#i think aa is too afraid to let its characters fuck up in a way that has consequences. i love edgeworth you ALL know this
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of course talking about it right now is difficult because in funny fantasy universe of aced attorney going “the way that everyone in court is performing a melodrama at all times is so fascinating to look at and examine and think about what it says about them” and i DO believe that but also thinking about real life lawyers playing to the audience as a huge part of their job in front of a jury is making me want to explode with rage. if i hear a lawyer make a sarcastic quip in real life i want to blow them up with my mind
#like...aa is a fantasy world because it works on the assumption that everyone is like. theyre not...mean spirited in that way.#its hard to describe. there are some Wretched Fucking Things that happen in aa but they're like...#theyre like...this is a fight between lawyers more than it is against whoever is at the stand#it feels different. and thats not a neutral thing either you already know i have some thoughts on aa and its depiction of law#as a setting for a murder mystery and all of that. but like. aa as a character drama is very VERY good#and it handles that well and it is usually more...'some of these characters use underhanded tactics but theyre doing what they believe is#best/are a little fucked up but its because of their own issues'#i think aa is too afraid to let its characters fuck up in a way that has consequences. i love edgeworth you ALL know this#i LOVE investigations edgeworth i love his characterization but i also think its like. it is not willing to actually make it tangible#that he Did Some Shit !#that man has ISSUES but also you get into the SECOND case he's in and he's already going 'uhmmm btw i dont think the defendant did it.sorry'#i love that about him. but if he did something shitty enough to make phoenix go 'whoa! what the hell!*changes my whole life for him*'#then..........show that...............#god. i think it is really interesting to look at this specific topic but for the love of god not right now#in the current day and the current events if anyone so much as says the word 'court' to me im throwing them into a tv like a wii remote#turnabout autism
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The OC Interview
I got tagged for this three times so I’m gonna do it three times as three separate characters (in separate posts obviously).
Thank you so much for the tag @returnofthepd3 💖💖💖
This was so much fun to do!
Answering as Sarah Lamb
Name: Sarah Ophelia Lamb. Wait did you want my middle name? Only Joseph uses that name to talk to me and even then it’s not often.
Are you single: Haha, no, far from it. I’ve got my fingers in— shit no that’s gross I’m not saying that. Uh, yeah I’m dating all three of the Seed brothers actually.
Are you happy: To be doing this interview? Sure, I guess. In general? Depends. If I’m alone then odds are I’m drinking so we can safely say I am not happy but if I’m with friends thing are usually pretty great.
Are you angry: Shit who wouldn’t be in this place? I came to Hope County looking for a close-knit quiet country town and now I’m fighting a fucking cult. I’ve got cultists shooting at me and my friends on one side and the Resistance crawling up my ass on the other. I’m this close to going on a rampage in the middle of Fall’s End, I swear to God.
Are your parents still married: Well, my dad is dead so that’s a definite no. My mum remarried at some point but we haven’t talked in years so no clue what’s going on with that.
Nine Facts
Birthplace: San Francisco, California baby! I’m a West Coast girl through and through!
Hair color: Brown, but I like to color it blonde so right now it’s both.
Eye color: Blue, but not as blue as John’s
Birth date: April 19, 1988
Mood: Is exhausted a mood? Because if so, then that’s my current mood.
Gender: Female
Summer or winter: Winter, always winter. Honestly fuck summer, it gets so hot and the AC in my house barely works. In the winter I get snow and sweaters and Christmas.
Morning or afternoon: Tough question honestly, I love mornings but under normal circumstances I’m not usually awake before the afternoon. How about I just choose neither and I pick night instead?
Eight things about your love life
Are you in love: Uh, bit personal but... yeah.. Honestly I’ve never loved anyone more. And now I love three people. Three? Don’t, uh, tell anyone in the Resistance though, they definitely won’t approve of this thing and I’m not quite ready to deal with everyone hating me.
Do you believe in love at first sight: Not really, I believe in attraction at first sight which is what I had with John, but love comes later. You gotta know someone before you can love them, at least I do. (Didn’t stop me from jumping into bed with that yes-kink loser though.)
Who ended your last relationship: Me, I think. Honestly, neither of us were happy, it was sort of a mutual thing. Plus I was moving out here so it only made sense.
