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please give me the why-phoenix-wright-is-unkillable rant, I’m foolishly curious
lets stop and consider what phoenix wright has withstood:
falling from a burning bridge into a deadly river (survived with a cold, worked off in roughly a day)
consuming a necklace laced with trace amounts of a poison that realistically could have killed him (no adverse effects)
hit point-blank by a car, launched high into the air, slammed into a telephone pole (survived with a sprained ankle)
and not withstood:
two slaps from an eight-year old girl (knocked unconscious)
back pain from bending over (knocked unconscious for more than a day)
a notable middle ground to these occurs at the end of Reunion and Turnabout, where franziska von karma absolutely beats the shit out of the poor guy, remarks "and one more for good measure" and proceeds to go on an absolute frenzy.
what common ground is shared between the "not withstood" column that is not with the "withstood" column? comedy. being knocked out by pearl fey or back pain is played for laughs. as is fvk's knocking him out after saying just one more. but none of the first three are. but you know what is played for laughs about all three of them? the fact that phoenix survives unscathed.
he "passes off" his cold to the canadian judge, and everyone around him is varying degrees of incredulous at his speedy recovery. the necklace eating is explicitly a funny and frustrating moment and the player only realises the danger he was in after the fact. apollo's reaction alone to the whole fiasco of phoenix getting hit by a car is great.
the conclusion? well, theres a rather clear one. ace attorney operates under some crazy rulesets to start with, and phoenix wright is borne into those rules. the man operates under looney tunes physics. you can't harm him in any way that matters unless its funny. in the same way that one could only defeat bugs bunny by opening their mouth incomprehensibly wide to swallow an oncoming pie, one could only best phoenix wright by laying a banana peel in his path or something of that ilk. any meaningful attempt on his life would place the assailant in the role of the court jester, madly trying to take down this man that refuses to die in spite of absurd circumstances.
in trying to kill phoenix wright, you become a joke.
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my favorite very official super professional and not at all messy investigation team
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