#ace attorney names

[booloodle]

I’ve not blogged about this yet, but I wanted to share the way I broke down names for my current longfic Aptronym, a fic focused on Klavier Gavin based on how simultaneously brilliant and stupid his name is.

The fic spawned from a taking notes on the different connotations of most of the Ace Attorney names in their localised form. It’s something that really stuck with me so I wrote about it.

So here is a character-by-character breakdown of their names that I have on-hand whenever I write. It’s not my full notes on the matter, but a streamlined version:

Klavier Gavin

Klavier - Piano in German, begins with K, matches initials with Kristoph. Phonetic smoothness, musician career, plays guitar. Aptronym

Gavin - G, Gavinners, Gavin brothers

Kristoph Gavin

Kristoph - Begins with K, matching initials. ‘ph’ ending, westernised spelling? Link potentially with lack of random German.

Gavin - Legacy, Gavin law offices and Gavinners

Apollo Justice

Apollo - Greek and Roman God. God of Music, healing, light and the sun (and more) sun and moon metaphors. Apollo programme, link to space.

Justice - Lawyer, Aptronym, turning on Kristoph.

Phoenix Wright

Phoenix - Mythical bird, rising from the ashes, rebirth, fire. Fire connoting light.

Wright - Right, correctness, write, work on MASON system

Athena Cykes

Athena - Greek Goddess of Wisdom, strategy, war and protection of cities. Theme of Greek gods beginning with A with Apollo. Idea of civilisation and strategy, playing the long game (becoming a lawyer to save Simon). Link with Zeus swallowing Metis.

Cykes - Psychology

Miles Edgeworth

Miles - Travel, ‘merciful’, servant. Role as public servant, evolution of character.

Edgeworth - Edge, sharp, cutting. Worth, worthiness

Dick Gumshoe

Dick - short for Richard, level of causality. Dick Wittington.

Gumshoe - Aptronym, detective, police officer.

Daryan Crescend

Daryan - Just a name, idk

Crescend - Moon, contrast to Apollo?, crescent, not fully illuminated, secrecy.

Vongole

Clams in Italian. Also a popular pasta dish. Gavin’s and multilingual (4-1, Kristoph speaks French)

Simon Blackquill

Simon - ‘listen’, link to Athena

Blackquill - Bird, feathers, writing, old-fashioned (samurai motif)

Can you tell I’m a literature student?

[satyrradio]

why does no one ever talk about the fact that ron desantis was highkey crushing on godot. like even his wife was like "yea he loves dudes in masks" and nobody in the fandom ever talks about it

[wheatormeat]

His silly rabbit

[synapple]

I spent like three hours making this

[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

[coolerhope]

Eustace is actually a really good name for him. Plotwise, it truly makes me believe that his father didn't care for him.

[forecast0ctopus]

HUGE DAY FOR AAI2 LIKERS 🎉🎉🎉

[bllmak]

replaying ace attorney 4

[khytal]

please clap for the specialest boy in the world

[linktoo-doodles]

Ah, yes. Sebastian is an idiot, but he's such a good boy, y'know.

[doydoune]

hey have you heard of this brand new aa trend that totally just came out

[lordoflucky]

No wait, we can still salvage this- we can have Sebastian Debeste AND Eustace Winner hang on.

His full name is Eustace Sebastian Winner. His dad gave him the name Eustace (because he hates him), his mom choose the middle name Sebastian. Debeste was his mother's maiden name. After aai2, Sebastian chooses to go by his middle name and changes his surname to his mother's maiden to fully separate himself from his father- do you hear me we can still win this

[wheatormeat]

Ms. Mia Fey

[claitea]

capcom i'm not fucking calling him that. i hope you know that

[milkcurdles]

I am Trucy enjoyer first and human being second