#the spirit trial

[agentem]

The Spirit Trial

I have been thinking about the trials. So when the Spirit Trial happened a lot of people noticed how weird it was. Why set it in the 80s when we don't associate Agatha with that time period? What was the purpose? Why did the aspect ratio not change like it does for the others?

After Jac Schaeffer said the purpose was to "punish Agatha" and they did that, I just sort of blithely accepted that answer. People kept mentioning that the aspect ratio didn't change and insisted the trail wasn't finished. Annoying suck up me was like, "Jac said..." to all these posts.

But it was werid compared to the other trials. It wasn't immersive (as seen by the aspect ratio staying the same) because Billy can't read Agatha's mind at that point. Subconsciously--and conciously because Lilia keeps talking about how much she hates witch stereotypes--he knows things that upset Jen, Lilia and Alice. The Spirit trial is like "IDK? Punish Agatha somehow?"

Alice's trial is very particular, I imagine because he can sense the Curse on her and possibly she is the easiest to read as the youngest and least powerful.

Jen's is maybe the next least targeted. Probably because he only just met them at that point. But it's about using "analog magic" which is what he spoke about before they went in, and that ends up being important to her story. I imagine he starts to really know their minds with the hallucinations they have in this trial. Although it's called out that he doesn't know what Agatha saw (and even then, I am not sure her hallucination is really her worst fear. It seems to be more related to what Jen told Billy earlier).

Lilia's trial is set at a castle, with full costumes, makeup, telling fortunes. It seems designed to remind her how cool it is to be a witch. (And she did "love being a witch." Sob.) Also interesting to think the trial was designed for Lilia when Billy's conciousness thought she was gone. Some part of him new she was alive though. That he didn't kill her or Jen. And I do like that about Billy. Even when he lashes out, he sends them to the exit. I'm not saying it was "nice" but it's a bit gentler than what Wanda did to Monica Rambeau when she expelled her from Wanda's world. (They hit fewer walls at least.)

[nirrvana]

he does not give his boyfriend a fucking break like chill out fruity man

[clownowo]

i think people don't think hard enough about the state of the ace attorney family tree

bonus worse version with fanon in it and looser definitions of "dubiously canon" because i think its fun:

[seizethegay420]

"I think Phoenix is trans" "I think Apollo is trans"

You fools. Literally every single character in Ace Attorney is trans, that's why they all have the weirdest fucking names

[nightfaeses]

nico di angelo??? no way what are you doing here

[sershies-art]

Pearlie :3

[froschli96]

🗣️ Darlin', you give love a bad name

Found this in my old wip folder and it feels now more relevant than ever :)

Also these don't know why I never uploaded these they were just sitting there completely finished:

[via-rant]

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That being said there are many other authors who do support Palestine 100%!!!

. Andrew Joseph White - Author of "Hell Followed With Us" + "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth"

. Xiran Jay Zhao - Author of "Iron Widow"

. Aiden Thomas - Author of "The Sunbearer Trials" + "Cemetery Boys" + "Lost In The Never Woods"

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[asha-mage]

The Ace Attorney fandom is great because half the fanart looks like it was made by Renaissance era gays working through their religious trauma and most of the fanfic is domestic family AUs where the highest stakes are having a bad day at work and characters not being willing to admit to their crushes and then the game itself is a Grey's Anatomy style soap opera but with lawyers only not really because the game is ACTUALLY a dystopia story full of scathing criticisms for the legal system of Japan.

And also there is a character named Larry Butz.

[yourfavebooklrsfavebooklr]

8 amazing trans books for trans day of visibility!

[tinybearfeet]

People will shit on an ace attorney case like “omg the real killer was obvious wtf”. Baby that’s not the point. I’m pretty sure we’re meant to realize Eve “Elf” Ucker has something going on from the get go. The real question is always how many hoops we’ll have to jump through until we can build a timeline of how the body was moved from McDonald’s to Burger King.

[thissongisawesome]

now, do i personally believe that maya and franziska would actively try to get phoenix and edgeworth together? not really. BUT. i don't see the harm in people writing scenarios in which they would? ik this sounds silly since maya and franziska wingmaning is one of the more popular ace attorney fic tropes, but i feel like recently i've seen a lot of hate towards and and i don't understand why!

think of it this way: maya is phoenix's best friend and like pseudo little sister, they're extremely close, and i'm pretty sure she teases him about his love life AT LEAST once in canon (it could be more, or i could've completely made this up, but i've played the trilogy enough where if i tried i could probably find an example but it's late and i'm tired). anyway with that said, why WOULDN'T she care about them getting together? she's shown in the first game to be pretty invested in "the deal with [nick] and edgeworth" her words, not mine. i'm not one to speak on later games because i honestly haven't touched them in over two years and even then they were a complete blur and i forgot everything except that edgeworth looked really ugly from the front. but. if my memory serves me i don't think their dynamic changed much? i can't see her caring AS much at 28 as she would at 17, because obviously she's grown and matured, but i don't think she'd be completely uninterested like some people say. maybe she wouldn't be wearing comical disguises to spy on them, but i could see her encouraging nick, or idk just telling trucy stuff about their old cases to stir something up.

i think the franziska side of things is where i'm a little more understanding, but also not really. on one hand, i get that she's very well put together and mature seeming. on the other hand, that's only how she SEEMS. i won't get into a whole franziska analysis because this post is already longer than i wanted and no one wants to hear me ramble about her, but she's not really as mature as she seems. anyway, would she care THAT much? the answer may surprise you!

now think of it THIS way: edgeworth is franziska's little brother. despite how she acts sometimes she obviously loves him dearly, and would (probably) just want him to be happy, with whatever foolishness it may endure. phoenix wright is franziska's sworn enemy. she can't stand him and feels as though he has personally wronged her before they even met. absolutely hates his guts (except for when they investigate together then they can be friends). franziska is incredibly smart, but she's clearly not the best emotionally. even with that, though, she seems to understand how important edgeworth is to phoenix ("earthquake blah blah blah" "are you thinking of miles edgeworth blah blah blah"). she kind of just accepts this, even though it implies that phoenix (a man he only recently reconnected with) would be on a similar level of emotional connection as his sister. maybe she doesn't think much about it though. she's just like sure whatever you're his most dear and indispensable friend i don't care anymore. do people really think that, if somehow she came to the conclusion that edgeworth had feelings for phoenix she wouldn't care in any way??? i'm not saying it'd necessarily be positive and all "you go girlfriend!", but to say she wouldn't CARE is so wild. she'd probably be furious, and so maybe she wouldn't wingman. but she does CARE about her brother, and honestly if it were presented to her on the right way she probably would wingman. one "hey franziska. i bet you can't make your brother get with phoenix wright. if they get together without your guidance then that basically means edgeworth beat you btw" and she's suddenly invested. (dramatized, but you get the point)

tldr; maya and franziska are not so nonchalant and cool that they wouldn't care about one of the most significant people in their lives having feelings for their courtroom rival of over a decade. that is all.

[v-valor]

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[imdonnalynn]

Based off this promo I'm guessing she's, Jennifer Kale, in the trial just a different room from Agatha and Billy or she's in the same trial and the shots we've seen just haven't shown her.

I'm wondering if this will come before Lilia's trial I'm not 100% its the next episode, 7.

I'm betting SHE'S the agent of Mephisto.

[seizethegay420]

[4him-iwrite]

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