pippastrelle: the-bar-sinister: I saw a post expressing some frustration with the state of f/f shipping in the Ace Attorney fandom, and there are definitely some elements they discussed that I agree with. While I don’t feel that FranMaya is exactly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: Save me, chessmaster! So I saw a post today about how there’s a certain character who, when viewed from the typical POV of the series protagonist, seems very put together, cool and aloof. But then, when we see material[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
lyxthen: Do you ever think about how Phoenix and Miles only knew each other for at most four months before they were separated? If the class trial took place between the start of the school year and before winter break,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think the most interesting thing about Phoenix Wright is that he’s an asshole with a heart of gold. He’s snarky, he’s meanspirited, he’s grumpy, he’s cynical, and as much as he talks about trusting people he’s very suspicious of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I mean you’re not wrong. Maya basically doesn’t have any canonical relationships, interaction, or chemistry with any female characters in the series. Mostly because there is one primary character she interacts with in the series and it’s Nick, and beyond[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mio-nika: Having a dumb Phantom related thoughts this evening. As always. Do you think cosmic center was one of his first jobs? I mean. Based on surveillance camera photo. He looks quite young. His cap also looks like a highschool[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
despair-nagito: The more I think of how Kristoph was treated as a character… There should be a case in which Kristoph is the lead attorney and Apollo is his co-counsel. What about a conflict between him wanting to win the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I saw a post expressing some frustration with the state of f/f shipping in the Ace Attorney fandom, and there are definitely some elements they discussed that I agree with. While I don’t feel that FranMaya is exactly a “crackship”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: I know the fanon is that Blackquill is a Steel Samurai fan, but consider: He’s a Steel Samurai HATER. This does not stop him from talking about it with Edgeworth and Maya. You make the mistake of talking to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-twisted-samurai: ((honestly, when capcom released this, it COMPLETELY changed my perspective on simon and how i draw him cause this frame is LITERALLY the most peak simon pic i have ever seen like????? LOOK AT HIM??? whoever drew this, how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
too-little-linear-time: Phoenix Wright is actually not a great defense attorney, he’s a great prosecutor. Who he is prosecuting just isn’t in the room yet.
nobody is out here trying to hand Magnifi Gramarye a father of the year award (I hope), but I’m genuinely reeling over just how incredibly awful he actually is. Because amnesiac Thalassa didn’t just ‘magically’ disappear to a different country.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
evansentcoffee: Is there a reason ppl really like to hc Apollo Justice as trans? Is it the references to voice training/chords of steel? Really hope this doesn’t come off as mean-spirited or anything, I’m genuinely curious. ALSO if the reasons[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
despair-nagito: I think it’s highly possible that Kristoph felt betrayed by Apollo in 4-1, however he casually blamed Phoenix for turning his own protégé against him and not Apollo himself. There’s this one line we can’t forget of when talking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mochimucho: i just thought this was an important contrast of how two important women in Phoenix’s life honestly regarded him On the left, he was her burden. A means to an end in her quest to get away with murder. Even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: As a narumitsu shipper, the main issue I have with narumitsu fanon is how contradictory it can often be with the actual text of the games. Aside from general mischaracterization and flanderization, the major idea I take issue with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually there was one, single, interesting and hilarious moment in turnabout time traveler. Miles throwing a fit in open court about how he is absolutely never going to get married and there’s nothing weird or wrong about it. and Phoenix[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
shcherbatskayas: i will never shut up about how klapollo is real, but you know what else is real? pre 4-1 krispollo, and falling back into that during the worst day of your goddamn life. picking up his phrases and body[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: f0xxyb0xxes: the-bar-sinister: As a narumitsu shipper, the main issue I have with narumitsu fanon is how contradictory it can often be with the actual text of the games. Aside from general mischaracterization and flanderization, the major idea I take[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
despair-nagito: the-bar-sinister: despair-nagito: When Apollo met Klavier for the first time, he mistook him for Kristoph. Klavier read his stare as stripping him. It could mean that Apollo was sexually attracted to Kristoph. (Don’t take this post seriously, I’m just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tired-fandom-ndn: Phoenix, to himself: Haha I’m basically Apollo’s dad, that’s weird 🙂 Apollo, to himself: I can’t wait to be Phoenix Wright’s third husband.
