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101flavoursofweird · 5 years

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Separating Janice from Melina

Hi! I’ve been planning this post for a while. An attempt to analyse Janice and Melina as separate characters. Some of this comes from personal headcanons, of mine, but they’re all based on what we see in the movie.

We’ll start with their character profiles form The World of Professor Layton.

Janice: ‘A 23-year-old female who has a mature air about her and wears a beautiful purple pendant around her neck. She is a former student of Layton’s who went on to become a celebrated opera singer...’ There’s also this comment about her character design- she ‘generally looks like someone who has an interest in music’.

Melina: ‘Melina was the only daughter of opera composer Oswald Whistler, and best girlfriend to Janice. Tragically, an illness took Melina from this world a year ago, at the youthful age of 22. By all accounts, she was a beautiful woman with a gentle soul.’ Another character design comment- ‘Melina was pretty much developed like Janice.’ The difference is that she was given the look ‘of an extremely intelligent but sickly young lady, brimming with potential.’

From their character designs alone, Melina was meant to resemble Janice. Both of them wear purple and have their hair tied back. They were the same age until Melina’s death. Both of them love music and both are self-sacrificing. (Melina’s London Life profile even points this out.)

Janice had to be very similar to Melina, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to retain Melina’s memories from the Detragon. Whistler searches for talented young girls to become hosts for Melina’s memories- and they had to be as talented as his daughter. But, as Layton explains, the results were imperfect. However, Janice is similar to Melina and as an added bonus, she shares many memories with Melina.

But that doesn’t mean Janice and Melina are identical. Even in that short character bio, Janice is described as ‘mature’, while Melina is described as ‘youthful’. More on this later...

The Reveal Scene in Eternal Diva is quite a unique one. Layton doesn’t expose a traitorous villain, but rather, a thought-to-be-dead friend who has been accompanying them in secret. Melina’s situation is very similar to Claire’s during Lost Future. Here, Melina isn’t just wearing a mask- she’s possessing Janice’s body and mind. (Does that sound weird? Sorry, I made it sound weird.)

Janice, likely having been the first ‘host’ for the Detragon, buried her memories voluntarily so Melina could act in her place. There’s no confirmation if ‘voluntarily’ meant Whistler gave Janice the choice to become the host, or if he even told her about the Detragon’s true purpose. We do know that when the time came to accept Melina’s memories, Janice did so willingly to save her friend... much to Melina’s ‘very great surprise’. There isn’t anyone guarding Janice during the memory-transferral process- Whistler even walks away- or when she wakes up, so maybe Janice was somewhat compliant. What is clear is that Janice is an extremely selfless person, putting her own life on hold so Melina could live through her. It also suggests that Janice is the more passive of the pair of them...

Melina died a year before the opera. We don’t know how long she posed as Janice, but it was enough time to leave the island, reassume Janice’s life, prepare for the opera, and realise how wrong it was for her to steal someone else’s life. After being ill for so long, Melina is able to ‘walk and dance and sing’ again thanks to Janice. All of these things she obviously enjoyed doing before she got sick. I really like how Melina admits that as time went by she came to realise how wrong it was. At the start, she actually enjoyed it- who wouldn’t, after suffering for so long? Yes, Janice let her take over, but Melina still felt somewhat selfish. Maybe she was selfish. But that’s ok, because it’s a character flaw she manages to overcome. Not every female character has to be an martyr, Level 5

Melina doesn’t just enjoy dancing and singing- she’s a true romantic and a thrill seeker. On the beach, Melina chats wistfully about how the game for Eternal Life, the island, eating on the beach, and watching the seashore with Layton feels like a dream. Layton agrees these are perfect surroundings with puzzles and ruins for them to examine. At first, it’s kind of funny and you think it’s just Layton being his usual puzzle-obsessed self... but actually, that’s exactly the kind of thing he would have discussed with Janice when she was in his archaeology class. They probably visited loads of ruins and dig sites. But Melina isn’t interested in that. Puzzles- maybe. She was an intelligent lady. But ruins, not so much. Melina’s passions lay in music, not archaeology. (Something tells me the same applied to Janice, but for whatever reason she still studied archaeology.)

