in a five mile radius just ran away as fast as they could, and Nahyuta wishes he could join them.

“I’m going out to look for someone less obnoxious.”

“C’mon, why don’t you just spend some quality time with your favorite uncle?” Datz stands up, stabbing his hunting knife into the table as he waggles his eyebrows at Nahyuta.

“You’re my only uncle.”

“Exactly! So I’m the favorite by default.” Datz pulls him close and grinds his knuckles against the top of Nahyuta’s head, not even flinching when the kid bites down on his arm in an attempt to escape. “Oh, and for the record, AJ’s just as obnoxious as I am. Who do you think taught him?”

Even though he wants to fire back something snippy, Datz’s forearm is snug against Nahyuta’s windpipe, and having a coughing fit is the absolute last thing he needs right now. So, for once, he holds his tongue.

After another harsh noogie, Datz releases him and pulls his knife up out of the table. “I’m gonna head out, so don’t do anything stupid, alright? Don’t need you drowning for real this time.”

Nahyuta rolls his eyes but lets Datz ruffle his hair on the way out the door and pauses to watch as his figure disappears into the underbrush. Once he’s gone, Nahyuta finishes off his apple and cleans up the mud Datz had tracked all the way through the house.

Apollo and his dad are still nowhere to be found, so Nahyuta takes the time he has alone to get dressed and fix his hair. And no, Apollo didn’t cut his hair in the middle of the night. He wishes Datz was still here just so he could point it out.

He isn’t, though, so Nahyuta opts to curl up in a chair, his dad’s law book open on his lap. Time melts away and the next thing he knows Dhurke is walking in through the door, a tired smile on his face.

“Get into any trouble while I was gone?” he asks as Nahyuta closes the book in his lap.

“Does it look like it?”

“That’s the thing, you’re good at hiding it.”

Nahyuta grins up at his father. “Who do you think I learned it from?”

Dhurke laughs, strong and forceful. The humor doesn’t quite reach her eyes.

“Where’s Apollo? Datz figured he was with you,” Nahyuta asks, peering past his father to check if Apollo was hidden behind his legs. He isn’t, and as Nahyuta looks around a little more, he realizes that Apollo isn’t anywhere.

There’s no sounds of him from the kitchen or the bedroom, no sight of him outside. Not even the imprints his feet would have made in the grass.

“I… Nahyuta, I need you to listen to me. Can you do that?”

“Dad, where’s Apollo?”

“Please, Nahyuta, just listen.” Dhurke crouches, low and slow, like he was approaching a wild animal. “Apollo is somewhere better now, somewhere safer.”

“What did you do?” Panic seeps into his voice, trembling harshly.

Dhurke places a gentle hand on his son’s shoulder. “I- he’s going back to America. Things are only getting worse, with Ga’ran’s regime getting bolder. We have to protect those that we can… and sometimes that means saying goodbye.”

Nahyuta can’t stop the sound that crawls up out of his throat. It’s an ugly thing, filled with ugly emotions, a cocktail of fear and confusion that makes his knees go weak and his head swim.

“I know this is hard, Yuty, but it won’t be for very long, I promise. Once it’s safe for us, he can come back.”

“You just sent him there all alone? He’s got no one!”

“It’ll be okay, Nahyuta. Just trust me, and trust in your brother.”

“No!” he swats Dhurke’s hand away. “I- you took my brother! Y-you didn’t even let me say goodbye!” Tears start to pour down his face as reality finally sets in. Nahyuta’s knees give out and he collapses to the floor, hands shaking as he sobs into them.

Dhurke reaches out gingerly, but his hand is smacked away as anger starts to swell up in Nahyuta.

“Don’t touch me!” he spits, scrambling to his feet and stumbling away as far as his wobbling legs would take him. “How could you?! How could you do this?!”

“Nahyuta, please listen-”

“No! This is all your fault! It’s your fault we live out here in the middle of nowhere, running for our lives! Your fault my mother is dead! Sending Apollo away doesn't fix any of that!”

All Nahyuta can hear is the thumping of his heart in his ears, can barely see a foot in front of him with the tears clouding his vision.

“I hate you!”

He wants to run, wants to hide. Wants to hide under the covers and sob into his knees until Apollo comes in and leans his head against Nahyuta’s shoulder against him, squeezing his hand in reassurance as their breathing starts to sync.

But that won’t happen, so he just sinks back down onto the floor and wails. Maybe if he’s loud enough, the world will melt away for good.

#writing #ace attorney #spirit of justice #aa soj spoilers #ace attorney spoilers #apollo justice #nahyuta sahdmadhi #dhurke sahdmadhi #datz are'bal #ace attorney soj #ace attorney spirit of justice #angst #tags are hard all i know is that i love them

[sushiisiu]

khura'in lawyerrrr

#my art #apollo justice #ace attorney #spirit of justice #khura'in #aa6 #i still havent finished soj but im thrilled at his biracial upbringing

[skellagirl]

help help help I can't stop drawing gay lawyers

Trucy should be brown and I'll die on that hill

The fact that Klavier is 5'11" and Apollo is 5'5" 🥹 I love a height difference

I am convinced they drew Valant's hair Like That (tm) in-game because otherwise we would have all fallen madly in love with him

Wesley is my favorite witness in Apollo Justice, I'm so sorry for my shit taste 😔

I've drawn Godot without a mask before but I wanted to do it Again because I am still enamored with the idea of him having white eyelashes

