#she is the Jonkler

[seabeck]

She’s mad I blocked off the jonkling zone

[lang-shih-na]

girl has never done a single thing of her own volition she's sooooo miserable

[freddyyeti]

My life is a fucking comedy

[persona-confessions]

I really love how despite them being silent protagonists, they’re not really seen as silent

Idk about Naoya I haven’t played p1 sorry

Tatsuya is pretty silent, just silent edgy type. Only kinda silent protag to me

Makoto is just always sighing and being sarcastic

Kotone is hyperactive and bubbly even though she’s experiencing the horrors

Yu is either silent or yapping and has intense abandonment issues. I think he has autism and I love him <3

Akira, Ren, the jonkler, John persona or whatever talks decently is more silent out of costume but in costume he’s one cocky and sly mf

-🏳️‍🌈😔

(Btw persona 1 fans, which version of p1 should I play, Japanese version or the localised one)

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[xenodile]

You can't trick me into watching Arcane because I played League of Legends for years and know where all these characters came from. You can't sell me realistic nuanced drama about fucking JINX of all characters because I was there for her champion release and she was just The Jonkler For Women. I don't care about whatever tragic bisexual backstory you came up with for Viktor, I know he becomes Cyborg Skeletor shooting death rays out of his third arm. Anything between Cait and Vi is retroactive queer baiting because Riot made those two in 2011 and 2012, and Riot wouldn't explicitly say they had a queer character until Neeko in 2018.

Warwick used to be a bounty hunter cursed by Soraka because he seduced and tricked her, and Singed literally has no backstory, he's JUST an asshole chemist whose name is an anagram of design because he was the first character they made for the game. I don't need a show telling me Jayce is a shithead, I had to deal with that fucker in top lane for months when he was new, I already hate him.

I am NOT watching the League of Legends propaganda cartoon that Riot keeps sinking money into to divert attention from how their company was/is as riddled with sex pests and misogynists as Blizzard.

[spideez]

SuperWonder: the Case against Batman and WonderBat

This is coming from someone who loves Batman and probably read more comics than the “average Batfan.”

Guys, would you want Diana—-a self respecting Amazon—-to be with Batman?

Batman—-the guy who talks down to his teammates and always acts like he’s better than everyone, is ready to take you and your friends down in a heartbeat but is unwilling to take down those who have no interest in repenting (jonkler), doesn’t trust you, and treats everyone like his pawn?

Yeah… exactly… don’t be blinded by the cool gadgets and the dark mysterious aura and the fact that he gets girls (they only want him for his looks and money. They don’t actually love him. Matthew 5:28.)

The DCAU just has Bruce Timm’s idol “Batgod” get all the ladies’ attention. Wonder Woman in that show is NOT the one we see in the comics. She is NOT desperate for Batman’s attention like she was in the show.

In the comics, she even expressed her love and desire for Superman (Wonder Woman #141, Action Comics #818, Superman 80-Page Giant #2, She even had a statue of her and Superman kissing in the Wonderdome (look up the Wonderdome on the wiki page. https://casscain.fandom.com/wiki/Wonderdome)

Even many WW fans said that Batman is NOT the man for Wonder Woman.

Besides, Batman is way more popular than Wonder Woman. She’ll always be reduced to “Batman’s girlfriend”. She gains nothing from Batman, but Batman will always dominate any appearance he makes. 

People always talk about what Batman gains, but what about Diana? She’ll just be Bat’s property. They already made Superman Batman’s errand boy. Remember when Superman led the Justice League? Yeah. Exactly. A long time ago.

Average Batman and Wonder Woman interaction if they were married:

“Hey Bruce, can we go to—-“

“No Diana. I’m busy.” (Or he’ll just ignore her.)

Superman and Wonder Woman are where it’s at. Superman and Wonder Woman are each other’s equals in every sense. They’re each other’s best friends.

If you can’t see Supes and Wondy past their powers, then you’re just like Lex Luthor. He only saw them for their powers as many others do.

