#ace attorney 2

[trlvsn]

franziska von karma, dressing up, and the promise the morning sun brings

(id+white background version under cut)

[id: a digital semi-realistic painting of franziska von karma, standing in a bedroom and putting her dress on with her naked back turned to the viewer. the warm sunlight from the window illuminates her figure, and, partially, the peach-colored wall: some parts of the sunlight are obscured by shadows of leaves on trees. franziska, on the first glance, is hugging herself with one hand; her back is slightly hunched over and her head is turned to the side & slightly down. on a closer look, her hand is more gripping than hugging her side: the skin is visibly pulled by her fingers. her skin is soft, with various shades of red, blue and green on it. her hair is a greyish blue and her earring reflects light very strongly, in a shape of a star with six rays. her nose and ear have some redness as if she has been crying. her expression is sad and lost in thought. her shoulder has a bullet scar on it. the dress on the lower part of her body is simply colored, and the crumpled bed sheets in front obscure her legs. end of id]

[willczek-art]

are you okay, little lawyer??

[bombchan]

two sides of the same coin(or whatever its called)

[angelbellelc2]

Phoenix went to speak with Matt on a subject matter and Matt just freaking left! And I feel you Phoenix who in the world is Matt going to eat lunch with? More than likely himself.

[kissingonclouds]

dont ask ok

[pairofpujee]

saw some cool clothing and IMMEDIATELY went “damn thats really franziska-core” 

[zombolouge]

Edgeworth's theme music cracks me the hell up like every time it follows his entrance, but it's hard to beat the comedy of it's use in AA2.

Like here come triumphant upbeats, clearly the hero has arrived! To save the day! There are no mitigating circumstances to make this weird!

BITCH EVERYONE HERE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN MOURNING YOU. PHOENIX HAS PROB HAD LIKE 87 NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS. READ THE ROOM BUDDY. Ridiculous little fancy man cannot conceive that people were sad about it either. Edgeworth you fool. You buffoon. You absolute turnip.

Victory march ass song blaring as the corpse walks into his own funeral. I love this idiot so much.

[nerdyperday]

Day 2473 Franziska von Karma

[veemimis]

Pearl the silliest of sillys :33

[castlydiem]

Franziska Von Karma

— Reunion, and Turnabout Follow me on Instagram! @castlydiem

[trlvsn]

as funny as the "phoenix giving edgeworth a whip" moment in aa2-4 was it is actually so important on an ideal level basically sums up phoenix's character development in that game. let me explain. the prosecutor that gets introduced to us in aa2 is franziska: a prodigy, daughter and successor of von karma, driven by the wrong ideas and using the wrong methods. the "wrongness" of her as a prosecutor is summed up by the whip - a tool that gives her power over the court, her main tactic she has been using all these years, a heritage, a pain, something she carries with her. the defense, on the other hand, is saddled with anger and sadness that come from a lack of understanding of miles edgeworth: why did he do this? was he really so foolishly prideful? could he not see himself be anything else than gant and von karma? was i foolish to see that in him?

but then, in aa2-4, edgeworth shows up and is neither his old self nor the new one. he is still a prosecutor, and he still helps phoenix subtly in the trial; he's still an ass, he's still wearing the cravat, but he is not on the same path as before. he claims to have learnt a lesson and intends to let phoenix learn it as well. he asks him: what kind of defense attorney do you want to be? the position you have will remain the same. you will still be at this bench. what can you do to deserve to stand there? what can you be? and the implications the question brings with it are more meaningful than the question itself: they mean you can be different kinds of a defense, they mean you can use the tools you have in entirely different ways.

so when phoenix gives the whip to franziska through miles edgeworth, he says "take the tool back. you have a hereditary power you could be using unfairly, waving it over everyone scarily, but you could take it back and do something with it. be a prosecutor. don't run. don't throw away what you have no matter who gave it to you; you are the whip's owner and you command it". he acknowledges the nuance of it all, and he acknowledges the fact that franziska does need to leave as well, do some soul-searching and find her own path. and when phoenix gives the whip to franziska, he does it through miles edgeworth, and with it, he says "i get it now".

[notsoevilmagistrate]

WHO ON GODS GREEN EARTH LET HIM BE SOOOOO SOOOO

HES SO BITCHY BUT SO AAAAA

That smirk held me at gunpoint, made me give it all my money, spat on me, said I was the entire circus, that I should be stripped naked for making a mockery of this damn court, and I thanked it. That’s all.

[itsflappletimeyippee]

rare sighting of the lost turnabout fan (real)

[angelbellelc2]

Phoenix really tried to pull this twice during Will's testimony and I understand why he's doing it just to prolong the trial to be able to save Maya. This really just feels like he's just grabbing anything that semi relates to what Will says just says. It's just really silly that Phoenix is just doing this and poor Will just having to deal with this.

[kissingonclouds]

its my job to do this

[bamber344]

turned on the AA trilogy OST for some background music,,, immediately plays Big Top theme,,, I hate it here,,,,