Have you ever broken someones heart: Yeah and honestly I’d rather not talk about it.
Are you afraid of commitment: I want to say no, but based off all of my previous relationships and everything my friends, ex-family, co-workers and department-appointed shrink say yes, yes I am. I think it stems from how shit went down with my parents and then my first few relationships were shit shows too. But who needs commitment when you have vodka right (I wonder if they have AA meetings in the middle of holy wars because I should probably attend one).
Have you hugged someone in the last week: Of course! Sharky, Adie, Nick, Staci, Rook, my baby boy Boomer, John, Joseph, and, uh, oh yeah Wheaty. That kid deserves some hugs he’s too good for this world. I tried to hug Jacob but he just glared at me until I sat back down.
Have you ever had a secret admirer: Hell if I know, aren’t they secret for a reason?
Have you ever broken your own heart: Yeah, John and I, well things weren’t always sunshine and daisies, hell they still aren’t. But I caused a lot of my own problems. Almost destroyed myself a few times with him.
Six Choices
Love or Lust: Both, definitely both.
Lemonade or Iced Tea: Iced tea, but not the sweetened kind. Lemonade is too sweet for me, it makes me gag.
Cats or Dogs: Both! My cat, Finny, is the light of my life, but Boomer is my best boy and I don’t know what I’d do without him. I used to have another dog named Sadie, but she died a few months after I got here.
A few Best friends or Regular Friends: Best friends, I need people who I can actually trust.
Wild night out or romantic night in: Well you can’t get very “wild” in Hope County unless you wanna break some laws (which I’m technically not supposed to do). Honestly though, I prefer romantic nights in. Not too gushy though, just cook me dinner, light the fireplace and let me snuggle you on the couch, then when the time is right throw me over your shoulder and take me to bed.
Day or night: Night. Day is so... boring. At night the world is mysterious and you feel like you can hide from everything, you can’t hide in the day. I love sitting outside on one of the lounge chairs at the ranch with a mug of tea and just falling asleep looking at the stars. And don’t even get me started in the pure joy I get from swimming in the rivers at night, once your extremities go numb it’s amazing.
Five Have You Evers
Been caught sneaking out: Many times, after Dad died my mom became an even bigger control freak. She wouldn’t let me go anywhere so I was constantly sneaking out.
Fallen Down/Up the Stairs: Both, *laughs* I have the tendency to try to sprint up stairs for some reason which usually means I end up tripping. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve fallen down the stairs when I was drunk.
Wanted someone/something so badly it hurt: Fuck yes, who hasn’t.
Wanted to disappear: Yeah, a lot when I was a kid after Dad died, not so much once I hit adulthood but lately... fighting a holy war is hard man, sometimes you just wanna fade away for a bit.
Four preferences
Smile or eyes: Eyes.
Shorter or taller: Taller, or the same height (no shade to John). I’m 5’10” so it’s not always EASY to find someone as tall or taller than me. I lucked out with my boys though, John and I are the same height, Joseph’s a few inches taller and Jacob is a fucking giant.
Intelligence or Attraction: Both. I want my men attractive but if they don’t have a fucking brain I’ll blow my own.
Hook up or Relationship: Relationship. I love hook ups, (I mean that’s how John and I started) but I can never keep my feelings out of it.
Family
Do you and your family get along: I got along great with my dad before he passed. My mom and I never got along and after dad we got worse, constantly screaming at each other and shit. I moved out on my 18th birthday and I haven’t really talked to her since.
Would you say you have a messed up life: From an outsider’s point of view: yeah. But I don’t really think so. This is just my life, it’s pretty normal to me at this point, which I guess is kinda messed up in its own way. I had the stereotypical rough childhood, immediately went to the academy, was a cop in SF for a while, came out here 2 years ago, and now I’m fighting in a war and in love with my enemies. It could be worse.
Have you ever ran away from home: Twice. I never made it very far. First time I was 8 and got all the way to the end of the block before I crashed my bike, my dad found me crying in a bush five minutes later. Second time I was 17, made it halfway to Monterey before realizing I was making a huge mistake and turning around.
