#THIS MILES EDGEWORTH TRULY IS WINNING

[doctorsiren]

I’ve been thinking about Miles as Serizawa quite a bit 😁

[rendevok]

The sensation of waking up next to you ❤️💙

+bonus doodle:

…and they mimir’d happily ever after the end. ❤️

(ID under cut!)

Miles is roused from sleep by sunlight shining on his face. Slowly, his eyes adjust to the light, until finally, his scope of awareness broadens to a body he had been sleeping on.

Page 2

Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.

Miles looks up to the figure that holds him, and upon seeing, his eyes widen in recognition.

The bottom panel of the page shows minimal details of a window shedding light onto the bed and blankets as seen from a higher view in the room.

Page 3

On the other side of the bed, Phoenix rests, his head propped by the headboard. His hair is messy from sleep, and his expression is thoughtful. The light of the morning highlights his features.

The sun shines through the blinds of the window.

Phoenix finally notices his observer, and turns to look at him.

Page 4

Phoenix takes Miles’ hand in his, and lifts it to gently kiss the ring on Miles’ finger. They both move to share a kiss, and their hands shift to hold one another. Miles’ ring sparkles in the sunlight.

Page 5

They link their fingers as they kiss, and the morning creates a quiet atmosphere around them.

They part, but remain close, their fingers fully interlocked. Phoenix greets “Good morning,” with a tender, loving expression as he looks at Miles. Miles’ own expression is soft, unguarded, and fixed on Phoenix.

Page 6

Phoenix and Miles settle back into their shared bed; the morning sun illuminates them. They both smile softly, seeming happy and at peace. Miles rests his head under Phoenix’s neck, and his hand on Phoenix’s chest. One of Phoenix’s hands rests over Miles’ own on his chest, while his other hand holds Miles closer, revealing a matching ring of his own. Both rings shine softly in the sunlight.

Bonus image

A small simple drawing of Phoenix and Miles having fallen asleep again while holding each other as in the final page of the comic.

End ID.]

[aceof-stars]

(Edited to adjust my argument).

I think RTFA confirming that Miles Edgeworth didn't intentionally forge evidence aligns with his established character in the first four cases. It does take away some audience interpretation but personally I'm fine with that.

First of all I don't think the rest of AA1 ever confirmed it one way or the other. There are a few instances where Phoenix thinks of Edgeworth as an evidence forger but it's not like Phoenix would know for sure either. (Do correct me, with specific lines please, if I'm wrong though).

But more importantly, if you only look at the first four cases of AA1 Edgeworth being an evidence forger doesn't make sense with his character. Why would a prosecutor forge evidence? Not including reasons like being blackmailed. 1) If they don't care (enough) about the truth (prioritizing things like success over it), or 2) if they truly believe the defendant is guilty and are desperate for a conviction (aka the reason Adrian Andrews forges evidence in 2-4).

Does Edgeworth care about the truth, before the start of his redemption arc at the end of 1-3?

Yes... kind of. I don't think he prioritizes the truth or consciously cares about it. As the "Demon Prosecutor", Edgeworth cares about justice, and achieving it through punishment. However, convicting the wrong person would not be justice to him. Which is what makes Edgeworth change sides to convict the right person in 1-3. So in that sense, he does care about the truth.

You could argue that Edgeworth had already lost once to Phoenix and thought "screw this, my perfect record is already gone, another loss wouldn't change that fact". But compare him to two characters who are actually obsessed with their perfect records. Manfred, a perfectionist control-freak, getting a penalty (not even losing!) unraveled him so much that he killed Gregory in the heat of the moment. Franziska after losing in 2-2 declares that: "That spirit channeling trial was a sham! I refuse to acknowledge its legitimacy! It did not count!" She doesn't even want to admit that she lost. Edgeworth, on the other hand, doesn't act like someone who truly prioritizes his win record over the truth.

Because Edgeworth didn't just let himself lose in 1-3, he made himself lose. He made Vasquez testify again. She would have gotten away if Edgeworth didn't say anything. And after the trial he tells the judge "Will Powers was innocent. That he should be found so is only natural… not a miracle."