despair-nagito: When Apollo met Klavier for the first time, he mistook him for Kristoph. Klavier read his stare as stripping him. It could mean that Apollo was sexually attracted to Kristoph. (Don’t take this post seriously, I’m just laughing at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
onewingedrupoor: the-bar-sinister: So did Wright deliberately pick Apollo for the trial in order to additionally ruin Kristoph’s protege to further punish him? Or did he just think Justice would be easy to manipulate. 🤔 My theory is that, as weird[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Ace Attorney games really lean heavily on “protagonist centric morality” and refuse to grapple with the moral ambiguity of the actions of its designated heroes, and the way those actions stack up to and mirror the actions of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So did Wright deliberately pick Apollo for the trial in order to additionally ruin Kristoph’s protege to further punish him? Or did he just think Justice would be easy to manipulate. 🤔
Things that just happen to Apollo Justice father is murdered when he’s an infant. raised through early childhood as a son of the leader of a group of guerrilla terrorist lawyers. abandoned by his guerrilla terrorist lawyer surrogate father to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, in honor of Phoenix Wright Disbarment Day… We agree that Phoenix Wright is a very excellent detective, and a very terrible defense attorney, right? only defends clients who are innocent checks to make sure that they’re actually innocent using[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
itsbebebe: Sometimes I forget how sad and pathetic Miles Edgeworth is. Like yeah he used to be unbeatable and was really scary and Von Karma blood or whatever. But also he cowers in fear at the sight of the elderly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
gumdefense: ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT ALT Obsessed with this actually. We know gumshoe doesn’t know the details of dl6 because edgeworth asked him not to dig up his past, which he respected, yet from the snippets[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
aceof-stars: periwinkla: I think what I love the most about AA is that characters have a duality to them that I don’t see often in media. They have actual flaws and do actual bad things, and it’s not glossed over.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our primary Ace Attorney ships (JUST the primary ships, JUST for the main characters. There’s a more detailed breakdown of our extended ships here) Narumitsumayo Narumayo Gumworth Narumitsu Klavier-Apollo-Ema-Nahyuta Klapollo Nahyupollo Klavema Cykesquill Phantomquill Blackbright Simon-Athena-Bobby Trupearl Miego
As a narumitsu shipper, the main issue I have with narumitsu fanon is how contradictory it can often be with the actual text of the games. Aside from general mischaracterization and flanderization, the major idea I take issue with is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday I talked a lot about the gay subtext in Ace Attorney– it exists, and there’s lots of it. Today, I’m going to talk about the het subtext in Ace Attorney– it exists, and there’s lots of it. Honestly, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ghosts-junk-pile: Hey so does anybody have context for this official art? I’m guessing it has something to do w/ Iris but I’m not sure It’s not cropped. It’s the full artwork. It’s by major series art contributor Suekane Kumiko. Given[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
LOL! That’s so funny, tbh! Nothing against the pairing– (I ship Apollo/Athena as a tertiary ship) but there’s exactly ONE moment between them in the whole series that could be construed as romantic/sexual subtext. Its when Athena has gotten herself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
onewingedrupoor: The main reason why I like Klavier and Apollo together/klapollo being my ace attorney otp isn’t because of the “It’s the first time I’ve felt this way for a man” line (I played the spanish version which is closer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
aawrightworth: badgerhuan: Mitsurugi took the bear and went to find Itonokogiri, and they investigated the origins of the bear together. In Saraba, Gyakuten (Farewell, My Turnabout), Itonokogiri helps Naruhodou and Harumi figure out that Fujimino’s hotel room had been planted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miles and Phoenix ‘sibling dynamic’ traits. (written as a thought experiment.) grew up together in young childhood Miles sticks up for Phoenix when no one else will, like an older brother taking care of a younger brother they constantly banter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It would be really funny if I took the time to point out all the ways that Miles and Phoenix can just as easily be described as having a “sibling dynamic” as Phoenix and Maya or Athena and Simon. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
musashi: musashi: I always love it when a new person comes into the AA fandom because without fail every time they actually understand the characters and their fanworks reflect that. They’re actually in character. Could you imagine how good the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
re: MIles Edgeworth specifically (with regard to this post)– I still definitely think he is pretty close to gay on the Kinsey scale, but there are certainly women he’d be attracted to as ‘exceptions’.
nyaagolor: Langworth is the funniest ace attorney ship ever created bc it implies that while Kristoph and Phoenix are engaged in 7 years of psychosexual warfare, Edgeworth is off in fantasy Hong Kong getting busy with interpol’s highest ranking furry
Genuinely irritated about caring so much about Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice. they are. Not Good. Especially in comparison with the rest of the series.
spiritofjustice: the-bar-sinister: spiritofjustice: If I had a nickel for every time fans of a game that has a clearly India-coded fake nation in it insist the country is supposed to be China, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
spiritofjustice: If I had a nickel for every time fans of a game that has a clearly India-coded fake nation in it insist the country is supposed to be China, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mio-nika: CW: Dual Destinies spoilers A lil essay post about motivation of the antagonist. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard. It seems[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
victorfrankingstein: edgeworth and gumshoe work so well as a duo because detective gumshoe needs someone to do his job for him and edgeworth needs Complete Control over All situations at All times and also a hype-man lest his self-loathing takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
space-heat3r: Please tell me Dhurke did not just insinuate that Apollo should marry Trucy, the seventeen year-old (AND SECRETLY HIS SISTER). You’re not crazy, he absolutely did insinuate that. 🤷 And then Trucy completely goes along with the gag, either[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
karkatrielle: you ever think about how phoenix and Franziska are friends like they literally care about eachother why does everyone act like they dont did they even pay attention during the third game?
