#phoenix program

[whatisonthemoon]

The Rev. Moon, the Unification Church, and the KCIA

The following is excerpted from "The Death Squads: Bringing in the Kingdom of God Through Terror, Torture and Death" (1996) by S.R. Shearer

In addition to the Americans, the Argentineans, the conservative Catholic Church, and various right-wing politicos, business leaders, and the military - with their attendant intelligence apparatus - there was a final component to the deadly mix which constituted the environment in which the Death Squads worked: specifically, the World Anti-Communist League (WACL) of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. WACL became involved in these operations as a result of its Korean connections - connections which also led back to Phoenix..

WACL is a Moonie front organization with strong ties to the KCIA (a creation of the American CIA); its ultimate allegiance is to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church.

Moon, of course, is no friend of democracy. He is a theocratic authoritarian who considers himself to be the Son of God and the new Messiah.[22] Moon believes that Jesus failed in His earthly mission to save man through His death on the cross; in addition, Moon claims that Jesus had sex with the women who followed Him.

As early as 1978 newspapers like the Washington Post began to pick up on the connections between Moon (WACL) and the Latin American Death Squads. For instance, one such article which appeared in the Post describing these connections carried the headline: "The Fascist Specter behind the World Anti-Red League."[23] In 1984 these connections were further explored in a series of columns by Jack Anderson.[24] Other publications carried additional articles detailing these connections and the Nazi components which comprised these elements.[25]

ORIGINS OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH

In the light of all this, it might be fair to ask, what was it in the history of Moon and the Unification Church which would have led to such links between what ostensibly is supposed to be a religious organization and Nazi-oriented, right-wing Death Squads? The tides which produced these strange relationships originated in the very early 1950s in the murky right-wing political, religious and military currents which swept through Korea as a result of the Korean War; specifically in the wrath of Korean President Syngman Rhee and other right-wing elements in the Korean military who were furious at Truman and Eisenhower for not prosecuting the Korean War through to a successful conclusion - by which they meant the re-unification of the Korean Peninsula under President Rhee.

Right-wing elements in the United States were also enraged; many saw in the U.S. "surrender" the outlines of a sinister conspiracy. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin went so far as to blame the U.S. "surrender in Korea" on the machinations of a White House clique besotted by "bourbon and benzedrine;" in a rage, he actually called the President a "son-of-a-bitch" from the floor of the Senate. Senator William Jenner of Indiana, echoed McCarthy's rage; he too saw the silhouette of an ominous conspiracy; he went on to declare that "... this country today is in the hands of a secret inner coterie which is directed by agents of the Soviet Union." Both groups - right-wing Americans on the one hand, and right-wing Koreans on the other - felt they had been stymied in Korea by a vast, underground intrigue which had seized control of the United States and which was aiming at the destruction of the Free World; they perceived themselves as engaged in an immense struggle against an implacable foe which not only controlled Communist China and the Soviet Union, but powerful, secret elements in the West as well (i.e., the "Illuminist Conspiracy"). This view of things was only strengthened when Rhee was toppled in April of 1960 with Eisenhower's help.

It was this witches' brew of virulent right-wing politics which gave birth to the aberrant theology and politics of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church; Moon became as much a believer in the existence of the "world-wide communist (Illuminist) conspiracy" as had been Korean strongman Syngman Rhee and Senators Joseph McCarthy and William Jenner. Moon believed that the conspiracy could only be stopped by uniting the Western World under the banner of "Christianity" (by which he meant his own weird blend of New Age philosophy and aberrant religious teachings). Thus, Moon's movement was (is) as much a political movement as it is a religious movement; it is the result of a strange convergence of extreme right-wing politics (which stem not only out of sources in Korea, but also elements in the United States) and a bizarre mixture of fanatical, authoritarian religious beliefs.

There are, of course, many such movements throughout the world; but what has given Moon's organization such power is the relationship it enjoys with the government of South Korea - a relationship which endows Moon's religious empire with unlimited funds, business fronts, and access to sensitive intelligence matters - things which no other religious association in the world enjoys - outside of the Vatican; and it is precisely these things which have bought Moon entrance - if only through the back door - into America's Religious Right; the Religious Right in this country has seemingly found itself unable to resist the allure of Moon's money, the high-paying jobs he is able to offer through his various business fronts, and the excitement generated out of his intelligence (KCIA) contacts.