Okay but if Edgeworth does care about the truth (to some extent), and believed that every defendant being guilty was the truth, he could have easily gone down the path of forging evidence to ensure the verdict reflected what he believed to be true. That leads me to my next question:

2. Does Edgeworth truly believe that every defendant he prosecutes is guilty?

Actually no. He says this in Turnabout Sisters: "Innocent"...? How can we know that? The guilty will always lie, to avoid being found out. There's no way to tell who is guilty and who is innocent! All that I can hope to do is get every defendant declared "guilty"! So I make that my policy.

Yeah I think that line speaks for itself.

Miles Edgeworth can't bring himself to consciously care about or prioritize the truth, but the moment it's presented in front of him he also can't bring himself to ignore it. He doesn't think it would be just to knowingly convict an innocent person, but he's so disillusioned and distrusting of people that he's lost faith in finding the truth.

So, he commits himself to getting guilty verdicts because he believes that's the best shot he has at enacting justice, even if he accidentally convicts innocent people from time to time.

And to me that aligns with his reaction to finding out he unknowingly used forged evidence in 1-5. Edgeworth was so disillusioned with finding the truth that he has accepted that some collateral damage would inevitably happen as a result of his mindset. However, because he still can't let go of his dedication to the truth, he wouldn't want to lie or rewrite the facts to achieve his verdicts.

[theturncoattournament]

Who is the best turncoat character? (Round 3)

A tournament for characters who change allegiances and/or have a redemption or corruption arc during their stories

PROPAGANDA:

Miles Edgeworth- When Miles was first introduced in the games, he was a ruthless prosecutor who cared more about his winning streak then the people he puts in jail. As the series progresses, he begins to truly care about justice instead of just a verdict. He goes from just an antagonist to a multi-faceted character who does his job well not for the sake of it, but for a cause he now truly believe in.

Harvey Dent/Two-Face- None submitted

[musashi]

How did the "Phoenix sent Miles letters and then MVK burned them" headcanon belief turned an actual thing people believe happened even come about?? I truly have never seen a fandom so hellbent on making people conform to their headcanons that they literally make up things and pretend they happened in the games. It doesn't even make sense with MVK's character but I guess people are too hellbent on portraying him as comically evil.

ace attorney fans are very bad at playing ace attorney. tons of them will readily admit to not watching playthroughs or playing themselves but instead getting all of their knowledge on the canon through fanfiction and fanworks.

they are quite literally playing telephone. and the fandom is actively hostile to new fans, because we come in and say 'this fanon is directly contradicted by canon?' and IMMEDIATELY get dogpiled en masse by the 6 high school bullies in charge of What Fanon Is Allowed. obviously, that scares new fans off--if a fandom doesn't even respect the canon, then anything goes, and whoever wins is whoever shouts loudest.

no one wants their fandom experience to be shouting. so they move onto fandoms that are more welcoming, and only the nastiest people are left. it sucks, and ace attorney is bar none the worst example i've seen.

and like i said, it all just comes back to the fact that miles edgeworth is the fandom darling, very easy to project onto because fandom is often full of traumatized social outcasts who struggle with immeasurable amounts of self-loathing. miles edgeworth is like crack to them. but to acknowledge that he is a complex person who can make mistakes and hurt others means acknowledging that so can they. they are not brave enough or mature enough to do that, so they make all of miles' choices not his own, but the action of some faceless abuser in the shadows who "made him that way" or forced him to hurt others.

that's also why these same people go CRAZY when they encounter people who identify with and project onto a character like mvk. as someone with OCPD, i find manfred very relatable. i love that he's canonically disabled, i love that he's canonically neurodivergent, and i love that he is easy to project my own OCPD onto. when i bring this up in fan spaces, all respectable debate goes out the window and the naysayers just start reciting quips and memes at me instead. they cannot argue against it because they see the logical contradiction--why is it ok to project onto miles, but not onto manfred? they cannot allow me to expose that hypocrisy.

if only its transparency lead to any productive discussion about it. sadly, these people are just beyond help or debate, and so all i can do is block them and ignore them and pray they stop making sockpuppet accounts to harass me and my friends for liking some made-up collection of pixels.