strawberrypoundcake: There are two characters clearly in love in this game and tumblr is not all over it how can this be????
a-garibaldi-is-a-fish: the job security of a prosecutor in ace attorney is insane. you get convicted of murder and they drag you out of your prison cell like “rise and shine sweetheart trial’s at 10”
manyothermusingsofmine: I do like Nahyuta actually, if only for his wasted potential like -wrangles him out of Capcom’s grasp- gimme >:V
despair-nagito: AAI is a ship fuel for Gumworth.
skyefeys: people tend to overlook sebastian’s relationship with justine in favor of edgeworth, and that makes me…so sad…because they’re literally the Dynamic Ever. justine, working with a cruel man she’s actively forming a case against, taking notice of his neglected/abused[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pretty sure we have lots of evidence that in (american localized) Ace Attorney they mostly worship the goddess of justice. 🤔
attorneys-against-court-violence: derinthescarletpescatarian: deir-emmett: derinthescarletpescatarian: deir-emmett: derinthescarletpescatarian: derinthescarletpescatarian: derinthescarletpescatarian: I know I’m gonna hate you but for once I cannot fault the fashion choices Why is this child allowed to randomly assault people with a weapon in the courtroom. This place[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
halfmoon-horse: Just got back from my Japanese class, and my teacher said something that made my ears prick up: hazakura. We were talking about the cherry blossoms since the past two weeks the sakura have been in bloom. She told[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
phantommarigold: cough we know now what game blackquill played growing up (this guy is Setsuna from the 1997 game The Last Blade if anyone wanted to know) His official nickname is “The Dark Soul” (暗闇の殺戮剣, The Blade of Darkness). He[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re wondering how deep in the ace attorney brainrot weeds I am, I just bought Nahyuta’s prayer beads (rose wood mala beads) on amazon. They’ll be here on Monday.
attorneys-against-court-violence: box-dwelling: I’m playing the orca case and fullbright has to actively get in touch with the procecutors office to get this set up. And it’s werid enough that they probably need to pester the chief procecutor. I would give[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
biggiedraws: im starting to think the sole purpose of this game is to psychologically torment edgeworth until he has a mental breakdown
the-bar-sinister: Trying to decide what to call your fanfic universe for the purposes of naming the AO3 series is the worst part of having a fanfic universe. Also, it’s not an *alternate* universe per se. As long as they never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the-bar-sinister: Two ship names used frequently, referring to the Japanese and English character names respectively. TBH the english localization is distinct enough in content and characterization from the original Japanese that I’m just barely comfortable referring to the pairing in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two ship names used frequently, referring to the Japanese and English character names respectively. TBH the english localization is distinct enough in content and characterization from the original Japanese that I’m just barely comfortable referring to the pairing in English[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miles and Phoenix are so toxic (positive connotation) because they are both snarky, cynical, sarcastic, competitive and respectively emotionally distant vs confrontational– and I can’t imagine them doing anything but reinforcing those traits in one another (in absence of some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, seriously, though. We had absolutely zero things to say about the original Ace Attorney trilogy. It stood on it’s own, and it was neat to see fanart sometimes. Then we played the second trilogy and oh boy do we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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. I mean, this specific case is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t hold it in any more. I need to tell you about an upcoming defendant in some of ace attorney fic I’m writing. Shelly De Killer’s nephew. Jeffrey.
