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Spoilers for Case Two of Ace Attorney 6 below

Ugh, THE GRAMARYES. Just as a quick off-the-top-of-my-head without consulting MY RESEARCH (a.k.a. my massive liveblogs), here’s my opinions:

-Trucy is not a Gramarye she is a WRIGHT and she does not count, I will take this to my grave. Even if she did ‘count’ she is the only one free of the Gramarye asshole taint.

-Thalassa is who I would consider the ‘least terrible’ and is indeed one of the ones most mistreated by the Gramarye clan. However she was pretty willing to repeatedly commit perjury and massively lie and also LET HER 14-YEAR-OLD PARTNER AND BASICALLY SURROGATE SON GET CONVICTED FOR A MURDER HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT COMMIT. I won’t get into her re: Trucy and Apollo because such family matters are ones that people disagree on, but I think her crappy treatment of Machi cements her as an Asshole Gramarye, even as the least of them.

NOW FOR THE MAJOR ASSHOLE COMPETITION OF MAGNIFI-VALANT-ZAK-AND-NOW-REUS.

-I suppose we could argue whether or not Reus “counts” as a Gramarye, but as far as I’m concerned he does. Reus has a pretty legitimate grievance with Magnifi, but that all goes out the window the moment he decided that a sweet teenage girl needed to pay for the jerkishness of her grandfather. As a rather new character I haven’t built up quite the level of antipathy for Reus as I have for the others, but I think he deserves inclusion in such discussions for TRYING TO RUIN SWEET TRUCY WRIGHT WHO DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

-Zak. UGH. I WISH I could call Zak the worst. The mere fact that he didn’t actually murder anyone or cover up a murder means that I CAN’T. I have a lot of personal venom aimed at Zak for being a 100% self-centered jerk who is, after Kristoph, most responsible for Phoenix’s disbarrment, and even worse, KNOWINGLY ABANDONED TRUCY WRIGHT, but if we’re being objective, I cannot say as such. But God I hate him. BOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The tough choice as to who is ‘the worst’ comes down to Magnifi or Valant. Valant is egregiously terrible even compared to FUCKING ZAK, being equally as selfish, a total coward, and making Magnifi’s suicide look like a murder (thus CREATING this whole business that led to Phoenix’s disbarrment and Trucy’s abandonment to begin with)

But ultimately, I’m going with Grandaddy Magnifi as THE WORST.

LITERALLY NONE OF THIS OTHER ASSHOLISHNESS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE WASN’T THE ASSHOLE FIRST.

Honestly I could spend a lot (A LOT) of time thinking about this and going over all the little “unnoticed” ANthy moments and then do troll!Anthy versus pain!Anthy, but honestly, let’s just go with my gut and do the first five things that pop up in my head in series-chronological order (honestly I could do Top 50 moments of Anthy and still be sad about leaving things out. I just love Anthy so much, everyone. I don’t think I give her her due NEARLY enough on this blog).

1. “Cheer up Saionji … senpai.” ^_^ For all that Anthy is an endlessly complex, complicated, and straight up TRULY REALISTIC character, when you get down to it, you are handed a huge key to her in the first episode and it’s right here. As the Rose Bride, Anthy is forced to perform a specific brand of submissive femininity. She is punished for simply existing, and for her to lash out against her tormentors directly would be unthinkable (I mean, we already know how that went for her in the episode 34 flashback). But she finds every possible way to use those constraints to lash out against her tormentors in whatever way she can AND SHE ENJOYS THE HELL OUT OF IT. So much of Saionji’s pathetic sense of self-worth right now is tied up in him being Anthy’s Victor and Engaged, her owner to whom she owes her obedience and awe, hence the use of the honorific “-sama.” And he has lost the duel, looks to her for comfort, and this is what she offers him: what is most pointedly calculated to WRECK HIM. He cannot retaliate against her at this moment because SHE’S NOT DOING ANYTHING SHE ISN’T SUPPOSED TO. For all that Saionji tried to tell himself that these were Anthy’s real feelings, he always knew that he only got her obedience by being the Victor. So she does the cruelest possible thing by saying a nice thing with a pointed reminder that she no longer owes him shit. And with perfect politeness, as “senpai” is exactly what she owes him now for an honorific as his underclassman in school. So seemingly polite and FUCKING SAVAGE.

I love Anthy a lot.

2. When she’s laughing her butt off at the little elephant animation doodle she’s made in her notebook in episode 4 while Miki and Utena berate her for not taking the algebra study session more seriously, but she can’t stop laughing. Wait, that’s not what she’s laughing at. She is actually laughing at the fucking ridiculous hell that she just put Nanami through (to recap: SNAILS and MONGOOSE and OCTOPUS), because Nanami wouldn’t have gone through all of that if she hadn’t been trying to make Anthy’s life even more hell in THE FIRST PLACE. After all, what the fuck does good grades mean to a person who has been alive and suffering for at least hundred years (and that’s a conservative estimate), when she can amuse herself with the suffering of foolish mortals who think they can get one over on her? How do you not love that?