THE DEATH SQUADS AND THE REV. MOON

All this brings us back to Moon's involvement with Latin America's Death Squads; Moon's involvement originated as a result of his contacts with the KCIA, and the KCIA's involvement flowed out of Korea's connections with the Vietnam War. Korea was one of the very few U.S. allies which actively participated militarily in Vietnam alongside American forces. ROK (Republic of Korea) forces thus came into direct contact with Phoenix.

The KCIA was thrilled with Phoenix - and this favorable impression was passed on to WACL where the KCIA, as already indicated, exercised a great deal of influence; as a result, WACL soon became a purveyor of Phoenix-like operations throughout the world as an effective means of combating the spread of communism - so much so that in Latin America many of the Death Squad networks which were later established became synonymous with Moon and the Unification Church. Indeed, investigative reporter Russ Bellant writes that "... the ... Death Squad network{26} (in many of the various Latin American countries) is (in instance after instance) also the Latin American branch of Moon's World Anti-Communist League (WACL)."[27] For example, in Argentina, the Death Squads and WACL were so closely identified that in Buenos Aires the various Death Squad cadres constituted in fact the main Argentine branch of WACL.[28] These kinds of connections between the Death Squads and the Unification Church were repeated throughout Central and South America. So closely and effectively did Moon and the Death Squads cooperate in Latin America that they were actually responsible - along with Nazi fugitive Klaus Barbie - in helping to establish a Nazi-style state in Bolivia in 1982.[29] And what about the individuals who constitute the membership of these organizations? - they have been variously described as a mix of Hitler collaborators, anti-Semites, right-wing politicos, rich businessmen, etc. - all of whom hold to an unshakable belief in a world-wide conspiracy directed against capitalism and Christianity[30] - the same kind of ideological mix which - to a large degree - can be found in the CNP (the principle coordinating agency bringing together members of the Religious Right with members of the political right and the business right) today.

Full article: https://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000105.htm

#church history #unification church history #kcia #wacl #world anti-communist league #klaus barbie #moonies #unification church in latin america #nazism #fascism #nazis #unification church in south america #phoenix program #anti-communism #death squads #counterinsurgency #argentina #Unification church in bolivia #republic of korea #vietnam war #korea #south korea #politics

[gummifotze]

william hellfire (aka william apriceno) with phoenix program political assassination unit, 1969. everybody knows bill is much older than he lets on.

#william hellfire #political assassination #1969 #special forces #laos #vietnam war #phoenix program

[forces--of--evil]

Col. Michael Angelo Aquino of the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set

#Michael Aquino #Church Of Satan #Temple of Set #MK Ultra #Occult #CIA #Phoenix Program

[theculturedmarxist]

Control of scientific information is a means of controlling our ideas and assumptions about things. Just as the CIA is at the forefront of propaganda on the Internet, its science and technology division is at the forefront of shaping the industries that run the world. The CIA is at the forefront of drone and weapons technology—any kind of technological advancements that only serve and enrich the ruling class. The CIA is at the forefront of that research and development, and that goes for the Internet, too.30

#cia #operation paperclip #torture #black sites #MK ULTRA #In-Q-Tel #phoenix program #parabon nanolabs

[pbr-street-gang]

Currently reading

#books #mine #Phoenix Program #Douglas Valentine

[casbooks]

