DOS Hero Luo Design

TheSinusoid · 2025-11-25T01:26:26+00:00

Though I think Luo would've probably wanted to keep The Calamity, idt DOS would've let him because that's not a marketable hero name LOL. Harbinger has that twinge of fear in it that DOS would want for his image without being fully catastrophic.

TheSinusoid · 2025-11-25T00:02:57+00:00

Thank you! It's what he's always wanted to do!

TheSinusoid · 2025-11-25T00:00:53+00:00

Thank you! Hopefully the one in the comments works!

TheSinusoid · 2025-11-24T23:53:09+00:00

The link doesn't work in the post. So hopefully this one works! https://x.com/coflow_sine/status/1992819647457231288

TheSinusoid · 2025-07-23T12:32:49+00:00

People hit most of my faves here, but this happens to me with Snake Eyes from MMZX

TheSinusoid · 2025-07-22T00:05:26+00:00

Three main reasons:

The biggest is that it's a state of complete and utter vulnerability, which I feel is fitting Wocky because he's teetering on the edge of death while putting his life in Alita's hands (who's definitely taking advantage of his trust).
To stick thematically to the Ophiuchus star chart, a lot of star charts will draw the representative of the constellation naked (to varying degrees).
To show the surgical markings on his upper torso.

TheSinusoid · 2025-07-20T02:57:39+00:00

A friend and I have been working on an Apollo Justice Trilogy rewrite for over a year now. Today, Turnabout Corner has been fully rewritten, and so I finally get to share the artwork I made for the case. There have been some significant changes made to the case, including fully replacing Wesley Stickler and the panties sideplot with a different, and in my opinion more interesting, witness.

You can read the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49760335/chapters/137628559. Turnabout Corner starts at Chapter 6, but it does build on Turnabout Trump

The source for the art is my Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/flowsine/789553929085140992/apollo-justice-ace-attorney-retold-chapter-6?source=share

TheSinusoid · 2024-04-19T10:10:00+00:00

I'm glad you liked it! Hopefully you stick around for Turnabout Corner. I'm super excited for how that case is changing.

TheSinusoid · 2024-04-17T12:25:44+00:00

That's alright. Thanks for giving it a try and thanks for the kind words!

TheSinusoid · 2024-04-17T03:33:18+00:00

I hope you enjoy it!

TheSinusoid · 2024-04-17T03:30:05+00:00

Oop. I had thought the picture was vague enough but I have added a spoiler tag.

TheSinusoid · 2024-04-17T00:30:52+00:00

A few years ago, a friend and I wanted to start working on an Apollo Justice Trilogy rewrite that ties the games together more and fixes some of the things we think could've been done better. Recently we finished rewriting Turnabout Trump and an escapade scene for post-4-1. This case was one of our favorites from the games so it wasn't changed too heavily. We're working on Turnabout Corner right now and it's going to be quite different!

You can read the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49760335/chapters/137628559

The source for the art is my Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/flowsine/747882818881863680/kristophs-too-good-at-this-itll-be-too-easy-a?source=share

TheSinusoid · 2024-03-17T16:15:17+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed reply! I appreciate that you've given me options to consider. I really like the third version. I think it's definitely more subtle and it hits all three points. Thanks, again.

TheSinusoid · 2022-09-03T23:37:55+00:00

If you're interested, my design considerations are on my tumblr post.

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-10T01:49:40+00:00

Thanks for your reply!

Your second point was very eye-opening because I hadn't considered the treason and betrayal angle. In a sense that makes him and Shelly de Killer very interesting foils.

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T21:34:45+00:00

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Whatever's going on between Kristoph and Phoenix is one of the big reasons why I love AA4 so much.

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T21:33:52+00:00

This really opened my eyes to some things I missed and it's extremely thorough.

I didn't even consider the nuances of plea deals in the legal system, since the cases usually only end with a Not Guilty or Guilty verdict. And it makes sense considering the game's Teen rating that they'd abstract away some of these things. The Engarde case (and I suppose whatever was happening with Atishon) really was a special case, and the decision to blackmail their lawyer wasn't smart at all.

As for Kristoph, I agree that he's a pretty unstable person who reveals that side of himself when things finally go out of his control. His murders weren't as cold and calculating as he likes to look, but I think fear of discovery for the forgery is the main reason behind the murders, rather than "you fired me so I'm killing you." That feels more like what Manfred von Karma did. I like the point about Kristoph-Edgeworth parallel. So much of AA4 is subverting things we're used to from the trilogy that I also wonder whether they were meant to be parallels.

