#lmj

[princema-k]

semi-formal intro to my(?) new au: the Reinhold Mystery Journey AU!!

based directly from @dearesthershel's (not so glowing) video essay on LMJ, i wanted to really take the idea and try and run with it!! details under cut~

RMJ officially takes place 16 years after the events of Unwound/Lost Future, Flora Layton Reinhold is a relatively well-known detective making rounds as following in her guardian's footsteps as a brilliant mystery solver. A now 32 year old Flora (formally known as Detective Layton by her peers, Flory by her 14 year-old sister Katrielle), having opened her office a year after UF/LF, is being given her assignments by the Chief Constable and soon-to-be Commissioner of the Yard, Barton.

Joining her is her assistant and now world-renowned journalist, Emmy Altava! Now 43, she's mellowed out quite a bit since the Azran Legacy (though she still hits and hits HARD). Summoned to Flora's side by an unknown individual, she vows to help the good detective however she can, either intellectually... or percussively.

Together, they're thrown into a myriad of cases dredging up places and faces both old and new, as each mystery resolved leads them ever closer to the cold case of the mysterious disappearances of the Professor and his blue-clad assistant years ago...

.......at least that's the idea i have in mind anyway. i'm not the most skilled writer lmao

[flame331]

The toast I eat with jam in the morning is delicious.

[wormeyeballs]

I FUCKING LOVE YURI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"b-b-but ernest is a boy!!!"

tfem ernestposting on main scary but i gotta live my truth .........

[devineclockwork]

You know what, it’s 2026, it’s time we have this conversation Professor Layton fandom:

Layton’s Mystery Journey is way too over hated.

Whoa, whoa, put down your pitchforks, let me explain. I won’t lie, LMJ has its fair share of major flaws; its storytelling and puzzle design suffer quite a bit. However, we can’t deny that things like the LMJ anime are actually very solid pieces of Professor Layton media that deserve far more attention than they receive. Even though I often find myself disinterested in LMJ and what it adds to the Professor Layton series, I can still find aspects of it to enjoy.

I believe a huge reason the fandom has doomed LMJ to an eternal pit is simply because we’ve been told to. Much of the hate comes from people who haven’t really experienced LMJ for what it has to offer and only have heard about how “bad” it is. I’m not saying you have to play LMJ, but at least consider watching some of the anime. I think it’s time we start realizing that even though LMJ has its fundamental flaws, it’s still a very decent game, and so is the media that surrounds it.

[justkillingthyme]

Let’s give this another go around:

Which PL game do you associate with prev?

Curious Village

Diabolical Box/Pandora’s Box

Unwound Future/Lost Future

Last Specter/Spectre’s Call

Miracle Mask

Azran Legacy

VS Phoenix Wright

Layton Brother’s Mystery Room

Layton’s Mystery Journey

Multiple/Don’t know

Voting ended onJun 17, 2025

[dawndrawssome]

I drew the quartet in the outfits from this post (Fashion show! – @laytontreasures on Tumblr)!

And here's the original images too, incase the link doesn't work.

[101flavoursofweird]

I love Katrielle Layton as a character. 

She’s funny, daring, bold, witty, selfish, outspoken, selfish, greedy, and rude. She’s a lot of things I wish a lot of the other PL ladies got more of a chance to be. (Especially Flora. I love Flora, but Level 5 do not care for her story outside of Curious Village.)

Kat’s so much like RANDALL, who seems to be a favourite character for a lot of people. 

Kat is also kind, brave, and lonely. She shows sympathy to other orphans, like Liza and Ernest. She strives to be a true gentleperson, just like her dad. She wants to be so much like her dad…

I wish we got to see more of that vulnerable side to Kat. I wish she got more development as a character. (Not like AZRAN LEGACY levels of backstory and trauma, but something more like what the opening cutscene of LMJ hinted at.)

I wish we could see Kat grappling with the legacy of being a ‘Layton’. I wish we got to see her interact with her whole family, with the ‘older’ characters in the series…

As she is, Kat is amazing. But I’ll always regret the missed potential for Kat as a protagonist and for LMJ as a whole. 

[brief-artist]

Journey Start - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (2017)