#FUCK I forgot a bit of Miles Edgeworth

[sully-s]

Open in a different window to zoom in. So this is just a deep dive behind all the stuff I put in my last post I rolled back my picture before I did all the lighting and color changes to make certain details more visible. Fun fact I almost scrapped this whole picture at this stage because A. I was just burned out; this piece took me forever. B. As I kept getting more and more "neat" ideas to stuff in, I lost any real focal point, especially with the color scheme. After hours of trying to fix it in PS and failing, I was about to give up. I was like fuck it make it a night scene. Let me tell you all a world of lighting makes lol.

Anyways, enough about my struggles, let me give you the tour.

I love the idea that this corkboard was originally Phoenix's mood board in the beginning it just had his childhood pics from like the yearbook and that one time Larry got a polaroid camera. Then, a new year clipping about Edgeworth being Demon Prosecutor which led Phoenix to make his thesis about court drawings just so he could watch and see with his two eyes how much Edgeworth changed. - Then, later, he added Mia because she was his mentor. then Vinny (from the movie "My Cousin on Vinny") because like Vinny, Phoenix never understands court procedure but has very good instincts; and last Elle Woods who also went to law school for a boy basically his spirit lawyer lol. - Later, after Maya joined, she thought it would be funny to replace Phoenix's real reason to Steel Samurai. Also, it was fun because Will Powers was their client, so he should be their reason. Phoenix let them stay because it made Maya happy, and Phoenix knew that with Mia's death, she needed it. - I was going to add a sticky note from Miles that he approved, but I do like that Miles will never admit out loud or in writing that he enjoys the show. - A year later, Pearls tries to replace all the Steel Samurais with her drawings of Maya. Which Phoenix encouraged her to make during Maya's disappearance because facts. - Tid Bit: I was sad to cover up Will Powers' signature I really liked how it came out

Moving away from the mood board idea, I like that the cork board just became Phoenix's catch all. So his Law Degree which isn't the original it's just a sad printed-out version of what should've been his fancy embossed one. I like the idea that Phoenix never went to graduation. (Can't be bothered he's on a mission to save his childhood bff.)

Lastly are postcards from Edgeworth, his way of making up for all the years he couldn't write back to young Phoenix. - Also, this picture takes place some time after the 3rd game but before the disbarment.

Calendar whiteboard that I forgot to add the last row too so I guess in Japaniforina the months are only 25 days long.

I spent a frustrating amount of time trying to figure out the logistics of this paper trail. It really doesn't need to make sense It just has to make the room messier. - You can imagine Phoenix is looking over phone records or court stenographer's record.

So Edgeworth is a nerd; we all know this. But it annoys me just a tad that his nerd-isum is always just Steel Samurai (like I get it, it's canon), but all geeks have many fandom loves, okay. - So I just love the idea that Phoenix and Edgeworth (who are in a relationship at the time of this pic ) watch Better Call Saul, and they both bought each other a little plushie of the character they joke is them. -Edgeworth bought Saul for Phoenix (because of Saul's heart, not because he does shady practices), And Phoenix bought Kim (because she a really good lawyer who seems cold and is a workaholic who would break the rules for their Saul (used phoenix's badge in the third game )) - They keep each other's plushies in their offices, and if one of them stops by when the other isn't in, they put a sticky note on it. - Which we can see that Phoenix did need reminding because, as you can see, the date is 18th, and no mention of a dinner ;)

7. Now the whole reason I drew this picture was too show off my headcanon that Phoenix has a Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law action figure that you know Gumshoe got him after Edgeworth vs. State happen because of Polly. And we all know that man would be a fan of old Hanabara cartoons. - I've loved this stupid tid-bit of a headcanon that it's been haunting me for years. That's it; that's all I really wanted to say with this piece, and look where it got

[timothylawrence]

okey I forgot to update my playthru LOL but aai is a much faster paced game soooo review for like the halfway point below...!

-it’s fun!!! I think it’s a bit more to keep track of which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but aa was such a simple game that this feels almost overwhelming LOL. I am def having fun though…..

