#and phoenix character development

[lilypadsx]

Yall should get into the lore of valorant like you dont have to play it but just watch stuff about the lore cuz holy shit the new mv shows so much new lore and I’m crying and it’s perfection and it feels like there isn’t any glaring plot holes and it feels clean and I love it so much

I’m rambling

Watch valorant lore recaps or don’t I can’t do anything

[wishchip106]

i cannot watch this scene without laughing everytime 😭😭

why was he doing all of that 😿🤚

“AARGEHEGEGAEGAAAHH!!” girl 😭 the voice cracks and everything

i know jean is powerful but you don’t need to be making this pose infront of everybody 🤨

got him from different angles 😭

embarrassing honestly 😔

[sweetstwawbewwymilk]

Imagine with me.

Imagine an Agency that understands the danger of its work, and has become desensitized to it after many brutal years. Imagine an Agency that, while having noble intentions, is just as guilty of using their Agents as chess pieces as its enemies. Imagine an Agency that's staggeringly hesitant towards changes to the status quo, as deviation had been synonymous with death for nearly their entire lifetime. Imagine this stagnation driving away their brightest and bravest, turning them towards independent ventures... or much darker pursuits.

Imagine Reginald Crane. Imagine being on the front lines of the battle against seemingly insurmountable evil. Imagine time or tragedy wearing on you. Imagine being unable to engage directly like you've always loved, but being unwilling to abandon the fight. Imagine being given the opportunity to become a support agent. Imagine losing your Agent. Imagine losing your Agent. Imagine losing your Agent. Imagine with horror as you realize, with every dying gasp, every plea for help, every flatline, that you were one of the lucky ones. Imagine building up walls of snarky comments, of cold indifference, of "Don't get attached", so you never feel the pain of being The Lucky One. Imagine burying your hurt deep. Imagine putting up a facade so that your judgement isn't clouded. Imagine doing everything in your power to make sure the next one doesn't meet the same fate. Imagine losing the Agent. Imagine losing the Agent.

Imagine Dr. Roxana Prism. Imagine possessing a brilliance so great it practically possesses you. Imagine dreaming, studying and working your entire life to leave a legacy that will outlive you. Imagine finding The Agency, being thrilled, overjoyed, that you finally had the resources and support to pursue your research. Imagine discovering Kinesium, and it's immense, nigh-reality-bending powers. Imagine discovering your legacy. Imagine inventing a device that gave people mastery over gravity itself; inventing Telekinesis. Imagine your invention being used everywhere on the field, creating an entire Division of the Agency. Imagine being held in such high regard, you're made the Head of Research and Development. Imagine that not being enough. Imagine your Agents still dying, even with your "best work" behind them. Imagine an Artificial Agent - metal body, electric mind, perfect and whole and deathless. Imagine becoming attached to your new creation. Imagine becoming extremely attached to your new creation Imagine being so proud of what you've made; a device that could eliminate the danger of the world's most dangerous job. Imagine the humiliation when, somehow, it all goes wrong. Imagine being told your best isn't enough. Imagine being more betrayed than you ever had before. Imagine leaving the people you thought could help you behind, swearing you'd never make the same mistake again. Imagine making the biggest mistake of your life soon after.

Imagine all that? Good. Now imagine someone else. Imagine being assigned another Agent. Imagine putting your walls up. They likely won't last the day. Imagine them being chaotic Imagine them surviving. Imagine them surviving. Imagine them surviving. Imagine your walls being chipped away at, one mission at a time, as you find yourself forming something resembling a Bond (heh) despite yourself. Imagine being drawn closer with each quirk, each eccentricity, each brilliant solution that is anything but orthodox. Imagine sending them on the most dangerous mission you've ever sent any of your Agents on. Imagine them surviving. Imagine rumors spreading about them. Imagine people saying they're immortal, they're invincible....