[its-just-hyper]

Take this song I made guys it’s funny I swear. (Lyrics/id under cut because my mic is very mediocre)

[[ visual is just manfred Von karma’s taser sprite on a black background. Lyrics are sung to Rasputin by Boney M. ]]

There lived a german man

In town quite recently

He was big and armed and he wouldn't let you free.

Most people looked at him

With terror and with awe

And to criminals his words cut them like a saw

He knew law how fishes know the water

Down to letter, dash, and dot,

Trained from birth his terrifying daughter

Not once ever lost.

Va- va- Von Karma, demon like you've never saw,

A nearly perfect streak till the end

Va- va- Von Karma, frozen heart will never thaw

Until there’s nothing left to defend!

In all affairs of court

Its him to not defeat

Even if you could, a dark fate you’d surely meet

Through sickness and in pain

He’d never take a break

But when justice shined, all that effort was in vain.

Edgeworth was a fighter of corruption

Yet the wrong case he had won,

Evil’s petty legacy abduction

Who would raise his son?

Va- Va Von Karma Japaniforna’s demon spawn

A nearly perfect streak till the end

Va- Va- Von Karma, Miles as a vengeance pawn,

Groomed till his wish was not to defend!

But when his lies, and fraudulence, and hunger for perfection became known to just the right lawyer, The pressure and evidence against him was stacking higher and higher

“This lawyer’s gotta go”

Declared one Phoenix Wright

But Edgeworth insisted “you cannot win this fight”

No doubt this Von Karma

Had lots of hidden schemes

Phoenix vowed that saving Miles was all he needs.

Then one night, not christmas– only ‘almost’

Guns were shot Miles was blamed

“Edgeworth fell from grace” Manfred demanded

He was truly framed.

Va- Va- Von Karma Prosecuting Prodigy

Destroying evidence all the time

Va- Va- Von Karma proof was left for nobody

Phoenix was tased but ended up fine!

Va- Va- Von Karma! Plotting, Vile, Murderer

He waited years for his case to close

Va- Va- Von Karma! Evil, chronic perjurer

But couldn’t hide just under Wright’s nose!

[solsilverpine]

➺ 𝒓𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼: list your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people!

thank you for the tag: @sunatsubu @mayawakening @hayesflints @iftheresaproblem-whatever @benny-the-killer-kangaroo @lost-in-derry and @mxtr3ssquickly 💜🧡✨

Alexander Kallus - Star wars rebels (Hard choice between the boys but Kal wins since a show has to work real hard to make me go from "what a generic annoying antagonist" to "where is he, is he okay")

Kotetsu T Kaburagi - Tiger & Bunny (Truly an incredible show, one I've studied and enjoyed many times over the years, will always recommend.)

Miles Edgeworth - Ace Attorney (The game franchise as a whole is incredible, but his arc is a stand out for me and very close to my heart. If you can't play these games yourself I recommend watching the game grumps playthrough (high Chaos) or one of ProZD's (refined Chaos) like "push buttons and talk". There's also an anime adaption but it rushes the story in a few places and has weird filler arcs.)

Venom - Venom live action films (I adore him. I get such pure joy from this gremlin. Literally will do a little happy dance whenever I see his goofy lil smile.)

Jason Todd - Batman (hard pick between him and nightwing lol. I will take this opportunity to recommend Wayne Family Adventures tho. Its free on Webtoon and batfamily members are treated with the compassion they often don't get in mainstream comics.)

Pitch Black - Rise of the guardians (I watched this film in cinemas when it came out. It gave me a crisis over weather or not the villain really deserved the ending he got and inspired me not to give up on writing things that were different. 15/10 good watch.)

Samurai Jack - Samurai Jack (A beautiful show that is an absolute feast of visual storytelling. I have a lot of sentimental attachment to this one so I might be biased but if you have never seen it I recommend checking it out.)

Arataka Reigen - Mob Psycho 100 (Same as Kallus I went from disliking him to rooting for him and really enjoying how his story played out.)

Wolverine - X-men (I just think he's neat. Also my mother took my interest in wolverine as a sign of my late blooming heterosexuality and brought me a bunch of posters and figures of wolverine, and Hugh jackman in general, during high school. I'm still not heterosexual but I am a monsterfuqqer now so...)

Princess Bubblegum- Adventure time (Also Marcy but one character RIP. Her growth throughout the seasons is lovely to watch and also I met Hayes through this show so it's special.)