“They aren’t people at all. They are power. Unpredictable, horrendous power, and nothing more.” -Lex Luthor, Superman/Wonder Woman #5

Even the creators for Superman (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) said that Lois was never supposed to end up with Superman.

Lois literally flirted with other men and made Clark jealous. in front of Superman. She even cheated on Superman with Jeb Friedman WHILE SHE WAS ENGAGED. Is that what you want for our boy in blue? 

how about we have Lois and Steve be put together? Lois’ dad is a general. Steve does some army work and ARGUS/government stuff.

And as for Batman: BatCat all the way.

Batman sees not all criminals are evil—-just hurting. “Hurt people hurt people”

And Catwoman learns not all rich people are evil. There are good people out there

both of them are loners who learn how to trust each other. (Batman: Hush. The issue where Batman fights Superman.)

(This is coming from a formerly bi person, not important in this context): Also, i don’t mean to force anything on anyone, but we have various types of evidence for biblical events, if anyone is interested. I also found ways to combat lust, if anyone is interested. (I’m talking archaeological evidence, miracles caught live, arguments against evolution, divine revelation, science, cosmology, fulfilled prophecy, evidence for the Bible outside of the Bible, God’s work in people’s lives, etc.)

@wonderbat-the-one-true-otp @wonderbatforever @wonderbatsforever @wonderbatx @wonderbatarchive @worldsfinestpowercouple @smww4ever @hellyeahsupermanandwonderwoman @hellacre13 @cloisforever @nightskywonderer @godstaff @antiloislame-blog

[fleeglefazbeagle]

General headcanon stuff for the holiday special antagonists plus Glimmer Bunny(I'm not leaving her out).

[DISCLAIMER: No hate please, they're only headcanons, any hate or bullying will not be tolerated. You can disagree but don't be a jerk.]

Mortality: Any pronouns+xe/rot/🎁/heart/honk/💕/plush/doll, polygender, genderfluid, gender apathetic, xenogender, transneu(AFAB), panromantic, demiromantic, apothisexual, polygamous(with Jolly and P.R), AuDHD, PTSD, BPD, schizophrenia, depressive disorder, OCD, agere/petdre.

Jolly: She/they, voidwoman, xenogirl, straight, asexual, queerplatonic(in a QPR with Witch Sheep), ADHD.

Sad: He/they/void/honk/heart, non-binary, xenoboy, gay(actually canon), asexual, autism, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder.

Glimmer Bunny: She/doll/it/star, Pangender girl, demifluid, xenogender, lesbian, apothisexual, AuDHD, OCD, sensory processing disorder.

Pumpkin Rabbit: He/they, non-binary, transmasc, biromantic, asexual, polygamous(W.S and Mortality), autism, PTSD, anxiety disorder, disabled(mobility aids+breathing issues+lisp), petre+caregiver flip(caregiver leaning).

Witch Sheep: She/void/thorn/🥀/🌙, trans woman(implied because look at her), straight, queerplatonic(in a QPR with Jolly), autism, PTSD.

Jonkler(Halloween Billy): He/it/they/honk, pomogender, gay, greysexual, AuDHD, OCD.

TVA: He/it/bot, agender, questioning, aroace, techtum, ADHD, disabled(human form uses a wheelchair, text-to-speech voice).

[book--wyrm]

Pengu Finale Liveblog ahhhhhh

Julian just absolutely brain blasting this old woman

Oh Rex is close enough to call her doll and make her breakfast he is not beating the deadbeat daddy allegation

OH NO DOES SHE KNOW OH MY GOD SHE KNOWS

NEVERMIND I WAS SO WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING SHE HAS KNOWN ALL ALONG

holy shit holy shit holy shit

okay so they did find the bodies eventually holy fuck hooooooly fuck

oh my god rex literally teaching francis how to manipulate oz and use him oh my god ohhhhh my god this is so much more of a betrayal than if francis had just hated him for what he'd done

she knew all along she knew all along and she used him and she

she

oz was right ahahahahah every relationship in his life is fuckign transactional because he KILLED THE ONLY TWO BOYS WHO TRULY LOVED HIM, AND KILLED HIS MOTHER'S LOVE WITH THEM

dude he has to kill his mother now

this is a psychological nuke the likes of which i think sofia could not possibly have ever imagined.

