#how did olga end up getting convicted in turnabout trump? who knows!

[whispers-of-gallifrey]

Cannot stop thinking about an au where Turnabout Trump doesn't happen/happens but Olga is convicted instead so Apollo is still working at the Gavin law offices for his first few cases. He meets Trucy at one of the crime scenes and she tags along on his investigations, but she doesn't tell him about her connection to Phoenix until after their first case together. Ema likes Apollo less at first bc she doesn't like the fop and you work for his brother, who she also hates bc he's very condescending when he cross examines her in court.

When you meet Klavier in the second case you can ask Kristoph about him and vice versa. They don't interact with each other but you get to learn some more things about the brothers, their opinions on each other and their backstory. You also find out that Klavier was the one who got Phoenix disbarred and Kristoph is apologetic about it, given that Phoenix is his "friend" (though they haven't interacted at all since phoenix was found not guilty).

At one point Trucy is visiting Apollo at the Gavin Law Offices when Kristoph returns and "politely" kicks her out. She then reveals to Apollo who the daddy she keeps talking about actually is. You get to meet Phoenix again in the next case and find out more about the incident 7 years ago.

Over the course of the game you/Apollo starts to grow more suspicious of Kristoph and his intentions, alongside a growing sense of horror that you got an innocent person convicted in your first case. It all comes to a head in Succession when Drew Misham finally uses the stamp, which turns up fixed to a letter in the Gavin Law Offices postbox that Apollo collects on his way in one morning. You hand it to Kristoph and he promptly disappears with it, feigning excuses. Phoenix uses this case to finally spring his trap and test the jurist system. Kristoph gets the double whammy of his brother and mentee turning on him at once and the murder of Shadi Enigmar is properly resolved. It's also revealed that Trucy started tagging along on Apollo's investigations to collect intel for Phoenix.

At the end of Succession, Apollo is offered a role at the newly-renamed Wright Anything Agency and there's a final rise from the ashes-style case that serves as Apollo's first proper case as an official WAA employee and helps tie up some loose threads/lets the characters deal with the fallout of Succession.

Idk I just think it'd be fun/satisfying to realise slowly that there's more to everything than meets the eye.

[cornertheculprit]

the thing is. in turnabout trump. kristoph FULLY intended to clear phoenix of the charges and pin the blame on olga orly instead:

Kristoph: That's hardly a logical conclusion, I'll admit. As the defense, I think it only makes sense for you to name Ms. Orly at this point.

[...]

Kristoph: As I explained before, the defense believes that Ms. Orly...

Judge: ...Am I to assume you speak for Mr. Justice in this? He is the defense, not you.

Kristoph: ...!

kristoph's act of killing zak in a place where phoenix would be the prime suspect was not the act of someone deliberately trying to get phoenix convicted of murder. it just happened to happen that way. and then!! when phoenix finally plays his hand. when phoenix finally turns on him properly:

Phoenix: Well, it can't be helped. I almost missed it myself... But it doesn't do anyone any good to turn their eyes away from the truth. Does it... Kristoph?

Kristoph: ...

[...]

Phoenix: Well, Kristoph?

Kristoph: ...

Apollo: Mr.... Gavin?

Judge: Mr. Gavin! I-Is something the matter?

Kristoph: Hmm? N-No, nothing. Excuse me, it was just so... sudden. Wright. You aren't seriously accusing me... are you?

Phoenix: Oh, Kristoph? You know even I'd never take a joke this far.

kristoph is legitimately taken aback!!!! and only then does he go on the offensive as well (telling apollo to "break him" and such). and like god. yes. kristoph is a person who wants control above all else. he wears a smile to court and keeps his cool no matter what. he wanted to keep klavier under his control enough to forge a diary page to win against him. he set atroquinine traps for drew and vera misham to tie up his loose ends and cover his tracks. following that logic there is no doubt that his affiliation with phoenix began as a way to keep an eye on him to make sure phoenix didn't poke TOO much into the circumstances surrounding his disbarment. and just given how phoenix admits that he isn't SURE whether or not he truly suspected kristoph since the beginning i'm sure he might've had some lesser form of "let me keep an eye on him and see what happens" happening on his side. but somewhere along the line with all of that kept in mind they actually did become friends. they actually did care for each other. and that makes everything so much worse. and also the way phoenix switches from "kristoph" to "mr. gavin" to "gavin" is driving me a little bonkers

sorry i'm copying and pasting the krisnix quotes that drive me insane from that ask i answered because i wanted them separate and also they DRIVE ME INSANE: "...you look well, phoenix wright." "you, too...gavin."/"i killed a man named "smith" with a bottle because i am an evil human being. ...isn't that enough?" "(...not for me, it isn't. i need to know why you did it, gavin.)"/"for seven years we've been friends... ...and yet, i still don't understand you." "but wright, your "friendship" toward me was never pure. ...you suspected me then as you still do now, don't you?" "...honestly, right now, i'm not sure what i think."/"...after that, he was killed. and i asked you to help me. ...because i remembered your kindness back when everyone had turned on me."