#Maya and Phoenix

[thissongisawesome]

now, do i personally believe that maya and franziska would actively try to get phoenix and edgeworth together? not really. BUT. i don't see the harm in people writing scenarios in which they would? ik this sounds silly since maya and franziska wingmaning is one of the more popular ace attorney fic tropes, but i feel like recently i've seen a lot of hate towards and and i don't understand why!

think of it this way: maya is phoenix's best friend and like pseudo little sister, they're extremely close, and i'm pretty sure she teases him about his love life AT LEAST once in canon (it could be more, or i could've completely made this up, but i've played the trilogy enough where if i tried i could probably find an example but it's late and i'm tired). anyway with that said, why WOULDN'T she care about them getting together? she's shown in the first game to be pretty invested in "the deal with [nick] and edgeworth" her words, not mine. i'm not one to speak on later games because i honestly haven't touched them in over two years and even then they were a complete blur and i forgot everything except that edgeworth looked really ugly from the front. but. if my memory serves me i don't think their dynamic changed much? i can't see her caring AS much at 28 as she would at 17, because obviously she's grown and matured, but i don't think she'd be completely uninterested like some people say. maybe she wouldn't be wearing comical disguises to spy on them, but i could see her encouraging nick, or idk just telling trucy stuff about their old cases to stir something up.

i think the franziska side of things is where i'm a little more understanding, but also not really. on one hand, i get that she's very well put together and mature seeming. on the other hand, that's only how she SEEMS. i won't get into a whole franziska analysis because this post is already longer than i wanted and no one wants to hear me ramble about her, but she's not really as mature as she seems. anyway, would she care THAT much? the answer may surprise you!

now think of it THIS way: edgeworth is franziska's little brother. despite how she acts sometimes she obviously loves him dearly, and would (probably) just want him to be happy, with whatever foolishness it may endure. phoenix wright is franziska's sworn enemy. she can't stand him and feels as though he has personally wronged her before they even met. absolutely hates his guts (except for when they investigate together then they can be friends). franziska is incredibly smart, but she's clearly not the best emotionally. even with that, though, she seems to understand how important edgeworth is to phoenix ("earthquake blah blah blah" "are you thinking of miles edgeworth blah blah blah"). she kind of just accepts this, even though it implies that phoenix (a man he only recently reconnected with) would be on a similar level of emotional connection as his sister. maybe she doesn't think much about it though. she's just like sure whatever you're his most dear and indispensable friend i don't care anymore. do people really think that, if somehow she came to the conclusion that edgeworth had feelings for phoenix she wouldn't care in any way??? i'm not saying it'd necessarily be positive and all "you go girlfriend!", but to say she wouldn't CARE is so wild. she'd probably be furious, and so maybe she wouldn't wingman. but she does CARE about her brother, and honestly if it were presented to her on the right way she probably would wingman. one "hey franziska. i bet you can't make your brother get with phoenix wright. if they get together without your guidance then that basically means edgeworth beat you btw" and she's suddenly invested. (dramatized, but you get the point)

tldr; maya and franziska are not so nonchalant and cool that they wouldn't care about one of the most significant people in their lives having feelings for their courtroom rival of over a decade. that is all.

[quailfence]

Most AA fans: Phoenix and Maya are siblings! Maya is besties with Miles!

Me: Phoenix and Maya are in a QPR and Miles is Maya’s literal biological sibling

[axolotlsupremacyowo]

Maya: Aww, they grow up so fast! Phoenix: I'm literally older than you.

[doctorsiren]

OBJECTION! - Ace Attorney, but in Legos that I 3D modeled myself

[pauladrawsnstuff]

April fools

@themornal and @8edhead are the voices

https://ko-fi.com/paulaperoff My Ko-fi is open if you want to support me so I can make more animations like this.

[wheatormeat]

His silly rabbit

[mikayesha]

I like to think i'm funny:,)

[penicillinsteve]

The Ace Attorney translation is so funny because if it were translated today it would probably just be normal but since it was the 2000s and American brains couldn't comprehend Japan there's randomly an insular village that strictly practices Shinto divination in Southern California

[liimonadas]

randomly rememebered a very silly maya content creator AU i came up with like 2 years ago. its just dumb fun haha

[okartichoke]

Turnabout Sisters

i- i saw the announcement and got possessed

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[akoichoi]

[manzanamarim]

These attorneys sure are ace or smth idk

[quailfence]

Ace Attorney for the shipping ask game.

Shipping ask game

M/F OTP: Apollo/Juniper

M/M OTP: Phoenix/Miles! Also overall OTP

F/F OTP: Rei/Susato if TGAA is included, if not... probably Trucy/Betty or Trucy/Bonny

OT3: Athena/Apollo/Juniper

Friendship OTP: If QPR counts, then Maya and Phoenix, otherwise Maya and Miles

Canon OTP: Diego/Mia

Crackship OTP: Three-way tie between Franziska/Phoenix or Simon Keyes/Simon Blackquill or Gregory/Manfred - they're all a slight different type of crack, and so I find it hard to choose between them

Anti-OTP: There aren't any ships that I outright hate in AA, but Pearl/Phoenix or Maya/Pearl are probably my least faves

[axolotlsupremacyowo]

Maya: That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. Phoenix: So...? Maya: Do it!

[sabertoothwalrus]

phoenix you gotta law something

[bllmak]

rainy day