im just here to talk about horsemonkey

Mostly Bronco lol (this account is 🔞) NOT SPOILER FREE

[simonkeyes]

when mr knight shows up on the screen i will not be paying attention to the game because i will be cranking my hog

[nonanbaon]

あまりにも可愛くて始めてしまいました

猿代と内藤、シメオンとブロンコがいます。

トジロガイのガイはナイスガイってわけ

この後、お互いに話してるとイライラするとご立腹でした

おやすみリョウケンさん

[mannysouta]

I do find it both sweet and pretty funny that Simeon “paranoid that everyone is going to kill me” Saint was totally okay with Bronco being a murderer

[briefspotoflight]

Simeon when Bronco commits murder for an extremely petty and selfish reason: “Don’t worry Broncy, I’ll still visit you! You’re my best friend! I believe in you!”

Simeon when Bronco (as a child) is forced to betray his trust or else suffer abuse from his father: “You selfish bastard. I hope you die cold and alone.”

[mannysouta]

I know this isn’t unique to any fandom but I love how with Ace Attorney in particular there’s always someone who’s passionately obsessed with a random character.

[dex-plosion]

whatever the freak this is. new rarepair . bobby fulbright/the phantom x ted tonate

[mannysouta]

I do find it both sweet and pretty funny that Simeon “paranoid that everyone is going to kill me” Saint was totally okay with Bronco being a murderer

[chrysycrosser]

maybe im just a sucker for angst but i love the idea of a simeon who hides all of his real insecurities from bronco. I could imagine him playing up feeling self conscious about things he doesnt dislike about himself (inadvertently making bronco compliment the parts of himself that hes proud of and wants to show off) while hiding and ignoring all of the things he actually dislikes. in my mind, its like he sees his real, biggest insecurities as something that could risk their friendship (and risking the friendship means risking his very important revenge plan!!) so he hides the parts that he thinks will scare bronco away and makes himself what He Thinks bronco will find palatable, likely more childish because their time together as kids was the purest and most untainted part of their friendship. well. at some point.

i kind of see their relationship as like holding on to what they had before is-7 (?? kinda. ill explain more)

[shark-named-coat]

YESSSSSS

[mannysouta]

[nonanbaon]

着ている服がシャッフルしてることが多いと可愛いですね。

ワンクッション⚠死体描写の示唆

[chrysycrosser]

maybe im just a sucker for angst but i love the idea of a simeon who hides all of his real insecurities from bronco. I could imagine him playing up feeling self conscious about things he doesnt dislike about himself (inadvertently making bronco compliment the parts of himself that hes proud of and wants to show off) while hiding and ignoring all of the things he actually dislikes. in my mind, its like he sees his real, biggest insecurities as something that could risk their friendship (and risking the friendship means risking his very important revenge plan!!) so he hides the parts that he thinks will scare bronco away and makes himself what He Thinks bronco will find palatable, likely more childish because their time together as kids was the purest and most untainted part of their friendship. well. at some point.

i kind of see their relationship as like holding on to what they had before is-7 (?? kinda. ill explain more)

[poh-writes]

...

Well, Simeon, after giving your question a lot of thought and carefully considering the evidence, I have come to the conclusion that the answer is "no."

[poh-writes]

Wait, really?

Granted, I never played the fan translation, so this was my first experience with the twist. But I thought it was very clear that Bronco cared about Simeon.

[mannysouta]

I thought so too! Bronco is a bit more openly affectionate in the fan translation

But I always preferred the official translation’s take on his interactions with Simeon. He’s less “cheerful” but his dialogue feels more subtly affectionate.

[poh-writes]

Oooo, thank you so much for providing the screenshots!

Some of this is almost certainly "experienced the official version first" bias, but looking at them back to back, I still prefer the official translation too.

This is getting a little nitpicky, but for me, it all goes back to that first bit: "I get to see a circus show" vs. "I get to see your circus thing." The fan translation almost comes across as if he's excited about getting to see a show at all. Whereas with the second one, it's clear that he's only excited about it because Simeon's going to be in it.

To me, that comes across as more caring. It's the sentiment of, "I'm not into this thing on its own, but because it's something that you like and is important to you, I want to support it."

It hits even harder when compared to Gusto and his whole, "I got my sense of taste back. What need do I have for a son?"

Bronco doesn't need Simeon as a source of entertainment. He doesn't care about the circus on its own and his interactions with Edgeworth suggest that he's perfectly happy playing chess with anyone who wants to match wits with him. He simply looks forward to doing these things with Simeon because he likes Simeon.

[alfagjor]

look it all makes sense. Simeon and Bronco were in a friends with benefits situation with both of them being in love with the other (even if Simeon would never admit it) but never confessing, then Bronco and Miles were into each other and would have hooked up but Bronco died, then Simeon and Miles were into each other and Miles would have taken him out (bigg building) but then Simeon goes to jail, then Miles's friend Simon goes to jail and meets Simeon where they start an on-and-off hook-up kind of situationship but Bronco's ghost is haunting the jail and he's jealous so he's trying to scare Simon off but he's kinda into Simon at the same time so it's like a love triangle with a ghost that they're unaware is in the room even if they can tell things are Off. Miles is still visiting both Simeon and Simon through visitation hours in jail and somehow he's the one to figure out Bronco's a ghost now but he's also denying it because he doesn't believe in ghosts but he's still into Ghost Bronco while being into Simeon also.

it all makes sense really

[incoherentbee]

some studies

[papuprinssi]

Him 🙂‍↕️💖

[jjkenshi]

Finally I finished painting it

I like the result

прдон май френч

[poh-writes]

...

Well, Simeon, after giving your question a lot of thought and carefully considering the evidence, I have come to the conclusion that the answer is "no."

[poh-writes]

Wait, really?

Granted, I never played the fan translation, so this was my first experience with the twist. But I thought it was very clear that Bronco cared about Simeon.

[mannysouta]

I thought so too! Bronco is a bit more openly affectionate in the fan translation

But I always preferred the official translation’s take on his interactions with Simeon. He’s less “cheerful” but his dialogue feels more subtly affectionate.

[incoherentbee]

Drew some little guys to put on redbubble

[poh-writes]

It's interesting in hindsight that, if Simeon is to be believed, he's the one who gave Bronco the idea for how to pull off the fake assassination plan in Turnabout Trigger.

Looking at the way Simeon presents himself in Case 2, does he really come across as the kind of person you'd go to for help with a scheme like that?

Yeah, as far as Bronco knows, they're best friends. But Simeon acts so timid and sweet and innocent. And yet Bronco still goes to him for advice on how to pull off a conspiracy and presumably doesn't bat an eye when Simeon comes back to him with an idea that almost worked.

It leaves me with the impression that Bronco probably knows the real Simeon better than one would think. Maybe better than even Simeon realizes.