#otp: mainline

[lemonbombsfjl]

[cicaklah]

Get to know your mutuals!!!!

Thank you @curator-on-ao3 for tagging me in this cozy meme!

what's the origin of your blog title?

What Harrison Ford said to Oscar Isaac when he asked for tips at playing a Star Wars character. its also just words to live by. there is also a pleasing irony to use a star wars quote in my star trek era.

otp(s) + shipname(s):

I have been doing this a long time and have loved a lot of blorbodes in my time. Currently my OTPs are

diana/47 (hitman)

kirk/spock (star treks)

seven/janeway (voyager)

janeway/paris (voyager)

janeway/anyone but chakotay (voyager)

gihun/inho/their psychosexual obsessions with each other (ot3) (squid game)

raffles/bunny (raffles) (forever OTP)

but my otp of otps is

me/good writing

favorite color:

yellow

song stuck in your head:

I am currently mainlining vaxis 3 into my heart so its various bits from that and the other vaxis albums and afterman and yeah my head is just coheed and cambria right now

weirdest habit/trait:

relentless commitment to the bit

hobbies:

sculpting, ceramics, writing, thrifting, singing

if you work, what's your profession?

I am a health economist working in new drug development

if you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

sculptor of large scale public sculptures, running a community clay shop/studio, writer of funny sexy novels. and health economics.

something you're good at:

singing

something you hate:

pepper.

something you collect:

70s/80s era star trek zines

something you forget:

laundry in the machine, to take the rubbish out, gloves and umbrellas

what's your love language:

conversation and time spent together

favorite movie/show:

tinker tailor soldier spy and chernobyl

favorite food:

smoked salmon

favorite animal:

camels, cicaks, cats.

what were you like as a child:

funny, anxious, voracious

favorite subject at school:

drama, history, IT

least favorite subject:

maths

what's your best character trait?

supportiveness

what's your worst character trait?

my ego is large and fragile

if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be?

oooh thats a sore one. to be 5 years younger and 20kg lighter.

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

I'm not really a celebrity person so my paternal grandparents.

tagging random moots: @diana-fortyseven @alienfuckeronmain @within-infant-rind @myth-blossom @postalninja @stickthisbig @peridotglimmer @unrealthings @deputychairman @android-and-ale @bourbonthesecond

[jlf23tumble]

Thanks for the tag @alienfuckeronmain, my beloved, I'm sending you all the strength and support in the world, wish I could fly you right outta there and/or airdrop myself right into there, ugh. Anyway! Talk about myself? Can do!

What's the origin of your blog title? I had to sit here and think, uh, whut does this even meannnn for about 15 seconds, that's the level of thought I put into it in 2016 when I created this mess, but it was a nice kick in the ass to update it. Originally, it was something dumb, and now, it's something equally dumb, so that's the origin of that! Uh, (you're) welcome!

otp(s) + shipname(s): Who can pick just one (1)? Not me!

Favorite color: Gold is a fave in some instances, green in most others

Song stuck in your head: Childish Gambino, Lithonia. It's on my walk mix, and every time I hear it, it just gives me a sad lil lift, because nobody gives a fuck (etc), and I will think about it for the rest of the goddamned day

Weirdest habit/trait: The way I mcLOSE it over free parking, especially in a city environment, but also, the low-key ocd I have for the even numbers on things like volume settings, pages to stop on when I'm reading a book, microwave/timer/alarm settings, you get it

Hobbies: Reading, indulging in random aesthetics, treating myself, and trying to find the most unique things one can see in any given town/city

If you work, what's your profession? Editor/project manager. Got laid off with a bunch of other people last month for the latter (and honestly, good riddance, fuck 'em, they are FEELING IT now, lmao), but it's fine, the former is drowning me in work, so it's all good. I have some irons in the fire to balance it all out, and I'm excited to see where it all lands in a month or two. I'm super privileged to be able to just wait it out, and I fucking KNOW IT

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be? Honestly, I love what I do, so I feel incredibly lucky on that front. And on top of that, I'm freelance/remote (at least for now), so I can do what I like from other places, the dream!! (Well, the real dream is to NOT work, I get it, consider that the real answer, etc. etc., I'd like a million wishes, please)

Something you're good at: Driving!

