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"Almost Christmas" means it wasn't Christmas!

Happy Almost Christmas everybody

Bringing this post back because I've played soj now and the similarities keep piling up

Stupid

Only straight man

Mcs childhood best friend

No bitches

Both make books for children

I am so convinced that they are actually the same person

Mick Mecury and Larry Butz give off the same vibes

Mick Mecury and Larry Butz give off the same vibes

There’s also a fan theory/crackship that is Larry and Franziska, based on their dynamic by the ‘Investigations’ games, and how by ‘Spirit of Justice’ Larry had actually convinced her to model for him for his picture book series, from which he became Spencer Shay-level rich.

As a crackship I think that’s HILARIOUS and I love it. It’s also super cute to see Franziska open up to more people and form genuine friendships/relationships, especially with someone like Larry.

ok ok ok so recently i've been playing through the ace attorney games (i haven't started three yet but i remember most of the plot bc of the anime) and for some reason i wanted to take a shot at what an "accurate" no DL-6 AU would look like! I just think it's interesting to see what might've actually happened if DL-6 never happened bc DL-6 is kinda the major butterfly effect in the AA world. Idk if i wanna make this an actual AU or just a ramble on how the series would be completely different without DL-6 lmao. We'll see! Maybe you guys decide :D anyway MAJOR AA TRILOGY SPOILERS AHEAD

I'll start with the characters. Gregory Edgeworth would still be alive, Miles would become a defense attorney & work with his father at his law firm. Phoenix would most likely pursue his artist career. Narumitsu/Wrightworth tbh would still happen bc they need to be canon PLEASE CAPCOM. Just that there would be no rivalry.

Anyway the Dahlia case would've been so different but also kinda the same without DL-6. It was because of DL-6 that Misty Fey left Kurain Village and Mia also left to become a defense attorney. Without Mia, it would've most likely only been Diego Armando taking on the first Dahlia case with Terry Fawles. Fawles would probably still commit suicide, and I believe Diego still would've investigated Dahlia further & gotten poisoned by her, but without Mia becoming a defense attorney & being killed by Redd White in 1-2, Diego would've never had a reason to become Godot so he probably would've stayed as a defense attorney. Furthermore, without Mia it most likely would've been Miles taking Phoenix as a client in 3-1 bc childhood friends never losing touch bc no DL-6 (you get the point lmfao).

Like, I think about maybe half the cases in the original trilogy would've NEVER happened if DL-6 never happened bc we would've never met Mia or Maya or Pearl, Yanni Yogi wouldn't need to take out his revenge, Von Karma wouldn't have been arrested, Franziska would've never wanted revenge so she most likely would've never come to Japanifornia, I think the only person that would never change is fucking LARRY and that's honestly the craziest part LMAO.

agh i'm getting kinda tired bc it's late so i'll probably finish this ramble tomorrow. there's so much I wanna talk about but my mind is going at like 1000 mph so I need to get my thoughts together lmfao

TLDR: DL-6 is the butterfly effect for the entire ace attorney world & many of the characters we know and love wouldn't even exist/be introduced if it weren't for it.

EDIT: removed the censor for suicide bc apparently tumblr is weird and idk how it works (please be nice ab me making mistakes next time I didn’t appreciate you guys basically yelling at me)

if you make a no dl-6 au with phoenix as an artist and miles as a defense attorney i think you should consider the trio (larry the artist, phoenix the defense attorney and miles the prosecutor) basically switching places and make larry a prosecutor in this au just for the fun of it and for a sense of completion. and for me also

hi im gonna try to post here since insta is being rude have fun with all my references

Ohh, I really like concept art of characters!

How interesting their concepts were-

Wait-

Wait a minute

HOL UP-

Did I ever mention that I really like Pixel Art?

I made these on Dotpic, the last two being event bases. (I'm proud of how I did Larry tho tbh)

Look at my lawyer dawg I'm going to jail

Realising that if Gumshoe thought Wright was Larry Butz, there is a very real chance that Edgeworth a. Didn’t know he was going up against Wright until the trial started, and b. Thought he was going against LARRY BUTZ

No worries! It's pretty easy to miss.

Basically in Bridge to the Turnabout, Larry himself implies that two of his previous girlfriends have hit him. This is what he says when he's on the stand testifying about witnessing the lightning strike:

Yeah, I don't think there's any other way to interpret these lines. Poor Larry... someone needs to teach him what a healthy relationship is like.

Currently halfway through Bridge to the Turnabout and no one told me I'd end up feeling bad for Larry. I feel like the developers made it their mission to hate on him specifically. And honestly out of every Ace Attorney character with trauma that gets unaddressed, why does it feel like Larry gets treated the worst by the game.

Everyone thinks he's useless and annoying. But I think the judge was correct when he said Larry has "quite a severe inferiority complex". Larry casually drops that he's been physically abused by two of his ex-girlfriends, but seems to think it's perfectly fine. He seems to believe he's utterly worthless and that he makes people "eternally unhappy". But he never changes because he suppresses his trauma so hard that he forgets about them. He actually feels so bad for screwing up in The Stolen Turnabout but instead of genuinely working on himself, he adopts a new identity because he can't stand himself probably.

But AA1 clearly shows that Larry is not "useless" or a "nuisance". After all Phoenix also wanted to repay Larry for defending him during the class trial. And not to mention Larry saved Edgeworth with his testimony in 1-4. Oh Larry you'll always be a part of the signal samurai trio.

When I think about Larry in AA3 I wonder if the writer suddenly decided they didn't like him that much and decided to make it known in the game to the point where it bleeds to the characters (both Phoenix, especially him! and Edgeworth seem to see him as the 'annoying ass friend') and himself by flanderizing him or if this was an genuine decision to see how a person's life can go downhill over time and tried to make it funny.

Honestly I think it's the former (writers decided they didn't like Larry anymore), because I don't necessarily think Larry's life is going downhill. He found his talent in art with a mentor and he's attempting to become a better person... only for his mentor to then die. If it were anyone else this would spark some sort of meaningful character arc... but it doesn't. The game just turns Larry into more of a laughing stock. I don't get it, truly. They drop so much information about his trauma but it's treated like a joke. Phoenix and Miles don't even act like they care about him as a friend anymore... just why??

Also I do believe writers' attitudes towards characters often bleed into the writing and then bleed into fan perception.

Currently halfway through Bridge to the Turnabout and no one told me I'd end up feeling bad for Larry. I feel like the developers made it their mission to hate on him specifically. And honestly out of every Ace Attorney character with trauma that gets unaddressed, why does it feel like Larry gets treated the worst by the game.

Everyone thinks he's useless and annoying. But I think the judge was correct when he said Larry has "quite a severe inferiority complex". Larry casually drops that he's been physically abused by two of his ex-girlfriends, but seems to think it's perfectly fine. He seems to believe he's utterly worthless and that he makes people "eternally unhappy". But he never changes because he suppresses his trauma so hard that he forgets about them. He actually feels so bad for screwing up in The Stolen Turnabout but instead of genuinely working on himself, he adopts a new identity because he can't stand himself probably.

But AA1 clearly shows that Larry is not "useless" or a "nuisance". After all Phoenix also wanted to repay Larry for defending him during the class trial. And not to mention Larry saved Edgeworth with his testimony in 1-4. Oh Larry you'll always be a part of the signal samurai trio.

Another Ace Attorney memes 😎

On the 6 pic it's "when there's no clean dishes" srry it can't be seen properly

Ace attorney memes made by me : )

Finally posting my Ace Attorney x Dungeons and Dragons AU designs and some silly stuff (Sorry that Edgeworth and Phoenix are low quality I lost the original file and those were the only two I didn't upload anywhere else besides my TikTok)

POSE REFS WERE USED (thanks to my bestie @peacesign-luv for helping me pick out races and classes)

Since today is my Birthday I went to go to Kinokuniya and got myself something since my friend gave me a $40 gift card 

Ace Attorney Log 3!

The baby trio <333

I imagine Phoenix dabbled in drawing and reading, because Larry liked doodling, while Miles was always reading. SO he was never without a sketchbook, a pencil, and a book from the library

+ the parents talking!

Then we got a redesign for Larry. Combined his Laurice fit with his latest design. What do you get?

Larry being a decently well known freelancing artist: known as the guy who wears a suit while painting so he can quickly go to his dates that never end well. But he's happy at least :]

last but not least! designs for an AU!

If you somehow recognize me, this is the AU where Wright is under disguise and helping Miles solve cases, while Gumshoe and Pearl is keeping quiet about a mystery man's true identity. Think of it as like an Miles Edgeworth Investigations 3 if you will lol

I'm going to make a fic called "Conjuction Wright & Left", which is what this AU officially named. (there is no fic yet, itll be up promise soon lol)

lots and lots of angsty shit right hereeeee

I was reading through old Ace Attorney blog posts on the capcom website and I just have to share some of my favourite facts

All of Jake Marshall's caci have names, including Billy, Bogey and Marilyn

Larry is left-handed

Some alternative names considered for Diego are Joseph Cuppa, Xavier Barstucks and William Havamug

Klavier is not actually German (shocking ik) but he did study in Germany

They had to make Sister Bikini short because they were running out of cartridge memory

They are aware of shipping.. "I tried to paint a picture of the intensely strong bond of friendship that two men can share, but I wonder if that’s what people got out of it? There seems to be those who would suggest that Phoenix and Edgeworth’s ‘intensely strong bond’ is more of an ‘intensely passionate bond’ of sorts…” Make them canon you cowards

Shu Takumi is a hobbyist magician

They created Franziska to be the main prosecutor of AA2 instead of Edgeworth because he's too popular, they wanted to use him more sparingly

The class trial was based on something that actually happening to Shu Takumi (though he had no Edgeworth to save him 💔)

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Nsndjddkdfudjeidbekdhkdbdidhe i got my first reblog and im so happy

Well i translated one more drabble with wrightworths sooo yeah

"Hey, Edgy", Larry says that with a lot less energy than usual and because of this being unlike Butz, Edgeworth's intuition already told him that he won't like his next words. Well, it was right. "Why don't you contact with Nik?"

"He did not try to start our communication again himself so I don't see a reason to reach him myself." This lie comes out after some time of silence but still it's not that easy to find out if this really is a lie...

Unless you know the truth.

"But he tried!" exclaims Larry making Edgeworth sigh. "He wrote letters, he called your phone, he even showed me these letters and a call log!"

"Larry..." Edgeworth sighs again, irritated, averting his eyes. He does not want to bring up the "why do i avoid phoenix" topic. But he knew Larry too well to hope that...

"Edgy, why do you do this? You know you can trust Nik! You know well how I appreciate you and the same goes for Nik!"

Edgeworth sighs one again. Not "the same goes for Nik", it's "more goes for Nik". He knows it well.

Maybe that is the reason he doesn't want Wright to see him. Not after all this "forged evidence" gossips. Wright can be very emotional about it and who knows where these emotions can get him. It was much easier with Larry. Not only he found him before the SL–9, not only this. Even if he believed in all this gossips (and Larry said he'd not and Edgeworth believed him and not only because Larry is really bad in lying) then maybe Larry would be disappointed in Edgeworth but it wouldn't turn him away from Edgeworth.

It's not the same about Wright. Phoenix never tolerated lies and omissions. And if he will believe in all this gossips about Edgeworth then their friendship ends. They didn't see each other for about one and a half decades, nevertheless Edgeworth wasn't ready to hear that all is gone now.

If Phoenix can't get in touch with him then he can't say to Edgeworth that Edgeworth is foul lier and he doesn't want to have anything in common with him, right?

So everything is alright unless they meet.

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So yeah here just my thoughts if you are not interested you can just skip it here's nothing important

Maybe will finish one kuyaei (im used to call it kuyden but as i discovered on ao3 everyone call them kuyaei(( and translate it a bit after i dunno and i also have one underoffice idea because i got to ao3 just to see how's everything there (less then 5% of Boss/Eugene for the whole ao3 UO fandom, its really impressive. What's disappointing - 3 times less fics than on ficbook) and i just thought about idea for a fic although im not sure if ill right it (its about some parental boss and eugene and monster ending soooooooo yeah well i really like some dad-sons and i also have a few sw:r ideas and one with kanan and ezra and the same motif as in what i thought of forr boss en euge)

Well i already said a lot sooo yeah

I also upload this wrightworths on ao3 so well yeah

probably should have saved a handful of these for december but i’m not about to wait that long