-GUMSHOE is so funny! I love him. it's so much fun to see the "other side" of the courthouse dynamics in this game. investigating is fun and gumshoe and miles have such a good dynamic and its sweet to see how things operate on the other side. they def trust and care about eachother.

and by good i mean gay as hell what do you meannnn whattt the hell...

-FRANZYYY I MISSED YOU FRANZZZZZYYYY WAHHHHH!!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY SHES BACK.... she is that girl my darling my angel and her dynamic with miles... owie.

oh and when she called him "Miles"..... and when he was worried about her being with interpol after the murder... mannnn MAANNNN.

ok von karmas fuck it uppp

-okay onto Kay SHES SO CUTE... I LOVE HER! She's quirky and sassy and Miles being like "please dont die in front of me" LMFAO they're sweet. i am having fun with her

erm actually...

-spare thoughts... the music is probably the best part of this game. im having sooooo much fun jamming out to it. i miss pheenie and maya so bad it hurts but i think im being mature about it.... (sniffle). Jordan is currently the voice of edgeworth and gumshoe so i get to have fun freestyling everyone else which has also made this a much more fun experience vs when i was just pheenie maya and the judge LOL. I dont have much to say other than the gameplay is enjoyable :) and im excited to see where the story goes....!!

[renaissancebadboy]

Omg love the character design for the homstuck aa au! If you don’t mind, could you explain your reasoning for the class you gave to the characters? I just love to hear it!

yessssssss Though with every explanation, please imagine me hunched over the mspa wiki holding these characters up like paint swatches.

There's also more than have been posted, so I guess I'll update this after they post!

Franziska - Maid of Blood So Blood is all about bonds and, with Franziska, I'm looking at it more under the lens of family. Franziska is huge on family and finds it incredibly important. She looks at Miles and without a beat of hesitation claims him as a little brother.

I went with 'Maid' under both the interpretation of "cleans up [Aspect]" because so much of her life is spent trying to "clean up" the bonds of her family, though initially under the lens that family means being a von Karma, as her father defines it. And also under the pun of "maid/made:" she's "made" of her bonds, defined by familial connections - being von Karma's daughter, Edgeworth's sister.

MvK - Prince of Blood Okay, time to come clean. I'm a fool who forgot that it was the Troll Ancestors what shared Aspects with their descendants and not the human guardians. But also I fucking love parallelism so fuck it. Manfred gets Blood bc Franziska, fight me.

Prince because of it being a destructive class. Under my lens of Blood = Family; Manfred literally destroys the Edgeworth family by murdering Gregory. And even more close to the canon interpretation of Blood; he destroys the friendship between Miles and Nick by taking Miles away.

Kay Faraday - Thief of Time I think I picked Time more because of the Extended Zodiac definition of Time players being doers. But I also looked at it as Little Thief having a bit of a Time-vibe? It sorta rewinds time for us to get a look at a previous situation. Also Time players tending to be associated with death is fun with Kay's connection with crows and ravens - birds likewise associated with death.

Kay had to be a Thief. I had to make them a Thief. There's no other Class for them. They are a Thief.

Byrne Faraday - Seer of Time Byrne is a Seer since his role in the Yatagarasu was using Little Thief to figure out security and get around it. So, Little Thief being our Time stand-in, he's using his Aspect to gain knowledge - classic Seer behavior.

Miles Edgeworth - Heir of Mind Miles had to be Mind. He had to be. Mr. 'I have Logic' needed to be Mind. Mr. 'I wanted to be a defense attorney since I was a wee child' needed to be the justice Aspect. Them's the rules. Also Mind is karma related and I think I'm funny.

Picking Heir for him leans more on the imagery of "inheritance." Both in that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, but also in his dad dying to put him in the position he's in. Likewise, there's something in Manfred making him sort of a heir, if only to turn him into something he believed Gregory would've hated only to destroy him.

Gregory Edgeworth - Sylph of Mind Sylphs are healers! With Mind = Justice, Gregory is healing with justice as a defense attorney! I do not care about possibly gendered Classes, this is my house.

