Hi (: I know this thread is several weeks old, but I saw that you never got any replies, which isn't cool at all!! so I hope it's okay for me to reply now. and I'm sorry that this is so long!! I wanted to make it thorough since nobody else has posted yet ):
I'm not a pro writer by any means (I'm only just starting my first Ace Attorney fic, haha, & I've only written 4 for other fandoms. I mostly write poetry, fffff) but I hope I can give good feedback anyway!
Let me start off by saying that this is very enjoyable! Sweet and heartfelt. It's great that there was substance to the story other than them crushing on each other, which is what lots of P/E fics do (not like that's a bad thing, but it's refreshing to see something different). I enjoyed the bit about the paparazzi & tabloid article, for example! And the fact that you included Maya. I really liked the chapter with her in it. (: It's also good that you took them through the "established friends" phase BEFORE the "possibly something more" phase, instead of the whole "We're bitter rivals! Let's make out!" thing. The ending definitely surprised me, though! I just knew that Phoenix was going to convince Edgeworth to stay, haha. but it's great that you didn't take that route! Your ending was much more believable & quite touching in its own right. A+++ :D
You had some really cute & clever moments, here are some that I liked!
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"You work on Saturdays?" Phoenix asked incredulously.
"I work every day." - gosh I love Maya Maya left it alone, as she usually did. This was one envelope that she knew better than to touch. - "Hey, I'm capable! Just because I don't have a license doesn't mean I can't drive!" - and pretty much all of chapter 7... You invite me to dinner, you almost die in a bus crash, you torment my mind for an entire day, and now you completely ignore me. Classy.
Phoenix looked at Miles with that terrible sincerity again. "I'm sorry, Edgeworth. I really didn't mean to scare you. The important thing is that I wasn't on the bus. Right?" No. The important thing is that I haven't been able to stop thinking about you since the accident. "Right," Miles affirmed, nodding his head.
now a tiny bit of advice (: I REALLY hope I don't sound pretentious or rude! like I said, I'm DEFINITELY not an expert or anything, but I hope I can be somewhat helpful anyway.
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You definitely know your grammar (if only all fanfiction writers did...)! but you seem to fall into a habit of using "Insert dialogue here," CharacterA (insert speaking verb here)ed. "Insert response here," Character B (insert different speaking verb here)ed. I'm sure you know this, haha, but I'll just say it anyway -- there's no need to ALWAYS tell how a character says something; sometimes it can just be implied! for example, one of the lines of dialogue I quoted earlier:
"Right," Miles affirmed, nodding his head.
It's easy to miss, but you basically wrote that Miles said "yes" three times. "Right" ~> "affirmed" ~> "nodded." To convey the same message, you could take out "Miles affirmed" and just leave "Right." Miles nodded his head. or what have you. Just reread paragraphs sometimes and check if anything sounds repetitive or unnecessary. and hey, it's not really a big deal, I've done it lots of times & so have plenty of published writers!
one last tiny thing: openly describing characters' thoughts and feelings, such as "Miles felt inexplicably happy." This sounds fine when used once, but if it's repeated several times throughout the piece, it starts to lose meaning. Perhaps try to express his happiness through more meaningful actions, rather than blunt statements or thoughts (:
please don't take any of that critique the wrong way! You are very talented, so I was just pointing out little nitpicky things, haha.
it's great that you posted this on C-R. P/E is such a popular pairing, but it rarely gets posted in this forum, for some reason! Have you tried fanfiction.net? it's a much more heavily populated site, so you might want to go there for more reviews! the uploading process is pretty confusing though :/
You definitely deserve more feedback on this! It was very cute. if you ever write more, you should post again! good luck.
Kay, you might want to tone the ruffling down a bit.
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