Imagine your Agent gaining a Name. Imagine remembering when you got yours; strong as stone, they called you. Imagine them surviving. Imagine being more afraid than you ever had in recent memory. For the sake of the world, or the life of your Agent, you can't tell anymore. Imagine you're about to see them off again. Imagine committing your Agency's biggest taboo. Imagine calling them by their Name. Imagine watching as they heroically trade their life for the world's. Imagine, against everything, that Agent Phoenix somehow survives. Imagine mourning them so much, you nearly leave the Agency you've spent nearly your whole life serving. Imagine being so overjoyed at their remarkable return, you don't care about your old walls anymore. Imagine the rumors growing into legend. Imagine one of your own becoming a hero. Imagine your goofiest, most chaotic, most unorthodox Agent being the best thing for your recruitment efforts in recent memory. Imagine the Agency's best asset fall into your lap. Imagine seeing the perfect opportunity to prove them all wrong. Imagine seeing them disarm your every trap, dodge your every attack, outwit your every plan. Imagine them not giving up. Imagine your old friend trying to get through to you. Imagine as you keep improving your work. Imagine making your robots stronger and stronger. Imagine them not giving up Imagine them both following you to your factory. Imagine preparing to cement your legacy as a brilliant scientist - as the one who overcame even the Great Phoenix. Imagine being well and truly betrayed. Imagine losing what you've loved the most. Imagine telling them you never want to see them again. Imagine seeing them again anyway. Imagine them not giving up. Imagine dying. Imagine not. Imagine, despite all logic, despite all sense, Phoenix saves you. Imagine working together to save hundreds (thousands, now) of lives. Imagine remembering that this is what you started inventing for: to leave the world a better place than when you found it. Imagine dragging the person who saved you to safety. Imagine leaving with a renewed sense of purpose. Imagine not giving up.

Imagine Agent Phoenix. Imagine joining the Agency. Imagine being told, very early that you are "A spy. Not a hero." Imagine thinking that's stupid. Imagine doing things your own way. Imagine threatening the status quo. Imagine being told you won't last long. Imagine burning through every handler assigned to you, until you find one who can keep up with your bullshit. Imagine the politics of The Agency shift and churn behind the scenes while you're off saving the world. Imagine the "orthodox" being questioned. Tested. Imagine Agents, who were told that they were small parts of a much bigger collective force, who were told their job is risky and they will need to lay down their lives for the greater good, seeing you survive. Imagine becoming a symbol of hope and heroism entirely without your knowledge. Imagine more Agents coming home. Imagine your Handler getting slaps on the back and congratulations from other support Agents. Imagine your Creator becoming far more invested in your exploits. Imagine coming back to the office from Babadag, being looked at in awe by your fellow Agents, being greeted with awe and reverie, with being confused as to why. Imagine the halls becoming so much livelier. Imagine coming back to a different Agency than you left. Imagine, little by little, Agent by Agent, life by life, you've been changing things more than you'll ever know.

[old-skyguy]

Look.

Ace Attorney fandom.

I know why people don't like Turnabout Bigtop. I am among the people who dislike Turnabout Bigtop.

But I GET why people like the case. I'm not going to be one of those annoying people who just blindly dump on it because I hate those mfs too.

Thing about Bigtop isn't that it sucks. Thing isn't the weird grooming stuff (though that is a huge part of it). It's not that it could've been good.

It's that - in my personal OPINION - it could have been *great*.

I think it had the potential to be one of the best third cases in the trilogy. It had everything; a fun and goofy setting fit for a pretty dang goofy lawyer game - where the environment itself had jokes and quips and one-liners and mishaps and tomfoolery written all over it, it had the previous case introducing a very interesting and important plotline that gave background for one of the more well-loved characters while also introducing an equally fucked up and lovable new one who was a child forced into a shit childhood of naivete in a CIRCUS with another character who was very naive and childish - whose interactions could have been funny and cute and reflective of said shit from the previous case (seriously she becomes such an important character in the 4th case, WHY would they not include her in this one for some character development? How did they fuck up letting a CHILD explore a CIRCUS?? That would have made the interactions flow MUCH better).

They had a pretty good, sympathetic killer imo, a morally dubious victim, an asshole of a client (who was pretty flat admittedly in-game, but I like his weird, topsy-turvy reasoning for it in the anime. Also, I think Max being kinda a dick would have bode well for the themes of Farewell since most of his clients up to this point have been like...nice? Not nice, but sympathetic, but him having to defend someone who's innocent but a prick would have shown him that just because someone is an asshole, doesn't mean they deserve to suffer for it and that they have the potential to grow as people, which is almost a complete foil to what Matt was. Ultimately, I would have loved the contrast of them as clients and I think it would have also served as character development for Phoenix, especially with his low-empathy tendencies).

