#AA 6 AU

[alynnl]

I'm only in the beginning of Ace Attorney case 6-5, and I've already imagined a possible way for the last chapter/case to go. I will go ahead and call this an AU because canon never tends to go exactly as I picture it in my head but, here goes.

The notes for my Spirit of Justice AU: Turnabout Absolution!

It all starts when Dhurke kicks off his revolution after somehow obtaining the Founder's Orb.

(To add to that, Maya is safe and there's no hard feelings from Phoenix, he lost to Apollo fair and square.)

Part of the revolution is exposing the rampant corruption of the Ga'ran regime, and just how many innocent people were put to death under the Defense Culpability Act. After Dhurke's agents bring him court records, he and Apollo do extensive fact checking on each case.

Dhurke decides he'll let Apollo hold on to the evidence to keep it safe. Apollo is hopeful that they'll build a case and present it together.

Another part (both personal and important) to Dhurke's revolution is saving Nahyuta from the Queen's influence before it's too late.

Dhurke is able to convince Nahyuta to meet with him because he's finally learned what happened to his late wife - Nahyuta's mother.

The truth is simple: Nahyuta's mother, like many of the other victims, was actually murdered by one of Justice Minister Inga's agents in order to silence those who dared go against the Crown.

Before Dhurke can tell the whole truth (He only gets as far as "Your mother wasn't killed by who you think-") - history repeats itself.

Dhurke and Nahyuta are attacked by one of Inga’s agents. The gunman is unmistakably aiming at Nahyuta.

Dhurke takes a shot to his right shoulder defending his son. He wastes no time and grabs Nahyuta’s arm, trying to flee the scene. Pushing through his injury, Dhurke leads them down the back roads and hidden alleys. He hopes they can reach the safe house where Apollo and Datz are staying.

They don’t quite make it to their destination. Their pursuer catches up to them with backup. There’s a final confrontation. One of the agents shoots Dhurke in a vital spot. He fights back, but he’s unable to stop them from shoving a rifle in the terrified, frozen Nahyuta’s hands and fleeing the scene.

Shortly after, the local, public police arrive at the scene just in time to see Dhurke fall, and Nahyuta with what appears to be a murder weapon in hand. They quickly arrest him.

The next morning, Apollo and Datz learn the bad news. There is little time for mourning, since Nahyuta will need a lawyer.

Apollo refuses to believe Nahyuta is guilty and wants to hear his side of the story. On the way he encounters Phoenix, who offers to help him navigate the Khura'inese courtroom.

Together they go to the detention center. Nahyuta’s demeanor is completely changed, he is despondent and has deep regrets about his father’s death, and how he couldn’t do anything to stop it.

No one will represent him in court, and won't even hear what he has to say. Nahyuta sees this as his divine punishment for all the people he got declared guilty. "Perhaps at least some of them were innocent..."

Apollo gets right to the point, and says he'll defend Nahyuta if no one else will.

Nahyuta outright refuses. He tries to put up his walls, saying he never asked for Apollo's help and this is his business, so both he and Phoenix should just stay out of it.

Apollo doesn't back down.

"Before he was killed, Dhur- ... Dad and I talked, about a lot of things. He told me all his work to change Khura'in wouldn't be complete unless he was able to save you."

Nahyuta is on the verge of tears, but holds them in. "That fool. He wanted to save me so much he died trying..."

Phoenix asks Nahyuta to be honest about what he means by that.

Nahyuta tells the two lawyers everything he remembers from that night.

"I know when Her Benevolence Rayfa performs the Divination seance, I will look as guilty as I appear."

Phoenix thinks the Divination Seance may have a way of proving Nahyuta's innocence, since he's used them as evidence before. With his knowledge, and Apollo's perception, they won't lose.

Nahyuta is actually touched by Apollo and Phoenix's willingness to help him. He warns them that the trial will not be easy, since he has no idea who the prosecution will be. But he agrees to let the two lawyers be his counsel.

Although Apollo has some feelings of grief and sadness, he has to focus on the case. He and Phoenix return to the safe house. There they meet Datz - who is both tearful, but determined to carry out Dhurke's will.

