I can't think of a title, so... TRANS RIGHTS!

YES THIS IS REAL

so often i've seen big-ass Stupid Bullshit News about Stupid Bullshit become absolutely nothing after like 3 days. i'm so fucking tired of it because it means that nothing changes, since we've forgotten what we need to change.

now amazon is getting sued. awesome! this is the first time i've heard of it. the suit was filed presumably somewhere between a few hours and a day ago, so that's understandable.

is this really, really going to be covered after, i dunno, three days? i honestly don't reckon so. amazon has enough money and probably apathy to make this not as much of an important lawsuit as it should - and maybe could - be.

i would love to be reminded every day for weeks and then months that amazon is being sued for operating an illegal monopoly. i want to read every joke, hear every update, see every move that's made until this shit is wrapped up. i don't just want to operate on hope and, inversely, a lack of faith on this one.

Like, are we thought-policing now? "YoU'rE nOt A rEaL fAn If--" Get out of here with that utter nonsense!

It's completely up to the viewer how they want to interpret and engage with art.

If someone finds joy in reimagining characters and settings, that's their business. It doesn't mean they dislike the original source material; they're just having fun with it!

To address the desire to find fan content that follows the source material to the letter: Totally valid. Completely, 100% valid.

Honestly, I just don’t see Edgeworth as gay. I feel like people headcanon him that way mostly because of his sense of style and his softer features, and that kind of rubs me the wrong way. Maybe not all fans of the ship are like that, but I’ve seen quite a bit of that.

I’ve also just grown tired of seeing the ship everywhere. Maybe I’m feeling bitter because NaruMitsu and NaruMayo make it harder to find MitsuMayo. I do admit that I wish there was a lot more MitsuMayo… 

I will not be linking the tweet, but I feel like addressing things mentioned (because my anxiety won't let me ignore it without explaining myself further).

:readmore:

1) why'd u put this in the aa tag no one cares 2) he's gay 3) MITSUMAYO OUT OF MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW

1) I put it in the tag because it was relevant. In the future, assuming I actually use this site much, I will likely avoid tagging things like this with fandoms, so I don't open myself up to more rude comments and unwanted screenshots.

2) Edgeworth has no canon sexuality, as far as I know. People can headcanon however they see fit.

3) I don't recall addressing you with this. If I'm "in your house", it's because you dragged me in there. I want less to do with you than you did with me, apparently.

edgeworth when any woman hits on him: ??????? what are you doing

I headcanon him as asexual, demi-romantic. I think flirting would go over his head regardless of who it was.

://////////////////////// god forbid we actually look at his character and find it relatable when clearly Nah, its the ruffles

It's true that the fandom surrounding these games has changed a lot since they first came out. I see less of the stereotyping and more of the people shipping Edgeworth with Phoenix seem to be actually LGBT, as opposed to the large concentration of straight-identified yaoi fangirls I used to mostly see shipping it.

I actually used to see people all the time insisting that the ruffles were proof he was gay. It felt very much like it was rooted in stereotypes and gave off an impression of homophobia (at least that's how it looked to me).

I still associate the NaruMitsu/Wrightworth ship with those impressions in my mind, whether I want to or not.

Y’all, Y’ALL. This bird is consciously deciding to put itself in danger in order to save the life of a very stupid creature. A creature which, if the bird did nothing, could be free food. 

I’m superrrr late but @neopuff here is your gift!

I saw this gallery on Pixiv, and I felt my heart leap right out of my chest when I saw it, because it exactly reminded me of a fanfic I wrote. I was telling myself that it would be completely unreasonable to assume that these pictures were based off of my story, but I looked up the artist on here to see if I could find more info.

I audibly gasped when I saw that they were, in fact, inspired by my fic Moonlight!!!

I wrote that fic years ago, but it makes me so happy to see my work inspiring artists like this. Especially at a time where I’m having a harder and harder time getting inspired to create things myself.

I'm superrrr late but @neopuff here is your gift!

I saw this gallery on Pixiv, and I felt my heart leap right out of my chest when I saw it, because it exactly reminded me of a fanfic I wrote. I was telling myself that it would be completely unreasonable to assume that these pictures were based off of my story, but I looked up the artist on here to see if I could find more info.

I audibly gasped when I saw that they were, in fact, inspired by my fic Moonlight!!!

I wrote that fic years ago, but it makes me so happy to see my work inspiring artists like this. Especially at a time where I’m having a harder and harder time getting inspired to create things myself.

