#terry/dahlia

[lgbtlunaverse]

Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intent to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.

[theautismarcana]

I might make a couple people mad but "Terry Fawles was an intellectually disabled man that Dahlia Hawthrone took advantage of." and "Fawles' relationship with Dahlia was horribly inappropriate and she was right to distrust him" are two statements that can coexist.

[shaxza]

[handsometimr]

last supper (2022)

[figtreegif]

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (2004)

Turnabout Memories The Stolen Turnabout Recipe for Turnabout Turnabout Beginnings Bridge to the Turnabout

[the-joy-team]

“HELLO!!!! And welcome to the Golden Shores Beach Day Awards Ceremony! Today we’ve had some AWESOME competitions running throughout the day, some that weren’t even planned, but we were so impressed we just had to shout a couple of you out!” -🐭

“This feels similar to what the kids would call bullying-” -✨

“But in a kind and rewarding way of course because we’re so proud of everyone’s joyous nature today!” -🐭

*Ellen rolled her eyes. Today was a shit show and anyone with eyes could tell that. Someone literally died and the High Seraphim who was supposed to be doing awards was no where to be found. Not to mention that… person Seraphim Adina was running around with for half the day was definitely a sinner. And honestly, there were several other halos that were suspect throughout the day as well! Calling attention to it would have caused a panic though so she let it slide but seriously? Joyous nature Penelope?*

“There were several moments we’ll be highlighting, so keep those clappers warm and ready to get to applauding! Today was a great day!” -🐭

“First we’d like to congratulate all of the sandcastle builders. There were 76 entries this year! Thats the most we’ve ever had compete during this event, and the competition was hot! With over six thousand votes turned in, it’s a surprise we even got the votes all tallied up in time!” -🐲

“Would have been a lot harder if you hadn’t set half of them on fire, but what do I know?” -✨

“Please, when you’ve been called, come to the podium to be recognized and receive your award. So without further ado, third place belongs to… number 34, Dahlia!” -🐲

“Our second place was a tight win, only a little over thirty more votes seperately these two placements! Second place was… number 33, Delia!” -🐥

“Our first place winner was an absolute landslide. This sand castle was entered a bit later in the day but still managed to get quite a lot of attention for their scenes from the skies! This castle was a masterpiece coming from an unsuspected source. With a tallied vote of 1256 votes, the winner of the sandcastle building competition is… number 68, Shamira!” -🐭

*Ellen remembered counting votes and laughing as she sorted through the paper slips. At least a third of them were all in Emily’s flowing cursive. But honestly, she loved Emily and if she was willing to turn in over 300 votes for the guardians castle, she would gladly count them. Even if said guardian would have won without any of them*

(( @exorcist-dahlia @exorcist-delia @askshamass ))

[ber--32]

mia is stronger than me because if my first courtroom experience included a guy that was lowkey a misogynist calling me kitten, the prosecution being an annoying smug bitch, dahlia, and the defendant being a pdf file i wouldve killed myself

[tadfool]

so I've been playing the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy and I just finished Turnabout Beginnings and I have. complicated feelings about it, and over all I don't think it handled the subject matter very well but I have some hot takes. I think it's very much kind of a Everyone Here Sucks situation (and that's part of where I think the writing fails, it tries too hard to make you feel bad for Terry to try to maximize the tragedy to the point were it feels like it's completely excusing his role in things), but frankly I think the person who is perhaps the most to blame for how everything turned out is actually Valerie Hawthorne. I feel like she's the one who ultimately made Dahlia the monster she would become. Terry should have realized how grossly inappropriate his relationship with Dahlia was, obviously, and I think he's a predator for dating a 14 year old, though I also think that during the trial the now 19 year old Dahlia was definitely manipulating him as well, but frankly? I think she learned that from Valerie. Valerie of all people should have recognized what Terry was doing to Dahlia was wrong and helped Dahlia get out of that situation safely, but instead I believe she was the ultimate mastermind behind the fake kidnapping, she used that bad situation and risked her sister's life for money, you can not convince me that after all was said and done Valerie didn't see any of that money. she manipulated both of them, I think. just because she got cold feet 5 years after the fact (and probably after spending most if not all of her share of the money) does not absolve her of her role in all this. she didn't even realize the kind of monster she had taught her sister to be, and that's why she sealed her own fate by trying to betray Dahlia. she taught Dahlia to be ruthless, she taught her to get rid of people who stand in her way, she played a crucial role in shaping Dahlia to become the coldhearted killer she'd grow to become, even if it was unintentional. Valerie earned that knife in her back.

