#11 days left

[kentnaturaltribrid]

Speaking of holidays & well next week for sure, here’s a Countdown page present for the February Season, which happens to be ending on the Winter ❄️, so for now Goodbye winter ; Hello, Fall 2025 when it makes its way through to the top especially in about 15 weeks time that is! Well also as well as the Rest of the season making it’s way through with more than enough to make up for the rest of the Winters and that means lots more time for the Fall season dropping into many more weeks of Pumpkins 🎃 & Other events as well! That being said, Good afternoon & Have fun for the rest of the Sunday!

[fraeuleintaka]

New English voice clips in the Investigations Collection

This is the 70th post in the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Countdown: 11 days left until release!

Today's topic: all the new English voice clips in the Investigations Collection!

[MASSIVE spoilers for Investigations 2 in the video and under the cut]

Similar to all the remaining official English names people also got a hold of the new English voice clips for the characters. This mostly includes the I2 characters, of course, but one character from I1, Calisto Yew, also received a new voice clip. The fandom has been criticizing the quality of her "Objection!" for years, and I agree that it definitely sounds off compared to the quality of the others, but I still wouldn't have expected them to go to the effort of re-recording it so this is a nice surprise. As for the other characters, the fan translation did a truly amazing job with voicing them despite their limited means being entirely driven by passion for the game so it's going to be hard for the official localisation to beat them despite their higher professional production value. Since I already talked about Justine's (Verity's) new voice in a previous countdown post she isn't included in the list and all the other I1 characters keep their old voice clips unsurprisingly. (Shi-Long's is still one of my favourites.)

Sebastian Debeste (Eustace Winner): Like his name I absolutely adore Sebastian's "Objection!" in the fan translation. It's haughty, it's pretentious and it's high-pitched in a way that fits him perfectly. You can hear he's trying hard to come across as competent and imposing but it just as obviously doesn't work. His official voice is maybe a little bit deeper but not by much so I still think it suits him really well, it sounds as young as he should be. It doesn't sound nearly as pretentious as his fan one (though it has some of it), losing some of its personality you could argue and on one hand I agree. That's one of the major reasons why I find his voice in the fan translation so charming. On the other hand, if they ever wanted to have him appear in a later game after his fantastic character arc Investigations 3 with Sebastian and Miles as duo protagonists when, they wouldn't be able to keep the voice clip the same if it did sound as pretentious and I'd argue that it might already make the confrontation in court a tiny little bit more epic. (Maybe hopefully compensating a little for the less epic name?) So both voices have their advantages and I honestly love both, they're both amazing.

Blaise Debeste (Excelsius Winner): As might have been expected Blaise loses his demon voice that he had in the fan translation. His official voice is still authoritative and commanding but it doesn't even match von Karma's "Objection!" in scariness-factor which I'm sad about because Blaise is arguably far worse and should have a similarly scary "Objection!". I like its almost military-like clearness, it does fit his general vibe, so it's still a good voice clip for him but I honestly prefer his fan voice. That deep demonic sound is so full of personality and fits him perfectly and in comparison his official voice sounds far less unique. It could fit any authoritative figure. Maybe they wanted it to sound less evil on the surface because Blaise has this kind of playful attitude but even then I'd argue that he's so obviously not nice that it's a better move to match his voice clip to how scary he can be when he gets serious which his fan voice does amazingly.

Raymond Shields (Eddie Fender): I'm honestly shocked by how similar Ray's two voices sound. They're both very casual and he almost mumbles a little in both which fits his laid-back attitude well. His fan voice is deeper but his official one isn't too high either so I don't mind that. The sound quality of the official one is obviously clearer and better so in that regard it sounds better as well but disregarding that I'd say both are about equal for me.

Gregory Edgeworth: Gregory's fan voice is significantly deeper than his official one and that's also my biggest issue with the latter. Admittedly, his fan voice sounds strangely choked and the sound quality is meh too but his new one is just way too high. I can accept the "Hold it!", "Take that!" and "Eureka!", those are fine, I like them, but his "Objection!" sounds far too young for a man who's mostly defined as being the father and the mentor of two of the main characters. Sure, he's still in his thirties when he dies so he is still young but he should sound mature enough to be a somewhat wise mentor and father figure (as that is how Miles and Ray see him) and not like he just walked out of college. Therefore, despite its issues I still prefer Gregory's fan voice over his official one. I'm honestly not sure what they were thinking with it.