They just didn't think that far ahead. They just didn't execute it well enough. They just decided to make three of the adult characters fight for the hand in marriage of a teenage girl. (Bat's part of the story was actually kinda good if he was just YOUNGER, I think him doing that for Regina would have been a stupid thing someone in the circus would do to impress their crush. Damn you Ace Attorney and your weird treatment of underage girls!!)

It just flopped and that's ok.

Even though it kinda sucked, it can still mean something to me.

Also I'm a Moe Curls apologist. I liked him, shut up.

[ink-going-insane]

random mystreet and diaries ramble time! specifically about travis!

travis is a really really important character to me. i probably oc-ified him in my mind on accident but iiit's fine probably. but either way he's really special to me with how his character is.

i'll probably end up rambling more about mystreet than diaries because i have more of a personal attachment to ms since that's what i mainly grew up with, so i'm sorry about that in advance ^^;

i'm also. putting it all under a read more because it's gonna get Long. so yea another warning in advance for that!

both in mystreet and diaries, it feels like travis tries to be a sorta comic-relief character at times to get everyone to smile and ignore their troubles. he does really stupid things to distract others from their issues because he's really big on having his friends feel better and happy. he's not the best at communicating at times, but he tries his best by just being weird and getting people to smile. his not too good communication skills do unfortunately cause him to use some of the...tricks he knows at Bad Times (one example being in diaries s2 when lucinda first sees her mother iirc) but he always means well and genuinely just wants everyone to be happy. even in the end of season 6 of mystreet, after everything that happened, the moment he was free and woke up and saw katelyn, he flirts with her in an effort to cheer her up even though they both just went through Hell.

travis is a really selfless character to me. in diaries, with the added s3 enki island lore, travis was essentially fighting a battle that No One There acknowledged. they all thought Travis was the cursed person causing the imps and all that jazz to show and he just. lived with it. he kept saying it was fine when his friends tried to defend him. and then there was the incident in the phoenix alliance island where people were scared of him and iirc he acted like it was fine but it really isn't but aaaaaa. and i'm so so so so happy with his choice after they got enki's relic. his choice to essentially discover himself and live freely without chaining himself down to another burden is something i will forever adore because he deserves it!! and i was so happy he saw that opportunity of freedom, to maybe feel the joy he's been wanting to feel for a long time. i don't know if any of this makes sense i really hope it does.

in mystreet travis's life is more...calm? i guess? there's the child experimentation that happened and then the whole thing of thinking his dad had two different personalities randomly with one of them being Horrible, which actually on second thought my irene does this poor guy still suffer. though we never actually really see any of it and only hear about his father's (well, michael's) negative actions (not including the child experimentation) Twice. once from lucinda talking to kim in s5 and a second time from travis talking to himself in the last episode of s6. he doesn't really talk about himself and instead opts for just vibing in the moment, and doesn’t mind listening to other's troubles.

it's obvious during pdh that he's pretty socially awkward, especially with having dante for a friend. and i think he was his only friend until starting high school where travis met aphmau and the others. like not to be rude but have you Seen dante. guy is a horrible influence. anyway so yea travis wasn't the best at communication, but this is also when he first manages to make someone Smile. he says some really bad pick-up lines to katelyn in s1 in an attempt to cheer her up after her break-up and it gets her to Smile and it distracted her from her troubles and that's when he realized that he can make others Happy with his shenanigans. and so he kept at it, because he wants people and those he cares about to Smile.

