Someonedefinitely - Im Most Definitely Someone

Rating: General Audiences

Fandom: Ace Attorney

Pairing: Klavier Gavin/Reader

Prompt by @sicktember :

[Day 5] ALT Prompt 5; Doctor's Note

WOO SICKTEMBER!!! i hope yall enjoy this fic :33

Rating: General Audiences

Fandom: Ace Attorney

Pairing: Kristoph Gavin/Reader

Prompt by @sicktember :

[Day 1] Prompt 1; I'm not hungover, I'm just sick.

The Athena von Karma Theory

Most people already know about Manfred von Karma’s granddaughter- she’s seven years old at the time of AA1, has a dog named Phoenix, and mostly just exists so Manfred can make a point about Polly the parrot.

But I can’t help wondering just who exactly this granddaughter is- or if we’ve already met her. And there seems to be one person in particular who stands out as a candidate for this granddaughter… Athena Cykes. I might sound crazy now, but hear me out.

We know from a mock interview that Franziska von Karma has an older sister, the mother of this elusive granddaughter. Now, assuming the family follows traditional naming conventions, that means whoever this granddaughter is, she doesn’t have the von Karma name, but her father’s name. It also means that Franziska’s sister doesn’t necessarily use the von Karma name anymore.

We also know that this granddaughter was born around 2009- and is therefore the exact same age as Athena. We can also assume that she was raised in Japanifornia during this time (a more obvious connection in Japanese, as the dog is named “Ryu”- a name that an American child would be unlikely to come up with.)

On Athena’s part, there is the fact that she has family in Europe, close enough to her that she moved to live with them. There is also the fact that Phoenix encountered her there; and, since Phoenix would have been travelling Europe with Edgeworth at the time, it makes sense that she met Phoenix at the von Karma household. How they met in canon has never been properly explored, so this explanation is as good as any other.

Finally, we have the fact that Athena is, by all rights, a legal and lingual prodigy. She is fluent in several European languages, took the bar exam incredibly young, and is the youngest attorney in the series to date. All of this makes sense if she’s from an old European family filled with legal geniuses.

So essentially, the theory goes that Metis Cykes is Franziska’s older sister. Metis got briefly married and had Athena, thus making Athena the mysterious granddaughter. Then, when Metis died, Athena moved to Germany to live in the von Karma household, presumably with her grandmother and/or Franziska; there, she learned her assorted languages, met Phoenix while he was visiting the household with Edgeworth, and decided to study law to save Simon, taking advantage of the von Karmas’ legal resources/connections (as well as her own talent) to pass the bar at eighteen.

(Not to mention, it would make one hell of a springboard for Franziska to come back into the series, and to explore the disbarment era a little more. That’s some prime drama fuel right there, and it’s exactly the kind of thing Ace Attorney would do for a twist.)

Obviously it’s a bit of a stretch as theories go, and I’m not by any means suggesting that it’s canon. But it’s a very fun concept, and it has the potential for a lot of good storytelling.

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despite the fact that I knew that adena's death was inevitable, DOESN'T MEAN I STILL WONT CRY BECAUSE OF THE ENDING IN POWERFUL

me going on ao3 like a dumbass forgetting the maintenance is going on then crying about it on tumblr

lowkey poetic writing sickfics while being sick myself

capcom really thought we'd forgive them for not allowing Apollo to shine IN HIS OWN TRILOGY by giving him 100000000 backstories

it's a shame apollo Justice trilogy happened this way, and I really really hope future games won't have a 'ignoring previous games to allow new players enjoy this game in itself, basically what happened to aa5 and aa6

I know that these days in the Ace Attorney fandom the cool thing to do is to stan and defend Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and bash Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice (and don’t get wrong, those two DO have a lot of writing problems), but Imma be honest:

Disbarring Phoenix Wright was a seriously bad writing decision

“But…but…Phoenix isn’t ooc because look at the circumstances!” Yes, I agree, but you’re missing the point: the problem isn’t his characterization so much as the circumstances that created it. It cheapens the ending of Trials and Tribulations and tbh would have pissed me off if not for the fact I was playing it knowing his disbarment would be undone in the next game. I understand Shu Takumi was forced to put Phoenix in the game (it honestly would have been the best case scenario for us all and in the long run for the trilogy if he got his way and didn’t have to include him) but this wasn’t the way to go. I like the basic idea of his character of being a disillusioned lawyer who fell from grace, but not for an established character we spent a trilogy watch grow as I feel that’s an arc more suiting to an original character. I know criticizing Apollo Justice is taboo at this point but I needed to get this off my chest because all the “stop saying Phoenix was ooc in Apollo Justice that game is peak!” takes are dramatically missing the point.

"feeling kinda cute, might delete it later" -klavier, probably

i sent a sketch version of this a bit ago; finally finished it now! gotten kinda rusty in shading (and practically everything else) since I haven't drawn in a while, so lemme know how it looks :33