#karma txt

[wayrad]

gale in the stalag sending bucky on a job, getting him to “scrounge” things up to make the crystal radio. bucky laying them at his feet like a kicked dog like i know ive been bad. please take all that i am

[folkdances]

let’s talk about franziska and grief in justice for all.

the narrative that the games, at first glance, appear to be pushing is that franziska is aware edgeworth has not committed suicide. she repeatedly affirms this, most notably in turnabout bigtop, when she tells phoenix that she believes her brother to be alive and hiding somewhere. however, one thing we need to keep in mind is that franziska and edgeworth were not shown to be close in the interim between jfa and the prequel cases in aai — in fact, it would go against both their characters and the writing of their relationship for them to have kept in much contact at all.

franziska is, if anything, rooted in the past. her hair is cut almost boyishly short and choppy. she carries around a whip because she is so used to being spoken over and ignored, having started her career so young. her youth underlies her every professional achievement; and if not her youth, then her lineage. her physical design is meant to reflect the uniform of a jockey, and taking her aristocratic surname into account, it makes sense: horseback riding, obsessive as it is, remains a pastime for the social class she inhabits. it’s only logical that, in the absence of a real connection with her brother, she would base her understanding of his character on the most recent version of him that she knows, being the vain and easily affronted rookie prosecutor wracked between ambition and guilt that she grew up with. she has no way to know how to fill in the gaps between a suicide note and the brother she knew, because to her, there is no gap to fill in; it seems a logical conclusion to her brother's story and life that he would rather run away than face his own failures. it is consistent with the younger version of edgeworth that we see in trials and tribulations. it is difficult to reconcile that individual with someone who might actually take his own life, at least outwardly speaking. franziska has no hands-on knowledge of her brother and his mental state beyond what she might have seen in the press or heard filtered down from her father. it’s only natural that she draws the conclusion that he simply turned tail and ran away in order to preserve his dignity. it is an obvious conclusion to make.

however, this interpretation completely overlooks the fact that franziska is not stupid. she is well aware that her brother had very recently been 'betrayed' by the man to whose standards he strived to rise to almost his entire life and is aware that the driving force behind this desperation to prove himself was his father's murder. manfred von karma was their father; there is a tendency in both the games and their surrounding fanbase to portray the senior von karma as being nothing more than a teacher and mentor, but if we examine the (limited) dialogue the three share in aai, edgeworth and franziska address von karma as one might a particularly volatile and austere parental figure, and he responds in kind. he employs and underlines a pattern of the same types of verbal abuse and neglect present in many fictional case studies of the paternal abuser; to edgeworth, he shows the former and to franziska, often the latter (what comes to mind is a piece of dialogue wherein franziska, aged 13, asks her father if he will attend her courtroom debut, to which he responds, "i'll consider it"). she frequently demonstrates her emotional intelligence, again, particularly as a child, such as a short exchange in which von karma berates edgeworth rather cruelly and is met with silence. rather than let the topic linger, franziska very deliberately changes the subject, asking von karma who he thinks is the culprit behind the current investigation. later, when edgeworth thanks her for it, she acts as if she does not know what he's talking about.

back in the 'present day', her insistence that she defeat phoenix wright in order to avenge her family name is also rendered moot; franziska places a lot of pride in her family name, but her defense of her father is lackluster at best. she, too, is left to grapple with the weight of his legacy and has (seemingly) decided that her father simply does not live up to expectations. he instilled in her such strong convictions regarding the meaning of the law and the von karma family name, and it only makes sense that, once he failed so utterly to exemplify them, she would instead shift her understanding of those convictions onto herself and the only other person she believes she can see those qualities in, being miles edgeworth.