Open tag to anyone who hasn't been tagged yet/would like to do it 🧡💜

[tacobellabeanburrito]

Ok so, there's this website called deep ai that I've been experimenting with for a while now (Mostly just to get the answers for my Finance homework) and I was like, well, if it can do that, what else can it do?

Mind you, I searched Quizlet for hours trying to look for the answers, and you can just put the questions in and it gives it to you straight. My friend showed it to me.

So I started telling it to write stuff (like, ok so I have this original story I wanna write but I only have a bare bones idea for it so I was like whatever) and it like, wrote the whole idea kinda? For it? It was weird. But kinda cool. It was more of a plot summary than anything.

But then I was like "Hey, what if I asked it to write a narumitsu fanfic" and I did that and it actually came out, weirdly semi-decent?

Here's the fic ->

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Phoenix Wright sat at his desk, staring blankly at the pile of paperwork in front of him. It had been a long day in court, and he was exhausted. Just as he was about to give up and call it a night, there was a knock on his office door.

"Come in," Phoenix called out, hoping it wasn't another client in need of his services. To his surprise, it was none other than his former rival and best friend, Miles Edgeworth.

"Phoenix, may I speak with you for a moment?" Edgeworth asked, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"Of course, Edgeworth. What's on your mind?" Phoenix replied, gesturing for his friend to take a seat.

"I...I wanted to apologize," Edgeworth began, his gaze fixed on the ground. "For everything I put you through during our time in court. I was blinded by my obsession with winning, and I lost sight of what truly mattered."

Phoenix was taken aback by Edgeworth's words. He had never heard the stoic prosecutor apologize like this before. "It's okay, Edgeworth. We've both made mistakes in the past. What matters now is that we've grown from them and become better people."

Edgeworth looked up at Phoenix, his eyes shining with gratitude. "Thank you, Phoenix. You have always been there for me, even when I didn't deserve it. I...I don't know what I would do without you."

Phoenix felt his heart swell with emotion. He had always cared deeply for Edgeworth, despite their contentious past. And now, in this moment of vulnerability, he realized just how much he truly loved him.

Without thinking, Phoenix reached out and took Edgeworth's hand in his own. The prosecutor's eyes widened in surprise, but he didn't pull away. Instead, he squeezed Phoenix's hand tightly, as if seeking comfort and reassurance.

"I love you, Miles," Phoenix whispered, his voice filled with sincerity.

Edgeworth's breath caught in his throat, his eyes shining with unshed tears. "I love you too, Phoenix," he replied, his voice equally heartfelt.

And in that moment, with their hands clasped together and their hearts open to one another, Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth knew that they had found something truly special – a love that was stronger than any objection, and would stand the test of time.

-

So uh, yeah, kinda weird huh? You probably couldn't even tell if you saw it on like, A3O that it was written by an AI (or maybe you could, there's some shit that points to it being AI written). But I've been wondering, have people been doing this with fanfics? Probably, I don't know. But it's just, weird to think about. You could probably write a whole chaptered fic without actually writing it and just using AI to write it.

I just wanted to point this out, it was kinda a cute story but yeah, creepy. And unethical? Maybe? Have there been any discussions about AI in the writing community like there have been in the art community? I feel like I only really hear about the art side of AI.

🚨Also! I am not defending this! I am merely just showing what I ended up finding on an ai site. I am also a creative (I write fanfics and do art)

[reddbuster]

hi cas!! if you want specific questions, here are my two favourite questions to ask people: (a) does trucy know she and apollo are siblings, and (b) would von karma have tried to frame edgeworth if edgeworth hadn’t started losing cases. and if you want something nonspecific what are your ace attorney opinions <3 i love ace attorney opinions