Francis's FACE oh my god.

Julian baby boy maybe Sofia should stand out of sight to not break immersion

God this is absolutely not how hypnotism works is it

IT'LL BE EASIER NOW YOU LITTLE PSYCHO

"I see you in ways other people don't" while she is ACTIVELY USING HIM

dude. dude. I just. It's always the same with Oz, isn't it. Sofia, Eve, his mom. He's the biggest bullshitter in Gotham, and he's so full of it he doesn't have a clue how to sniff it out

God they are both so horrific to each other. Just his horrible cycle of selfishness and toxicity what a twisted family they are

HELLO VIC I MISSED YOU

Oh rip lmao I guess the gangs know the bliss is all gone

Vic baby he's saying all the same stuff oz does, only he believes it, so he can't bullshit people to his side

Oh hey that dude on the other side of the walkie talkie lived!!

Man Oz and Sofia haven't been face to face since ep 4 hahahaha

BERTO MENTION. she hasn't used that name in a hot second

Oh my god Sofia literally using that bird nest metaphor ahahahh whoever that anon was in my inbox you are a genius

Man. Sofia literally just laying out all their horrible family drama in the worlds worst family therapy oh my god

Dude I've been saying for weeks now that Sofia's superpower is to completely shatter people with the truth and. ohhhhhh my god ohhhhhh my god ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Wait. Is Sofia going to give that cigar cutter in her cleavage to Francis to use on Oz. I think she should give it to her.

Uh. Nevermind

Wow Sofia really is leaning into this evil therapy thing what the fuck. girl.

God i desperately want her to be the girl-jonkler running the aslume at the end of this show please please please

Also Sofia, I think it was the left. I mean I'm sure she knows just so she can do the other one next, but. man. she is fuckin sadistic. im love....

Julian so enthusiastic about all of this hahaahah

I love Sofia like, almost framing this to them or possibly herself as a gift she is giving to Francis. Is this cope? Is this something she sincerely believes? Or is she just being cruel?

I ALREADY FUCKIN KNOW

It's my finger you spineless prick hahahaahha but that doesn't matter to him because its your love he wants it's your adoration your pride and what actually happens to you? Doesn't fucking matter.

I NEVER STOPPED HATING YOU

Sofia's face right then like. damn dude. god i love her

She had enough love for all of them and he soured every last drop of it. For them, for him, for the world.

Sofia really does know the value of just letting a drama play out.

Francis saying Sofia is right this ep, Sofia saying Francis was right last ep, damn.

Oz really is... the only character in this show chronically incapable of learning

Damn mama cobb strong enough to smash a bottle. I don't think even i could do that.

Oh my god no wonder she said "they look at me like i'm not even theirs" because in her mind, she let their murderer go free

also is oz gonna hulk out that she's showing love to an imaginary jack and benny when oz has just seen her hate?

Oh is she just dying right now

Julian doing the get down mr president

MR DETECTIVE YOU DIPSHIT

Sofia baby you did great okay you already hurt Oz please just go to italy with your boy toy

Wow is he not getting this fucking stab looked at

EW EW EW EW

Yeah sure sure. Sofia stabbed you. Sure. Sure.

Oh noooo. Vic... baby.... he is such a believer in Oz's stupid self serving bullshit. He is so good. And pure. And he speaks from the heart and. And Oz acts like this is something Vic rehearsed

And they laugh about it but Vic doesn't understand. He doesn't understand that Oz isn't giving him advice on how to most effectively show people the fire you hold in your heart—he's teaching him the art of smoke and mirrors. how to con and grift and bullshit until even you don't know what's true and real

Christ. Vic is so fucking dead

She'd never look at me again unless i get this done.

