#phoenx wright

[torchiiko]

ace attorney trilogy screenshots from my personal collection pt 1

everyone repeatedly dunking on franziska abt her dead dad

phoenix ranting abt british cars

Why Did They Say That moments

edgeworth

gumshoe my beloved gumshoe <3

edited to include quick transcriptions in the images! (sorey it took so long lemme know if they work)

#ace attorney #aa trilogy #ace attorney trilogy #phoenx wright #miles edgeworth #maya fey #franziska von karma #angel starr #diego armando #dick gumshoe #detective gumshoe #ace attorney spoilers #spoilers #i dont usually tag every character but i thought ppl might like em And itd b useful for me 2 find these later #nerd time #torch chatter #funne :)

[purplesound]

dumb shitpost redraws

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenx wright #maya fey #mia fey #narumitsu #dick gumshoe #shitpost #redraw

[creep-girl]

yeah i

i like ace attorney

#i just finished the first game wahoo #anyways #ace attorney #aa #ace attorney spoilers #phoenix wright ace attorney #maya fey #phoenx wright #ema skye #mia fey #dick gumshoe #detective gumshoe #april may #miles edgeworth #narumitsu #wrightworth #text posts #wow thats a lot of tags

[chequerootlurks]

#phoenx wright #miles edgeworth #wrightworth #narumitsu

[wowowwild]

Phoenix: You're telling me a shrimp fried this rice?!

Trucy: Polly, I didn't know you worked here!

Apollo: Why do I ever agree to hang out with you guys?

#ace attorney #phoenx wright #trucy wright #apollo justice #incorrect quotes #incorrect ace attorney quotes #my memes #ace's memes

[attorneychicita]

Can't believe we're more than halfway through the 7 year gap now

#ace attorney #anyway happy disbarment day #disbarment day #phoenx wright has been disbarred for 4 slutty slutty years

[magyarmartir]

Discussed it with my sister and she was wrong. I need to know if Tumblr is more right or also wrong.

#polls #tumblr polls #phoenix wright #jonathan harker #dracula 1931 #saul goodman #donald gennaro #jurassic park novel #atticus finch #gregory peck #apollo justice #olga #ristorante paradiso

[chrisdrawings]

AA Superhero AU: The First Turnabout

Masterpost

So, I want to start with the retelling, and even if there are a lot of interesting things to talk about for this AU, I decided to start from the beginnging of the games, and Phoenix Wright’s first trial.

...because it’s probably the event that changes the less from canon, and I’m still new to this whole... you know... retelling thing.

I never invented an AU this complicated ever.

So suggestions on how to do it better are greatly appreciated.

Anyway... let’s start!

Quick summary

It’s pretty much similar to canon, to be honest. No superheroes are involved, except Mia Fey and Phoenix Wright, who don’t use their powers during the trial. One thing that differs is Phoenix’s relationship with Larry, who’s not (one of) the reason he became an attorney, but just an old friend, and Maya’s presence on the scene, as she and Phoenix are already close friends. 

The rest is basically the same: Larry gets accused of murder, Phoenix defends him, and proves that the witness, Frank Sahwit, is actually the culprit of the crime. It all ends with Larry gifting the Thinker to Mia.

More details (and a fun after-trial dialogue) under the cut: 

Pre-crime

Larry and Cindy’s relationship is just like canon. She broke up with him, who didn’t realize, and tried to reach out to her. Larry gets accused of her murder, and asks Phoenix for help. 

Phoenix and Larry know each other ever since they were very little, and Phoenx owes Larry, since he helped him when Phoenix’s ex-girlfriend accused Phoenix of murder (one day I’ll get to Turnabout memories). That’s why Phoenix helps Larry, taking his case. Mia offers her support.

The crime

Like canon, no major differences.

The Investigation

They do an investigation, obviously, where Phoenix and Mia examine the scene of the crime, and quickly figure out this is a pretty common burglary gone wrong, and there are not enough evidence to accuse Larry of murder. Too bad Mia can’t figure out who the true culprit is by touching the victim, because Cindy didn’t see her aggressor.

Even if this is a murder trial, it looks pretty easy.

But the defendant is Larry, and when something smells, it’s usually the Buts, in every universe! Phoenix interrogates him, and Larry is not really useful, too heartbroken to give information, and lamenting his fate. 

