[AA] [POLL] Hello me and XL are fighting in the waffle house parking lot I NEED RESEARCH
FAVORITE AA PROSECUTOR
AS HE SAYS KLAVIER HAS NO PERSONALITY
I'D ARGUE: HE DOES AND THAT PERSONALITY IS BORING BUT I LOVE HIM FOR BEING A NORMAL MAN YOUR HONOR
BUT I WANNA SEE OVERALL, WHAT IS YOUR FAVE PROSECUTOR AND WHY
objectively the answer should be Edgeworth as he appears the most and has the most development but unfortunately he does not spark obssession in me
so my vote goes to guitar man
i have only played games with the first 3 but i do not actually remember much about the other two so it must be edgeworth
Franziska and Yumihiko/Sebastian/Eustace/whatever you call him, but also Edgeworth deserves to win this poll, he's 3rd place
oh right i forgot about Franziska, i did love her she is great. but i would still vote edgeworth
rivalcharacter: VERY GOOD ANSWERS. I put her with Other tho cuz sometimes ppl forget she's a prosecutor due to being 17
I do feel the Edgeworth obsession. he is great. I don't feel that for anyone else on this poll
I also forgot about Eustace but he also deserves a mention.
damnit how do I choose between Edgeworth and Blackquill
OK FINE I'LL PICK EDGEWORTH
...I don't even know nahyuta. I didn't play those last games, Shameful
good--
so my rankings would be Edgeworth > Blackquill > Franziska > Godot > Papa von Karma > Eustace, with the acknowledgement that I'm a bad person for how low Eustace is on this list
I love edgeweoth the most. Then Franziska because I’m a simp and then klavier
respawnin321: ACCEPTABLE
Edgeworth is my actual favourite but Eustace is the one I'd RP.
misailury: there is someone von karma adjacent listed for every other person. COINCIDENCE? (no)
forwardrelentlessly: that is very fair. sometimes we simply cannot rp our faves
we gotta go for the broken runner ups
EXACTLY you get me
if there were 10 more von Karmas I'd make slots for 10 more von Karmas
For me I can't really list them as my reasons are like. wavey. Entertainment factor. Do they spark joy. Do I seek out fanart of them. Do I want o see more of them etc
and to be totally fair I probably would have edgeworth higher on my presonal list if the series did not run him into the ground
edgeworth as a proxy for characters that aren't lawyers at all whatsoever but i do like franziska a lot
I did REALLY like the presence of that one shot bad guy prosecutor but he was a witness not an opponent so I can't count him ( Gant)
I voted for Edgeworth but I probably would have voted for Franziska if her name was on the poll
I did LIKE Klavier but he is definitely nowhere near being my favorite
I also do love all Von karmas. But I also have such a soft spot for the first and second game... even if parts of the second game were... hmmm
FRANZISKA
I see I did a disservice leaving her off. Misogyny u_u
Franzika.
I'm sorry you're getting owned in the polls
I ws going to put Godot instead of Nahyuta but I felt I need a line for him less no one would remember he existed. As he deserves, but still.
five option polls hard
I very much know and like both Franziska and Godot whereas I did not even know who Nahyuta was before this plurk which betrays either that I am not actually deep enough into AA to vote in this poll or that Nahyuta is really not that important or popular
rivalcharacter: no this is a success cuz I knew edgeworth was the clear winner but I see positivity expressed for klavier. VICTORY FOR AA4
crime against me personally that shi long lang isn't technically a prosecutor
sacae: he is the main prosecutor rival in AA6 but i personally would say he is no timportant,
I did also have to think for a bit to remember if Shi Long Lang is a prosecutor or not
that's not true tho I'm just bias
cuz he's great. unrelated flavor of great
we love a wolf kinning detective
dragonwolf sparkledog
I love Edgeworth but I picked Simon. It's so close though. Everything about Simon is hilarious. (Though everything about Edgeworth is also hilarious.). I guess what swayed me one way is that I have a big toxic yaoi ship for Simon.
Edgeworth is a better character by any reasonable measurement. But Simon has a bird.
