Wooooo, besides the names and gender configuration, your head-canon almost matches mine 100%. xD I giggled stupidly for about five minutes at the mention of little Mia's sisters (I can totally see both Pearls and Trucy fawning over their kid sister even if she's almost a tween), and while I don't agree with the twins being both male (I had imagined it one and one), I can also totally see them teasing their older sister about liking Edgey's kid (whom I like to think you paired with Franny), especially, given Nick's relationship with Edgeworth, because (probably unbeknownst to the twins) it's actually quite akin to incest without any of the legal and genetic repercussions, making it doubly fun for Snarky Dad Nick (and probably Maya) too to tease Mia. xD

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What, you FINISHED THE STORY?

AMAZING.

Now I have to catch up and read it, REread from chap 1 on (since it was so long ago it started, I have to do it justice)

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Well I just re-read it again to make sense of it all in one huge sitting.

Remarks:

• For a story encompassing so many time periods (around four at the very minimum), it's ridiculously solid.
• Looking back, there were a few instances in which characters felt a little out of character, but I personally feel they were more than justified given the circumstances. (Think of it as knowing that the characters WOULD behave that way if we were ever presented with the opportunity to see them in that context in official material.)
• No offense, Kitty dear, but you should pass the last... 15-20 chapters through a spell checker. xD There's a lot of minor punctuation and spelling mistakes that an untrained eye engrossed in the story might not immediately catch. I myself had to double-back and re-read some parts to make sure my brain wasn't tricking me and there was a random apostrophe or period missing here or there.
• Considering the events, span and scope of this story, I'll admit that upon this second read I feel a little bit cheated out of what could've potentially been an incredibly cathartic scene when Nick and Maya made love for the first time. While I myself am a proud alumnus of the "tasteful fade-to-black" school, I've found that (even though it takes a good long while to manage it, as I discovered to my chagrin) if properly worded, it's possible to describe sex scenes in a tasteful, non-sexualized way that fully conveys exactly what's going on in context without going into lewd language or implications. I'm terribly sorry but it's a little hard for me to explain since I can rationalize the concept in my head, but it's tough to put it in english words. If you want I can expand upon this elsewhere or here, wherever you prefer.
• This is more of a personal opinion than any sort of relevant remark like the previous ones, but I still can't reconcile the differences between your and my head-canons. =p Specifically the facts that in my head, it's not Chris and Alex but rather Liz and James, and Polly is going out with Ema instead of Vera. =p

...I think that's all I have to say for now.



...I think. :V

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Thanks for the constructive criticism. Having re-read it (only once) since finishing it, I think it's terribly obvious that I wrote it over a span of two years. There are minor points that annoyed me and even one or two things that I overlooked in the resolution of the story, but for the most part I'm just happy that I managed to finish it.

I tried to keep everyone at least close to being in character, but sometimes that proves to be hard (Iris being a glaring example) considering many of the characters are not that fleshed out to begin with. I also changed circumstances for others (Sister Bikini) which warranted a change of perspective.

Re the spelling/grammatical errors, I did the best I could. I did try to spell check everything, and the chapters that were read by my beta reader are better than those that weren't. I am aware that there are some grammatical grey areas in there (not my strong point) but I don't remember catching too many spelling errors. Perhaps I need to give it one last read through.

Regarding the Nick/Maya scene, I just couldn't bring myself to write it in detail. They are both such innocents that I honestly felt intrusive going into things any further. Weird, I know, but that's just how I write. I do agree though, in the right hands it could have been particularly poignant, but romance writing is not one of my strengths and I wasn't going to allow my own sub par writing skills to ruin something so important.

But thanks again for reading it and giving me good advice. I have so many ideas right now, but my workload appears to have magically doubled in the last three months so I have very little time. I have basic plot points written for another multi chapter fic, but nowhere near the size of this one. Possibly only 10 or so chapters.

The problem with headcanon is that everyones is different.



Yes I did! What a monster of a fic it turned out to be, but I'm glad I brought it to a close.

This story has touched me in no ways a story has touched me before. It made me feel anger, sadness, happiness and a mix of other emotions. This was a brilliant piece of art. I didn't see this as another fanfiction. i saw this as a book that everyone can relate to. You are an incredible storyteller. Thank you for showing this beautiful story, i can't wait for your next work.


Simply Marvelous.

Even after 2 years, this is still the best fanfic and first fanfic I've read. I was younger and stupid back then and while people say fanfiction is something girls get hooked to, I'm a guy and this was great.

I was on vacation in Bangladesh for 2 months and this was the only story that didnt make me crazy. Regardless if you're active or not, I want you to know that I thank you for making this :)

Kitsune,

I've read a handful of PW fanfics. But this was by far the BEST fanfic I have read. Your unique writing style was able to captivate me and bring me into a world of Phoenix Wright that I envisioned in a totally different manner than the game. It really brought the characters and the world to life, and it also gave me some much needed closure after the gaping hole that was the end of Trials and Tribulations. For this, I sincerely thank you, God bless you and please continue touching others with your powerful writing.

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