#the klavier hate is strong in. this one

[nyaagolor]

How do you rank the prosecutors on order of homophobia

forgot about this in my drafts for literally months oops. Anyway. Finished now!!!!

So I made this post a while ago that has some of the prosecutors and antagonists, but if you want a ranking of EVERY prosecutor (not including DGS bc i haven't finished yet) huzzah!!

Simon Blackquill: Not actually homophobic but he gets points docked for siccing Taka (known homophobe) at Klavier (known bisexual) for stealing his pretzels from the office pantry that one time. 3/10

Blaise Debeste: I think he's gay but he made me look at that ugly ass beard for far too long and I consider that disrespectful. out of principle? 8/10

Sebastian Debeste: Just look at him. 0/10

Miles Edgeworth: Bratworth was simultaneously gay, homophobic, and a misogynist, and eventually develops into a man who is only like 1.5 of those things. he's getting better. 5/10

Byrne Faraday: I don't really think he cares much about gay people he's busy being a single father and stealing shit. For the apathy? 2/10

Klavier Gavin: He's extremely gay and does a lot of work for the gay community but making Ema Skye deal with him is explicitly lesbophobic so 4/10

Godot: He has a lovely wife but whatever he was doing with Ron DeLite was probably not osha-compliant. I don't know what that means for his sexuality or stance on gay people and neither does he. ?/10

Ga'ran: I think she has a lot of other problems she should deal with first but considered she's bigoted to defense attorneys I don't think her being homophobic would be that out of pocket. Not sure I want to find out. 7/10

Neil Marshall: Have you ever been a gay bar? This guy would do NUMBERS. Also, real cowboys support gay rights. 0/10

Gaspen Payne: Being homophobic is actually why he got fired by the prosecutor's office and Winston is really fucking embarrassed about it. 10/10

Winston Payne: You'd think he'd be homophobic but you can't work for the Japanifornia Prosecutor's Office and hate gay people or you would actually go insane. He's like that one suburban guy who uses terms from the 60s but has the spirit. However, his ally lapel pin is really ugly so 3/10

Jaques Portman: He was calling Edgeworth slurs even before realizing he was gay. 9/10

Lana Skye: Dated Mia in college but refused to explain that to Ema because she has a lot of internalized homophobia and other weird issues of self. Repressed yuri personified. 1/10

Nahyuta Sahdmadhi: He supports gay people but gets all his talking points from the internet so even though he's supportive he's also incredibly fucking annoying about it and no one wants to invite him to brunch because of it. Stop using twitter for fact-checking you jackass. 2/10

Franziska Von Karma: Despite the fact that her lesbianism is so strong it borders on misandry, I think she has a lot of internalized homophobia so she spends the first 25 years of her life being a judgmental little shit. She'll get better dw about it. I believe she can bring that number down with time. 6/10

Manfred Von Karma: I think when he finds out Edgeworth is gay he starts going to gay bars and picking up dudes just to show Edgeworth he has way more rizz than him. Considering how people in my notes have told me on numerous occasions how much they want him carnally, I think he could actually pull it off. In that respect I think he's done a lot for the gay community. It ends up cancelling out somewhat because I think he'd be kind of an ass about it. 4/10

[bittersnsweetz]

too late im getting started.

klavier and phoenix both suffering from abuse in the way that it has constantly made them feel small and worthless and how they were treated like stupid naïve children and how klavier was played for a fool twice and how they both have such a strong desire to protect their loved ones even in the face of adversity and how both daryan and kristoph basically spat in klavier's face before they were sentenced to the metaphorical and literal guillotine and the last things klavier remembers of them are mocking words and people that he no longer recognises

also feral about apollo and how both him and klavier were strung along for so long without knowing what was happening and how apollo was used much the same as trucy was but worse and how he hates phoenix after finding out he forged evidence and doesnt forgive him for a long long time and how he doesnt understand why trucy is still with him after all this time because apollo is old enough to actually digest the knowledge that he was used for personal gain and how he cant actually be mad at phoenix because he's his idol and he has to be a good person apollo just doesnt know what hes been through and how neither him nor klavier can never actually be mad at kristoph because he was his mentor and he taught him so much and he was klavier's brother and accepting that theyre angry at him is the same as accepting that they are only ever going to get used by the people they trust and the mess of mixed emotions and cognitive dissonance that they are constantly made to confront

(follow up to this post)

[preheville]

i dont know anything about aa but uhm best character dynamic & why?

ok so i have a few! because i think about these characters a normal amount! this list isn't ranked except for edgeworth and franziska who are my number ones for ever and ever and ever. and ever.

the von karma trio... who would i be if they weren't my most favourite!!! like seriously whooo is doing it like mvk and his freakishly dysfunctional sorry i mean well-adjusted children. each one of them is sooo endlessly interesting! i love franziska and edgeworth individually so much and their relationship to each other is so good and well-written i could talk about them all day... the fondness the competitiveness the teasing the distance the cruelty the reconciliation. the airport scene. "miles edgeworth i've always hated you!" and how he so obviously respects her her in aai and how funny they are as teens (and also it makes me sooo sad how they treat each other at this point because you can see how the casual silliness of their relationship deteriorates) (but also it gets better! he treats her so different if you look between jfa and aai because in jfa he needles her weak points on purpose he's lording his newfound moral superiority over her in a bid to get her to also reconsider but in aai it's so obvious that he holds her in esteem idk. crazy.) clairvoyant seer brother and byronic madwoman sister. and of course von karma looming over the whole scene and aaaa a aa aa a a aa aaaaa aa a aa ahem. i'm normal about these two. and i'm normal about their relationships to mvk. come closer

[insert fey family tree here]. so crazy. any single one of these relationships is mindboggling. mia and dahlia? crazy. maya and mia? earth-shattering. morgan and maya? fascinating. pearl and morgan (and maya)? i'm pulling out my hair rolling around on the floor. iris and pearl? crying into my pillow. etc. the feys are genuinely so insane and there is SO MUCH happening i love it when women have deeply strange and complex relationships to each other i love how so many of these are relationships built on love while others are built on hate. grr.

phoenix and maya. they're so cute they're buddies they love each other soooo much... what if there was a lawyer and a spirit medium and they were the very best of friends... how sweet is that... :'-)

trucy & apollo & phoenix. this trio kind of rocks because like you have three KILLER characters and they're all RELATED? love it. love it. like there's so much to be said how phoenix sees apollo as a younger version of himself and therefore antagonizes him for it how trucy knows the truth of the both of them how apollo sees phoenix as yet another mentor figure to be disappointed in. the fact that a way out is there for all of them they could literally have a healthy relationship but they don't. maybe they can't? but like the love is there! the love and trust is there

relatedly: klavier & apollo & trucy i miss them i wish we got to see an actual expansion on their dynamic in aa5...

relatedly relatedly: klavier and kristoph. i was just talking about them this morning like there is something so uniquely sinister about the way kristoph talks to him and. i. love it! so good. so good.

edgeworth and phoenix. waugh. i know there's grittier interpretations of their relationship and i am also a partaker in those but i do like how at its core it's about two people whose relationship to each other is so strong it changes both their lives for the better forever. like isn't that such a sweet thing.. isn't that so sweetness.. what if there were two lawyers and they were in love <3

ema and franziska. listen. listen to me. i know they hardly interact in canon and i do not even think that they would wind up together if they dated! they are simply too similar for it to ever work out. but don't u love when two women are in a relationship while both being deeply bitter angry and jaded. doesn't that rock

kay and edgeworth... it's so sweet. they're so sweetest pies. kind of crazy that they looked at miles 'daddy issues' edgeworth & were like ok. you can have a daughter. as a treat. and then it was the silliest most wonderful relationship ever <- she literally says he reminds her of her dad & he wonders if how he feels for her is how parents feel about their children i will defend this interpretation forEVERRR

anyway. this is just a small sample. because really any relationship that features at least 2 of my favourite characters will make me lose my entiiiire mind.

[sega-saturn-arcade]

Despite the miniature hell I’ve been going through recently (which is the reason as to why I have been inactive anywhere but discord and amongst about five friends), I’ve thought about me Subspace a lot, both of them, but mainly 2space. This is a more rambly post because why not? I’m in a very thoughtful mood right now.

VERY LONG RAMBLE UNDER CUT. LIKE VERY LONG. YAPPATHON SHIT.

There’s something about me that through about every life there’s been this spark of defiance. This vague sense of justice, no matter what somehow. For Klavier, it was a strong sense of justice, but that spark of defiance was shown in Turnabout Succession. For Poob that defiance was very strong, the fact I ran and I refused to be pushed around after a bit. Lychee, even though I was a little piece of pretty irredeemable shit, I was still defiant against Longan and trying to out manipulate him. etc etc, you get the jist. I am not going through my entire kinlist for this, but it’s something that’s a strange reoccurrence in my kins: If there is something wrong that is able to be pushed back against, I will push back.

Subspace is such an interesting case to me however. This is the guy who in canon is loyal to Blackrock no matter what, who loves his faction and mindlessly goes along because he’s (and I mean this in the CANON sense as stated at the beginning of this sentence as per confirmed essentially by the Subspace spawnday video, for clarity—SPECIFICALLY talking about in-game Subspace) been brainwashed by the faction’s government. Yet, for me, that never happened. Twice, mind you. Twice. And both times, they hated their situation. They hated being there, wanted to escape. This feeling of entrapment that haunted me for both lives and haunts me throughout each cycle, for the most part.

The life I rotate between calling “Fuzzspace” and “Prince Subspace” is one that me and my girlfriend have both figured out was some very strange swap AU. I was the Prince of Blackrock, and my father was what we call “The Crystal King,” as we do not remember his name. I remember being pressured to continue Blackrock’s glory, to continue and accept the ideals and whatnot Blackrock gave me. I always felt like I was guilt tripped into and forced to even though my heart lay somewhere else. I wanted to see the world, escape that god forsaken faction. And then Coil came along, and was assigned to me (in some way) because the King saw potential. The more we talked, the closer we got—he talked about these grand adventures of Lost Temple, of the places he visited with Sword. Things that fascinated me, things I had simply read about in the permitted books that Blackrock had.

