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I love that all Simeon fans are in agreement that he sucks and we all hate him ❤️

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Aai2 Spoilers I guess???

What you need to understand about Simeon is that he is such a cringey edgelord like I bet he stood in front of the mirror everyday and did this:

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simeon straight up deciding to pass out when edgeworth was being stern to him is so funny in retrospect.

'how the fuck am i gonna get out of this now' 'maybe he's gonna go back to pitying me if i get a concussion..?'

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First piece for my art blog: Regina Berry and Simeon Saint! Inspired by that outfit by Daniel Mindiola that keeps popping up on my dash. Alternate version and separated figures under the cut to save space.

Alternate version without sleeves and collars and such because I drew a bunch of details only to cover them up and it made me sad lol

Then separated figures, including a bunch of alternate hat/hairstyles for Simeon b/c I couldn't decide which I liked best

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I have absolutely no context for this

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A character analysis regarding Regina Berry

it's quite clear the writers didn't handle Regina The Best in aa2, what with portraying the concept of pedophilia and her being groomed by three different adult men (Max, Trilo, Bat. btw a lot of people overlook Bat also being a grown adult man while she was still a kid) as a normal romance, however they did improve greatly with aai2 and I'd say you can even use what happens in aa2 to add to her character in aai2.

one of the key points that stick to me is how in aa2 she starts off being "naive" after being sheltered by her father for so long in the circus until Moe takes her to court and forces her to face reality head-on (which btw, if we're to criticize the pedos and Regina's father for indulging them despite AA painting them in good light, then we should also criticize Moe considering this also implies he did nothing to protect her from then). after she's faced with all of this she breaks down and blames herself for everything that happens (despite the fact none of it was her fault) and swears to go visit Bat every day. this comes as a rather big contrast when in aai2 she does show sadness at being betrayed by Simeon, but rather than dwell on it or blame herself she addresses feeling sad by it then choosing to move on.

but this brings to another interesting topic: terrible coping mechanism. her not blaming herself over something that isn't her fault is already a great improvement for her however the way she brushes it all off shows how she might also have a similar coping mechanism to Simeon which is to ignore her own feelings and pretend she is fine. she talks about Simeon being able to ignore something as big as the murder of his childhood best friend by just going to sleep and being fine the next day, and she talks about this as though it is a positive thing, such that even Miles Mr. Fake Your Death is weirded out by this.

this deal of hers can also be seen at the end where she talks about just "blowing away the competition and those bad memories away" (shown a few pictures above) rather than think about it any further. also interesting how she now refers to the others such as Max and Trilo as competition to knock over (though this is more obvious in the fan translation). which is why I hc her finally realising that they were bad for her and moving on from the idea of the "romance", which I think makes sense considering her reaction.

she also talks about enjoying being at the prison more than the circus in the second aai2 case, which I think is an interesting idea and could add up to the hc / theory that she genuinely doesn't want to be around them anymore.

and going further on this idea of Regina trying to shove down feelings / putting on a fake cheery persona (at least, in aai2) we also have Miles talk about her not batting an eye despite being accused of a crime, showing her resilience, yet afterwards Miles mentions her smile seems unable to reach her eyes as she pretends that everything is under control, making this seem more like something that she fakes.

she is also remarked in quite a few dialogues to have people fall for the cute, cheery attitude. the only one who seems to ever point out and notice her smile being faked is Miles, but even Miles falls for her "tactics" at one point, with her getting him to apologise to her without him even realising why.

another thing to remark about her being smart is her ability to quickly read not just animals but also people and figure them out in aai2. it's kinda crazy to see how far she comes along between aa2 and aai2, even if it doesn't seem noticeable at the start.

it also shows how good she is at this that she's also able to read Simeon brushing off his own feelings DESPITE him putting on a fake persona during the entire time they knew each other, and him trying to ignore his own feelings is also a fact, or at least try to get rid of them. numb them out. he equates feeling good with feeling numb.

summary: Regina is a very interesting character outside of just "poor victim" or "cheery silly girl". she shows a great change in behaviour (even if not noticeable at first) between aa2 and aai2, she goes from naivety to trying to drown out negative feelings, despite putting on a "silly" attitude she's still shown to be smart and being able to fake parts of her personality, and having an ease with both manipulating people and also reading them. it makes sense that she's positioned to be Simeon's sidekick and boss, as they're both very much alike. her cheeriness is something that she both fakes yet is also part of her real personality, similarly to how Simeon faked his weakness as a persona yet at the end his "weak side" was also part of his true self, showcased when he's reunited with Kanis again. they both play further into parts of themselves that are technically true but take it to an extreme, as a way to either shield themselves from any further feelings or (mostly Simeon's case) to fool others.

and under the idea that she was also abused as a child (even though aa2 doesn't intend you to take what she goes through as abuse, but it very much is) similarly to how Simeon was, it adds to the way they parallel each other too.

