#raymondshields

[ophi-chus]

Spoilers for all ace attorney games! I spent almost 3 years working on this on and off, and I'm so proud of myself to have stuck with it until the end. The way I chose the lawyers was that they had to be involved in more than one case. Please enjoy!

[milesdadworth]

LITERALLY GOING TO THROW UP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I NEED THIS OLD MAN YAOI PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE GOD

[kazuma-asogi-blog]

You two having fun with... whatever it is you're saying over there? I do not speak Japanese, but it seems like you're having fun. At the very least Ziekkyboy doesn't seem all that grumpy for once??

Ask Lord van Zieks.

[iersei]

your propaganda game is impressive and it's Working! can I perchance get a raymond shields ace attorney for a sketch request? :O

[VOTE FOR GLENN CLOSE IN THE CURRENT ROUND OF THIS TOURNAMENT HERE AND GET A SKETCH REQUEST]

propaganda works <3 !!! and here's to hoping that it will continue to work throughout this tournament !!!

here's your raymond! i haven't met him yet in my ace attorney playthrough, but he seems pretty cool!

[relicsongmel]

you should. tell me your thoughts about ray shields

OH GOD OH FUCK OKAY IF YOU INSIST. I hope you’re ready cause hooooo boy do I have some for you HERE WE GOOOO

Where the hell do I even start. Raymond Shields…my ray of light. My hotshot wonder. My weirdgirl king. I guess before anything else I’ll tell you about how this man absolutely blindsided me—Uncle Ray put your friend Mel through a turnabout of her own and she’s gonna explain how it happened so buckle in. I’ll try to make this as coherent as possible but I need you to understand this man has way too much power over me and a single fleeting thought of him can melt my brain into mush so. Apologies if this comes out as completely nonsensical it’s his fault not mine

I’ve been in the Ace Attorney fandom for a little over a year and had a couple of things accidentally spoiled for me as a result (some of which was my own fault, admittedly) but when I started Investigations 2 last September all I knew about Ray was his name and (sort of) what he looked like. Like a lot of English-speaking fans, I was initially put off by his portrayal in the localization. This immediately stuck out as odd to me because my personality is such that I don’t have a lot of characters I genuinely dislike, especially if they’re part of the main cast—even if they’re not my favorite I can almost always find something to love about them. It made me wonder if maybe some of his quirks got lost in translation somewhere (and I did find out later that this was indeed the case), but I didn’t actively seek out that information at the time for fear of being spoiled, so I just suffered through the early parts of The Imprisoned Turnabout doing my best to ignore what I perceived as questionable behavior on his part.

However, if I’ve learned anything from my time in this fandom it’s that nothing in Ace Attorney is surface level—one of my FAVORITE things to do when playing this series besides voice acting the characters is figuring out what makes them tick and speculating character motivations as the game progresses using the little hints scattered by the writers here and there—I was already somewhat intrigued by Ray’s apparent grudge toward Miles but when the revelation of his partnership with Gregory dropped my brain immediately went BRRRRRRRRR. I started wondering what that experience of working for him was like and how it affected him (and if his unwavering loyalty to Gregory was related to his grudge toward Miles). I started exploring the whole WEB of parallels between him and Gregory and Miles and Phoenix and Mia and Maya and Kay (and probably more but those are the main ones). I fell in love with the beautiful mentor-student relationship he developed with Miles, even if in the moment I was baffled by the weirdly flirty things Ray sometimes says to him (like the line about swapping clothes in the Winter Palace. What the fuck was that about sir) and VERY confused/worried about whether Miles had met him as a child or not (I still don’t know/can’t remember if the game ever gave us a concrete answer on this btw—if any of you know please do enlighten me). And above all I knew—I KNEW that he was hiding a boatload of trauma regarding the DL-6 incident; made even more clear to me by the contrast between his teen and adult selves once I got to The Inherited Turnabout. I knew he was using humor as a mask to hide the pain of what happened. I knew from the fact he still had Greg’s old coat and wore his hat every day that he hadn’t moved on. This, I thought to myself, is a deeply emotional man deathly afraid of emotional vulnerability haunted by the ghost of a loved one. And let me tell you, as someone who’s been in a similar position myself, to say that really struck a chord with me is an understatement.

AND THEN THE THIRST. Oh boy. If I’ve sounded really eloquent up until now that shit’s about to go out the goddamn window because SWEET MOTHER MARY I AM DOWN SO BAD IT’S EMBARRASSING. I recorded my playthrough starting from Chapter 2 (just for fun—I’m not nearly brave enough to post any of it on the internet except maybe some short clips here and there) and you can literally see the clear turning point I had after hearing his Objection voice for the first time. I started making innuendos left and right (IT’S NOT MY FAULT his dialogue lends itself really well to that sort of thing ok). In true Ray Shields fashion it started half as a joke but devolved into absolute chaos. This coupled with the fact that I was slowly but surely becoming more invested in the inner conflict of his character? I was beyond saving at that point. No hope for me. Nothing left but to leap into Uncle Ray’s arms and let them wander where they will. “Ride that stallion into the sunrise,” as it were. I could go on but quite frankly the things I want that man to do to me (and what I want to do to him) are too unholy for this world so I’ll leave it there.