Aromantic Miles means so much to me

I get that it's probably just the way they drew his jacket but why is Miles's little court sprite so caked though 😭

#ace attorney #description in alt text #my art #Phoenix Wright #Trucy Wright #Miles Edgeworth #Apollo Justice #Klavier Gavin #Valant Gramarye #Wesley Stickler #AA Godot #Diego Armando #klapollo #narumitsu #holy shit so many characters to tag (huffing and puffing) #I was decidedly not normal about Wesley when I was a teenager 😔 the mind of a teenage girl is an enigma #I wish AA's side characters got more love from the fandom tbh 🥲 #ESPECIALLY VALANT I'm not biased btw #Valant is only like 44 so not ACTUALLY old enough to be foxy grandpa but it's for the MEME okay #I have VERY mixed feelings about DD and SOJ but the Phoenix/Miles dynamic is so good 😭

[ema-sahdmadhi]

"It seems you've had quite a life..." - Ema Skye, 6-5 Day 1 Investigation

#apollo justice #ace attorney memes #apollo justice trilogy #aj trilogy #aj trilogy spoilers #soj spoilers #aa4 spoilers #aa6 spoilers #aa memes #ema skye #athena cykes #trucy wright #jove justice #thalassa gramarye #zak gramarye #phoenix wright #dhurke sahdmadhi #amara sigatar khura'in #datz not included bc there was already too many characters and no way that mans straight. #I know I could easily swap him in for Zak or Amara but I needed at least two women to make the joke work I'm sorryyyy #Zak here bc 'Trucy's dad. Yes Trucy is my sister but he's not my dad. Trucy's new dad got custody from her old dad' had to be included #Turbo Divorce

[turnaboutfix]

Stoked to play the Apollo Justice Trilogy to join Phoenix and Maya's shenanigans again. :D

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #maya fey #spirit of justice #soj #nickandmaya #ace attorney fanart #ace attorney art #turnabout fix art

[lindleland]

A fun fact about the Ace Attorney series is that across the games you interrogate three professional assassins and three circus clowns.

None of the assassins are convicted of murder as a result of this, but two of the clowns are.

#ace attorney #ace attorney spoilers #aai2 spoilers #soj spoilers

[periwinkla]

Sometimes I think about these two scenes back to back - if this isn't great character development I dunno what is. He goes from rejecting the very idea of seeing Phoenix's face - and generally being severely adverse to his own emotions - to just letting his daughter leisurely lean over his shoulder. Doesn't even get mad at her for sneaking into his suitcase. He became such a huge softie it's insane.

#ace attorney #soj spoilers #miles edgeworth #musings #aa musings

[seizethegay420]

#HAHA #OH MY GOD #PHOENIX #I love how when you arent playing as Phoenix he seems all cool and mysterious #the turnabout terror #no one ever knows what hes thinking #but this is his internal monologue #bro probably passes a grey poodle on the street and thinks “stick a cravat on that and its practically Miles” #he thinks the most out of pocket shit i swear #phoenix wright #phoenix wright x miles edgeworth #phoenix x miles #miles edgeworth #wrightworth #narumistu #ace attorney soj #ace attorney spirit of justice #ace attorney #apollo justice trilogy

[nutmeg-mayonnaise]

A little something from my AU where Edgeworth has a son. :)

#ace attorney #alt text #miles edgeworth #gregory edgeworth #gregory wright #edgeworth #dadworth #ace attorney au #ace attorney oc #gregory wright au #dl 6 incident #post-soj #ace attorney fanart #ace attorney comic #wright family #fankid #fanchild #wrightworth baby #wrightworth #narumitsu #ship tags because Phoenix and Edgeworth are Gregorys dads #my art #I love Edgeworth being a dad wahh #Maybe someday he'll tell his son about what happened to his grandfather #that was not that day

[stupidapple4]

glad to see hes still as cringefail as ever

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #aa soj #aa6 #my posts #apples soj liveblogs #10 #50 #100 #250 #500 #1k

[anonymous-chicken-was-taken]

What if Apollo was seriously affected by spending a significant portion of his time in a toxic work environment. What then. What if the micromanaging and self-centeredness and snippy comments Kristoph is constantly spewing out was a major aspect of Apollo's life for n amount of time. Wouldn't that be fucked. What if Phoenix noticed that huh. What if the reason he continually playfully antagonizes Apollo is because that's the only way he can get Apollo into a headspace where he sticks up for himself and his ideas in a professional environment. What about that. What if that happened. What if Apollo noticeably gets more compliant and less confident and less willing to make outside-the-box conclusions when he isn't mildly aggravated. Because that's the way Kristoph taught him. What if I thought of that yesterday and it lives in my mind rent-free now. WHAT THEN.

#if any of this contradicts DD or SOJ no it doesn't #apollo justice #phoenix wright #kristoph gavin #apollo justice: ace attorney #ace attorney #aa4 #analysis #i guess?

[honestmagpie]

Anyway, Happy Apollo's Trillogy Re-Release day to all who celebrate (in a few days) lmao.

I'm sure people have done this before but I wanted to do it too lmao. Apollo's Dodgeball! 8)

#ace attorney #Apollo Justice #simon blackquill #nahyuta sahdmadhi #Klavier Gavin #apollo justice trilogy #I think this is the first time I've drawn Canon Apollo and not Post-SOJ Apollo tbh #Nahyuta has melanin because I said so