They work through the night putting evidence together and investigating the town for clues. They get little sleep, as the day of the trial looms over them.

The trial starts. Queen Ga'ran herself and Minister of Justice Inga lead the prosecution. Princess Rayfa has to do the Divination Seance, but her steps are reluctant.

As expected the vision incriminates Nahyuta, but Apollo breaks it down gradually.

Apollo's perception works on some witnesses. Phoenix handles those who are in control of their tells by using the Magatama and breaking their psyche locks.

The evidence and testimony start to paint a clear picture for the gallery and the judge. Her Majesty Ga'ran and Minister Inga have been lying, not just about Nahyuta's guilt, but almost every defendant prosecuted under the DC Act.

Even the verdict against the now late Dhurke Sadhmadi was false, since he did not assassinate Queen Amara. Ga'ran convinced Inga to do the deed, so she could be the next to succeed the throne.

There's an outrage that threatens to become a riot. Ga'ran orders her royal guard to subdue the gallery, but they don't move. It turns out, most of them know someone who has been falsely accused under the DC Act. This wasn't justice, but tyranny.

Rayfa is in tears after hearing what both her parents are responsible for. Not just all the innocent people, but even her own aunt, who she adored when she was younger. Although he breaks courtroom etiquette to do so, Nahyuta steps off the defendant's stand to comfort her.

"Your Benevolence, it's true that what we witnessed is evil. But you can be different. Step by step we can change things, together. ... Someone important taught me that. Look around. The people are looking to you now. They want to hear what you have to say."

Rayfa steels herself. She first looks to Apollo and Phoenix, then to Nahyuta, and then the gallery at large.

She begins by formally apologizing for everything her parents have done. That it was their duty as the royal family to uphold the peace granted to them by the Holy Mother, and in many ways, both her mother and father have failed. She promises to do better, to truly earn her name as Benevolent, and that it will start here with Gar'an and Inga serving their penance, and for amnesty to be granted to both the rebels and the guards to begin a path towards true peace.

She humbly asks for Nahyuta to guide her as her regent until she comes of age, and will be crowned as the next Queen of Khura'in. He is equally humbled, but accepts, in the name of The Holy Mother and his new liege.

Before anyone can depart, the judge declares a Not Guilty verdict for Nahyuta Sadhmadhi. There is confetti, cheers and much revelry. Nahyuta can still spot Phoenix and Apollo in the crowd, and smiles briefly at them, before accompanying Rayfa back to the palace.

In the days that followed, there were equal amounts shock at the former Queen's crimes, but hope for what the future will bring. Rayfa's first act is to repeal the DC Act, and with Nahyuta's help, begin reforming the legal system. The Defiant Dragons and the royal soldiers both laid down their arms, instead picking up the tools they'd need to build Khura'in a better future.

Phoenix goes to a phone booth. He gets in touch with Trucy, and tells her he'll be home soon.

On a quiet night, Apollo and Datz take turns visiting Dhurke's shrine, which is right next to the one for his late wife. They tell him how well the trial went, and how Nahyuta has a future now, and they wished he could see it. They leave white lilies, and discover that someone else has already been there to leave flowers before.

It's nearly time for Phoenix and Apollo to go back to their agency, each with a story to tell Trucy and Athena when they get back.

Nahyuta and Rayfa meet them at the airport. They say some brief goodbyes. Apollo promises he will return someday, when he becomes an even better lawyer working in the agency.

Nahyuta looks forward to that, even playfully teasing that they might just meet again in court.

Apollo would be ready and willing to face him when that day comes. And this time, it will not be their lives at stake. Instead they will work together to uncover the truth. In this way they carry on their father's legacy and start building one of their own.

The End

[azherwind-art]

Ink Soulmate Pt.11

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Phoenix is missing Larry now...

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[sailor-tri]

This truly was my ace attorney

[lazycranberrydoodles]

Who is this sassy.. lost child?

I can now recreate most of chapter 8!!! / bonus features below the cut / follow for more cool stuff

Jin Ling's sprites:

His share code is MVDLXY :)

Congrats, Jin Ling! You have 3 different poses, showing three different levels of irritation, making you the most complex character so far.

