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Chapters: 5/10 Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, 大江戸戦士: トノサマン | Ōedo Senshi: Tonosaman | The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo, The Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo, Samurai Series (Ace Attorney) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey/Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma Characters: Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma, Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey, Himesaman | Pink Princess, Tonosaman | Steel Samurai, Wakasaman | Iron Infant, Original Characters, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Post-Gyakuten Saiban 123 | Phoenix Wright Trilogy, Slow Burn, Pre-Relationship, Metafiction, Fandom Allusions & Cliches & References, Fanfiction, Characters Reading Fanfiction, Emotional Constipation, No Sequel Trilogy Spoilers, AU where the 7YG doesn't happen immediately, nor does AAI, my attempt at countering the 'franmaya are hypercompetent' trope, where they are emotionally mature & wingmanning for nrmt, click here if you want to see them be fucking messes, Post-Case 3-5: Bridge to the Turnabout, We Introduced A Federal Prosecutor To The Concept of Fandom, what happens next will shock you!, excessive amounts of steel samurai lore, (aka shit i just made up)

Summary:

Since the day they met, Maya and Franziska have been nervously hovering near one another, dancing around a connection they just can’t seem to make. An off-kilter sick day spent binge-watching Pink Princess changes all of that, as Franziska finds herself thrust into the strange new world of fandom and fanfiction with Maya as her enthusiastic guide. A metafiction-y love letter of a story about the two of them slowly falling for each other—all they will say, all they will not say, and the catharsis and perils of escapism through fandom.

Written in delightfully sapphic collaboration with my dearest, @pictureswithboxes

May I present the best apple:

(Furry has a lot of political weight/associations).

Argument for disability rights with the protogen.

Body acceptance - hip dip, pouch, tig ol’ bitties

Sex positivity - furry, toaster/toast placement

Censorship- toaster/toast placement

[Refer to male/female gaze]

LGBT rights - bi logo on headphones

Freedom of speech/expression - sarcastic “‘all art is political’” to try and disprove it.

Artistic intent/audience response

Jax says that he admitted "something" to his gender-roles-projecting mother that made her laugh at him, then berate him, then hug him. Ribbit (who I believe is canonically she/they) then puts a hairbow on him, a character who heavily relies on cartoon stereotypes as a coping mechanism, and says his "secret is safe with her." When approached by a male friend, Jax throws the hairbow to the ground, begins to panic, and threatens Ribbit to "never tell anyone," then cuts her out of his life out of fear and repression. In his mindscape he refers to wearing the maid dress as "getting freaky with gender." Pomni finds his consciousness under a pink-lit lamppost and they play a montage of his previous scenes to the song "Isn't She Lovely?" At least two scenes in said episode reference the film I Saw the TV Glow, a movie that is very clearly a metaphor for being a repressed transfem.

With people not getting it despite it being spelled out with fucking alphabet soup. If i was glitch/goose i would make only one (1) change to the episode when it drops online in two weeks, where during the human!Jax/Leroy Mateo montage we get an extra line at the end akin to "She's got time to figure herself out." Just drop it right there, if you've been paying attention it won't shock you, adds to the hope that scene is supposed to give, shuts up the people who say "well they didn't turn to the camera and say it so it's not canon."

it took me a while to realize this is how they use the word, but it explains the duality of "well why don't you just boymode to get male privilege / are you saying it's a privilege that I can DETRANSITION to access afab only* spaces????"

You WILL be racist. You WILL do racist things. You have ALREADY done both. Learn and move on. There's no ideological purity you can hold on to, i promise. Proving you can take the criticism without making it a big deal and practice what you preach is better than any clean slate.

reminder that this is your failing and it's your responsibility to fix it, not the people who actually suffer because of the racism you perpetuate.

sigh. you are being racist. let me break it down for you.

the scenario is, as described by a white person, a racialized person being unreasonably angry with them for being racist. under a post saying that you need to not be a crybaby when you get told you're racist. the sheer fact that you not only granted credence to the white person's POV but felt compelled to step up to defend their aggressive ignorance should concern you.

you are extending an enormous amount of grace to the white person in this scenario while also excusing them from doing the same for the racialized person in the scenario.