The Trial

Since this is Phoenix’s big debut, Maya is there to cheer for him from the audience, and Mia is his co-counsel. Phoenix is pretty confident about the case, and tries to point out that there are no evidence that put Larry on the scene of the crime, especially as the murderer.

One thing he didn’t know, is that there is a witness who saw the whole murder happening. The prosecution didn’t inform him.

Things proceed as in canon with the cross-examinations, and both Phoenix and Mia realize the witness is probably the true cuplrit.

Thanks to the Thinker, they are able to prove it swiftly, just like in canon, and Larry is declared not-guilty. Mr. Sahwit gets taken away, and he will face another trial, that will probably be even faster than this one.

After-trial

After the Trial, Maya cheers for both Mia and Phoenix, and Larry offers Mia his copy of the Thinker, that Maya likes it a lot. He then thanks Phoenix for the help (but doesn’t pay him, stingy) and goes off to other troubles.

Mia, Phoenix and Maya gets dinner to celebrate Phoenix’s first victory. Phoenix is really happy about it, but hopes that in the next case he will be able to defend a superhuman, since that’s his specialization.

Maya, jokingly: You can defend me, when I’ll kill my boss for giving me insane work hours!

Phoenix, jokingly too: Oh no, please! I can’t take your case, you are undefendable! Clearly too guilty to be defended!

Mia, rolling her eyes: No offense, Phoenix, but I’d rather defend my sister, when she’ll surely get accused of murder.

Maya, offended: Et tu, Mia?!

Phoenix, laughing: I could never compete with the chief. But let’s hope that day, that will definetely come, will be in a long long time

Maya: If my boss doesn’t stop with the unpaid overtime, it will be soon

Angel Starr, aka Maya’s boss: You are aware that this is your workplace, I’m right here and I’m a former detective, are you? 

At the end of the day, they had fun, everything was right, and Phoenix started his career with a good victory.

So, that’s how I plan on retelling the cases, with a quick summary, pre-crime, the crime, investigation, trial and after-trial.

There will probably be little dialogues, and pictures where needed. This was a pretty easy retelling, since almost anything changed, but some cases will change completely. And I’ll probably divide some cases in more posts.

Tell me if there is a case you are interested in, and I’ll try to do it soon :)

#Ace attorney #AA #Superhero AU #Ace attorney superhero AU #Phoenix Wright #the first turnabout #retelling #Mia Fey #Larry Butz #Maya Fey #Frank Sahwit

[demonprosecutor]

pfp for u and ur rival (lover)

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenx wright #wrightworth #narumitsu #my art #aku art

[mrsquidgereenart]

Saddled with Unnecessary Feelings,

#thanatos #hades #hadesgame #art #Digital #(Replaces the gong sound of Thanatos appearing with Edgeworths Objection from Phoenx Wright Ace Attorney)

[the-sun-never-burns-out]

Ace Attorney RP

Hey! Just letting you know a new Ace Attorney based rp group is out on Discord.

It’s 16+ for age, and mainly literate, aside from some in character texting rooms.

If you’re interested, reply or PM me for the link.

It’s still new, so most characters are free for the taking!

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #fransiska von karma #ace attorney rp #ace attorney roleplay #phoenx wright rp #phoenix wright roleplay

[thequickbutt]

when was the last time I drew a female character? but aah I love Trucy

#ace attorney #trucy wright #my art #art meme #phoenx

[creep-girl]

shitpost status

#ace attorney #aa #phoenx wright #maya fey #my art #ms paint #this came to me in a dream

[chequerootlurks]

They are in love.

They are dating.

They are in a long-term committed relationship.

They are married.

#phoenx wright #miles edgeworth #narumitsu #wrightworth #lovely art

[cloud-shaped-duck]

headcanon that Edgeworth and Maya are both mods on a steel samurai discord server. They’ve been friends for year before they met in canon but neither knows who the other one is.

(got this headcanon from an AMAZING fic and can’t stop thinking about it)

First off, please let me know the fic!!!

Secondly, the first time they do a voice chat (I’m not on discord very often, so bear with me if I get things wrong) Miles is like “omg, my best friend is a young girl, am I a creep.” And Maya thinks it’s really funny to bully Miles about it. (But obviously, they’re both okay with it and have boundaries set.) She does the uwu voice just to piss him off. He hates it so so much.