Melina wants romance and adventure. (Can you blame her, after being bed-ridden for who-knows-how-long?) She’s excited at flying in the professor’s homemade helicopter, childishly comparing it to a ‘giant grasshopper’. Luke tells her she can hold on to him if she’s scared, but Melina assures him she’s not scared. She’s having fun.

“This is FUUUUUUUN?” screams ten-year-old Luke.

“Yeah!” the twenty-two-year-old technically dead woman replies.

With Janice being the more ‘mature’ of the two, you have to wonder what her reaction to the helicopter would be. Probably less happy...

And now here’s two of my favourite screenshots from the whole movie. One is hilarious, the other is very poignant and heartwarming.

In Screenshot A, Layton is so startled when Melina and Luke hug him that he raises his voice. Yeah, he is trying to land the plane, but this is probably also out of character for Janice. I like all my uni tutors... but never enough to hug any of them. It’s awkward enough if I bump into them in the cafeteria. Sure, Janice is ‘fond’ of the professor, but I feel like this is more something Melina would do. Melina is a hugger. She’s effusive and wants to connect with more people. (I can’t imagine she got many visitors when she was sick aside from Whistler, Janice and Descole...) She hugs Layton and Mr Whistler. She pulls Luke away from some fire on the Detragon because you can’t touch fire, Luke. And she lets Nina snuggle up to her on the lifeboat. This last part especially demonstrates the ‘gentle soul’ part of Melina’s profile. She’s has a gentle soul... but she’s also a thrill seeker. Rather like Emmy!

On to Screenshot B- one of the few interactions we get between Layton and the real Janice. Janice has jut lost Melina again, along with a part of herself. She looks and sounds so empty. Layton approaches her and she asks him, “Is there no way to get [Melina] back?” Layton doesn’t say anything, because he knows the answer after losing Claire. He just puts his hand on Janice’s shoulder- a sign of empathy and comfort. This is much more appropriate than the two of them sharing a hug. I see Janice as being almost as reserved as Layton. Perhaps she was more open-hearted before Melina’s death... but out of she and Melina, Janice is the more withdrawn one. Before she leaves, Melina tells Janice it’s time for her “to start living her own life again”...

She has to let Melina go, while still remembering her, and learn how to be herself again. She can pursue her interest in music now, if that’s what she really wants, and meet new people...

(I really, really tried to keep the Janice/Melina content to a minimum- they’re just gal pals- but did I mention there are lots of parallels between these two and LayClaire...?)

At least three years after Eternal Diva (after the credits), we see her visiting Layton and Luke. She looks happy, going about her life.

And finally, the best part of Melina’s character. She’s loves DOGS!

#professor layton #Janice Quatlane #Melina Whistler #layton rambling #analysis #hershel layton #Oswald Whistler #The World of Professor Layton #If Level 5 won't give her a character arc I'll FIND ONE #For all the under-appreciated PL characters #Next up is Brenda maybe #Or Arianna #Nina #character analysis #The character arc is there if you believe!

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miximax-hell · 5 years

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As always, it’s been a hot minute. But, uh, hey! I hope you’ve all been fine!

Can you believe that this is actually my 20th reference sheet? That’s crazy. I am hecking slow, but I honestly thought I’d have stopped doing this (way) before I reached the double digits. But, hey, I’m still kicking!

And, to honour such a number, it was about time to add another Raimon baby to this blog, so I’ve gone for one of my very favourites. Shishido is very dear to my heart for a variety of reasons (that I will make sure to explain thoroughly when the time for it comes) and I’ve had this miximax in mind for a very long time. In fact, I’ve been ruminating on it since @raynef-art (btw, today’s Raynef’s birthday, so go and wish her a happy birthday if you can!!) and I talked about Shishido on Skype years ago. When was that, even? 2016? 2017, perhaps? In any case, it sure has been extremely long. But, thankfully, all of that ruminating led to one of my favourite pairs in this whole project! Katrielle Layton is a fantastic fit for Shishido, and I will do my very best to explain why this is the case in this post.

