#edgeworth’s professional education

[wellconstructedsentences]

To preserve the principles of their pupils they confine them to the safe and elegant imbecilities of classical learning. A genuine Oxford tutor would shudder to hear his young men disputing upon moral and political truth, forming and pulling down theories, and indulging in all the boldness of political discussion. He would augur nothing from it but impiety to God, and treason to Kings.

Edgeworth’s Professional Education by Sydney Smith

#Sydney smith #edgeworth’s professional education

[bloodofgrapes]

AA thoughts time

I’m the last person to ever “criticize” Ace Attorney for being unrealistic, because a) it’s a story, and thus designed for entertainment purposes, but b) I believe its wild premise allows it to explore real issues, emotions, etc in a way that winds up being beautifully authentic because reality is often stranger than fiction

However, if there’s any one thing that I could change in AA, it's that nearly everyone would be just a tad older. Don’t get me wrong, I think AA does great with what it has--Phoenix being a rookie attorney fresh out of law school, young and headstrong and still kind of naive while being an accidental genius at what he does, contrasting with the fact the Edgeworth burnt out this hard after only four years of practice. But it has this anime problem, where everyone is clearly written to be established professionals in their field (including characters like Gumshoe) while acting like 30 is old somehow.

I could, and possibly will, make an entirely separate rant about all the “prodigy” characters AA has, and my firm belief that Edgeworth is the only one that should have ever been allowed, but I digress

To get personal with things for a moment, I first played AA when I was a teenager, and I remember how it felt then--Phoenix and Edgeworth did feel so old and mature at the ripe age of 24, worldly with education and experience that seemed far beyond my grasp. However, revisiting the series as a man in his mid thirties has been interesting. They do still retain that feeling of being older and mature, but now I can’t help but feel that  their ages ought to reflect that.

@themumblingmouse turned me on to the idea that Phoenix likely worked as Mia’s paralegal through law school, and I could see him sticking with it for some time as he worked as her junior partner, doing all the behind the scenes work outside of the courtroom while she took the lead. More specifically though, I think about Edgeworth’s downward trajectory. As I said earlier, I do think it fits him well enough that it was only four years for him to go from a relatively bright eyed and bushy tailed bratty little asshole to, well... this

But time goes by fast the older you get. Four years is practically nothing. And to be fair to Edgeworth, we could even lend him some leniency and say that his life under Von Karma likely extended that, and we could consider basically all of his time as a teenager to be part of the spiral downward, but again, he was upbeat when he was twenty. It seems far more likely that it didn’t begin until he was working in earnest, slowly forking over little bits and pieces of his soul with every case, racking up that bad (and well deserved) reputation. To my mind, that sort of thing takes time, because you often don’t realize you’ve slipped into a hole until you’ve been in it for some time, especially if you’re the sort of person that’s used to brute forcing your way through life, finding justifications and rationalizations for your actions.

Phoenix was obviously the turning point, but that turning point would hit a lot harder for me if they were both older, I think. This entire post is a little inspired by that request I got about them hugging it out in Trials and Tribulations--the observations in the tags about how desperately Edgeworth needed to just let go are absolutely spot on, and at this point I basically HC that he had at least a decade to spiral down down down until finally hitting rock bottom, with Phoenix to raise both of them from the ashes. Ace Attorney has sincerely brilliant symbolism around death and rebirth, so why not allow them a little time between their lives, so that spiral meant something, instead of being a brief and regrettable footnote from one’s early twenties?

#Ace Attorney #grapes thoughts

[askaceattorney]

Dear Noodle Girl,

Hard work and a good education are what you need for that.

I would suggest looking into professional degrees to get you into that professional world.

- Miles Edgeworth

#Anonymous #Miles Edgeworth #Ace Attorney

[requiem626k]

🎻About Me🎻

Name: I go by Req!

Pronouns: she/her

Age: 19

Languages: I’m fluent in English and French, and know some basics about Italian and Latin. I’m obviously fluent in my native language too but I prefer keeping it hidden for now.