Something you hate: Lady haters, online performatism, green bell peppers, I'm sure there's more

Something you collect: Pictures of random objects that amuse me; snow globes

Something you forget: Who owes me money for the small stuff, like lunches or coffees. I just don't track it, and I'm sure it would boil out to some kind of huge amount, but I cannot bring myself to care enough to try and remember

What's your love language: Visuals, links, and/or trink(et)s! To quote one of the lyricists of our time, I wonder if you look both ways when you cross my mind (don't worry about it, I will find and send you things that remind me of you)

Favorite movie/show: Movie: probably Marie Antoinette; show right now: The Residence or Columbo (I say that because I'm currently mainlining them both, I have too many faves in any given moment, and I'm way more team show vs. movie)

Favorite food: Cheese

Favorite animal: Fish or bird

What were you like as a child: Gawky, nerdy, didn't give a shit about what I wore, but also a solid friend who was always down to clown (all of this feels like it's still true, tbh)

Favorite subject at school: English

Least favorite subject: Math (including stats, economics), but I had the best, bitchiest geometry teacher, so he's the one exception to that rule

What's your best character trait? I will always support your CRAZIEST ideas, the judgmental bones in my body are quite small, practically nonexistent

What's your worst character trait? I'm not the most emotional of processors when shit goes sideways in real time, I'm in a hurry, let's keep it movin', folks, I'll pay for it later (literally and probably figuratively)!

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? Well, aside from waving my hand and removing the current fascist regime, I would want to just buy myself a house outright and not have to worry about rent/mortgage. Is that house in California, Germany, or the UK? DO NOT CARE, gimme!

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? As a glamorous option, there are too many celebs in too many eras to pick, I just stare at a wall as my mind zips around, so as a more mundane option, I'd go with my mom when she was younger, when shit was BAD, and I could tell her she's gonna be okay.

I tag @glasscushion, @bobakick, @halfahundredcats, @perpetuallycuriouscat, @harryslovelylaurels, @pixiegeldof, @wannaremember, and anyone else who wants to!

[pin-crusher2000]

Character Ask: Jake Grayson

Thank You 😁

Good character @confusedhummingbird :D

How I feel about this character: I heard about him from our buddy: @paladin-of-nerd-fandom65, and looked him up and I was like: I like this kid! Cute, a good hearted kid and somebody who always does the right thing.

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

For canon/fanon: I ship him with the blond girl from the last issue of “his” book. I do love what paladin did with her: gave her a cute name and nice personality; Meredith.

For my universe: I ship him with Robert long, because their moms (Donna and Kory) are BFFs, so it’s fitting to make them boyfriends lol.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Besides Robert himself, I say Jon Kent due to similar characteristics. That’s why I pair them up to create Solar Sons.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

1: if he was in mainline dc canon, he’s definitely gonna get killed off like Lian, Cerdian and Robert himself.

2: he is kinda bland as a character, that’s why I prefer the fanon side of him (thanks for paladin and my version to create a “perfect” character)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

See how he was like when he was younger (like some slices of life with dick and Kory and him), and his first outing as a new superhero after the whole superhero community is back (last issue)

I say he can be Nightwing II ;)

Let me know if you got more @confusedhummingbird

[gavillain]

27 and 28 for your KH "This or That"?

27. Days or COM?

Chain of Memories. No doubt about it. I'm actually doing a replay of Re:CoM currently to see if I can finally master that card system XD But I think CoM has kind of a bad reputation because its gameplay is so tricky to master and doesn't totally work for casual players, but CoM genuinely has a really well written story to the point where I never minded the gameplay that much because the story it was telling was so great. The mystery is fantastic, the villains are great, the writing is strong, and Riku's story is probably his best showing in the franchise to date. That conclusion with Riku walking the Road to Dawn still slaps SO hard. And I also have a fair bit of nostalgia for it because I had the original CoM on the GBA, and I used to play it and talk about it a lot with a childhood friend of mine.