Books of 2023

Book 41 of 2023

Title: Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account Authors: Stuart A. Herrington ISBN: 9780307823809 Tags: A-1 Skyraider, AC-119G Shadow, Buddhism (Religion), Catholic, CHE Geneva Conference of 1954 (French Indochina War), CHE Switzerland, Counter-Terrorism, Interrogator, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Incursion (1970) (Vietnam War), LAO Lam Son 719 (1971) (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, Military Intelligence, SA-7 Strela SAM, US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US President John F. Kennedy, US President Richard M. Nixon, US State Department, US State Department - Foreign Service Institute, US USA 25th ID, US USA Fort Benning GA, US USA Fort Benning GA - US Army Infantry School, US USA Fort Bliss TX, US USA Fort Bragg NC, US USA Fort Bragg NC - MATA Military Assistance Training Advisor Course, US USA Fort Holabird MD, US USA Fort Holabird MD - Tactical Intelligence Officers Basic Course, US USA General James Herbert, US USA General James Hollingsworth, US USA MI Army Military Intelligence, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM 1972 Easter Offensive / Nguyen Hue (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM An Ninh, VNM Bao Cong, VNM Bao Trai, VNM Bao Trai - Chieu Hoi Center (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of An Loc (1972) (1972 Easter Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Quang Tri (1972) (1972 Easter Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Bien Hoa - Corps Interrogation Center, VNM Bien Hoa - La Plage, VNM Cao Dai Religion, VNM CIA Phung Hoang / Phoenix Program (1965-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Con Son Island Prison, VNM Cu Chi, VNM Dong Nai River, VNM DRV Ho Chi Minh, VNM DRV NVA 101st Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 24th Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 271st Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 271st Regiment - D8 Bn, VNM DRV NVA 271st Regiment - D8 Bn - C3 Co, VNM DRV NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC C1 Duc Hoa Local Force Co, VNM DRV VC N-10 Sapper Bn, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM DRV VM Viet Minh, VNM Duc Hoa, VNM Duc Hue, VNM French Indochina War (1946-1954), VNM Ha Tinh, VNM Hau Nghia Province, VNM Hiep Hoa, VNM Highway 1, VNM Highway 13 - Thunder Road, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Loc Giang, VNM Loc Hung, VNM Muoi Lon, VNM Nghe An, VNM Parrots Beak, VNM Phu Hoa Corridor, VNM Phu Loi, VNM Phuoc Tuy Province, VNM Quang Tri, VNM Rach Nhum Creek, VNM Route 7, VNM Route 9, VNM RVN ARVN 25th ID, VNM RVN ARVN 3rd ID, VNM RVN ARVN 83rd Border Range Bn, VNM RVN ARVN Armed Propaganda Team, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN General Do Cao Tri, VNM RVN ARVN MSS Provincial Military Security Service, VNM RVN ARVN Province Intelligence Platoon, VNM RVN ARVN Provincial Interrogation Center, VNM RVN ARVN PSDF People's Self Defense Force, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF 305th RF Bn (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF 58th RF Group (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF 773rd RF Co (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Vietnamese Rangers - Biet Dong Quan, VNM RVN Chieu Hoi Program/Force 66 - Luc Luong 66 (Vietnam War), VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Diem, VNM RVN Nguyen Van Thieu, VNM RVN RVNP Can Sat National Police, VNM RVN RVNP CSDB PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Units (Vietnam War), VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM RVNP CSDB Can Sat Dac Biet Special Branch Police, VNM Saigon, VNM Saigon - Bay Hien Intersection, VNM Saigon - Ben Thanh Marketplace, VNM Saigon - Brinks Hotel, VNM Saigon - Brinks Hotel Bombing (1964), VNM Saigon - Cach Mang Blvd, VNM Saigon - Cong Ly St, VNM Saigon - Gia Long St, VNM Saigon - Independence Palace, VNM Saigon - Le Loi Blvd, VNM Saigon - MACV Headquarters (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon - Massachusetts BOQ (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon - Ngoc Huong restaurant, VNM Saigon - Nguyen Hue St, VNM Saigon - Tu Do Club Bombing, VNM Saigon - Tu Do St, VNM Saigon - Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, VNM Tan My, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tay Ninh Province, VNM Trang Bang, VNM Trung Lap, VNM US MACV Advisory Team 43 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV CORDS Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (1967-1975) (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 3rd Field Hospital - Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM Vam Co Dong River, VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tao, VNM Vung Tao - Cyrno's Restaurant Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN.PRU, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Military Intelligence

Description: In a gripping memoir that reads like a spy novel, one man recounts his personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government, which thrived in the rural communities of South Vietnam.  

Stuart A. Herrington was an American intelligence advisor assigned to root out the enemy in the Hau Nghia province. His two-year mission to capture or kill Communist agents operating there was made all the more difficult by local officials who were reluctant to cooperate, villagers who were too scared to talk, and VC who would not go down without a fight. Herrington developed an unexpected but intense identification with the villagers in his jurisdiction–and learned the hard way that experiencing war was profoundly different from philosophizing about it in a seminar room.