Oz knowing now that this love is transactional. And fine. He'll make that transaction, he'll take down sofia and then maybe his mom will pretend again that she doesn't hate him, doesn't want him dead

it's not going to work, of course. it can't because this show is about him becoming the penguin. and it can't, because even that transaction was always a lie Francis told herself

I don't think she could ever have loved Oz even if he'd gotten her into a penthouse at age 20. I think she lied to herself to survive living with him, because what was the alternative? Losing all three of her boys?

AHAHAHAHAHAH SOFIA LITERALLY PICKING UP OZ'S GOLD SUMMIT MEMBERS i have to say. I did not anticipate this at ALL

damn girlie really is just gonna dip to go to italy or wherever

sofia really is just setting up the funniest game of capture the flag imaginable while cramming like seven olives in her mouth

i dont' say this often. i desire her carnally.

The gun in the glove compartment surely that will not come back later

Oz originally checking his image in the reflection of the car vs asking Vic now, treating this kid as his reflection

Damn. Is Link really going to fall for Oz's shit again after that truck of cigs thing? Or is this just a ploy to get Oz into the right place for Sofia to pick him up?

Actually maybe that's what loses Vic, that Link betrayed him, and Oz expected it. Idk we shall see

Penguin planning to run for mayor in a couple movies?

Oh Oz is totally gonna send sofia to arkham ahahaha poor baby

Oh my god I thought Sofia was gonna claim credit for Sal's death, not that Oz would give it up himself

I cannot tell you guys how fucking tempting it is to skip right to the end of this episode to see if i'm right you guys

Wow Oz really eyeing that Mayor's office

Is he going to kill Bella and frame Sofia. Is he gonna kill bella and THAT is what turns Vic on him.

oh my god LINK

HAHAHAH I WAS SO RIGHT SHE IS BURNING DOWN FALCONE MANOR

oh god that's the watch Sofia gave him for his birthday FUCK YOU CARMINE

Sofia really is gonna fucking screw over EVERYONE hahaha THREE CIGS BABY

oh god she is so hot i love her you self actualize through arson baybeeeeeeee

that shot of her throwing the cig like a dart is so much oh my god

babygirl i love you

you deserve the world

but yeah she is going into the cold according to the needle drop. definitely going back to arkham

... what's in the trunk. i don't think it's normal luggage. is it more bombs

there is still 20 mins left. i am afraid

This is clearly a trap for someone i just don't know who. Where is vic

I'm so afraid this is the last we get to see of Sofia.

She knows. She always has such a nose for bullshit lmao. Also fuck you Link you gotta know Oz is gonna stab you in the back.

I do think it's promising that Julian has not been seen all day tho. What is he doing.

I love this. I love that Oz and Sofia finally get this one moment to be truly honest with each other.

Well. At the very least, Oz gets to be honest with Sofia. idk that he knows how to be honest with himself anymore.

Why does this look like a chemical factory. I know it's not happening but it'd be so funny for Sofia to become the joker right now.

just dunk her in the goop

Man. Is he actually going to shoot her. Police pls come and save my girl. Cannot believe that's what I'm begging for now.

oh my god

yeah i called it but. Man. This is so painful to watch. also i think my julian prayers are not going to be answered it did not look like Sofia had planned any of this

okay i'm normal about sofia being arrested now.

Okay. I'm normal.

I'm back to not being normal francis and vic and oz all in one place this is all gonna blow up emotionally

Is francis in a coma. is she totally brain dead oh my god.

oh man she really is never going to say she loves him hahaha

she let jack and benny's murderer go and it never got her anything

is he gonna kill her now.

TELL ME YOU'RE PROUD OF ME oz you fuckin

he's so fucking delusional jesus putting her hand on his head

dude. is Vic actually gonna live through this episode

holy fuck

did not call that in the least

well. i was right about the pyrrhic victory for Oz

"All kinds of things" shut the fuck up.

God. I cannot believe Vic is living through this show. Admittedly as the kind of guy that his parents would have been ashamed of, but.

