#long way of me saying OOOUUUUGGGHHH phoenix you & your shitty savior complex..................

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i've wound up mentioning it in a couple of convos n posts already but thinkin abt how phoenix's whole "full acquittal or nothing" overachiever way of practice even just in theory has a short life expectancy & can bite him in the ass real easily, & how both engarde's & atishon's cases are perfect examples of this, with phoenix's reputation being that of not only not losing any cases but also getting perfect acquittals every time (in jfa's case he hadn't lost once since his court debut two years ago & had only been getting full acquittals, & in dd's case he had a singular loss with engarde personally begging to be declared guilty & an unresolved trial with gramarye disappearing before a verdict could be handed, forged evidence or no). not only does the all or nothing mentality risk clouding judgement mid-case, it literally endangers him & those around him because his reputation of getting perfect acquittals even in cases where all the evidence seems to point at the defendant makes him a good target for blackmail. he always gets the verdict he's demanding. & esp after the whole gramarye thing taints the world's view of phoenix, why wouldn't some people who are fully aware they're guilty of wrongdoing still seek out phoenix wright?? after all, who's to say all those wins were legitimate?? prosecutors aren't the only capable of perjury & tampering with evidence.