MBTI type: INTJ

Enneagram type: 5w4

~ My Passions ~

Classical music: If you’re not new here, you probably already know how much I respect and adore classical music in general and specifically, Mozart. I could go on for days on how much his life and his works intrigue and comfort me. (You can find more details on this here!) My technical knowledge on music is pretty broad too! I had a part-time education in a conservatory on music theory, counterpoint and piano for 8 years. I’ve been doing my best to spread some awareness and interest on classical music around the community, and I’m so happy to see all the lovely feedbacks I’ve been getting <3

Sciences: The great interest I have in this, particularly in physics, is one of the reasons why I didn’t choose to have a full-time professional education in music. I’m extremely passionate about understanding how and why things happen, and every single branch of physics has been quenching my thirst so well on this matter.

Literature: Even though my knowledge and grasp on this one isn’t as deep as the first two, I adore reading and trying to analyse things by connecting the dots between the work and the author’s life. I’m particularly into French literature, poetry and philosophy; and have been getting into Russian literature lately.

If you ever would like to talk about any of these passions of mine, do not hesitate to drop by my ask box, anonymously or not!

~ Fandom Stuff ~

Main Fandoms: Bungou Stray Dogs, Ace Attorney, Detroit: Become Human, Death Note, Gravity Falls, Life is Strange, Prison Boys (+ a few more animes)

Main kins: Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls), Kunikida Doppo (BSD), Mia Fey (Ace Attorney), Justine Courtney (Ace Attorney), Misora Naomi (Death Note)

Comfort Characters (or F/Os, I suppose?): Kunikida Doppo (BSD), Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney), Connor RK-800 (Detroit: Become Human)

Works: I recently started writing only for Kunikida. The amount of love I have for him is going to kill me one day. The main thing that attracts me in him is his trustworthiness and serious manners. I think he’s one of the most underappreciated and overlooked characters, I don’t think he’s as superficial of a side character as many people consider him to be. Until my last day here on Tumblr, I’ll always be doing my best to show how complex his inner world, feelings and thoughts can get and how much he probably suffers and actually deserves the world behind the scenes. Everytime I get a comment saying something along the lines of “I never thought of him this way before, but now I really appreciate him!”, I feel like my goal is accomplished and I take a deep, happy breath of relief.

#yeah i finally did this #🎻 #by the way #the first picture is mozart’s requiem’s first line from his own handwriting #and the last one is the line he wrote just before passing away #that one always makes me shiver to look at #anyways i went off on a tangent again

[vivienna-vivid]

The masters of Red have no personalities so I made them up.

Feend vor Sembren

Ah yes, Nasuverse!Edgeworth

Strict AF college professor who actually cares about his students. They affectionately call him “Professor Fiend”.

W O R K A H O L I C

A total romantic who loves his wife and son. If only he made a habit of actually coming home…

Did you know this man is 52??? Did you know his son Fezgram is 24???

The only one here who knows how to be a functional member of society.

Pretty heavy smoker, so he has a raspy voice.

Surprisingly, Feenie’s a connoisseur of wine. Kayneth introduced him to a lotta high-end alchohol in their college days.

Yes, he knew Kayneth. They were good friends before Kayneth bit the dust.

I dare you to make vore jokes in front of him. I dare you. You’ll die but at least it’ll be fun.

Listens to a lot of 70s-80s bands. In case you’re wondering, he’s a big fan of Queen and Fleetwood Mac.

Pretty technologically advanced for a mage. His pragmatism towards technology was inspired by a certain gun-wielding magus killer.

Was married into the Vor Sembren family. Since he was born a poor boy, he’s always trying to prove himself.

His parents were Chinese Singaporeans, so he’s fluent in Mandarin.

Feenie’s magecraft focuses on transmutation. With select materials, he can transmute one thing into another. He mainly uses his magecraft to heal wounds and create pseudo organs and flesh.

Has at one point intimidated a person by showing them a transmuted heart and lying that it’s theirs.

His wish for the Grail is… Well, he plans to give the Grail to the Association, so he doesn’t particularly care about the Grail.

It’s to run away from mage society with his family

Rottweil Berzinsky

OH BOY LOOK AT THIS DISASTER.

Australian. Because of that, he has a noice Australian accent.

