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Okay, why not!
Phoenix/Edgeworth, Phoenix/Mia, Mia/Lana, Franziska/Adrian, Franziska/Edgeworth.

we could do some of these, june bb B)

/obvious

I was just gonna tell you to get your ass on AIM, but then I realized my ass wasn't on AIM. WHOOPS

maya/burger

ONE HALF OF THIS OTP REPORTING

But I wanted to play Maya! You play the burger!

apollo/trucy and all the angst and horrible that would go with the reveal

I want this

Hard

10/10 would play

^

Also offering a Trucy if other anon changes his/her mind? Just sayin'. ~~do want~~

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(Anonymous) - 2012-03-04 02:14 (UTC) - Expand

... This is something I could get behind.

~~I could raise you a Trucy.~~

Not one I want to play out myself because I'm bad at romance, but

Meekins/Maggey

I think it would be super cute.
Ahhh, I wish there was fic for it.

Vera/Apollo

Jake/Lana

not a ship, and nobody plays them anyway, but I want to see Wesley Stickler and Spark Brushel interact. just once.

also seconding a hideously angsty Apollo/Trucy, and I would even be willing to offer a possible Lamiroir to aid the pursuit of such a thing

matt/alita anon from last post is

surprise

still wanting it

If I could ever get my Lamiroir muse up...

Lamiroir/older!Phoenix

... i could get behind this too...

Kristoph/Dahlia

~~in hell, watching Phoenix Wright videos on Youtube where everything loads in the speed of VEVO~~

I've only played the Japanese versions of the games. I don't think badly the English versions or anything, I've never played them. The Japanese versions seemed like good language practice and I didn't expect to be that into it.

If I apply to a game as a Japanese variant, what are the odds of the mods knowing the Japanese version well enough to judge it, and how annoying would that be to any existing cast to get an Itonoko or a Mayoi instead of a Gumshoe or a Maya?

It will probably be seen as some elitist anti-dub move, too.

I don't understand what is in the Japanese version that is so vastly different from the English version that mods would need to know something extra in order to judge it. Besides names and locations, is there much of a difference between the versions? Genuinely asking.

Also, don't most mods deal with apps from canons they aren't familiar with? If you write the app well enough for anyone to understand, I don't see that being an issue.

That said, it could be considered a little bit of an AU if you're apping into a place that has a cast already. If only because everyone is called something different and suddenly it's Japan instead of L.A., etc. If you have castmates who wouldn't mind playing with the location and name confusion, I guess it wouldn't be a problem. But just apping in somewhere like that might get you some side eyes, yeah. It's really something you might want to consider asking potential castmates about first.

A lot of applications are concerned about character voice, not just the history and writing ability. I'm not too familiar with the English version for comparison but I do know some characters had tics made up (the director in case 1-3 doesn't use l33t speak, the client in 2-4 doesn't have a speech style that could be equated to surfer dude, etc.), some had tics dropped (the old lady Mitsurugi/Edgeworth fan tends to drag out the end of her sentences in a whiny fashion), etc.

It sounds like I'd honestly just be a pain to any cast mates though, and if I found a game without cast members already, I'd be the odd one out still if anybody apped in the future. If I'm roleplaying in English, the English version is going to be the standard for better, worse or nil.

Ah well, it's good to ask on anon meme where people can just anonymously but honestly say "it'd be better not to try."

(Anonymous) - 2012-03-05 17:34 (UTC) - Expand

Speaking as someone who knows absolutely nothing about the Japanese version, unless I was in a game that highly and regularly accepted AU characters, I think I would be incredibly put-off. This is in large part because I don't know what to expect from such a character and even though the stories go the same direction, as far as I know the characterization isn't entirely the same and the jokes are completely different (unless I'm mistaken, the majority of the jokes were americanized for the different audience).

Then again, I play in a game that does not accept AU character of any kinds. If I did, I might be a little more for it as long as I got a little warning what was going on first and what to expect. You might have better luck apping into a pre-established cast and checking with the cast mates first.

Also, I could be wrong but I do believe some players play "both". That is, they have enough knowledge and experience of both the english and japanese versions, yet still play using the English names (english location, etc). Honestly, that alone isn't too far of a stretch.

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