Have you ever got kicked out: Yeah, Mom kicked me out once but she let me come back a month later. I just went and stayed with my grandparents down in Pismo Beach while I waited for her to cool off.
Friends
Do you secretly hate one of your friends: Kind of? We’re not really friends so that’s where I’m fuzzy. It’s Jess. We hang out because of Rook, but she and I will never be friends. It’s not secret we don’t like each other, but we do our best to hide it around Rook, she hates that shit.
Do you consider all of your friends good friends: Most of them yeah. All of the ones I normally spend time with at least.
Who is your best friend: Staci, Nick, and Sharky, I literally can’t choose just. Rook and Kim are pretty high up on that list too.
Who knows everything about you: No one knows EVERYTHING. Nick and Joseph probably know the most. John and Jacob know a lot too but not as much. I’m not someone who likes to share about my past, I do my best not to actively think about it honestly.
Tagging @fluttyseed @farcryfuckmeup @onl-you @minilev @goodboiboomer-fc5 @deputy-janai and anyone else who wants to do it!!!
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phone wars
STORE 1: “Mobicity”
IDRIS ELBA (45, reserved by kate aa) - store manager: super intense!!!!! runs his store like he’s running an army!!!! treats every sale like a life or death situation!!! has some raymond holt vibes too??? like this, this, this, and this are all him! expects peRFECTION from his employees!!!! the interview process is inSANE!!!!!! definitely treats the other stores and their employees like mortal enemies!!!!! his office is conveniently located so that he can spy on the store two stores. also has some john mulaney’s dad vibes. “you have the moral backbone of a chocolate eclair” “god can’t hear you” “how are you better than a nazi?” “let’s change the subject” “1 black coffee”
MICHEAL B. JORDAN (31 , reserved by kate aa) - didn’t believe that IDRIS ELBA was a real person but heard stories from his sister. forged an impressive resume and got a job as his assistant manager. got the job just so he could mess w/ idris for fun???? super talented at pretending like he’s got his shit together when in reality he’s super lazy (except when it comes to playing elaborate pranks). secretly dating melissa benoist
RICHARD AYOADE (41) - salesperson, always nervous!!! brilliant but no social skills, terrified of idris, talks fast, throws up when he gets nervous, “i’m okay as long as i don’t think about it!” you could spill soup on him and he’d probably apologize to you
KATIE MCGRATH (35) - idris’s assistant; once dated chris pine; may or may not have gotten this job just to desTROY him; super ambitious/intelligent; could be doing any number of things w/ her life but she’s also kind of petty; has a lot of meryl streep in the devil wears prada vibes, does have a lot of respect for idris but also has plans to over-throw him; can be intense?????? only cares about 1 person (her sister/cousin/bff???) still attracted to chris pine but u won’t hear her say that
ZOEY DEUTCH (23) - katie’s assistant; STRESS LEVEL IS CONSTANTLY A 11/10; def has anne hathaway’s job in tdwp; got this job by mistake; is the furthest thing from organized; applied for a janitor position b/c that’s all she’s qualified to do here but somehow her resume got mixed up??? *** she thinks it was a mistake but it was actually just a prank that MBJ played*** faking it until she makes it??? or rather until she gets fired heh. pretending to be an uptight harvard grad but instead hardly graduated hs and doesn’t know how to adult; may or may not have spent her entire first pay check on fuzzy socks and mozzarella sticks.
??? another lady
STORE 2: “What’s App”
CHARLIE DAY (42) -- an idiot, super chill and laid back, somehow always accidentally thwarts the others’ plans to destroy him! a human disaster but somehow everything just works out for him. his store is a mess tbh??? very unorganized but somehow the most successful of the three??
DYLAN O’BRIEN (26) -- wanted to work for store #1 with a deep passion and intensity!! looks @ idris elba as his idol??? potentially calls him dad accidentally a lot??? idk its weird and IDRIS ELBA got super annoyed with him constantly applying to work for him so instead he sent him to work at store 2 as a “spy”. he takes this role suPER seriously and basically thinks he’s james bond. never gets anything at all helpful for idris elba. has a weird and elaborate fake back story for going undercover. most people can tell he is a “spy”?
