So I KNEW I Had To Do This Idea Aswell Because I Loved How They Gave The Cousins Different Hairstyles

Took two days to make this stupid shit but honestly I'm proud of myself!

I really like to think of them all hanging out and practicing for shows n stuff, man If I could rewrite some of these characters I would 😭 (Also don't hate but I fucking LOVE Ben and Trilo they are my second favorites in this case next to Moe)

Original audio: https://youtube.com/shorts/Qx2gvoZmCOM?si=jfLHNokCW1M4AHbM

I MADE A NEW ANIMATION GO CHECK IT OUTTTTT!!!!!

I kept watching recent the BTS video and I've seen pics of the VAs that I just HAD to draw them as their respective characters AND I AM OBSESSED AAAAA!!!

"That's why...I took my revenge..."

"It's only fair...Isn't it..."

"..Ini?"

Junji Ito inspo so body horror warning

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An essay about Iris Hawthorne

So I will preface this by saying that I am not an Iris hater but she never sat right with me after Bridge to the Turnabout. I'm a biased Narumitsu shipper but I do entertain other ships (helllllloooooo Langworth) but I couldn't get behind Feenris for a few reasons.

She's a victim, yes, but she's complicit as an accessory to crimes. We last see her serving time for covering up the murder of Misty Fey but this is just the one that caught up with her. There's been at least two times she was at least privy to Dahlia's crimes (the fake kidnapping plot, Valerie's murder, Diego's poisoning) but the real issue in my mind is that she did nothing after the fact.

Firstly, she could have spoken up after the kidnapping plot but did not. We could give her the benefit of the doubt and say that she didn't know that Dahlia was even alive, or that she could plead ignorance to what actually happened, but this is only the first incidence in a damning thread. Also, she still could have at least passed information along that suggested the kidnapping was not all that it seemed, given that Dahlia had tried to recruit her. And, if she believed Dahlia to be dead, what was stopping her from speaking out?

Secondly, and I'm putting her deception during her relationship with Phoenix to the side here for a second, why didn't she do anything when he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit? It's hard to be generous here because Iris was privy to all of Dahlia's plans (Violet, Fawles, Diego Armando) except the one involving Phoenix, but that's only because Dahlia kept her in the dark intentionally because Iris would have sabotaged it. However, she had to have been aware of what happened in the aftermath. Doug Swallows was murdered and Dahlia was, once again, at the center of it all. It was Mia, not Iris, who saved Phoenix. There's no evidence to suggest Iris was somehow unable to take action because she just went back to Hazakura afterwards. She never provides any excuse as to why she failed Phoenix when he needed her the most.

Now, back to Phoenix, here's where it gets fun. I am going to posit that her falling in love with Phoenix and wanting to protect him from Dahlia is for her benefit, not his. This is also, ironically, the first time Iris does something selfish. She fell in love with him and wouldn't let Dahlia kill him, but that's because for the first time in her life she wanted something. But I can't accept this protectiveness as romance. If she wanted what was best for him, she would have done something, anything either before this point or at the time of his arrest even if it meant getting into trouble. She, once again, chose to obscure the truth and instead did nothing.

Further to that, I can't accept her actions at Bridge to the Turnabout as anything but self-serving. She continued to hide the truth until it was presented to her. It was only at the eleventh hour that she confessed she loved Phoenix all along. It doesn't exactly inspire much confidence in her motives.

Now, all of this actually makes her a more interesting character in my eyes, so again, this isn't an Iris hate essay. She's tricky to get right in a Narumitsu context but here's a shameless plug to my story if you want to see my take on it: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63292576/chapters/162138757

Aw hell yeah

I know we like talking about how in sync they are but I think some of their best moments are when they are just on completely different pages

“Hey, wanna go to the mall today?”

a personal challenge to see how many characters/references I could fit into one picture, could definitely still do more!

Edit-For everyone asking how long it took, 2 weeks of planning and a little less than month to draw/edit (I work fast)

Is it normal to be so obsessed with a ship that you literally feel like your chest is squeezing itself and your stomach is filled with butterflies?

Like- I was reading trough so many threads about the Jap version of Ace Attorney and oh my god. These two have literally the best dynamic I've yet to see in this series (I'm still on the second game but sometimes I can't help myself with new interests)

GUMSHOE ALWAYS FUCKING CHECKS UP ON HIM DURING EARTHQUACKES, THEY BOTH TRUST EACHOTHER THE MOST OUT OF ANYONE EVEN IF THEY CANT COMMUNICATE WELL AND GUMSHOE IS ALWAYS BY EDGEWORTHS SIDE NO MATTER WHAT. If that's not true love I don't know what is.

I love boyfailures <333 (Gumshoe still the goat fr and I need more Meekins appreciation)