Horace Knightley (Bronco Knight): Knightley sounds extremely different in both versions. His fan voice is very casual and confident to the point of overconfident which fits his general attitude and defining character trait (thinking himself better than he is and underappreciated for it) really well. His official voice is also confident but in a different way, it's slower, more serious and has a clearer pronunciation. The latter definitely fits better with what you'd expect from a bodyguard of a president and it's not like he doesn't take his job seriously, he just seriously thinks he could do everything better than the others. Honestly, I can see both character interpretations really well, the casual cocky attitude and the more serious overconfidence. It will likely depend on how Knightley's written in the official localisation; in the fan translation he also talked in a really cocky way so his voice clip fit that to a T; but if his official localisation gives him a more serious attitude, his new voice clip would reflect that better.

Calisto Yew: There's surprisingly not much to say about Yew's new voice clip. It's a very similar kind of "Objection!" to her old one but with a much clearer audio and without that strange warped mumbling. It's basically a direct improvement without changing the interpretation of the character at all so there's no argument to be made about which of the two sounds obviously better.

Now I only need to find a way to get the German voice clips for the collection so I can talk about them as well...

Simon Keyes (Simeon Saint): Simon's two voices are, again, surprisingly similar. Both sound very confident and self-assured, with good reason. His fan voice is a bit more arrogant although without being pretentious, it's just the unapologetic kind of confidence you have when you know you're brilliant and can back up everything you say. Meanwhile, his official voice sounds more relaxed and nonchalant like nothing can faze him and your contradiction is almost too obvious to have to point it out, it's almost a little playful in a way. I really like both interpretations, they're both fitting for different reasons. Simon is arrogant but he's not as defined by it as other major AA villains, he is nonchalant and almost playful for a good part of the confrontation manipulating Miles and Co. and making fun of them but then he also takes the actual subject matter, his revenge and his justification, extremely seriously. I honestly can't decide between the two, they're both great voice clips for the best antagonist in the series.

[indoraptorgirlwind]

11 days left for the independence day on my country, so i'm curious to know what to make for that day

[govtshutdown]

Not much done this weekend

[rederiss]

I’m totally sane! Hahaha

18 days left: It’s close yet so far. Help. I think I’m losing my shit

[hec-chan]

[crusheswhimsandfancies]

[beescake]

are you secretly the CEO of solkat

solkat r the ceos of me. actually

[daily-odile]

Siff voice: so you post Odile every day? Odayly?

yes and I can make odile bap you with a book if you keep making bad puns

[kedreeva]

There are good things in the world still

Today, I built a cool house in Minecraft! I added a small, secret aquarium to one wall of it, and it turned out GREAT.

Today, I made myself a bowl of popcorn, drizzled it with melted butter (real butter!) and tossed it in a big, silver bowl with some white cheddar powder. The bowl is the perfect size and shape to shake in a specific pattern so the contents slide up uP UP the side, and then like a little delicious wave, crash back down inside the bowl. It's Highly satisfying!

Today, three baby chickens hatched in my incubator. They are black copper marans (although one may be a blue marans), my favorite of the chickens, from a breeder with quality stock. I get to snuggle and spoil them for the next few weeks, and then gift them to my neighbor.

There are good things left in the world, however large or small they may be. This is your invitation to take a moment and find one good thing to reblog and share with others, and/or to look through the notes to find good things others have shared.

[ghost-bison]

part 13 here

[poofpoofpurin]

the children yearn for bkdk yuri

[4t432]

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[govtshutdown]

11 days left, but hopefully action sooner

[peasant-player]

Doriath Elves and their troublesome Men~

Luthien & Beren

Beleg & young Turin

The first was my idea after @eri-pl said beren and curufin but I though that beren and luthien is more fun :D

The second came from @starsofarda !

I would have loved to draw every suggestions but I'm sure that would have made me insane haha.

I love you all for practicing in my brain storming!! That made me very happy ❤️