DamageBooster: u know what valid. nick x edgeworth has always been too vanilla for me
I RESPECT IT FOR THE FANDOM IT BUILT but it never hit my brain meats
too much domestic not enough disaster
i feel his
the "i respect it but it's not my jam"
unnecessary feelings activated a generation of fandom I cannot dismiss that
I voted other for Godot, but Franziska also up there. Also I have yet to play the cases with Simon or Nahyuta so they're not even in the running for me atm
However, I present this for the audience's consideration:
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney "LOVE LOVE GUILTY (Guil...Klavier has a whole ass IC song about turning down women to go to work and prosecute with apollo
I will say if I was given a choice between Edgeworth and Klavier I'd chose Klavier. mans just has bad shit happening all the time and smiles through it
Edgeworth is on the other side of having bad shit happen and then goes off to self destruct about it
gawd i forgot they mixed in apollo's theme with his song. I love them your honor.
I picked Edgeworth, but it almost feels unfair
He gets SO much more story and characerization
i voted edgeorth bc im currently playing through AAI
Franziska
I'd otherwise pick Simon
It is the way of the AA unfortunately
Nahyuta being on this poll instead of her confuses me, I don't know many fans of his
deathdesu: I put him there so he'd have a fighting chance cuz no one would remember him otherwise lmao
Or Godot
Franziska and Godot tho they are iconic
Rip.....
and I'd argue that Gavelle serves the plot as a prosecutor even though she's technically not
And I also loved her
that said I am extremely bias as Apollo and Klavier are one of the few ships I'd go to bat for, but as I basically have a canon love song for them I have won in my heart uwu
CaptainStark: SHE IS GOOD BUT DOESN'T COUNT otherwise Lang would also count.
Yeah, legit
I understand not putting Godot cause he had terrible pr in the fandom for a spell, I think we are past it now but also I am not in the trenches
Edgeworth is the only one I know... so I had to... but I do love him
deathdesu: I've never been a big fan of godot but I also never really understood the hate??? i thought him being kind of a tool was the point aldkfjskf
this series is full of terrible ppl why are we singling this one out
You ain't wrong
Godot and Van Zieks are similiar garbo men i enjoy
i dont need them to be good people, just be compelling
new poll for best legs, van zieks wins
he never skips [slap desk with] leg day
there's a video of Van Ziek's motion capture actress doing some of the elegant movements, and I'm sad there isn't a clip of her doing the leg slam
kaldsjfaj
gawd. bless her
omg
i do wonder if a best sidekick poll would be this one sided
I think Maya would win easily yea but Trucy gets a lot of love
Kay has some fans but i think there's a big gap. Unsure how all the others stand
yeah maya would win but i optimistically think trucy would do well
I believe in her Trucy's a good egg
All the AA4 characters here grinning through pain and incomplete arcs 
it's so funny i think trucy is the one who is the most crime adjacent compared to the one who goes around calling herself a thief
Trucy does SO much crime akdfjsa
tho tbf I think Kay is like. A 'thief for the truth' or something.
I HAD THE LJ NAME MILESEDGEWORTH
IM A BIASED INDIVIDUAL
PROB IN MY TOP 5 SAD BOYS IN SNOW OF ALL TIME LIST
Trucy is the most unhinged one for sure in my mind
i like klavier a lot tho
See this is why i still have to respect edgeworth despite my bias. How many hurt/comfort fics did he kick off? COUNTLESS
og sad lawyer
I would vote for Ema or Rayfa tbh
Ema is v good but I associate her more as a Detective now
franziska
I am a Klavier stan though
detectives is one hell of a category
also have Edgeworth fatigue
I genuinely do not have any idea how a detective poll would go, they're so varied lmao
yeah detectives are all over the place. I feel like you'd have to separate them between murder detectives and non-murder detectives
yes
holds ash's hands
tho actually my top fave prosecutor is a gaa spoiler character but if we are limited to the main 2 series then franziska for sure
me: does Sholmes count as a detective role
.........world's greatest detective
.........world's greatest detective
also i dont think klavier is boring OR normal i think he is just a huge diva who pretends to be normal
yeah there are more
or at least CRIME detectives
klavier is a diva yeah but is he unhinged... nah
I am completely blanking on them--OH do you mean detectives that INVESTIGATE murders and general detectives??
