#characters like mccoy would be considered monsters villains and antagonists if they were in ace attorney

[iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife]

Law and order svu is very much like ace attorney in the sense that every single character has to be accused of some crime at some point + face charges and go to trial + every few episodes the case/crime of the day just happens to be uncomfortably personal for a member of the main cast + both pieces of media portray tense relationships between lawyers (admittedly aa's focus on lawyers is way more intense than lao's). But also law and order svu is very much unlike ace attorney in the sense that in aa defense attorneys are the heroic carriers of justice who save innocents from the jaws of a corrupt justice system perpetuated by the equally corrupt prosecutors, while in law and order defense attorneys get portrayed as greedy assholes who are willing to do whatever they need to keep their clients (who are more often than not rapists and murderers) out of jail. Prosecutors in lao are of course portrayed as the Good Guys who fight for the victims and true justice. These two pieces of media are quite different in background, target audience, artistic direction etc etc etc but showcase an interesting dichotomy when it comes to portrayals of the legal system in pop culture. Another popular series that has a lawyer as its protagonist is of course, Better Call Saul but i haven't watched that so i don't have much to say about it (although i know that Saul falls under the sleazy "will do anything to get his client declared innocent" defense attorney category). Now of course the law, being a lawyer, being a defense attorney/prosecutor is in and of itself a neutral thing and this polarization portrayed in your average law related piece of media is needlessly dramatic. At the end of the day most lawyers are just doing their job wether they defend perfectly innocent clients, make sure that guilty parties get the representation they deserve in a court of law, or wether they prove guilty people guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and make sure that the victims and their families get the justice they seek. I forgot where i was going with this post.

#ace attorney #law and order svu #sorry i got obsessed with two separate prosecutor characters back to back. im kinda driving myself insane here </3 #and also when i say prosecutors im of course referring to #miles edgeworth #and #rafael barba #amen #Al's ramblings #also its three am I should really go to bed #woah those are a lot of words to make the simple point that edgeworth would be considered a hero in the universe of lao #and characters like. i wont say barba because i love him. #characters like mccoy would be considered monsters villains and antagonists if they were in ace attorney #just saying.