oohhh that first one is juicy. Honestly I could see it going either way but I genuinely would not be surprised if she did. She probably knows Phoenix’s tells so if anyone’d be able to tell he was hiding something I think it would be her. But on the other hand Phoenix is also perceptive and might know to hide his tells from her. But if I have to pick a yes or no answer I guess I’d go with yes, if only because I think it’s compelling and also the mental image of Phoenix doing the big reveal and Trucy just going “I know”. Is really fucking funny to me. As for the other question…..honestly I do not think Manfred framing Miles for the murder has anything to do with him losing to Phoenix. I don’t even know if I think it’s something he really planned out that far in advance. My personal interpretation has always been that as the statute of limitations grew closer and closer he just got increasingly paranoid and neurotic about SOMETHING happening that could possibly cause the truth to leak out somehow (Miles’s memory is triggered and he testifies against him or something of that nature) and so he tries, in what I can only really describe as an act of calculated desperation, to wrap all those loose ends up in a neat little bow right before the date passes and he is free from the shadow of DL-6 forever. I guess I just never could buy that any criminal worth his salt let alone a genius prosecutor with a 40 year perfect win record, who’d been planning this for entire months let alone years as some people seem to think, would ever do something so blatantly stupid as HAND WRITING a letter to Yanni Yogi. You cannot convince me that Manfred Von fucking Karma would be that fucking stupid unless he felt really cornered. But that’s just my take. Maybe he’s just a technologically illiterate old prune. I suppose we will truly never know…..

[adhdvsautismbracket]

ADHD vs Autism Bracket: Summary (Round 1)

Round 1 has officially come to a close, with some outcomes that really surprised me!!

Despite sweeping so many polls before mine, Kris and Susie fucking DIED? Right off the bat. But maybe that just goes to show how iconic Phineas and Ferb are, there is truly nothing neurotypical going on in that show.

Another surprise to me was the Ink!Sans and Error!Sans VS Cuphead and Mugman matchup. Although the former received 20+ nominations and Cuphead less than 10, this ratio flipped the other way when it came to the actual polling!

Many of my personal blorbos have fallen in battle </3 Aja and Krel barely stood a chance, but having them has been a pleasure. I am once again recommending 3Below! I was also surprised by the number of polls in Side B that nearly got 50/50, but all the winning duos managed to scrape by even if it was just by 2-3%

Going forward, Side A and Side B polls will go live at the same time. Round 2 will probably begin on Friday (to give myself time to update the graphics) and will be posted around the same time of day as Round 1.

Under the cut is the updated bracket and the duos that will be going head-to-head in Round 2. The pinned post will also be updated with this information:

Side A

Matchup 1: BTW Creature & TBH Creature (The Internet) VS Wylan van Eck & Jesper Fahey (Six of Crows)

Matchup 2: Keith Kogane & Lance McClain (Voltron: Legendary Defender) VS Gomez Addams & Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Matchup 3: Aaron Mitchell & Katie Mitchell (The Mitchells vs. the Machines) VS Dewey Duck & Huey Duck (Ducktales)

Matchup 4: Gideon Nav & Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) VS Jay Walker & Zane (Lego Ninjago)

Matchup 5: Luz Noceda & Hunter Noceda (The Owl House) VS Kyan Reki & Hasegawa Langa (SK8 The Infinity)

Matchup 6: Phineas Flynn & Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb) VS Luca Paguro & Alberto Scorfano (Luca)

Matchup 7: Tommy Coolatta & Benrey (Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware) VS Zuko & Sokka (Avatar the Last Airbender)

Matchup 8: Ty Blackthorn & Kit Herondale (The Dark Artifices) VS Reigen Arataka & Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo (Mob Psycho 100)

Side B

Matchup 1: Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase (Heroes of Olympus) VS Mondo Owada & Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Danganronpa)

Matchup 2: Michelangelo Hamato & Donatello Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Sonic the Hedgehog & Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Matchup 3: Phoenix Wright & Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) VS Sunny & Kel (Omori)

Matchup 4: Dipper Pines & Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Denji & Asa Mitaka (Chainsaw Man)

Matchup 5: Troy Barnes & Abed Nadir (Community) VS Craig Tucker & Tweek Tweak (South Park)

Matchup 6: Brett Hand & Raegan Ridley (Inside Job) VS Usui Nagi & Furesawa "Fret" Tosai (The World Ends With You)

Matchup 7: Sans & Papyrus (Undertale) VS Spock & James T. Kirk (Star Trek)

Matchup 8: Zim & Gir (Invader Zim) VS Cuphead & Mugman (Cuphead)

With some of these matchups, Round 2 promises to be even fiercer than Round 1!! I hope everyone will continue to have fun and enjoy the voting process.