Wait. No no

don't

don't do it

no nondfonfodnfodnfodfn

please dont

pelase dont

oz don't you dare

nONONNNONONONONONONONONONONONO

PLEASE DOJNT DO IT NOW PLEAE

NO NO HE IS THEO NLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN THE WEAKNESS AND HUMAN IN YOU

OZ YOU

OZ

NO

WITH YOUR HANDS???? WITH YOUR FUCKIGN HANDS???? I THOUGHT HE WOUDL PULL A GUN AT LEAST YOU FUCKING

ODSOFANDFONSODNOSDAGNOGNIOAGDSASGJDISGNAGLNFGOSANFOSDO

SANO

NON NO NONONONO

VIC

vic. vic. vic barely lived a month longer than his family

all that good heart and he just. enabled a monster to rise to power. to make gotham worse

HE'S MUGGING HIM

YOU PIECE OF SHIT YOU PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT YOU BASTARD YOU

i

i

and the water takes him too.

JULIAN

oH MY GOD I WAS RIGHT AHHAAHHAHAHA

JULIAN

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT SOFIA GETTING MARRIAGE PROPOSALS HAHAHAHAHAH

SELINA KYLE???????? HELLO??????????????

bro.... oh my god..... this is....

I'm so happy.........

sofia smiling... sofia finding a new family member....

nvm i am so glad my original theories were wrong this is way better than anything i could have hoped for

oh my god

ohhhhh my god he actually is keeping his mom in a vegetative state.... exactly what she begged him not to do.......

she knows.... she knows... some part of her is aware in there ahahahahah

you should have let Rex kill him all those years ago

oh my god EVE???? EVE GIRL GET OUT BEFORE HE KILLS YOU TOO

oh no please tell me he never learned what happened with sofia and eve

hes literally just calling her ma. fuck me. mayeb that means eve is safe for now

NOT THE BATSIGNAL

[bats-and-birds-24]

Guys, imagine the batfam using the Arkham subreddit.

In universe it was originally used by the staff at Arkham but it degraded over time and now functions just like our world's Arkham subreddit. Jonkler and Man memes included.

Tim is already a part of the Subreddit, and Jason's straight up a power user. He used to have the most upvoted post on there;

"Whydoes man just not kill jonkler? Is he stuoid?"

It was overtaken one day by Tim's post;

"Why did Harly mke out with ivy? Is she gay?"

Dick has the most commented post with;

"I'm Man's Dick, ask me anything."

The rogues also use it frequently with the exception of the Joker who hates that the subreddit is funnier than him.

[daisyofwaterdeep]

I just finished my resist durge routeeeee I'm so tempted to start on my next run, Gale origin) but it's 3:42 in the morning and i just hit my bedtime weed pen and i'm so sleepy

You know I just realized while typing this that I've never talked about my tavs and playthroughs on here? Guess it's time to whip out the readmore bc now I wanna talk about my babies

1. My first playthrough, my tav was Daisy, a sorcerer tiefling. The og girl who fell in love with gale immediately but due to a series of accidents, bad choices, and misreading things (it's a....very messy and long story lol) married astarion. (If ur interested in the long messy story let me know and I'll share that too lol) I spent about 170 hours my first run

Nevermind I'm too tired to continue this post it's suddenly 4:21 in the morning bc I keep getting distracted while typing so I might delete this when I get up or I might go ahead and finish it, we'll see how it goes

BACK AT IT AGAIN AT THE TUMBLR POST I decided to go ahead and finish it bc why not lmao

2. Madame Snarcus, my gnome barbarian. She's the ex wife of Barcus and married to Gale. My brother played this profile with me, his name was Dark'ness Nightmoon and he was a goth half orc monk married to Wyll

3. Daisy, my embrace durge. She was a tiefling rogue married to ascended Astarion

4. Sunnie, my druid who turned illithid to pursue a life with the emperor <3 (I don't have a pic of her before she turned, sobs)

5. Kreeminel, my bard. His run was solely to give Raphael the crown

6. Sm'ore, my githyanki wizard. This was my first attempt at an honor run, but unfortunately some bad decisions killed him in the blighted village.. rest in peace, Sm'ore :( you can also see my brothers character, The Jonkler lol

7. Propio, fighter. I just wanted to make a sexy dracula-esque treat for Wyll LOL

8. Resist Dark Urge, sorcerer dragonborn. I wanted to keep him default, but gave a pink sheen to his scales and some pink eyeshadow. I only have a projection pic of him bc he romanced Lae'zel

9. Gespepper, my half orc barbarian. I'm just there as a support character, bc its my other brothers game. I only hop in when I go over to his house or spend the night. I don't have a pic of her, but I have a pic of my brothers Tav, Gestalt!

