#like klavier and iris and powers are three of the nicest characters in the series despite their very similar situations

[knightsickness]

in all seriousness i think it’s soo important to get into ace attorney at some point if you’re going to engage with fan content on the internet, because at its best ace attorney is a masterclass explanation on the difference between a villain and an antagonist, people who are irredeemable and people who aren’t. i think a lot of arguments about redemption arcs could be resolved much quicker if you could all look at a guy and decide if it’s an edgeworth or a kristoph situation

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #kristoph gavin #like. a shred of sympathy does not a morally grey character make #edgeworth didn’t set out to hurt people but he did and he thoroughly repents for it and spends the rest of the entire series trying to be #better even even though wasn’t the one who chose that life #people like kristoph and dahlia and matt aren’t redeemable (regardless of any sympathy from their situations) because they don’t consider #hurting people to get their own way to be bad #they don’t care care who they hurt and they’ve chosen to be that way #like klavier and iris and powers are three of the nicest characters in the series despite their very similar situations