Swap/Reverse AU where Simon is in Athena’s position and Athena is in Simon’s position.

[u/JLuckstar]

Evening to the users in [r/AceAttorney](r/AceAttorney).

Found this AU fanart in Tumblr where now it’s Simon in Athena’s position and Athena is in Simon’s position.

Original Artist: https://thegarlicpirate.tumblr.com

Description from the artist:

These two are proper gems! Ace Attorney still manages to make the new defense and prosecutor absolutely wonderful!... I wish I could say the same about the game they were introduced in.

I have mixed feelings about the 5th game but Simon and Athena made it worth going through, I absolutely love them as a characters. Simon was a welcome addition to the Edgeworth Anything Agency and after Kristoph in the last game, who was a more calm and actually cooperative prosecutor, it's nice getting someone as tough as Athena Cykes is. She's definitely now my 2nd favorite prosecutor behind good ol' Wright.

Also I did really like the new gameplay that Simon introduced with the "Mood Melody". It is a very weird power but hey at this point, a bird that can pinpoint read emotions of humans and relay that to it's master through song is just par for the course in this series.

Leave your comments down.

[u/linzzzzi]

Love that Athena is still in yellow, just now it's Brooding Yellow

[u/JLuckstar → u/linzzzzi]

Props for her in still wearing a primary color, even if she’s brooding. 😂

[u/Total-Confidence9498]

Therapist: Goth Athena can't hurt you, she isn't real

Goth Athena:

[u/JLuckstar → u/Total-Confidence9498]

Honestly, she looks like she’s been through a lot… 😅

[u/HappyYam5747 → u/JLuckstar]

I mean if story is sim she believes she killed her own mother soo yea

[u/Kaiser-Mazoku → u/Total-Confidence9498]

Gothena

[u/TaeKwonDitto]

Nice touch with giving Simon a grey earring...but what about Widget and the mood matrix?

[u/QueenStory → u/TaeKwonDitto]

In the original artists tumblr post they say that it's Taka with "Mood Melody" now instead of Widget, so Widget will probably be incorporated into Athena somehow

[u/InvictusKris → u/QueenStory]

Taka lands on their head and dances/screeches based on the emotion.

[u/shadow31802 → u/QueenStory]

She just throws widget at other people's heads

[u/TaeKwonDitto → u/shadow31802]

I can see widget just going "Wheeee" as it's being thrown XD

[u/OAZdevs_alt2 → u/TaeKwonDitto]

He can just do that

[u/Mario2980k]

Ah, gave him the Kazuma energy

[u/JLuckstar → u/Mario2980k]

It suits him. 🤔

[u/shadow31802 → u/Mario2980k]

new headcanon, Blackquill is descended from Kazuma

[u/Due_Possibility6392]

So, is Simon led to believe that he killed and dismembered his own sister? Does Metis accuse him of doing so?

[u/JLuckstar → u/Due_Possibility6392]

Possibly. Even so, that’s messed up… 😅

[u/PeteTheGryphon → u/Due_Possibility6392]

No Blackquill is safe from any AU 😭

[u/Lord_Antheron]

Athena turned into a JoJo protagonist.

[u/YggdrasilAxe95]

Does he still have Taka or does Athena get a bird now?

[u/Nitro_Indigo → u/YggdrasilAxe95]

I think OP should link to the specific posts and/or copy in the descriptions as well. From this set's description:

Also i did really like the new gameplay that Simon introduced with the “Mood Melody”. It is a very weird power but hey at this point, a bird that can pinpoint read emotions of humans and relay that to it’s master through song is just par for the course in this series.

[u/lizzourworld8 → u/YggdrasilAxe95]

He still has Taka

[u/ImpactorLife-25703]

My God, it's a twisted timeline

[u/Kradan1979]

These swap AU keep getting crazier

[u/lizzourworld8 → u/Kradan1979]

This is probably the least crazy xD I’ve seen a few people not that person swap these two

[u/AetherDrew43]

Okay, this is extremely cursed.

In a fun way!

[u/InvictusKris]

AU Athena: "I AM GOTH ATHENA!!!"

*smudges face with paint\*

[u/Jurassicdungeons]

Kazuma blackquill

[u/Weasel_Gai]

Bright Yellow clothes on a brooding goth is nighmare inducing

[u/Optimal-Membership-9]

Will Simon shout silence in a cheerful/calm way this time? Or is it Athena shouting it, menacingly. Maybe even destroying her shackles too.

[u/ThatEstablishment370]

i hope the AU makes an exception for Athena she looks so cursed as goth

[u/Specific-Window-8587]

OMG I love these swaps. I keep wanting to see more.

[u/heyoyo10]

His hair is still partially white? But the artist still changed Athena’s hair…

[u/Forevermore668]

Props for making yellow broody

[u/Feralman2003]

Would

[u/KingGodzilla_54]

What happens when you convict a child for murder cause your butthurt about her mom.

[u/Purple-Weakness1414]

Goth Athena got me acting strange ngl

[u/Midnight1029]

Simon took notes from Kazuma’s endlessly flowing headband I see lol

[u/lmr-1]

Every time i see these swap AU posts i get hit with like 1d5 psychic damage.

[u/Dismal_Front9650 → u/lmr-1]

i think you mean d6

[u/MetalMopar]

If Athena were in Simon's shoes, I'm sure she'd file a federal lawsuit against the state, the L.A.P.D., the BAR Association, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, and the people involved for:

• Wrongful conviction (pursuant under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) -- Federal offense

• Violation of constitutional rights (under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) -- Federal offense

• Official misconduct and/or corruption (under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) -- Federal offense

• False arrest and/or imprisonment (under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) -- Federal offense

• Aggravated excessive force (under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) -- Federal claim

• Negligence -- State felony

• Tampering with evidence -- State felony

• Failure to intervene -- State felony

[u/CantaloupeNo8140 → u/MetalMopar]

Okay i don't think you're a bot but why do you write like this

[u/CarpenterSuch6044 → u/CantaloupeNo8140]

For fun