i'm working on a franziska playlist rn and it made me wonder what u think franziska's opinion on her pre-phoenix "perfect record" is. i'm sure she still feels some degree of pride over it, but she must be aware that some of the people she put away could have been innocent, and i want to know what u think she feels abt that!
oh, and, do u have any songs u think are very very franziska?
my interpretation is admittedly reserved for the english localization but given that she was prosecuting in germany i don't actually feel that she is particularly ashamed of it. the death penalty is illegal & prison is very different with many programs that focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment. prisoners can literally escape in germany & the law says they cannot have time added onto their sentences because it is human nature to want to escape confinement.
on that note prosecutors do a great deal of negotiating when it comes to sentencing and i believe, wholeheartedly, that franziska would never argue for a sentence that she felt was too harsh. her introductory case shows her trying to egg phoenix into a justified self defense plea for maya, something i personally believe she did because she did not think maya deserved murder in the first. i've talked extensively about that & it's primarily something @pictureswithboxes put me onto, but i do believe franziska thinks very deeply about the guilty verdicts she pursues & always tries to find a way to ensure they match the crime. there was NO reason for the writers to include that justified self defense plea other than to inform us that franziska's ruthlessness in maintaining her record comes with a much softer edge than her family's.
i am also a very big proponent of the idea that franziska does not have a single regret about anything in her life. she views mistakes as both motivation & necessary work in her goals of perfection. the correct response to a mistake is to study it and ensure that she never, EVER makes it again, and when possible, remedy it with something of equal value. this is why i think she was so insistent on undoing the trick locks herself in bridge, for instance--pearl rightfully reminded her that she ruthlessly fought to have maya declared guilty. franziska was wrong, she was soft but she should have been softer. in front of her was an opportunity to save maya's life. naturally, then, she took it.
thank you for asking me about my thing i like! i am so happy. here are all my franziska songs.