i thought you meant detectives that do murders lakdfjsa
Ema is a detective now but I preferred her to Maya even when she wasn't. The science mechanics make my brain go brr
I mean the detectives who do murders/crimes but don't serve as the detective role in game
Oooh okay yeah for the poll it'd just be for detectives that assist you
actual murder culprits are a whole diff genre
right
fair enough
also my girl Maya would sweep
klavier sits kind of in the middle of the normal person to unhinged AA weirdo meter
i think klavier is a LITTLE unhinged but like if you compare him to every other prosecutor he is normal by comparison
he has quirks but is ultimately more sensible
Honestly I think that about the whole AA4 crew
also like for me its just refreshing to have a prosecutor thats outside the typecast
and the witnesses and guests don't hassle him enough
the huge bitch is actually apollo
they are SIGNIFICANTLY more lowkey and down to earth than other casts
nodnod
also every person who is like KLAVIER HOLDS APOLLO'S HANDS AND EXPLAINS THE WHOLE CASE TO HIM is objectively wrong
apollo is the most dynamic but only by virtue of the series constantly throwing shit at him
it's trucy who holds apollo's hands and explains the whole case to him and does the most
i do think trucy is crazier than maya tho
yes trucy is the craziest
maya's job is weird
trucy IS her weird job
Trucy's been a breadwinner for 7 years that girl got some problems going on
yeah
and she throws knives
pretends to kidnap herself
at 7
Franziska
can fold herself into a suitcase
Trucy the only thing keeping the Wright Anything Agency afloat
all these lawyers on her payroll
correct
she canonically is since she got an inheritance
the panties bring the dollars
trucy signed the payroll for athena in my heart
but even in the main trilogy it was maya holding shit together, phoenix is just useless (affectoinate)
Where the fuck is my wife
me as siz
a;lkdfjakdfa
you committed a grave error ash redo the poll
i wanted ppl to remember nahyuta and laugh when he still didn't get votes--
unacceptable
maya trucy iris are the fine tradition of little girls keeping grown ass men from becoming complete shambles
Nahyuta is fucking on here and not the girl of all time i see how it is
susato too
sorry that requires me to play aa6
AA6 is actually really fun
it's not good
but it's fun
susato is gaa..... unless you meant nahyuta
nahyuta is really the worst prosecutor im sorry to all 2 nahyuta fans that exist in the world
nahyuta yea
There are 2 Nahyuta fans?!
yeah
I've always assumed the only Nahyuta fans out there are the people who desperately wanted a yaoi for Blackquill that wasn't "problematic"
Also I love klavier and think he has a personality however
if no one got me i know siz got me
I have moved my vote to other for Franziska because I remembered votes are editable
FRANZISKA GANG RISE UP
I might be a trilogy purist (/joke) and love edgeworth most but klavier totally has personality
I would still rank it franziska > edgeworth > blackquill > klavier > godot > van zieks > nahyuta
not even luc got me but siz got me
LMAO listen
t might be unfair of me to rate him at all since i like him for being pretty and haven't played it
also i have a friend who rp'd him, so i have a bias
I love edgeworth the most too other than the obvious best choice, my problematic wife
oh no i love klavier but you should be in the franziska gang
Franziska is not problematic she is perfect. I only like Edgeworth and Blackquill better cuz I'm big gay
i mean franziska counts but she isn't on the list. she's the fave you can't pick bc she's already rated higher
she was asked to leave the competition bc she'd sweep
ill allow it
taps temple
i do love blackquill a lot though
he's VERY funny
Like, Franziska only gets 2.5 cases as a prosecutor, technically.
But she continues to be important outside the courtroom.
I don't think I've ever hated seeing her again.
Even Young Franziska was great iirc.
But she continues to be important outside the courtroom.
I don't think I've ever hated seeing her again.
Even Young Franziska was great iirc.
he is so fucking funny
I think officially Other is now going to be Franziska. "ash but what about the eustace votes" its fine franziska adopts him or something. A VOTE FOR HIM IS A VOTE FOR FRANZISKA
he is one of the few things i really like about dd
our kingdom for maya blackquill talking-about-samurai cr
agree
I'm a DD apologist(-ish) but my boy Simon carries that game
She’s problematic bc of our age gap relationship
DD has the only case that i've ever just stopped and never carried on with unfortunately so my rating of its prosecutors is also biased
blackquill funny as hell tho
Who IS franziska generally shipped with. I genuinely have no idea
maya
maya
People seem to ship her with Maya these days
she is just kind of her own bubble of amazing so I never considered
it used to be adrian
which is a big improvement of ye olden days where fandom had her slumming it with Adrian
Yeah I feel like eustbastion would ultimately agree franziska deserves his votes
everyone mad about her and maya never fucking talking in the game rose up and was like this now
kfalsdfka
u know what good for them.