Sormik in Official Materials:

Sorey has no interest in women (end battle quote) Sorey thinks Mikleo is beautiful (official novelization) Skit: Wicked Nekkid Wind Skit: Messenger of Love Skit: A Stone Cold No (Sorey is not interested in women + some bonus Rosali) Mikleo’s in-game titles (titles) Final Animated Cutscene: Eternal Dream (cutscene) Mikleo sleeping on Sorey’s lap (end credits) The suggestive description of the water armatus (description in statistics menu, thanks @soymilkheaven​ for getting the pics) The “Tales of Zestiria has no heroine” Ultimate Masterpost (by @ph0enix-ashes) Mikleo’s cooking/feelings (official manga, translation by @minoath) Mikleo’s Aborted Declaration (Rime Slaughter Sidequest, about 11:30-14:00) That One End Battle Quote Where It Looks Like Sorey’s gonna Kiss Mikleo on the Cheek

Translations of Official Materials:

Tales of 20th Anniversary (by @marimopic) Interview with the scriptwriter of Tales of Zestiria/More on that interview (by @kiraleshoot)           [Japanese Scan 1 and Scan 2 of above Interview] Hideo Baba: “one and only presence” source (by @minoath) Partial Manga Translation and Interpretation (Mikleo’s cooking) (by @minoath) Partial Manga Translation (Celestial Record) (by @minoath) Translation and Explanation of Manga Epilogue (by @minoath) Translation and Analysis of Final Boss Mystic Artes (by @minoath) Sormik Relationship Paragraph from Memoria book (by @guardianoftime) Tales of Zestiria Magazine (by @minoath​)  Tales of Zestiria Official Guidebook (by @lookiamnotcreative) Mikleo’s True Name (by @listenforthelove and @ph0enix-ashes) Translation of Tales of Asteria: Mint’s Costume (by @lookiamnotcreative) Tales of Asteria: Sorey’s Letter (by @minoath) Tales of Asteria: Mikleo’s True Name (by @minoath)           [Youtube version without translation] Tales of Asteria: Sorey and Mikleo on a Date? (by @minoath)            Full translation (by @nekonohimetranslates) Mikleo Drama CD [part 1 and part 2] (by @karereiko) Sorey Drama CD [part 1 and part 2] (by @karereiko)

Sormik Meta and Analysis:

Mikleo Standing on Sorey’s blind side (by @minoath, just ignore my incoherent ramblings at the beginning) Tales of Opening Animations and Sormik (mine) Tales of Official Couples and Subtext (mine) Parallels between Colloyd and Sormik (mine) Sorey/Mikleo is Intentional (mine) Rebuttal: Rose is not Sorey’s love interest (mine) Sorey/Mikleo is Romantic and Canon, the Cross-Tales Edition (by @soymilkheaven) Japanese Culture and Physical Intimacy (by @jeredu and @keyhala) Sormik and TV Tropes Sorey and Mikleo’s reunion in Eternal Dream (by @capitola-by-the-sea) On the Bamco Sorey/Mikleo situation (by @jeredu and @lookiamnotcreative) A Very Simple Mathematic Principle Applied to Sormik (by @ph0enix-ashes) Suremiku at Journey’s End (written in Japanese by a Japanese fan, “tozazzy”, thanks @minoath for the link) Sorey and Mikleo’s bond as shown in the text (by @minoath) DotNW Perfect Ending vs Eternal Dream (mine) Final Night Parallels between Sormik and Official Tales Couples (by @minoath) Tales of Zestiria the X: Sormik in Episode 7 (by @blackglassses) Tales of Zestiria the X ED Sequence and Lyrics Interpretation (by @minoath) “Anemone no Hana” lyrics and analysis (by @minoath) “Their Respective Thoughts” Episode Sormik Masterlist ”Their Respective Thoughts” English dub of That Scene ToZX Bonus Skit: Mikleo’s Soft Serve/Indirect Kisses (by @minoath)      Youtube Version (English subs in CC) Sormik and Rosali bathing with each other in episode 21 (by @fabelyn) Sorey/Mikleo vs Sorey/Alisha in Episode 11 (by @aruarudayo)

Other:

Journey’s End/Japanese Convention (by @minoath) Berseria True Names Lore (by @soymilkheaven) Promo Image for ToZX Cafe (ToZX Cafe) Ufotable’s Twitter Strikes Again       And Again      Once More, With Feeling English Voice Actors’ Podcast (thanks @steeltypeloverbecca for finding the link) Sorey’s ENG voice actor talking to a fan Mikleo’s JP voice actor (by @minoath) Sorey’s JP voice actor (by @minoath) Character descriptions from an editorial series by one of Funimation’s copywriters (Note Mikleo’s description: “The creators of Zestiria have even made the claim that Mikleo is Sorey’s “only one.” So take that anyway you’d like!”) Spanish Titles (by twitter user @raspberyjuice) More JP voice actor shenanagins at Tales of Festival 2017