His sprites were traced off of Cody Hackins from 1-2. His little puffed-cheek sprite screamed Jin Ling.

(NASA announcer voice) Aaaand we have soundtrack. I thought Luke Atmey's and Furio Tigre's themes both suited Jin Ling pretty well. Other contenders before I decided on Moderato 2004 were Allegro 2002 and Investigation - Middle 2002.

Will take a break from these for Art Fight probably but they have been sooo fun to make. Plus I get to show off my objection.lol skills outside of stupid discord arguments.

Jiang Cheng's sprites & Nie Huaisang's sprites / masterpost

[bagelbun333]

I like to imagine that Godot has the same voice as Markiplier, so I just had to draw this 💀

[sometimes-lemons]

All eyes on you👁️🔦‼️ (my entry for @toads-n-moss ‘s DTIYS)

[aa-ash3r]

No dl-6 au take where Miles becomes a defense attorney and is the one, alongside Mia guiding him, who defends Phoenix in turnabout memories, which causes Phoenix to fall even more in love with Miles than he was already prior and makes him admire him and Mia alot, which guides him to study to become also a defense attorney but he just ends up being Miles’ personal assistant instead of a full defense attorney and the rest of the aa cases follows just them 2 being a mix of coworker and gays as fuck for each other.

[djevelbl]

I made the joke of "somebody get Phoenix fucking Wright hired for Ace. this dumbass cat needs him DESPERATELY" twice more or less in like 2hrs and. y'know what. that's a good idea actually I'm announcing my Ace Attorney and The Realm SMP crossover au--

[robby-bobby-tommy]

Continuation of this post with some new ideas. I'd really want to see OG Phoenix, Maya and Edgeworth to meet this reversed people they long new. Because it would be so hilarious to have MVK be our assistant.

Like imagine Phoenix trying to defend Franziska in Reversed DL-6 and hitting the dead end. Phoenix reaches for the court record, but it isn't where it was last. He turns to Maya, who was unusually quiet for quite some time. But it isn't Maya anymore, it's MVK's ghost, that she channeled. And he took the court record to examine the case for himself. He explains to Phoenix that he suddenly awoken in these strange clothes, in the middle of the court case with a crumbled paper in his hands. There was simply "I'm Maya Fey, channeling you to help Phoenix to win the trial. Your daughter is the defendant, crazy, right? Anyway, we're stuck, please help." So he helped himself to the court record to at least understand what's happening.

Now in this AU MVK is a good person, but still a jerk at times. Like, if Phoenix gets something wrong Manfred would be at his limit.

Phoenix: "And the real culprit is.... Franziska von Karma! "

Judge: *shocked*

MVK: Sorry, I guess the defence is an absolute buffoon who humiliates both himself and this court. Allow him to think again, though.

...

Phoenix: The victim in DL-6 incident was killed... With the glass shard!

Phoenix: (why do I feel that my temple burning..?)

...

Phoenix: This is the proof that Ms von Karma wasn't there during the crime!

Phoenix: (if the looks could kill, we'll have a trial with me as the victim.......)

...

But the other times he helps very much. Despite staying stoic ans unfazed, MVK tries his best to protect his daughter and find the truth. And when prosecution (OG Edgeworth) or witness (Gregory) tries to push defence around, he usually helps with his mere presence. When Judge tries to end the trial MVK does smt similar to his OG counterpart and literally stops him mis sentence.

[twtangel-arts]

Okay, now I'm hooked. Who killed Gavin?

(Seriously. This implies Kristoph was the VICTIM. I wonder who had the guts to finally kill the atroquinine-loving bastard?)

Glad u ask!

Taking from the cannon of what Happens in “Who Killed Markiplier”

Willam (who was drunk) and Mark (who was sober) were playing Russian roulette and well, shots fired. Willam didn’t know the gun was actually loaded and panicked, leaving the body alone.

So I’m taking this as Phoenix killing Kristoph. It was ment to be a “fake” game but the poor guy didn’t know this was all part of a plan.

