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Day 12 : Sanjay Korrapati (Animals)

"Momma" Carmen is proud of her adopted son Sanjay. ♥

This little boy is easily friends with all the animals. After all, he's got a pet elephant.

There he is, hugging and taking care of kittens as his guardian angel Carmen Martinez took a picture of him because it was way too cute ♥

Day 1: David Jones (Anger/Ira)

- Anyway, Jones got mad and drew his gun. So I tackled him. While we were struggling on the ground, his gun went flying. + And Jones just left it behind? - I told you he wasn't himself! When he realized I wouldn't cooperate, he ran towards the dome's security checkpoint, crying revenge! Season 5, Case 34, "Death By My Hand", Additional Investigation.

She was an honest, fearless journalist who did everything in her power to get to the truth to open the masses’ eyes to the corruption and evil in Grimsborough. Sadly, she had to die for it.

Rachel’s story leading up to her death just hit too close to home. Our country’s pretty much the most dangerous place for journalists. If you write a story against the government (even if it’s backed up by evidence), you could be branded as a ‘terrorist’, jailed, or even killed. I used to be a campus journalist back in high school, and the press freedom is so poor to the point that those things even happen to people my own age back then. I heard stories about my fellow campus journalists being sent to the principal’s office because of an article they wrote about the president and people I know having guns pointed at them just because they were voicing their opinions. Hell, even my own parents would chastise the articles I wrote and call me a ‘terrorist’ because of it.

What doesn’t help as well is the rampant misinformation and disinformation going on too. Because of this, journalists get discredited and the people are losing faith in them. Even the first NOBEL PRIZE WINNER in our country is being discredited and criticized just because she exposed the corruption regarding the war on drugs in our country.

However in our country, I can’t blame the lower classes because honestly, proper media literacy is a privilege to them, and our government is taking advantage of their vulnerability.

They may say that journalism is supposed to be fair and neutral, but I disagree. That’s why I admire Rachel Priest so much; her unwavering tenacity to the truth despite all the warnings is so admirable. However, she was quite lucky that Jones and the player were able to sense something was up with her and investigate her case, exposing Alden Greene, the marshal and inevitably Crimson Order as well. If they never discovered the story behind her death, then they could’ve twisted the story in their favor.

Another thing that bothers me is Carl Ackerman’s role in Rachel’s death. I know he didn’t know that she could’ve possibly died for it, he was underpaid and he felt guilty about her death in the end. While he was a journalist too in his own way (he filmed Rachel’s journalistic stories), he should’ve not sold her research to the person she was investigating in the first place. But at the same time, he was also an underpaid journalist. The fact that Rachel wasn’t able to pay him properly also shows that Rachel was also being underpaid in a way. It doesn’t excuse what Carl did, but it also shows the reality of being a journalist; sometimes, they have to sacrifice their oath to the truth and their integrity just because they’re being underpaid.

To a lesser extent, I also love Katherine Woolf and her role as a journalist in MoTP. Like Rachel, she was bold and tenacious to the truth. And when Lawson banned the freedom of the press, once again it felt too close to home xD She was also jailed and almost executed for being outspoken during Lawson’s regime, but luckily the Flying Squad was there.

Day 1/30 : David Jones (Anger) / (Colère)

And there goes another challenge that will last for the entirety of November ! I've never been so active on Tumblr and this is not going to stop by now.

Anyways, before Inktober 2023, it's been EONS since I've done any Criminal Case Fanarts and other related stuff. So I thought this was a wonderful opportunity to go back to nostalgia ♥

Jones is definitely the character everyone knows. Our very first teammate in this wonderful journey that lasted 8 whole years !

And honestly though : who doesn't like our wonderful David Jeremiah Jones ? ♥

We may have known him in the first season, but here I draw him in Season 5, where he felt so much anger towards the man that took his girlfriend's life away. Her so-called "friend" Louis Leroux, who just bashed her head until she died.

Jones almost killed himself because of this man.