ZENDAYA (21) (reserved by lizzy) - younger sister to MBJ and GMR. college student. this is 100% the best summer job she’s ever had. super unmotivated to do well most of the time and just tricks #2 to do all of her work for her. loves just to sit back and watch the chaos unfold.
KRYSTEN RITTER (36 , reserved by kate aa) - IT, monotone voice, always wears black, likes to pretend that she’s a satanist to fuck with people, surrounded by idiots, hates everyone, do not engage her in psychological warfare b/cs she will deSTROY you
BLAKE LIVELY (30 , reserved by kate aa) - heavy beatrice/eugenie vibes~ under skills she listed: i know how to do makeup and have an iphone, only got and has kept this job b/c her manager is as clueless as she is???? does try to be helpful but honestly makes things worse, doesn’t understand you have to put in a full eight hours a day??? often leaves for several hours at at time for lunch??? sometimes just doesn’t come back??? grew up super wealthy and was recently disinherited by her parents after she got into a huge fight w/ them over something stupid?? too proud to go crawling back but tbh she is def drowning in the real world.
MAX GREENFIELD (37) LOUD, yells a LOT, hired as the new brand manager. is grossed out 24/7 by the state of the store; sUPER dramatic; always saying how he’s going to have a heart attack working here (probably will tbh), also says he’s going to die of a rare disease working w/ charlie day (also probably true), has goals to rebrand this as a luxury phone store (closer in style to Oasis vs. a garbage). has his work cut out for him
STORE 3: “Oasis”
CHRIS PINE (37, reserved by lizzy) -- super wealthy!!!, spoiled!!!! a huge ass!!!!! his father is the CEO but he wanted his son to work his way up the ranks on his own vs. just handing the business over to him. has become manager here but that’s as far as he’s gotten. will do whatever it takes to make his branch the most successful!!!! soooo dramatic!!!!! the level of bitchiness in him is absurd!!! definitely considers IDRIS ELBA to his his (1) true enemy!!!!!! def considers manager #2 to be worthless and beneath his notice (don’t mention that he’s actually his biggest competition)!!! has probably won the shithead of the year award. hits on his assistant 24/7 has anger management issues
GUGU MBATHA-RAW (35) - michael b. jordan’s older sister. chris pine’s secretary. the sweetest person in the world!!!!!!! does NOT deserve to work for someone like chris pine. doesn’t realize how much of an awful person he is just because she can’t believe anyone could be that awful???? would come home and tell her siblings about work and the rivalry and neither of them could believe it but then they all got jobs at the other two stores just to see if it was what gugu had said ... turns out its even better.
TIMOTHY OLYPHANT (50, reserved by lizzy) - hired by chris pine’s dad to keep him in line and make sure that he doesn’t do anything to harm the family’s or the company’s reputation. it is a fulltime job!!!! constantly stressed!!!! constantly like: idk what i expected!?!?!? keeps trying to talk sense to chris pine but that’s like talking to a brick wall??? sometimes tries to tell him not to do something in the hopes that he will actually do it ... but that never works either ... will probably die from a heart attack soon. spends his days apologizing to everyone
MELISSA BENOIST (29, reserved by lizzy) - secretly dating michael b. jordan, her job is basically to keep everyone she knows alive???? helP, loves MBJ a lot but he does stress her out sometimes, kind of OCD, works too hard, super driven, just needs to relax, honestly hates this job but just holding it while she finishes up med school, bffs w/ zoey, somehow emily thinks they are bffs??? but melissa doesn’t have the heart to tell her that they aren’t
EMILY BLUNT (35, taken by kate aa) mary eileen vibes~ An Author™ (but not really) trolls her amazon reviews and obsesses over every bad one, hardly does any work? is “in love” with TIMOTHY and is convinced that he is in love with her too even though he’s blatantly told her that he is not, thinks they can’t be together b/c they are co-workers and that they are involved in some kind of forbidden romance???? is the office manager and has def put a lot of personal expenses on it w/ shaky, at best, justifications for why they needed to be charged to the company
JERMAINE CLEMENT (?) method actor. currently is trying to get a role as a vampire. never breaks character. it gets weird.