[doctorsiren]

Bro is forcing me to ask this smh /j/j/j

If Phoenix DID go too far and end up actually committing crimes what would Good Guy Godot (stealing this because the alliteration is silly] do?

Hey look you said it in our DMs and it was good so

Answer: he would take Trucy away, a billion percent

This is if he *actually* committed a crime, rather than what happened for the first case of AA4. Like this is if he TRULY went too far.

And I’m thinking that Diego wouldn’t defend him in court. Obviously Kristoph wouldn’t, if the crime committed was pertaining to him. Mia’s dead, Apollo wouldn’t be a lawyer yet…the only other living defense attorney I can think of would be Grossberg (and I mean OBVIOUSLY there would be loads more defense attorneys in the city, but I mean of the ones we know of. dude needs to call saul goodman to get him outta this one)

OR Miles comes to defend him, but the issue is that if Phoenix really did commit a crime, then this post-trilogy Edgeworth would want truth and justice to prevail rather than trying to win like he used to do

[starryrock]

Semi-Spoilers for Chapter 4 VTSOM + PW:AA&Rise From The Ashes

Vincent Edgeworth being a clear allusion to Miles Edgeworth means they will have many clear similarities. They are both lawyers, rich, have similar bangs, and so on. But the one thing that interests me is where they differ.

I’ve had many, many thoughts after watching Let’s Plays of Chapter 4 but what I want to focus on is a part that stuck out to me after I finished watching. It’s the part where Vincent openly admits to having used forged evidence, bribery, and other means to win his cases.

This part truly solidified as a core, thematic difference between these two characters with their relationships of their occupations.

Throughout the Ace Attorney games, we get to see Miles Edgeworth’s character development and his ideals. One of the first things we hear about him is that he’s the “Demon Prosecutor,” unafraid to use whatever means necessary to win a case, including using forged evidence. But throughout the game, and specifically in Rise From The Ashes, we see how untrue that first impression is. While Miles is still willing to be a complete pain in the ass in the courtroom, he never stoops to anything blatantly illegal (within the AA Justice System, that is [Updated Autopsy Report]). Miles refuses to even consider using dirty tactics to win a case. In RFTA, when it’s revealed he was tricked into presenting falsified evidence in the courtroom to get a mass murderer guilty, he just about breaks down. Miles Edgeworth values the truth above all else. He’s been seen to willingly give up his hold on a case just because he’s been shown someone else is the true culprit.

Vincent Edgeworth, on the other hand… is very similar to AA1 Miles. Heavily determined to be the best at what he does, “I’ve never lost a single case I’ve taken on.” Vincent did everything he could to ensure success, he didn’t care about the “truth.” His goal was to ensure the success of his dream company, to be accepted. The regrets don’t seem to stem from the corruption of his actions but from ever joining Myers to begin with. Personally, I have a difficult time deciphering whether he feels guilty about what he’s done: He did it for them, he did it for them, or it was because of them he did it? Vincent seems to cynical of the law due to his own actions but how that ties into what he feels now, I’m not quite sure. What’s certain is that due to his own hand in legal corruption and the torture he went through, he doesn’t place much faith into the legal system to truly bring down justice (or in his case: revenge). Vincent is someone who is willing to stoop to his enemies’ lows to get what he wants.

This is a very long winded way to if Miles Edgeworth and Vincent Edgeworth were to ever meet and have an honest, genuine conversation about the law, Miles would most definitely come out disliking Vincent.

[alynnl]

hmm, 2, 20, and 24 for Cyrus, Edgeworth, and Frederica fir the character ask game!

Pulled from this list here.

When did I start to like them:

Cyrus Albright - I will admit, I started to like him a lot playing through his 3rd and 4th chapters in the main game, and gradually unlocking his travel banters as I went along. The way he just sticks to his philosophy of gaining knowledge so he can share it is just amazing, phenomenal. Him possibly being Ace (not understanding or caring for romantic cues at all) is just the icing on the cake.

Miles Edgeworth - I began liking him at the end of Turnabout Samurai. Not just for the Unnecessary Feelings line that he's so famous for, but the way he acted at the end of the trial too. How he took the real culprit to task even though he was winning. How he was just beginning his journey to find the truth in the courtroom, even if it cost him his perfect record.