[midnightcircus]

Reminder that Terry Fawls was a certified tutor and had to be going to college currently if he wanted to become a tutor for Dahlia, he knew what he was doing! She didnt manipulate shit, she was 14 years old, usually alone with a grown man, i hate the victim blaming here. (Not at anyone just a general reminder for the fandom lol)

[burnttoastlife]

Question about The Hawthorne Sister's swap au, how does everything with Valerie and Fawles go down? Also what are the two's thoughts on Phoenix?

I believe events play out similarly to canon… up to a point. Iris kills Valerie not out of feeling betrayed, but because she feels a moral superiority and that it is her duty to see her sister be punished for her “sins” (the theft, faking Iris’ death, wanting to turn Iris in… etc)

She isn’t betrayal motivated like Dahlia was… very focused on that innate “moral high ground” that she has where she justifies everything she does as for the greater good. Much like Dahlia, she gets away with her crimes with how innocent and sensitive she is. Except she isn’t acting, she’s just Like That.

Fawles will still kill himself with poison, feeling guilty over taking advantage of Iris. That is how he sees the situation, after all. Iris can’t do any wrong, so it really must have been his fault. The poison itself was a gift from Dahlia, who used it to try and help out her sister, explaining to Fawles that if he ever hurt her, he best use it. This is about the closest Dahlia gets to committing murder herself in the swap AU. All she wants is to protect her sister.

Iris loves Phoenix genuinely, but in a sick, obsessive way. She idolizes and glorifies every aspect of him… even though they don’t really date as she and Dahlia still swap places! Dahlia however ofc had to disguise as Iris and date Phoenix for a while and she absolutely hated how sappy and sweet he is. He reminds her of Iris, almost, and it’s sickening.

When Dahlia and Phoenix meet again in BTTT, she’s rather cold and hostile, which throws Phoenix off because now he’s like… well maybe that isn’t the sweet girl I dated after all. And he's kinda right! Dahlia's sweetness is only an act! Even though they were in fact dating.

[thewormsdontstop]

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[askaceattorney]

Dear Curious Court Researcher,

Edgeworth was completely beside himself after that case. He was new, so I decided to let him work a few cases with me before taking on his next one.

I would have known she murdered her sister and given her two choices: either come clean and allow me to prosecute her or I can return Mr. Fawles back to his little cell, the whole murder would be played as an accident, and everyone would forget about this whole thing.

- Manfred von Karma

[adapotata]

Wait am I missing something??? Playing turnabout beginnings and he’s 25, says 5 years ago he and his girlfriend planned the kidnapping. Didn’t they mention the victim being 14?????? Am I going insane?

[cornertheculprit]

listen dahlia's actions in bridge to the turnabout are another story but i gotta say i think her actions in turnabout beginnings are perfectly excusable. like if i was fourteen years old and living in an absolutely loveless family and my twenty one year old tutor started fawning all over me and calling me his "teen angel" i'd fake my own death and start a new life and let him be put on death row in the process as well. and manipulate him into drinking poison i'd do that too

[box-dwelling]

Listen I'm no Dahlia fan (other than as a character, she is an excellent character and I like her narrative effect) but

Sir you were 20 and she was 14. Jail for you. I no longer want to defend you. Miles can have the case.

[circusfreakk]

SPOILERS FOR ACE ATTORNEY !!!!!!!!!

ive been losing it ab this video for a while