S H A R P   T E E F S

Man’s been in too much explosions

His Crowley-esque shades hides his lizard eyes.

“If I’m gonna do horrible things, at least I can make them FUN”

Think: Steve Irwin but borderline psychopath.

Is surprisingly good with kids! Rott’s the kinda guy who’d chastise a child for being mean and/or rude, but would teach them how to stab assholes. “Y’see a weird man offering candy from his van. Wha’dya do? Shank ‘im!”

Man’s a natural prankster. He’ll prank E V E R Y O N E and A N Y T H I N G.

Likes: Sunbathing. Hates: Cold weather and winter.

Thinks Gene Rum is a cooooooooooooold bitch with a stick up her arse.

Gene and Rott has some history. Both tend to be employed by the same people.

Rott may be a murderer, but he has standards! No killing children, no harming children, if employer does anything to children he will kill them.

Has killed more employers than actual hit targets.

In the manga, Rott can change into silver lizard form. He doesn’t like changing his form since the more he uses that ability, the more monstrous and mindless he becomes.

Rott is indeed a Chimera, a mage who is able to turn into an animal to some degree. He didn’t become a Chimera from his own volition, so that’s also a reason why he rarely uses his ability.

As a Chimera, he’s gained some lizard perks even in his human form. For starters, his saliva is toxic and has lizard eyes. He also can shed his skin to heal certain wounds. In Chimera form, he’s covered in nigh-indestructible scales.

Rott was an orphan who was adopted by a mage named Zagreus Berzinsky. The man wanted to create mythical beast of yore by forcefully fusing children with all kinds of beasts. Rott was one of those children.

Rott was able to escape with a few kids. Eventually, they made their way to the Clocktower. While he himself never went to school, he 100% made sure his “younger siblings” are enrolled in the Clocktower. It’s for their safety.

His wish for the Grail is for an antidote for Chimeratization. Oh! And to kill off Zagreus too!

Gene (Jean?) Rum

Gene, short for Genevieve. (Or Jean, short for Jeanette)

Straight-laced lipstick lesbian.

Likes books because, unlike people, they’re actually engaging. Nah she’s just a bit awkward and self-conscious.

Grew up reading Shakespeare, Arabian Nights, and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Since she’s broken into Ivan the Terrible’s library at least once, I can tell you that she’s a professional lock-picker. Wizard who took a level in Rogue.

Fluent in many languages due to her time abroad.

Favorite Genre: Russian Literature

HAS PUBLISHED HER OWN POETRY BOOK!! Though, it’s under a pseudonym and bringing it up will make her really embarrassed.

Thinks Rottweil is a bITCH-ASS MOTHERFUCKER.

Gene doesn’t care much about the morality of her employers. As long as she gets paid, she won’t stick her nose in her employer’s business.

You’d think she’d have Mystic Eyes what with her chilling side-eye.

Loves puns but you’d be hard-pressed to get her to laugh at one in public.

Finished her education in the Clocktower but chose to lead a life of a mercenary. Her family was… pretty miffed.

Never attends family meetups.

Org Rum is her little brother and his presence turns on her latent Cain instincts.

Do you have your rival family’s documents? Do you want to ruin them by exposing these documents but they’re encrypted? HIRE GENE RUM TODAY!

Gene’s magecraft focuses of aeromancy, the control of wind.

Her most famous technique is the ability to make thread-thin tornado chakrams. Anyone who touches these tordano-wheels will get sliced. If she focuses a bit harder, she can imbue her chakrams with lightning.

She makes those storm-threads with a small buckler-sized spinning wheel she bring along. It’s her mystic code and she’s very protective of it.

Cabik Pentel

The current patriarch of the Pentel Clan, a family of esoteric assassins/mercenary group.

Hardly ever emotes so it’s hard to tell what he’s thinking.

But he’s usually very honest and won’t sugar nor exaggerate his words.

The only reason he’s can understand other people (to a degree) is because his brother is such a good person.

Yeah, Cabik loves his brother very much. And as such, he loves his brother’s twin daughters. He’s somewhat of a cool uncle to them.

Doesn’t quite know how he feels about being patriarch since the clan is awful as all hell. He’s good at being an assassin, so he’ll continue the work in the meantime.

