#claypollo

[hopeisour4letteredword]

no no lets hear her out

#apollo justice #ema skye #clay terran #claypollo #quote source tumblr #quote source tumblr user sketiana #quote source unknown #ace attorney

[the-bar-sinister]

There's lots of gay subtext in Ace Attorney. 

But when looking specifically at subtext that might be intentionally put in the narrative by the creators with the intention that the character in question is actually gay, I think the main character with the most evidence behind this is actually Apollo Justice.

Our other main characters, Phoenix Wright and Athena Cykes both have obvious subtextually heteronormative romantic partners. To an adult, straight, culturally normative audience, Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey read normatively as an obvious romantic pairing. This is also the case for Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. In Great Ace Attorney the same can be said for Ryuunosuke and Susato. 

I repeat– to an adult, straight culturally normative audience, the romantic subtext between these characters is clear. If you showed these games to an American movie going public, that would be the obvious read by the audience.

Yes, each of these characters, Phoenix, Athena, and Ryuunosuke also have strong queer romantic subtext with another character. (Miles, Juniper, and Kazuma respectively).

However, that's not my point. It's not significant that each of the other three characters has homosexual relationship subtext.

It is significant that Apollo Justice does not have a character with whom he has heteronormative romantic subtext.

The closest thing Apollo Justice has to a "heteronormative romantic subtext" is Trucy Wright– whom we, the audience know is his sister.

And yes, you can make the argument that there is deliberate incestuous subtext between them– a kind of Luke/Leia style relationship with which the audience is teased by the narrative. Dhurke brings it up directly in Spirit of Justice.

However, this is still not a heterenormative subtext, because of its taboo nature. More taboo, culturally at this point, than homosexuality.

On top of the lack of heteronormative romantic subtext, Apollo also is on the receiving end some of the strongest and most overt of the homosexual subtext in the series.

There is of course the famous "meet cute" introduction between Apollo and Klavier– 

“I must say, I'm used to being inspected by the ladies... but this is the first time I've felt this way with another man.”

This is without question overt homosexual subtext.

However, there is another, even more subtextually clearly defined moment in Dual Destinies. Honestly, the subtext is all over Dual Destinies in the way Apollo reacts to Clay Terran's death (basically completely losing it) but there's one particular moment that deliberately draws your attention to the relationship in a queer way.

In one of the last cases of the game, everyone is delicately trying to explain to the judge that Aura Blackquill was in love with Metis Cykes (who was murdered) in a queer way. It's a big “they’re lesbians, harold” moment.

And then the conversation immediately turns to Apollo Justice and how he’s just had someone who was “important to him” murdered, too.

The narrative specifically draws you attention to the relationship that Aura and Metis had, and compares it to the relationship between Apollo and Clay.

You are specifically invited to speculate about what kind of important relationship Clay and Apollo had, and why Apollo has been affected so incredibly deeply.

So yeah. Between Clay, Klavier, and the lack of anything resembling a heteronormative romantic relationship for Apollo in the games, I think he has the strongest narrative evidence that he's actually being written deliberately as gay.

#apollo justice #klapollo #claypollo #ace attorney #ace attorney meta #queer subtext #queer reading #queer media #media analysis #media literacy #🔍⚔️

[citrussushii]

Would you ever do any claypollo comics or is that not your thing?

claypollo goes hard wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you ask!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ always always open to claypollo!!!

#ace attorney #apollo justice #ace attorney apollo justice #ace attorney 5 #clay terran #claypollo

[khytal]

the end of his universe

#clay terran #apollo justice #claypollo #ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #khyt.art #absolutely honored to have been able to do this :D

[empoleonebuonaparte]

apollo's romantic life is actually insane. his two biggest love interests are an international rock star and an astronaut. and he's just some guy.

#ace attorney #apollo justice #klapollo #klavier gavin #clay terran #claypollo #that's some romance novel shit #almost too unrealistic for a romance novel even #i wouldnt read one like that

[kourocs]

miss these guys

#Claypollo #Clay Terran #Apollo justice #Ace attorney #I do not know if anybody uses the claypollo tag LOL... #Patchart #They r so silly to me.