Days, on the other hand... ehhhhhhh. Out of all the consoles that Kingdom Hearts games have been on, the Nintendo DS was pretty easily my least favorite and the one I felt was least suited to Kingdom Hearts. CoM on the GBA at least made sense because it had a different gameplay that was more handheld friendly. I never really got the hang of Days or had much fun with it, and, ngl, while Roxas in KH2 is one of my favorite Kingdom Hearts characters, I felt like he was very bland and boring in Days. Understandable since he's a Nobody and acts like it, but it didn't really make for a compelling lead character. I like Xion nowadays quite a bit, but I'd also be lying if I said "the secret forgotten fourteenth member of Organization XIII who is also a girl and kind of a love interest for Roxas who hung out with Axel and Roxas while they were in the Organization" didn't feel a bit... fanfic-y. Like I remember seeing self-insert OCs with that EXACT same story back in the day before Days came out. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it kinda feels contrived and inauthentic to the universe. I just was never really sold on it, and it's not really what I wanted from a "Roxas's time in the Organization" midquel. There also was like NOTHING on the Disney side worthwhile, which already was a mortal wound for me.

So, yeah, I don't hate or even dislike Days, but out of all of the mainline games, I think it's my least favorite. And CoM easily beats it, imo.

28. BBS or 3D?

THIS one, on the other hand, is a much tighter race, and my mood can switch between either one of them depending on the day. I think BBS was exactly what it needed to be, I loved playing it, I love the Wayfinder trio, the tragedy hit home, I really enjoyed all the Disney worlds, Xehanort and Vanitas were at their absolute best in this game, and Maleficent had one of her strongest showings in the franchise as well.

But I just have to give it to Dream Drop Distance. Listen, I have problems with some of the writing choices, and I wish we'd gotten some more Disney bosses and some more relevance to the Disney worlds. That being said... this game made Riku my favorite fictional hero. I always loved him, but Dream Drop made him RESONATE with me hard. I fell in love with his character and his relationship with Sora. I've always been a Soriku shipper, but this one made it truly an OTP of mine. I also loved the gameplay, and I know it's not really a popular opinion, but I actually had a lot of fun with Flowmotion and just bouncing all around the worlds. I also loved the Dream Eaters and the customization and bond that you form with them. I love cute animals and pets like that, so that was really fun for me. I wish Maleficent had gotten more to do in it and I think they flanderized and dumbed down Sora a bit too much, but that's honestly my biggest quibble. I thoroughly enjoyed most everything else.

So, yeah, Dream Drop by a slight margin, but BBS is nothing to sneeze at!

[howlidae]

all of these are for ace attorney! 1, 4, 23!

woo triple attack!!

OTP?

i'm a multishipper who is very easy to steer towards one ship or another!! but for true OTPs, i'd have to say klapollo since that's one of the main "endgame" ships in my brain

4. Is there a popular pairing you don't necessarily dislike but aren't too invested in?

similarly to a lot of people in the ace attorney fandom sphere, i'm definitely not into wrightworth as much as i used to be, but i still think they are fun and enjoy art of them ^^

23. Has your favorite character/ship changed over time?

i used to be a lot more into DGS than i did AA!! i drew a ton of herlock and asoryu but. idk i think klavier and klapollo in particular just captured me when i started to get into the mainline games more. here's my first klapollo art from mid 2021 when i couldn't figure out how to do klavier's little coil thing

thanks for the questions!! :D

(list of numbers to ask)

[neutrallyobsessed]

Someone asked me why NaruMayo is my number 2 option for Phoenix. Among the thousands of reasons I have for thinking Feenris is OTP (I know you slightly disagree)

¡MAYA ME PERTENECE COÑOS!