BOY ONLY KNOWS HOW TO KILL PEOPLE HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO HUMAN, BLESS HIM.

Proud father of houseplants and a cat

Q: Weren’t you and your brother called “The Gum Brothers” in college?

A: ………………………………………Ah. So you’ve chosen death.

How many daggers does this man have? A LOT

Seriously, you’d think he has a limit to how many daggers he can carry but. No. He just… fucking pops out another pair if the ones he’s using are lost.

His twin knives are called Rahu and Ketu and he loves them very much.

The Pentels specialty magecraft is body modification. Cabik uses this to make his body pliable as fuck.

This bitch can basically make his body have the consistency of a ferret’s.

Need to dodge? Fuckin’ dislocate your spine! Gutted? Move your organs upwards to not make them fall!

Deimlet Pentel

The older brother of the Pentel siblings. Supposed to be the next family patriarch but left that position for his brother.

Big teddy bear man. Big teddy bear wrestler man.

“HAHAHA!! I AM HERE!!” -Deimlet (and totally not All Might)

Divorced man of two daughters. BUT!! HE STILL LOVES HIS EX-WIFE VERY MUCH!!!

“I may want to remarry my ex-wife. Or not, haha……. Unless…;)?”

Stronk dad to stronk daughters. He taught them how to wrestle and….. he’s so proud of them ;’)

MADE OF LITERAL SUNSHINE!! IF YOU SEE THE SUN IN MIDNIGHT, YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT DEIM!!

Super protective of his mustache. It’s his magnum opus so do nOT MESS IT UP

Legitimately hates the Pentels, but still loves his baby bro.

Q: Weren’t you and your brother called “The Gum Brothers” in college?

A: What? I didn’t hear you there! Mind *cracks fingers* saying that again?

While he married out of love, his responsibilities as heir-apparent (and assassin) made him incredibly distant to his family. 

When he was tasked to kill his then-wife’s brother’s family, he did so with much hesitation. Because of that, his brother-in-law nearly killed him and ended up dying anyway.

His wife was… not happy, to say the least. That’s why they divorced and she took the kids.

And that’s how he left the family! Killing, as it turns out, sucks ass!!

Good ending tho: he moved to Finland and started tutoring the Edelfelt kids in wrestling.

He’s… actually a masked wrestler there. He’s been on TV a bunch of times!

Joined the HGW mainly to make sure Cabik is doing fine.

Uses his family’s magecraft to super harden his body. 

You can’t gut this man ‘cause he made hIS BODY INTO LITERAL STONE!!

Man is just Indian Alex Louis Armstrong. Thatse it! He cannot change this!

#verse; Fate/Apotheosis #Fate Series #Fate Apocrypha #LEMME LOVE THE MASTERS OF RED #yeah i know these are just *my* headcanons but!!! they deserve love too!!!!! #feend vor sembren #rottweil berzinsky #gene rum #jean rum #cabik pentel #deimlet pentel #nasu won't give them love them so i'll do it instead #vivien talks

[askaceattorney]

Dear Anonymous,

Daring today, aren’t we?  Keh heh heh!

My essay on John Marsh can be found here, by the way.

So, how does one of the worst sorts of people -- a professional assassin -- become one of the heroes in a complex tale of misery, revenge, and deception?  If dogs could talk, perhaps Anubis could educate us on the matter, but I’ll be happy to do it in his stead.

Before being cornered and sent to prison by our favorite prosecutor Miles Edgeworth (a story I’d love to hear more about sometime, by the way, even in a piece of fan fiction), Sirhan Dogen was taking his dog for a walk on a cold Christmas Eve night, when he came upon an unusual sight.  Or, to be more accurate, Anubis did.

Whether by fate or coincidence, the two of them happened upon two young boys locked in a car, on the brink of freezing to death.  It makes one wonder if someone heard their prayers and decided to answer them in the most ironic way possible, but much to their great fortune, Dogen was an assassin who had a soft spot for innocent children.  Rather than leave them for dead, he decided to take them to a nearby orphanage, where they became part of a *COUGH* happy family.  (Sorry, still getting over a cold.)

