Hi, I am a Tumblr ghost, but I love P5 and just started getting into Ace Attorney, so I followed you to hear more about That Crossover at your leisure <3 Happy Tuesday!
Thanks! Okay, so the setup of this has Akiren as the defense attorney with Makoto as the rival prosecutor, and of course Sae is her superior. However, the assistant is Akechi who is a former detective that used to work under Sae.
Makoto shares the beliefs of early Miles Edgeworth in that she's dead set on getting a guilty verdict every time because she doesn't want any criminals to escape. Standard stuff, however this means that she sees Akechi as a traitor AND suspects him of dubious shit even if she lacks anything she can feasibly charge him with.
The detective who works with Makoto is a down on his luck Zenkichi and Futaba works in forensics. She still lives with Sojiro and Mona is her cat and sadly, I haven't figured out a good way to slot them all into the plot. (The same goes for Maruki, Sumi, and Sophia albeit for obvious reasons.)
Anyway, back to Akechi. Akechi and Akiren have been associates for a while although they more or less met by chance and they're close friends...maybe more. Akiren DID go to the same high school as Makoto but the two were not close and due to Makoto being a hardass and him being a delinquent and he never felt comfortable around her. However due to his reputation in high school in addition to his closeness with Akechi, Makoto distrusts him and is on edge around him. (She does acknowledge that this is unfair but whatever.)
Let's go through the cases!
Case 1: Defendant is Ryuji, Victim is Kamoshida, Culprit could be either Mishima or Ann
A lot of canon carries over, but yeah, Akiren *was* friends with Ryuji in high school and knew that Kamoshida was a piece of work and they were only able to get him fired but not so much humiliated and shamed since there's no brainwashing in this AU. But yeah Kamoshida turns up dead and Ryuji is framed for it. Because it's the first case, I guess Makoto doesn't show up but Akechi does still closely assist and help out a lot even though Ryuji still hates his vibes. Akiren does solve things but he's incredibly frustrated by how things turn out while Akechi reassures him and pushes him to keep moving forward.
Case 2: Defendant is Yusuke, Victim is Madarame, "Culprit" is Madarame's mistress
Pretty normal case. Probably Makoto's introduction. Lots of tension between her and our protagonist-kun/s albeit for a multitude of reasons. The backstory for Yusuke btw is the same however Madarame actually dies of natural causes. The thing is while reaching the end of his life, Madarame is actually overcome with grief and guilt for the whole "letting Yusuke's mom fucking die and exploiting Yusuke himself for several years after the fact" thing so, in his will, he writes in that Yusuke will inherit everything. His mistress unsurprisingly isn't keen on the idea so she tries to frame Yusuke for murder. Understandably, Yusuke is pretty...conflicted and distraught to learn the truth so he has no idea how to regard Madarame from then on. That said, he was inspired enough by seeing Akiren passionately defend him that he wants to become a courtroom artist.
Case 3: Defendant is Akechi, Victim is Some Guy, Culprit is Kaneshiro
Makoto finally has an opportunity to charge the traitorous Akechi and she absolutely won't let it escape. Unless Akiren has something to say about it. Here's where all the tension explodes between them and Akiren gets really fired up and manages to give Makoto a piece of his mind in the meantime. Makoto is forced to back off when Kaneshiro gets pointed at and she's torn because yeah, Kaneshiro is a pretty guilty scumbag but even after Akechi is declared innocent, Makoto still confronts him and makes accusations to his face and here's where Akiren learns not just that Akechi worked with Sae but also about a mysterious conspiracy tied to the death of a certain politician (Shido) years ago that happened to coincide with Akechi's early retirement... Despite that, Akiren does choose to trust his boyfriend even as Akechi remarks that the truth can also be unpleasant and cruel. (Akiren asserts that he knows Akechi is someone he can trust. Akechi doesn't know how to react to that.)