So, for more on ShishiKat, please check under the cut!

As always, I like to use this first paragraph to talk a bit about random stuff, so feel free to skip it if you want. Long story short, I’ve spent the last few months (since mid-May or so) job hunting like a beast. Big ol’ companies from all around the world, like Rockstar, Revolution, The Creative Assembly/Sega or Build A Rocket Boy have shown interest in me, but it’s led nowhere so far, which is extremely frustrating. Heck, there’s a company who contacted me first and they still didn’t give me the job in the end. >:| But I did an interview last Thursday and I should get an answer soon, so let’s hope that goes well...! It’s an awesome job, close to where I live (so I wouldn’t have to move), the company is super successful and two friends are already working there. It’d be incredible to join them and keep progressing in my career. And, well, money doesn’t hurt at all either. Gotta get into the wheel of capitalism. Anyway, job matters aside, I’ve recently finished some games that have become personal favourites of mine, like Valkyria Chronicles and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star (even if the first one was arguably better), but the one that undoubtedly takes the crown is Marvel’s Spider-Man, which shaped up to be a game as brilliant as Insomniac’s previous titles, if not even more so, and has become one of my favourite games of all time. Sadly, Spider-Man isn’t originally a videogame character, so I won’t be including him in this project (as much as that pains me). So we’ll have to take other routes if we want to have a Marvel miximax here... I’m on it, but suggestions are still accepted.

So, Shishido! Who doesn’t love Shishido? He’s just so lovely. Look at him! Look at him right now! How can someone without visible eyes be so PRECIOUS? Don’t you just want to channel the annoying aunt within you and pinch his cheeks and nose? Well, we still can’t do that, but we can try and do him justice by giving him a truly awesome miximax. (The quality of the art that accompanies said miximax may vary in quality, but that’s not Shishido’s nor Katrielle’s fault--it’s entirely mine for not being better.)

So, friends who have been here for a while and have a good memory may be thinking, “Hold on a minute, you! The Professor Layton franchise has already been represented within this blog--you miximaxed Fudou with Hershel Layton himself!” And you’d be right. You might even be thinking I’m betraying my own rules by using two characters from the same franchise. Well, that isn’t the case, as PL is a Level-5 franchise and I may (and tend to) use up to two characters from each franchise made by L5. It’s all here. But, even with all of that, there’s still a question that remains and that I figure many people might have in their heads: if Fudou is already miximaxed with Hershel, isn’t Shishido basically a copy? Does Katrielle really add anything to the table?

I’m glad you asked. Well, I’m glad I asked, because that’s what led to all of this. ww And, thankfully, yes. Yes, she does. But before answering that question, we have a much more important question to ask:

Who is Shishido Sakichi?

Hino, that lovely piece of work, is actually really fricking good (when he actually tries) at something I’m unable to name, hence why I will refer to it as “scattered storytelling.” It’s similar to environmental storytelling in the sense that we’re never directly told many things, but we can still figure them out thanks to the looks of a character, the scenarios we see, audio queues, etc. Video games offer many resources to build up rich environmental storytelling, but what Hino (and probably many others--it’s not like he invented the wheel!) does is give us hints scattered across different pieces of media to try and figure out what some of his undeveloped characters are all about. And let’s be real: original Raimon is a lovely collection of undeveloped characters. So let’s check out a few things about Shishido and see where they take us.

Shishido was one of the first members of Raimon, being one of the 7 players the team had before they were forced to look for more people to have a match against Teikoku. He was, however, replaced by Kidou when he joined the team, and he stayed as a benchwarmer until he got injured by Gemini Storm. Then, as he joined the Dark Emperors, if you talk to him in the game before the match, he mentions how he’s been pushing himself past his limit for a long time, only to keep feeling like he’s mediocre. Finally, during the match between Raimon’s older and newer members, he is shown facing Kidou and getting past him despite how afraid he was of engaging directly with such a big rival.