oh and quick (not quick i lied) side tangent about the Not Alone Buddies and also travis's role in the story of pdh. aphmau and travis's friendship is so so so special to me. partly because it reminds me of my own friendships vibe-wise, but also because of their special connection. i'm a bit upset that it wasn't expanded upon more during the main mystreet story but it does make a bit of sense since friendships can occasionally drift apart a little bit as you get older so the two of them aren't as close as they used to be. but i still wish they showed more of the closeness that Should Have Been There!! especially in pdh where he was set up to be sorta important! instead of opting for "here's a bunch of scenes with love interests for aphmau that you know aren't going to end up with her and almost nothing else other than strict plot mostly surrounding aphmau and her love interests" they should've had more scenes of her with her friends!!! and travis!!!! and also vylad!!!!!! because they became a trio after he transferred and that literally Never got expanded upon! i don't even think there's another scene of travis with vylad after their first meeting, i genuinely don't remember there being another one At All. maybe one or two? or just none at all and either way that's Bad. and vylad also barely has any proper scenes with aphmau also it hurts. this is a travis post but by extension it's also a Not Alone Buddies post because i love them forever and vylad should've gotten more screentime >:( along with a lot of the other characters they deserved so much more! and it really bothers me that they set up travis to be sorta important at the start of pdh, only to quickly demote him to side character and comedy duo with dante. it really hurts.

in main story mystreet he gets a bit more attention but it's mostly for a comic relief kinda thing at the start. the fact most of his character in s1 got retconned is really funny to me. anyway he gets character development in season 2!! he stood up for himself because katelyn was being Not Nice and i'm so proud of him for it!!! this is also when him being a creep mostly stops iirc so that's nice, but i tend to pretend the creepy scenes Don't Exist in the first place. anyway after that there isn't really much development for him iirc until season 5, though of course there's that nice fun scene in aphmau's year where michael says hello, but he shows up a lot more in season 5 and of course season 6. in s5 it's like "huh i have a weird voice in my head and i suddenly occasionally can't control my actions but surely it must've been me. oh well as long as it makes katelyn happy :)" and like. it's so precious he just wants her to be happy and it hurts knowing michael's intentions and stuff because in both s5 and the start of s6 he just wanted katelyn to smile and be happy and safe so he was okay with letting the weird voice do its thing as long as it helped. it uh. stopped helping after The Incident. but even when he was trapped in his own mind and forced to watch he wanted so badly for it all to stop because he didn't want his friends to suffer. he didn't care what happened to him as long as his friends would be okay, which is why his monologue in the last episode horrifies me. i read a theory that he's going to sacrifice himself to stop the rumored meteor in s7 and something'll cause everyone to forget him and i really really really hope that doesn't happen i hope s7 gives him an actual calming break in the end please.

i'll be honest i...don't know where i was actually going with this post. it just kinda happened. i was alone with my thoughts (bad) and i saw a post with travis on it and just went "travis :)" in my mind and the next thing i knew this wall of text got vomited onto my phone screen. thinking of travis will now be my comfort i guess?? i just think he's neat <3

[adam-scott]

i just came back from gladiator II and i’m just gonna say that they really underused pedro pascal 😐

[askaceattorney]

Dear Curious Anon,

I do have to correct you that it would be their fault, but only by the law. The law is merciless and unforgiving. That's why we defense attorneys exist. We have since adopted forgiveness by accidental killing, but history and mythology shows that it wasn't always like that.

To answer your question, yes I would defend them. I defended Ron DeLite knowing that he was Mask D'Mask☆DeMasque that had stolen jewels and other expensive property.

Something I had learned when defending Matt Engarde is that me being a Defense Attorney doesn't mean I'm defending an innocent victim. I'm defending someone accused of a crime. It doesn't nor should EVER matter if they had committed the crime or not.

If anyone should confess to a crime they've committed and are honest with me, I will defend them. That's my only requirement, then we can discuss different options of how to lessen the punishment.

- Phoenix Wright

[punkforkos]

Solaire and his brother have always had a tumultuous relationship, strained by their father's insistence on their family image and being perfect. Things finally exploded one day when the brothers decided that the world would be better off without the other.

A D&D oc animatic for my character Solaire Drake, featuring his backstory!

>> my carrd | ko-fi | inprnt <<

Underneath the cut are some extra sketches!

If you want to read more about their story, you can check out Solaire's toyhouse!! <<

[phoenixragdollppt]

Transmission: Found - Q&A - Project Phoenix

It was supposed to be a normal day.

One normal day at the Playtime Factory. How wrong were they?

Children missing…. Toys coming to life and pouncing… blood and scream everywhere…

Through the mass hysteria, he ran to one of the offices, locking the door behind him as he glanced at the calendar: August 8, 1995.