STORE 4: a fro-yo shop that’s stuck in the middle of the war zone “Sprinkles on Top”
DREAMA WALKER (32) - believes all you need is a hug and some frozen yogurt to have a good day!!!! but the arrival of the three competing phone stores is testing everything she thinks she knows!!!!! her shop has now become hostile territory b/c all of her customers are mostly just the workers on break and they all just stare each other down!!!!!!! has become super aggressive in her attempts to try to get everyone to just get along and be happy!!!
CHRIS O’DOWD? JAKE JOHNSON (38-40 reserved by lizzy) - watched too many nature documentaries on netflix, feels like he morally needs to be a vegetarian now but can’t stop eating meat, so instead he justifies himself by making up elaborate stories about how the chicken he’s eating has unforgivable character flaws, talks at length about this to the customers? doesn’t have great social skills,has conversations with his cat more than w/ actual people; calls himself the alchemist b/c he once managed to burn his laundry, “i didn’t even know you could do that!”
NICK ROBINSON (23 , reserved by kate aa) - has a mild peanut allergy but took this job anyway. “i live life on the edge” ~ nick “you don’t” ~everyone else, has had a crush on ZENDAYA, got this job to be close to her after they went to different colleges? loves bad jokes, a Nerd, writes fanfiction, has won employee of the month every month since he was hired but tbh his competition isn’t that hard to beat, both proud and embarrassed to see his picture up on (the wall) so many times,
JON BERNTHAL? BEN BARNES? (reserved by kate aa)- actually a hitman and this job is just a cover, honestly a terrible liar and everyone can tell what he actually does but pretend they don’t??? inSANELY good at his hitman job ... not so good at serving frozen yogurt? doesn’t have any customer service skills tbh, honestly comes off as pretty terrifying? looks @ everyone like he might just kill you, tbh dreama is a little afraid to fire him?? doesn’t look like he works here???
ANNA KENDRICK (33, reserved by lizzy) - always come to work hungover, the queen of TMI, hits on everything and anything that moves, tbh a sexual harassment situation just waiting to happen, dreama’s younger sister/cousin and was only given this job as a favor, tbh is not working out as well as dreama had hoped.
AWKWAFINA (29) has killed every plant she has ever owned (doesn’t stop her from getting more!), dumps all the toppings on her fro yo. constantly is eating ~free~ frozen yogurt and doesn’t realize that after her 1 cup a day limit, the rest comes out of her paycheck. still lives with her parents. lOUD. ZERO FILTER. will say whatever is on her mind at any time. is TERRIBLE with secrets and is pretty sure she’s gonna drop to someone that melissa and michael are dating and get them both fired! yay! bffs w/ melissa benoist,
#not sure who i am taking#def not all six but those are the ones i'm considering#let me know if you'd like to reserve anyone!#phone wars#anyway here's the list of characters
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alright so we’re back with chapter three - the Great Witch
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i wonder how much of their memories Nick and Maya have actually recuperated
the whole thing seems a little dodgy...
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“This bench looks like a torture tool– shall we try it out on you, Nick?”
why is Maya so bloodthirsty in the game?? i mean she’s mischievous, but...
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ahhh their widdle walking sprites are so cuuuute!
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hang on– is that a picture-picture of Barnham with his dog?? if so, that should raise a lot of questions...
also why is the only person who *doesnt* comment on the painting Phoenix? he’s the art major.
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you know, ive seen plenty of Phoenix X Barnham, and Darklaw X Barnham, but I’ve never seen any Phoenix X Darklaw
i wonder why...
maybe Ive just never come across it
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“Mr Wright, are you alright?”
(no response)
he's dead guys the fucking dog killed phoenix wright
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luke: I can talk to animals
maya: haha omg cool!
phoenix, laying in a pool of his own blood: hurgle
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wait did maya just call Barnham adorable by proxy
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things layton likes: puzzles, stone lanterns
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oh fuck i forgot about the puzzles
also what the FUCK muffet
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Patty: I believe in your Phoenix
Phoenix, trying not to cry: cool cool cool
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aww. its nice to have a moment to just talk about feelings, especially between the sidekicks.
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...dont go into the forest you little fuckers
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maya likes helms..??