onewingedrupoor: I really like the idea of Klavier having black psychelocks, but instead of being delusional ones like Kristoph’s (he really deep down thought that what he did was ok), his are more like Athena’s, tied to his childhood trauma[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the cast initially point the finger at “the phantom” with the suggestion that only a man who couldn’t feel fear would leap out of a moving building to grab a rope ladder. the entire denouement of the case hinges on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anon, it’s going to sound like I’m lying to you, but I promise I am not. Between Ace Attorney 3: Trials and Tribulations, and the next game, Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice, 7 years pass. For these seven years, Phoenix Wright[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Going to answer this for Ace Attorney– you are not surprised. 🎀 a ship others like but you don’t? Apparently Nayupollo! I had no idea coming out of Spirit of Justice that it would be so unpopular. *18* fics on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: Most of my ships are in the ‘so obviously toxic they don’t need to be defended’ category, so I’ll go with Narumayo from Ace Attorney! It gets a disprortionate amount of hate for how vanilla it is. Nick’s age[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: Does anyone think about how Spirit Chanelling makes it impossible to greive? How nobody can truely mourn Mia so long as she’s actively being chanelled? I do ;-;
Some observed subtext of cult behavior and religious abuse in Ace Attorney’s Kurain village (to be added to later) Strict adherence to tradition very little modern technology allowed physically isolated from the rest of the world Children are indoctrinated in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mio-nika: mio-nika: Ok but I found a new and much funnier reading of one of the lines. Like it obviously reads as set a up for his later opinion that Simon is delusional from anger. But now I think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking at the discarded concept art for Ace Attorney has been really interesting because there are just a TON of unused character designs all over that look like they came straight out of old Gundam, Harlock, and Cyborg 009, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Getting some real ‘Dual Destinies’ vibes from this, says man who has recently become obsessed with Dual Destinies.” No seriously though, we know Dual Destinies was heavily influenced by 1970s space anime…
1. list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s) Despite being an older fandom, Ace Attorney is still full of active, amazing artists and writers. 2. a headcanon you weren’t sure about at first but have come to like! The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good & Evil in Ace Attorney So one of the things I like to pick apart in a fictional narrative where good versus evil is a relevant theme, is how does the narrative depict the nature of evil, and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤣 Honestly sometimes Ace Attorney is just that weird even when you are playing it. And sometimes the things we say about Ace Attorney are unhinged. XD But I’m glad you’re enjoying!
So I noticed an interesting inconsistency having just finished replaying Bridge to the Turnabout, immediately after playing Spirit of Justice. In Spirit of Justice’s last case, when we see Kurain village, Archie Buff has the scroll of Misty Fey, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know I haven’t thought about it until now but if both Apollo and Bobby have a ghost they’re entwined with in In Justice We Trust, and have for a while, it gives a fun new meaning to “Dual Destinies”.
Willy Wonk and the Chocolate Factory. She replaces Charlie Bucket. Instead of letting Wonka torture children for the mistakes of their parents, Athena gives us access to a detailed breakdown of all the children’s psychological issues, and everybody cries and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, Case 3 is the one we are currently on in the lets play we’re watching. It’s brutal. The logic in Ace Attorney Investigations is just completely broken in a lot of places, which makes enjoying what is otherwise a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
calcified-panglin: blackheartbiohazards: attorneys-against-court-violence: blackheartbiohazards: mio-nika: Having a big thonk about repetition of spy related plots in Ace Attorney universe. It’s gonna be very rambly and not put together CW: Ace Attorney: Investigations/Dual Destinies spoilers Keep reading The worst part is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the text of the Ace Attorney games and how they present (and largely don’t present) queer issues and drawing conclusions about the society from that. This has impacted my writing of In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mio-nika: I’m still a little obsessed with yokai hunters AU even tho it’s VERY SILLY. I was basically looking at this drawing for like a month. And thinking how I can make it work. So I moved the entire DD[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you so much! Things are the way they are– but we persevere! We lost all the stuff in our inbox of course, so thank you for sending this again! 10. Favourite trial from all the games? If we count[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
glittergluekintsugi: i love apollo justice because he’s just a novice lawyer whose only court experience includes throwing this own boss into jail and defending a mafia boss’s son and he still walks around like “please ignore my embarrassing little sister[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, JFA has some of my favorite characters and scenarios in it. Love Franziska so much, love Pearl. Regina’s wonderful. Hell, I love Shelly DeKiller 🤣But the game is definitely not my favorite. I honestly think Franziska has her best[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes! We played both Investigations, and Investigations 2 (fan patch) about 10 years ago. Currently, we’re in the middle of watching a letsplay/fandub of the games because uh, yeah. We’re not going to play through them again. They’re the worst[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
😭😭😭 Turnabout Bigtop omg I am so sorry, I hope you get through it soon XD Regina is a delight but she is the only good thing about that case! So excited that you picked it up, though! The original[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
blackheartbiohazards: blackheartbiohazards: Athena Cykes; autism, PTSD and masking I saw a take about how it was weak writing, or bad development/a bad character introduction not to let Athena stand on her own in her introductory trial, and I have to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
blackheartbiohazards: flowergirlmiwa: I saw some people saying AA5 was mid. This offended me, as I’m fond of that one, so I gave it a replay. They were right it is pretty mid I’m not gonna lie TBH the writing and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ushas42: I love that when Bobby Fulbright is on the stand yelling “I believe you can be redeemed! Love you, bitch!” at Simon Blackquill, the camera isn’t on Fulbright. It’s on Blackquill, standing there completely unmoved, like he’s not going[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
attorneys-against-court-violence: Ja, ja, Edgeworth and Athena parallels, we’ve all seen it. Hear me out. Franziska von Karma would have related to Athena’s situation as well, I think. We have two teenage lawyers who lost a parent & older brother figure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…