#amicus curiae

Amicus curiae fanart!! Courtney and Alejandro tango while kitty questions her sexuality and absolutely nothing bad will happen at the end of this chapter!!!! I absolutely LOVE this fic and will probably be drawing more of it eventually 😈

Platonic Alecourtney, the loves of my lives, I love that they understand what it’s like to be burned (in some cases quite literally) and beat down and humiliated, that they find this comfort in one another because of it but there’s still gonna be times they don’t always click, they don’t always understand!!! They love each other, they argue, they tease, they help each other, they’re just so so so so so good and the way they work together is amazing, they still have all their shit from Total Drama, they were still once villains, they’re strong and intimidating and just a little bit stupid when it comes to caring about themselves because they think they’re fine (they’re not). JUST AGAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

And the development between Kitty and Alejandro’s friendship, just the general understanding of being the younger sibling that’s underestimated, or pushed aside, granted with very different outcomes for the both of them.

Noah and Owen’s friendship as well, sure they were buddies in RR but it’s just given the time to really show and flourish because of the ever changing POVs between characters (which I really appreciate, it’s the best way to handle a RR/TD rewrite because you’re not just focusing on one person’s perspective and you only see developments that are focused around them).

Even just subtle things like how Geoff shows care for Courtney after he’s been personally stung by Alejandro, or the way that Kitty’s social skills helps benefit the Sisters in the long run because of her way to connect to people so easily!!

The fact that yes, Total Drama was an absolutely horrific and traumatic show that fucked up people far more than they like to admit and it’s just properly displayed here with Courtney’s issues with just about everything, the physical problems it’s caused Alejandro, and this sort of numbness that’s surrounded the TD contestants so that when Don, an actually sane host, does or says anything that isn’t completely fucked up, they all just have to stand and stare for a minute because (for some of them) their lives have been a constant tornado of insanity, pain and misery all under the control of Chris.

THE SISTERS DYNAMIC AS WELL OH MY GOOOOOOD, just the fact we really get to flesh out the reasoning behind Emma’s behaviour, and that Kitty is actually allowed to be upset and emotional at the way her own sister acts and treats her??? Just how complicated Emma is in general, being the oldest that has to practically mother her little sister because she didn’t have anyone else that could do it!!! The way that Kitty helps break down Emma’s walls, helps Emma find this vulnerability she’s been hiding, the care, the slow understanding and just becoming a better older sister??? Yes??? Please??? Oh my god these two

Noah and Emma’s friendship??? Like yes we actually get to see these two snarky people bounce off of each other so easily without having to worry about TD’s awful romance formula that usually scrapes both people in the relationship down to just being in a relationship, THEY HAVE BANTER!!!!

Alenoah…Alenoah my beloved, I’ll admit that I’ve never been that fussed with the ship before but god…you just get to absolutely adore the way they bounce off of each other, the teasing, the fact that Alejandro admired Noah and was genuinely hurt and wanted to be his friend in World Tour. The fact that Noah’s getting to see how Alejandro has changed and how he’s not a slippery eel, the way that Alejandro gets to see the determination that Noah has and that he’s not just lazy but an actual impressive contestant to go against. THE NICKNAMES!!! THESE GAYS ARE TRYING TO KILL ME!! Love this ship now

I also enjoy the fact that the contestants are actually talking with other contestants rather than be focused solely on their own team, which was a big issue with RR for me!!

This fic is genuinely just such a good read, like I couldn’t just read one chapter and finish there I just had to keep going, it’s so addictive and you’re just waiting to see what happens next!!

ALSO??? MASSIVE COURTEMMA FAN NOW!!!

Like, oh I’m actually in love with this ship now, of course the two emotionally repressed lawyers are rivals that fall in love, of course they start out wanting to go against each other in the court of law only to truly fall in love and want to work together, to start their own firm, to be by each others side!!! TO BE SCARED OF THIS LOVE BECAUSE ALL THEYVE EVER KNOWN IS HATE, HUMILIATION AND DEVASTATION!!!

They’re Ace Attorney nerds, they shouldn’t be trusted around vehicles, they could debate for 3 hours straight with no breaks, they’re so gay for each other but they think it’s just a rivalry thing, just EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM FROM THE MOMENT THEY REALISE THE OTHER IS IN THE RACE TO THE MOMENT THEY FINALLY GET TO KISS WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE OFF AND ITS ALL OVER!!

Actually like a top 5 ship for me now, I need more, I need these lawyer lesbians back

At multiple points throughout this fic I just kept hitting this pose cause oh my GODDDDD

Spoilers for the fic under the cut (duh), link to read it is here, goooo do that!!!

U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho overseeing NYC Mayor Eric Adams corruption and bribery case has postponed his trial scheduled for April. Judge Ho has ruled that since the DOJ are in cahoots with the criminal Mayor there is “no adversarial testing of the Government's position” and therefore he ordered an amicus curiae to argue against the dismissal request.