On top of that, his in-game descriptions go like this: “He is becoming the team’s key-man by developing his own pace,” (IE1) “His laid-back personality can make him the butt of his team-mates' jokes“ (IE2) and “The Aliea crystal has given him an invincible self-belief“ (IE2 DE). Let’s admit that it’s not a lot to go by, but maybe we can get something out of all of this.

As usual, I explain this better in the heat of the moment while talking to someone who’s ready to listen, so Raynef or my girlfriend probably got the better version of what I’ll be trying to explain now. However, those conversations are so old that I'm having trouble retrieving them, so... welp. ww Let me try anyway.

Judging by what we know about Shishido, we can try to figure out what his character development has been like. We get his first in-game description as soon as we can see him in our in-game menu; that is, before the first Teikoku match even takes place. At this point, aka at the very beginning of the game, Shishido is a player that is “becoming the team’s key-man.” Slowly, perhaps, but he is on his way. However, this process is halted abruptly when Kidou joins the team, as he replaces him as a regular first-team player. Now, a valid question would be, “why did Kidou replace Shishido and not any other midfielder?”

It would make no sense to get rid of Someoka or Kurimatsu to let Kidou in the pitch, as he’s not a forward nor a defender. But, among all the midfielders in the team, why Shishido? Why not Handa, Shourin or even Max (who is technically a forward, but has been playing as a midfielder, so it’d make a lot more sense to bench him)? The most obvious answer would be that everyone else has abilities that Kidou can’t properly replace/mimic/make up for; or, in other words, that Kidou is like an upgraded version of Shishido more than he is an upgraded version of any of the other characters. And what is Kidou, exactly? A brilliant midfielder with incredible control over the ball and a great strategist overall. It’s this last part that we’re most interested in: he’s a strategist. A game-maker, that is. What one could easily call a vital part of a team or, even, in more poetic words, a key-man. What Shishido used to be, or was going to become, before Kidou showed up to steal his spotlight. Not to mention the incredible pain one must feel upon being replaced like that... (This was best explained by @mimiflieder on her fic, Change of pace--it’s about Handa and Ichinose, but the same thing applies. I totally recommend checking it out!)

This theory is further supported (in sad ways) by his in-game description in IE2. His personality remains the same (laid-back and doing his at his own pace), but he has gone from being a key-man WIP to the butt of his teammates’ jokes. Sure, the jokes are blamed on this laid-back personality, but something doesn’t quite add up. Check out his quote while he’s a Dark Emperor: he’s been pushing himself too hard to achieve nothing. Is that really what you’d call ‘laid-back’?

In the best case scenario, everyone sees him as being laid-back and chill to the point of being funny: he’s not making a fuss about being replaced in front of his teammates. However, he’s been trying as hard as possible in secret to become the best he can possibly be... only to still be eclipsed by Kidou and the other talented members of the team in every sense.

In the worst case scenario, his attempts to improve are very much obvious to his team, and the lack of results or the gap between the two key-men not becoming any smaller is what makes him the butt of jokes (but I hate this scenario because Raimon babies are all sweet and supportive boys who’d never do this. I DON’T CARE IF TEENAGERS ARE CRUEL AND STUPID BY NATURE. RAIMON BABIES ARE BETTER THAN ACTUAL TEENAGERS, OKAY, AND THEY’D NEVER DO THIS. THEY ARE PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGELS.)

In either case, he was destined to be--heck, he might have already been in non-spoken parts of the game--Raimon’s game-maker, but when Kidou came around with his superior skills, Shishido became, simply put, obsolete. That made his self-esteem sink and eventually threw him in the arms of Aliea in a desperate attempt to finally be better and stand up to Kidou. That’s why his in-game description as a DE talks about his boosted self-esteem, much like Handa’s talks about how that jack-of-all trades is using the meteorite to become master of all.