We both agreed to try and escape the faction because of how awful it was. This defiance was always there with me and Coil I feel made me do something about it. Of course, because of it they stripped me of royalty and beheaded me when they caught me (as I did not escape, but Coil did. Shit sucks lawl). But still, I remember even if captivity when they forced me to turn my Biografts into war machines and use me up for my science understanding I was still defiant against them. I hated them.

Of course I do feel that Fuzzspace is not a fair comparison unto the difference of canon Subspace and me, as once again that canon is wildly and extremely different to a point where it just feels barely like the phighting canon. One could easily excuse that and say like, “Why of COURSE you were vastly different! This was batshit insane!” and I would agree with you! However, I present to you 2space. This life is something I think about a lot as it is simultaneously the closest to canon and yet the furthest.

I, in my 2space life, while being a very humanoid demon, had very similar qualities to canon Subspace. I grew up in Blackrock with guardians (“caretakers” they’re called in canon) who adored Blackrock and tried teaching me about how Blackrock was the greatest and Blackrock nationalism and whatever. I became head of the robotics department and generally head of crystal research. I was a high government official who built Biografts. I had a fight with Medkit that led to him betraying the faction and me getting severely injured. The very basics of Subspace as a character that can be explained and go, “Yes, yes, seems to line up.” But I have to stop you there because seemingly everything seems to completely turn upside down when I tell you that the DETAILS of all of this are completely flipped on their head.

It’s looking at this general summary that made me think, “well, I’m not that canon divergent. My personality was wildly different, and of course there are the few details here and there that aren’t ever stated in canon (or straight up did not occur, as I was never poisoned and rotting), but for the most part I am close to canon in terms of a few things.” For that I would be terribly mistaken, as I had completely overlooked the fact that despite certain events happening that are close to canon, the very basis of how I acted breaks down the very character I kin’s personality.

I know a few different Subspaces in the times I have met and wandered about online and in kin spaces (kin… SUBspaces..heh… gets shot) and for the most part the differences I hear are very astounding, but expected, if that makes sense. However when I share what I remember, it is genuine and complete shock from EVERYONE. The alternate name I have for 2space is “Nicespace” because generally I have been told I was such a kind Subspace. I knew I was nicer but I think it goes beyond that.

Breaking it down, the first and most glaring difference has to be my relation with Medkit. Childhood friends, two halves of a whole, a platonic love for each other that completely ruined the both of us when we were forced to split (“platonic divorce leads kids to the WORST places!!!” says my bestie who also is the Med from that life as we were discussing it). I have heard that there are quite a few Subspaces that do miss their Med or feel bad for them, and it’s funny because I’ve seen the EXACT opposite. And I would like to preface this by saying that everyone’s feelings towards THEIR canon and THEIR Medkit are valid, as leftover feelings simply come with kinning.

I would like to circle this back to defiance, because my relation with Med comes into the biggest play in all of this. I feel perhaps that if I had not grown up with Med nor heard his perspective on the faction’s government, I would have perhaps more similarly gone down a loyalist path. But, thankfully, since that did not happen, and this will to push back was intensified after I realized that everything he had ever said about Blackrock was right, all those debates we had, that discussion on our views, he had been right about the corruption of the higher ups of that damn oligarchy. This only was reinforced by the fact that the higher ups wanted me to program MY creations to kill him on sight. Which, sounded like to me, ‘Kill the only person who ever truly loved you as a friend, kill your other half that you had lost to keep it buried for good.’ Of course, it was NOT said like that at all, obviously. It is what I took from that though.

That being said, this vast spitefulness that they took Med’s credit away from OUR crystal research, they labeled him as this villian, this traitor—it fueled my defiance for Blackrock. I’d secretly program in the opposite of killing Med on sight. Protect Med if he is ever found. I don’t think I was ever found out, but I’d pass it off as a glitch and begrudgingly fix it. I’d let Coil go initially when I beat him, because I didn’t want him to be at the mercy of Blackrock, considering what they wanted to do to Med. The list goes on, but every day that feeling of being trapped, that hatred for my faction, of where I had ended up in life: It grew, it grew into defiance for Blackrock.

And somehow, this is all from a life of SUBSPACE. Notoriously the guy with no remorse for torture, the scientist who says “Glory to Blackrock” with glee upon winning in game.

But that does not make me any less of a Subspace, does it? I might’ve gone down a similar route with a few wobbles as canon Subspace, but I faced everything so vastly different. So intriguing, so unique of a life. So canon divergent yet with strong elements of canon in them. I am still valid, and that life was as real as any. But it just surprises me as much as it surprises everyone around me about how I was. I see the canon with distain, a grimace when ‘Glory to Blackrock’ is said with such geniunity. It reminds me of the times I had to utter those words with a disguised venom behind my teeth.

That is to say my thoughts generally conclude upon the defiance being there, and especially for a character who is known to be highly loyal. It almost feels like an anomaly—I was expecting fully to be horrible and evil if I were to ever kinfirm Subspace but all I got was this stupid leftover yearning and misery. thanks kin gods (to be honest? more in a half joking way—I quite enjoy being a Nice Subspace).

But additionally my thoughts also were about the realization that while I qualify enough as a Subspace, I was very… VERY different. It just did not occur how different, how jarring it is to others. This is very interesting for me as well as someone who enjoys hearing about memories and lives and realizing vast experiences that don’t line up at all.

Though admittedly it can be a little isolating and strange to hear from my end bc every time I hear a Medkit speak about their bad experience of their Subspace i feel lowkey like that one audio that’s like “What a manipulative conniving bitch! Did you give in? NOOOO!” because i am medkit friend #1

I’d like to conclude this by saying that I would not change a thing for myself and simply these are my thoughts on the extremely vast difference between the canon version of myself and hearing people’s experience with more canon compliance, both from a Medkit and Subspace perspective. And, overall, how defiance is very prominent in a lot of my lives, but specially and SPECIFICALLY with both but Subspace ones. thank you for coming to my ted talk smile

[sunflowersolace]

i feel like we as a fandom tend to either over uwuify klapollo or over stoicify them and this is by no means a real character analysis or genuine conversation because it is 4am for me and i’m not very good at articulating myself i don’t actually care that much i’m in fandom spaces i’m used to mischaracterising bullshit but

why does it seem to be the only options are “apollo is an actual child and klavier is sexy and suave” or “apollo doesn’t experience emotions and klavier is a cringefail babygirl”. like genuinely can they not both be people.

i feel like a lot of the infantilisng apollo stuff is partially the usual fandom short man = yaoi bottom shit but i’m not gonna sit here and pretend it isn’t also bc of the transmasc apollo headcanon. like it can’t be a coincidence that the most infantilised grown man in the game is also the one that’s most widely headcanoned as ftm. like it feels like a lot of it is your typical uwu short trans uke baby x big strong suave tall hot cis seme and i’m used to that but man it sucks to see people making weird shit about Flustered Virgin apollo getting his first ever kiss from Playboy klavier and. y’all know he’s 25 right? not 15?

there’s also the other side of things where people make klavier into this cringefail babygirl boyfailure who’s hopelessly in love with apollo and spends every waking moment thinking about apollo and can’t do anything without relating it to apollo and apollo just fucking does not like him. and that’s almost worse because at least the first kind of mischaracterisation still feels like a ship. why are we pretending apollo doesn’t care about klavier. he doesn’t like his boy band music but it’s not personal. he still likes klavier.

and then there’s the ones who take one half of the mischaracterising and applies it to both characters. apollo is an uwu baby and klavier is a soyboy and they can’t spend a second apart because they’re so in love. OR they’re both robots who might as well not even be dating with how little they speak to each other.

y’all know you can make them act normal, right? they can be in love with each other and silly about it and also be serious characters? apollo is a dork ass who cracks jokes and is bitchy but he’s also a genuinely smart guy like he’s a lawyer he’s a politician he’s helping rebuild a whole country’s legal system from the ground up and he’s still a bitch and a loser. klavier is ALSO a bitch and a loser and a smart guy. he’s kind, but he’s not a wimp. he’s bitchy but he’s not insufferable. he’s passionate about music and law and everything he talks about. and he says corny shit and openly flirts with apollo but he’s also a damn good prosecutor and id argue he’s the only one who actually understands his job without the defense having to Fix Him tm. and they can both love each other and be all these things.

for a lot of y’all there’s only two options: klavier has trauma (excruciating) (all encompassing) or klavier is silly :3. and like. he can do both. you can acknowledge his trauma and also acknowledge he’s a dumbass who air guitars during court. human beings are multifaceted and fictional characters should reflect that. you gotta make the people you’re writing feel like people yes even the japanese visual novel people.

back to the living each other thing. klavier can openly flirt with apollo and also actually like him. apollo can ignore klavier’s first flirts and still actually like him. maybe he doesn’t wanna get it with the brother of his murderous boss while investigating a crime scene i think that’s reasonable of him. but he also clearly likes and cares about klavier as a person (“i have to pull the darkness out of him” or whatever he says) so just because he didn’t immediately throw himself at klavier the second he hit him with the never felt this way with a man doesn’t mean he’s annoyed by klavier’s flirting it just means it wasn’t the right time. apollo can hate the gavineers shitty music and still love the man who sung it. he can think klavier’s office is ugly and still love him. i don’t love every single thing about the people i love but i still love them. if my qpp made a dog shit song i hated i would tell him bc he and i understand each other.

[baratrongirl]

Hi! I wanted to know if you had any tips on writing fanfictions, especially hurt/comfort. I have so many ideas and I wrote down what I want to do but have no idea how :/

I've been thinking about this ask for weeks now, and I'm still not sure how to go about structuring the reply. So I'm afraid that this isn't going to be the most coherent response, because it's actually a much bigger question than it looks.

