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[Image description: Digital half body drawing of Apollo and Kristoph from Ace Attorney. Apollo is wearing Clay's jacket and has bandages over his arms and one eye. He is leaning into Kristoph's chest, one hand behind his back, the other over his bandaged eye. He looks tired. Kristoph has an arm around Apollo's waist, and seems to be whispering to him. The background is gray. End description.]

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Evidence is everything

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RIP Inspector Javert, you would have made a great corporate prosecutor

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Stargazing *:･ﾟ✧

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*said while pointing at a m/f couple* they have something homoerotic going on

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[Image description taken from alt: Screenshot of dj-of-the-coven saying "this is kinda secondary to the point but every time I hear about a lesbian headcanon in fandom I say "is this actually a lesbian or are you guys pretending straight women, pan ppl & bisexuals don't exist" and they say "what" so I go "is this a lesbian or is this a woman who is actively interested in and pursuing men in canon" and the fandom laughs and says "it's a lesbian ma'am" and I say "are you SURE she has no interest in the bland male love interest who has a popular yaoi ship" and they say "we've got a 100% genuine dyke" and then I take a look and not only does she like men but literally all of her screen time is dedicated to one half of the popular yaoi ship. thanks guys I feel super represented rn". End description.]

(Shakes fan by the shoulders) ( with gritted teeth) they can be BISEXUAL they can be BISEXUAL they have DATED PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX BEFORE you dont need to erase that to ship them with whiteboy of the month SHE WASN'T HIS UNINTRESTED LESBIAN BEST FRIEND WHO'S SNARKY AND FED UP WITH HIS GAY SHENANIGANS THEY WERE DATING HE CAN BE BISEXUAL. SHE CAN BE BISEXUAL. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE BISEXUAL.

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The reason I became a Krusielle stan is because I love Suselle, Krusie, and Kriselle so much that I just had to do them all at once.

I love each ship for their own special reasons, whether it be because of their chemistry, their dynamics, their themes, etc, etc, etc!!!!

I love Suselle because Noelle and Susie have the best romance scenes in the game (and I got a feeling that's not gonna change come Chapters 3 and 4)!

I love Krusie because of Kris and Susie's moss-eating antics and because it has my favourite dynamic!

And I love Kriselle because it has the richest storytelling and because it's a classic childhood-friends-turned-lovers story (served with a nice side helping of doomed yuri and cosmic horror)!

They're all WONDERFUL WONDERFUL ships! So much can't pick one and leave the rest in the harbour (pardon that stupid pun).

So why not have all three?!

Besides, they each have two hands don't they?

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[Image description taken from alt: Image 1: Digital sketches of Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney, as a butch woman. She's wearing the same outfit as in the games, additionally with black painted nails and light blue earrings. In the sketch on the right, she's doing the cocky finger tapping like her sprite, fully colored. In the sketch on the left, which is not colored, she's holding papers and squinting at them, looking through her glasses.

Image 2: Digital sketches of Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney, as a butch woman. In the first sketch on the left, which is colored, she is pointing her finger and yelling, like on the defense bench. She's wearing the suit from the Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright trilogy. In the second sketch, which is not colored, she's wearing the outfit like from the Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice game (hoodie and beanie), with the difference of her hair being longer and tied into a low bun. She is casually looking at the viewer with her hands in the hoodie pockets.

Image 3: A colorless digital sketch of Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney, as butch women. Phoenix is behind Miles, smiling silly and groping her chest, saying "Oooh boy, those look heavy, need a hand?" Miles is shooing her hands away, blushing but looking annoyed, saying "Honestly, Wright. Be decent. We are in a government facility." They have matching earrings on their right ears.

Image 4: A colorless digital sketch comic of Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney, as butch women. They are standing in front of a mirror. Miles is wearing her pajamas and Phoenix a tank top, with her hair in a messy bun. In panel 1, Miles is putting on a face mask, irritated as behind her, a little distanced, stands Phoenix, trying to hold in a laugh. In panel 2, Miles nonchalantly keeps suiting her face mask, and behind her Phoenix is now also wearing a face mask, staring unimpressed right into the viewer. End description.]