Also to their fortune, Dogen wasn’t caught and arrested until after he rescued them.  We can only guess when and how that went down, but because of that, our first encounter with him is at his new home in a “Special Cell.”

The blind assassin and his seeing/killing dog are now behind bars where they belong...although they hardly seem to be suffering very much.  In fact, they’re practically in seventh heaven.

These bizarre settings don’t seem to concern Edgeworth, however, whose primary concern is the murder of an ex-bodyguard.

Our old “friend” Frank Sahwit apparently saw Dogen’s black beast biting Horace Knightley’s body, presumably after killing him.  Considering who Dogen is, Sahwit’s testimony (which is actually somewhat reliable this time), and the fact that Anubis was involved, this seems very much like an open-and-shut case.  Or at least it would, if this wasn’t an Ace Attorney game.

Dogen denies Edgeworth’s allegations, claiming that he was in his humble cell at the time of the murder, occupied with his new hobby: whittling.

It’s refreshing to see that he’s been doing something constructive with his time (and a little unrefreshing to know that it involves metal chisels given to him by the Warden), but this supposed alibi adds a layer of complexity to the murder.  Why would he send his dog after someone except to kill him?

His testimony ends up neither proving nor disproving his innocence, but he does help Edgeworth’s investigation along by revealing something about Knightley:

He’d certainly know a thing or two about that, wouldn’t he?

Only that’s not what happened, according to Edgeworth and Kay’s memory.

Thanks to this contradiction, Edgeworth discovers why the P.I.C. removed him from the case -- for some unknown reason, they intend to twist the truth about Knightley’s crime.

This leads to an interesting piece of advice from the former assassin:

It’s no big surprise that a convicted criminal would feel this way (and his dog, too, apparently), but could there be any truth to what he said?  A certain Interpol investigator once felt the same way, in fact.

Who’d have thought a bad guy and a good guy (with some level of bad in him, perhaps) would have similar opinions about the court?

But regardless of Dogen’s philosophy, the evidence proving him to be Knightley’s killer has yet to be found, so Edgeworth decides to leave him alone for the time being...but not without some foreshadowing.

They probably won’t have to worry about him skipping town, at least.

Sure enough, Edgeworth and his team (technically led by his “Uncle Ray,” but that’s just whatever), discover more clues pointing to the dastardly assassin and his equally dastardly dog:

And to top it off, Sahwit reveals Dogen’s role as “The Supplier,” as well as the existence of a secret route he uses to procure things for other prisoners.  Not to mention he has henchmen outside the prison, as revealed by Warden Roland (which might explain the number on his uniform, come to think of it).

Sounds like someone has some ‘splaining to do, doesn’t it?

As fate would have it, however, another investigation team is there with a completely different theory.

Thankfully, Edgeworth’s resolve to find the truth, even at the risk of his badge, wins out, and the ensuing debate between him and the prosecution leads to what seems like the final nail in Dogen’s coffin.

Where could a prisoner possibly hide a murder weapon?  For that matter, how could they use it to commit the crime?  As far-fetched (heh heh) as it sounds, the possibility exists with a dog as well-trained as Anubis, who was able to tackle Knightley to the ground, knocking him conscious, drag him through a secret underground tunnel to the Special Cell where Dogen could murder him, drag him back again, and finally remove the murder weapon and carry it in his mouth, where no one but Dogen would be able to find it.  It’s the perfect crime, you see!  Keh heh heh!

Or is it?

While the evidence seems to point in Dogen’s direction, the only common thread between him and Knightley is that they played correspondence chess together.  And it turns out he has explanation for all the other evidence -- while Anubis did drag the body to his cell, Knightley had already been stabbed with a chisel with one of Dogen’s trademark bells attached to it, so in order to divert any suspicion toward himself, he had Anubis move the body to the workroom, then remove the chisel from his neck.  Unfortunately for him, Sahwit...saw it, but that only ends up supporting his testimony.  Can it be true, though?

While a former assassin carrying out a murder from the inside certainly makes for a twisted plot, it’s just not quiiiiiiite twisted enough for Ace Attorney.

