#the bottle imp

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Richard Brinsley Peake’s The Bottle Imp (John Dicks edition) (Stephen Basdeo Collection).

[thedevilishbookmagpie]

“Here, you!” says the boatswain, “you are rich, you have been always saying. You have a bottle of some foolishness.”

[timoothy]

only guy in the whole entire world

[oldschoolfrp]

How to entertain a cat and an iguana, and an imp in a cage. (Denis Beauvais cover for Dragon 104, December 1985). I love when wizards have anachronistic items in their workshops (look on the shelf just to the right of the crystal ball).

[itsdefinitely]

Omg can you draw an imp

i love dogs

[kairithemang0]

Still not over the fact that Charles is CHARLES FUCKING COVEN.

like WOAH. HOLY SHIT.

[hipsternumbertwo]

[thatsbelievable]

[crplpunkklavier]

this has probably all been said before but people who act like phoenix only started lying in aa4 or post disbarment make me laugh. the trick he pulled with the trump card was to present a piece of evidence as something its not, to trip up the killer and make them stumble into a confession. WHICH, YES, isnt exactly GOOD conduct. but its literally not the first time he has done that EXACT same scheme.

Tigre: I can see straight through you, Phoenix Wright! That ain't the bottle with the cyanide in it. Phoenix: No, no. This is the bottle we found traces of the poison in. Tigre: Don't mess with The Tiger or you're gonna get ripped to shreds! The cyanide bottle was brown. And it was made of glass. That cheap piece of trash don't look nothin' like it!

sure, he didn't forge that piece of evidence. but he took a piece of evidence from the scene and presented it as something it wasn't, and they very kindly call it a "bluff" in recipe for turnabout, but it is a straight up lie. phoenix went on record in a court of law saying that this is a bottle of poison, while he and the prosecution and the judge verifiably KNEW that wasn't true. it was a means to an end and it worked. but phoenix lied.

obviously it was a real dick move to give apollo that card and risk HIS career for his own agenda, but that's not exactly new behavior either? this guy formally indicted wendy oldbag of murder in the very first game to buy himself some more time. and yeah, he needed that to win the case, and we all thought it was haha funny because it's just wendy oldbag. but if you translate that into real life, can you fuckin imagine?? they took her into custody. she lost her job after that trial.

he's always been a bitch bastard is what i'm saying. i love him dearly. none of that shit was okay. it's just more noticable in aa4 because he stopped wearing a suit while he cons people. and also because apollo punches him in the face for it

[miss-holloday]

Too long, didn’t watch for

A Pit Stop In Hatchetfield

NOW HERES A LIST OF EVERY LORE DROP I NOTICED THAT ISNT CONFINED TO ONE OF THE NEW STORIES SPECIFICALLY :

* The problematic puppy at the Hatchetfield kennel, which Dan and Donna reported on, was a dog who was gonna be put to sleep because he bit Mayor Solomon Lauter

* Charles Coven is the full name of the man who owned the Hatchetfield Rollerama in Yellow Jacket. He also happens to be the same Coven who owns and operated Coven Communication Research & Power (CCRP, where TGWDLM begins). Charles used to work for the government and eventually moved to Hatchetfield, MI to start his current company in the private sector, where he uses other worldly knowledge to get ahead in the cut-throat world of business.

* Charles also has control over Howard Goodman, the president of the United States of America.

* Brenda, the cheerleader played by Bryce Charles in NPMD works at Miss Retro’s (Miss Holloway’s diner) now that high school is over. She is also dating a f-boy named Tucker.

* Tom Houston is the coach of the Hatchetfield Football Team

* Ted, being a terrible worker, knows the CCRP office inside and out. He often goons around.

* Miss Holloway dresses up as a witch on Halloween!!

* Pastor Todd is a Methodist Pastor in Hatchetfield, implying that he is probably Charlotte’s pastor (thanks @starkidenjoyer)

* There is a Cider Mill Haunted House in Hatchetfield

* Miss Holloway can projectile vomit on command

* Sylvia, the girl we see dating Bill (I believe in Killer Track) is also Charles Coven’s Secretary.

ALSO NOT LORE BUT-

THEY WANT TO DO NMT3, but if they do, it will not be on zoom anymore. It will be filmed in a more full-fledged manner, similar to Workin’ Boys.

[pavl-art]

your telling me this isn’t bottle imps?

[ella-ashmore]

charles using good treasure with howard as a way to demean and belittle him vs charles using good treasure with eddie as genuine praise and devotion Do you see the vision

[thedevilishbookmagpie]

“he looked up at the black mouths of the caves, and he envied the dead that slept there and were done with trouble;”

[chaotic-goodsir]

Not thinking whatsoever about the fact that Wiley is a valid bottle imp name that could relate to something like 'knowledge' or 'trickery'

(Technically it should be spelt 'wily' in that case but shhh)

[f1endish]

Yes I have had the idea to do this for months, I'm cringe and free-

[cavernclaw]

the bottle imps!!