Butch women yuri WrightWorth

I was testing a brush and playing around with gradient maps

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Every. Single. Battle.

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[Image description: Traditional pencil drawings of Ace Attorney characters. 1: Eustace is in graduation robes and a cap, crying and smiling. Miles leans into his side, smiling at the camera. Behind them is writing that reads "Congrats 2025".

2: Kay looks at her camera and says "wow you look really silly in this".

3: Juniper and Athena in graduation robes and caps. They are leaning against each other, smiling. Juniper is also holding a boquet of flowers. End description.]

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congrats on graduation!! I'd love to see one of the aa defense attorneys (your choice!) graduating from law school :)

thank you!!!

so i misread your message at first and drew seb graduating (based off a pic i took with a professor who has always kiiinda looks like edgeworth to me) ft. kay razzing him

and now what you actually asked for! please have this AU where juniper and athena graduated together:

based off a pic i took with a friend who technically graduated last semester but we got to walk together!!! they got so many awards and also a piece they composed was performed at graduation!! so exciting!!

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@startrekdescribed

Today’s obsession: T’Pring and Spock’s gloriously awkward wedding photos where they both look like they’d rather be anywhere else.

[ID: Three redraws of Amok Time promotional photos: all three show T’Pring and Spock side by side, looking very disinterested in each other. The first picture is in greyscale and the other two are in colour. All three drawings feature the reference photo in a corner of the image. /end ID]

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[Image description: Digital drawing of Simon from Ace Attorney, shown from the shoulders up. He isn't wearing his jacket, and is looking up with an open mouth. Apollo's hand is on his head. The background is black. End description.]

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why does apollo call you babygirl

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you think people actually have sex? naked and everything? I have to laugh.

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[Image description: Digital drawing of Hugh and Robin from Ace Attorney. Hugh is confused, his hands spread out in front of him. Robin is grinning nervously and touching pointer fingers together. Robin says, "Sorry you're not allowed in the polycule... you're... french". End description.]

[Caption in plain text: You know what I'm just going to post this with no context

[ I havent finished dual destinies yet no dual destinies spoilers around me or you will die by my blade ]. End plain text.]

You know what i'm just going to post this with no context

[ I HAVENT FINISHED DUAL DESTINIES YET NO DUAL DESTINIES SPOILERS AROUND ME OR YOU WILL DIE BY MY BLADE ]

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One thing that’s become really clear while watching Classic Doctor Who alongside the current era—especially starting with the Fifteenth Doctor—is how well the Ninth through Twelfth Doctor eras nailed the balance of episode length and story structure.

Classic Who usually split its stories into four or five 20–25 minute episodes per arc, which roughly equals the runtime of a modern two-parter. But while that format allowed for sprawling narratives, it came with a tradeoff: pacing. Entire episodes sometimes feel like narrative treading water—not because the writing was bad, but because of the constraints of mid-20th century television. (That’s its own fascinating rabbit hole, but we’ll save that for another time.)

To be fair, Classic Who did experiment with its format. Some stories, like The Edge of Destruction—a tight, two-part psychological thriller set entirely inside the TARDIS—used a smaller runtime to great effect. It’s still one of the strongest entries of Season 1, partly because it had no room to meander.

Later, the show dabbled in stories of two 45-minute episodes during Season 22. But those episodes often had the same problem: some stories still didn’t need the extra time. Take The Mark of the Rani, for example. It was padded out to fit that two-part, 45-minute-per-episode format (roughly 90 minutes total), but honestly? It could’ve been a sharper, more effective 40-minute story. There’s a lot of unnecessary fluff that drags the pacing down.