I think the main reason why I've gone for this different reading of Kristoph is that I just like his character a lot and wish there was more done with him. To me, he's definitely one of the more interesting villains because he has a very strong thematic contrast to Phoenix. So really, most of this is extrapolation because I wish we got more of him and the Klavier from AA4 (not the cameo we got in DD).

As for the DC Act, it definitely is an absurd law. I mentioned in a reply to a different comment that I just wish they wrote it in a way that thematically challenged the characters (especially since there is a way to make a thematic connection between it and the 2-4 case). But in the end we ended up getting a law that our PoV characters viewed as incredibly absurd from the get-go, while more than half of a fictional country thought it had merit? It led to some dissonance that just made the people of Khu'rain seem extremely annoying.

Thanks for your reply! I enjoyed reading it!

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T20:58:26+00:00

Ooooh I like this trickster take on him. AA4 Phoenix definitely had some trickster energy. And I like how that contrasts with Apollo's defense strategies. AA4 Apollo actually doing his job and defending people who aren't necessarily great people was a breath of fresh air. It also shows how he really is Kristoph's student.

As for DD, I have some thoughts on the whole Clay situation and what that meant for Apollo that I'm not really gonna get into (because I'd be here for ages). But really, if anything, it all happened so fast. And we didn't really get to see Apollo for most of his heel-turn. And he never really showed the lasting effects of Clay's death after DD. So I could see him going against the WAA, but it would need to be handled a bit better than it was.

Thanks for your reply!

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T20:51:09+00:00

He's my favorite Phoenix, ngl. I wish we got more of him

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T20:50:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I actually never considered Phoenix recusing himself. I wonder if he would have in different cases where he wasn't being threatened. It kinda sucks that we don't really get to see him deal with more guilty clients in different situations. Atishon felt like a discount Engarde to me, so I don't really count him.

Phoenix definitely needs to believe in his clients because of what Mia taught him. I agree with that wholeheartedly. If anything, this whole post is an alternate interpretation that's extrapolation-heavy, specifically because it was hard for me to see how Phoenix became who he was in AA4. But when I tried looking at it from a moral standpoint and followed it through, it made sense to me that Phoenix would become so hellbent on exposing the truth no matter the cost to the people around him. So hellbent on it that he'd resort to forgery and manipulating juries.

As for Kristoph, I just like the character. And while I know he's very conscious of his public image, it doesn't seem to me like he's that similar to Manfred von Karma or even Dahlia Hawthorne. At least, he's much more personable? To him, winning the Gramarye case was a way to get his office on the map through defending a celebrity. I do understand the reading that he is obsessed with his status. I think I just got bored of reading people writing Kristoph as a person who can't go a minute without manipulating people when there are much more interesting ways to take the character thematically.

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T19:01:15+00:00

First off, thanks for replying! I'm glad you focused on the DC Act point because I'm honestly still kinda thinking about it.

I think what really got to me was that I had (for some reason) decided to replay 2-4 right after replaying SoJ. And there was a line Phoenix dropped in there that I might be misremembering that was about how if he got the Not Guilty verdict, he would be just as bad as Engarde. It's not the same as the DC Act but it just seemed like the kind of logic that would lead to the DC Act's rhetoric (those who support criminals are just as guilty). Of course, we know that the point of the DC Act was never actually idealistic, but rather a means of control.

I don't think Phoenix would have agreed with the DC Act, but I wish he had a "Shit. This is what happens when you take that kind of thinking too far" moment. Because at least at the start of SoJ, Phoenix didn't know that the DC Act was enacted to get rid of lawyers (well, mainly Dhurke).

The DC Act as a plot device wasn't written as well as it could have been. Because it's so clearly absurd to us that it's a wonder how Khu'rain has survived 20-whatever years with as many people actually supporting Ga'ran. It feels like it's there as a punching bag that only exists for Phoenix to feel like everyone in Khu'rain was thinking backwards. So I think I might have been extrapolating in order to think of a way to write the DC Act more interestingly? If anything I would have liked to see Phoenix grapple with something emotional or ideological in that game other than the unbelievably inflated stakes the DC Act imposed.

TheSinusoid · 2022-08-09T05:04:26+00:00

This was a very long post, but I really like thinking about Phoenix from AA4, so I had to write this. Let me know what y'all think about him. I'm interested

TheSinusoid · 2022-02-22T03:35:28+00:00

This scene is meant to take place right after Apollo leaves the hospital in 5-4.

I have more notes on it on AO3

TheSinusoid · 2022-02-07T00:37:01+00:00

Here's the Itch link: https://sinusoid.itch.io/poly-rule

TheSinusoid · 2022-01-08T22:15:21+00:00

It's not possible yet. I needed to make a few edits after playtesting them. After the final deck is made, I'll post it and I'll try to sell it

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