#rookposting

was talking to a coworker and realised i could not for the life of me remember his name but i was too embarrassed to ask because we've spoken multiple times so mid-conversation i started concocting a plan to nudge the conversation towards the ID photos on our building passes so that i could be like oh my ID photo is awful haha the camera they use to take these has a real talent for making me look as unphotogenic as possible and then he would say oh yes me too haha everyone says that (because they do) and then i would be able to say well let me see yours it can't be as bad as mine! and he would show me his ID because we are coworkers and why wouldn't he and this would allow me to see his building pass which of course would have his name on it and then i would be able to say well yours is perfectly nice it must be me that's the problem! and then we would have a polite chuckle about it and i would have his name without needing to ask for it and he would be none the wiser and all would be well but then before i could execute this fine plan a little voice in my head went "so this is some light yagami bull shit you are about to pull" which was such a violent reality check it shocked me completely out of my embarrassment and i went "hey im so sorry your name has slipped my mind could you remind me" and he did and it was fine.

the later aa games going harder and harder on edgeworth being a steel samurai fanboy retroactively make his arc in aa1 much funnier. turnabout samurai is arguably the turning point for edgeworth's progression as a prosecutor and it's notable because he credits phoenix as being the catalyst for his "unease and uncertainty" regarding how he approaches prosecution. and it's true, phoenix IS the catalyst from both a narrative and character perspective. but that reinforcement of edgeworth's fanboyism also means edgeworth was definitely already going into that case plagued by a deep agony that he was convicting the steel fucking samurai, which would not only end the show but also means that he miles edgeworth is functionally the evil magistrate. can you imagine the torment? the conflict? sitting on the floor of his apartment watching reruns hollow-eyed in his limited edition samurai slice hoodie re-coming to terms with his responsibilities to be a heartless professional. all that built up pressure primed edgeworth to crack that much more easily when it became obvious will powers wasn't really guilty. i put to you that had that case involved any other defendant miles edgeworth would have taken at least two more cases to crack. he's like yes i am but a humble machine to be used by the noble goal of putting criminals behind bars i have no feelings and to prove my commitment to these goals i will condemn my childhood friend to death without hesitation (is faced with convicting his fictional hero) noooooOooOOOoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO