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Buddy described me so accurately it's scary 😭

Narumitsu.

I love them. Like a lot.

Every time I think of them my heart swells.

I really can’t properly express with words how great I think narumitsu is as a concept.

I mean, the only reason I got into Ace Attorney and spiraled into glorious obsession for several months (typically my hyperfixations last just a couple weeks) was because I kept seeing fanart of them and thinking to myself holy shit. This is peak. What the fuck. Who ARE these guys?!?

I just think their dynamic is the best thing I’ve ever seen and I want to stare at them day and night, simply *existing* in multiple angles, situations, universes, media…

I want to put them under a microscope damn it! And study their goddamn relationship and write a damn good scientific paper about it beCAUSE it’s so interesting!!

Back to the dynamic thing, it’s just something about the classic rivals to lovers thing with a dash of childhood friends and a great amount of wiggle room for personal interpretation, their canonical moments, both of their incredibly fun, interesting personalities, and their, in my opinion, innate chemistry that mixes together so well into a DELICIOUS cocktail that can and will feed me for decades in terms of ideas, content, and happiness.

It’s just nothing like I had seen before in a ship! I mean, listen, I described it above, I know they technically fulfill two very common tropes in shipping, but their relationship, at least to me, still constantly feels unique, always fresh, perhaps precisely because of that wiggle room mentioned earlier, perhaps because the game does such a fantastic job at characterizing both characters, perhaps simply because I love them so much.

But I love them so much BECAUSE of all of the above!!

I do think the main reason is that the characters are so enjoyable to watch do practically anything; the creativity and passion of the Ace Attorney fandom always manages to astound me, I believe the fact that the very games we love are so fun, and unique, and creative themselves that has created a community with creators that like to think of new ideas, put their own twist into the characters, and THAT is what makes narumitsu so great. Maybe.

Cause they’re so flexible! They are perfect, and enjoyable in any way shape or form; you can ANGST em, you can FLUFF em, you can make them have FREAKY GAY SEX or, my personal preference; ALL THREE IN QUICK SUCCESSION.

(You can also, of course, enjoy them platonically, which is JUST as awesomesauce)

I mean, never in my life has a fictional couple of dudes made me feel this insane and crazy and deranged. I have spent sleepless nights just reading fanfiction or, on occasion, simply THINKING about them for hours. My hyperfixation may be over, yes, but the passionate fire that narumitsu sparked in me continues to burn brightly even now.

But yes, when I first hit that Ace Attorney obsession peak they may have genuinely been all I could think of. To quote myself from a few months ago:

“WHATS THE POINT OF LIVING IF NOT NARUMITSU, YK? THEY ARE SO IN LOVE, PHOENIX YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SMITTEN AND IT CAUSES ME PROBLEMS IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE, I COULD THINK ABOUT GAY LAWYERS TILL THE END OF MY DAYS MAN.”

And:

“EVERY TIME I THINK ROMANCE IS DEAD NARUMITSU POPS UP ON MY FEED AND REMINDS ME WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.

IT’S GAY LAWYERS.”

And truly, that’s the crux of this issue, isn’t it? Narumitsu is just so peak, in so many ways, they inspire me to keep going sometimes I swear.

Before narumitsu, I had never even attempted to draw two people interacting, because I was bad at it! But they gave me the courage to try, I met them and I saw their love, and they skyrocketed to first place in my mind’s “Neptune’s top ships” list so fast they could’ve broken the sound barrier.

And I thank them, truly, for introducing me to one of the best things that’s happened to me, for bringing me into this game’s world of chaos, fun, distress, drama, love, fear, and lots of yelling. Because I love it. Because it’s now a part of me and because I will continue to carry its lessons and the joy it has brought me forever.

So perhaps it’s that love for them, that can be felt through the screen, in every comma, in every brush and pen stroke, in every word, sentence, breath, paper mache project, that makes them so great, the love for AA and narumitsu manifesting into the most wonderful creations, shared, enjoyed, loved.

All of this is to say, in a bunch of words, that narumitsu tops, and I love them very much.

Happy late narumitsu week!

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Okay real shit, this is a cry for help, how does one draw phoenix's hair from a front on perspective.

I. Don't. Understand.

Send help

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I think I still remember how to draw them.. maybe

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baby phoenix having a crush on miles because cute and in-character and sure yeah that's fine

but consider baby miles actually crushing first

baby miles thinking that this other boy who is nothing but kind to everyone, even the people that don't quite deserve it is kind of like the heroes from his favorite tokusatsu

baby miles noticing this other boy's little quirks because he's a little investigator who notices the details

baby miles knowing that this other boy might seem like a slacker because he's doodling in his notebooks, half-listening to lectures, yet he's never failed a test

baby miles seeing this boy get accused of something that not only there is no evidence of but lacks any feasibility

baby miles coming to this boy's defense not because everyone deserves a friend because, deep down, even though he might want to be like his father, his motivation is not to defend the weak

baby miles objecting to their classmates because, even though he doesn't know it yet, he believes people who do wrong should be held accountable

because miles edgeworth isn't a defense attorney

miles edgeworth is a prosecutor

miles edgeworth believes that wrong should be punished

and that boy does not deserve to be punished

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"No phone calls from hospitals while I am away, are we clear?" "...Crystal." (...why you gotta pinch my nose so harsh though?)

❀ happy 4th day of nrmt week! ❀

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Made the horrible mistake of getting into F1 since last week… coping with the only way I know how *cough* Ace Attorney narumitsu F1!AU *cough*

I have big plans.

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💙❤️First Crush❤️💙

Happy Narumitsu week!

THIS STUPID IMAGE OF PHEEN I POSTED A YEAR AGO KEEPS POSTING ITSELF EVERYWHERE

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day 3: free day pirate au

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Tried out @actuallyrea character acting challenge! Drew this on a plane so it's probably not the best I could do, considering I didn't have any references saved. None of these characters except for Rory has been seen on here, so consider this a small introduction of them. Also sorry if you can't see some of the lines, crappy phone takes crappy photos.

Rory is a very childish and goofy guy. he would happily complete this challenge with nothing getting in his way. Just a simple way of spelling his name, even if his first R isn't perfect. I also decided that he would probably go the easiest route so he goes all lower case for this.

Ash was only named for this challenge, I had to draw some bonus sketches because I don't draw them as much. They're pretty silly but elegant at times and they are quite flexible. I would imagine they would do the average pose but with a little twist, like how instead of using her arms for the A, she uses her ears instead. I do think it came out fine but I'll have to give a second attempt.

Sebastian was a little tough to pin point. His actions are smaller because he's a little more serious but still able to perform the action well enough. I think he would rather do his nickname, Seb, because doing his full name is too long and he's not up for that. He does have trouble with his lefts and rights so he switched his hands for the S.

Genesis was an interesting one, he's kinda shy and not very confident. He especially is not confident in his voice which is why he uses sign language (let's not talk about how he miss understood the challenge and didn't use his whole body) I would've put his hands here but I don't know all the letters of the asl alphabet, plus a lack of reference lead to me not drawing the hands. Idk, I'll come back to it later probably.

I really liked this challenge and I would love to do it with more ocs but alas, I have very few. Thank you to @actuallyrea for this challenge, it was very fun and 🆒 :) <3

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The Aftermath of this thing:

Meanwhile with Jax:

And a bonus of a bonus:

(Because the image of Caine masked up had me giggling like stupid)

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squid boy fishing

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rider brush test. I used the procreate brush set by Pufuu on YT. Go check them out :)

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When shipping characters it is important to understand that friendship should not be underestimated - friends are also ready to do a lot for each other and sometimes people mistakenly believe that two people who are dear to each other definitely want to kiss.

however all of this shit above doesnt apply to Phoenix and Edgeworth who are so gay for each other it is just fucking ridiculous. like what the hell I seen some canon ships that werent that into each other like these two

happy pride month to the gay lawyer couple who are blessed and declared soulmates by Capcom. And happy birthday to that awesome official tweet

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i drew this on a plane

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"You were... everything."

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aa1 edgeworth be like