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Ace Attorney is really good at writing parallels between the game's main prosecutor and the case's witnesses. For example, I've seen a lot of posts about the parallels Franziska has with the characters of Big Top & Reunion.

But there's a parallel that I haven't seen many people talk about. In Rise from the Ashes, there are three characters that represent how Miles Edgeworth views himself: Ema Skye (past self), Lana Skye (present self), and Damon Gant (future self).

Ema, like Miles, thought she accidentally killed a man during a traumatic event in her childhood. Both of them later find out that this isn't true and was in fact orchestrated by someone else.

Lana represents a lot of Miles' feelings and misbeliefs in Rise from the Ashes.

Lana shut everyone out when she was under Gant's control, she "fought crime alone", just like how Miles operated pre-Turnabout Samurai. But despite teaming up with Phoenix and having support from more people (Gumshoe, Maya, and Larry all fighting for his acquittal in Turnabout Goodbyes), Miles still sees himself as operating alone. He still feels alone: "I do despise criminals. I planned to dedicate my entire life to fighting them. But in order to fight crime on my own, I'd need a "weapon."

Miles also sees himself as deserving of punishment for his use of forged evidence as the prosecutor in the Darke trial, when it was Lana who actually forged the evidence and is punished for it. This is something Gant loves to take advantage of: "ultimately the responsibility falls on the prosecutor in charge."

After finding out that Gant has been blackmailing Lana, Miles says: "Ever since her appointment as the Chief Prosecutor, everyone who knew her... said she changed. Perhaps... it was easier that way for her. [...] To follow Chief Gant's orders. She must have shut herself up deep inside to force herself to do anything and everything the Chief told her to do." While Miles wasn't forced by anyone to become a prosecutor, he also shut himself up deep inside. He buried his feelings of guilt and grief in order to focus solely on getting guilty verdicts.

There is also the fact that Miles was likely the one Gant originally intended to frame for Bruce Goodman's murder (considering the body was stuffed in the trunk of Miles' car and stabbed with his knife).

And finally, Damon Gant is the person Miles sees himself becoming if he continues down the prosecutor's path. Miles says it himself, "who knows? Given enough time, I might have tried to pull something like Chief Gant did. That thought terrifies me. That's why I can't continue on as a prosecutor!"

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krisnix cringe compilation

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I have new hair but also wish to remind you that I'm hot

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New hair! Also reminder that I'm hot

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SEVENTEEN 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐀𝐘: NEW BURSTDAY

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Let’s be dandelions with mama

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Every goddamn vote on every goddamn issue matters and can have ripple effects. Anyone who says not to vote because of whining about political purity or anything like that can eat my entire ass.

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P & M

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Ahhh, there’s the obvious conclusion.

If we can de-extinct* species, surely there’s no point in worrying about endangered species anymore! We can bring them back anytime!

*depending on your definition of de-extinction.

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Masha being photogenic on his travels

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Marilyn Monroe as Pola Debevoise in the 20th Century Fox/Jean Negulesco romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953. The first movie filmed using the studio's wide-screen CinemaScope process (invented to lure audiences back into theaters when the new-fangled popularity of television was keeping movie-goers at home), scenes like this were heavily featured in How to Marry a Millionaire to remind viewers of the wonders of cinema. Marilyn's glamorous gowns in the film were designed by William Travilla.