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18. Least favourite assistant?

lmao choosing violence. Alright well first let's decide who constitues "an assistant"... obviously Maya, Trucy and Kay, but there's more ambiguous ones like Ema, Athena who should really not be one but functionally is fhkglhg... I'm not including Susato because I haven't played enough of her game yet.

Anyway it doesn't really matter bc by pretty much any definition the answer is Kay. Sorry Kay. I liked you alright in AAI1, but the story really never did enough to justify your continued presence nor did it take any pains to actually build a relationship with Edgeworth, it just kind of declared one to exist after a week and that it was the super specialest. Fundamentally I think the concept of a teenage lawbreaker thief paired with straight-laced Edgeworth could work, but in reality they never let Kay do even the smallest amount of crime, or thieving, despite 90% of her dialogue being about how she's the great thief.

8: common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

ough............... ok at the risk of this being like. legitimately combative (and with the disclaimer that i love him he is me i am he and i would not ever change a thing about him in either a watsonian or doylist sense).

i dont think jon did Literally Nothing Wrong per se? i think, esp in like, s1-3, he chooses what is essentially the best and most sensible option from where he's standing at the time and i fully understand and under similar circumstances would act in accordance with his actions. but i think the aspect of jon-related conversation, jonversation if you will, that i really don't agree with, or at least find any personal interest in, is that which kinda suggests that he's never acting in a selfish or misguided or even dysfunctional way? because i don't think that's true.

to be clear, i think he's a deeply, deeply caring character who does genuinely want to do things to protect and strengthen and help other people. one hundred percent. but i think one of the conflicts at his core, regardless of what one may think of as the reasoning behind it, is the conflict between that great capacity for caring about and loving others and his frequent inability to go about it in ways that do actually benefit others, or even that do keep him safe, whether we're talking physically or psychologically. i think he, like a Lot of people, especially those with early traumas, learned at some point in his life that an apology must demonstrate remorse, and the optimal way of doing that is by flagellating. so it's truly not any sort of wilful, or even knowing, malice or dysfunction. he is, as he almost always is, doing the best he can with the information from which he's working, but i also think that doesn't mean he's never done wrong or done harm, just that it isn't driven by any sort of desire to hurt.

OPAL SHINYOPALS!!!! You've made my day, I am ALSO deep in the clutches of that au and am constantly thinking about is 24/7. I think I've said it before, but I'm a huge s3 jmart fan.....like yes we are a thing but no we're not. But we're in love. But no we won't talk it about it. But I'd die for him. But no <3 but also yes <33 so I just...really like playing with that kind of dynamic in aus too where is SO CLOSE but SO FAR..... they'll figure it out eventually I'm sure 😌

Anyway here's a little part 2 jmart bit to hopefully tide you over:

I did! I answered it here, but I'll copy and paste it here, too!

content warning before we go any further for disordered eating!

Martin & Food is less a wip and more a collection of thoughts I have about Martin, his relationship to food, and how that is informed by poverty, food insecurity and being responsible for resource management when you have no control over those resources. Many of these thoughts are informed by my own experience with food, poverty and being white working class

I’m still hashing out a structure, but I have a few emotional beats or core ideas I know I want to explore:

anxiety over affording food, and whether he will have enough of it with a corresponding fear about “wasting” food

anxiety about social engagements that involve food, especially in situations where the social rules are less well definied - splitting a bill vs. paying for your own, sharing communal food e.g. in the break room, outings that may or may not involve food of varying expense levels - and compensating by avoiding those situations or by controlling them (because then he knows exactly how much he as spent and that he doesn’t “owe” anyone anything in the future

shame around not having tried certain foods or flavour profiles, and a lack of experience with preparing or cooking food because it’s hard to experiment when you know burning or not liking someone means going hungry

That sounds like this one, dear!

Quiet Reflection by shinyopals

‘This is- put me down,’ Crowley demands, more forcefully this time. He attempts to roll out of Aziraphale’s arms, and the grip on him only tightens. Aziraphale is like iron, except with an extremely cuddly outer layer that smells like a sea breeze and expensive cologne. One of his arms is under Crowley’s leg and gripping his thigh. The other is around Crowley’s back, holding him close enough to- well. Close.

The phrase “bridal style” flutters through Crowley’s mind and he attempts to clamp down on it furiously.

After the Apocalypse, Crowley senses Demons coming, and manages to hide himself and Aziraphale inside a nearby church for safety. He probably should have thought this through.

did you ever write vampire diaries fic i can't remember