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WHY SO PIZZA?

@canolacrush / canolacrush.tumblr.com

Hi, I'm canolacrush, but for the sake of simplicity you can call me CC or Canola. Been alive longer than cell phones. Things I like: quirky murder mysteries of many sorts (ace attorney is my main atm), cats, languages, silhouette art, and pizza. If you're looking for my fanfic, it can be found here.

Canola’s Top 5 Fave Fics

If you’ve managed to find your way here despite my lack of appearing in the tumblr search and tags, congratulations!  I futz around here most of the time, but I’m also a fic writer.  If you wanna see all those fics, they’re up on AO3 (and I also sometimes post unpolished WIP Previews on my Dreamwidth, because I don’t trust tumblr with anything precious), but these are my top 5 personal favourites that I’ve written:

1. Chicago Noël - It’s the one I’ve spent the most time working on and am proudest of so far! If you like long slow burns, ace attorney AUs, romcoms and dramatic intrigue, you’ll probably like this one. It’s a mafia/baker historical noir AU where a high-ranking mafia member (Miles Edgeworth) meet-uglies a newly arrived baker (Phoenix Wright) and then gets mysteriously captivated while trying to figure out what the hell this random man is trying to hide.

2. Keeping All My Secrets Safe (Nobody Does It Better) - Smaller fandom with a not-as-well-known pairing, but you know what, if you like the basic premise of Bigfoot and an FBI agent falling in love in non-chronological order, you might like this one anyway. I find myself rereading this one often, since it’s a quick 25k.

3. Out of Order - It’s my most kudosed fic for a reason. ^^; Ace Attorney narumitsu fic in the canon universe that’s frankly just a bit silly, fun, and sweet. Basic premise: Miles gets a haircut and Nick loses his goddamn mind trying to cope with it.

4. Nearer to Thee - I’m a little proud of this one because I went very research-heavy with it to make it as historically accurate as possible (what else is new). It’s a Good Omens history fic wherein Aziraphale is on the Titanic and Crowley is on the Carpathia, and of course, Crowley makes it his mission to rescue him. To be honest, I never feel like I quite get their personalities exactly right, but! I think I did a better job on that front compared to my other GO fic lol so I still count it as a plus in my book.

5. Mark of the Addict - ehhh...well...To be quite honest, I don’t recommend most people read this one, primarily because it comes with a huge laundry list of trigger warnings and it’s the darkest fic I’ve ever written.  All that said, I’m still proud of it, since in my opinion it’s still an entertaining horror novella; it’s just, if you do choose to read it, read all the tags and know what you’re getting into beforehand before deciding if it’s for you.  It’s not gonna be for everyone, and that’s okay.  But anyway, it’s a Dracula fic that’s based on a mixed canon of the Hammer movies and also the original novel.

Limitations breed creativity in doing something despite those limitations, it's a known thing; however, I'd somehow never considered how it would apply to "showing your support for someone in a competition, when you're not allowed to make noise". This is delightful.

Plus, there's the humour that comes from something being MOSTLY familiar, but one important aspect is COMPLETELY opposite. NORMALLY, if you see a video of people cheering someone on, they're, well, cheering; but here, they're quieter than the average person riding the bus.

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stop-on-astaire

I’ve been waiting for this gifset my whole life.

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hellohappylisa

So I’m assuming at least 95% of tumblr is hearing this whole scene perfectly in their head, right?

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mypatronusisyou

the idea of people not hearing this in their head is inconceivable

beavers have the lifestyle that most children dream of. dig and travel through underwater canals. dam a river and flood the local woodlands. stomp mud into dam to seal. swim to flooded trees and destroy them. live in a secret hideout with a underwater entrance. full ownership over an engineering project

I'm struggling to remember why/how I got onto thinking about an ace attorney cinderella au last night (seriously, there was some Preceding thought that went into WAIT I REMEMBER NOW!!! It's because whenever I have to write Manfred von Karma I just think of masculine Lady Tremaine! They have the Exact Same Vibes), BUT ANYWAY I remembered and I'm just like, you know, it could actually work I think.

Miles's dad (unbeknownst to Miles) got murdered so that MvK could marry his mom (or more accurately, marry her widow money), and then mom either died soon after due to Typical Illness Reasons or because she also got murdered, leaving Miles stuck with horrible stepfather and either half-sister or step-sister Franziska. And maybe Miles's hair looks all grey because of all the dust/soot he works with as a house servant (but underneath all that, it's ~silvery~).

But mostly, the cinderella au makes me laugh because. Because of course Prince Phoenix would be the Exact type of crazy to forget to get the guy's name, but he WILL track him down over the entire kingdom using only a shoe. That is the exact Phoenix Wright Energy. (Advisor Maya: "You didn't get his NAME????" Phoenix: "No but I HAVE HIS SHOE! I'll make this work somehow, trust me." Advisor Maya: "THIS ISN'T EVEN A RARE SHOE SIZE." Phoenix: "It's made of GLASS it MUST be molded to his specific foot I'LL MAKE IT WORK OK. I'LL FIND HIM!!!" Citizens: "There goes our nutcase prince again on his wild goose chase...")

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