for @psychduo-week day 2: truth/lies ⛓️
Now listen: I do not ship Junithena. HOWEVER, I like the idea that everyone would think they were in a relationship because of how annoyingly sappy they are. They are very much in love. As friends. Platonic soulmates. But everyone else just sees them say these gay-ass lines and think otherwise.
Thinking about how Simon and Athena became the opposite of their true selves for the sake of the other.
Simon becoming a twisted, cold, violent monster to survive his incarceration long enough to chase the Phantom & to push Athena away, sparing her the grief of losing his actual kind-hearted self.
Athena becoming an outgoing, peppy, studious woman to survive living in the outside world & to get closer to Simon, enduring every struggle to ensure she doesn't lose him because she was too meek.
Thinking about the shells they built around their cores in order to survive, and protect, and fight as hard as they can.
What always gets me is how will they cope once its all over? both of them are still those people, but they're also....not.
Simon learned to put out violence and not give others space, don't give an inch, or they might know.
Athena learned to force a smile and tough it out, pretend you're fine because you can't breakdown now.
Neither of them are gone, but they both lost the person they knew. You can't unlearn seven years of behavior overnight, and at this point....do they even want to?
Does Simon want to let people in, or is the instinct so ingrained that now its preferable to be cold and cruel, and avoid the pain?
Does Athena want to be vulnerable, or did the practice at being outgoing and social make it so she's willing to put up with anything, any discomfort to achieve her goals? what even are her goals now?
What will they do now that they've saved the other, and the other is different?
happy 23rd anniversary ⚖️
*please don't tag as ship
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Birds of a Feather
Sorry my brain is being silly and it just went "how would the aa characters use a youtube channel" so now here's your list of that
Phoenix: you would think he wouldn't have one, but he does and the only thing on it is the ad he and Maya made in the anime Maya: Runs a Steel Samurai analysis/review channel called Real Pink Princess that has over 100k subs. The most popular video is one that features Will Powers as a guest. Sometimes there will be unexpected breaks and when she gets back she's like "sorry guys I got arrested!" and at this point none of her subs know if she's joking or not. Pearl: Does not have a youtube channel but likes to help Maya and Trucy with editing. Ema: Her youtube channel is only a mirror for her tiktoks. Those tiktoks being incredibly ridiculous, sometimes dangerous science experiments and also explaining how forensics stuff work. Trucy: Posts her magic acts on her channel and has some videos teaching people how to do some more basic tricks to try to get people more interested in magic. Generally good vibes
Edgeworth: Does not have a youtube channel but is a frequent guest on Maya's channel. The fans love him. Kay: Makes clickbait videos called stuff like "BREAKING INTO THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE!!!!" and has millions of subs. Was notorious during the prank era of youtube despite never doing anything harmful. Also has a gaming channel. Apollo: Only has a channel in name. Nothing is posted on it, but he is subbed to a lot of law-based content and an astrology channel. By nature of being Trucy's magic assistant, it goes without saying that he is in a lot of Trucy's videos. Klavier: Ran the official Gavinners youtube channel up until Turnabout Serenade happens. Afterwards made a new channel for his own music but has kept it very lowkey. Athena: Has a vlogging channel that she started when she was 14. She has a small but supportive fanbase of people who are rooting for her in her lawyer/psychology endeavors. In the DD and beyond era she makes more videos about law and psychology but never full out stops with the vlogs (those Khura'in videos must've been wild) Simon: Makes a channel after getting out of prison. It's low quality videos of Taka and nothing else. It goes viral and someone tries to get him "cancelled" by exposing his criminal history but it fails spectacularly Bonus: Once out of prison, Godot also makes a youtube channel, which is how to make every single Godot Blend. It's not popular but the people who come across them are concerned for his health
once again it is almost 2am and i have lost all sense of sanity
Simon Blackquill shipped with anyone is so funny to me because this man does not look like he knows how to function in a relationship. If you flirted with him it would literally just bounce off, he’s immune to it, fanfic writers portraying him as easily flustered are blind to the truth
I think that Kay Faraday and Simon Blackquill would get along like a house on fire and here's my evidence
Exhibit B why Simon Blackquill, Kay Faraday, and Ema Skye would be the best/worst trio of friends when it comes to their sense of humor
I think that Kay Faraday and Simon Blackquill would get along like a house on fire and here's my evidence
one of my many coexisting aa7 ideas is an athena centric game with simon as her investigation partner. maybe he just got fed up of the prosecutors office. maybe he considers this a holiday. maybe athena decided this would be a good bonding activity for them. maybe this is supposed to be a learning experience . I just think they'd have a great energy that is reminiscent of the og triology. it would also be funny.
July 25.2013→2023
…A bit late,but Happy 10th anniversary to AA5!
Alright, that cinches it. THIS is the best fanart I've seen all year!
Athena Cykes' Investigations!!!
Dual destinies was kinda :/ but these three weren't!!!
Manifesting aa7 to be the start of the Athena Cykes trilogy 🙏