it's true
i miss seeing art of adrian tho
its also partially to pair the spares for narumitsu
yeah u_u
that being said i enjoy franmaya but fandom does it wrong
Yeah, Klavier gets about 3.5 cases, but his cameos are... did he get more than AA: Lawyer Anime High School?
he did not
im there w sipp tbh no one is surprised
he DIDN'T 
doesnt even appear in aa6
depressing
that was the case i couldn't finish
so i missed out on prime corkscrew ponytail action
doesn't appear in the game where they need a PRIVATE JET TO ILLEGALLY FLY THEM INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY 
tbf hes only there in the beginning
'No lets ask straight laced edgeworth cuz fans love him'
you know who should have showed up to bring a private jet to illegally fly into another country? MOTHER FUCKING FRANZISKA
really edgeworth does not deserve my ire that's on capcom for shoving him in where he's not needed
GET IN THE INTERPOL COPTER
he could have easily been the prosecutor of the "we sort of remember aj exists" case and in this essay i will-------
remember when he appeared at the very end of plvaa for legiterally No Reason
FRANZISKA HAD NO CONNECTION TO ANYONE IN THE GAME ATM
love_letters: cry did he. awful.
bonus content
Also Fran at least shows up in the AAI series
iirc
sure but it would have been the exact same logic and fanservice reasoning as Edgeworth
HE DID IT WAS A LIKE, 3 SECOND CAMEO TO DUNK ON THEM IN COURT IN THE BONO
wheeze
I want to see hot older Franziska 
so I can ship her with Aura Blackquill
so I can ship her with Aura Blackquill
plvaa timeline breaks continuity cos they go back to court
I hate PLvAA with all my tiny black heart lol
pl vs aa is extremely good if you ignore the last like
3 chapters
i love it it's so much fun it'smy favorite. makes no god damn sense though
having to ignore the last three chapters is not a good qualifier for a good game!!!
yeah the Proffessor Layton Explanation really fucks it
that ending was so utterly infuriating
professor jfc
yeah i love pl vs aa but i hated the ending
but it was still a lot of goofy fun and makes maya (and phoenix tbh) way easier to play in jamjar settings bc they've been in one before
I can't forgive something with an ending that bad
ESPECIALLY when the beginning is extra good
me on pl vs aa is you on dd
im an apologist
i had enough fun to forgive it lol. i also just use a mid-game canonpoint
like honestly PWvAA is the best original-flavor-Phoenix has ever been written. he manages to have a personality
phoenix getting new sprites in pl vs aa was amazing
he was so precious in the puzzles too weeps
(that's harsh. Phoenix DOES have a personality. I don't mean to just throw "no personality" around willy-nilly.)
I think we can all agree the best thing to come out of PWVSPL is maya hitting phoenix with a steel pipe
it seems like there are fewer restrictions on Phoenix's personality when he is a guest in crossover games thouh
STRONG AGREE NO MERCY STEEL PIPE HIT
no i get you though i think phoenix and maya's characterization was peak in pl vs aa
but Phoenix really comes to life in that game in a way I don't think he does in any other (except AJ but I don't even consider Hobo Nick the same character. He's a BETTER character but I think he might have just been an actor somebody hied to pretend to be Phoenix for a little while)
WAIT IM BACK TO HAVE ANOTHER BAD OPINION: i want to see Lana Skye as a prosecutor
i think takumi just got to have a fun little romp with them and the localization team really took to it
do not invoke aa4 here I'll fight you!!! TO THE DENNYS
I'm saying I like Hobo Nick!!! I've come around to Hobo Nick superiority!!
im with ash on this one
maya's best lines ever are in plvaa. she's such a fuckin shithead
like there would be no Larger Plot dramatic tension to a Mia/Lana case because we both know exactly where they are going but just give me weird horny court UST between two hot chicks
but thats a seperate plurk
LMAO i
also like phoenix does some real shady fuckin shit in the trilogy
wasn't able to finish rise from the ashes because it crashed midway through and didn't save my progress
i should really watch it one day
I'm at work so have no time to explain, but my votes for Klavier and always will be
the furio tigre and rise from the ashes is peak phoenix tee heeing
riding the line of illegal shenanigans
he's such a cynical shithead too and i think it's kind of sad that sometimes people forget he's such an asshole, because it makes him interesting and funny
dudemeister: handshake WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE CAMP
like. the fact maya and pearl sometimes have to REMIND phoenix to be a compassionate person as a lawyer is endlessly funny
"you should defend this guy bc he isn't the killer"
"idk man.... he kind of looks like maybe he would kill a guy... and i was scrubbing the toilet..."