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“I used to come here with Nick. He’d carry the water pots, and I’d cheer him on!”
that reminds me, theres no plumbing. in fact, since its the middle ages, theres not even any outhouses. maya and phoenix have canonically shit in the streets
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DOGS AND CATS, LIVING TOGETHER–
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its 12:30 on a school night and I've spent over an hour trying to help a dog deliver mail
oh maya solved that one! thats the first AA solve of the game. ...er, to me.
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i dont understand how piccarats work
like, the previous puzzle was 30 piccarats and it was ridiculously easy. this one’ twenty and ive already lost ten points
maybe its to do with how my brain works– the 30 one was a pattern/colour puzzle, and I'm an artist. this one’s about directions, and I'm ASS at directions.
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darklaw what are you WEARING
you look like a skimpy medieval furry
seriously what is with the metal skirt on bare thighs
is that supposed to be comfy
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man these backgrounds are so beautiful
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why did she specifically tell Maya to be wary of witches
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“You certainly both love your food. Personally, I’d just like a little more sleep...”
amen bro
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oh fuck
Drosselmeyer wants to see Layton. dont let him brainwash ya!
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“So this is the deathknell dungeon? Looks more like solitary confinement to me.”
considering the fact that she can see out the door, i doubt its solitary nick. solitary is a sealed box from hell.
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Maya: you were just scared that nick would fuck up like always!! because he's an enormous fuck up haha!!
Espella: i... no, i think he's really great
Phoenix: ...hey can i change assistants please
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OH HO
CLIFF HANGER
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one does not simply
visit the storyteller
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“come to think of it, during that parade, the storyteller did seem to be held in high esteem by all the townsfolk...”
guys have you not realized that youre literally meeting god yet???
ah see Layton’s got it
c’mon luke keep up
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pfft they think Layton’s a hatter
just wearing a tophat does not a hatter make
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ah the knights garrison
this is where Chucky stopped playing on his second third-space save
I wonder why...
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“And so the travellers finally arrived...”
yeah well first of all??? if you wanted me to get in there faster maybe dont make your door a fucking puzzle maybe
fuck you old man you aint shit
(btw i managed to solve it accidentally in the recommended 4 turns by pressing 3 random buttons and then realizing id somehow succeeded)
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Storyteller: [farts suspiciously]
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Storyteller: you guys are bad because you stopped me killing children
Layton:
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“OOPS”
DUFLUS SHFLS
LUKE ITS OK
I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO BE MAD
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Espella: it’s true... that the towns folk look at me in a different way
well for one thing youre a different art style than most of them without being anything usually associated with said art style
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oh ok that i was not expecting
she’s,,, jesus???
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Maya spitting truths here
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wait hang on a second
first of all– “the great witch is just a character of myth” yeah well EVERYONE is a character, Espella
also, she says she came to live with Patty 5 years ago... which is also what Phoenix and Maya said
when their memories all got altered to include phoenix and maya, does that mean they like, had a whole growing-up-together for five years roster of memories?
13 y/o Espella and Maya meeting, bonding over stuff, wondering why only Maya had to make bread and Espella didnt
Phoenix–– hell, in the time frame, he’d be ‘Pheenie’ being their older brother. Acting like his 25 y/o self, or harkening back to those days and acting accordingly??
and how shitty it must’ve been when they realized none of it ever happened.
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“Were these things... My memories?”
well probably not considering im pretty sure that tiny kid being flown over was you
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i feel bad for nick’s... wherever is getting bitten, but this does lend credence to my headcanon that animals hate phoenix so
also the inquisitor office theme needs to chill the fuck out
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“Exactly what are you doing over there on all fours”
dont do that
“He just sits back and lets his dog bite people, err... I mean, me”
he’s lucky nobody flips the fuck out and bites back. i suppose nobody would dare if they knew it was his dog, but still. not very responsible.
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“Dr. Delduke” eh
well now
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“He was no witch.”
“Why?”
“HE was a man.”
( Welp, can’t argue with that. )
hey!!! equality to witches!! boys can be witches too!!
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“Maya... can you get this mutt away from me? I can’t feel my leg.”
“Aww... So soon? I was hoping he’d use you as a blue chew toy just one more time.”
ok, seriously, what is UP with Maya? I can’t remember her ever being this violent in the original series. Like, she hit Nick over the head with the shichishito that one time, but she wasn’t constantly wishing harm on him??