And that’s the story of how Raymond Shields permanently infected my brain. It’s been an absolutely wild ride but I hope you enjoyed the journey—glad we can share our love of this silly disastrous emotionally repressed paper-eating man together <3

[klint-vanzieks]

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Why-

Why is this happening-

@pray-forgive-meow Darling, please tell your apprentice to control his pet.

[jupiter-descending]

2, 11, 18, 29, 36, 42, 52, and 57?

WOOO ok let’s go

2. what would you name your future kids?

completely unsure if i’m going to have kids ever but i like the names quinn and alice

11. are you listening to music right now?

no, last thing i listened to was death by glamour though

18. do you miss how things were a year ago?

i don’t think so, but i do miss having some time off and being with my family

29. favourite film(s)

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005 DIR JOE WRIGHT, PACIFIC RIM 2013 DIR GUILLERMO DEL TORO

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill?

1) complete my masters degree and become a licensed therapist, 2) live in the pacific northwest, 3) have a really cool old house

42. favourite book(s)

the book thief by markus zusak is always an all time fave, anxious people by fredrik backman and the thursday murder club by richard osman are more recent ones

52. something i’m talented at

i’m really good at picking up patterns in music! i’m known to sing along to songs i’ve never heard before lol

57. favourite animal(s)

every time i see a seal at an aquarium i feel an overwhelming sense of peace and i feel the need to stay there for upwards of 5 minutes, so seals

ask me questions!!

[melonsharks]

hi! do you know when you'll be reopening your shop? I was gonna buy a charm when I got home from work and then you put your shop into maintenance on me, and I don't see on your socials when it's reopening? I just want one (1) charm of my new otp that I discovered last night, and I can be patient if I know when to check back in? :O

Hiiii, if you shoot me a message instead of an ask, I can work something out for you so you can get it today! Thank you!

[malewifedickgumshoe]

❤🧡💛💙🖤💀?

ayyyy thank you so much for the ask, my friend!! (sorry this took so long, i reeeeeaaaaally had to think hard about some of these lol)

🤍: Which character is not as morally bad as everyone else seems to think?

mmmmmmmm for this one i'm gonna have to say godot. i find him to be a deeply complex and troubled character who has a lot of reasons for the things he does/did, and he's got his own moral code that he abides by and i respect that.

🧡: What is a popular (serious) theory you disagree with?

y'know, i can't think of an answer for this question. i don't really keep up with a lot of theories and stuff like that...but aaahh, maybe i'll just use this question to say that i personally don't think that kristoph was always the way that he is...that his black psyche locks are hiding something maybe similar to athena's experience, and it drastically changed him.

💛: What is a popular ship you just can't get behind, and why?

i feel kinda bad for saying this but franmaya? like i think it's a cute ship and i love both of them individually, but my brain just refuses to put them together in a romantic way???

💙: Which character is not as hot as everyone else seems to think?

omg i'm going to hell for this but...miles edgeworth...king...i love him to death and he's so amazing, i like his character design and all but i just don't find him like SUPER hot or drop dead gorgeous??? I'M SORRY MILES I LOVE YOU

🖤: Which character is not as morally good as everyone else seems to think?

omgggggg i had to think long and hard about this but the delites? and this is not me saying i don't like them bc they're some of my favorite side characters in the series, but thievery out of uwu love uwu is still thievery!!

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

oh god. um. nope nope nope nope nope nope don't make me answer this. (from a character development standpoint, tho, how interesting would it be if gumshoe died while out on the field and miles and others had to deal with the emotional repercussions of that??? hnnnghghghg)

[beauzos]

your replies are restricted but i'm just running the search atm and here!! https://www.tumblr.com/pixiel/723402150351437824/anyway-i-created-a-stylish-stylus-that

hi there!! thank you, i did wind up finding that earlier cause i figured somebody probably made an alternate version but thank you for letting me know!

[milesdadworth]

also hey. hey wait. you finished aai2. that means it's tgaa time right. while i'm mourning my poor boy horace we at least have kazuma

OH YES WE STARTED TGAA AND WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH THE FIRST TRIAL! was very happy to see the infamous kazuma 'you don't think I can get you off' or whatever omfg

[kazuma-asogi-blog]

So, Kazzy, since I didn't expect Ziekkyboy to yell at you over the riddle, how'd that go over? I can yell back at him. He can't arrest me so it's fine. You want a drink or something, to take your mind off it all?

You mean yesterday when he called me into the office? He didn’t yell at me.

We talked about you.