Review: One of the best books on Vietnam that I've ever read. Published shortly after the fall of Saigon, the book has a timeliness that is readily apparent to the reader. The thoughts are fresh, the memories are crystal clear, and the painful mental wounds of the experience are sharp. This is a book about the Phoenix program that is 100% about everything BUT the phoenix program. There is very little mention of the PRU teams, and the author is brutally honest about his failure to actually get a phoenix program working in his area. Instead he uses a mix of other tools to attack the viet cong infrastructure and spends much of his time crafting his skills as an interrogator and on the military intelligence he is able to exploit from those discussions. The book is above all else, one of the best on ARVN/US relations at this level, on how to interrogate and exploit that info, and a really good look at the 72 Easter Offensive.

#Books #Ebooks #Booklr #Bookblr #history #military history #interrogator #vietnam war #advisor #us army #phoenix program #1972 easter offensive #non-fiction

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Moonies Support Vigilante Violence in the Philippines Around 1986/1987

▲ Pictured: A banner from a 2017 Alsa Masa gathering. Though Alsa Masa is not what it once was, many vigilante and paramilitary organizations have descended from Alsa Masa and taken up their mantle, such as Davao Death Squad or DDS. Excerpts from Belina A. Aquino's "The Philippines in 1987: Politics of Survival.” 

Human Rights Group Confirms Vigilante Reports In mid-May, an international fact-finding team headed by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark visited the Philippines to look into the existence and activities of armed vigilantes. The team, composed mainly of human rights advocates, interviewed people in Luzon, Mindanao, Cebu, and Negros. Its findings included: (1) a rapidly growing vigilante movement that has killed, tortured, threatened, or otherwise harassed civilians who are mostly poor farmers, workers, and other individuals who have advocated land reform, wage increases for workers, and withdrawal of the US bases; (2) Philippine military and civilian officials are endorsing and even arming some of these vigilante groups; (3) foreign organizations like the Unification Church-affiliated associations for the Unification of the Societies of the Americas, the WACL, and the World Anti-Communist Crusade, are actively engaged in organizing the movement; and (4) clear evidence of sophisticated methods of counterinsurgency and "low-intensity conflict" (LIC) operating in the Philippines, including direct military action done by Philippine forces with US technical assistance.

One of the team members was Ralph McGehee, a former CIA agent in Asia who wrote a book, Deadly Deceits, about his 25 years with the agency. He had served as a special liaison officer of the Vietnam Special Forces, which were really assassination squads assigned to liquidate communists in the villages. McGehee noticed "direct parallels" between the Vietnam experience and the current Philippine situation. Among these parallels are the "search and destroy" operations; "free-fire zones," and forcing rural people into the population centers to deny the insurgents a mass base. The Alsa Masa and NAKASAKA had counterparts in the Vietnamese reconnaissance units.

McGehee also saw the possibility that a ''version of the CIA's Phoenix Program - a coordinated military, police, and civilian effort to destroy Vietnamese revolutionary forces through assassination squads trained by special forces with the CIA - is now being employed in the country." He pointed out that Lt. Col. Calida, the so-called "godfather" of Alsa Masa had undergone training in 1971-72 at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, considered the counterinsurgency training center in the US. McGehee further noted that the mushrooming of anti-Communist literature was a normal component of CIA "media operations." Calida denied McGehee's allegations.

