Good News Everybody! Sholmes Is Canon Now Even In Later Games Which Means They Officially Made Phoenix

good news everybody! sholmes is canon now even in later games which means they officially made phoenix wright stupid as fuck when he called himself sherlock holmes ii that one time

Ace Attorney does not get nearly enough credit for the fact that it consistently portrays relationships between men and women with absolutely no romantic or sexual undertones.

In any other game, it would be very common to make some sort of chemistry between the protagonist and their assistant. We play as an attractive man who's usually smart and charming. With a cute young girl as a quirky assistant. This would be a recipe for some sort of heterosexual romance in any other media.

However, this never happens. The dynamic between the lawyer and the assistant is always platonic. Or even familial. Phoenix and Maya act and treat each other as if they were siblings. Bickering and bullying each other, but still doing anything they can to help one another. Phoenix typically refers to Maya as a kid. Even when she is well into her 20s. While Edgeworth and Kay have a much more of a father daughter bond. Edgeworth constantly worried about her when she put herself in danger. Helping her in all sorts of ways. Even stepping into the shoes of her actual biological father to restore her memories in The Forgotten Turnabout. Of course, Apollo follows this trend as well. With Trucy being has actual biological half-sister. Neither know of this yet still act as if they grew up together. Teasing and poking fun throughout the game.

There's not a single moment for any of these duos that I can recall that scream romantic. With the exception of Phoenix and Maya. Mind you, this not them, actually acting in a romantic way. It is the way their relationship is perceived by a small young girl. Pearl is absolutely convinced that Phoenix and Maya are deeply in love and will be married soon. This is treated as something unfortunate. Phoenix was confused as to why she was thinking this way. Until Maya informed him that Pearl almost never sees a happy healthy relationship between a man and a woman. She has come to understand that if a man treats a woman nicely, then they must be in love. The attitude Phoenix and Maya have about this isn't one of lovers or secret pining. It's one of great sadness for little pearly.

There are characters in the story who do act disgustingly heterosexual whenever they can. Namely, Larry "if something smells" Butz. He's constantly in and out of relationships and always looking for more. He even hinted at jealousy for Phoenix and his friendship with Maya and Pearl. Which is pretty gross. He's shamed and scorned for this behavior most of the time. Signifying, he's the odd one out.

When it comes to fandom shipping, this is a similar story. While yes, of course, there are plenty of people who ship the lawyers with their assistants. It's not nearly as common as you'd think it was. Most people agree that these characters have no chemistry with each other. Most even have the maturity to understand that shipping a man in his mid twenties with a girl usually under eighteen is wrong. In both the Western and Jappanese fandom, I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of shipping for these characters.

I commend the writers for doing this. It is a breath of fresh air to finally have healthy friendships between men and women. Even when they do have more of a romantic undertone, with characters such as Mia and Diego, it is one of respect and admiration. Not one of simply physical attraction.

They’re all being cozy and joyous together. Ignore Sherlock he’s great

10 min is quite a long time to be unconscious for. Granted, he had nobody to help him but even during 3-5, the last time we saw this in effect, he was only out for how long it took Franziska and Phoenix to run to him so 1-2 min at most. I wonder if it depends on how strong the shaking is? The way he scoffs at the "slight" turbulence sounds like it does. I also wonder how much it has to shake to trigger his phobia. It doesn't specifically have to be an earthquake, something like turbulence is enough but turbulence can also involve a lot of shaking. We saw in 1-4 that he doesn't necessarily always faint but instead rolls into a trembling ball and isn't responsive anymore. Does that depend on the strength of the shaking as well? Maybe it just varies.

Considering how often Miles flies all over the world it's only natural that he would've encountered some turbulence here and there. The way he thinks about it being expected on a flight makes it sound like he hasn't encountered it that often before though that might also be him trying to calm himself down. Gumshoe immediately asks him if he was fine with the turbulence so either he's seen Miles' reaction to it before or he assumes, correctly, that Miles would struggle with it. I wonder if there are any other non-earthquake situations that trigger Miles' phobia?

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