Frederica Aesfrost - I began to like her in the early war arc, and her willingness to give moral support to Serenoa and House Wolffort, as well as fighting by their sides as a comrade-in-arms. This showed me how strong Frederica is when she's not under the thumbs of her judgemental family. She was given a chance to grow and form her own convictions.

Weird Headcanons:

Cyrus doesn't just collect serious Research Tomes for Essays and Academia. He collects fairy tales too. Because that was part of what got him interested in studying faraway places to begin with. A fairy tale is what a society teaches its children, so they're as valuable to Cyrus's studies as any encyclopedia.

Edgeworth has tried to do the different poses the Steel Samurai does on the show. And he has a great deal of his hero's speeches memorized. It was a speech about Truth and Justice that got him to change his mind in Turnabout Samurai, and that was just one of the many unnecessary feelings he was unable to discuss with Phoenix after the trial.

Frederica and Dragan got in a lot of trouble with fire and explosives when they were little. Dragan would invent a new "firework" and Frederica would use her magic to light it off. They once blew a hole in the roof of the Aesfrosti palace and everyone was furious with both of them. Dragan took most of the blame, and Frederica will never forget that.

A secret they have that they'd never tell anyone:

Cyrus truly isn't a genius by any definition of the word. He's just extremely hardworking and dedicated to his subjects of study. He'd rather have his students or companions recognize their own brilliance instead of taking all the credit for himself.

Edgeworth will not admit it to anyone, but he becomes homesick each time he travels abroad. He sees his studies outside the country as a necessary part of his growth as a person. But every once in a while his heart aches for Japanifornia and the people he's left behind.

Frederica won't say it out loud, but she believes coming to House Wolffort is the best thing that ever happened to her. She felt as if she had no voice and no sense of self growing up among her family in Aesfrost, but here she contributes to Serenoa's council just the same and the rest of the house. This is huge for her. And she fights hard to keep her new family safe.

[theturncoattournament]

Who is the best turncoat character? (Round 2)

A tournament for characters who change allegiances and/or have a redemption or corruption arc during their stories

PROPAGANDA:

Miles Edgeworth- When Miles was first introduced in the games, he was a ruthless prosecutor who cared more about his winning streak then the people he puts in jail. As the series progresses, he begins to truly care about justice instead of just a verdict. He goes from just an antagonist to a multi-faceted character who does his job well not for the sake of it, but for a cause he now truly believe in.

Fakir- None submitted

[ao3feed-narumitsu]

This Petty Game We're Playing

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48768556

by Axolotl_Supremacy

Miles didn’t even know why they played this game, why they danced around what they both so desperately wanted, both refusing to cave in and admit defeat, letting the other win. And truly, neither of them ever admitted defeat, at least not without a fight.

Perhaps it was the thrill of the competition, perhaps it was the satisfaction when they finally had sex, perhaps it was because they were both petty and refused to lose, perhaps it was all three and so much more.

Either way, Miles refused to lose. _______________________________________ Phoenix and Miles have some serious sexual tension, the fic.

Words: 900, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth

Relationships: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth/Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright

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[askaceattorney]

Dear Ladynoir,

Imagining that such a thing exists, that would beg the question of how he’d be able to focus on my mind if he could read multiple minds. Surely, my mind wouldn’t be the only one thinking or even the loudest, assuming his Defense Team would be closer to him.

If anything, I’d take advantage of the faults in reading minds, while also presenting the evidence needed to prove the Defendant’s Guilt. 

However, let’s say the Defendant somehow can also read one mind at a time, making it easier to focus solely on my mind. In that case, I’d just have to plan out my case, write it on paper, then follow each instruction without thinking about what I’m presenting. It’s all about controlling what you’re thinking.

The truth will eventually come out and the Defendant is just finding excuse after excuse to run from the inevitable. No amount of mind-reading can prevent the truth from coming out. In fact, most Defendants confess to their crimes because they know I have ample evidence against them. So, I’d say mind-reading wouldn’t be an issue unless I truly believed Guilty verdicts mattered above the truth.

(Even mind-reading wouldn’t guarantee a win in a game of chess.)

- Miles Edgeworth