autistic (now diagnosed but used to be self-diagnosed)
blog is mostly english (but it’s not my first language)
central european timezone
on queue (untagged)
secretly a stim blogger
hi im scared of disappointing people please don’t only be nice to me out of politeness please be real with me. or something idk. im not good at this
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some things it loves/enjoys/cares about etc.:
plants, sweets/baking, cats, fiction podcasts, stories about robots, nonhuman characters, and characters with complicated relationships to humanity and/or personhood.
(also you can always tag me in picrew chains i love picrews!!)
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If your system doesn't account for the fact that Parents Are Going To Be Abusive/Neglectful/Insufficient then it objectively sucks I'm sorry I don't make the rules
Monitored bank accounts for those under 18. Requiring parental consent for medical procedures. Parental controls on personal devices. "We won't teach this at school because parents are supposed to address it at home." Anything that puts all of the child's power onto the parents' hand, anything that assumes parents are going to inherently do enough of a good job no one else needs to interfer, every single one of these IS going to be used by controlling, neglectful or unprepared parents and already are, and if the system did not account for that very real, tangible, dangerous tendency, then it's not worth fucking anything. You shouldn't make things "for the youth"/with children in mind if you are going to overlook this painfully common aspect of their lives u_u
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Happy turnabout serenade day!!! I'm late lol, but I wanted to share (and compile lol) my thoughts for an AU I've been working on to celebrate! c:
MAJOR AA4 SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT!
This relates to my AU idea of Apollo growing up with Lamiroir and performing with her and Machi, with the fics centering around different first meeting and get together for klapollo because I can't help myself lol. I mean can you imagine Klavier having his life-changing encounter with Lamiroir but Apollo is ALSO there with his Chords of Steel???? He'll never recover. And that's what inspired this AU lol.
How Apollo ends up with Lamiroir
(FIRST TWO BULLETS HERE HAVE MAJOR AA6 SPOILERS! PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!) The split from canon here is that Jove does not take baby Apollo with him when he goes to visit Dhurke at the royal palace. Thalassa still has Apollo when Jove dies and she tries desperately but fails to find him in the resulting chaos in Khura'in. Heartbroken, she returns to Troupe Gramarye with Apollo and eventually gets together with Zak.
(I guess this AU doesn't bode well for aa6 plot lol, but maybe Dhurke finds Apollo somehow as Jove's son and asks him for help, so he connects him with Trucy (a defense attorney in this AU, see below). Idk if she'd be able to get through to Nahyuta but uhhhhh hope things work out for them lmao!)
Trucy is born shortly after. There's only a 2-3 year age gap between her and Apollo for this AU, mainly because I wanted her to be old enough by aa4 to reasonably be a defense attorney (we're not in Germany, so you can't be a baby skefnskj) and also so that Apollo doesn't remember much about his life before Borginia.
When Thalassa gets shot, Apollo happens to be on stage with her, (either as a stand-in assistant or because she's showing him something idk), but he ends up getting injured too so everyone thinks they both died. Tbh, I've never really understood how no one realized Thalassa wasn't really dead lol, but they didn't realize with Apollo either. When Thalassa wakes up with no memories, she has a child clinging to her she doesn't recognize but calls her "mom" so she takes him with her when she leaves.
They end up in Borginia, Thalassa becomes Lamiroir and starts singing. When Apollo's older, he has a talent for it too (from her of course, but also those inherited Chords of Steel!) and joins her on stage. They meet Machi like in canon, and Klavier. (Klapollo instantly hit it off since they have nothing in their way at the moment lol, see fics below ;))
Defense attorney Trucy and Siren of Ballad Lavue
In this AU, Trucy is a defense attorney by day and a magician by night. Since she was a bit older when Zak abandoned her, I think she's more aware of what Phoenix lost because of her original dad, so she wants to help him by becoming a defense attorney herself, uncovering the truth, and getting his badge back. Kristoph takes her under his wing as a favor to Phoenix, and though she definitely senses something off about the way he interacts with her father, she doesn't realize the extent of it. (I think Turnabout Trump would be very different in this AU...while I do think Kristoph would try to utilize Trucy to put her own father in jail lol, I also think since Phoenix and Trucy can just like collaborate immediately it wouldn't come to that. Like maybe they still make the forged card but use it outside of court to pressure Kristoph into confessing... Idk tho, warrants some further thought I suppose lol.) As she settles in, though, her style is very much like Phoenix's, focusing in on the turnabouts like she does in canon. With her extra magical flair of course!
I think Trucy and Klavier would have SO much fun facing each other in court, since they're both performers. Klavier would set his usual extravagant stage and Trucy would add to it with her tricks and shenanigans, and they'd both have a blast. At least eventually haha. I think Klavier would have even more suspicions about her than he does about Apollo, considering she's actually Phoenix Wright's daughter. But he tests her much like he does Apollo and she passes the test, so they can start really having fun together in court. I also have been thinking about the possibility of them remembering each other from the original Gramarye trial and how that would affect their relationship...more on that later perhaps lol. Trucy also calls Klavier "Prince Prosecutor."