Who?

The first thing to consider is who you want to get Hurt, and who you want to do the Comforting. This might be simple (your comfort character is the one who gets Hurt and the one you like to ship with them is the Comforter), but it doesn't have to be. A story with two principal characters is obviously easiest to write, but you can have multiple characters Comforting. (I would only recommend this if you have a group of close people, e.g. the Wright Anything Agency in Ace Attorney fic.) Part of a good Hurt/Comfort is that it increases the relationship level between the characters. So you can write about an existing Romantic Relationship, or a close friendship, or acquaintances, or even strangers if you wish - knowing that they're going to be closer at the end. Having a character who Comforts the Hurt character in the way that they need can be a way of boosting a friendship to a romantic relationship, since the Comforter's responsiveness can be a way for them to show their love for the Hurt one.

Wow this post will be long.

What?

The nature of the Hurt will determine the length of the story. A small Hurt, like receiving homophobic or transphobic abuse from one stranger on one occasion, will not need a great deal of Comforting. A big Hurt, like being kidnapped or abused over a period of time, will need a large amount of Comforting.

There could also be a situation where one small Hurt reminds the Hurt person of other times they have been Hurt in the past, and they have an emotional breakdown that is disproportionate to the size of the current Hurt. (e.g. Klavier's history with his brother Kristoph, or Apollo's history with being in foster care)

Think about what you feel like writing. Emotional abuse? Physical abuse? An injury? Sickfic? etc. And also whether you need to vent about anything in your life. Give your own chronic illness or disability to your favourite character, so it gets written about authentically. Or write about an injustice that is bothering you, with as much understanding as you can muster.

What do you Enjoy? What do you Need?

Is there something that you really like to read about in fic? I personally like it when a usually strong character breaks down emotionally or faints. I'd hate it if one of my actual friends fainted in front of me in real life, but the whole point of fiction is that you can explore "what if"s.

If you're writing about your own illness or disability, is there a way that people can help you that they never seem to think of? Can you write the Comforter doing the exact thing that you yourself want people to do?

Do you want to write something really extreme, like having a Bad Person point a gun at your favourite character? And have their Comforter come in to scream at the Bad Person and karate-chop them? Do you want to have your Hurt person get Hurt by jumping in front of a bullet aimed at the Comforter? Go for it! It's fiction, no one is really getting hurt, but you can explore real feelings through the writing.

Balancing the Story

I always feel that the amount of time/number of words spent on the Hurt and the Comfort need to be relatively balanced. It isn't usually half and half, but maybe more like one third to two thirds? Two fifths to three fifths? Hard to say until you start writing, of course.

I've definitely read stories where the Comfort part turns into a Budding Romance, and it's left the story feeling unbalanced, because that Romance part would have been much better as a sequel. I've also read other stories where the Hurt/Comfort has only been one or two chapters in the entire thing, and it's worked fine that way.

Comforting

I always feel that the Hurt is easy to write but the Comfort less so. It's easy to write a factual account of Klavier breaking his fingernail on a guitar string and how it's the last straw on a shitty day. It's harder to figure out how Apollo is going to help him feel better.

So here are some things that the Comforter needs to do. Listen - The Hurt person may well know what they need. They might need physical affection like a hug. They might need to be left alone. They might need the other to be present in the room but not touching them so that they can breathe. Or they might not know what will help, in which case the Comforter needs to guess at things.

Help - Things which might help in various situations include physical touch, a blanket/pillow/plushie, a drink of water, ice cubes, etc. The Hurt person might also need to scream or yell for a while about the situation until they can calm down. Are they unconscious? Do they need medical attention or to be taken to hospital? Are they sick or injured enough to need an ambulance?

Talk before Doing - Consent is INCREDIBLY important when a person has been Hurt. "Would you like a hug?"-type language if the people are not so close. Ask whether they want to be held loosely or squeezed tightly. If the Comforter has to leave the Hurt person, e.g. to get a first aid kit or some water, have them explain verbally what they are doing.

If the Hurt person is having a panic attack or something similar, then have your Comforter talk them through it. Have the Comforter ask the Hurt person to put their hand on the Comforter's chest, to feel their breathing, and to try to match their breathing. Lots of talking from the Comforter is especially important if the Hurt person is incoherent or unable to speak at all.

Alternate Communication - Some neurodivergent people may go mute in extremely stressful situations and they may have a card which says that it's hard to communicate right now, or multiple cue cards, or a workaround like typing on their phone. Think about how your characters will communicate when Hurt and when well. If the two people in the story are incredibly close, then they might use body language rather than verbal communication. The Hurt person might drop their head onto the Comforter's shoulder, signalling that that they need to be held. Consent CAN be non-verbal and it can seem clunky if an established couple are still expressly asking for consent verbally. (Some smut stories make this mistake, having the couple ask for everything with words, making it seem like they're having their first time together rather than being two people who know each other extremely well.)

Stay Calm - Even if your Comforter is absolutely freaking out inside, have them attempt to stay as calm as possible. If you write from their point of view, you can show the internal freakout as well as the attempt to stay calm. It's often easier to write from the Comforter's point of view especially if the Hurt person is going through something like a faint or a panic attack, because their mind will be blank.

Anything Special that ONLY that Comforter can Do? - Here's an idea you can have for free. I've seen a fair number of authors write Apollo's Perceive as an actual medical condition, that it gives him a headache or migraine or makes him overload. What I've never seen anyone do is have Klavier give him a pair of sunglasses! Migraines make a person sensitive to light, Klavier is a rock star and carries sunglasses everywhere. It would make total sense for him to put his rockstar shades on Apollo's sore eyes.

Try Not to Write in Therapy Speak. Unless your character talks about having been in therapy in the fic, or is known to have been in therapy in the canon, try to avoid overly psychological language. It sounds clunky and unrealistic to have a character analysing themselves - unless they are a person who would authentically do that! (e.g. Miles Edgeworth post-"death") This is triply important if you are writing in the past (e.g. Victorian times, before most therapy was even invented).

Dealing With Commenters

So you've written your story and published it, and now you have people commenting on it. Hopefully they will be polite, enthusiastic and encouraging you to write more.

Sometimes they will be flipping weirdos, coming into your nice Klapollo sickfic and asking you to write a story where Athena is pregnant and having morning sickness, and not only do you have any particular interest in Athena, you are squicked like mad by pregnancy! YOU CAN SAY NO! "No." is a complete sentence, but you can also say "Sorry, that idea isn't for me, I hope you find someone else who can write it for you."

Okay, I think that is literally everything I can think of for now. Some other people might be along to comment on this post, see if they have anything interesting to add. Good luck with your writing! Sorry it took so long to answer you but honestly, it's a hard question :D

[mekatrio]

2024 VIDEO GAME WRAP UP!!!! for fun here are my rankings and short reviews for every game i played this year... well not every game but every new game i played and completed that i spent at least 10+ hours on 😚 also no major spoilers yayyy!!! ranking from least fave to fave woohoo

9. aa3

a waste of my goddamn time... not just the worst game i played this year but also the worst game ive ever played PERIOD.... i spent like a good 3/4 months complaining abt it so i wont do that song and dance again, but to summarize it rq... this game does a whole lot to just essentially say 2 things: which is 1.) "minors are capable of seducing adults and can be held liable for doing such" and 2.) "abuse victims do not deserve ANY grace when considering the actions they take against their abusers". if my words were waterdrops i could turn a desert into an oasis with how much i have to complain abt this piece of shit.. anyways FUCK THIS GAME! AND FUCK SHU TAKUMI! 🖕

8. aa1

I DONT hate this game in fact w the exception of aa3 i enjoyed all the games ive played, basically low ranking =/= bad game, but aa1 is down here bc well hmmm it was a good game thats for sure (tho some of its game design was frustrating and could stand to be better; a lot of aa1 was revisting locations again and again to find a story trigger), but it wasnt.. super remarkable to me 😗 at least compared to how excellent aa2 and aa4 were. the homosexuality was sooo delicious tho like trust i still hate phoenicolas wright but i love his derangedness too.. i have a very love hate relationship with aa. ANYWAYS!

7. aa2

i still stand by my opinion that 2-4 is the best case of the first four games like that was a MASTERPIECE in pacing and drama and THEMES AND RAHHHHH I STILL LOVE IT SO MUCH but sadly i cant let one case alone carry my entire opinion on this game, cuz as good as 2-4 is i cannot ignore how weak the other cases were... especially 2-3. i rly dont have to say anything abt big top now do i 😑 but still 2-4 was good enough for me to rank this game above aa3 & aa1.. franziska i love you 4EVER

6. slay the spire

this game really fucking possessed me at the start of the year wrsjdkbxks and i just checked my total amt of game time i played it this year and my god i played fucking um. 200+ hours..?!#? 😭😭😭 so yeah i Truly enjoyed this game i think its so super duper fun and ADDICTIVE and its just a tried and true roguelike that allows sooo much experimentation, its great!! its quite low on my ranking tho cuz ive fell off quite a bit w how busy ive been but also i guess i played it so much that it started to feel repetitive to me HAHHH but thats also after 200+ hours sooo.. its still a pretty damn good game?! but anyways yeah im looking forward to the sequel very very much <3 <3

5. tales of vesperia

TALES OF FUCKING VESPERIAAAAA im still not done picking apart this game yet but god what a fucking. game. thing. EXPERIENCE... is it mid yes. definitely. but also like.... not entirely. like idk after playing i was definitely frustrated with several story aspects but as i was playing through the game itself, especially during the beginning and the middle of the game, the writing was sooo fucking strong and engaging and compelling and that does count for something to me. in spite of Everything i still really enjoyed it. also this game was gorgeous. and i loved how unexpectedly funky the music was. and the combat was soooo fun even tho i was complete ass at it. mediocre game and i mean this in the kindest heartwarming way ever with ALL the love in my heart. i hope yuri lowell gets hit by a car

3 & 4. aa4 and 999 zero escape

i cannot decide which one i like better so fuck it theyre both on the same ranking. ill talk abt aa4 first. although um its a bit hard to talk abt what makes aa4 so awesome without spoilers.. but essentially apollo and trucy >>>>>>>>>> phoenix and maya. in so many ways. i love apollo. and trucy. and their dynamic. also klavier was an extremely compelling prosecutor. godot was a joke and edgeworth was kinda just a tsundere with trauma (franziska is a queen tho), but klavier was veryy rich and interesting in both his actions and his motivations. ok im starting to make myself sad again thinking abt aa4's lost potential WAHHH but yeah its still a gem even if it kinda fell on its face at the finish line. def my fave aa out of the four and also easily my MOST FAVORITE soundtrack too. not just of aa games but of every game i played this year I LOVEEE the music of this game. so much. mwah. also fuck whatever the haters say i loved every case of this game. yes 4-2 and 4-3 were good idgaf

now onto 999 zero escape... another game with absolutely amazing art direction. the music and the backgrounds and the dreary and tense atmosphere is soooooo fucking good. also this is another game thats hard to talk about with spoiling everything. fuck. its ok tho we move. but yeah the [REDACTED] aspect of the gameplay was sooooooo Wowww and WOW and intriguing and there is something sooo so wrong with junpei so it was so fun to play as an absolute weirdo and also the writing was solid enough where i was able to predict a good amt of plot twists which was super satisfying and rewarding like this was a damn good game. its a shame that certain elements were dropped and werent as fleshed out but in spite of this it was still an incredible experience. and yas i cried at the ending that was heartbreaking and GOOD.... great experience. have you heard of the crystallization of glycerin

2. style savvy

STYLE!!!!! SAVVY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was not expecting to love this game as much as i did but wow it is AMAZING... like first of all the music. gorgeous and chic and fun and popping. and then THE VISUAL AESTHETIC.... this game is incredible. it looks so good and it is so charming and the fashion outfits are great and despite being 10+ years old the models aged sooo well and also i love the skin color diversity too its so fab..!!!! and the gameplay WOWW im in love with how unexpectedly strategic it is like the game wont tell it to u but once you figure out what clothings are from what brands then Thats The Key.... thats how u ace the customers requests on ur first try! and then the limited storage makes buying outfits strategic too and its a balance between having enough to sell but selling enough to buy more later like i loveee love this game so much 🩷🩷🩷🩷

and last of all 1. tales of the abyss

My Game Of The Fucking Year...... goddd where do i even begin. but seriously this game saved me cuz i was experiencing a dangerous level of brain damage from playing 4 ace attorney games in a row like shu takumi's bullshittery was POISONING me so to play abyss when i did was like Ohhh... Ohhh my god Thank You. but like really wow this game is really.... something very special to me. like i dont think the dungeon design is very great. and the combat was probably very good but this was my first tales game and they dont really tell you anything so i was fumbling through the entire thing. and i also played the 3ds port which has so many framedrops and the audio mixing on cutscene was practically non-existent. but the story and writing was so incredibly amazing that i could bear through all of this games weaknesses so easily. this sounds a bit crazy bc a video game shouldnt only have its strength in one aspect but im exaggerating a bit hereeee cuz like the game used its synopsis and in-game scenes to tell its story very well too and the pacing was amazing and solid throughout the game except a few parts in the middle where it faltered a bit, but it was still very strong!! but imo abyss' strength truly lies in its character writing like Oh my goodness this was really.. REALLY something special. there are so many characters and so many of them are so fleshed out and have so many nuances and compelling motivations and connections to one another and its like.. so crazy cuz they almost feel like. real people??? as in yes the game has its share of anime bullshittery and typical story tropes ofc it does, but yet at the same time so many of their reactions and responses to events both past and present felt very incredibly grounded?! this game is an incredible experience that was not only very heart-breaking but also veryyy very moving. and like honestly for a while i had been feeling worried that maybe i wont ever find a game so perfectly catered to me the way mm and ffix were again cuz like ive tried many many games but none of them were hitting the same way... but finally abyss arrived and its. just wow. i love it very very much 😭

AND YEAH this was a great game for video games!!!! TALES OF THE ABYSS GOTY WOOHOO!!!!

[justarandomidiot1]

Here's the last thing I'm giving. During the Gavinners' farewell concert. Klavier let's Trucy sing the song as a special song that has storm of emotions (the one I sent in the previous ask). Trucy gives her father a special message: "I know, you wouldn't care if I say this to you..... In case, someone is recording this.... Daddy, despite everything you and being responsible for the murder of my biological father.... You and Uncle Klav have always been there for me even though you were strict. You never gave me my answer every time I ask if you love me.... But that's fine.... When I said "I hate you" I didn't mean it.... After all wasn't lies our way of expressing our love....? But I know you would never give me the answer I seek.... It doesn't matter.... I will always love you, Daddy.... Uncle Klav help me write this song for you, anyway...... I love you forever, Daddy..." Practically in tears as she convey her message while staying strong. Then her message would be conveyed the news on television in prison.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA /pos

Trucy Gavin makes me Feel Things i love her so much she's just a kid who wants to be loved

[the-bar-sinister]

Chains of the Dragon (41391 words) by thesavagesabretooth

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October 3, 2028– 9:25 pm 

In the beautifully adorned, palatial – literally palatial – room, Klavier finally slowly slipped his traveling clothes off with a sigh, the day weighing heavy on him, almost dizzily so.

He turned over his bare shoulder and smiled weakly at Ema. "Thank you for all of your help, Fraulein. I am sorry I am so needy."

Ema was in the middle of shrugging off her coat when she looked over her shoulder at him

“I’m happy to, Klav. I mean..look, I’m not exactly happy you and Trucy strong-armed me into this while I was hung over– but it mighta been the right move, if we can actually make a dent in this shit.” She dropped her coat and began working at her waistcoat with a quiet sigh. ‘...and I get being needy, don’t worry about that.” 

Klavier swaggered over in just his boxers, and came up behind her to help her shrug off her waistcoat. "You're so patient with me sometimes, liebchen. Thank you. I'm sorry we strong armed you, but I didn't know what to do. And it seems like things here are… bad."

“I…I can think of a few ways you can make it up to me.” she muttered, almost shyly as she slipped out of her waistcoat and unbuttoned the first few buttons of her shirt with a glance over her shoulder. “We’ve been …close…for how many years now? Being patient with you’s practically an acquired skill– but you aren't wrong. Things are going from bad to worse out here..” 

He took her waistcoat from her and put it gently away, folding it up. "Ja, I can see that. I would say 'how come you didn't reach out for help' but I am not that much of a hypocrite, I think."

He helped her peel her shirt off her shoulder.

“Coming from you that would be rich.” Ema snorted. She leaned back against his hands as her shirt slipped down, her shoulders a pale pink and dotted with a starfield of freckles. “I thought about it. I was actually thinking about it before the wedding, asking you and some others if they’d be willing to come down and help. Before that, I dunno…we thought if we just kept going it’d finally dry up, or some of the local attorneys would step up, you know?” 

"And none of them have, ja?" He put his hands on her bare shoulders and started to massage them gently. 

“Not a fucking one.” She grimaced as she shivered. He saw her skin prickle…but slowly relax under his hands as she leaned against him with a deepened flush.

"Do you think it's related to the mood in that graffiti?"

“I’m kind of worried it is. If things are going south with the Dragons, there could be a push to leave Apollo and Nahyuta adrift as an excuse. You know ‘the royals aren’t even doing their jobs’ kinda thing. Use frustration that the system isn’t going fast enough– the lack of manpower– to manufacture anger.” 

"Starve them out, essentially," Klavier grimaced. He sighed, trying to work out some of his own tension as he massaged her. It felt nice, just to have his hands on another person. To feel connected for a moment. "And work up tempers. That's no good."

“No, it’s pretty fucking awful.” Ema’s voice had a genuine anger in it. “...I was here, right in the middle of it when they took down Ga’ran, Klavier. If they really…if they really had hated Rayfa and Nahyuta so much, why the hell did they cheer and clap as they dragged them into positions they never asked for?”

She leaned more firmly against him, seemingly desperate for the touch. 

Klavier held her close and shook his head. "I don't know, fraulein. All I can say is something flippant from an old joke I once heard."

“Lay it on me, Klavier.” She rested her head against his chest. She smelt of sandalwood and perfumed smoke…and the remaining sting of the alcohol on the plane. 

He nuzzled her hair gently, pulling her close and drinking in the smell of her. She always smelled so good. It was comforting. He chuckled, thinking of the joke.

"Sire, sire, the peasants are revolting,' the advisor says. And the prince replies 'the word I would have picked would be disgusting'."

Ema laughed, her shoulders shaking against him as she nuzzled her hair against his neck. “That’s terrible, Klavier. Go on, tell it in the street market, I’m sure it’ll go over like a lead balloon!” 

Klavier laughed and held her gently, kissing the top of her head. "Ja, I think perhaps it is not the right mood for the moment. But we are on the royals side in this, aren't we?"

Ema flushed. “I mean…I like Nahyuta and Rayfa. They’re good people who’ve suffered enough, you know? So yeah…I’m on their side in this.”

She half turned against him to loop an arm around his waist, and he could see a smile she was trying to hide on her face. He smiled back at her and looped his arm around her in return.

"Ja, me too. They seem nice. And who can turn down a prince and a princess. So fuck the peasants, am I right?" he grinned charmingly. He was teasing, but also there was a nagging feeling in the back of his mind about the whole thing. Normally in a situation like this he'd be on the rebels' side.

Ema laughed awkwardly.

“Ehhhhhh… I wouldn’t say fuck the peasants. The system’s broken. It needs some kinda work, and …honestly, I can’t blame people for being unhappy. But I don’t want them to hang the poor kid for it.” She nuzzled against him with a huff “Nahyuta got this whole thing dumped on him and her by their father. Mr. ‘A Dragon Never Yields’ himself.” 

He pulled her gently down onto the bed, and held her. "Ja. As these things happen. Tragedy passing from father to child…"

“Seems this country’s full of it.” She laughed bitterly, sinking against him. She half turned, and her arm tightened even more around him. “And…look, don’t go spreading this around, but their mother’s kind of a massive bitch.” 

"The queen?" he asked, petting her hair out of her face for her. He hadn't heard anything about whoever was actually in charge, admittedly. "What is she– the queen of hearts?"

“Ex-queen. She faked her death years ago, or some bullshit and was pretending to be Rayfa’s nanny. Now she’s stayed abdicated…which would be fine, if she wasn’t laying into her benevolence so fucking hard.” She looked down “...even at her worst, Lana was never that dismissive and biting.” 

"Wait no, go back fraulein," Klavier frowned as he tried to grapple with it. "If this queen has abdicated– who is in charge of this country?"

Ema laughed sharply, it wasn’t amused. 

“Nahyuta! Technically. He’s the Lord Regent until Rayfa’s of age, then she’s the Queen of this place. The moment the clock ticks over.” She gestured vaguely towards the sky “and they’ve still got him and Apollo working on prosecuting and defense. All Amara’s been doing is ‘teaching Rayfa about being queen’.” 

Klavier sat straight up. "I am sorry, what did you just say, Fraulein? You are telling me Nahyuta and Rayfa are literally in charge of the country?"

He practically yanked her up with him, and her hair splayed out against his face and neck until she shifted to look up at him with an incredulous stare.

“...you didn’t know? I mean…I called him Lord Regent like three times! Yeah, they’re in charge!” 

"Fraulein, I didn't know if lord regent meant like, advisor! How old is he? Has he had any political training?" He stared into her face, a dozen terrible old fantasy books rearing up their ugly heads from his childhood.

Ema looked at him with wide eyes, stammering a little as she answered. 

“He’s like…25. Almost 26. And I mean…not…really? He grew up in the fucking mountains running around with Apollo and then got turned into Ga’ran’s political tool. I’m pretty sure she didn’t teach him shit except her idea of prosecution and lots of indoctrination, either. And Rayfa’s– she’s 14 years old and gonna be queen the moment she’s able to successfully channel a spirit.” 

Klavier pressed his hands to his forehead and took a deep breath. 

"Okay. Okay. Ema. Fraulein, leibchen. Schatzi. Please remind me that I can't personally solve an imminent political crisis at ten at night after a 20 hour flight and a fight with our boyfriend."

He was panicking a little– but not enough not to hope that she noticed he said 'our'.

Ema flushed brightly, and the trace of a smile crossed her face. She’d absolutely noticed ‘our’.

She reached out and pressed her hand to the side of his face “...You absolutely can’t. You’d pass out before you yelled at the first guard, Klav. Maybe after some rest and a little fucking relaxation we can manage it. We. All of us. Maybe.” 

"I really hope so, liebchen. This is so much more than I guessed when I flew out here," he scooped her into his arms. "I feel bad for not coming to rescue you too, sooner. But we will figure this out tomorrow. Let's get some rest…"

Ema hid her face against him as he scooped her close. 

“I’m not some princess in a tower– not like I was looking to be saved or anything, Klavier.” He felt her face press against the crook of his shoulder. "But thanks. I’m gonna sleep easier knowing you still came, ok? Don’t– don’t go telling anyone, but I missed you. Let’s save the world tomorrow.” 

He petted her hair gently and layed down around her curled body. "I promise, fraulein. I missed you. Let's save the world tomorrow."

October 3, 2028– 9:30 pm 

"I hope you didn't mind me wanting to take a bath before bed, Nahyuta," Apollo said as they settled into the steamy water of the palace bathhouse. "It's been… a while since I've gotten the chance."

Nahyuta sunk into the water, his hair unbraided and splayed across the surface of the water as he settled in with a sigh.

His body, slim and smooth save for scars Apollo could name the various origins of from their youth, settled in the water quite close to him as he smiled tiredly.

“It’s been too long for either of us, but I suppose the one blessing of this trouble is we actually have a moment to wash up.” He chuckled softly, glancing over at him “almost..but not quite…like old times, hm? In the river.” 

Apollo flushed bashfully and shook his head. "A little like that but more… classy, I guess? I don't know, I kind of miss the river– but it's nice that the water here's warm."

He couldn't help glancing at Nahyuta's beautiful form, half submerged and wreathed with steam.

“Often I miss the river too, Apollo..” He leaned on his arm, his hair draped across his face as he regarded him fully. “But the warmth here is nice, and admittedly, the company is what made those memories so…important.”

He smiled thinly “though you should take care, Mr. Justice– lest you start looking even more like a red pepper if you stay in here too long.” 

Apollo sputtered, and turned red even faster. "I'd just have to cool off, wouldn't I? But… the company is really great." 

He crept closer to Nahyuta, leaning his shoulder on him.

The two lay shoulder to shoulder in the water, Nahyuta’s eyes on him with an amused huff of breath. 

“Knowing you, my hot tempered Mr. Justice…you’d need some help cooling off.” He closed his eyes, seeming to soak in the bath for a moment. “It is nice. Things aren’t perfect, I know, but moments like this are what I had hoped for when you said you’d stay…for a time.”

Apollo flinched a little– only because the idea of him not staying had been brought up tonight. He leaned closer to him.

"This is what I wanted, too. It sucks the way things have been…"

A hand touched Apollo’s arm under the steaming water, and Nahyuta hummed softly. 

“...it seems to get worse every day. It’s no wonder Ema and Mr. Klavier Gavin are so– concerned.” 

"It is no wonder," Apollo murmured. He shivered as Nahyuta touched him and he leaned his head on his shoulder. "But I'm not going to leave you here, Nahyuta."

Nahyuta’s fingertips, rough with the amount of hard work he’d done over the years in contrast to the smoothness of his skin and the elegance he held himself to in court, brushed around his arm before they threaded through Apollo’s own fingers.

“I wouldn’t blame you if you felt you had to, you know,” he said in a low voice. “I’d miss you, but I wouldn’t blame you.” 

Apollo felt a thick lump in his throat as he suddenly grabbed Nahyuta's arm and squeezed it to himself. "I know you wouldn't and that's the worst part. I won't do it, 'Yuta. I won't leave you alone again."

Nahyuta smiled at him. 

“One of your many kindnesses, Apollo.” The next moment his head rested upon Apollo’s shoulder and his eyes looking into the steam around them. “This dragons issue has the chance to get…well…more than troublesome. That graffiti was a threat, and I have little hope that it was for mere exile.” 

"Wh-what do you mean?" Apollo asked softly. He knew what he meant though.He could feel Clay stirring with reserved anxiety about it as well.

“Given the display of aggression Datz reported– and the message of the graffiti, some of them may intend to sever the head of the monarchy in a more permanent manner.”

Nahyuta delivered this in his calm, matter of fact tone. He talked about death like it was nothing but another courtroom plea. 

"Nahyuta– that's not– I won't let that happen!" His voice got louder as he thought about it. As he remembered the sight of Clay on the ground. Of the trial before they even had his funeral. He clung tighter to Nahyuta's arm.

Nahyuta was shaking. Nearly imperceptible, if he wasn’t clinging to his arm he might have even missed it.

He looked at Apollo with heavily lidded eyes, dark circles visible just under them even in the steam. 

“...hopefully it won’t come close to that, should the Holy Mother smile on us. I’d like to be able to undo Ga’ran’s cruelties and help the people feel secure, but… can I ask a promise of you?” 

"I'm… listening," Apollo said, his brow furrowed. Never agree to something before you hear what they're going to ask. Someone had told him that once.

“If things start to turn out of our control…” He reached up to touch Apollo’s cheek “take Rayfa with you somewhere safe.” 

Apollo put his hand on Nahyuta's hand and stared him down. "Nahyuta. If things start to go out of control, I'm taking Rayfa and you somewhere safe."

“Our father wouldn’t like us yielding, Apollo.” Nahyuta said with a tired smile as his thumb brushed against his cheek. “But I’ll take your promise to heart.”

"A strategic retreat isn't a yield," Apollo said firmly. "Not only that, but– a dragon doesn't stoop to violence either, but look where we are,"

He leaned into his hand, and took a few deep breaths. No point in getting worked up again. Not when they were trying to relax.

“It’s true…” he leaned forward until his face pressed against Apollo’s shoulder, his fingers lingering against his cheekbone. “It seems the rules are changing before our very eyes, aren’t they? And tonight…we’re in no shape to contemplate it.” 

Apollo stroked his fingers through Nahyuta's hair. "No, we're not. We should tackle that tomorrow… ugh… so much happened today…"

“It was certainly not the sort of hectic we were expecting, that’s for certain. –Klavier Gavin. He’s not quite as I expected him to be, from my studies in LA.” 

'Ugh, Klavier," Apollo huffed and shook his head. "He's… full of surprises. What did you expect of him?"

Nahyuta pulled himself up to lean against Apollo. 

“You know, that’s the thing, my dear red pepper…” He closed his eyes with a slight smile. “I haven’t the slightest idea. This ‘rock star prosecutor’ may defy any expectation I attempt to make. His arrival at all was a surprise…Ema certainly hadn’t given any warning.” 

"That's kind of Klavier," Apollo murmured, stroking Nahyuta's hair thoughtfully. "He… defies expectations all right. I never really know what I'm dealing with when it comes to him. Sometimes it feels like he never turns off the performance. Not that he's fake exactly, not that at all. Just, always projecting every bit of himself into the spotlight. Like that 'homewrecker' comment. He turns his honest feelings into a show… Sorry… I'm babbling…"

I mean, this is the first time you've really talked about your feelings about Klavier, Apollo. Hell, I hardly know how you feel about him and I'm in your head.“I like it when you babble, Apollo.” Nahyuta said as he shifted to face him, his hair plastering against his bare shoulder as he sat up “...it reminds me of the past, and lets me hear the truth behind your words.”

He smiled thinly. “he’s a performer…yes, I see that clearly. The bits and pieces I’ve heard from Ema speak to much of the same behavior.”

Apollo put his arms over Nahyuta's shoulders as they faced one another. "Yeah. He's larger than life, or he wants to be. I think, I don't know, maybe he thinks no one will pay attention to him otherwise…"

Apollo frowned at the thought, thinking about how maybe failing to send him a text or a letter in months may have unintentionally fed into that fear.

Nahyuta’s eyes darted down in thought.

“Hm… a point of view that can stem from countless possible sources…and one that perhaps that’s familiar– witnessed close to home.” His fingers idly wound through Apollo’s hair, teasing the strands “within my sister. That…homewrecker business troubled me.” 

Apollo leaned into his hand, as Nahyuta gently tugged at his hair. "It troubled you?"

“It troubled me that was how he saw himself coming to visit you and meeting me.” He shook his head. “I imagine it stems from the same source as his desire to perform. I just hope he understands, genuinely, that I am not unhappy to share.” 

"Yeah, when I think about it, it was kinda insecure, huh?" Apollo made a face. "I feel bad for making him feel that way. I really haven't been thinking of him at all these last few months. Part of it is honestly how busy we've been, but…"

He looked shyly up at Nahyuta, trailing off.

Nahyuta’s fingers brushed through his hair again as he met Apollo’s eyes “but?” 

Apollo squirmed as he fought his embarrassment, trying to express himself.

"Well, you know… I mean, us… when I'm thinking about romance lately…. you know?"

They hadn't had any time. The bath was the closest they'd been in weeks. Apollo had managed to get his feelings out to Apollo and they'd kissed and that had been… basically it. A few kisses here and there. No time for dates. No time to even sleep in the same bed like when they were little, because they were working so late in separate offices.

And sure as hell no time to have sex…

Nahyuta’s dark cheeks took on the faintest hint of a flush as he tugged Apollo’s hair again. 

“I can say for certain you aren’t alone in thinking that way.” He smiled “yet fate has stood in our way at every opportunity, hasn’t it?” 

"It has," Apollo murmured. He leaned his head against Nahyuta's neck. "So I'm just you know, hung up on you all the time. And that's probably part of why I didn't stop to think about Klavier, or his feelings at all. Between all the work we've been buried under, and it meaning that I haven't gotten to spend any time with you…"

Nahyuta smirked.

“It was hard to balance thoughts of your admittedly complicated lovelife? Tsk…” His eyes half closed for a moment in thought, the steam draping over him like a shroud. “I have a solution, if you would be amenable.” 

Apollo squirmed at the description of his 'complicated love life'.

He's not wrong…

No, but…. uuurrrghh.

"Uh, yeah, I'd absolutely like to hear it!" He looked up at him with one eye open, the other squinted as he wondered what he'd say.

Nahyuta’s hand rested atop his head. 

“Even with the heavy weight of the day on our shoulders…we find ourselves unexpectedly free tonight. Perhaps even refreshed by the bath…will you spend it with me?”

Apollo barely stopped himself from making a high pitched noise as he pressed himself against Nahyuta's body.

"That's exactly what I was hoping you'd ask! I would love to, 'Yuta! I've been– kind of desperate to– to spend more time with you."

Nahyuta’s body was warm, from the heat of the bath– and perhaps from the turn the conversation had taken.

His voice dropped low as his arm snaked around him and held him closer.

“The same goes for me. Please, Apollo. Spend the night with me, just the two of us.” He put his finger to his lips. “In privacy even the Holy Mother will not gaze upon..” 

Apollo grinned widely and he leaned into him. "She better not be peeking. I'm just going to assume she's not. Uh, in that case… why don't we finish up in here. Would you like me to wash your back?"

Nahyuta leaned in, and his soft lips caught Apollo’s for a blissful moment. When he spoke, it was a whisper against Apollo’s lips “I would be beyond delighted, ‘Pollo.”

Apollo melted into his arms, and into his kiss. He'd definitely turned as red as a red pepper.

October 3, 2028– 10:35 pm 

Later Apollo was nuzzled against Nahyuta in his bed, holding his body tightly to him.

Nahyuta was gently brushing his fingers through his hair, head rested atop Apollo’s amidst the filmy covers.

“Apollo…I want to thank you again.” 

Apollo happily leaned into his hands, enjoying having Nahyuta half on top of him. "Thank me?"

Nahyuta ducked his head with a quiet laugh. “...for taking the time, even with all this, to spend a night with me. It’s been so busy.” 

Apollo slipped his arms around him to squeeze him. "I really wish I'd done it sooner."

Nahyuta’s pale arm brushed down around his shoulders “...me too, admittedly.” he smiled “...but it wasn’t like we had the time until today. I’ll have to thank Klavier.” 

He chuckled. "One thing to thank him for at least. He might actually be pleased, knowing him."

Apollo leaned in and kissed over Nahyuta's temple and jaw.

Nahyuta flushed, and tugged his hair lightly again as he tilted his head with a relaxed smile “Likely. It should make him easy to get along with if nothing else.” 

"Honestly, he's pretty easy to get along with, even if he does like to tease people," Apollo admitted. He chuckled and leaned into the little tugs at his hair. "So get ready for that once he's comfortable with you."

“Oh dear…” Nahyuta chuckled. “Should I be worried, then? What are the chances he’ll despise me, Apollo?” 

"Uh… realistically?" Apollo looked Nahyuta over thoughtfully. "Pretty much zero."

Nahyuta put his hand to his head. “then I’d best prepare myself to be teased endlessly. A tragedy, truely” 

"A real tragedy," he nodded. "I've been putting up with it for uh, almost two years now, geez…"

“Two years? Really!” Nahyuta hummed. "No wonder he was so troubled by it all.” 

"Yeah we have… weird history I guess," Apollo murmured with a sigh. Admittedly, that was putting it lightly.

“Weirder than ours, Apollo?” 

" Kind of, yeah. That boss I've mentioned? That's Klavier's older brother." Apollo sighed, not exactly thrilled to bring it up. But it was probably important.

“Klavier’s older brother was your employer– and one of the first people you had an intimate relationship with.” Nahyuta rubbed his chin “...does Klavier know?” 

They hadn't talked about it for years. But they had talked about it. In the beginning, when the wounds were fresh. And they'd promised never to talk about it again.

"Yeah. He knows."

“And it’s something that makes your relationship with Mr. Gavin ‘weird’? I’m guessing perhaps things didn’t go amicably with your former boss?” 

Apollo grimaced. "You could say that? I… Nahyuta, this is hard to say. He's… we never broke up, officially. He's in jail. For murder. Because of me."

He flopped his head down on Nahyuta.

Nahyuta scooped him closer with a pensive frown. “He’s in jail for murder because of you? How do you mean?” 

Apollo nuzzled him, putting his arms around him and squeezing him tightly. 

"It's hard to explain. Even I sometimes feel like I still don't understand it. His crime came to light when I was defending our client for a murder. And it turned out that he was the actual murderer. And he went to jail. And his office closed. And I was kinda almost homeless for a little while…"

Nahyuta drew him against his chest, listening with patience as Apollo explained.

“Apollo– are you telling me that you had to watch your mentor get convicted shortly before it rendered you homeless on top of everything else? That this man you trusted killed someone, and …” He squeezed him tighter. “I wish I’d known. To think you were going through such a time and I had no idea.” 

"You were halfway around the world, 'Yuta," he murmured. "I thought about coming home, but– you know, I didn't think I was wanted. I only even stayed as a lawyer because Clay pushed me to keep at it."

Nahyuta held him a little tighter. “I understand..” he murmured with a sigh “is that how you came to work for Mr. Wright?” 

Apollo squirmed against him, uncomfortable to remember it, but finally comfortable enough and with enough time to talk to Nahyuta about it.

"Yeah. He was the only one who would hire me. I… I really had to swallow my pride to agree to work for him."

“Swallow your pride, Apollo?” He probed as his fingers brushed through his hair, soothing and gentle. 

"He was the guy. The defendant in the case," Apollo bit his lip, and he hesitated to say any more. He shouldn't. It would completely destroy Phoenix Wright in Nahyuta's eyes. He looked away.

“The one who was accused of the murder your mentor committed?” Nahyuta asked , before he reached out to touch Apollo’s chin and turn it towards himself again. “...you’re hesitating.” 

He leaned his face against Nahyuta's fingers, letting him turn his face but still looking down. "If I tell you, it'll be a secret of an impure soul, Nahyuta."

“I’m no stranger to impurity, ‘pollo. No soul, not mine nor anyone else's, is completely pure.”

"Mr. Wright forged the evidence that led to Mr. Gavin's conviction. By sheer technicality he never perjured himself or broke the law, but…. yeah. He forged evidence and he used me to get my boss convicted. Even if Mr. Gavin did it… it still doesn't feel right that it happened that way." 

Apollo lay on Nahyuta's shoulder and stared at the ceiling. These were feelings he usually kept in a box in his chest.

“Ah…” Nahyuta’s fingers trailed against the edge of his ear as he stared up at the ceiling with him. “A moment, Mr. Justice…while I process that.” 

Apollo nodded. "Yeah."

He didn't blame Nahyuta for needing to process that. He'd been processing it for years. And not to mention, the role Mr. Wright had played in changing Khura'in. 

Apollo would have talked about this with Nahyuta before… but there hadn't been time.

“I can understand the shame in convictions based on methods that– are underhanded, if correct. Based on flawed or outright dubious tactics.” He mused after a long moment. “The Dance of Devotion we forced Rayfa to perform convicted the innocent and the guilty alike, after all.” 

"It's true. Seeking justice isn't always… pretty," he grumbled. "It isn't always straightforward."

“It never is. And it can often leave us with regrets.” Nahyuta mused. “This boss of yours…this former lover, killed a man– but to put him away with a method that leaves you feeling like justice wasn’t properly done leads to unresolved emotions, feelings hanging heavy on your mitamah.”

"It does," he nodded. "It's hard to talk about. Hard to think about. And… It complicates my relationship with Klavier, because that's his brother, and– I don't think their relationship is any more resolved than mine was with Mr. Gavin. It's just… a loose thread."

“Hanging frayed due to the way it was so…harshly severed, even in the name of justice.” He closed his eyes. “...I understand, Apollo.” 

"Thanks, 'Yuta. I hope that… gives some context to why we haven't been able to figure our shit out for two years," he mumbled.

Nahyuta kissed the top of his head. “I’ll make you a promise, Mr. Justice.” 

Apollo looked up at him with a little smile. "Oh?"

“I’ll do what I can to help you…and Klavier…through this emotional mire you’ve found yourselves in. If it brings peace to your mitamah in some manner. I’ll be happy to put in the effort.” He chuckled “Especially since it will bring peace to my love life as well. I’m allowed a selfish reason, aren’t I?” 

Apollo leaned in and kissed his cheek in return. "Of course you are. But I appreciate it, selfish or no."

He wanted to say he could handle it on his own. If anyone else had offered their help, he probably would have. But it was Nahyuta. And Nahyuta was probably the last and only person on earth that Apollo felt like he could actually completely trust and rely on.

Nahyuta drew him close. “I’m not sure what I can do for certain just yet.” he murmured “...but I’ll do whatever I can to lift this burden from you, ‘pollo. Consider it an apology for being so far away for so very long.” 

"You don't need to apologize. But.. I'm glad you're here now. Really glad."

A short time later, as they drifted off to sleep together, Apollo thought about how lucky he was to be with Nahyuta now.

All of the desperation, all of the over work. All of the trials. It was worth it to be here, with him.

[volvolts]

ranting and rambling about spirit of justice and nahyuta and i would've done for him dont mind me

spoilers expected btw

I WANT TO LIKE NAHYUTA I REALLY DO!!! his theme is cool, his design is awesome, he can be really funny when he wants to be but damn they really missed the mark

he's such an asshole in the beginning and lays his anti lawyer sentiment really thick so its really hard to like him. he threatens ema's dream job and is constantly trying to get the gallery to jeer at the defense (like encouraging the crowd to say horrible things to trucy and almost giving athena a panic attack by forcing her to hear everyone's hatred of her). the guy doesn't have a lot of humanizing moments either, and most of what he does have is offscreen and told to us or forced imo. by the time we're at the "feel bad for the prosecutor" part of the game it doesn't really work

normally the main prosecutor is either funny and decently noble enough you'll mostly overlook the assholery like franziska and blackquill or genuinely wants find the truth and will help you should they be given the evidence to believe so like klavier or van zieks. nahyuta is too much of an asshole to overlook in favor of his funnier traits and being from the country that hates lawyers, it's more expected for him to double down than to help you find the truth. the only thing nahyuta has really got going for him is his tragic backstory but it's TOLD rather than shown and so has no bite and feels contradictory to what it's felt like up until this point

we're told that because he is the son of a criminal and because of khura'in's beliefs, he must've struggled to get where he was today. but like. no one in the country seems to care and he is an extremely respected figure in the country. that also means that rayfa's potential fate also has no bite because if nahyuta can survive it, why can't rayfa? maybe it could be fixed with the gallery or something because the gallery is unusually annoying and cruel in this game anyway, we could have them trash talking him too. it can work

khura'in hates lawyers so you already have an uphill battle and nahyuta doesn't necessary need to be respected by the public in order for the odds to be against you. i think it would be refreshing if the public didn't like him either. maybe the citizens hate him, either for being the son of dhurke, supposed murderer of their beloved queen, and on the revolutionaries' side, they hate him for being ga'ran's lapdog after being a strong supporting figure in the revolution just years earlier. the public are in awe at nahyuta because he's an exceptional prosecutor but any time it goes wrong for him they quickly go "as expected for the son of a criminal! he let that lawyer win!" show that no matter what he does or is doing, the sins of the father beliefs prevents him from having any form of trust from anyone. if you want, you can have ema say something about how the khura'inese are a lot colder to nahyuta than what she was expecting since the us gassed him up so much. maybe it would also help you feel something towards him since he's very detached and cruel in the magical turnabout. his detachment is because he expects his favor to be turned at any moment and the cruelty can be him trying to convince the public he's on the side of khura'in, even when he is away (maybe have ga'ran mention in passing that she monitors him during his travels so he doesn't try anything? it could also explain why he never contacted dhurke either)

only the people who work with gives him any respect like the judge and rayfa. despite the judge making it clear he doesn't trust you, he's still willing to be open minded. as for rayfa, she should've been the one to talk about the sins of the father law. rayfa genuinely respects nahyuta and believes he's on the side of "good". ie ga'ran's regime, but feels conflicted because nahyuta's is dhurke's son and could, at any turn, betray them. even if she doesn't believe he could, she was told this her entire life and so can't help but think it. it puts more weight on the law and also adds more to the reveal that rayfa and nahyuta are siblings. rayfa and nahyuta barely interacted in the game and i think it would add some depth between them and drive even further that rayfa has always had conflict with the propaganda she was raised with but never reflected on until she met phoenix

anyway they could've done more but they didn't that's my essay on how i think nahyuta has so much lost potential

[heatwa-ves]

For the character headcanon ask game!!!! Firstly, the Tenth doctor as I like that guy and secondly,,,, Klavier or Kristoph Gavin or both because they are just so epic to me,,,,,

under the cut because I talked a Lot

ten

sexuality + gender: canonically genderfluid yippee!! as for sexuality idk. rose tyler.

fav ship: tenrose u will always be famous. tensimm you will be famous too I guess because what the fuck was. Everything. in the end of time. not my fav incarnation of thoschei but I do enjoy it . "you could be beautiful" doctor do you have something to share with the class.. OH. TENJACK ALSO. I am perpetually haunted by the scene in utopia wjat the hell is this

fav platonic relationship: doctordonna is LEGENDARY. they're so good they're sooooooo good. entirety of S4 is banger after banger after banger I'm excited to watch the 60th specials and see donna and dt again but im still dragging myself through chibnall era. It's bad.

general opinion: I used to like ten more than I do now not that I dislike him but watching twelve set a gold standard for doctors and I think none of the others quite reach it. am I biased because I'm obsessed with peter capaldi? No comment. anyway. ten is really good and has a lot of strong episodes particularly with donna ofc. I like his relationship with martha in theory I just wish the show didn't hate her guts . Midnight is one of theeee best episodes on television and ten is so good in it he's also particularly good in waters of mars tho I do wish the time lord victorious was dragged out a bit longer like for another episode or so before that finale. His regeneration never fails to make me tear up especially the part with rose... she WILL have a good year. sobs. Finally obligatory mention that fear her is a GOOD EPISODE IM SICK OF THE HATE.

klavier

sexuality + gender: bi + genderfluid she/her pronouns would solve all her problems

fav ship: klapollo I love u... t4t

fav platonic relationship: his relationship with trucy they're sooooo silly look at this art . also obsessed with what we see of his relationship with kristoph I'm thinking about them always and I wish we saw more

general opinion: she's my fav from aa4... No one is surprised. cute + silly + has problems + sees the protagonist and is like omg hi. did you know I'm bisexual. did you know im really into you . just saying. 0.5 seconds after meeting. I would like it if the game went more into his feelings on losing kristoph and then daryan and then kristoph again all back to back but I guess that's what fanfiction is for. guilty love is such a good theme I don't normally listen to just instrumental songs but.... She's beautiful. the concept of the gavinners is fucking stupid so I'm living in my dream world where they're a normal band not a weird law cop themed one.

kristoph

sexuality + gender: idk nothing in particular .

fav ship: he and phoenix definitely fucked at some point

fav platonic relationship: once again gavin siblings. I wish the game also went more into how his relationship with apollo is like I assume they were working together for a while pre 4-1 .. it's interesting to think about but there's not much to go off

general opinion: beautiful evil man. I love him and it really surprised me how many people hate him??? the godawful mischaracterisation I've seen on ao3 haunts me like yes he's a cunt but he wouldn't fucking do THAT. he's a cunt in a different way. please hate him correctly at the very least. I want to know what goes on inside his head. he was definitely lying about why he killed zak there was more to it than just being a petty bitch like the black psyche locks and everything... I don't think he's the sort of person who'd resort to serial murder over just not being chosen as lawyer there's definitely things he didn't tell us. I like him. he's also kind of stupid like if he just hadn't tried to be all poetic describing the cards in the first trial he never would've been caught??? and come on now why is he using the same fancy rare nail polish that he poisoned as a gift. If he hadn't used it they couldn't have proved he gave it to vera. I could not fix him but I could fuck him.

[alicefromtheabyss]

1. The Switch is pretty neat I guess. I also absolutely love the DS/3DS line of systems. But currently, I play most of my games on PC for, uh, *puts on pirate hat*, reasons

2. In no particular order, Pokemon White Version/Pokemon HeartGold Versiin, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive edition, Octopath Traveler, Hollow Knight, Xenogears

3. The Radiance, because I get to live out my fantasy of beating the shit out of the sun

4. Ughhh, there are so many good ones. But if I'd have to narrow it down to one, it would probably be XBC.

5. So, the first gym in Pokemon BW always makes you fight the gym leader with the elemental monkey that's strong against your starter. What you are supposed to do is go talk to that one girl in the Dreamyard who gives you the monkey that's strong against the gym leader's. But because, as a kid, I basically never talked to npcs or engaged in proper exploration, I didn't get the monkey until after I had already beaten the gym. So what did I do? I grinded my Snivy to level 16 and overpowered the gym leader through sheer force.