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as much as i appreciate seeing a tiny maya model i fucking hate the cloud puzzle fuck you for doubling up on it
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oh i lucked into the answer awesome
this seems to be a running theme...
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every time someone looks at the bell tower, they always comment on the bell never being heard. it must be foreshadowing.
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wow Jean is very short
...also I'm calling it now, HE DID IT
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hmm Greyerl’s voice actress is a little more noticeable than Luke’s...
also OH OK. the fucking bell tower just MANIFESTED OUT OF PURE FLAMES
THATS COOL
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“He reacted in a moster peculiar way. Unlike others who saw it, he seemed unsettled, as if he was truly afraid of something”
oh i dunno, maybe the DEMON BELL TOWER???
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Maya: only YOU can fuck up that badly, nick!
ok... genuinely, utterly, seriously, why is Maya so malicious in this game? She does tease Nick a lot throughout the series, but its usually in a more playful or goofy manner. A lot of the things she says in this game seem sort of unnecessary or weirdly hurtful... especially since phoenix hasn’t done much to warrant any of them.
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hmm
well, I know what happens to Maya
but what the hell is he doing to Nick?
also I do hope there’s a reeeeeaaaaally good reason for all this...
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layton flings out his arm to shut luke up skdgkafajkf
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wait why did the owl bring them that
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“Luke, my boy... We have the need... to rent a steed.”
LAYTON
oh and they fucking did
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“You think that’s bad? You should see Nick try and do the laundry– Now that’s a major blunder!”
see that seems a little more in character somehow
especially since its something that seems like he would fail at.
still, weirdly insult heavy...
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hey hey
100 coins
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“in an alchemy sense”
shouldn’t that be an ‘alchemical’ sense?
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“I guess you’re more suited to small, dark, damp places.”
is that a reference to the mushroom thing??
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phoenix, in someone else’s abandoned basement: oh no their house plants are dying :( ill water them
this man??? is pure??
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“Well well well. If it isn't a well.”
NICK
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“Come to think of it... I haven’t noticed any plumbing here in Laborynthia.”
HA
I WAS RIGHT
THEY SHIT IN THE STREETS
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“As things stand, Mr. Wright is in serious danger!”
uh the story said Maya would die, not Phoenix. It said he’d be cursed, but Maya would be tried and burnt. You should probably be more worried about her...
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great witch: sup guys I'm gonna fuck shit up
game: the following is too horrifying to look directly at; here, have some shenanigans with Luke and that other bard Bardly was complaining about.
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“Birdly”
fuck you perhaps
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NO
WHY IS EMEER THERE
NOO
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also hi Layton you’re looking a bit uh
a bit
...well this hardly makes any sense
doesn’t Layton appear not long after this? also, it’s easy enough to prove Maya’s not a witch; just hand her the staff and ask her to politely turn Layton back.
that or just cry on him real quick; worked for Ash
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bweuuuhhh dont cry luke pls
luuuuke
its ok luke magic isn’t real luke
...though from what I’ve heard of your universe, someone could have used Science to turn him into gold and that could be totally real so
just
c’mon in for a hug lil guy
also see yuh all next time for part... four? i think?
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Book Review // Dangerous Boys – Another Intense Psychological Trip
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Title: Dangerous Boys
Author: Abigail Haas
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Age: YA
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: August 14th 2014
Trigger Warnings: Violence against animals, depression, manipulation
Synopsis*: It all comes down to this. Oliver, Ethan, and I. Three teens venture into an abandoned lake house one night. Hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding. The other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder …? Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece the story together – a story of jealousy, twisted passion and the darkness that lurks behind even the most beautiful faces …
Dangerous Boys is another dive into the psychology of humanity and how the darkness that lurks inside us will find a way of clawing itself out.
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I’m used to secrets.
This year, I became an expert, accumulating them like rare butterflies in a delicate glass case. Mom’s illness; the money; Dad’s betrayal; my own illicit desires. I tucked each one away in turn and locked the door tight, hidden and silent, as secrets should be.
Now, they’re all escaping. Sharp wings and an angry flutter, beating louder in the silence of the empty hospital hallways. A crescendo, building to the most terrible truth of all.
The body I left in the burning building. The boy I didn’t love enough to save.