Trucy defends Machi in Turnabout Serenade! And the boys have some issues to deal with :) more than they can even imagine.
Back to the Sirens - since Lamiroir is technically a stage name, I wanted to choose one for Apollo to match hers. I settled on Lavue, the French word for “view” (la vue) – in an interview with Shu Takumi, he said that Lamiroir’s name comes from the French word for mirror (la miroir). Though he couldn’t actually remember why she was called that lol, he thought it was because her singing acted as a mirror that reflects the landscape onto a canvas. I thought view would be a good parallel of that, with its dual meaning of viewing a painting and also that nice scenery is often described as “a view”. Also it fits with Apollo’s perceive ability lol.
(Reminder that Apollo is LOUD - but Lamiroir manages to match him by making sure his mic is turned off at all times LMAO.)
As for Apollo's stage outfit, my friend helped me pick out a more masculine version of Lamiroir's - their hoods are the same, though Apollo's is red, and their masks have the same pattern, except Apollo's is a tighter face mask. Apollo also wears a loose white tunic and flowing white pants with a dark red sash.
Apollo is trans in this AU, as he always is in every universe including canon as far as I'm concerned LMAO. Because of that, Trucy thinks she had an older sister who died.
The bracelets. I go back and forth a LOT on whether Trucy should have a bracelet in this AU....but I'm leaning towards she does not, same as in canon. Idk why Thalassa never gave her one - what happened to her second one lol? But I liked the idea of her and Apollo having matching ones on stage.
Fics
Siren Song: Klapollo meeting and get-together, a retelling in this AU of when Klavier first encounters Lamiroir (and company) in Borginia.
Okay, everybody talks about how much of a breath of fresh air Apollo is for Klavier. But can we talk about how much of a breath of fresh air Klavier is for Apollo? It *is* Turnabout Serenade Season, after all.
One of Apollo's first experiences with real loss and betrayal was Dhurke shipping Apollo off to America, saying he'd come back for Apollo, and never showing up. The person Apollo believed in most in the world let him down.
So when Phoenix Wright -- the guy he projected a lot of his unresolved Dhurke feelings onto, the guy he idolized enough to decide to take up the mantle of defense attorney despite his past... When that guy turned out to be a liar too, no wonder Apollo punched him in the face.
Not to mention he discovered Phoenix was a liar IMMEDIATELY after finding out that Kristoph, his boss -- another person he respected -- was a liar *and* a killer.
All men who weren't who they said they were. All men Apollo had believed in that turned out not to deserve it.
And so, reeling from all that... he immediately, upon his very next case, meets a man who looks like a caricature of his liar boss, turns out to be his liar boss's brother and his courtroom enemy, and just OOZES false charm and rock-star glamor. He takes one look at Klavier and probably thinks, "Well if this isn't the most fake mf I've ever met."
Except then it turns out Klavier is actually smart and super capable in court. Apollo's starting to respect him, but he doesn't want to, because he definitely doesn't trust Klavier yet.
(pulled from the Turnabout Corner Transcript)
- Apollo: (Grr... Never underestimate a Gavin is the lesson here.)
When he goes to Klavier's show, Apollo looks for every excuse to write the guy off. It's why, even when Klavier has a (totally understandable imo) blow-up and complains about his show and the terrible day he's had, Apollo wonders if this ugly side is "The real him."
(pulled from the Turnabout Serenade Transcript)
- Trucy: Mr. Gavin sure is irritable today.
- Apollo: Maybe this is the real Prosecutor Gavin we don't get to see in the courtroom.
But the thing is... it's not. And Apollo keeps seeing little hints of that. Klavier is a good man. Through all those layers of dazzle and fluff Apollo starts to see the opposite of what Phoenix and Kristoph and Dhurke are in Apollo's mind. Those men turned out to be complicated and dishonest. But Klavier, for how dishonest and complicated he seems... is pretty simple.
(pulled from the Turnabout Serenade Transcript)
[After clearing all Talk options and correctly presenting Igniter:]
- Klavier: I believe that covers everything I'm at liberty to talk to you about.
- Apollo: Oh.
- Klavier: Thanks for dropping by... Herr Forehead.
- Apollo: Thanks...?
- Klavier: Why, you gave me so much information! That igniter, for instance...
- Apollo: Oh. That.
- Klavier: I've never met an attorney so forthcoming with the prosecution. It's a big help. ...Or perhaps you're just a tad naïve, hmm?
- Apollo: (...I guess I could have hid it, but somehow, showing it felt like the right thing.) I could say the same... to you, Prosecutor Gavin.
- Klavier: ...?
- Apollo: Thanks for the information. About the, er, strange lump of plastic. The one that Mr. LeTouse was investigating.