10. Gale origin. I went ahead and started it lol, im only about 2 hours in and haven't decided who I'm romancing yet...I'm just gonna play it by ear

[mint-merriment]

assorted screenshots from aleks le's persona 3 reload stream because i actually tuned in (and stayed the whole time)

SPOILERS FOR THE GAME (november onwards) AND ALSO THE VIDEO (watch the video first)

everyone was introduced with the wrong name and character at the start lmao. like the character and name were matched up but a different person came on screen.

since aleks was busy, justice slocum (shinjiro) ended up playing through the game and making an assortment of saves to skip through the game so it doesn't take like 10 hours lol

they repeated the gag from the yukari/mitsuru episode and its STILL funny XD

important images with alejandro saab (akihiko) holding koromaru plush (zeno is out iirc)

CAT WITH RYOJI SCARF. ft suzie yeung (fuuka) and someone else doing what all of us want to do

jonkler jumpscare! ie xander mobus (joker from p5) cameo after they went and talked to edogawa, whom he voices (along with a plethora of other npcs). also, well timed balatro in the bg

presenting valerie arum, one of the long-running voice directors of the persona series and also voice actress of a number of characters! she directed p3r and shared a bunch of interesting tidbits about the casting process :0 lets see if i can remember some of them-

the auditions actually made very little attempt to hide who the characters were. both zeno robinson (junpei) and allegra clark (mitsuru) both figured it out just from reading it. allegedly, junpei's name was rendered 'doompei midori'

the way valerie contacted the va's was by calling them and telling them she was speaking to [their role]. some of them didn't pick it up immediately lol, and suzie was actually told in person

aleks didnt get booked for a while (because the person in charge of those bookings didn't know he had Significant Double Casting due to being p3 protag- and therefore a lot more lines) and thought he didn't actually get the role lmao

heather gonzales wasn't originally the va for yukari but then valerie went 'i know a gal' and a couple of sessions in, the producer was convinced

valerie was the one who told zeno to read for Every character in a future audition because she Really wanted him for junpei, despite the fact that aleks usually voices 'silly' characters and zeno 'serious' characters

suzie apparently had a cold and didn't have her voice for a lot of the recording- also, the navi lines are extremely time consuming because it requires multiple variations of every status line for every character

zeno robinson (junpei) ended up late for his return as he is allegedly wont to do, and everyone both in the stream and in chat started memeing on where he might have been. for his triumphant return, everyone pretended to be dead and/or sleeping XD

for the last day, everyone decided that m4k0t0 would play marvel rivals until sundown. and then they skipped through the maya s.link scene XD

everyone is here!

justice steals alejandro's joke during the jack bros theurgy XD the joke in question is "what did the wasabi say to the bee? wasa-bee!" (allegedly, he kept stealing the joke during the anniversary stream, but they cut it out every time LOL)

for the final boss, aleks ends up fusing messiah, always a banger to do. however they had to delete mada to do so, and thus came the tide of 'rip mada' and other such things

in a move that surprised basically no one, aleks le pulled out the Full Ass Cosplay for the final boss XD

an old classic

SURPRISE YURI LOWENTHAL !!! but sideways. lol. second attempt went better

valerie leaves at the tail end of the journey with chat giving a fond farewell :)

made it to the end :)

other notes:

the camera was So funny in this stream because it wouldnt stop moving and focusing on seemingly random things, or aleks, or someone other than the person they were trying to highlight. (at some point the camera got cancelled for racism)

the light flashed off of justine lee's (ken) sunglasses while she was lurking in the back and scared aleks while he was adjusting the camera- i think it ended up clipped (it did)

justice ended up feeling bad for rejecting mitsuru, so he romanced aigis

[seabeck]

She looks like a Pokémon

[cxndiedvi0lets]

Ur a fucking incel wawawawaa 😇 ur not that good looking, the only thing thats cooking is the money she lost of your mom's lawsuit of forcing your father to take custody of you. I bet she ain't even your real mom cause there's no way you look human, AREA 51 wants their subject back cause I'm pretty sure your momma is an underpaid lab scientist thats why she failed to raise you.