In an attempted retaliation, he will diss her favorite character. She posts memes in general. I can’t imagine Edgeworth being any good at trolling, so he just admits defeat.

Maya figures out who Miles really is because he makes very very specific headcanons about characters which is clearly him just projecting. Miles figures it out after he hears Maya doing the uwu voice to annoy Mia or Phoenix.

Once they figure out that they’ve been besties this whole time, they make the choice to not tell Phoenix. Wrights very confused at how they went from being basically enemies (I can’t imagine that anyone would like a prosecutor who accused them of murder not counting Phoenx) to being best friends within like a week.

#ace attorney #miles edgeworth #maya fey #phoenix wright #headcanons #I should really spend more time on discord #sorry if this is incomprehensible or out of character

[kyndaris]

Pray Forgive this Discourtesy of an Impression

Many of my friends - and by extension, I also include you dear readers of this blog - know, I have been a fan of the Ace Attorney series for a very long time. It began in the days of my youth, when I discovered Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney for the Nintendo DS. As someone that was interested in legal proceedings but was unsure of actually taking the step of becoming an actual barrister in court, it helped feed my very unique itch of shouting OBJECTION! and pointing at the counsel opposite me.

That and the fact that the lawyers of the franchise were also amateur sleuths, piecing together the truth of whatever crime had actually been perpetrated and denouncing the witnesses brought in to testify as the actual masterminds.

Honestly, I wish court cases in real life were this exciting.

Even back then, the idea of acting the sleuth and figuring out the intricacies behind a complex plot of murder had me salivating. It did not help that I had read Arthur Conan Doyle’s collection of stories about a world-renowned detective and hoped to emulate his ability to make rapid deductions based on simple observation.

So, when The Great Ace Attorney was first announced, I was justifiable excited. To play as the ancestor of the great Phoenx Wright? Interact with Sherlock Holmes in 19th century London? WHERE DO I SELL MY SOUL TO?

To my great dismay, however, there were no immediate plans to release the games in the West. In fact, I even pondered on whether or not I should indulge in obtaining a fan translated copy (or watch a playthrough).

As the years passed, I lost hope that there would ever be a release of The Great Ace Attorney games in the West. And so, life went on.

UNTIL OF COURSE, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BE RELEASED! IN JULY 2021! AND THOUGH MY SPIRIT WAS A LITTLE CRUSHED TO HEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PHYSICAL RELEASE IN AUSTRALIA, I QUICKLY PUT THE GAME ON MY NINTENDO ESTORE WISHLIST, READY FOR PURCHASE!

When release day came, I was pumped to dive into the world of finger-pointing and strange reversals where the defence attorney had to prove their client innocent beyond all reasonable doubt. The game itself begins with Ryunosuke Naruhodo, a student of Yumei University being accused of murdering a visiting professor: John H. Wilson. At his side is his best friend: Kazuma Asogi, a practicing law student.

Wishing not to dash his friend’s dreams of travelling to Britain (should the trial not be won), Ryunosuke steps up to represent himself. Valiantly, he battles against Prosecutor Auchi. And just like his descendant, fumbles his way through to the inevitable truth. That he was setup and that the actual culprit was a person hidden under plain view: an English gentlewoman by the name of Jezaille Brett. She had murdered the esteemed professor through the use of a special poison that could not be identified by the technology at the time before shooting the victim to pin the blame on our hapless student.

It was a tale as old as time for those that have played the Ace Attorney series. What I liked, however, was the fact that this time round, there were multiple witnesses in the stand and how they would play off each other. Their reactions to what someone else said were great ways to enliven up the gameplay and helped move the story along when I seemed stuck on where to present my piece of crucial evidence to highlight an inconsistency.

By the end of the first trial, however, the game sees our protagonists on the way to the United Kingdom. Having stowed away in his friend’s trunk, Ryunosuke is accused once again of murder. This time, of his friend. And by the great Herlock Sholmes, no less! Unfortunately, due to copyright infringements, the translation team was forced to change the name of the character. Still, this adaption of one of the best literary detectives served to be a breath of fresh air. He was an enjoyable and lively companion. 

I also very much liked how they inserted so many references to the actual stories that were penned by Arthur Conan Doyle: the Red-Headed League, Speckled Band, Hound of the Baskervilles, the Man with the Twisted Lip...