- Trucy: Hey, that's right...
- Klavier: I've been thinking, Herr Forehead. We encounter many incidents in our lives, all of us. Not all of them simple.
- Apollo: ...Especially not the ones where people are killing to song lyrics.
- Klavier: That is why I try to at least remain simple inside. And I keep a simple goal: to discover the truth.
- Apollo: ......
- Klavier: That's why I like to keep relations civil, ja? ...That is all.
- Apollo: ...I can live with that.
- Trucy: Um... Mr. Prosecutor?
- Klavier: Fräulein?
- Trucy: Can I ask you why you sing in a band?
- Klavier: Ah. Because I want women to turn and look when I walk down the street.
- Apollo: That's pretty simple, too.
And Apollo starts to think about the loss Klavier has had to face because of dishonest people who let him down. He thinks about Daryan and Kristoph, and realizes Klavier is closer to being Apollo in this situation than he is to being like them. And Apollo begins to really respect Klavier. He begins to *believe* in him.
That's why, when he sees Klavier starting to show a fawn response when Kristoph shows back up in the final trial of AA4, Apollo reaches out to him across a courtroom, even when they're supposed to be enemies.
(pulled from the Turnabout Serenade Transcript)
- Kristoph: Take a moment to consider everything you've built. Your reputation as a prosecutor... your fame with the masses. You could lose it all, Klavier.
- Trucy: Apollo! Did you see that? He's trying to press Prosecutor Gavin!
- Apollo: Prosecutor Gavin! Try to remember... ...what's really important to you!
And the most surprising and wonderful thing happens -- Klavier doesn't let him down. Klavier rises to the occasion in a way so many of the men in Apollo's life haven't.
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"Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers by not paying, paying below min wage, withholding overtime, paid sick time, etc.
Most theft is wage theft. Meaning, the dollar value of stolen wages is greater than the value, each year, of all burglaries + robberies, shoplifting, auto theft, combined. Yet, wage theft is not a crime."
Below this tweet is an image comparing the cost of robbery, auto theft, burglary, larceny and wage theft in billions. Robbery only hits 0.34 billion, auto theft 3.8 billion, burglary 4.1 billion, larceny 5.3 billion, and wage theft accounts for greater than 19 billion dollars. The data is sourced from the FBI and EPF.
"If you steal $100 from your employer, you will get arrested. If you call the police because your paycheck is $100 light, the police will tell you to file a complaint with the AG, and the AG will settle the case for between $50 and $200.
(That's actually not true, because AG's only take on big cases where thousands of dollars are at stake, but they will settle big cases by typically requiring the employer to properly pay what is owed. No jail, no criminal record.)
If the AG doesn't want to take the case, it will give you a Private Right of Action to sue the employer in civil court for what you are owed, plus damages. It can take a 6 to 18 months to win at trial, and months or years to collect on the judgement if you win.
This is what we mean when we say crime is socially constructed. Not all social harms are criminalized. Not all actors committing social harm are criminalized.
I settled a case for $27k for three clients last year. We spent a MONTH negotiating the non-disclosure agreement because the employer stated if all his employees sued him and settled like this, he would go BANKRUPT. His business model DEPENDED on wage theft.
These employers go on to hold elected office. 45 famously used wage theft to improve his finances on construction projects, leaving a trail of victims in his wake. Some sued and he had to pay them. Others didn't have resources to pursue multi-year litigation + got nothing."
Then the user responds to someone else asking a question.
The question:
"Can you explain this reasoning? Why expanding criminal liability is a bad idea? For whom?"
The user replies:
"What should we do about it? Criminalize employers or decriminalize theft or something else?
Wage theft shows that we believe restitution is important. Giving the money back is important. Currently, AG keeps track of bad actors and will increase future penalties for bad actors.
It also shows when harm is committed, we don't have to lock someone in a cage or label them a felon, both of which destroy years of life even after the sentence is over. We can demand restitution instead of punishment.
It also shows how ridiculous the label "high crime neighborhood" is. And the arbitrary and racist response of police surveillance in HCN. Because we defined it that way.
Consider the social construction of murder:
The people committing the most harm aren't in jail, don't live in high crime neighborhoods. And "black people commit more crime" is true only because of how we have defined crimes, and how we then surveil their community in response to find more crimes.
There are so many orgs trying to address harm and create accountability within community + without incarceration. We call ourselves prison abolitionists.
Just a few: @ byp100, @ survivepunishNY, @ justicehealing, @ DeeperThanWater, @ BlackAndPinkBos and @ BlmBoston"
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last day of pride month, almost my T anniversary, feeling very overwhelmingly positive. Here’s a comic about gender I finally made from some very old notes
"which choice in this game about choice is the most interesting/right choice so i can choose that one?" THE POINT IS THAT YOU MAKE DECISIONS AND EXPERIENCE THE CONSEQUENCES