And, of course, this makes that scene during that final match ALL the more relevant: not only does it signify the triumph of hard work and resolution over sheer talent, fleeting as it might be, but it’s also the end of a long, long journey of self-deprecation, self-improvement, guts and sheer fear. Shishido was literally SHAKING when he saw Kidou running towards him, but he pulled himself together and won. He was no longer the inferior one, the replaceable one, the laughing stock. Little and unexplained as it may be, it’s a truly emotional finale to his personal and unspoken journey.

(Another and more positive way to look at it is that Shishido is meant to become Raimon’s game-maker and key-man AFTER KIDOU LEAVES, so all this time by his side has been a massive training camp of two years to learn his ways and then add his own twist to everything he’s learnt. This leaves some issues hanging, but it will at least let me sleep tonight.)

What we have here is a pretty solid theory pointing at Shishido having what it takes to become a game-maker. But, hey, that’s just a theory! A GAME THEORY! ...And what this means is that there’s evidence supporting it, but we have no way to confirm it unless one of you guys can go and casually interrogateview Hino (and if you do, that’d kind of come in handy, actually). However, the pieces fall together a bit too well to be just a coincidence, right? At least, I think so. And even if they don’t, we don’t have much more to go by, so... it’ll have to do.

Anyway, we’ve (somewhat) answered the question about who Shishido is. It is, therefore, about time to answer the main question this post laid on the table: is Katrielle a good aura to use when her father is already part of this project? And, even if she is, why would Katrielle be the best match for Shishido? Let’s start by explaining what makes Katrielle non-redundant despite bearing her father’s surname and being very similar conceptually.

In essence, Katrielle and Hershel fulfill very similar roles: a smart person who likes puzzles and is hired to solve mysteries no one else can solve. But anyone who knows anything about these characters will know that, really, they are absolutely nothing alike.

Hershel is the perfect gentleman: well-behaved, modest, calm and cold-headed regardless of the situation, polite to a fault, boasts perfect manners, and he manages to get along with even the most unfriendly people in the world thanks to his infinite patience, unwavering kindness and the smile he has on his face whenever he greets someone. Not to mention that his investigation process is long-winded and meticulous, and keeps telling Luke to not make quick assumptions when he jumps into conclusions ahead of time.

Meanwhile, Katrielle is pretty much the polar opposite: proud (heck, the first episode of the anime has her saying her skills are better than her father’s!), funny, dramatic to a fault, jumps to crazy conclusions so fast that everyone around her is always surprised by it and doubts she even put any thought into them, has a quick temper sometimes, she works as a detective just for funsies (and glory, to some extent, as she’s constantly struggling to be taken seriously by people who’d rather talk to her dad), she’s easily swayed by yummy food, instinct and imagination move her much more than hard evidence... This alone is enough to make the personalities of ShishiKat and FudoLay totally different, but, of course, this train doesn’t run on personalities, but on powers and skills. So let’s discuss not what Kat offers, but what Shishido needs.

We’ve established that Shishido was a game-maker in progress. Now, let’s keep in mind that this project includes all of the main characters from IE, IEGO, IECS and IEGalaxy, and they could all potentially be sharing a side of the field with Shishido, so let’s see whom he is competing against.

Of course, we have Kidou, the genius game-maker, the absolute commander of the pitch and, well, a living legend trained by another living legend: Kageyama. He has a miximax too, but you guys have not seen it yet. In due time.

We have Fudou, whose natural intelligence is (arguably) on par with Kidou’s and has received some training by Kageyama as well, even if he didn’t reach the same level of legend nor acted as a game-maker nearly as much as Kidou did. Fudou is, however, enhanced by Hershel Layton, whose influence upon mixitransing helps Fudou stop being such a little shit. That allows him to focus enough on the game and on his teammates to surpass Kidou as a serious and cold-headed strategist who is able to treat every situation as a puzzle and find the precise moves needed to solve it. Not to mention that, of course, Layton boosts Fudou’s intelligence as well.