A quick test reveals that the only fingerprints on the chisel are Knightley’s, meaning that, for once, Dogen is off the hook.  He’s not entirely uninvolved, however...

It turns out Dogen did commit the murder by way of coercion, the same way he obtained the Special Cell and any items he wanted from the warden.  That is, according to her testimony.  Is that twisty enough for Ace Attorney, though?

...Nope.

The guilty party in this case turns out to be the one who feared Dogen and his henchmen.  Believing Knightley to be one of them, she finished him off and tried to pin the blame on Dogen in order to be rid of him.  It’s almost understandable considering Dogen’s reputation, but it turns out we still have a few more twists to run into, this time closer to the end of the game.

During his investigation of President Huang’s murder -- which was actually carried out by Dogen 12 years ago at the behest of his body double, it turns out -- Edgeworth crosses paths with an escaped Dogen, who has some interesting tidbits of information to share (other than the obvious fact that the Detention Center is in serious need of better security).  To begin with, he and Edgeworth are apparently after the same person.

On top of that, the person in question saved his life from the body double and his co-conspirators, who were planning to kill him after his job was finished.  And the conspirators in question include two people Edgeworth already knows well: Blaise Debeste and Patricia Roland.  With this in mind, it makes even more sense why Roland would want to be rid of him, as well as why she treated him like royalty in prison -- he knew as well as the rest of them where the real President Huang was, and had decided to use that knowledge as a weapon.

But then comes the real twist -- the boy who rescued him was the same boy who was rescued by him only six years earlier, along with another boy, and they both went missing afterward.  What became of them?

We might never know, if not for Edgeworth’s skill at investigating.  Simply put, one became a selfish bodyguard (now a dead one)...

...and one became a circus performer with a hidden agenda.

Much like Dogen, however, this “young acolyte” failed to commit the perfect crime.  Before he could get away, one of his loose threads came back to haunt him.

And it’s here that we come to the biggest twist in Dogen’s story.  As an assassin known far and wide for ending lives, including that of a President, no one would expect him to have mercy for someone whose trickery is about to cost him his life.  He’d probably be willing to do the same to a client who’d double-crossed him, for that matter.  However...

...it seems not all assassins are created equal.

The idea of a serial killer deciding to leave crime behind and use his weapons for something constructive instead is heartwarming (and crazy) enough, but, quite unlike Simon’s father, Sirhan has apparently come to see value in life, even going so far as to risk his own to save someone.  And for once, he’s able to use his unwavering resolve, backed up by his vicious companion, for good.

And while he doesn’t seem to feel much in the way of remorse for his actions, he seems to have a somewhat clearer grasp on the concept of justice.

We’ll never know exactly what led him to enter the killing business, but now we have to wonder, what could’ve changed in him since his killing days were put to an end?  Somehow or other, he’s gone from a cold-blooded assassin to a protector and father figure for someone he’s only met in passing.  What could’ve sparked such a change?  It turns out Dogen himself has a theory about it:

That’s certainly a possibility, but if you ask me, I’d say it’s just as possible that he’s come to realize that the assassin’s life, while dangerous, is actually pretty boring compared to using his talents to help someone.  No matter how much one might gain from crime, it can’t compare to the unique joys and pains of those who fight on the side of justice.  I mean, just look at Edgeworth and his band of merry men (and girl).  It may not be enough to erase the blood on Dogen’s hands, but in my book, there’s nothing like a good redemption story, no matter who the redeemee might be.

One other interesting thing about Dogen -- which I completely missed somehow -- is that his head isn’t shaped the way it is just to make him look scarier; it’s actually meant to be shaped like the bishop piece in chess, symbolizing his status as a “fallen priest.”  Edgeworth even makes a reference to this metaphor.

He even carries prayer beads with him, which makes one wonder if perhaps he once was a priest, or at least religious in some form or fashion.  Whatever the case, the question now is this: Can a fallen priest pick himself back up again?  Only time will tell.

-The Co-Mod

P. S. I just now noticed that he and Kay have the same laugh.

I’m not sure how I feel about that.

#Anonymous #Mod Post #Co Mod #Character Essay #Sirhan Dogen #Mod Commentary #Co Mod Essays Left: 4