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Wow, good observations, thank you for this!

Say what you will about the Ace Attorney anime but at least it deserves credit for being the first official AA media to outright go with Edgeworth being adopted by the von Karmas when the games were ambiguous about it (esp. in the og Japanese), moving that plot point from “fanon” to “secondary canon” (here’s to hoping future games just outright confirm it with no room for doubt or something).

But shhh I say it’s already canon

#I’ll get 🤓 for a minute and add I read somewhere that in the og Japanese Fran calls Edgeworth her “junior disciple” not “little brother” #But I think the rest of this holds up! #I can’t really imagine Edgeworth’s situation post DL-6 being any other way so I’m surprised when I see some do #Like if he wasn’t with the von Karmas where was he? We know he had to move away but to where? #Some rando relative/guardian who’s never mentioned? Or an orphanage/foster care? And he went to MVK years later? That’s…less interesting #I can’t see him spending a significant amount of time in an orphanage or foster care bc he has too much Rich Kid energy #Like maybe for at max six months during Manfred’s vacation but for years? Nah #Also the fact Shu Takumi helped work on the anime should say he likely at the very least isn’t opposed to that plot point #ace attorney #miles edgeworth

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Say what you will about the Ace Attorney anime but at least it deserves credit for being the first official AA media to outright go with Edgeworth being adopted by the von Karmas when the games were ambiguous about it (esp. in the og Japanese), moving that plot point from “fanon” to “secondary canon” (here’s to hoping future games just outright confirm it with no room for doubt or something).

But shhh I say it’s already canon

#Just have a future game include a throwaway line about him growing up with the VKs or smth #ace attorney 2016 #ace attorney anime #ace attorney #Miles Edgeworth #von karma family #von karma siblings #manfred von karma #MVK #gyakuten saiban #aa anime #pw aa

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the problem with mainstream fictional media today is it is predominantly made for people who don't like fictional media all that much

#Pretty much

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I don’t disagree that Draco should have gotten a redemption arc.

What I do disagree with is the idea Snape “stole” it from him or that it’s his fault Draco didn’t get one. If Rowling decided not to redeem Snape, it’s highly unlikely this would’ve somehow made her open to redeeming Draco. This may blow your minds but two characters can have a redemption arc. Quit pitting Snape and Draco against each other or blaming Snape for Draco not getting a redemption arc. It’s inaccurate to say “Snape got the redemption arc Draco deserved” because if Draco did get a redemption arc it would have been a different type of redemption from Snape’s.

No, I’m not saying that if you like Draco you also have to like Snape, but understand Snape has 0 blame in Draco’s writing.

#Pro Snape #pro severus snape #pro Severus #Snapedom #anti snaters #severus snape

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feel free not to answer this if you don't want to get swept into the discourse but I sooooooo agree with your vK family opinion. Sometimes it feels like most of the takes are polarised between "he was overcontrolling and abusive, those kids never made a decision in their lives" and "he was a good dad all he did was a little murder the kids are fine" and like. No? It's in-between? We can only guess at his motivations regarding Edgeworth because nothing about it makes any kind of sense anyway, but Edgeworth had his own motivations for becoming a prosecutor, and denying that feels like a gross oversimplification of his character? Plus come on I know it's *easier* and *handier* to have the vK siblings go "byeeeee" about von Karma after 1-4 but it's so much more interesting and incidentally more canon too if their feelings are complicated. Idk I feel like canon gives us two very different interpretations of the family dynamic, the games' and the anime's, they're not exactly contradictory but you've got to make an effort of imagination to reconcile "I'll bury you with my bare hands" with "let's go get pancakes," and you'd think that would expand the scope of the discussion, not reduce it to a heated yes/no question

EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLYYYYY YOU GET IT YOU GET IT YOURE MY BESTEST FRIEND FOREVER MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY THIS IS IT THIS. YES YES YES. yes. yes. exactly. exactly.

#Honestly? YES #I can’t comfortably say MVK was a good dad because even ignoring the murder and framing look at the kids there are clear issues and toxicit #BUT I really don’t like how the fandom depicts the dynamic where there is nothing but hatred and abuse #Let Edgeworth and Franziska have complicated feelings about MVK #it’s boring when fics have them be like “yeah makes sense he was nothing but awful to us and we always hated him anyway” #Or when they’re *forced* into becoming prosecutors #When someone asks for my interpretation of MVK’s parenting my go-to answer is “he was abusive but not in the way the fandom depicts”

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REBLOG this with your FIRST fandom

#Frozen

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Fandom Problem #4753:

Fan works where the poster’s hatred of a character is projected onto another character whose feeling towards the hated character canonically are positive or at the very least ambiguous but unlikely to be as negative as suggested given circumstances and context. There are many other characters who’d make much more sense they could have used for their mouthpieces, but no. The mouthpiece character is often chosen not because it makes sense but because the fan/fandom loves them so they must be depicted as sharing their hatred of another character regardless of reason.

#The Harry Potter fandom making every Slytherin they like hate Snape #I once saw a Harry x Pansy text post where Pansy objected to naming Albus after Snape and UM I think she would be one of the least likely #Iirc we don’t know what she thinks of Snape but it is mentioned several times that most of the Slytherin students like Snape #Which fans forget #Regulus hating Snape is also silly #like I don’t think they were friends but that’s only cuz they were in different years and stuff #If Snape had a particular hatred of house-elves or was mean to Kreacher maybe #but there’s no basis for the “Regulus hates Snape” headcanon #Other than to show what a “good” Slytherin he is for hating the “bad” Slytherin Snape we get it you love Regulus and hate Snape #so Reg has to hate Snape too even though there’s no real reason for him to

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”Shigaraki shouldn’t be saved because they need to show some villains can’t be saved and are irredeemable”

We had All For One for that

“Shigaraki shouldn’t be saved because we need a tragic and sympathetic villain who can’t be saved”

Did you forget Twice?