Sure he’s the victim, but this was all a plan to bring down Phoenix who took Apollo away from him. (Kinda like in AA4)

tho it’s more of a “stealing my ‘pawn’ for my own manipulated game” instead of the “you stole my wife” in WKM cannon.

[littlestuffstohide]

I love the unique take on this. This is like a mash up on AA canon and what if Phoenix no DL6 Phoenix. I have read tons of fics being like this in a non DL6 like this. ahaha.

It's ultimately canon divergent. For you, if you would like to read a fake married narumitsu starting from college because Phoenix is Phoenix. This is not divergent much but I love the idea that Phoenix and Miles are married through out the games. It might interest you.

To Have and To Hold by moriturism

Drunk weddings trope my beloved. Pre-Canon Miles and Phoenix meet up by chance after both of them have gotten drunk at their respective parties, believe it to be some sort of drunken dream and get married. Neither of them remember actually even meeting each other. Miles finds out when Lana comes to ask him about it some time later, and now Miles is freaking out because he can't go and just get divorced because that's gonna draw in so much attention. His reputation is on the line. Anyway he marches up to Phoenix on the campus and blurts out that "you're my husband" to a Phoenix who still believes that they are meeting for the first time since third grade.

Eventually he manages to explain the entire situation to Phoenix, who, because of wanting to keep talking to Miles, agrees to the whole thing. Let's stay married for a while, just to not draw more attention to it.

Phoenix very quickly figures out that holy shit, Miles has so many problems and his mentor sounds terrible. Miles needs someone to look after him. Good thing he now has a husband! Phoenix matures approximately five years in two weeks because of this. Meanwhile Miles looks at how Phoenix is living as a student and decides that someone needs to look after him, and, well. Miles is his husband now, isn't he? It's only the right thing to do, after all, since he is putting Phoenix through this whole farce.

It's going....pretty good, actually, all things considered. They become friends again. Miles is happier with Phoenix around. Phoenix tells Miles about wanting to study law as well, and before he can tell the reason why, Miles says sure, I'll help you study. So now Phoenix is still studying law because of Miles, but it's fine, because he actually kinda likes it, or at least he likes listening to Miles talk about it. Just like back when they were kids.

It's going pretty good. They're friends again. They like spending time with each other. They like- Miles does not dare go that far. This is only temporary, after all. But still, he cannot deny that perhaps, there is something else going on as well.

And then Phoenix comes back from the library with a necklace.

[buntanteen]

svt fic recs list <3 - svt 10 year anniversary: the8 - sfw & nsfw

summary: 10 sfw & nsfw minghao reader insert fics :)

contains: 18+ nsfw (mdni!!) majority is afab reader

✩ svt writing & fic rec masterlist ✩

✩ sfw section ✩

1. ❥ kiss your heart - @fairyhaos

reader being sulky cuz MINGHAO was the one that paid??? SHE'S JUST LIKE MEEEEEEEEEE

2. ❥ the quiet world - @studioeisa

so so so obsessed with the fic and the inspo behind it omgggg he's sOOOOOOOOOO loverboy coded

3. ❥ obvious - @suhnshinehaos

PLSSSSSSSSSS MYUNGHO IS SOOOO OBVIOUS FOR THAT

4. ❥ childhood bestie!the8 texts - @cheoliedollie

AHHHH THE BANTER THE FLIRTING THE WORRIES EEEEE

5. ❥ lvr - @studioeisa

THE LIL HEADCANONS I LOVE THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED

6. ❥ lost in translation - @studioeisa

him being disappointed cuz reader didn't actually mean to call him xingan??? THE ENDING WITH THE MOON AND CONFESSION SCENE AHHHHHHH

7. ❥ minghao x translator!reader - @xinganhao

the contact pic changing over the yearssss!! him making their contact with an aa so it is at the top of the contact list vs reader's professional ass contact for hao.

