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I LOVE THE DISCORSE and Maya has a point

this isnt even funny i just wanted to draw miles and maya doing steel samurai discourse

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Love this, makes me appreciate his character that much more.

One thing I love about Miles Edgeworth is how realistic and practical he is, more than he is moralistic. As much as Miles cares about justice and doing what he thinks is right, he’s not fueled by belief the same way, for example, Phoenix is. And this is one of the things I feel like gets ignored or brushed aside when Miles's character is softened too much.

Both pre and post redemption, Miles puts a lot of emphasis on reality and the bottom line of what people can do in a situation.

In Turnabout Goodbyes, the first thing Edgeworth says in response to Phoenix asking him why he became a prosecutor instead of a defense attorney is: "… I couldn't let myself deny reality like you."

He also doesn't truly believe that every defendant he prosecutes is guilty, contrary to popular belief. In Turnabout Sisters, he says this: ""Innocent"…? How can we know that? The guilty will always lie, to avoid being found out. There's no way to tell who is guilty and who is innocent! All that I can hope to do is get every defendant declared "guilty"! So I make that my policy." Miles is disillusioned with finding the truth and trusting people that he settles for doing all he can hope to do.

And when you think about it, his motivation of finding the truth is an extension of his realism. After all, the truth is quite literally the most objective, realistic thing ever. In 1-3, after helping Phoenix convict Dee Vasquez, he says: "Will Powers was innocent. That he should be found so is only natural… not a miracle." The truth as a motivation is probably a grounding force for him.

When Miles comes back in Farewell My Turnabout, he calls out Phoenix's flawed motivations for becoming a defense attorney by offering realism: "We aren't some sort of heroes. We're only human, you and I. You want to "save someone"? That's something easier said than done, wouldn't you say? You are a defense lawyer. You can't run away from that. You can only fight. That's all you can do." Miles isn't saying Phoenix can't "save someone". Miles is saying that Phoenix shouldn't be so focused on saving someone that he forgets that his job as a defense attorney is only to fight for them.

Side note, I love the way Miles comforts people, he isn't exactly "nice" but he's incredibly kind. His blunt honesty digs at the heart of the matter, and he gives them an extra push because he respects them enough.

And then there's, possibly, my favorite Miles Edgeworth line: "It doesn't matter how many underhanded tricks a person uses… The truth will always find a way to make itself known. The only thing we can do is to fight with the knowledge we hold and everything we have. Erasing the paradoxes one by one… It's never easy… We claw and scratch for every inch. But we will always eventually reach that one single truth. This I promise you." This directly parallels the line he says in 1-2, and it makes me emotional every time I think about it.

The fact that Miles Edgeworth never lost his unwavering realism, in both quotes he acknowledges how untrustworthy people can be, but gained a new purpose.

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THERE SO PRETTY ugagehahav

special flowers for each other💕

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Y'all- 🤗

Edgeworth lost, but he has a winning hand😋

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Phoenix presents such an enigma to me. He is incredibly messy, yet he obsessively cleans the toilet—hinting at a preoccupation with cleanliness but not really with neatness. He alternates between scathing snark and astounding empathy in his inner monologue. He has never bought lettuce but he doesn't think highly of eating fast food and instant noodles as the basis for one's diet. He's ridiculously openly sensitive and yet incredibly adept at bluffing. He stumbles his way through deductions until he has an epiphany that packs more genius reasoning in it than the braincells he lost bumbling earlier. He makes Greek mythology references in his head. He believes everyone can recognise bone china just by looking at it. He doesn't know what discombobulated means. He says 'eek!' when startled. He proudly states in court that even he could wear a maid outfit. He's even pedantic about the differences between ladders and stepladders.

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some traditional doodles I’ve done over some time

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IM SCREAM CRYING 😭😭😭😭😭😭

back on the bad list, don’t want no gifts…just a first kiss for the new year…just a first kiss…to face the new year…

very sappy nearing-end-of-seven year gap comic based loosely on this song bc these two make my heart ache

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Im gonna cry 🥺😭

Oooooooh god I care about him so much.....