Which got me thinking, is Edgeworth your "husbando?" or is there another AA male whom you consider yourself to be with. (in your imagination)

Yooo you selfship with Maya? That's so awesome and very cute uwu~~! And I totally understand the not liking certain canon/canon ships because of selfshipping with one of those halves lolol

As per your question the answer is quite interesting, because Ace Attorney is the first of the longest media/fandom I've ever been without having a husbando!

Yeahh a lot of the heavy lifting of keeping my interest on something tends to be done by the fictional boyfriend I may have there. A media that I like even when He's not there it's considered Good Stuff that I Like thus I'm a fan, if not, then I don't consider myself a fan overall cause I only like 1 (one) aspect of it. (A bit difficult to quantify when He's a protagonist but I digress~~)

Yet here I am! Loving every second of the games, mainline, spin-offs, cross-overs, prequels and yet I am not in love with any of the characters~~........... i guess that's why it's the Ace Attorney, I feel very aroace about them, cause like, I do like them, I see the appeal, I have some.... "attraction" to some but I'm just- not falling in love idk :P

and here they are with some particular reasons of why im not fully into them even tho i kinda am xdd

But really, I have no precise idea on what is it that they lack (or what they have?) that i feel so... uninterested in them. They're definitely above the "favourite character" tier but they're also not reaching the "having the slightest crush" either. I have stronger feeling for Layton than any of these 7 guys lmaooo.

Oh well, to ship them with girlies from their own universe we go~~^^!

[lfthinker]

poison ivy for the character fandom ask!

three facts about them from my personal headcanons

Ivy grows her own plants for medicinal purposes.

While she likely would not have chosen to have children, she does resent that the choice whether she could or not was taken away from her.

Ivy claims to dislike cats, but she does grow a special batch of catnip exclusively for Selina's cats.

a reason they suck

I mean, murdering random people and using them as plant food isn't good, even if you are an environmentalist.

a reason they are great

She's gone from a femme fatale type to being one of the most powerful characters in the Bat Canon and headlining her own comic and I love that for her.

a reason I relate to them 

I don't typically relate to characters, but I can recognize that as the years go by, I've gotten a bit more misanthropic.

(what I consider to be) the top tier otp/ot3 for that character

Harley/Ivy's an easy answer, so I'll go with the platonic OT3 of the Gotham City Sirens.

five things that never happened to that character that I believe should have happened

Gotham City Sirens should have had a longer initial run or should have come back a lot sooner than it did.

Ivy should have done a team-up with Ra's al Ghul at some point.

Ivy should have killed or at least brutalized the Joker in mainline continuity.

Given her power set, Ivy should be a Justice League-level threat every once in a while.

Going from the above, I'd like to see how Ivy would do as a Wonder Woman rogue, just for fun.

five people that character never fell in love with and why

Talia al Ghul. While both care for the planet's welfare above all, Ivy crosses lines that Talia won't, so that would be an issue. Damian would also be a bit of an issue.

Selina Kyle. Pam could never completely trust her, not with her relationship with Batman.

Bruce Wayne. I feel like this is self-explanatory.

Harvey Dent. I feel like Ivy's relationships with men are purely transactional in nature, and Harvey was useful indeed.

Edward Nigma. He's far too childish, even if he wasn't male. She'd kill him in seconds.

[getvalentined]

Link, for the character ask! Or Veld! Both! Either!

LINK

🎟️ SEXUALITY HEADCANON: Demisexual panromantic, except for Twilight Princess Link, who is heteroflexible but only for Shad.

⚧️ GENDER HEADCANON: This is one character where I actually am solidly in the creator's court when it comes to gender, which means that I believe Link is nonbinary except for Twilight Princess, where he's a cisgender man.

💕 A SHIP: Link/Midna is my Zelda OTP of OTPs, which is important since Twilight Princess is my favorite Zelda title, but in the newer titles I also ship him with Mipha and/or Sidon. Not at the same time! But if Mipha is around I ship him with Mipha, because childhood-friends-to-lovers is rarely done right, but I think they nailed it. If it's post-Calamity, then I ship him with Sidon (and Yona) because Sidon is definitely madly in love with that guy and that iteration of Link would definitely wear a shirt that says "I ♥ Sharks."

