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[smoozie]

what'd u say on the "how can y be queerphopic and also support the hermits" post

cant just say that u might've been an inciting incident and then not elaborate

I'm cutting out op's url, but this is what I was referencing

[dragontamer05]

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[smoozie]

tell me about your life series aa au 🙏

I'm so glad you asked!!

Let's begin with who I think could be a defense attorney

Mumbo

Gem

Scott

Scar

And of course, it's not an AA au if the defense doesn't have their weird girl co-counsel!

Mumbo gets Lizzie! I absolutely adore their dynamic (from what we get to see) and it is very reminiscent of Apollo and Trucy (for me). Lizzie would fake hold herself hostage and Mumbo would cry because he was worried abt her.

Gem gets Impulse! Again I love their dynamic. Gem is probably the one who screams defense attorney to me most, and considering her relationship with Impulse it seems fitting he supports her in court.

Scott gets Jimmy! Flower husband fans will be pleased. To be completely honest, this pair up was more a matter of these two being the last ones in their respective categories, but I think it offers an interesting dynamic. The cool and collected with the more wild co-counsel. Typically the defense is very uncool and never collected. This one is giving Kay and Edgeworth if u squint (a lot).

Scar gets Bdubs! Fun fact, Scar was originally also a co-counsel, but the idea of him and Bdubs on defense together was too good an opportunity to miss. Bdubs 100% is giving weird girl energy. His thing is moss. All the weird girls have a Thing (Maya is spirit channeling, Trucy is magic, Kay is thievery) and Bdubs's Thing is moss. I haven't figured out my other "weird girls" things yet tho. I am open to suggestions.

Now for the prosecution we have

Grian

Etho

Cleo

Joel

Pearl

I think the vibes here aren't as strong as the defense but they still make sense.

Grian might be the weakest on this list. I know he often gives himself the label of detective, but he just didn't seem the type in the AA universe. The reason he's on prosecution is because he is stubborn and impulse enough to accuse the most likely subject and stick with that till the end (ignore the Jangler incident in s6). Also all of Edgeworth's sprites give Grian. Grian fits the Edgeworth sprite gallery to a T

Etho just feels like a prosecutor. He's smart, prepared, calm, and smug. I could see some Blackquill parallels here. He would also bring a bird to court that might attack you.

Cleo is another that just feels right at the prosecutor's desk. She is witty and sarcastic. It would be difficult to persuade them. Cleo also loves a bit of corruption, a past time for most prosecutors.

Joel is abbrassive and head strong. He is SO Franziska Von Karma. He would attack in the middle of court. He would attack the judge. He would call you stupid in the exact mannerisms of Franziska's "fools". Joel is sooo an overconfident prosecutor who is actually so fun and beloved.

Finally, Pearl. She was especially hard to place. I had trouble deciding between defense or prosecutor for her. In the end I settled on prosecution, but I think it would be fun if she had a Godot situation. That is, she was a defense attorney but switched after some traumatic incident (maybe she worked with Scott before!). Pearl can be calculated when she needs to be and crazed when she wants to be. She would provide an interesting opponent. Especially given her connections to most of the defense attorneys.

Now for our detectives:

Bigb

Tango

Ren

Skizz

Bigb somewhat aloof but silly. He let's the defense into crime scenes because they gave him a cookie. He often works with Grian, who likes Bigb too much to scream at him abt anything. Bigb is also prob like Ema Skye with her snackoos.

I could see Tango similarly to Gumshoe. He often works with Pearl and Etho (PET Mail), and he trusts them to prove someone guilty if they really are. He also gets along with the defense attorney's well, so he lets them investigate, as long as they promise not to tell his superiors.

Ren is giving Gumshoe in a much more "pathetic wet cat" way. He is underpaid. He is running around constantly. He is too tired to stop the defense getting in. He often works with Cleo. They have a similar dynamic to Edgeworth and Gumshoe.

And Skizz. He is excited to do his job. He gets along with everyone. He lets the defense in because he trusts that they are doing the right thing. He doesn't think it's fair if they don't get to investigate!

And finally, the judge

Martyn. I can't explain why, it just is Martyn. Somehow it makes the most sense. Martyn.

[smoozie]

...life series ace attorney au?

colour me intrigued.

I've already explained the jist of it here and expanding on some defense/prosecutor duos I enjoy here

I am so excited to talk abt this!! Feel free to ask more questions! I'm using this ask as an excuse to talk abt design ideas regarding the lawyers!

Starting off with Gem, whose design I've already finished!! She has a similar silhouette to Apollo's angsty Dual Destinies design with her (green) jacket over her shoulders because of the shawl(?) In her hc10 skin and witch skin. I gave her a white button up with a yellow tie since a lot of her skins have yellow/gold accents. I also gave her a corset because of the corset for her empires skin (now sure what season, I haven't watched her empires u-u). I've given her a single glove as a reference to her hc10 skin and to Athena's single glove, since I think Athena and her share some fun similarities. Finally she has some grey pants (Capcom give these lawyer women pants!!) And brown dress boots.