These observations on possible CIA involvement in Philippine affairs in the post-Marcos period are not far-fetched. At the height of the Huk movement in the fifties, CIA operative Edward Lansdale put together a plan combining military action, economic benefits, and political strategy to defeat the insurgency with the help of Philippine officials like Ramon Magsaysay. More recently, the CIA knew of the corrupt activities of Marcos as early as 1969 and his plan to declare martial law in 1972. Since Aquino assumed power, Manila media circles have speculated on the presence of about 115 CIA agents in the Philippines. The hard evidence, of course, cannot be produced, but it would strain credulity to believe that there is no CIA activity in the country today. Trained in covert action and disinformation, CIA officers are not about to give away their agency secrets. Like McGehee, they get to tell what they did in some of these countries after they retire. Religion and Politics This discussion of the emergence of right-wing fanaticism in the Philippines would not be complete without mentioning the corresponding phenomenal rise of religious fundamentalism in many parts of the country today. Banners announcing prayer meetings, talk shows, workshops, and seminars by such fundamentalist sects like Campus Crusade for Christ, 700 Club, Assemblies of God, World Vision International, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and the much-talked about CAUSA, were commonplace during the year, particularly in Metro Manila and the bigger cities. The Unification Church even sponsored a visit to the Philippines in August of Msgr. Bismark Carballo, a Nicaraguan priest exiled by the Sandinistas for his support of the US-backed "contras." The most visible fundamentalist preachers like Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson have either visited the Philippines or have regular telecasts in the country. The Carballo visit inspired a Maryknoll cleric, Fr. Thomas Marti, who has long worked in the Philippines, to research the connections between some of these fundamentalist groups and the right-wing networks in the U.S. Marti found that the Reagan administration sought the help of CAUSA International to support US policy in Nicaragua. It might be mentioned that the Moonies and CAUSA have conducted expense-paid seminars and conferences in Washington, D.C.; Manila and other places, inviting well-known names in academic, religious and political circles. Among the CAUSA's top brass are Cleon Skousen, a Mormon Church leader, Douglas MacArthur II, and Bo Hi Pak, the chairman who has acknowledged CIA funding. This is just another form of counter-insurgency, but it tries to minimize direct military intervention in favor of small "grassroots" efforts combining socio-economic, civic action, psychological & political objective. It seems, Marti concludes, that the combination of the political and religious right is intent on fomenting a "Red scare" in the Philippines, as they have done in Latin America, to undermine the earlier efforts of the Aquino government to come to a negotiated settlement with the NDF/CPP/NPA. Noticeable itself is the government's drift to the right and Aquino herself, while cautioning against unrestrained vigilante activities, has not discouraged them. In a visit to Davao City, which some of her supporters considered a "misjudgment," Aquino told members of the Alsa Masa "they were a model in the battle against the 18-year communist insurgency.” RELATED: - Moonies demanded $2,000 from Koreans who wanted to have Filipinas as “housemaids and sex partners.” - In 1985 the Washington Times sponsored a fund for the Contras who committed atrocities, and trafficked drugs to the US - CounterSpy: Moonies Move on Honduras (1983) - One Account of Being Trafficked into Prostitution Through UC “Blessing” - Human trafficking is despicable. Here is one Filipina’s story of slavery in the Unification Church - The UC should be held responsible for supplying weapons that killed young Filipino activists - The Unification Church and KCIA: Some Notes on Bud Han, Steve Kim, and Bo Hi Pak - The Unification Church and the KCIA – ‘Privatizing’ covert action: the case of the UC - The Broad Counterinsurgency Strategies of the US in the 80s, and a Glimpse into the UC’s Role - UNESCO Report: Korean-Filipino marriages under the UC sparked controversy and animosity

#unification church #causa #anti-communism #bo hi pak #General Douglas MacArthur #Unification church in the philippines #the philippines #Philippines #nicaragua #CIA #phoenix program #Ramon Magsaysay #violence #right-wing politics #politics #counterinsurgency #kcia #parapolitical #political

[science-lings]

AU where Phoenix is a drama teacher and Edgeworth is an English teacher and they’re both really weird about Shakespeare

Or

drama teacher!Phoenix and dance teacher! Edgeworth have to work together for a high school play without trying to kill each other (it gets real fuckin close)

#I’ve seen Phoenix as an art teacher which is great but that guy would make an excellent drama teacher #he’s so silly #the essence of narumitsu is giving these guys essentially the same job but keeping them as petty haters #also I feel like only the gayest people are drama and English teachers #anyway every AU where phoenix is doing theater stuff is my favorite #I think that he and Trucy would bond over being performers and I kinda want to have fun with it rather than be sad with it #I think they should join a community theater program and not tell anyone during the 7yg #it would be funny #narumitsu #wrightworth #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #edit: I haven’t been in any sort of theatre program in like a decade and I miss it

[doctorsiren]

every time I mention Ace Attorney around my (defense lawyer) father, he asks if I’ll be going to law school now

the best bit was me telling him that if I did that, I would be fulfilling the Phoenix Wright prophecy because I’d be dropping my art degree to pursue law

#doctorsiren #not art #siren speaks #ace attorney #I go to the same college that he went to law school at and the view from my dorm is literally the law school #see if I wasn’t trying to be an artist #I *would* be going into law or criminology #I did mock trial all throughout high school #went to state for courtroom art all 4 years #i feel like Phoenix defo would have done courtroom art for mock trial when he was in high school #I’m just projecting because I know how the California Mock Trial Association works (I’m from California) #it’s pretty interesting to me that it took me until after my freshman year in COLLEGE to get into AA #when I did law stuff all throughout high school #maybe it was better than I didn’t get into back then HAHA #I feel like I can appreciate it more as an 18/19 year old sophomore in college than I could’ve as an 13/14 year old freshman in high school #also I made a joke that if I don’t get into my program this next year when i apply then I’ll go to law school instead haha