But then you get something like The Keys of Marinus—a six-parter (20 min each part) that essentially functions as a sci-fi anthology. Each episode throws the Doctor and co. into a completely new setting with its own self-contained mini-plot. It uses its extended format to experiment and surprise without feeling stale. That’s when the long form works.

Then came the 2005–2017 revival era, and honestly? The show hit its structural gold standard: twelve episodes per season, blending 40-minute standalones with 80-minute two-parters. And it just worked.

Episodes like Blink and Midnight were tight, high-impact stories that landed precisely because they didn’t overstay their welcome. Try stretching either one to feature-length, and the tension would unravel. Meanwhile, two-parters like The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances had room to build atmosphere, layer in character development, and deliver those signature emotional wallops. They remain fan favorites for a reason: the format gave them the breathing room they needed—and then stopped.

Which brings us to the Fifteenth Doctor’s era.

Right now, we’re back to a one-size-fits-all approach but the opposite direction: single 40-minute episodes across the season, with only the finale allowed to be a two-parter. And the result? Some stories just aren’t getting the space they need to land.

Doctor Who thrives on structural flexibility. Some stories need 80 minutes to unfold. Others are perfect little 40-minute excursions. Locking every episode into the same runtime is like asking every alien to fit inside a human suit: it works until it doesn’t, and when it doesn’t, it’s obvious.

The point is: variety in format has always been one of Doctor Who’s strengths. When the show leans into that, it sings. When it forgets that… well, you end up with stories that could’ve soared if they were just given a little more space to breathe.

(Also I don’t mean to exclude 13—it’s just that her era experimented with structure so much across her run that it’s kind of its own thing, there’s a whole separate post to be written about what worked and didn’t there.)

(Fun fact for reading this far: The Edge of Destruction was only two 25-minute parts because the production team didn’t know if the show was getting picked up for more episodes. They wrote a short, self-contained story set entirely inside the TARDIS to avoid building new sets. It was meant to be cheap filler—and it ended up being one of the highlights of the First Doctor’s era.)

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Here's how Maya addresses Phoenix throughout 1-2 in Japanese!

She calls him "Mr. Lawyer" in the very beginning.

"Atashi, Bengoshi-san wo shinjimasu." "I trust Mr. Lawyer." (English Localization: "And I trust you...")

"Dakara, Bengoshi-san mo...." "So Mr. Lawyer [should trust me,] too." (EL: "So you trust me, too, okay?")

At this point, the localization just kind of dodges addressing him directly until after the first trial where she calls him "Mr. Wright".

"Bengoshi-san!" "Mr. Lawyer!" (EL: "Mr. Wright!")

But once Maya becomes Phoenix's co-counsel, she calls him by just "Phoenix", but it's still "Mr. Lawyer" in Japanese.

"Dou.... Bengoshi-san?" "What do you think.... Mr. Lawyer?" (EL: "What do you think Phoenix?")

If she called him by his first name in Japanese (Ryuichi), it would be way too personal. As a matter of fact, there aren't a lot of characters who do call him "Ryuichi". The only ones who do in some form are Dahlia/Iris (Ryu-chan), Desirée (Ryuichi-kun), and Ponco (Ryuichi). That's because first-name basis is pretty much reserved for close family and lovers (admittedly I'm not sure why Ponco calls him Ryuichi, and I think Desirée is supposed to be displaying a flirtatious personality).

"But Fixy, if that's the case, why are most of the female characters addressed by their first names in Japanese?" That's because it's using Anime Rules™ and it's often fine to address women by their first names in anime.

And of course at the end, Maya finally addresses him as Nick/Naruhodo-kun.

"Yoroshiku! Naruhodo-kun!" "I look forward to working with you! Naruhodo-kun!" (EL: "Yo, Nick! Maya here, ready to get down to business!")

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toxic yaoi NOW!

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[ID: two polyamorous flags colour picked from Dhurke Sahdmadhi from Ace Attorney. The first flag is only the colour picked flag and the second flag has an official art of Dhurke overlayed on it. End ID]

this one was the easiest to edit this far