Case 4: Defendant is Haru, Victim is Takakura, Culprit is Sugimura
Haru was also a classmate and Akiren did get along with her fine...and Makoto also got along with her and even kept in touch for years after. Because Haru is clearly being thrown under the bus, Makoto is under a lot of stress when taking her case and hates that there's so little she can do as a prosecutor to help out Haru. Akechi leads Akiren in to take her case and while Makoto wants to vehemently deny this, the fact is that no other attorney wants to take Haru's case and she doesn't have a lot of options. Haru does request getting to know Akiren first and she's pleased enough to trust him. This is the case where Akiren does get Makoto to admit her misgivings about the prosecution office (including her own sister) because frankly, she didn't trust any other prosecutor to take Haru's case and proceed to play incredibly dirty if it meant getting a guilty verdict even though Haru was innocent. It's revealed that this is also tied into conspiracies and it comes back to Shido, who Haru reveals was the man who put a hit on her father so many years ago...
Case 5: Uhhhhh Fuck.
Yeah so I don't know who the defendant should be. Maybe Sae???? I also don't know who the victim should be. MAYBE THE SVU DIRECTOR??!?!? AND MAAAAAYBE AKECHI IS THE CULPRIT??? MAYBE?!??!!?
This is where the full scope of the conspiracy is revealed in which Shido ruled the country with an iron fist and he had a nasty habit of making people who he no longer had any use for "disappear". Akechi is still his bastard son and still a trained assassin however, Akechi had watched Shido so closely that he learned a couple of things. Namely how to make evidence "disappear". So, sick with doing Shido's bidding, he killed Shido and destroyed any evidence connecting him to the crime so that it permanently remained a cold case. After doing so, he exposed a multitude of Shido's crimes (including the assassination of Okumura which, yeah, Akechi himself had carried out), and then using all this heinous, publicized corruption, Akechi publicly claimed that he was too disillusioned to continue working as a detective and "retired"...until he met Akiren by chance.
The characters btw are in their mid-twenties. And yeah, Wakaba probably was also killed by Shido but I dooooon't think I want Akechi to have assassinated her in part because he is...older. And he wasn't like, fifteen when he started his hitman career. I feel like it'd make stuff too muddled. Maybe Futaba fulfills a role similar to Maria in gaa2/dgs2? But like, with a dash of Ema Skye for funsies. Sorry, I'm not sure. Also not fully clear on how to incorporate Ann if that wasn't obvious. There are a lot of kinks to work out.
But I think this AU could be really good and a lot of fun. (I definitely don't have the talent to make it work, rip.)
Waitonemoreonemore, this time re: Gorosonas. DreamAkira made an off-handed comment about how Medea is a Priestess. Are Goro's personas along arcana lines, but instead of Akira playing dress-up with every persona he comes across, Goro's individual personas represent his bonds with others? So Robin OR Loki is TrueGoro, the other is [[REDACTED]], Defarge is Haru, and Medea is Makoto? :D (Can you tell I'm excited for M:CHUB and Collateral? :D) Thanks!
...Mmmmmmmaybe?
All of Goro’s Personas come from some part of himself, BUT while I didn’t notice until someone pointed it out Defarge is also an obvious fit for the Empress Arcana, and the timing there is right. Medea (kind of sort of) fitting Priestess for Makoto I did on purpose.
So... I’m not sure. He’s not getting additional Personas automatically as he forms new connections, he still has to try to drag them out, so there isn’t going to be a Persona avalanche as the story continues, but... maybe.
GOOD OMENS DRAWING PROMPT! Crowley and Aziraphale with their "partner" Pokémon: cute or epic pairings as your inspiration follows ^_^
i’ll tag you when it’s done @lostozian but i drew this all on the background layer asjkdjaksjdadja here’s some ineffable pokemon trainers lineart for now
Hey out of fucking nowhere you reblogged When You Were Young and that's a song I heavily associate with Gushing Gold >///< Hope your day is going excellent
In the past when I’ve answered for Pearl’s wand (no passive-aggression intended! you and I both love her, I’m glad you asked 😊 ) I came up with:
Pearl: elm and unicorn hair, twelve inches, pleasantly springy.
It used to be believed that elm would only produce reliable magic for a pureblood. This isn’t true, and Pearl, probably a muggleborn, would quickly unlock its potential anyway, at which point elm wands can produce some of “the fewest accidents, the least foolish errors, and the most elegant charms and spells” - which her style would really only compound. Unicorn hair is fairly standard-issue, unexceptional, but it’s unclouded, loyal, and precise, and that’s enough. Twelve inches is pushing the longer end of standard wands, because she’s a little bit showy, and it’s pleasantly springy because her fighting style is incredibly flexible and she’s open enough to change to become a revolutionary. Pearl’s wand isn’t built for fighting, but she’s very closely in tune with it and produces some absolutely incredible spellwork; she’s probably an Auror.