🖇️ A BROTP: Link+Shad, as mentioned above, specific to Twilight Princess. My sister and I had an AU where Link brought Shad with him to the city in the sky and they learned to rely on The Power of Friendship and hijinks ensued—so imagine my surprise when the official manga did something very similar! Manga canon! Hell yeah! (Although Link also thinks that Shad is kinda really hot and this bothered him a bit because that particular iteration of Link isn't really attracted to men. The thing is that Link never realized what he's actually attracted to is intelligence and cleverness, which is true of every Link ever.)

🚫 A NOTP: Depends on the title. In most of them it's Link/Zelda, to be completely honest, although not for any serious reasons or anything. I know some people ship him with Nabooru and I am so not down with that I can't even describe it.

💭 A RANDOM HEADCANON: Twilight Princess Link has two scars running parallel around his wrist where the edges of the shackle from his wolf form dug into the flesh. Even after everything, those scars are there forever.

🗣️GENERAL OPINION: I know that Link is everyone's favorite projection character, because he was designed that way, but I honestly really love how much personality he actually has. There's a really fun, interesting character there, pretty much every time, and while Tears of the Kingdom left the series as a whole feeling very finished, I am nonetheless eager to see what sort of Link the next mainline title brings.

(For the character ask game. Veld was covered here!)

[ryukang1995]

My latest edit of my Mortal Kombat OTP - Liu Kang x Sonya Blade. This time, it's their appearances in the soft reboot Mortal Kombat (2011) aka Mortal Kombat 9.

I know that Sonya's main design in that game is rather controversial among fans due to how risque it is, but the way I look at it? Her design works in more or less a similar way to Cammy's classic design in Street Fighter. Realistically, it's very revealing for a militaristic woman, but it still works within a more fantastical and over-the-top world, which is very much how SF and MK work.

With that being said, I am still keeping my versions of Sonya and Liu Kang's designs in this game.

The background is indeed the temples of Ayutthaya, Thailand, which were used as the temple of the Order of Light in the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie. I thought it would be suiting to use for this edit.

Despite my issues with the actual game's story mode, I still feel MK9 is a fantastic game, and arguably the best game in the mainline series since MK2 thanks to its gameplay and how it recaptures the feel of klassic MK while still updating it for modern standards.

That's all for now.

[wisecrackingeric-2]

For the character breakdown! Rebecca Chambers

IM SO SORRY I TOTALLY FORGOT ABT THIS HERES THE ASK GAME!! https://www.tumblr.com/wisecrackingeric-2/755525016373821440/give-me-a-character

1. How do I feel about this character?

I LOVE HER SO MUCH SHES SO SASSY AND SILLY and not to mention only what?? Barely 18 during RE0????? THATS TERRIFYING SHE DESERVES SO MUCH CREDIT

2. All the people I ship with this character

ADA WOOOOOOONNNGG CHAMBERSONG MY BELOVED AND MARIA FROM VENDETTA/DI but also my friends monster OC’s teehees and giggles (I hc Rebecca to be on the Aroace spectrum but like she wouldn’t HATE being in a relationship. To me)

2. My non-romantic OTP with this character

Again!!! Ada, Maria and my friends characters!! Let her be in a QPR!!!!!!!!!!

3. My unpopular opinion about this character

I don’t think I have any??????????

