The Talk After The Earthquake - An Ace Attorney Animatic

spoilers for case 3-5: bridge to the turnabout
cw for depiction of suffocation, grief, guns, and implied character death

was a little sad this scene wasn't in the anime, so! yeah. this took me less than a week to finish (i started the 'script' last thursday?) which is v surprising to me. brainrot truly runs deep

i WAS gonna do sound editing for this, but it felt a little weird to have it since they're like. not Saying Things Aloud. pacing might feel a little off, which. Not Ideal :')

took some creative liberties w the dialogue since it wouldn't flow as well (i know it makes sense in the context of the game but sometimes they talk about things that they already know and i just [shakes them] YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS). i wasn't going to include the hug, but the scene didn't feel resolved leaving the dialogue as is, and including all the dahlia conversation would mean this video would get a lot longer. hence the slight alteration. but yes

anyway. hope you enjoy!

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[dide]

YOU CANNOT MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO ARE NOT SOULMATES.

[ItsRiver]

Miles: **full on panic attack mode**
Phoenix: ...Wanna see my attorney's badge?

[CrayRT]

Finally, a scene where showing your attorney badge is actually useful.

[cayk]

anyone else notice that whenever Edgeworth is in a predicament, he tells Wright to just laugh at him? this is the second time I've seen him do that, the first was when he was arrested

[mega]

I was super disappointed when in the game Phoenix said that he'd "hug it out" with Edgeworth and then he never did. Thank you for this absolute gem I love this.

[plant]

Miles: :(
Phoenix: aturney badg
Miles: :|
Phoenix: hug time
Miles: :)

[annagramm]

It's too frustrating that Phoenix doesn't actually say that last line "You're stronger than you think etc." out loud. He only thinks it to himself. He was this close to getting through to him - this close. Edgeworth was in an unusually honest mood that moment. He wanted to let Phoenix in, he just couldn't quite bring himself to fully open up. If Phoenix had just pushed a little more. If he had just said what he thought. Out. Loud...

[theonionqueen]

Me: Wright, you better not be reaching for you attorney badge.
*pulls out attorney badge*
Me: GOD DAMN IT, WRIGHT!!!

[Ilovecotag]

*Miles having a panick attack*

Phoenix:"Is my attorneys badge shiny enough?"

[sleepdeprivedbutstillalive]

Not me full on weeping over this while cosplaying as Hatsune Miku

[mckaleighwatson]

Edgeworth : Massive earthquake PTSD
Also Edgeworth : CONTINUES TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA

[IoneMacaroninCheese]

this is so amazing I am literally in tears....the fact that it's all canon dialogue as well!!! the way you reworked this scene to be exactly what it should have been is incredible. thank you for your fantastic work

[alphanight-fang]

Trusty old "Do you want to see my badge :3" to get the job done

[mygoodfriendcosmo]

edgeworth: ***TRAUMA***
phoenix: did u kno i am attorney ? :)

[glassphoenix]

😿 wait. hold on a minute. i think i need a moment wait. wait, wait. hold on. i need a moment i need. to sit down i think wait. wait. old honh on, wait, please i am breaking down. hold on, wai

[pinelopiliraki]

Phoenix really is the only one who can ease Edgeworth's pain. He's the only one who understands him this deeply. And Edgeworth was able to do the same before and after the events of Apollo Justice. They are each other's best ally and friend in the world. Both of them wouldn't have gotten where they are now without each other. The love is real! I don't care if it will remain platonic or not(i doubt it, but i'm an undying shipper), but one can't simply ignore the beauty of their relationship!

[SakuraStardust]

This is 100% canon and nobody can tell me otherwise

[theshermantanker]

Forget Wrightworth this is just genuinely adorable by itself

[petethecatrealofficalnotlying]

bridge to turnabout was absolutely GRADE A for so many reasons one of them being phoenix didn't leave edgeworth on the ground the second time he had a panic attack

[ClairandHerImaginaryCat]

This is what we deserve after the two literal boys in the anime SHOOK HANDS instead of hugging