Unfortunately, Gem's design was the easiest for me! I'm trying to keep the defense side relatively simple as you'll notice in aa they tend to be (rip Athena). I don't want everyone in a basic suit tho so I am trying to mix things up a bit. Would love some suggestions! As for the others, I have some ideas

Scott's S1 Empires skin is actually perfect! It's that multicolored tunic that could easily be depicted as a suit jacket with a white dress shirt underneath. Could be fun to mess around with what kind of shirt he's in or a neck accessory besides a tie. Other than that I haven't got much for him. Ace attorney lawyers also tend to be strongly color coded, so a multicolored suit may break that aa feel, but uh it's more fun <3. I may end up playing around with the colors anyway.

Mumbo's design is actually the easiest. I had more fun with Gem, hence why she was done first, but Mumbo is already wearing his ace attorney suit design lol. I kinda want to play around with it a bit more, but I may end up settling on his self imposed aa design.

Scar has an extremely unique problem for me where he actually has too many fun lawyer-adjacent skins. Particularly his hc8 and limited life skins. They are both very iconic to me but would be difficult to actually mesh into one deisgn. Additionally I ADORE the color pallette of his secret life skin (og, but red is good too) but I'm not sure if I could include it. Altogether Scar is the hardest!! If I pick one route I feel like I'm losing so many possibilities! And I don't want to just copy one skin of his, like Gem I want their to be numerous references to different skins. May have to study the aa wiki defense attorneys to get some better in-universe outfit ideas.

I've been having some trouble with Grian as I wanted to include his iconic sweater without breaking the prosecutor vibe. The prosecution tends to have more wild or whimsical (see Nahyuta) designs. However, I think Grian may end up on the more simple side of the prosecutor spectrum, Edgeworth is a more simple prosecutor anyway and Grian is Edgeworth-adjacent. Come to think of it tho, his poultry man skin looks stupidly similar to Gregory Edgeworth. Could do smth with that maybe hmmm.

Etho's design is actually pretty straightforward from his skin. And he only has one to work with haha. What I'm picturing looks a lot like Godot's outfit, he even has a mask on lol. I'm probably gonna try to make it pretty unique, but it is hard to resist the urge to just turn those sleeves into a button up and that green into a suit vest.

Joel is one I'm trying to play around with more. I've perused his skins and haven't had any stand out as super lawyer-y. His default is fun enough to work with tho! Gem's comment of his weird vest thing as a corset is making me consider giving him a corset (he and Gem can match!). I'm trying to distinguish him from Shrek as much as possible while still keeping recognizable elements from his default. All in all I think he'll be fun.

CLEO oh BOY am I excited for Cleo. I'm thinking a lot of Franziska's silhouette with Cleo, focussing on extravagant sleeves, particularly relating to that blue dress skin of Cleo's. I'm also thinking of Nahyuta's detailing. Cleo's skins, to me, give the perfect amount of inspo without spelling anything out. I'll probably stick to her usual color pallette, but playing around with her 80s skin colors could be fun! Cleo is very exciting for me!

Finally, Pearl. When it comes to Pearl's design, her top aa influence is Barok van Zieks. I adore his cape and would really like to use it as a reference to scarlet Pearl. I also really like his soldier-esc getup underneath it, and while I wouldn't go as heavy handed with it, I am tempted to take some bits. I also really like Lana Skye for Pearl as a design reference, but mostly for her sprites. Pearl will not be crazy corrupt like her, but I would like to draw some parallels

[smoozie]

Mumbo and Grian on opp sides @_@

Yes! And not only that, they are one of my main defense + prosecutor pairings lol

It's Mumbo and Lizzie against Grian and Bigb (detective). Which is soooo fun to me

I also am fond of Scar and Bdubs vs Etho and Tango. I imagine Scar is fine digging into Etho and Bdubs is playing devils advocate for him.

Scott and Jimmy vs Joel and Skizz is iconic to me. Joel is both flirting with and insulting Jimmy (Klavier ass behavior) while desperately trying to destroy Scott. Skizz is on the stand, eyes flickering between them desperately.

And then I enjoy Gem and Impulse vs Pearl and Tango AND Cleo and Ren. I am a shiny duo enjoyer, especially with the angst and facing each other in court (with Pearl being a former defense too) is sooo good. Gem vs Cleo is also fun, I love watching the red heads bicker. The would snipe each other in some of the best banter. Gem is kinda the main character? In my head, so she gets two main prosecutors lol

[smoozie]

Hi :3 Thanks for the interest in my post, I'm here asking to steal Wrendog as a name (with credit) and wanted to make sure that's okay! I've come up with names for most of them but would love to see your list even if it's only genuine curiosity

Yeah ofc u can use Wrendog!