4. One thing I wish would happen

CAPCOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING BACK REBECCA CHAMBERS INTO A MAINLINE GAME!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yamayuandadu]

toutetsu

How I feel about this character: from the perspective of time she definitely did live up to the hype of being the rare character actually set up in advance. She's easily the best of the three mob bosses, both design- and personality-wise, I'm a huge fan and she'll probably show up in my top 20 once I retake the sorter. Good representation of the actual creature, memorable power. I like that her actual unmodified personality seems awful and there's no anticlimatic "she's actually polite when she's not high on oil!" As a side note - I find it funny most fanmade designs floating around in 2019-20 were basically on point save for green being a more popular choice for clothing than blue.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: honestly kind of drawing a blank here for now. I think there is potential in quite a lot of UDoALG dialogue, epecially in the exchange with Ran, but many arcane ceremonies will have to be conducted for the sake of exegesis before I can pass a proper judgment.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: definitely Chiyari. There's really no competition, their interactions are very funny (granted, all 3 of the new recruits have fun interactions with their bosses). Eagle spirit could never do it (even if they actually interacted with Yuuma).

My unpopular opinion about this character: I would probably prefer having Yuuma as either stage 4 or ex boss in WBaWC, with either Yachie or Saki left for a spinoff instead, tbh. GI is not bad exactly but... the story is not mainline quality, and some of the returning character choices are very poor to put it lightly. Plus, being relegated to a spinoff means no Keiki interactions even though Yuuma's even sharing the funerary goods theme, smh, smh.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: as you can probably guess from the previous paragraph, interactions with Keiki. Granted, I think this is ultimately more about Keiki than Yuuma - my only complaint about 19 is how sidelined Keiki got tbh. Where is she, ZUN.

[biggie-chcese]

2 & 4 for ace attorney and 23 in general :)

hi, ty for asking!!

2. a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

kazuma moving into 221B after the events of the game. i'm pretty dead-set on the "he moved into his own rinky-dink apartment or just moved into barok's huge ass mansion" headcanons but didn't care much for the 221B one at first cause i didn't like the idea of him basically being like ryu's "replacement." but i came to like it for the sake of kazuma sorta having a support group that's arguably much healthier than, say, Lord Trauma van Zieks and i also like the found family aspect of it. also, there is a little fun angst in the replacement thing if we wanna get a little toxic about it, especially with herlock who now has had to say goodbye to two partners... (sorry if you were looking for mainline ace attorney- i havent really been into it lately and was stuck on coming up with any headcanons that i have any opinions of)

4. say something nice about a ship you don't ship (it can be another ship in your fandom, a mutual's OTP, etc)

for ace attorney? hrmm. im a pretty big multishipper so it's rare that i actively don't ship anything. it's more like a passive enjoyment of anything. if tgaa counts, i like the divorced vibes of vanlock even if i can't personally get into it. like yeah, those two are definitely divorced and it's so damn funny. like i totally see it in the way barok wastes zero time insulting herlock every time the man is even mentioned. there's definitely an ex situation happening here and i think that's awesome

23. the fandom you're curious about because of a mutual

umineko!! i am hoping to get into that one when the stars align and my brain leaves its current category 5 autism event

[true-blue-sonic]

Probably an odd choice for the ask game, but... Jet the Hawk? 👀

do I like them:

Honestly... not that much. He's just one of the characters that I don't strongly care about or even ever think about. That's probably because I never played a game wherein he was in a central role, so I never really warmed up to him in the first place.

5 good qualities:

He's a 14-year-old dumbass bossing around two adults who furthermore also listen to him and do what he tells them to, which I consider a hilarious dynamic.

Despite the fact he is a 14-year-old dumbass, it's nice that his title as Legendary Wind Master is not just hot air! Jet knows what he is doing on an Extreme Gear, and he's definitely incredibly skilled at it. He might not be the fastest on foot, but when it comes to Extreme Gears, I think he might just be better at it than Sonic.

He's one of the iirc two characters of whom we know what one of their parents looks like.

He lives in a blimp. Neat!

I can appreciate that the Babylon Rogues very unabashedly just want treasure, and maybe also to prove themselves as The Fastest to everyone. But mostly just money.

3 bad qualities:

I'm sorry: I can't stand his voice acting. Too squawky for my tastes.

Jet's personality and demeanour in general does not interest me that much, but that is just me personally. It doesn't help that he shows up so little.

