I've been working on this fic for a little while, and I thought that now that I've got my CR forums account working (Thanks Croik!) I might as well post it here for those who haven't seen it :)

Title: Stacking the Deck
Author: Skrcha (Marisa)
Rating: Teen and up
Spoilers?: AA & JFA
Summary: Manfred von Karma can't get any peace, not even in death! At the moment of his execution, an evil spirit enlists his help to rig a trial -- with the promise of revenge on Wright and Edgeworth in return. Meanwhile, Phoenix is hired to defend eccentric scientist Jack Fenton against murder charges. However, when ghostly happenings tip the scales against them, Jack's son Danny teams up with Maya to crack the mysteries surrounding the case.
Notes: Uh... crossover with the Danny Phantom cartoon series, but you don't need to know it to understand the fic.
Warnings: Karma dies in the first chapter. (o snap i spoil'd it for you!)
Chapter Count: 3 so far

(Alternative Fanfiction.Net Link)

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

I've already seen this on ff.net (and commented on some of the chapters too, I think), but I hope I can give you a more detailed review here.

First, I want to reiterate that I love the idea of this crossover, although I'm not entirely sure I can explain why beyond the inexplicable mental Manfred/Vlad connection I mentioned before. Maybe I'm just too great a fan of both universes for my own good.

Using Kurian Village as an entry point is something that would have never even occured to me, but it makes a lot of sense. I haven't played T&T yet, so maybe you know something I don't, but I can imagine that there's something spiritual about that location. A natural ghost portal wouldn't be completely out of place there.



...It actually took me a few moments to get that joke. I'm so slow.



Methinks Vlad's been spending too much time around the Dairy King. :P I liked it, although I admit it's nursery rhyme origins reminded me more of Lancer than Vlad.





I confess that I find the whole Danny/Maya angle a bit odd; Maya has three years on Danny, and while that's not a huge age gap for most relationships, it's a bit harder to swallow when Danny's still in high school (and Maya's... not). To be honest, I would have expected Nick to be a bit more cautious about the whole situation (although Pearl's reaction to this threat against her precious vision of a Nick/May relationship is great). On the other hand, Maya's young enough at heart that it might not be as big an issue as I'm making it out to be....



Your vision of Jack is perfect. I just thought you should know that....



It's a depressing thought in retrospect, but it still made me laugh.

Von Karma giving Danny advice.... That's troubling for a number of reasons. I was expecting a duel of sorts, a pull for power, between Von Karma and Masters, but not over Danny. I'm not surprised that he's attracted to the kid's potential, and I think it's very in character for him to want him for his own dark purposes, I'm just curious (and kind of afraid) to see how he'll knock Vlad out of the picture to get him.

Also: Gregory needs to crop up at some point and kick Von Karma's ass. Just saying.

I'm very eager to read the next chapter.

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Exactly! I also wonder if is also in the Ghost Zone as well?


AA Case 4 and STD Spoilers




Also you probably seen the pictures posted before on this forum but here they are Gregory Edgeworth channeled by Peal and Maya Fey both picures are posted by Luna on the page of this topic.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3873&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=120

Just thought I throw that in there. I'm looking for to your next chapter and predict much Edgeworth angst in the future!

Oh hey, when did you sneak onto CR, Marisa? You've already heard my commentary and stuff on the fic so far, so I'll just say this:

UPDATE SOOOOON!

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I saw this on ff.n and liked it. And I, like others, want to see Gregory show up. Because he's cool.

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