The wingbeats stalk me with every step. Soon, they promise.
Soon, you’ll have to tell.
Here’s the thing. I love suspense. I’m the kind of girl that likes all the flirting and yearning before the kiss. Don’t get me wrong, I get frustrated af if I never get the kiss but then the kiss happens and I miss the flirting and the yearning. It’s the case for my books, movies, TV shows, and real life.
Because of this, I have been known to be a bit of a tease and people would always expect me to be hurt by that word. I never was because being a tease can be so much fucking fun. I like the ups and downs, the will they, won’t they journey. I get too bored too quickly to ever really enjoy the destination.
So it makes absolutely no fucking sense that I have avoided YA thrillers in the past. I don’t know why, but I did and boy, do I regret it.
I read Abigail Haas’s first thriller, Dangerous Girls, earlier this year and fuck me, it was brilliant. When I finished it, I felt hollowed out but in a good way.
Is there a good way to feel hollowed out? That probably reflects badly on me. Oh well, it’s still true af.
Haas has become one of my favourite YA thriller authors and her second and only other Thriller did not disappoint. She captures the feeling of yearning, the hunger for more and leaves her readers feeling the same way through the whole book.
How to Tell if You're in an Abigail Haas Novel:
– Somebody's dead, and you probably killed them.
– So much rage at the patriarchy, huh?
– Best friends or 'best friends'?
– Happily-ever-after means someone should be very, very afraid… https://t.co/mh7N6COpyn
— Abby McDonald (@abbymcdonald) August 29, 2018
Also, she announced on Twitter that there is a special Dangerous Girls announcement to come and I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!!!
Stay tuned for exciting DANGEROUS GIRLS news… soon
— Abby McDonald (@abbymcdonald) July 18, 2018
You can be a part of someone’s life for years, your parent or brother or friend, and then one day they turn around and do something so unconscionable, a crime so great, that suddenly, they’re a stranger to you. You think that their goodness is innate, embedded in their DNA, so you take it for granted, right up until the terrible moment when everything changes. Only then do you realize, those good deeds were actions. Actions that can stop, change on a dime at any time.
Dangerous Boys follows Chloe as she finds herself stuck in her hometown past graduation to take care of her mother who has fallen into a deep depression since Chloe’s father left without once looking back.
Chloe is sensible, sweet, responsible, good. She’s all sugar, no spice, and everything nice. Or is she?
Chloe meets persistent Ethan Reznick, who loves his new good girlfriend with all his heart and Chloe has resigned herself to a life with her nice boyfriend, looking after her sick mother, and dying in the same town she was born in. Enter Ethan’s mysterious brother, Oliver.
Chloe is captivated by Oliver. He claims to know the real her. He sees the darkness Chloe has always tried to hide and it seems to match his own darkness too.
Months later the three teenagers enter an abandoned lake house but only Chloe and one of the brothers make it out alive.
Who did Chloe leave behind? And what lead them to that fateful spot in the first place?
Some pieces couldn’t be glued back together. Some people weren’t for fixing.
Sometimes, the only thing to do was burn the whole fucking world down and start again.
There really isn’t a whole lot I can say without giving everything away. It’s best to go into this book completely blind.
At first, I came out of this book thinking I liked Dangerous Boys less than its predecessor but I’m not so sure now that I’m writing this review. It is different and yet the same. It has all the same parts but it’s put together differently.
Haas understands the psychology of humanity and she uses that to her advantage. She has a way of grabbing your attention and throwing you around until you are left wondering what the fuck is happening. Her characters are dark and dirty things and yet I can always see parts of myself in them.
She has a way of crafting characters that get under your skin because you relate to them, you see yourself in them. But soon she shows you just how fucking dark and terrible they are and the scary thing is you realize that still doesn’t change the fact that you see yourself in them.
Haas holds up a mirror to us, reflecting the side of humanity we like to pretend doesn’t exist. The side we choose to cut out because it is monstrous and humans aren’t capable of being monsters. Because if we are; then the world will never be safe for us. We forget that it never was safe.
Humans have always been our own worst enemies.
One survivor. One way out of this.
History is told by those who win.
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I read this book as part of my 2018 Library Love binge, where I read as many library books as possible to take advantage of my great local library network!
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