I'll share a few highlights from my list, but they were based around the life series so they're more relevant to that canon and only include hermits in the life series

Grian - Sunwatcher (cuz watcher lore)

Scar - Scarsong (or really any suffix tbh)

Mumbo - Mumblejumble (v proud of this one lol)

Skizz - Doveheart (cuz of his association w/ angels)

Pearl - Scarlettpearl (double life <3)

Bdubs - Mossfur (Tho I tossed around some ideas w/ horse)

Gem - Gemstone (this one's kinda basic, but I feel validated in it cuz Skizz has been calling Gem Gemstone)

Impulse - Quickstep (cuz like impulse?)

Those are the ones I like a fair bit. Etho, Cleo, and a few others gave me some trouble and I'm not set on anything for them yet.

One honorable mention, Redstone is a valid warrior cat name!

[smoozie]

Kinda love how Scott and Cleo's relationship in the Life Series translates over to your Ace Attorney AU

Like Gem's in the middle of a case Cleo's prosecuting and calls up Scott to ask for a second opinion on something.

Scott's like "Sorry Gem, I'm busy right now. I'm having lunch with a friend."

"Oh, tell them I say hi."

"They say hi back! She also wanted me to tell you to get ready to lose tomorrow. Anyway, good luck with the case Gem!"

Like vibes.

YES!! Omg I hadn't even thought of that lol.

The best thing in Ace Attorney, imo, is the character dynamics!! And I want that to show through in my au with the roles everyone plays and their typical dynamics.

Scott and Cleo are kinda an equivalent to Phoenix and Edgeworth AA3 and beyond. Not to say they are unlike AA2 during farewell my turnabout, but there are some more complicated feelings between Phoenix and Edgeworth after the whole "Edgeworth declares death" bit so I'm saying AA3. ANYWAY, they may be on opposite sides of the court, but they'll always try to work together to help the other, even if that mean facing against the other.

You make think Grian and Mumbo have a similar dynamic, but I personally don't see it that way. It's hard to find an AA equivalent for how I perceive their relationship, especially considering Mumbo is soooo Apollo coded to me and the obvious choice would be Klavier, but Grian is so NOT Klavier. I don't see them as directly antagonistic to each other ofc, and I could definitely see them working through cases together on occasion, but I think there is a competitiveness there that Cleo and Scott lack.

Gem vs Pearl is another dynamic I'm really in love with especially in regards to this au. I suppose they sort of have a relationship similar to Athena and Blackquill, tho I haven't touched AA5 in ages so you'll have to forgive my accidental mischaracterization. I kinda wanted Pearl to be a little crazed like her Double Life self, but I just finished her design the other day and she is ADORABLE. Like I was picturing smth intimidating with her, but I think it's less Double Life crazies and more Secret Life finale. She's not crazy there by any means, but she's determined and she's gonna do what it takes for those she cares abt. Ironically the mounders are actually split 50/50 across the court in this lol

Okay that's enough rambling I think lmao, I really like the dynamic you've brought to my attetion, thank you <3

[smoozie]

i can never say this off anon but. like. i don't agree with rpf ideologically but there's something to the narrative of it, right? like if i was a minecraft youtuber and so was my best friend and i fell in love with them i would never fucking say anything publicly. there's a story there. i just wish it made sense to write about fictional youtubers or write aus about my ocs as youtubers without it turning into meta commentary on actual RPF. why is there no respectful way to write about c!cc!characters huh

There is most definitely a story to be told in which the entire world thinks two people should be together, and because of that two people cannot reveal they are in love with each other.

[smoozie]

ayo happy birthday :0 <3

Omg thank u sm <3 <3

[smoozie]

most popular scar & pearl duo name is sunflowerduo

Wonderfully appropriate thank you <3

[smoozie]

your favorite character with grave digger 😊

Thank you anon!! from these color palettes

It's rough, but Trucy is always my favorite weird magic girl <3

[smoozie]

👏👏 :3 (also hi !!)

Hi!!!

I don't really do single colors, have a mini palette!!

[smoozie]

i can’t send an ask to ur art blog (😔✌🏻) but if ur taking requests for art u should draw my wife 👀👀👀

I did!! But I haven't posted it anywhere hehe

[smoozie]

I agree about hunters hair

I think it's supposed to represent he accepts himself and decided to keep it

But I feel like he could have easily done it without keeping the hair his abuser forced on him via possession

Yeah, although I did have someone reply and say the new grom photo shows he did cut it eventually, I still would have preferred a new hair cut for the reasons you've mentioned

[smoozie]

We are mutuals but I'm this close to softblockong you over honk honk klav/j

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!! IT probably WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!