3. Towards the end of episode 17, “Thorns of Death” Shiori’s Black Rose Episode when Utena and Anthy are watching Shiori talk with a bunch of normals. Utena thinks that Shiori has changed (implied having changed from the petty, angry person she saw in the duelling arena), to which Anthy replies with a serene smile “She hasn’t changed. Not one bit.” And all Utena can do is stare at her, dumbfounded. This pretty much sums up their relationship for a good 35 episodes of this show.

4. Episode 37 “The One Who Will Revolutionize the World.” There are a LOT of moments I could pick from this episode (”All girls are like the Rose Bride in the end.” / “Have you heard of Cantarella?” / “Forgive me, Utena-sama!” and that’s just a start) but for now I’m highlighting this: “I hope we can be together like this forever.” And Utena rips apart the letter from “The End of the World” right in from of her blank face. You accomplished your goal here, right, Anthy? Utena has no interest in going to the castle, meeting the Prince, seeing the gates, possibly becoming a True Prince herself. It would be much better to spare her that horrible fate right? Better for her to be complacent here, make the arrangement with them and Akio not be healthy (it will never be healthy) but it will make that “forever” a little more bearable, right? Yet you don’t seem that happy at all Anthy. Do you think Utena might really be able to succeed? Well, that would be far worse, wouldn’t it? Hope is so very painful. Basically no matter which way it goes, it’s going to be terrible. Hence, the blankness. She’s pretty used to it by now.

5. “You really don’t know what’s happened, do you?” Perfection. This entire scene is perfection. This entire ending is perfection. I don’t know what else to say.

Tak wiem, mnie się osobiście występ Conchity podobał tak sobie, ale bez przesady, to konkurs z piosenkami o serniku i wąsach, skąd ta napinka?

gimladen replied to your post “the moment i got on facebook today was the moment that destroyed me...”

Mój kraj, taki sobie. Naprawdę aż wstyd, jak się czyta te komentarze. I jeszcze ta cała sprawa z punktami widzów, boże, czy Polacy muszą na wszystko srać żarem?

już odstawiając na bok moje własne zdanie na temat tych dwóch występów, no po prostu nie jestem w stanie przeżyć tego braku tolerancji i najazdów, dram z punktami, nabijania się z "postępowości" europy i jeszcze te wszystkie mądrości o tym że "już lepiej być zacofanym, ale wiedzieć że kobieta powinna mieć piersi i nie mieć zarostu!" 

przecież tu zupełnie nie o to chodzi, już nie mówiąc o tym kim w ogóle jest conchita. 

Ja przepraszam za późną odpowiedź!! D:

Do you prefer milk, dark, or white chocolate? Of course milk. Who likes dark and white chocolade anyway?

If you had to live in any other time period, what would it be and why? Victorian era because of dresses and exploring of the world. Yes, I would see everything everywhere with pillow on my butt at all times. Sweet.

If you could own and be skilled with any one weapon, what would it be? Axe. I love those. You can use it in a lot diffrent ways :)

What’s your favourite movie that’s not in your native tongue? Probably "X-Men: First Class"... but it's not good answer because I like a lot of films like "Avengers" and "Rise of the Guardians" or "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"... it's tough decision, you know?

You can pick absolutely anyone you want to come to your next birthday party, who is it? Hm, maybe Tom Hiddleston? That would be swell but I want to meet Cryaotic too. I want them both... and a cake. Best birthday ever ;)

What’s your favourite tv show or movie (or series of movies) based on a book (or series of books)? "Harry Potter" and "Mary Poppins" :)

What’s your favourite poem? Poem? Uh... I'm not really into poems but I like "Believe in Angels" by Tomasz Jakubiak.

What are three things you’d really like to do in 2014? Go to school again, lose some weight and stop being anti social.

What’s your favourite Disney movie? "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "WALL-E". That's my first thought but I can't forgot about my ultimate AU "Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons", haha :)

Who’s the last person to have made you smile? My boyfriend and my sister. They are as entertaining as Tumblr is. And that's saying a lot about my life with them.

Look left, what’s the best thing you see? Tali'Zorah nar Rayya's helmet on my shelf. My boyfriend made it for my sister and she wear it on her prom. It was glorious ;)

Questions for you:

Least favourite movie?

Where would you hide the most important object you posses?

You avoid or step on the cracks on the pavement?

Have you ever cried of happiness?

Favourite season and why? (nah not the tv)

Have you ever actually used up a pencil completely?

Do you ever tuck your bedsheets under your feet just to feel safer?

Pet peeves?

What’s the first thing you’d grab in case of a fire?

What would you like to see? (interpret it as you like)

Ever talked to yourself?

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