Cause you're just another cheap clone that's being observed, and tumblr is a zoo observing animals like you who clearly has a defect because they couldn't put their hands off their willy and their head is just thinking "breed, breed, breed" because your head already knows you're doomed into not making a whole generation.

Not only do you lack the skills, lack the physical attributes, lack the talents, lack the intellect. Guess what? Phone's ringing. Guinness book of records called your mom for World's biggest disappointment.

You ain't carrying your family's bloodline, they're carrying you, a disappointment.

Your parents had provided for you, and you couldn't even contribute a single cell of common sense, and they wasted their money on your education? Whats that? The condom factory wanted to apologise as your birth certificate as a personal apology letter.

The only reason you have a passport so early is because your parents are hoping to send you away as soon as possible, and they hoped NASA would finally make a ship that could send you back to uranus, because it seems your head is all the way up there.

I bet that tuition would have paid your parents' dreams off, but instead, they had to deal with these nightmares, and the only reason you won in your mama's vagina was the natural selection to make 99.9% of dumber people to feel better and make their excuse that there are "worse" people out there.

I bet your math and ethic teachers always use you as a board example. That's why you're so unforgettable that you need to be studied because you're begging to be reproduced. I bet pop-eye- is jealous because of your comically large jacking off hand that you don't need spinach. Why don't we ALL work in our bed and become gym bed wonkers instead so we can aspire to have asymmetrical figure, why don't we put it as a trend to remind us of OUR hero.

Why don't we have a game dedicated to them and replace guitar hero with wonk hero. Batman is so jealous of your reputation you became his next arch nemesis the fucking Jonkler. You don't even need to fall into that acid, but it seems your mom's stomach acid already started several deformities on you, starting from your head.

You even make beetlejuice jealous because it doesn't take someone to call you three times on how pathetically you easily come. Im pretty you'd love to ride pinnochio, but it gets longer when he lies about how good it feels to be with you.

[oodlyenough]

6-2 magical turnabout

I gotta admit I was deeply skeptical of this one, because it felt weird to jump back to Apollo and Athena and Japanifornia after the tutorial, and I'd heard about the uh questionable way Phoenix and Trucy's relationship is handled, and the Gramarye retcon stuff was a mess ...

but I actually really liked it! At least as much as Turnabout Academy, where I think they are similarly "so dumb it loops back around to being fun" (not a bad place to be for an AA filler case). What gives this one the edge is that SOJ has actual gameplay again. Thank fucking god. I can click things! I can investigate! There are minigames! I have to solve puzzles myself instead of waiting for NPC Athena to do it for me! These are the most basic elements of an AA game and somehow Dual Destinies had none of them, making SOJ feel like a revelation. So I think that makes this my fave case since AA4? Wow

Anyway let's get into it

I like the idea of defendant Trucy. Trucy was so ignored in AA5, and even in AA4 where she was a major player we rarely dealt with how she honestly feels about things. So it was nice to explore that a little more. Being a defendant is a rite of passage for an Ace Attorney character. She's all grown up now.

A magic show as the scene of a murder is a really fun idea also. It just gives great excuses for the shenanigans that take place in any murder case, and the solution feels less contrived bc it is with a perpetrator and a set design where those things are expected and facilitated naturally without a shit ton of contrivances and coincidences.

Apollo and Athena, for all my complaints about how they cannibalize each other's screentime just by simultaneously existing, are a fun team. And this time we actually got a lot of interactive banter because we actually got to CLICK STUFF wow so great much gameplay.