The Babylon Rogues are characters who suffer most from Never Shows Up Syndrome in the entire franchise, it seems like. Jet definitively appears most out of all three, but I feel sorry for you if they are among your favourite characters. I complain about not getting enough Espio and Silver food; meanwhile, these three appear just about never. Probably because they're linked to the Riders games so closely, but I truly can't recall them ever showing up in a single mainline game. Makes me wonder if Sega will ever consider making a new entry for the Riders franchise?

favourite episode/etc:

It's been a while since I last watched any Riders game cutscenes... Let's go with Zero Gravity because I think that one's story is coolest. But I also love the scene where Wave's sped-up Japanese blabbering results in Jet just sneakily getting the hell out of there to go do his own thing.

otp, brotp, ot3 and notp:

None.

best quote:

I truly have no idea, sorry. Can't recall anything he ever said😅

*one research on YouTube later to see if I could find another perk for the five things I like about him* Okay his manic cackling as he imagines himself in a pile of golden coins in Riders is quite hilarious, actually.

head canon:

He would 100% just randomly show up where Sonic is to challenge him to an Extreme Gear race. Doesn't matter if it's in the middle of the night or Sonic is camping in Holoska: if Jet wants to race, he will race. Sonic of course always humours him because he loves racing as well.

[ultraviolet-ink]

numbah 4 for ask game - can be mainline AA or DGS

4. say something nice about a ship you don't ship (it can be another ship in your fandom, a mutual's OTP, etc)

I already said something nice about Gumworth, so let me say something nice about a DGS ship! Ryuulock!! I just love the general vibe they've got, they really do capture the spirit of Holmes/Watson, and I really love their character banter together!! I just think they're pretty neat!

[saturdays--sun]

since I'm on an ace attorney kick lately: ✍️📝🏷️❤️💞🛌💘🙈💌 for you and phoenix!!

aaaaa thank you!!! i'm always happy to talk about my lawyer husband <3

✍️: overall, how does the fandom trait you? are you a beloved character, or hated? are you popular, or a minor side character? anything in between?

my insert is a secondary main character in the trilogy and a major side character in AA4 through AA6, which makes her fairly popular amongst the fanbase! that said, though i think she would be generally liked and thought of positively, i also think she'd experience something of the Phoenix Treatment — where, despite having overwhelming amounts of screentime, she gets overshadowed by other characters and tends to fall by the wayside more often than not. her stans definitely lament this in their own circles — "koda is just as much of a main character as the others! she's more than just shipping fodder for phoenix!"

📝: how would your story in canon go? how would you influence the events of the original story?

my insert has a role (major or otherwise) in every mainline game and even the layton spin-off, so i'll try to condense her story as much as possible:

prior to the events of the games, koda chromata is a college student studying to become a lawyer. during her third year of schooling, she starts interning at grossberg law offices, eventually being taken under the wings of both mia fey and diego armando with the two — especially the former — becoming mentors to her. while shadowing mia, she meets phoenix wright for the first time while he's on trial for murder; and later, once they're both fully fledged lawyers, they start working together as partners.

this partnership lasts throughout the events of the trilogy until phoenix is disbarred and he subsequently — seemingly — disappears off the face of the planet. with nowhere else to go, koda is hired on by kristoph gavin, where she spends seven years reluctantly working for him. he allows her to act as apollo justice's co-counsel during his first trial, in which she re-meets phoenix after trying to find him for so many years. her role in AA4 is mostly kept to the background, but she does take her place by phoenix's side once more, with the two finally officially dating. this stays the same in both AA5 and AA6, though in the former they're engaged, and by the beginning of AA6, they're married.

save for a very small handful of changes (her being kidnapped instead of maya; her replacing kristoph as apollo's co-counsel for 4-1), she doesn't affect the greater plot or events of any of the games.

🏷️: what is you and your f/o’s ship name?

just a mash-up of our names — kodanix is probably the most popular one because it sounds cool lol, with wrightmata being another variant of it for those that prefer using last names instead.

i also like to think there's some small number of people that do that old school "otp:" stuff with us. probably something like otp: it was always you or something else that makes me cry my eyes out.