The reinterpretations of so many beloved characters also helped to put a spin on what I would have expected. Truth be told, I never thought I would become so protective of diver-turned-inspector-apprentice Gina Lestrade. She is a precious cinnamon roll! How dare anyone think she would actually murder anyone when it’s clear that she’s a misunderstood tsundere with a heart of gold!

After finishing the first game: The Great Ace Attorney Adventures I could not help but feel that the story was incomplete. In many ways, just like with Trails of Sky, it served as a prelude to things that would come. There were plenty of hints of what Ryunosuke, with plenty of dangling and tantalising mysteries. A few characters that were introduced, such as William Shamspeare, never got to see the limelight until the second entry: The Great Ace Attorney Resolve. 

Why have such a uniquely dressed character walk by in passing without putting them into a case? It made no sense. It was as if Chekhov’s gun, placed in clear view, remained unused.

As such, when the credits rolled, I immediately dived into the sequel. The cases that I played through in the second entry seemed much more connected and provided a more cohesive overarching plot. In fact, while I thought the first game was a good addition in its own right - what with its stereoscopic images (which was very difficult to try and make 3D on a huge television), I thought Resolve was much better at tying up all the loose ends that players were left with. 

That and we also got to enjoy the return of multi-day trials, with a mixture of investigation and court appearance, rather than ones that seemed concentrated on a single day (and were quite tiring to endure). I will say that the final episode being a continuation of the fourth was a little suspect, but didn’t mind it because of how much was revealed and discussed in those last few moments.

In saying that, the games are not without their flaws. As always, sometimes it takes a while to make the connection on what evidence needs to be presented to which statement. There were times in the first case of the second game where the hints provided to the the player once they had gone through the testimony, made me focus on a completely different area than I should have. 

I also floundered a little because the clues relied more on memory of what Ryunosuke and Susato had been discussing when they were examining the evidence, but which was not updated in the actual information. As such, it took quite a while to figure out the SS Grouse inconsistency during the fourth case in the second game.

Then, of course, there were the the inconsistencies or unexplained plot points in the games themselves. In the first case of the first game, one of the key evidences that was used to highlight who the real murderer in the John H. Wilson case was blood on a serving of beef steak. The blood was on the left of the platter. The victim however, had a bullet hole on the right hand side of the chest. Given that he had been facing the table at the time he was shot, why would the the blood be on the left side of the serving platter?

Also, how did the reporter Menimemo even get a knife to stab Jezaille Brett in the first case of the second game? Did he already have it on his person? Also, since it had been first established that the victim had been stabbed, why go through all the rigmarole of having to also prove that the reporter had both poisoned and stabbed the victim? Talk about overkill.

And someone please explain how anyone could serve as a prosecutor in a case when they have a CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST! A court of law is not a place where someone can slake their thirst for vengeance. And it was clear from the start that Kazuma Asogi should have been removed because of his misguided vendetta against Barok van Zieks.

The same could also be extended to the jurors. I don’t think anyone who knows the accused or the victim personally is allowed to serve as a jury member because of implicit bias. Then again, this is a game and I should probably just enjoy the game for what it is.

Despite these little quibbles with the narrative and the fact that there seem to be a very limited number of prosecutors and defence attorneys in Britain and Japan (along with jurors), I had a fun time playing through both games. After all, never in my wildest dreams did I think that they would be released out in the West. Even the summation examinations and pitting the jury members against each other was something fresh and different. While the Mood Matrix and Apollo’s ability to perceive have given new ways to solve cases, there’s still little that’s been done to shake up the formula of cross-examining a witness.

The Dance of Deduction between Herlock and Ryunosuke was also a brilliant piece of change that made some of the investigations more fun. While I’ll miss the psyche-locks, perhaps it’s a good thing that The Great Ace Attorney has moved away from mysticism and spirit channelling to focus more on Herlock’s wacky hijinks.

And before I forget, I need to throw out a special mention to Iris Wilson, the ten-year-old child genius that puts us all to shame. Growing up in an Asian household, I’m sure my mother wishes I could have got a doctorate in medicine by that time. 

On a side note, it was fun voicing a few of the characters as I played. I’m sure my family were quite confused as to why these terrible accents were petering down to the kitchen. 

Do I have any regrets?

Some.

But it’s always fun giving voice to these wacky characters and bringing them all to life with a few flamboyant performances.

#video games #the great ace attorney #ace attorney #gina lestrade is a precious cinnamon roll!