[terrran]

Clay Terran posting is my passion

#ignore the line #ace attorney #apollo justice #clay terran #claypollo #ace attorney fanart #peach art #clay terran is also my passion ^_^

[starredfishing]

@khytal : hey do you wanna color this sketch i wont finis--

me immediately: yes thank you

#ace attorney #klavier gavin #apollo justice #clay terran #claypollier #klapollo #claypollo #...do klavier and clay have a ship name lmao #persona 5 #I GUESS. i guess... #i immediately spent like two hours on this bc i was so OUGH. khytals art my so beloved #anyway hiii aa and persona fans #starry draws

[mochiphant]

What's your next move, Apollo? 🐶🍜🐶

#ace attorney #apollo justice #clay terran #claypollo #otp #anthro au #zootopia au #furry #skittledeedoodles

[floccesytowne]

aa ship requests from twitter

#ace attorney #franmaya #justquill #claypollo #apollo justice #do i tag every character. #simon blackquill #maya fey #franziska von karma #clay terran #my art #shoves my transfem agenda down your throat

[hopeisour4letteredword]

sir thats my emotional support space nerd

[ID: A two-panel comic with characters in flat color, featuring Apollo Justice and Clay Terran from Ace Attorney. In the first panel, Apollo, shown from the waist up, has his arms crossed in front of himself. He wears a red hoodie over a bright blue t-shirt. He gestures pointedly with one hand and has his eyes closed and mouth open, expression stern. He speaks a text post by tumblr user caspercryptid, which reads, “Hey mutuals friendly reminder that ·I am drowning ·there is no sign of land ·you are coming down with me ·hand in unlovable hand.” This panel has a dark to light grey gradient background. In the second panel, Clay pops up behind Apollo. He wears a light blue overshirt with a grey undershirt, his GYAXA visor, and black fingerless gloves. He is smiling brightly, open-mouthed, and has his fists clenched enthusiastically in front of himself. He speaks a screenshot of tags by tumblr user peachylee97, replying to caspercryptid’s post, which read, “#oh boy i am coming down with you? #pog i love to be invited to things.” Apollo now has fully crossed arms and drooping hair spikes. His expression is embarrassed, with furrowed brows and flushed cheeks. He speaks caspercryptid’s response, which reads, “I can’t continue the bit I’ve decided I want to be loved now.” This panel has a light grey to yellow gradient background. /End ID]

#claypollo #clay terran #apollo justice #ace attorney #quote source tumblr #quote source tumblr user caspercryptid

[the-bar-sinister]

What if I refused to let you go after you died.

What if your ghost and I became inseparable.

What if I never had to lose you, but I lost myself instead.

#our writing #character vibes #apollo justice #claypollo #headcannons #shipping #ship dynamics #whump #whump prompt

[ihhfhonao3]

Up late at night thinking about klapollo/claypolier sky symbolism. Like obviously Apollo is the sun. Duh. Named after the sun god. The end. So that makes Klavier the moon, right? The opposite- the opposing counsel, the other side, the rival. He’s Apollo’s opposite. Defense attorney and prosecutor. So we have the classic “the sun and the moon love each other” thing. But NOW ADD CLAY. Now we have the sun, the moon, and the stars. Not the opposite of either the moon or the sun, but something else entirely. Works with them both. Comes out with the moon at night but still there in the morning, even if not visible.

THEY ARE LITERALLY THE SKY. THEY ARE THE SKY IF THE SKY WAS DATING. I AM BANGING ON THE DOORS ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME???? CLAYPOLIER SYMBOLISM AND METAPHORS EVERYONE WAKE UP

#apollo justice #klavier gavin #clay terran #klapollo #klavier x apollo #apollo x klavier #claypollo #claypollier #ace attorney

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

helping your bestie with his astronaut training (or in other words, an excuse for me to draw apollo clinging onto clay like a koala)

#i've actually been thinking about the cosmic turnabout almost nonstop for a few days now #ace attorney #apollo justice #clay terran #claypollo #well in my brain it's platonic but you can think of this however you want #aa5 spoilers #random stuff #my stuff #canonically clay must be pretty stronk though #he carried sol even though they were both in their big heckin spacesuits and then protected the hope capsule despite being stabbed #also. why do i have so much trouble drawing apollo #he looks like a different person every time i draw him (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[prommytheus]

pov a pair of college sophomores walk into a theatre and ask for two tickets to the barbie movie

#apollo justice #clay terran #it suddenly occured to me that the timeline allows for apollo and clay to have seen the barbie movie together when it came out #and so this happened. slay #my art #claypollo #i didnt have ship in mind when i started this but i remembered claypollism halfway through so. i will tag them #barbie movie #i like the idea that clay is very fashion forward when hes not being Serious (i.e. wearing coveralls every day during astronaut training) #also i hc that he dyes his eyebrows #he absolutely burst into apollos apartment holding their suits like GUESS WHAT WE’RE DOING THIS SATURDAY BOOIIII #pollys earring is a clipon btw. i wanted to give him an accessory but i cant see him getting it pierced until like 23

[klavlock]

replaying dual destinies has absolutely rotted my brain so i redrew *that* screencap

#claypollo #clay terran #apollo justice #ace attorney #aa5 #dual destinies #klavier art