Shindou has his miximax, which turns him into a "gamemaker of truth who can appraise people and the general situation, while combining both stillness and motion." Pretty self-explanatory.

Taiyou and Hakuryuu, upon mixitransing, become "midfielders of unparalleled accuracy, who can see into the future and attack the enemy's weak spots with their analytical reasoning." These two aren't technically game-makers in Chrono Storm, but Zhuge Liang was a frigging strategist and these two are given analytical reasoning through their miximax. Not to mention they were probably game-makers when they were part of their original teams.

The way the canon tried to keep Shindou and Taiyou/Hakuryuu from overlapping was by casually disregarding Zhuge Liang’s strategist side and focusing on her Keshin and ability to see the future/what no one else can see, so we can scratch Taiyou and Hakuryuu, as they won’t easily be taking the role of game-makers anymore. We can also discard Kidou, as FudoLay completely outclasses him for the time being. (Look at me, I sound like I’m writing an article on Electrode for Smogon--) So, ShishiKat’s only real challengers are FudoLay and, uh... does Shindou’s miximax have any kind of fandom name? I heard people refering to Kirino’s miximax as Kirino d’Arc, but that’s about it. Anyway, to keep it simple, I’ll call it ShinOda until someone brings up something better.

So, yeah, ShishiKat is competing against ShinOda and FudoLay. ShinOda focuses on a complete control over when to move and when not to move, arguably to preserve his teammates’ and his own stamina and maximise what everyone can do with their natural reserves of energy. FudoLay, on the other hand, uses analytical thinking to find the most efficient moves in any given situation. As I mentioned, he treats every situation as a puzzle, and, as Layton would say, “every puzzle has an answer.” One specific and perfect answer that FudoLay excels at finding, using the minimum number of steps necessary and turning the solution into pure art. He is, however, still Fudou, so he’d probably push his teammates to the limit in rough ways in order to achieve that perfection he is aiming for. And it’s still Layton, so we can expect some long-winded thought processes that take long to pay off--but when they finally do, HOO BOY.

It's good being analytical and smart, but perhaps, just perhaps, Shishido could use a little something to make him different and stick out among his peers. Something that is a bit more... proactive. Unpredictable. Slightly impulsive. But still as witty as one can ever be. He needs to combine the brains with the brawn, and blend it all together with much-needed cheerfulness, since all the game-makers we’re dealing with here are cold or outright pricks.

Shishido needs to improvise to the point of making things up for no reason and eventually making them work in almost miraculous ways. Focus less on what’s in front of his eyes and more on what other possibilities could be there. Act more on instinct than on careful observation. Give commands that are a lot more roundabout that those of Shindou, Kidou or Fudou, but end up paying off in ways that not even he could always predict. Jump into the problem head-first and solve it in-situ instead of looking at it from afar and pondering for long periods of time. And, of course, among all of that, he needs an enormous self-confidence to pull it all off, as his premises may seem utterly ridiculous and he must believe in them whole-heartedly to convince everyone else.

Katrielle Layton checks every single one of these boxes. It’s Katrielle, and Katrielle alone, who can turn Shishido not just into a replacement for the times when Kidou and Fudou aren’t around, but into a true force of nature that can assist the team at all times. It makes Shishido useful and non-redundant--which is, of course, much more than the anime did for him. Let alone the manga, where Shishido didn’t even appear. (I mean, the manga gave us Tamano bby, but still--)

And the best part is that they don’t step on each other. ShinOda is fantastic (and I won’t comment on my own ideas), but no one is objectively better at being a game-maker than the rest. Different situations will call for different approaches, so their relevance will shift as the rivals change or as the rivals adapt to one style or the other. Or, heck, they can simply all work together to keep their rivals guessing and come up with even greater strategies that combine everyone’s fortes.

Also, I’m watching Katrielle’s anime with my girlfriend and that is what made me consider her for this project in the first place, so props to her! (But sorry for butchering the design, dear ww)

#Shishido Sakichi #settei #miximax #mixi max #Inazuma Eleven #original Raimon #info #reasons behind the miximax #inazuma eleven go #inazuma eleven ares no tenbin #inazuma eleven ares

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ace-attorney-shitpost · 6 years

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Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright (or Ace Attorney)

Spoiler ahead!!