"you should defend this guy bc he isn't the killer"
"idk man.... he kind of looks like maybe he would kill a guy... and i was scrubbing the toilet..."
also the best ace attorney prosecutor is going to be triple amnesiac apollo in AA7 who's also a formula one driver and also he has a robot hand and also he's secretly the heir to the throne of a previously unmentioned nation
too fucking real
somarysueme: help don't give them ideas
except they would never make apollo the prosecutor even though
he has every right to be
he's so prosecutor coded
PROSECUTOR X
yeah Apollo deserves that
ash please doodle apollo racer x prosecutor
I've said it before but at the very least Apollo deserves to have written in his contract that he gets to punch Phoenix at least once a day
correct
also belatedly was Lana a prosecutor. Damn I forgot. I just really remember Ema, Gant, and Cowboy from that case
i fucking loved that cowboy
i can't remember his name but he doesn't need one
Jake Marshall!!! he rules
hey now they don't forget your name in Texas
then it turns out at the end that he was possessed by Kristoff the whole time and we will not explain how that happened or why but Apollo will retain no memory of it and we will never mention it again
the rise from the ashes cast was so good
YES HIM gosh
ok lady lets not get carried away
Apollo got a hand transplant from Kristoph and it took over his body
the writers remembering kristoph exists?
but the good news is that the influx of Apollo x Apollo content brings about a fandom renaissance
CRIES
thats too far fetched
sob
poor Kristoph
us never figuring out the fucking black psychlocks
they even brought them back in DD??
WHY?
JUST TO TAUNT ME?
to hurt us
SPECIFICALLY????
Kristoph should have been the Hannibal Lecter of Ace Attorney
yeah honestly
OR kingpin
or both
anyway all joking aside the boy DOES deserve a Prosecutor Arc
honestly i always had a bit of an inkling that takumi's original plan was to do a kingpin like thing with kristoph bc he was so spoiled in jail
he really does! Edgeworth got to play defense attorney for a game, so why can't Apollo play prosecutor?
if i could write fanfic i would write it
a true aj trilogy
honestly i feel like aa6 where phoenix had to be pretend prosecutor would have been a peak opportunity to do apollo prosecutor instead.........
I'm too lazy to backread all the way but am I allowed to pick Barok from TGAA bc that's probably my actual answer
otherwise it's Franziska
no youre not allowed
bc im not allowed to say (spoilers)
so franziska
tgaa discrimination (i kid)
Apollo wigging the fuck out and having a dark and tortured arc Klavier like "=D oh =D are we doing a reverse jobs role-play =D I'LL GO BECOME A DEFENSE ATTORNEY =D"
Awkwardpossum: Other is officially "Franziska" so a vote for van Zieks is a vote for Fran now
nodding
but i love (spoilers) from tgaa so muchhhhhhhh wahhhhhhhhh
god im sorry im being so obnoxious in this plurk
somarysueme: THE FACT THAT THEY HAD APOLLO MIMICKING KRISTOPH'S MANNERISMS IN DD HAD ME HOPEFUL
ash this is your fault you activated me
BUT NO!!
THEY DROPPED IT CUZ THEY'RE COWARDS
HE DID HIS EXACT SAME POSE!!
Probably a good thing I only want to write self-indulgent AAI-2 nonsense because some part of me actually IS tempted to write what my version of AJ2 would have been
maybe i will one day
and u can be my beta.....
(jk)
klavier gets to get accused of murder too
unless--
on one hand I'd finish everyone's arcs, but on the other you'd probably hate any attempts to make to fix Klavier
i am curious
Kristoff as Hannibal makes Phoenix the worst possible Will Graham, which makes sense to me honestly
I would cuz he doesn't need to be fixed you just don't like him >8CC!!
i agree he needs to be accused of murder and be a useless client for apollo tho
Make Franziska prosecute Klavier and she's getting madder and madder as he's just (acting like he's) having a great time
he flirts in german and she's like THATS NOT EVEN HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THAT
oh klavier is definitely fake german
i just need to say this
he's textually fake German. They say so in like every game
the game says he is pretending but ppl miss i-- yes
I think they confirmed that?? or i might have been misremembering--okay yes
he just went there and got really into the culture i guess
its part of his rock star persona i think
europhile
god damn I want Franziska to whip him for being a Deutschaboo
nodding
his rocksona...
bangs gavel I love him
Franziska
this is the Franziska/Klavier energy I want
jhkhjklhkljkhgjh
I'm thinking of how Franziska can even meet Aura Blackquill now.
