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I dunno I really like Phoenix and would be ok if it was an entirely new game based on just him. In fact thats what I was expecting and hoping for so it was kind of a let down? I WILL say though that despite the fact I was predisposed to dislike Athena she REALLY grew on me…

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Okay I'm answering this one first because I want to spend a little more time with your other question! I did actually get asked about Phoenix and Miles but I just gave a jokey answer so now I will give a real one how about that.

Anyway, yes, I do ship them, a great deal, and it's terrible. But also wonderful, and interesting. I think my favorite part about their relationship is how it both plays to, and completely deconstructs these idealized versions of romance and friendship.

See, I think it's really easy to forget that when Phoenix decided to become a lawyer, he was changing his career and his life in order to help a boy that he had known over 10 years ago. For less than a year. Which is sweet, but also probably based on a lot of idealizing exactly what would happen, how he would swoop in and save Miles like he had probably wanted to do when they were nine and he had heard about Gregory's death. Keep in mind that this is also Dahlia-era Phoenix that is making this choice, and, well, we've seen how single-mindedly romantic he can be. Now, I don't think Phoenix was in love with Miles at that point, but he was very much infatuated with the idea of Miles. Here was this friend whom he had never quite let go of, who he had probably admired a great deal as a kid, and Phoenix had the chance to ~save~ him. To be the white knight. How could he resist?

So, he meets Miles again, and it's awkward and strange and they are both clearly affected by it and Miles has "unnecessary feelings" and then gets accused of murder and Phoenix valiantly stands by him and does, in fact, save him. Everything about their relationship up to this point is silly and sweet. It's painful in a lot of ways, but mostly because of their pasts, not because of how they are relating to each other now. It's not exactly what Phoenix was expecting (it was a whole hell of a lot more painful than that, and a lot harder), but it gave him his chance to shine. To redeem Edgeworth and set things right. 

But then things get really terrible interesting. Because Edgeworth leaves, and not only does he leave, but he leads Phoenix to believe that he has committed suicide. Up to this point Phoenix has been the person who works miracles, who fixes things that seemed utterly beyond repair and pulls not-guilty verdicts out of thin air. And then suddenly he finds out that the one person he'd been meaning to save from the start, whom he'd thought he'd finally reconnected with, is dead.

It's no wonder he was so angry when he found out that Miles had faked his death. I mean he must have been devastated! When Miles "died," it wasn't just the loss of a good friend (or perhaps crush). Phoenix had been holding on to the idea of Miles, of helping Miles, for ELEVEN YEARS. And then, just when he thought he'd done it, finally fixed things, he finds out that he hadn't been good enough.

But then Miles comes back, and he and Pheonix start to renegotiate their relationship, start to try and adjust. And it's clear that they still care about each other a lot, but I think a lot of what sustained them before then was Phoenix's idealism, Phoenix's romanticism. And that's gone. Burned out completely. So instead of this idealized, almost childlike romance, you get two grown (if still incredibly silly at times) men trying to figure out how to love each other again.

And the thing that makes this ship for me is that they do. I've seen a lot of idyllic ships in my time, and I've seen a lot of ships that deconstruct those ideals and fall apart. But I have very rarely seen a ship that takes apart childhood ideals of romance so throughly, but then also takes the time to put them back together again. Phoenix and Edgeworth will never be able to recreate what they had when they were kids, or to capture the same sort of relationship they probably would have had if Gregory hadn't died and Miles hadn't been adopted by von Karma. But that doesn't mean that they can't find happiness, can't move beyond the terrible things they've been through, or that they've said and done to each other. It may be an uphill battle, and they may have to fight through a lot of crap along the way, but I think that each of them think that the other is worth it.

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It’s something we all have to think about, that’s why it’s so great. I know I struggle with it a lot too.

You understand too! It's really sad. I'm in college, but I don't have the time to enjoy college because I spend too much time worrying over things that I can't control. Worrying over whether I can get a job out of college, if I'll actually enjoy my future job, or even whether I can do well on my upcoming tests really takes out the joy of life. But hey, JK Rowling once said, “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”  If I understand the problem, then I'm on the right track. Right?