So I have been binge watching Professor Layton game plays since my favorite people started playing Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright. I had to know who Layton was to fully enjoy the game.

Also by the way, I am not done with PL vs PW but these are some thoughts I have. Spoilers ahead!

After Layton, Luke, Phoenix and Maya get out of Labyrinthia they spent a day in London relaxing.

Layton showed Phoenix and Maya his office. It finally, like 100%, hit Phoenix that Layton is an archaeology professor that really loves puzzles

Once Phoenix and Maya went back to their home place, Layton and Phoenix kept in touch through letters

Their letters are for nothing more than to one up each other

"So, Layton you will not believe what type of trail I had went through once! Maya got kidnapped and I had to get this guilty dude an innocent verdict or Maya will die. I found out my best friend since childhood isn't dead! He helped me get Maya back. Oh ya! And the best friend and I had to work together to get Maya back safely."

"Dear Wright. Luke and I recieved a letter from another professor of archaeology Desmond Sycamore, who had found a living mummy. She was the last of the Azran. To say the least, I found out Desmond is my brother, my father is the leader of the Targent, and by unlocking the Azran secrets we almost killed the human race and everything on Earth. Luke, Emmy, Desmond, Leon, and I had to kill ourselves to stop the end of humanity. Aurora, the last Azranian, gave up her life for us to regain our lives back though."

Its just that. Them one uping each other in what they've been through. There are times they're genuine though.

"Dear Wight. I do hope you and Ms. Fey find yourselves in a good place. I do hope you both haven't found yourself in another predicament."

"Layton, I hope you and Luke are doing alright. Don't go getting yourselves killed again ok? Be safe."

Once Phoenix got back to his home he went through many newspapers and cut out all the times professor Layton popped up. He has a folder dedicated to him. The professor is one of the things Phoenix looks for while reading the newspaper now.

Layton does the same. He went through an old newspaper and found the article where Phoenix testified a parrot. Layton was, to say the least, surprised.

Phoenix also complains to Layton a lot. "So let me tell you about this bitch named Godot who blames me for my mentors death even though-"

Once in a GREAT while Layton will also complain to Phoenix. It's more about how he wishes some of his students would stop flirting with him

Phoenix always says that he can't blame the girls though

Phoenix is also one of the people Layton talks about love with

"Dude my crush is oblivious. I would flirt with Miles and he'll be like 'why are you talking like that?' Like, bruh, I'm trying to flirt."

"At least your crush is alive. My girlfriend died in an explosion a bit over ten years ago. I still miss her."

"Bro... wtf. You ok man?"

Also once Clark told Layton that he got a job in America and will soon be moving, Layton wrote Phoenix a letter saying if he sees Luke in his area to please keep an eye on him.

Since that letter Phoenix would always look out for Luke whenever he's out and about

Six years after the move and Phoenix finally sees Luke. Him and his family was vacationing in Phoenix's location. Phoenix got all happy and started asking Luke questions.

Later that day he went home and wrote a letter saying he finally say Luke. He also informed Layton that Luke is doing ok.

Both of them keep all the letters they receive from each other too.

Sometimes Layton sends tea packets. Phoenix sends over keychains and photos.

They also got into an argument of who adopted more children. They both don't know who is in the lead right now sonce they can't stop accidentally adopting others

#ace attorney #ace attorney headcanon #long headcanon #i want them to be friends ok #laytons been on my mind a lot lately i had to do this #hershel layton #luke triton #professor layton #phoenix wright #maya fey

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that-was-sick · 7 years

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Doin’ this with my guy @resurrectready ily boo go follow him if you don’t 😚