...Something something, investigating the Phantom as part of Interpol...
There's a new Phantom, or something.
Aura Blackquill serves her sentence and becomes a detective. Robots are used to gather dangerous evidence.
The robots explode a lot, sometimes not even become of explosive evidence.
...Something something, investigating the Phantom as part of Interpol...
There's a new Phantom, or something.
Aura Blackquill serves her sentence and becomes a detective. Robots are used to gather dangerous evidence.
The robots explode a lot, sometimes not even become of explosive evidence.
Franziska could totally be investigating the Phantom.You could frankly even assume that she and Simon were doing so together before he went to prison
*because
and Edgeworth clearly believes that Simon is innocent or he wouldn't have tossed him back into the courtroom, so possibly Franziska does too
so she and Aura could just be pissed off at him together
yes I've already thought about this what about it
y'know waht I'm changing my vote to Simon. if I divide how much I love them by the number of games they're in, he deserves it
Blackquill managed to carry DD and Edgeworth only barely managed to carry AAI-1
and in SoJ Blackquill is the only person who has even slightly interesting chemistry with Nahyuta
Blackquill is so good that he can even carry the sad monk on his magnificent weeaboo back
I'll say it again but you could replace Nahyuta with anyone and Simon would have made that case amazing. Simon's just REALLY GOOD
nahyuta is just. nothing lol
like basically you can have the exact same case with any opponent, BUT not by removing blackquill
that's true. it doesn't even really make sense for Nahyuta to be there
I wonder if I would even like Klavier if he were against Blackquill. The world will never know
I'd think they'd irk each other enough cuz simon's way more aggressive and klavier is so lackadaisy
Yeah...
Haven't played SoJ, but I was kinda wondering why he was on the list
Haven't played SoJ, but I was kinda wondering why he was on the list
also trying to air guitar rakugo would probably be seen as a sin to simon
bluecake: I maintain SoJ is worth playing. The overarching plot is dumb but on a case-by-case basis there's a lot of joy to be had
the poll is staying open but RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS Edgeworth >>>>>>>>>> Franziska >>>>>>> Klavier/Simon >> Other
i accept this outcome lolol
oh okay 
Klavier: air guitar
Blackquill: THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PLAY A SHAMISEN YOU UNCULTURED DOTARD
Blackquill: THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PLAY A SHAMISEN YOU UNCULTURED DOTARD
uses his imaginary sword to break Klavier's imaginary guitar
aldfkjad;lfkjad
Godot is a legit contender, too.
I like to think about how Godot has the single worst prosecution record of anyone in prosecution history
I don't think anyone's had Godot as their fave but he's been mentioned a few times yea
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I'd be interested in seeing how Godot stacks up against other killers
I can only do up to 5 options per poll. lawyerphobic tbh
Honestly I don't think Nayuta is THAT bad, I warmed up to him by the end, he just isn't Favorite material
Yeah like, personality wise he's like whatever, not terrible, just his entire role I get angry thinking about how little sense it all makes aldkfjldf
Yeah he probably could have avoided most of the game
yeah I'm also in the "Nahyuta isn't THAT bad" camp. he's not. good. any defense I have of him is about as lukewarm as humanly possible
Like Apollo did not need a secret adopted brother just focus on his secret adopted terrorist dad
them having kid photos was definitely really WHAT
Dhurke is the best thing to come out of Khurain
slaps apollo's forehead you can fit so many long lost familial relationshp in this kid
dare we think of "best defense attorneys?"
how many new parents will prosecutor racecar Apollo have
does it have to be a defense attorney we play as
Are there five. Phoenix, Mia, Apollo, Athena. Who am I missing. I feel like I'm missing someone
I guess Kristoph
no
anyone is a defense attorney
Ray/Eddie?
not playable tho
Oh Eddie has enough screen time to count. I'd rather count him than Gregory
Gregory is also just a Normal Man but not in a fun way to me
I like Gregory but he gets exactly the amount of screentime he deserves
I'd argue he deserved none cuz it was sorely unneeded but the case was necessary for tying back to simeons stuff
But that is my edgeworth saturation bias showing
right, Gregory is more of a vehicle for plot than an actual character. he'd get old fast if we had to spend a lot of time with him
he has a role and he fills it
Y its just a shame they did absolutely nothing with it. no cute gimmick or nothing he's just hello I am here to move plot along
okay buddy good job
yeah
his character trait is that he's worried about how much of an unsociable nerd his child is
hes right to be worried
thats just a casual observation anyone can come to after looking at edgeworth for two seconds
sorry for your nerd, bud
*who had a role as
Calisto Yew can count.