[nerdnag-makes-art]

"You will be walking into a land that wants you dead the way the deep sea wants a dog dead or a volcano wants a fish dead. If you cannot adapt to the environment, it will seek to destroy you as a matter of course."

An interpretation of the feywilds, as introduced by @raymondshields.

[relicsongmel]

sure tell me about pokemon music! my favourite is the lake cavern theme from platinum with the piano intro!

Ohhhh that’s a good one!!! I love all the music associated with the Lake Guardians—it’s got fun modal mixture stuff which (to make a long and very nerdy explanation short) does some really interesting things with colors in my head :3 so I suppose I will respond in kind by telling you a few of my overall favorites! (I say “overall” because singling out one is virtually impossible. Pro-tip: NEVER ask a musician for their one singular favorite piece—some of them may have an answer for you but the vast majority of them will cry. Me included.)

Alola Region Theme ~ Pokemon Sun and Moon

I have a ridiculous amount of nostalgia for this theme despite Gen 7 only being two generations ago. I love the chanting in the intro and the melody is beautiful and memorable—it’s a leitmotif that gets reused in other parts of the soundtrack like the player’s home, the summit of Mount Lanakila (which houses the Pokemon League) and the end credits. It also ALWAYS takes me back to Sun and Moon hype season—I have very vivid memories of waking up to new trailers on Pokemon’s official YouTube channel and getting immeasurably excited, and they often used this theme which played a big part in that. Despite being a certified Music Bitch I’m not really the type of person who cries while listening to music that much, but this is one of those themes that CAN make me cry if I hear it at the right time. A bit odd considering this theme is nothing if not joyous but it is what it is.

Cynthia’s Theme ~ Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

This theme has been memed to hell and back because of Cynthia’s uncanny ability to strike fear into the hearts of children and adults alike with piano alone, but other than the initial jumpscare that those sixteenth-note triplet octaves in the bassline sometimes give me in the intro, I unironically think it’s a beautiful piece of music. To me it sounds like it could be a piece on the program of a piano student’s senior recital—I don’t know if I can ever hope to learn how to play it myself with how fast it is (not to mention my teeny tiny hands that can’t even reliably reach 9ths ;_;), but goddamn if I don’t want to try. Also obligatory shoutout to Volo’s battle theme from Legends Arceus because this is what it’s based on and it is excellent as well :3

Route 10 ~ Pokemon Black and White

This is my favorite route theme in the entire Pokemon franchise, no questions asked. It plays on the very last route you visit before challenging the Pokemon League and it’s got a bittersweet tone that complements that feeling perfectly. Unfortunately in Black and White 2 this route got destroyed in a landslide—but this theme is still accessible via talking to a post-game NPC (but only during the winter months in-game, sadly). There’s also a bit of musical symbolism insofar as this game’s Route 1 theme is in C major whereas this one is in the parallel C minor. I love this because it fits with the circumstances of your journey at that point being a bit darker than your standard Pokemon fare—you’re challenging the Pokemon League not for personal ambition, but out of necessity because Team Plasma will take over if you don’t. The key difference is a testament to your Trainer’s growth and I love it so so much.

Slumbering Weald ~ Pokemon Sword and Shield

I wasn’t as big a fan of Sword and Shield’s music as much of the rest of the community seemed to be—to my ears at least, the soundfont of these games sounds a lot thinner and weaker than that of previous generations and there weren’t a lot of tracks that really hooked me right off the bat (though this only applies to base SwSh—the DLC music redeemed the soundtrack in my eyes because there’s a LOT of good stuff in there). This piece, however, was one of the exceptions to that—one of my FAVORITE musical ideas is any melody that makes heavy use of the leading tone (the 7th scale degree, which is the last one before the tonal center and it has a very sensitive, sometimes bittersweet quality to it because of this), specifically the note sequence 7 -> 1 -> 5 (in solfege this would be ti -> do -> sol; or G# -> A -> E in A major which is the key this piece is in) and this track straight up repeats that sequence over and over in that starting melody which turns into a background ostinato as the strings take over. The rest of the track holds up too—the synths mesh well with the strings and gentle percussion and even the howls work well melodically—I’m also a big fan of the diminished harmonies underneath them in what I’d call the B section of the piece; those elements along with the muted choral chanting really adds to the mysterious vibe of the winding forest this track is meant to represent.

Again, this is not at ALL an exhaustive list of my fave pieces (my favorites playlist on my phone is currently housing a whopping 435 tracks I’ll have you know) but I hope you enjoyed this peek into my musical tastes regardless!

[milesdadworth]

HELL YEAH BROTHER 🤘 I just added you!!

does anyone here still use the nano website

if u do pls add me I like having friends over there

https://nanowrimo.org/participants/ladypendragons

[yakool-foolio]

Posting live blind reactions to media is fun because you know there's at least one all-knowing person out there who learns of your freshly picked favorite character that just so happens to be Slammed Through The Wringer later on in the story and so they watch everything unfold like a Greek tragedy with a devious grin plastered on their face.