currently thinking about the judge from aa. he's old enough to have worked in the era of von karma+Blaise debeste+damon gant (and was friends with at least damon) and has since seen them all go to jail, two because of him directly. he once interrupted a murder case to ask everyone "hey is it messed up to tell a kid with an incurable illness to 'get well soon'? cause I don't think he's going to". he didn't know what nail polish was and thought his wife had naturally dark red nails. half of the prosecuting team have nicknames for him. he has no real name. he has seen most of the cast grow up for at least a decade.
also, the judge has been with phoenix since the begininng. he's in almost every single trial phoenix is in. he's seen him go from a teary eyed college student to a big time lawyer. he's seen him be both the defense lawyer and the one in need of defense. when phoenix mentions a homecoming party for Maya the judge is included in it. yes he isn't perfect and yes he is a minor character and yes you technically can replace him but would you really want to? he is one of the biggest constants in the game. he has no canon info or backstory besides unnamed family members and yet he's so involved in the games story
With all homoerotic sexual tension that’s happened in the courtrooms in all theses years, the future judges must have a “are you homophobic ?” question during their final exam just to keep this tension in the future
He can be amusing, but Christ does he pick favorites (or gets intimidated or manipulated into picking on you personally which to be fair is also pretty funny).
I came here to catch perps and present evidence and i feel so attacked right now :(