[psqqa]

okay but if we’re going to go with theatre major phoenix we need to go full fucking theatre major phoenix

like he shows up in germany the first time like “if there’s time for it i’d love to catch a show while i’m here, germany has such a vibrant theatre scene”.

and edgeworth's like “absolutely we can make that happen, i believe there’s a major schiller production running at the moment and it should have english surtitles”.

and phoenix is like “oh yeah no i’m sure it’s really solid but actually there’s a shakespeare production i’m interested in”.

edgeworth is like “okay odd choice for someone supposedly interested in the german theatre scene, but yeah who can say no to shakespeare". but they get there and it turns out it's this like peak weird experimental avant-garde german theatre production of coriolanus that’s set in a bdsm club. for like four hours edgeworth keeps looking over at phoenix like “what in the actual fuck is happening right now right now” but no matter what is happening onstage, phoenix just keeps watching it intently, finger pressed to his lips, the same pensive furrow to his brow that he gets in court when listening to testimony.

but afterwards when they're sipping their after-show aftercare tea in the lobby phoenix is waving his arms all over the place as he's like “SUCH an effective use of consent! the way they just continually wove it into everything. the almost brechtian emersion it created. the way it laid bare the underlying themes around consent of the governed. and then tying that in with the obvious angle of the performative masculinity of militarism and an audience that demands to be played to, and drawing the comparison between that and both bdsm AND theatre itself. an obvious comparison of course, but SO well done! just wow!"

and edgeworth who still hasn't quite managed to process anything beyond that first moment when coriolanus walked onstage in full leather daddy get-up and has a white-knuckled death grip on the after-show aftercare blanket wrapped around his shoulders just nods weakly and croaks out a vague “i'm glad you enjoyed it”

like he's gotta be into weird and experimental theatre. he can't have been a theatre major and NOT be into weird and experimental theatre. sure he'll go see the schiller production and enjoy it, but bdsm coriolanus is what gets his Theatre Kid blood pumping, y'know.

#ace attorney #i make no claims as to the feasibility OR merit of this hypothetical staging of coriolanus #i watched the tom hiddleston production once and the finer details of the plot and its themes have not survived the years since then #but don't worry the fictional theatre company isn't wholly irresponsible #there were large signs #the people checking their tickets did a whole 'you have familiarized yourself with the details of this production right?' spiel #the program featured like ten pages of warnings and explanations and shit #edgeworth just missed all that because he was arguing with phoenix about the legal elements of the merchant of venice #and also 'yes i'm familiar with coriolanus phoenix i'm not an uncultured swine'

[leeeeeeef]

i guess im just leaving all of my lawyer tweets here too lmao

#rambles #ace attorney #phoenix wright #kristoph gavin #dahlia hawthorne #miles edgeworth #gavwrightthorne #i guess thats a tag now #im sorry for any screen reader users whose programs have to somehow figure out how to pronounce "gavwrightthorne

[stabble]

So my yuri on ice obsession came back like it always does this time of year and

Imagine an AU where all those lawyers are figure skaters instead of lawyers.

And competitive skating holds the same kind of weight and corruption that law does in the ace attorney world. Imagine Phoenix becoming a figure skater to help out Edgeworth, who was adopted into the Von Karma family. Who are rumored to pay off judges, blackmail competitors, basically any underhanded tactic to achieve perfect scores.

Miles Edgeworth "Demon of the Ice". Who has never not placed gold at any meet.

Phoenix grew up skating with him as a kid. He doesn't see that joy in his eyes anymore, and wants to help him.

There's a lot I can still do with this. All the crazy stuff in ace attorney still would be around. There would still be a TON of murder and extortion and other shenanigans.

Maya plays the Pink Princess in Steel Samurai on Ice. Klavier Gavin is a skating sensation who writes all his own music. Troupe Gramarye on Ice

Would you read an ace attorney figure skating au because I'm THIS close to writing it

Thanks for looking at my crazy ramblings

#ace attorney #ace attorney au #ace attorney fanart #maya fey #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #franziska von karma #yuri on ice #stabble's art #ace attorney figure skating au #making that a tag because I will probably elaborate on this later #I'm going crazy about this #imagine like #phoenix getting TAZED by von karma and still going out to perform his short program #and somehow he still slays

[stardatez3ro]

rare non-star trek tickett art ⁉️ and its the gay lawyer game because ofc it is

artblock has been kicking my ass .save me aceatt sprites.. aceatt sprites save me..