Sure, why not
Nah since she's like. gestures. she does multi roles really
No one would pick her but why not
I'M TRING TO AVOID SPOILERS,
yea
:'D
For best defense attorneys you really do need to leave Mia off the poll for it to be fair
Who would vote for anyone else
Calisto wins cutest defense attorney and mom approval
Me, the apollo stan
I'm trying to think of if we've ever legit seen an evil defense attorney, other than... I forget, the guy who got Yanni Yogi innocent? And is that evil?
yeah I would also vote for Apollo somehow
I love Apollo but you’re crazy
Mia is great tho. Put her in ring with Kristoph and Hobo!Nick as mentor roles, fight
kick their asses
but seriously her delegation to sidekick ghost feels bad to me
If we'd seen her do more defending outside of the two cases she'd be higher up for me
but her two cases are REALLY damn good
like I LIKE Kristoph better than any of the playable defense but he is only like half a character
Kristoph is more like a force yeah. One that leaves a very solid impression, but still
right. which is fine for a villain character even though it's disappointing to me personally
I think my personal ranking would be Apollo > Phoenix > Athena/Mia?? hm i have to think on that
do i love athena more than i hate most of her cases and gimmick
unsure
you hate her gimmick? I really like it. I think it's a fun minigame
Yea it's FINE as a mechanic, no notes there
but as implemented into the world it's like ?????
nick: here's a spiritial artifact that lets me see things otherss can't
apollo: my family has special eyes and i use my bracelet to help focus
I might vote Athena, I don't feel strongly about most defense and I wouldn't vote for Mia cause I didn't like T&T very much lol
athena: I can hear emotions and translate that hearing to my robot buddy who will ILLUSTRATE IT FOR YOU
THE LATTER IS JUST A LITTLE CLUMSY INTEGRATION, AND I GIVE AA A LOT OF LEEWAY l;kasdfja
I guess that's fair. it does not actually make sense
Athena as a character is kinda all over the place but I don't mind her
I really only like Apollo best because he's the one who is most like a prosecutor
yea i actually like her a lot, she and apollo are like chaotic siblings
there's part of it, like, Athena needs widget or she'd collapse emotionally too, right? I forget if I'm misremembering
which might just be apollo's dynamic with all girls
according to Simon, Athena's hearing isn't as powerful as when she was a kid? idek
yea when she's a kid she needs headphones bu tnow she doesn't cuz. reasons?? training in germany???
okay yes I'm gonna go Apollo > Nick > Mia > Athena cuz the more I talk the nonsensical athena is wheeze
the more*
LOVE HER BUT YOU GOT DONE DIRTY GIRL
I'm Apollo > Mia > Athena > Nick. Phoenix has really been ruined for me
Thats fair i considered swapping mia and nick
nick edged out cuz I REALLY love hobo!nick
thooo hobonick isn't an attorney. hm.
yeah I wasn't counting hobonick
so i guess it SHOULD be apollo > mia > athena > nick. damn.
Huh... those are really all we get, even NPCs?
I'm not counting ppl like Grossberg or Godot pre toaster cuz who would lol
we're doing playables
I guess Godot was also defense...?
all right
if Hobo Nick counts mine might be Hobo Nick > Apollo > Mia > Trilogy Phoenix > Athena > The clone that they used to replace Hobo Nick in Dual Destinies after he drank himself to death
wheeze
im crying
apropos of nothing but bless Athena in SOJ for calling out the "grape juice"
mia > phoenix > apollo > athena
misailury: ajfaks i forgot that happens. ATHENA IS HONESTLY REAL GOOD its just a shame she got done so dirty writing wise
Sippycup: VALID. Mia as anyone's number one is deserved i simply just cannot be normal about apollo.
ill let it slide this time ash
u_u
okay.
So... I pick Athena, Nick, Mia, Apollo.
But Mia is only low because we get technically two cases as we play as her, so we may as well include Edgeworth by that logic.
Then there's Apollo... sorry Ash.