I’ve looked back over it, and I don’t think I would change a thing! Enjoy.
“So after they commit their little microaggression against Tali...”
“So we just got a butt full of duchies.”
“How many buchies fit in a dutt?”
“I think we all have teeth.”
“DID YOU JUST VOLUNTEER OUR TEETH”
“Hi, welcome to my restaurant. My name is Chef Dee, first name Boyar; may I take your order?”
“CHRIS YOU’RE IN TROUBLE”
“I hope you enjoy your new dragon stepbrother, Taya. His name is Hot Toddy and he’s a dick.”
“Once we break the dragon out of the zoo, there’s not really much more we can do here.”
“Potion of no baby”
“This is our patio; it’s open concept; we have sex here”
“You posed as a poly-sci student AND YOU’RE GONNA BE QUIZZED ON THE LIES YOU TOLD”
“I’m a warlock now.”
“Did you make a deal overnight?!”
“DID YOU STICK YOUR DICK IN A DEMON”
“Everyone raise your hand if you’ve fucked a fairy.”
“What are the terms of this deal?”
“WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF SERVICE”
“We are............alcoholics...”
[DM falls over]
“The grapes want us to go.”
“Three Slendermen in a trench coat.”
“Define ‘Thunderdome.’”
“Is the sphere moonproof?”
“A safer solution would be fire.”
“YEAH LET’S SET THINGS ON FIRE IN THIS ENCLOSED DOME.”
“Thanks, science side of magic.”
“Two entire spectral bears.”
“I can’t believe i was just being a shit and yelling ‘bears’ at the beginning of your turn and now here we are with two bears.”
“Wait, you get FOUR BEAR ATTACKS PER TURN? Why am I even HERE?”
“Well, clearly they’re political agents; they might be sex zombies.”
“That’s a nat 20.”
“You are extremely concentrated.”
“You might want to see someone about that.”
“If you experience concentration lasting longer than 4 hours...”
“I don’t think anyone has anything over 20 and if you do, come see me after class.”
“As if necromancy’s not alt enough, now there’s alt-necromancy.”
Ooh, my mistake! I'd love to go through and read all of them - is there a tag for these wand-assignments? To keep the game going, let's try something more open-ended: your favorite Homestuck Ancestor! Pick a troll, any troll, so long as they're old as hell :D
Mind if I pick someone other than a favorite? I’ll absolutely come back to the Signless or Dolorosa later, and I know you might’ve been gunning for one of them so I’ll definitely mention/tag you in that, but I’m actually having a hard time matching a good wand wood to either of them, and I wanted to give my boi Rufioh a try!
The Summoner: larch and phoenix feather, fourteen inches, surprisingly swishy.
Larch both produces and seeks a master with “hidden talents and unexpected effects,” which sounds to me like the Summoner’s entire character arc. It’s a highly sought-after wood because of its phenomenal ability to instill confidence in the wand-bearer, but that doesn’t mean anyone can pick up a larch wand and decide it’s theirs. It seeks natural changers and could-be leaders.
Phoenix feather is, again, a very Breath-bound core. Phoenixes are detached and difficult to find, even more difficult to tame, and Summoner tries so, so hard to stay detached and live quietly. The feather core would be one of many slap-in-the-face reminders that he can’t just pretend to be something he’s not forever, it’s reminder that he’s being called to people like him. Obvious wing reference is obvious. It’s kind of mean.
Fourteen inches because he’s still Rufioh, and as a closer-to-fully-actualized person, you can’t tell me he doesn’t have a big personality and ability to command a room. Surprisingly swishy? Yeah pretty sure his total reversal from “comfy imperialist military commander” to “rebel army general” surprised him too! (Not that he was ever very comfy in the bigger, comfortable-with-yourself sense. But he tried, very hard, to think he could be.)
Phoenix feather wands and larch alike demand a wand user who suits them, and demand a lot of change from them. If you can tame a dragon, you can tame a phoenix feather.
(And with both, mind you, you’re not taming them at all - you’re accepting their challenge and working with them, because someone who tries to tame a dragon or who tries to tame this wand as though they’re its owner is insulting at best, and the Summoner has more respect than that.)