8. ❥ e2l romcom!au - @husbandhoshi

HE'S TOO AMUSED AT READER'S BEHAVIOUR EEEEEEE

9. ❥ haven't we met? - @studioeisa

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE AHHHHHHHHHH FJGCJHH

10. ❥ dating minghao feels like.. - @ssentimentals

AHHHHHHHH MY MINGHAOOOOOOO

✩ nsfw section ✩

1. ❥ idubilu - @toruro

MINGHAO IN A SUIT YEAHHH

2. ❥ putting enemy!minghao in his place - @hoshifighting

HELL YEAH SUB MINGHAOOOO??!?

3. ❥ watch and learn - @studioeisa

he when wuh whefb wefkjwb whne jvekfn whehvkbk

4. ❥ holding hands - @toruro

I WOULD LET HIM TIE ME UP ANY TIME DAY WHENEVER WHEREVER

5. ❥ the monster in the closet - @cheolism-archive

STUPID NEIGHBOURS NOOOOOOOO

6. ❥ when he snaps at you, and eat you out as an apology - @hoshifighting

....he's forgiven... jkvfsbk

7. ❥ devil by the window - @toruro

TEEHEE CORRUPTION KINK

8. ❥ opposites attract - @rubyreduji

hehe i LOVEEEE a visual opposites attract hehe

9. ❥ break and return - @cheolism-archive

OOOP USING SOONYOUNG TO MAKE MINGHAO JEALOUS?!? (sorry soonie :/)

10. ❥ mile high club … ? - @toruro

the view and the sex would go CRAZYYYYYYYYY

[superdecibels]

A bunch of post it doodles I've posted in PoTS server but I dont think ever posted here

1) AA Stony couple shot

2) AA Superfamily bonding

3) Olympics AU where Steve is a rising star Olympian and Tony is an ex Olympian turned coach

4) gremlin cat Tony + Steve

5) gremlin doggo Steve + Tony

6) Steve's light of his life

[charmeecoffee]

Radiostatic Week: Day 6, Partners in Crime!!

AA i literally screamed when I saw the prompt for day 6, so I went all out for my au.

[bananafire11]

OH MY GODDDUHYY BUNNY YOU JUDT WHIPPED THIS UP LIKE IT WAS NOTHING WATTT.

Pondering how to combine jax and bugs. No particular reason i just like both of those things

[sanders-sides-uncorrect-quotes]

I saw a few posts floating around about an AU where Janus is introduced first instead of Virgil and is the one to get accepted first and tbh I absolutely love that idea and I may have to draw something for it

Janus gets to sing in the song Lies like he wishes he did in canon

He was the one who kept the other darks hidden and slowly let them out so it'd be interesting to see him trying to do that whilst being a recognised good guy, sure he has 6 arms but is 2 enough to hold each dark side at bay when he's not there?

If he ducks out there'd have to be a montage in the first part of Thomas going around and telling the truth about everything and it making his life start to crumble

Janus leaves the dark in the same way Virgil does after AA

Without him there the dark side is basically in anarchy

I imagine Orange to be Wrath/Rage/Anger/smth like that, so I imagine without Janus there he'd just be screaming and throwing stuff around nearly 24/7

Remus' is somehow even more unhinged

Being left alone to deal with those two maniacs (mentioned just above) leads to Virgil basically going insane and hating Janus even more than he does in canon because he used to be the one to calm down the other two (I imagine he and Virgil used to sip coffee together whilst watching Remus and Orange fight in the living room)

Even though Virgil is terrified of him, he forms a very shaky friendship with Remus and they bond over their what-ifs and pain over Janus

Janus is so focused on his friendships with the lights and Thomas that he lets his guard down for a moment and that leads to the dark sides to start rebelling (not sure which one would be revealed first, my gut says Virgil but maybe it'd be cool to leave him til later)

I'm super curious of what Virgil would be like as a villain introduced in season 2, how he would look, if he would still be called Anxiety or something else like Paranoia (which I think could be fitting if he was introduced later on like I said in the last point)

After Accepting Anxiety in canon Patton and Virgil formed a familial-like bond, in this AU Patton and Janus are more marriage-coded

Janus and Virgil's dynamic is a very obviously one-sided hatred. Virgil looks ready to jump at him and rip his head off whilst Janus looks at Virgil with pure grief and regret (because there's absolutely no way that Virgil will trust him ever again, at least in his eyes)