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Hey im back with whatever this is

AaI2 spoilers as always

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Simeon Saint is helping me to get back into drawing again thank you silly monkey man

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inheritance

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Me looking at Simeon Saint: HOW do I fix him??????

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my beautiful princess with a disorder /ref

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their siblingism <3

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THE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME HAPPENED

So after hating him this entire game she actually ended up liking him as soon as he turned out to be evil??????? She fully likes him now 😂

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 spoilers

Guys I’m playing aai2 with my sister and we’ve met my beloved and she immediately suspects him how do I gaslight her into believing he’s completely innocent?

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Update: she doesn’t suspect him for any particular reason she hates him because he’s a part of the big berry circus and that’s it (lowkey valid tbh but he ain’t like the rest of them)

It’s actually a bit that she believes he has done some horrible scheme that he must be convicted for and she probably means it as a joke because she thinks it would never actually happen but like…

This is gonna be SO funny 😂

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 spoilers

Guys I’m playing aai2 with my sister and we’ve met my beloved and she immediately suspects him how do I gaslight her into believing he’s completely innocent?

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Major Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Spoilers under the cut

Thinking about Simeon and Da-Long Lang when he was questioning him about the assassination

A younger, more trusting Simeon sees Da-Long as someone who can finally help him. Because finally someone is trying to do something about the three adults who’ve been terrorizing him. He gives him hope that maybe this awful experience will all be over and those three will be in prison and he can finally live freely again so he happily tells the nice detective anything he wants to know. It’s the first time he’s actually told anyone about what happened he’d been so focused on keeping this a secret for so long that he hasn’t told anyone, not even his best friend, out of fear it might somehow end up getting back to Laguarde.

Da Long looks at Simeon and sees a boy just a few years younger than his son but with a haunted look in his eyes that make it seem that he’d lived a hundred lives, seen things no child should have to see. Lang Zi once said “it is the duty of the Elders to care for the cubs” and he feels a duty to protect this child, to help him reclaim the innocence he’d lost. But as he listens to what really happened it sinks in. And with a sinking feeling he realizes that he can’t make this public it would cause a nationwide incident of catastrophic proportions if the fact that the president had been killed and replaced by some imposter were to get out. But looking at the child in front of him, tired eyes filled with hope, could he really betray him by doing nothing? But helping him would be betraying his country. What could he do?

Something was wrong. Simeon could tell. As he wrapped up his testimony he watched as the man in front of him slowly began looking more and more uncomfortable. Suddenly, he didn’t like the way he was looking at him. It was the same pitying look that adults from back at the orphanage, kind but stupid people like Ms. Fenn had on their faces when they looked at him. The guilty expression of someone who sees suffering and plans to do absolutely nothing about it. Simeon was an idiot to think he’d be anything different. So it’s with resignation, but not surprise when he breaks the silence with “You’re not going to help me are you” It wasn’t a question but a statement of fact

Da-Long couldn’t say anything to that. He knew that the child in front of him was far too clever, far too perceptive to buy any kind lie he could muster to tell him. And he didn’t deserve to be lied to. “I’m sorry” he said as if an apology would help. He couldn’t even look at him, couldn’t begin to make excuses for how he’d failed him. And in the years to come, when he pictured his greatest regrets his face, the one of this innocent child would be the first thing he saw. Until the end, his nightmares were haunted with the face of the child he had failed.

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Sketchdump of an AU where Bronco worked at KB Security with Ron instead of wherever it is he works in canon (idk if it was ever said I forgot)

Bonus under the cut cuz spoilers I guess

Simeon’s phone:

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aai2 spoilers

on that last reblog:

gooooood i love simeon saint. he's so smart and his quick thinking is kinda impressive. love how he's one of the smartest culprits in the whole franchise but he's simultaneously so fucking entrenched in his own victim complex that he's unable to question himself over whether his childhood best friend really deserves to be pushed under the bus over something he didn't really have control over/didn't remember, and it's that very decision what ends up biting him in the ass and ultimately will make him miserable for the rest of his life.

uuuuugh, i love simeon saint. i wanna throw rocks at you.