This is also why I gave him a badge-shield weapon in the piece. He's a defense attorney. Shields defend. I'm funny.

Phoenix Wright - Knight of Hope If Wright ain't Hope, who is? That looking into impossible odds and still going 'I think I can do it!' He believes in clients, has Hope for them!

To be frank, the second the wiki was like 'hey one way to look at Knights is that they defend Aspect or defend with Aspect,' I went 'hell yeah there's Nick!' He defends Hope (not letting Edgeworth sink himself in Turnabout Goodbyes despite Edgeworth trying super hard) and defends with Hope (aforementioned belief in clients and trust that things will work out).

Mia Fey - Heir of Hope Went more with the lens of Heirs becoming their Aspect with Mia. Upon her death, she's called upon to give hope ('flip over the ding-dang receipt,' etc.)

I think there's also the valid lens that she was the original Heir of the Fey Clan in the wake of Misty vanishing. But she also left to find her mom and sort of represents the hope of solving everything.

Maya Fey - Seer of Doom Easy. Maya gains knowledge by speaking to (speaking as?) the dead (the doomed). Seer of Doom behavior.

Morgan Fey - Maid of Doom I think I went with the sort of speculation-ish lens of Maid in the historical sense of "unmarried lady of noble birth who attends a queen or princess" fitting Morgan's role as she was supposed to be the head of the Clan, but fell short without spiritual ability.

Also she super ruins shit. Made of Doom.

Ema Skye - Witch of Void Is Void for Ms. Science weird? Perhaps. But Void players tend to distance themselves in some way. Ema, by AA4, is incredibly closed off, hiding her hurt in an aloof affect. Everyone's beloved crutch: Snackoos.

Additionally, Witches tend to break the rules! Void is obfuscating? Not for this Witch! Ema's picks "which" void is allowed to exist, whether it's actually able to hide what it is. And also science is about exploring the mysteries!

Lana Skye - Knight of Void Lana's a more intuitive fit for Void imo. She has the distance of Void players down to an art.

I also looked at Knight as defending with Lana, but more that she defends through obfuscation. She tries to protect Ema by hiding the truth.

Klavier Gavin - Bard of Heart Breaking my convention bc I gotta talk Class and Aspect together here oops.

Heart is self, emotions, love (platonic or otherwise), but Bards (as a destructive Class) tend not to display their Aspect well. Klavier is masks on masks on masks - mask of a performer, of a prosecutor, of someone well-adjusted. He's initially 'destroyed' a true self by constantly flipping between these roles and never letting anyone see past that.

Bards, additionally, are pretty unpredictable! The wiki describes them as either sinking their entire party or being responsible for an improbable victory or both! Klavier utterly sinks Wright in their first encounter, but is ultimately the one who points out to Kris that Vera's trial is the test of the Jurist System, so he's absolutely hosed. He's the voice ringing in victory.

Also he had to be a Bard. Klav's a rockstar; gotta be a Bard.

Also I imagine her Godtier powers giving her like... Maenads. Using music to get others in a heightened emotional state and just fucking tearing apart enemies. I think that's neat. Let Klavier go apeshit.

pls tell me everyone got the axkind pun pls tell me everyone appreciated my shitty joke

Apollo Justice - Mage of Light Apollo had to be Light because I think I'm funny. But also Light being knowledge as awareness, illuminating hidden things, letting no secret remain. Apollo's got Special Eyes.

Mages also have weird relationships with their Aspect. Apollo has limited knowledge about himself in certain ways - not knowing Thalassa is his mother, Trucy his sister, etc. And in DD, he does half-blind himself to avoid dealing with his abilities. Mages also seem to derive information from their Aspect, so double check on Special Eyes.

Trucy Wright - Sylph of Breath Breath is freedom! It's going your own way and having confidence it's right. Big carefree energy. She never appears as bogged down by all her circumstances as one might expect.

Paired with the Sylph's healing role, you get Trucy's very confident 'come on let's have fun!' and likewise her seriously telling Nick that she'd work for the two of them. She marches to the beat of her own drum, but tries to carry others with her to help them feel better, or get what they need done.