So... I pick Athena, Nick, Mia, Apollo.
But Mia is only low because we get technically two cases as we play as her, so we may as well include Edgeworth by that logic.
Then there's Apollo... sorry Ash.
My main beef with T&T is that I think, in a game that has 5 cases, there shouldn't be the same culprit for three of them, that's boring
I mean I guess she shares one with Godot but that still feels like a lot less of the case
The climax is still about her
And that was both of Mia's cases so what are we doin here
I get that it's a throughline but still
I def think the manipulator angle worked better in later games
I don't dislike Dahlia as a character though LOL I'm even kind of on her side in the flashback case
... the one where she is 14 I mean. not the one where phoenix eats glasslOL
anyway I put my KLavier thesis statement in my own plurk since that does not belong here in Ash's house
you're valid and I will not go fight you cuz this plurk prove ur wrong. BANGS GAVEL
deathdesu: oooh yeah I can see that. There's technically no mystery of whodunit because of that
so if you're not super into the story by then it's a little eh.
Godot's glow in the dark visor reveal is still really good but yea
(no I can def understand Apollo being someone's least favorite. I just absolutely love failure normie types)
I think Apollo has more personality than Pheonix by a mile
But also I only accept the briefly staggeringly cool and interesting Pheonix anyway
Vanilla Phoenix can simply not live up
You know what, I'm gonna backtrack. Apollo is fine.
APOLLO JUSTICE IS FINE.
It's wrong for me to say when I haven't, by my own account, gone through SoJ yet.
APOLLO JUSTICE IS FINE.
It's wrong for me to say when I haven't, by my own account, gone through SoJ yet.
Also Ema is my best girl
Juat throwing in all my opinions
all lawyer opinions are valid in this plurk aside from Klavier not having personality--
Anyway I now have a lawyer hangover. I've been talking about lawyers for 3 hours
AA makes me insane I love these stupid assholes
comes back to this 200 years later
im probably the worlds biggest athena fan and i would probably vote her after ryunosuke nick and apollo (and mia obvs)
her storyline is such nonsense shes so much wasted potential
theres a lot of GAA erasure in here though
the best defense attorney in all ace attorney games is susato
but i also adore ryunosuke i think hes a great character
if you havent played GAA play it yesterday i didnt think id love it but its my fave
I like GAA but I almost think of it as an entirely different thing
which isn't rational, but it's just sort of a different location in my brain
Ryunosuke and Susato are both great though
that makes sense definitely
Wendy-
wendy allowed bangs gavel
i think they also occupy a different space in my brain
safe from the insanity that is anything after game 4
Comes back in here a million years later after extracting myself from the Persona pit,
belatedly i'm glad we're differentiating between mainline AA and TGAA because it makes my choice a lot fucking easier
also it doesn't matter if there aren't that many Kay fans I will stan her hard enough to be equivalent to every single Maya fan
(i love Maya too but Kay's just, such a ridiculous chaos vector. my idiot jock daughter.)
Maya and Trucy ARE better criminals than her though. She's like a thief in name only. Maya has stolen more than Kay ever has.
I am invested in his relationship with Phoenix but also he's a huge dweeb and that calls to me (also I haven't played the games that have most of the other prosecutors)
ohsweetcrepes: VALID
Awkwardpossum: KAY IS REAL GOOD TBH just AAI wasn't exposed to most of fandom for sooo long
so I just think most of fandom is only vaguely aware of her til now
/slams a vote down for Simon
she's pretty popular with the tumblr fanfom actually!! least last i checked... 2 years ago, when I was more active there
it'd be interesting seeing this poll without Edgeworth. Like who's your favorite non-Edgeworth prosecutor.
I think that's just franziska lmao
Franziska was baby's first girl crush I can't forsake her
It is over and Nahyuta indeed got no votes. 
Good show everyone
Good show everyone
I love Athena. She is both wasted potential and also the whole thing is so “hahah what? Ok!!!” Like. As far as female AA characters that basically exist to serve a male character’s far more coherent arc goes....... you could do worse than Athena.
But also. Lmao.
I RPED MIA FEY ON AND OFF FOR A DECADE. FOR ME ITS ALWAYS LIKE THIS DOT MEME.
apropros of nothing, even though I think T&T is the worst in the original trilogy, The Stolen Turnabout can stay lol I remember when Ronnies were everywhere. Good case.
it was a.... delite
right on
aldjfksa