I do really enjoy Athena. I wish this franchise would get out of the habit of creating these interesting but half-baked characters just to park them immediately in the next instalment to create more interesting but half-baked characters. I have the rest of SOJ to go but I don't imagine Athena will have much of a role to play in it, just like how Apollo got shafted in DD to make way for Athena, and Trucy fared even worse. The main cast is so bloated the games can't balance everyone.

I am THRILLED Ema is back. Some of her new sprites are sf cute too. Overall, I have to compliment SOJ's sprites, which are very detailed and have lots of different animations. Many characters have new/more expressive ones, and they look way better than DD's 3D models.

The Gramarye lore is a hot mess. I do not believe the new writer remembered that Trucy is a Gramarye on her MOM'S side, since apparently the "Gramarye creed" was "passed down from my father, from his father", making it... the Enigmar creed. I also, generally, could probably have done without some of the way the Gramaryes were discussed here. They were pretty obviously a toxic shitshow nightmare in AA4, and Phoenix explicitly wants to protect Trucy from the truth of that. Here, we introduce the Jonkler out of nowhere, and have him cursing Magnifi and taking his revenge on ... the toddler... and it's all just a little bit weird. The poster of him being CANCELLED is the funniest thing I've ever seen though so I can forgive a lot of it just for that.

Also where is my man Valant. Why the hell would Trucy invite the Onceler to her show and not him lmao. Justice for Valant!!

I've also never wished Apollo knew his heritage more than in that last bit where Tony Stark was raving about how he defeated the "last" Gramarye lmao.

Nahyuta is ... fine so far. Honestly I know he's so unpopular in fandom but he's kind of fine so far? Not an immediate fave, but not even in my bottom two. The bit where he talks about studying Japanifornian culture made me think of the Dalek that "knows everything" because it downloaded the internet in 2013.

I've been semi-spoiled for Apollo and Nahyuta having a history together, and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised that the game is not concealing this, but teasing it right from the off. I liked that in Apollovision his dialogue box is labelled "Nahyuta" even though everyone in-dialogue is calling him by his surname. I suspect this might be more a game dev limitation (character limit?) than anything else, but even if that's the case, it's a happy coincidence. The real test will be if they manage to stop Nahyuta and Apollo from feeling like a redux of Edgeworth and Phoenix, or Athena and Blackquill. Much of my issue with the end of DD was that it felt like we were just revisiting the trilogy's greatest hits without the same depth. But... whatever. I'm intrigued enough, at this point.

The biggest problem with this case, the elephant in the room, is Phoenix, who is inexplicably not there for his daughter's debut, did not even send flowers (apparently), and does not even talk to her on the phone in the last scene. This is exceedingly stupid and reeks of a total narrative oversight because they're not even trying to make some kind of point about Nick being a bad father. It's just a total lack of thought or effort. But ... anyway I have a whole other post written up about how Trucy and Phoenix's relationship is written in all the games, so, more on that another day, I guess. TL;DR Canon is a liar sometimes.

The "Gramarye[Enigmar] Family Motto" stuff, which is already so similar to the Mia Fey wisdom, could've just been collapsed into one thing: Trucy as a performer adapting that lawyer motto to her own life would be a nice way to show how Trucy is influenced by Phoenix, as well as Apollo and Athena. But uh, well, the game doesn't seem to care much about Trucy and Phoenix, so. I also find the "smile though your heart is breaking" mantra, including the JUDGE telling Trucy to look happy lmao??!?!, is like, kind of weird tonally, to the degree where I wonder if there's a culture gap happening. But I don't know enough about Japan to say.

Overall, though, I enjoyed this case. SOJ is off to an OK start with me so far, at least in comparison to DD.

[burritowitch]

i was talking to this girl at summer school and she told me she had a celebrity crush on heath ledger and out loud i said THE JONKLER? killing myself.

[fivepebblesphone]

Sounds to soon fellas

She's running purely on emotions right now

Trying to talk to her right now would be futile

Recommend talking to her next cycle or next one after that for her emotions to cool down

-Jonkler

... I told her to leave and go to outer expanse. She will be safe there.