And then Romero woke up from his trance. He glanced down at the bouquet he held in his hands, dropping them immediately. Was this a vision of what was to come or did it already happen? Either way, he knew one thing: he had to stop the Hour of Joy from happening. But how?

… The Phoenix will rise from the ashes and fields of Poppies…

Dr. Romero Belrose is Available for Questions!

[loud-whistling-yes]

nobody touch me i just read kj encore and SO NO ONE'S GONNA FUCKING TALK ABOUT HACHI COMPETING WITH JOKER TO BECOME A THIEF???????

[nixnuevo]

First dev update of the year, Project Arcanist is getting a huge makeover! I have a much better grasp on my plan for this game, including an updated setting + making it an RPG rather than a VN. I have big plans and I've been working hard, so stay tuned!!

In the mean time, here's an updated MC / Player reference! Everyone say hiiii Santiago 🌀

[dandylion240]

Phoenix Gray

Age: 22

Siblings: Rowan and Iris

Lives in Twin Brooks

Random Facts

Phoenix is agoraphobic. He hasn't left his home in two years. Luckily he lives with his brother and sister who make sure he has everything he needs. When he was younger, he was that kid who imagined some terrible catastrophe happening while he was gone. Like the school bus would explode or a meteor would hit the school or maybe even an earthquake. It got even worse after his parents were killed suddenly in a car accident two years ago and he hasn't left the house since. The house is safe. The outside world is not.

It's a good thing their parents life insurance left them fairly well off otherwise he wouldn't be able afford all the items they will need in case the world comes to an end. When he isn't obsessing about the end of the world he's reading books about witty blond vampire hunters or watching bad 'B' movies about the end of the world.

He used to enjoy playing the piano, sculpting and horseback riding. However since his parents untimely deaths he hasn't been able to focus on his creative pursuits and don't even ask him go horseback riding. It's not safe! It's much too dangerous!

[inspector-montoya-fox]

Replaying Turnabout Tr*mp for the second time ever since 2019 and thinking to myself that it's actually a decent case and that i've given it an unnecessary amount of flack over the years..... and then Phoenix admits to presenting forged evidence.

[ombrathefurry]

mechanical versions/doppelgängers of the main cast

how dare you challenge me by making me draw robots (this took me all day)

“But that’s just silly, why would a robot have hair?” -hatchworth from spg

[bluefuecoco]

the narrative curve of Miles Edgeworth going from your first case against him (Turnabout Sisters), he's this cool and intimidating figure, he's got everything planned out, everything he says is meticulous and careful. He's scary and frustrating.

But then in the next case (Turnabout Samurai), you start to see the cracks. None of the witnesses he calls follow his plan. They're "objectionable". He has a lot more slip ups. And then when it comes down to it, he reveals his hand. He's looking for justice too. He recognizes who the real guilty party is, and even tho it'll tarnish his near perfect record, he helps Wright catch the killer, and he does this in the most stumbling way ("I thought I would come up with something while I was objecting"). And he talks to you after the trial and tells you that you've really shaken his conviction. Why did he help you when he's working the opposite side?

And the perfect transition from Edgeworth saying "Do not cross my path again", to him being tried for murder and you being the only person who will defend him!! Seeing new players follow these story beats and inevitably--INEVITABLY--they go from hating edgeworth to *missing him* when he doesnt appear in the next game! Like HELLO??

[voidfell]

Tfw Edo probably hasn't actually lived for himself since his father died. Like everything he did after that was in service of avenging his father's death, or for Saiou, and while he succeeded in one of those. He failed fucking spectacularly to save Saiou from the light. It was a massive blow to his ego, and I genuinely don't think Edo ever recovered, that failure to protect someone he loves combined with no longer having that drive to move forward because he accomplished his literal life goal is actually crushing. He's a good enough duelist that I don't think his career would suffer for it. But I think you could tell if you dueled him that something's missing. Like?? What is he dueling for? What is he living for? Not himself that's for fucking sure. He genuinely needs to find something that drives him, a reason to keep going and push past his limits. Genuinely the worst part is I haven't figured it out either, I don't know where his character can go or what his goal should be!!