the initial theory, that franziska believes edgeworth to be in hiding, while a version of the truth, would not appear to be the truth to someone who has repeatedly demonstrated the emotional intelligence and understanding of the subject necessary to read between the so-called lines; to me, it is obvious that franziska believed, at least in large part, that edgeworth really had killed himself, and her actions and dialogue in jfa shift subtly into a much more interesting light if one runs with this interpretation. she goes from presenting herself — something i'm going to touch on in a moment — as an almost cartoonishly dense and vain girl into someone desperate to deny the truth staring her right in the face; that she has been virtually abandoned by every figure she loved and trusted in her life, left to uphold a legacy with no room for error, bound to rules so straight-edge and self-imposed that no single person could ever walk only in their light. anyone would resort to staunch denial — and franziska, so attached to her past, does so with aplomb.

finally, i want to point out that it's very easy to take franziska at face value. as unfortunate as it is, she's only present in four games — aai, aai2, jfa, and t&t — and she usually isn't in the majority of cases in those games. there is a stark yet subtle difference in her comportment in the investigations games, though, which can be very clearly explained: in every game she speaks to the player character, and in jfa, the player character is phoenix wright, her self-ascribed enemy. it makes complete sense that she would present herself a certain way, speak in certain manners, and act rash and overconfident in front of him, because she hates him.

all this to say, franziska is a very potent case study of grief and how it can change people, especially when that grief gets caught up in a messy tangle of ambition and a legacy whose stipulations border almost on mania. also, i love her very dearly and thought this would be interesting to talk about. obviously, this is not the entirety of the situation, as i mostly focused on franziska's relationship to edgeworth, but i think this is long enough as is.

[sidewalkchemistry]

from the 'wholistic + abundant {lifestyle}' Pinterest board

[nelsonny]

one thing i will never forgive the ace attorney fandom for is the severe mischaracterization and fanonization of manfred von karma. they turned him into an evil harmful abuser and it just makes a weaker narrative overall to me. i dont have any problem with it just being a headcanon because people are allowed to have whatever the fuck they want even if i dont like it but No its considered to be Canon and anyone who likes this character is Bad and its like Babe there is so many other things to hate this man over why do you choose one that is never shown in the games besides Once and that turned out to be a mistranslation and is also from a game that commonly mischaracterized its characters. what are you talking about.

you know what you CAN hate this man over? he was the one that people respected and adored, the one that was considered to be a god amongst prosecutors. he may be cold, stand-offish and a perfectionist, but miles knew he at least cared about him and was his main source of comfort when he needed it. he never knew that he was the one who killed his father and changed his life forever. he never knew that the person that gave him this much love and comfort was the person who made him scared of earthquakes to the point he'd passed out and made him always persistent on taking the stairs. the person who he hugged and cried into the shoulder of being the man who changed it all for the worse.

and for what? because he was a coward. he got scared when his perfect record has it's first penalty - and it wasn't even a loss. he still won. he could've moved on with his life and pretended it never happened. he was still respected amongst prosecutors despite it, after all, it wasn't his fault. yet he just couldn't help it. it was opportunistic and uncalculated. he was filled with such guilt and regret to the point he took in his victim's own son and raised him like his own. knowingly allowed him to cry into his shoulder and told him that it was going to be okay, he's here and that's all that matters when he was the one who took that gun and shot him.

and then people Hate him not because of all of that but because he is an Evil Abuser And Doesn't Regret What He Did At All Because He's Just That Evil.

[gayhorrorboy]

yknow what? fuck u. *streetwears your ace attorney girls*

image id: a drawing of franziska von karma, ema skye, and maya fey from the ace attorney series. each character has one of their sprites next to them for reference. their outfits are from two different outfit design games—franziska and ema are wearing outfits from life makeover, while maya’s is from shining nikki. franziska is wearing an off the shoulder top with ruffles across the front and sleeves with a black skirt that has laces across the front. she has blue block heels with a flower buckle, the same flower design as her hair accessory. she also has a layered necklace with a blue pendant on the end, three rings, a gold anklet, and a small clutch. franziska is standing midstep, looking over her shoulder. ema’s outfit is similar to her investigations and post timeskip outfits, as she wears a plain top with cropped pants and short heels. over this, she has a white coat with coral panels. a ring, a beaded choker, a shoulder bag, a pink pageboy hat, and her signature glasses complete the look. ema stands with one hip out, adjusting her hat with one hand and holding a drink with the other. maya is wearing loose pants with a ribbon belt with a ruffly purple crop top over a white undershirt. she has a light purple transparent jacket, dangling earrings, a crossbody purse, and multicolored sneakers. maya stands rocked back on her heels, leaning forward, with her hands held behind her, similar to one of her in game poses. end ID.