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MAYA NOOO

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I love these doodles so bad how dare you create such beautiful art 🫵

Bridge to turnabout doodles

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Ace Attorney Lesbians || Maya and Franziska

(ft. shitty franmaya doodle)

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Requiem of A Dying King (Remastered)

We're finally cooking. Interest check and project/merch proposal on the way!

The remastered changes are subtle in the first few pages, but it gets more prominent later!

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FRAN *cries*

Comic based off of @musashi’s video essay on Franziska!!

I’ve watched it three times and cried really bad on my first watch, so safe to say, this video has affected me. So I wanted to draw something that paid tribute to it!!! It was definitely a challenge trying to get all the descriptive metaphorical writing into a visual medium, but I hope I did it a justice!!

Please go watch the video!

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THEY ARE SO SILLY. I LOVE THEM TO PIECES.

happy father(s)’s day!

[ID: An 8-page comic featuring Miles Edgeworth, Phoenix Wright, Kay Faraday and Trucy Wright from Ace Attorney.

1. Miles and Phoenix are both in suits. Part 1 Miles is handing out a file, scowling. Part 2 Phoenix is holding Miles’s wrist, looking at him with a smug expression.

Miles: GET OUT OF MY OFFICE. Phoenix: I’m not going until you say it.

2. Part 1 Phoenix is leaning into Miles’s personal space, grinning. Miles leans backwards, blushing lightly.

Miles: Wright- Phoenix: Edgeworth.

Part 2 Phoenix is holding Miles’s cheek and leaning close to his face, grinning. Miles is scowling, blushing.

Phoenix: C'mon, it’s just 6 words. You’ve said a lot more in court. Miles: You… You’re paying for that one. Phoenix: Mm. C'mon, for me?

3. Kay is in a trench coat and pants. She is outside the window, preparing to climb in.

Part 1 She looks at the zip-lock bag she is holding, frowning.

Kay: (Couldn’t find anything else from the crime scene…) Kay: (Hopefully this is what they need-)

Part 2 A close up of her face, eyes wide.

Edgeworth, from off screen: YOU’RE. sigh. You… are. sigh. You are my little meow meow.

4. Back in the office, Phoenix and Miles are close together, as if they were about to kiss.

Part 1 There is a ‘CLATTER’ from the window. Miles and Phoenix turn towards it.

Part 2 They look at the window.

Miles: … What was that. Phoenix: I don’t know. A raven, maybe? Miles: … I wonder.

5. The page is labelled “TIME SKIP”. Kay, in a tank top, and Trucy, in a T-shirt, are smiling towards the viewer. In the foreground are hands (presumably Phoenix and Miles) holding a box and a card. The box is tied with a ribbon, and has a card that reads “To: nick, Daddy. From: kay, Trucy.” On the card is written “To: miles, Papa. HAPPY [crossed out ‘3rd’] [written on 'father’s]”. There is a birthday cake with 3 candles on the top right of the card.

Kay and Trucy: HAPPY FATHER(s)’S DAY! Phoenix, from off screen: (weepy) THANK YOU… Edgeworth, from off screen: (teary) Ah. Yes.

6.

Part 1 Kay and Trucy run off. Miles is looking at the card with a fond, soft expression. Phoenix is sticking his tongue out and opening his box in the foreground.

Part 2 Miles is turning backwards with a neutral expression.

Phoenix, from off screen: uhm. Miles? Miles: ?

7.

Part 1 Phoenix is holding an open box, and a cat ear headband with 2 tiny bells by each ear. He is looking at the viewer (Miles) with an expression torn between 'hand in the cookie jar’ and 'verge of laughter.’

Part 2 Phoenix and Miles look at each other, face void.

8. 3 identical images of Phoenix and Miles looking at each other, face void, as Phoenix waves the headband around. The bells 'ring’ as he does so.

Phoenix: are you ok- Miles: NO.

End ID.]

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I AM ALSO GOING INSANE

going INSANE over hedgehog phoenix

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WHY IS THIS SO REAL

adhd paralysis sucks bcuz im just sitting there and my brain is like

YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME

no work done no rest gained. literally no point of this at all