I'm not leaving Bleach, I'm just branching out

[effervescible]

A pair of new* fandom notes:

1. As much as I love Phoenix/Edgeworth, and as much as I love Mia/Diego, my first fic for the Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban fandom is all about Mia and college!Feens. Huh. I guess my dorklove outweighs my appreciation for this ships. Or it did today. (Yes, I was at work today, but I had no tasks and my boss has been out of the office for a few days. I would LOVE to have more to do, but until then I fic.) Now I'm all nervous about posting it. New fandoms are scary.

2. Even though I think I like Trials & Tribulations-era Phoenix the bestest, dahskjghascvasdyuwydgoq I am absurdly attracted to hobo!Phoenix. As much as one can be to a character who exists in official art and game sprites, I mean. Stupid sexy stubble. STOP SNIGGERING, KELLEY, I CAN HEAR YOU.

*I finished the original trilogy ages ago and Apollo Justice a month or so back, so the games aren't new to me. Just the fandom.

Comments

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I find his character fascinating, but he does break my heart a bit--not just that he's lost his badge, but the way it hardened him. I did feel more reassured by the last case, when we get to see into his head a bit--it was easier to see that the Phoenix we knew was still in there, and how he went from one to the other. And his work on the jurist system was great because it showed he hadn't just given up on everything. LOVE him and Trucy. That line from when he adopted her--something like "It was a really dark time in my life. But Trucy--she was my light." I melted.

It was painful as hell to have to actually play out the presentation of the forged evidence, though. That was evil.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Yeah... at first I was thinking "Wow, is he so bitter he just gave up on the law?" but it wasn't that simple, and I was glad.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

He is somewhat bitter/a douche, but he's still him. That was a big relief. Zak Gramarye's a bigger one, though. Actually most parents in this series are.