#anyways I LOVE MAYA FEY!!!!!!!!!she is literally my little sister wdym #every lawyer gets their own designated weirdgirl .that is the rule #we will resume our usual programming (lore soong brainrot) in a couple minutes :) #art #my art #my drawings #ace attorney #phoenix wright: ace attorney #maya fey #maya fey ace attorney #gyakuten saiban

[maverickstudio]

Testing the pastel tools in Rebelle 5 with my favourite rebel. ♠

#phoenix wright #ace attorney #beanix #art #artists on tumblr #aa #digital art #aa4 #gyakuten saiban #mavsart #Super cool program btw. Haven't had the opportunity to work with oil pastels in a long time but this felt great

[vyeoh]

They are fun to draw!!! Open for better resolution :)

#vio.art #art #artwork #artworks #fanart #ace attorney #pheonix wright #miles edgeworth #wrightworth #narumistu #digital drawing #digital art #vyeoh #i hate phoenix's hair its so stupid (affectionate) #i wanted to draw both of their designs in a neutral pose before drawing something with composition #also dw we will be back to the normal mcyt programming shortly <3

[casbooks]

Books of 2023

Book 37 of 2023

Title: A Young Man in War: Vietnam Phoenix Advisor and a Survivor's Tale Authors: Paul C. Pritchard ISBN: 9781978398023 Tags: FAC, Interrogator, Military Intelligence, O-1 Bird Dog, TWN Beitou, TWN Taiwan, TWN Taiwan - China Palace Hotel, US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US State Department, US USA 525th Military Intelligence Group, US USA 9th ID, US USA Fort Holabird MD, US USA Fort Holabird MD - Tactical Intelligence Officers Basic Course, US USA United States Army, US USA USSF 5th SFG, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USN PBR Patrol Boat River, US USN SEALS, US USN United States Navy, US USN USS Benewah (APB-35), US USO United Service Organizations, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM An Giang, VNM Battle of Tan Son Nhut (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnam War), VNM Can Tho, VNM Chau Doc, VNM Chu Ba, VNM CIA Phung Hoang / Phoenix Program (1965-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Cu Duc Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Go Cong, VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Mekong Delta, VNM My Tho, VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM Rach Gia, VNM Rung Sat Special Zone, VNM RVN ARVN 9th ID, VNM RVN ARVN 9th ID - Recon Co, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN Nguyen Cao Ky, VNM RVN RVNP Can Sat National Police, VNM RVN RVNP CSDB PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Units (Vietnam War), VNM RVNP CSDB Can Sat Dac Biet Special Branch Police, VNM Sa Dec, VNM Saigon, VNM Saigon - Chinese Embassy, VNM Saigon - Phu Tho Racetrack, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tra Vinh, VNM U Dau, VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Team 19 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV IV Corps Advisory Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US OSA Office of the Special Assistant to the Ambassador (State Department) (CIA) (Vietnam War), VNM USN MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM USN TF 117 MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM Vinh Binh, VNM Vinh Long Rating: ★★★ (3 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN.PRU, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor

Description: Upon his arrival in Vietnam, Lieutenant Paul Clement Pritchard found himself assigned to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam’s Four Corps as a military Advisor. From Four Corps, he was recruited into the Phoenix Program, which was designed to neutralize, capture, interrogate, and kill influential Viet Cong operatives. Pritchard saw horrors as both a military Advisor and a member of a Phoenix provincial reconnaissance unit. He saw violations of the Geneva Convention on both sides and watched as the military slowly ceded the Phoenix Program to government agencies. Throughout his ordeal, Pritchard wrote letters home—letters that gave no indication he’d held the limp body of a bloody baby in his arms, stepped in to prevent the torture of a young woman by his erstwhile allies, or endured sniper attacks and mortar fire. His letters offer a stark contrast to the reality he lived in—the humid, wet world of the Vietnam jungle, where death was an ever-present danger. A unique, candid, honest look at the Vietnam conflict from the ground level, "A Young Man in War" covers months in Pritchard’s life that are seared into his memory, no matter how much he’d like to forget them. **

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