im supposed to be doing stuff for my job and instead im making ace attorney outfits in dress up games and then drawing them lmaooooo

(whatamidoingwithmylife)

(also would anyone like a second set with lana, mia, kay, and trucy?)

[undeadunearth]

sometimes i listen to "you stupid bitch" from crazy ex-girlfriend and think of Him <3

[jaiistg]

Request's are closed!!

Fandoms I write for:

•Genshin impact

Loving him was red social media au/Scaramouche x Reader

Enemies to lovers with Childe

Childe as your filo boyfriend

•Obey me

•Harry potter

Draco with a Teruhashi like reader

•Saiki k

Saiki who thinks Reader is prettier than Teruhashi

•Mha

•Twisted wonderland

Ace with an okokok reader

Azul Ashengrotto with an insecure reader

•Tears of themis

•Demon slayer

•Kakegurui

•Haikyuu

Tsukishima with an dense reader

Kenma x reader genshin au

Akaashi x reader whos tired of life

Enemies to lovers with Oikawa

•Assasination classroom

Karma Akabane who is whipped for reader

•aot

•Honkai star rail

•Enhypen

•Romantic Killer

•Ghibli studios (any)

•Jujutsu Jaisen

Megumi x reader

•Seventeen

•Txt

•Enhypen

•Project sekai

•Blue lock

Pls keep in mind that I do NOT write smuts‼️ +I only write X reader but if I like the ship I might do it :))

I am only a minor so dont expect that much from me but I do try, really !! So whenever your requesting something please be nice to me😓 I would really appreciate it !! Thankyou <3 have a nice dayy

[zzzaefer]

to me, being a queer girl fan of ace attorney is trying to figure out who you relate to more between maya or franziska, only to realize that in reality their experiences are so similar and that it's the way they react to those experiences are their only difference. hope this makes sense i saw it in a dream

[soobvape]

its drainer icon city

[donovankinard]

happy six months since april i'm doing better to all who celebrate

[fandom-cereal]

you don't understand i NEED her to control every aspect of my life

[wayrad]

thinking about clegan living through gay marriage being legalized. gale still being hesitant all repressed and overthinking and i know john (we spoke today n he told me) john would grab gale’s cheeks and be like “i’m gonna marry the hell outta you, buck.”

[folkdances]

franziska's 20th birthday, 2020

[sidewalkchemistry]

"The Japanese word Mottanai is used to express regret over a resource or possession being wasted. It loosely translates to “What a waste”, and describes an attitude of trying to avoid being wasteful as much as we can. It is rooted in Japanese Buddhist philosophy that holds that we should respect and feel great gratitude towards our world and all the resources it gives us. Some people say it also has connections to the Shinto belief that objects have souls and therefore should be treated with respect. And the best way to show respect is by not wasting them.

Besides being a spiritual idea, Mottainai has clear practical implications as well. From not leaving even a single grain of rice in a plate, using all parts of an animal or vegetable for cooking, repairing clothes instead of buying new ones, repurposing and upcycling old objects and giving them new life to keep using older technology while they still function instead of upgrading, there are a million ways we can do to ensure we are using resources as efficiently as possible."

{Mottainai: An Eco-Conscious Japanese Lifestyle Concept}

[qomrades]

BIGGEST COCKROACH IVE SEEN IN MY LIFE IN MY ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gayhorrorboy]

if i wrote a fanfic of franziska babysitting trucy for a day would anyone want to read it?

jk im already writing it but should i actually edit and post it?