#tomura shigaraki #shigaraki tomura #league of villains #lov #lov mha #mha tomura #shigaraki mha #afo mha #AFO #All For One #All For One mha

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there is, in fact, a "platonic explanation for this" if you're not a coward

#So many times I see “there’s no platonic/heterosexual explanation for this” and “you wouldn’t do this for a friend” and I’m like…yes I would #I swear if I was a fictional character people would swear up and down I’m in love with my platonic friends #Don’t underestimate the lengths people can go for in the name of platonic friendship love

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The annoying thing about “ugh why can’t we have more irredeemable and unsympathetic villains, all villains get redeemed or are sympathetic these days” discourse is…most stories that have redeemed or sympathetic villains also have at least one irredeemable villain with 0 sympathetic qualities. Name a redeemed villain and I can often also name another villain from the same story as them who doesn’t get redeemed. For every Darth Vader there’s a Palpatine. You say “not all villains can be Zukos some of them should be Ozais” but miss who the obvious Ozais already are in favor of calling for the Zukos to also be Ozais.

#Villains #villain writing #villain discourse #Redemption arcs #redemption discourse #redemption arcs discourse #fandom bs #fandom nonsense #fandom problems

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The last few months of 2023 were tough but 2024 is here and I'm determined to start drawing again. My first drawing of the new year -- a sketchy rumbelle :)

#Rumbelle #ouat

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Ok, I find Dahlia’s claim that she convinced her father to send Iris away to the Hazakura Temple ridiculous (even by AA standards) since she would’ve been a kid at the time so here are my takes on it:

Possibility #1: Dahlia got in a fight with Iris and ranted about her to their dad (as most siblings do when they’re kids) shortly before their separation. When Iris was sent away, little Dahlia wondered if it was her fault because of the timing but in truth she had nothing to do with her dad’s decision. While initially this made Dahlia feel guilty, as she got older and lost her compassion and love for her sister she convinced herself it was a good thing Iris was sent away and that she had a role in it. A major thing about Dahlia is that she often fails, so she likely convinced herself she “succeeded” at manipulating her father into ridding her sister when in actuality she’s giving herself too much credit.

Possibility #2: Mr Hawthorne was going to send both Dahlia and Iris away to the temple but when he told her, little Dahlia convinced him to let her stay somehow (maybe she promised to be more useful or not be a nuisance something idk exactly??). I find it more believable that a little girl could convince her father not to abandon her than convince him to abandon her sister. Again, see above for why Dahlia now sees/reports this as her convincing him to get rid of Iris.

#dahlia hawthorne #aa trials and tribulations #ace attorney trials and tribulations #ace attorney 3 #aa 3 #ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #Iris Hawthorne #Iris Fey

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#Phoenix is the KING of just not talking about his past even when it’s relevant

The funny thing about coming up with Ace Attorney theories/headcanons is that “it would’ve been mentioned already if it were true” can’t really be used as arguments against them because Ace Attorney characters are the KINGS of “not bringing up super significant stuff from my life that you think I would’ve mentioned earlier until it’s relevant to the plot”

#For real there’s still so much about him we don’t know (not that we need to of course I think his story is complete) #But it’s funny how we know nothing about his parents when he’s the protagonist #did he have a normal home life with two loving parents? Orphan? Raised by single parent? Bad parents? Something else? #Who knows take your pick these are all potentially valid answers

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Fandom Problem #4678:

Tag your ships. Tag your ships. Tag your ships.

Tag your ships if it's a fanart.

Tag your ships if it's a fanfic.

Tag your ships if it's just a meme.

Tag your ships if it's just a headcanon.

Tag your ships if it's an incorrect quote.

Tag your ships if it's a rp scene.

Tag your ships no matter what you're posting about them.

Tag your ships.

Tag your goddamned ships.

It's good for people to avoid them. It's good for people who wanna find them. It's a win-win situation.

Tag your ships.

#PLEASE #“But everyone ships it so I don’t have to!” That’s usually not true and even if it is you should tag to make it easier for shippers to find

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“Not every villain needs a redemption arc!”

Correct. However, who on earth is calling for ALL villains to be redeemed? Even the most pro-redemption folks can name villains they don’t think should be redeemed. Just because someone wants a redemption arc for a villain you don’t think needs it doesn’t mean they apply that to ALL villains. This argument is nothing but a disingenuous strawman.

#Villain discourse #villains #Redemption arc #redemption arc discourse #redemption discourse #redemption arcs #fandom bs #fandom discourse #fandom nonsense #fandom problems #Writing discourse

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Harry calling his son Severus was one of the most beautiful act of love. No wonder some people couldn't get it, because some people can't handle love and forgiveness.

#Harry Potter #Severus Snape

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A Rant

An argument that I hate to see Anti-Snape people use is “if Lily hadn’t been targeted by Voldemort, Snape would still be a Death Eater”.

Like, do y’all not realize how many stories would be different if someone that a protagonist cared about wasn’t threatened by death/other dangers?

*cracks knuckles*

Some examples of these stories & why I hate this argument: 

Keep reading

#THIS #severus snape