And Tumblr mobile is being fucking stupid but what’s new so I put a star by all the questions ⭐️Favorite song(s): Currently 7/11 by Beyoncé, Stay by Zedd and Alessia Cara, Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, and Shape of You by Ed Sheeran. ⭐️Favorite Movie(s): Inside Llewyn Davis, Moana, and The Force Awakens. ⭐️Favorite TV show(s): Parks and Rec, Supernatural, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and Friends. ⭐️Height: 5'3"? I think? Something short. ⭐️Dream Vacation: A really pretty beach. The beach where I live is Shit™ but I’m going with my best friend this weekend and I’m excited ☺️I like the town but the beach itself is gross. ⭐️Favorite Weather: if I’m inside then rain if I’m outside then either overcast or ya know when it’s cold outside but the sun is shining so the weather is cold but the sunlight warms you up? Yeah that. And I guess snow although we don’t get snow down here. I haven’t seen snow in seven years? And I’ve only seen it twice. ⭐️Sexuality I’m bi! ⭐️Favorite Video Game(s): I’m a slut for Mario, Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, and Professor Layton games. Shovel Knight is my shit too. Just Nintendo in general. ⭐️Fandoms: Star Wars? Idk I don’t really consider myself as part of a fandom though at least how Tumblr users are. Like the superwholock shit. Yeah no. ⭐️Fear(s): Cockroaches, bugs in general except spiders and butterflies, getting sexually assaulted (dark I know), running into my abuser, torture, being alone in life, falling, and the world not getting better. Getting worse even more so. ⭐️Favorite Book: I don’t really have any but I read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, ya know the movie with Brad Pitt, and it was really good. ⭐️Biggest Idol: Ya girl loves Beyoncé. Nicki Minaj too bc she don give a fuck about what other people do and she cares so much about other people’s education and well being. ⭐️A secret I’ve already come out about this but I was abused when I was younger. It ended a long time ago but I Just came out fully about it recently now I’m dealing with shit but I never have to see him again. ⭐️Favorite Food(s): pizza, Cap'n Crunch, chorizo and egg, ice cream, mozzarella sticks, chocolate, and pickles. ⭐️single or taken? ⭐️ever been in a fight: not physical but verbally yeah. ⭐️Drugs? nah son just prescription shit for my anxiety and PTSD. ⭐️talents: I can kinda play guitar and I like to draw but I’m not very good bc I don’t practice bc I’m a piece of shit. I’m good with kids and I always put my baby cousin to sleep does that count. And I’m good at math how bout that? ⭐️religions/beliefs: I’m a Christian. Not as strong as others but I do believe in god and Jesus. I don’t think if people don’t then they go to hell or if they’re gay or trans or whatever. I think god would look at who you are as a person and what you’ve done. Like an atheist who was a great person would have a better chance of getting into heaven then a rapist Christian. ⭐️country: in the US boi. ⭐️what am I wearing a soft, light blue and white flannel, black leggings, and ankle socks, and my hair is in a bun. ⭐️Last thing I bought got some brown Jesus sandals for the beach weekend and just to join the crowd. Haven’t worn them yet but they comf as fuck. ⭐️best gift I ever received probably my big green blanket? Idk I love all the things people give me. Does my Mom count as a gift? She’s a gift to my life I love her. Or my baby brother? He’s my lil White boy my lil gringo. My best friend? She’s a blessing to the world. Ima just skip the three no’s in a row so ⭐️favorite animal(s): dogs and cats but exotic I guess wolves, tigers, bears, geckos, and hedgehogs. Last two weren’t exotic but I just thought of them. ⭐️languages I speak: english and very very little Spanish my fucking family didn’t teach me. I don’t blame my mom bc she’s in the same boat but my father and everyone else has no excuse. ⭐️how long is my hair: middle of my shoulder blades? Idk it’s up i don’t wanna take it down but it’s long not rapunzel long but long. Ima chop it off after high school and start fresh. ⭐️selfie? not on here son but I’m on Instagram: My_anaconda_cant Thanks love ❤️ if anyone reblogged this from me do them all too Ima look through my notes tho

#I love you Damian #you're so sweet #bless your heart #k talks

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