6. Pokemon White Version

7. Haven't finished it yet, but Trails in the Sky (pretty good so far!)

8. Ys 10 Nordics

9. *sigh* fire emblem heroes. probably. but if we're talking about genuinely respectable games here, Pokemon HG

10. Also Pokemon HG.

11. JRPGs of all kinds, be it turn based, action or strategy. Metroidvanias are a close second.

12. Samus Aran

13. Grimm

14. Ys 5? Maybe? That game isn't really bad, it's just...kinda undercooked in a lot of ways.

15. Thracia 776. That entire game is a certified Kaga Moment

16. Singleplayer

17. Not anymore, fortunately.

18. There's quite a few, with the most recent one I can think of being the PSX version of Grandia.

19. XBC

20. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 broke me twice, with both times being during moments I had already been spoiled on.

21. XBC2 (again). I thought I'd like the gameplay but not the story, and ended up loving this game about as much as the first one.

22. Yeah, I guess

23. I mostly just go with whoever has the best drip, which, in most cases, just so happens to be the female option.

24. Probably in the world of Pokemon. I mean, it's literally just our world, except better, and with even funkier animals.

25. Gaur Plains, though Valak Mountain is also up there, as are a lot of other snowy areas in games. Also like a bunch of areas from XBC2. These games just have the best world design imo, so much fun to just run around in.

26. Swamps, especially poisonous ones (sorry miyazaki)

27. Metroid Prime

28. Yes

29. Pokemon White Version

30. Depends on the game. But a good OST is something that any game should have.

31. Pokemon White 2 for being Pokemon White 2 and also having like the most stuff to do in the entire series

32. I haven't really ever rage quit a game, but I have taken breaks or even dropped games due to getting frustrated. For example, FF2. That game isn't nearly as bad as people say it is, but it also is a game that is actively hostile to the player, and as such, can be kinda exhausting to play.

33. I could figure out how to deal damage to a specific boss in Metroid Dread despite it being pretty obvious.

34. That one sequence in Xenogears where Bart's butler guy comes in to save them on that crab helicopter thing

35. Uhhh I have a few plushies if that counts

36. Sigurd from fe4 if you know what I mean

37. Uhh fuck Klavier ace attorney, marry Testament guilty gear, kill The Radiance (I hate the sun)

38. I like XBC2 more than XBC3. Actually, liking XBC2 in general could be considered an unpopular opinion.

39. Silksong

40. The og Secret of Mana boxart. That shit deserves to be framed and hung on a wall.

Video Game Related Asks for Gaymers!

Platform of choice when gaming?

Top 5 games of all time.

Favorite boss?

Best game soundtrack (full album or single track)?

Most memorable gaming moment?

First game you ever played?

Most recent game you played?

Most anticipated upcoming game?

Most hours you’ve put into a single game?

Game you’ve replayed the most?

Favorite game genre?

Favorite game character?

Coolest enemy/boss design?

Worst game you’ve ever played?

Hardest game you’ve ever played?

Single player, multiplayer, or both?

Do you play mobile games?

A game you started, but never finished.

A game that you wish you could play for the first time again.

A game that made you cry.

A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving?

Do you watch any other gamers?

Do you typically choose to play a male or female character (when asked to pick)?

If you could live in one of the games you’ve played, which one would it be?

Favorite environment in a game?

Least favorite environmental hazard (e.g. poison swamp, fire/lava, etc.)

A popular game that you just can’t get into.

Do you still buy physical games?

Favorite childhood game?

Favorite aspect of a game (e.g. exploration, combat, fashion/customization, environments, graphics, bosses, roleplaying, etc.)

If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Have you ever rage quit a game? If so, what game and what caused the rage quit?

Most embarrassing gaming moment.

Funniest gaming moment.

Do you own any gaming themed memorabilia? (e.g. collector’s editions, posters, prop replicas, statues, clothing, etc.)

Hottest video game character?

Kill, Fuck, Marry (choose three characters)

An unpopular gaming opinion you have.

What’s something you want to see in the future of gaming?

Best game cover art.

[rilamelafin]

20 Questions for Fanfiction Writers

Found this in a tag somewhere and wanted to do it.

1). How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently 45 fics. Most of them are oneshots.

2). What's your total AO3 word count?

308,635

3). What are your top five fics by kudos?

You're My End and My Beginning [T] Chat Noir/Ladybug, Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng; 868 kudos; 3,265 words; 163 bookmarks - Miraculous Ladybug

Ever the Same [T] Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice; 565 kudos; 1,796 words; 44 bookmarks - Ace Attorney

What Would I Do Without Your Smart Mouth [T] Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice; 216 kudos; 831 words; 16 bookmarks - Ace Attorney

Vows Unspoken [T] Rook/Lucanis Dellamorte; 169 kudos; 2,418 words; 28 bookmarks - Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Knight in Shining (Red) Armor [G] Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice; 159 kudos; 493 words; 9 bookmarks - Ace Attorney

Side note: I've realized that with the exception of Vows Unspoken, all my top-kudos fics are stories I wrote almost a decade ago (if not actually a decade ago). I feel like that somewhat speaks to the current climate that I see other writers discussing. My Ace Attorney fics were all kinkmeme fills, where there was a community.

4). What fandoms do you write for?

I've dabbled all over the place. Wrote for a lot of anime for a while. Now I'm mostly sticking with video games, particularly the Dragon Age fandom.

5). Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

When I can! It makes me SO excited to receive any comments at all, and I love being able to talk with people about my writing.

6). What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Ehhh probably She is the Healing, I Am the Pain. It's a Miraculous Ladybug fic that focuses on Chat Noir with the idea of the Ladybug Magic not healing everything. It was a gift-fic I wrote for someone I used to talk to on tumblr.

7). What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Oh. I like happy endings a lot of the time. There are just so many, honestly. I can't pick one.

8). Do you get hate on fics?

Hasn't happened yet, though I did get some comments at one point that felt a little judgy of my writing style. So now I moderate my comments.

9). Do you write smut?

Sometimes! It depends on the fic and my mood.

10). Do you write crossovers?

I do not. I don't like crossovers in general, personally.

11). Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of.

12). Have you ever had a fic translated?

No. Someone asked if they could once, but I never found out if they actually did.

13). Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Kinda? I was co-writing an original fiction at one point with an online friend that I had met through FFN. But that fell apart. Now, most of my collaborative storytelling is with an RP with one friend that I used to play Dungeons & Dragons with.

14). What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Oh that's tough. I wrote a lot for Klavier/Apollo for a while there. But I tend to write a lot more OC works (or characters where the MC can be tailored, like Dragon Age or Mass Effect).

One of my favorites to write for has been either Cullen Rutherford/Lavellan, or FemShep/Joker.

15). What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Probably Fate's Triage, if I'm being honest. It's a Modern Girl in Thedas fic. And I started off strong and really enjoying it. But I'm having a hard time getting the energy and words to flow for that one.

16). What are your writing strengths?

I really love digging into characters, and I think I get a good handle on a character's "voice" really well.

17). What are your writing weaknesses?

I struggle a lot with the "connective" pieces, which is why I have a lot of trouble writing multi-chapter fics.

18). Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

It depends. If it's a short piece, like a pet name or a commonly-used phrase, then I'll use it and write it in italics to set it apart as obviously different.

But for longer bits, or even a full sentence, it depends on the perspective of the focal character. Does the character whose POV I'm focusing on know the language? Are they familiar enough to understand? Would they even recognize the individual words? If yes, I might write as stated before. If no, then I describe that the character speaking a foreign language says something they didn't catch/understand.

If the POV character is the one using the foreign language, then it gets a little tricky. I'm a huge language nerd. But I also know that not everyone is going to be me and look up the translation for every sentence in another language. I have to be picky and choosy about it.

19). First fandom you wrote for?

Naruto, I think. I was like 12. But I was coming up with ideas for stuff when I was in elementary school for Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. I just never wrote any of it down.

20). Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Ever?! Oh that's tough.

Real talk, I'm really proud of my current WIP Steal into My Melancholy Heart because I'm exploring some really fun ideas with using magic as a therapy tool in the Dragon Age setting.

But I also really loved writing Something in the Way (you roll your eyes) for NaNo a few years ago and that Arranged Marriage AU with FemShep and Joker just really scratched an itch for me. lol

[jatopeia]

You know, I didn't always hate Klavier. Before AA6 was released I thought he was ok. I didn't had any strong feelings for him but, like, he was ok. When AA5 got released and his fans started saying that he was being mistreated I was a bit confused because well, it's not like he was much of a compeling character in AA4 to begin with, his brother was better to be honest. Also, what they did to him in AA5 was boring but nothing very offensive like, for example, have him act completely out of character in benefit of another character that the writers liked much better like they did with Franziska when Godot was an asshole to her. Anyway, I was confused but, whatever you know?

Then, AA6 was released and everything changed.

I hate AA6 with every fiber of my being. Yeah, it's the worst AA game, by miles, we can all agree on that. It has several flaws, but it's biggest sin was in how Athena was treated. The moment they announced that Phoenix and Apollo would be dual protagonists I was like "oh, I see where this is going". What they did to Athena was horrible. In AA5 she was important, she mattered. In AA6 she gets nothing. Her case is completely disconected from everything and doesn't even have a investigation part and at the end they don't even let her be by her friends side to save the day and justification they give for that was such a pile of bullshit it's boderline offensive. And all of that because...? She was the least popular one? But Apollo wasn't exactly the most popular character before AA5 and the game gave him more than enough to make people fall in love with him. Why couldn't Athena be given the same treatment?

And considering all of this all I could see was people talking about how Klavier is The Most Mistreated Character in AA.

Vão tudo tomar no cu.

[jadetuin]

alphabet tag game. go past any utility/customary tags and, for every letter of the alphabet, pick the first esoteric tag (that hasn't been used before)

[jadetuin]

you made me wheeze

yall know where i stand <3 @awardsaa