❤️: how popular is you x your f/o? are you a rarepair?

we're super popular, actually <3

it kind of comes with the territory — my insert has been by phoenix since the beginning. since before the beginning, actually, if you think about it. even removing the romance from it, our characters are ones that are so intrinsically connected that it's difficult to separate us from each other fully. shipping us in some way — whether it be romantic or platonic — just comes naturally.

it also helps that we're canonically married by AA6 <3

💞: aside from with your f/o, who else would you commonly be shipped with? why?

MATTKODA STANS RISE UP 😤

there's absolutely a subset of the fandom that took my insert's crush on matt engarde and ran with it as far as they could. it's about the angst of it all. the fighting for his freedom knowing he's a murderer. the way my insert would feel so conflicted throughout the entire trial. disregard the kidnapping bit — that just adds to the flavor.

other than him, though, i don't know if she'd really be shipped with many people outside of phoenix. maybe the rare edgeworth or mia just because of the potential or my insert's preestablished connection with them, or the even rarer kristoph for the people who love angst more than i do, but those ships are few and far between.

🛌: what tropes show up in fics involving your ship?

literally anything that can capitalize on our mutual pining the love is requited they're both just idiots brand of slow burn. fans would love putting us in Situations that play on that — lots of almost-kiss fics and fics where there was only one bed. there's also at least 12 different versions of phoenix and i both having our Oh. moment.

post-trilogy, i imagine more angsty tropes would start popping up — stuff like it's always been you or you're so different but i still love you and stuff similar — but also ones that play on how painfully domestic we are. there's something for everyone with us.

💘: why would people love your ship? why would people dislike your ship? how might it start debates?

OH BOY.

i like to think that both the fans of my ship and the phoenix/edgeworth fans would be able to coexist peacefully on the grounds that both myself and edgeworth are important people in phoenix's life and, regardless of if it's romantic or platonic, he loves us both. however. i can fully imagine that there would be debates about which one is more "canon" or which one "should have been canon."

a lot of the dislike would simply be because people prefer the alternative, though some of it would be because my ship is "boring" or because they just find edgeworth to be more compelling than my insert. alternatively, the love for my ship comes from watching mine and phoenix's relationship grow and evolve over time, with us starting as tentative coworkers, to friends, to eventual spouses. it's about the bond that's been tested and strengthened through countless hardships; the unwavering faith; the fact that it's never once broken over the course of a decade.

🙈: why would your ship be thought of as cute/fluffy? why would your ship be considered problematic?

we're considered cute and fluffy because have you seen us. even before we actually started dating, we acted like a married couple to the point that it's baffling neither of us acted on or realized what was going on sooner. beyond us functioning as a well-oiled machine in court, we're also painfully domestic — which only gets worse once we're, y'know, actually married. there's definitely tons of posts of screenshots where one or both of us reference bringing the other food, calling each other to make sure we're awake for trial, my insert picking him up and driving him to the courthouse — stuff like that.

as for being problematic... i guess the main point towards our relationship being "problematic" would be that stretch of time between AA3 and AA4 where phoenix didn't contact my insert for seven years, thus leaving her completely in the dark about what happened. other moments that i can see being brought up are how my insert handles her jealousy in bridge to turnabout (isolating herself and ignoring phoenix, albeit only for a very short while) and the moment in turnabout revolution where, because phoenix decided to not tell my insert what was going on with maya, they got into a back-and-forth that resulted in her deciding to stand with apollo in court as opposed to him.

💌: how would your dynamic be portrayed? what might people focus on most? any misconceptions?

power couple for sure — that's the main way we'd be portrayed, both in fics where we're still pining and fics where we're actively in a relationship. we'd also definitely be portrayed as oblivious idiots who can't tell they're in love with each other because that's... sort of what we were.

the latter, i feel, is one that would get misconstrued, mostly by way of overstating how oblivious phoenix is. conversely, i think my insert's denial of her feelings (whether externally or otherwise) would also get played up to a degree that borders on out of character.