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PLAYER
• name • Charlie
• age • 20
• contact • AIM: edgewrthsdisdain
CHARACTER
• name • Phoenix Wright
* series • Ace Attorney
• personality •
Phoenix was once a man who attempted to please everyone else on a daily basis. He made an extra effort at keeping his very sarcastic and cynical mouth shut, instead fixating on what he thought he needed to be to get ahead. He's been known to change his personality and grow throughout the series, for instance: When he was in college, he dumbed himself down in the hopes to get a girlfriend, and he a wore pink sweater whilst exclaiming in a court of law that his girlfriend 'doesn't poop'. A few years later, he reappeared and had apparently grown up enough to realize the error of his fashionable ways (granted, the pink sweater was a gift) and to appreciate the fine art of acting polite when really being cynical and sarcastic.
During his lawyering days, he set everything about himself aside. Other people were more important than his own development; he had to help Edgeworth and every innocent client that wandered into his life either by mistake or by force. His goals were purely other peoples happiness as opposed to his own-- and although he enjoyed being a lawyer, he hadn't wandered down his own life's path until his disbarment took effect. It took something hard to accept to force him along a path he probably would never have noticed had he kept his badge; he wouldn't have adopted Trucy, he wouldn't have put a mass maniac behind bars (with Apollo's help, of course), and he wouldn't have realized how flawed the system can truly be. His naive optimism might have diminished, but it would have diminished much slower and with the stripping of his badge, he began to see the systems faults, which, in turn, forced him to grow up all the more. He could no longer hide behind the truth and expect everything to 'work out in the end'; he had to take action to manipulate the odds into his favor.
Throughout the games, Phoenix becomes more and more jaded, which, when disbarred, finally leads onto the Phoenix we know today. He's still just as clever as before, but instead of running his mouth, he generally keeps his important thoughts to himself, and allows his unimportant, sarcastic comments to be spoken aloud whenever he feels the need (which is fairly often). By keeping his thoughts quiet and dressing down to appear sloppy, he instantly gained the benefit of the doubt. People would assume subconsciously that Phoenix wasn't a threat, and he would use that to his advantage.
Even now that he's sarcastic openly, it's still easy to see that he believes in the truth above all else, and although his methods have become somewhat uncaring of the law, his heart is definitely in the right place. He's a lot more sacrificing than he used to be, (especially towards new members of the law, such as Apollo and his license) and a lot more confident in the things he believes in. He thought that by presenting Apollo with forged evidence, it wouldn't have any repercussions at all, and whilst some might argue that he's incredibly selfish, whilst it's more likely that he used it as a means to an end.
He has a tendency to ignore those who don't interest him long enough, allowing himself to go off into his own world and contemplate things that are, in his opinion, much more interesting. Phoenix has a habit of talking in riddles; he never gives anyone any information they need outright. He figures it would be beneficial for newcomers, like Apollo, to figure things out for themselves whilst he gives them a gentle prod (or in some cases, harsh shove) towards the right direction. In Phoenix's eyes, something worth learning is worth fighting for.
Phoenix holds his friendships in high regard; when he trusts someone, he trusts them with his life (unless they do something untrustworthy!). Kristoph left Phoenix with a heightened sense of paranoia, and it's something that will take a long time to for him to get over. He was forced to push everyone who was close to him away to hold onto what he knew was important at the moment-- to prove himself innocent. He didn't want the people he cared about to be caught in the crossfire, and although he missed everyone deeply, he had to hold off on contact and act distant. Throughout this period in his life, his love for Trucy and her love for him kept him sane. She quickly became a very important part of his life; if he ever found everything closing on him and had trouble coping with his double life, he would think of her and everything would quickly seem manageable again.
• canon history • Phoenix Wright was once a famous Defense attorney, having worked his way up from rookie to professional in a mere 3 years. He had everything going for him-- a well trusted face within the public eye and a keen sense of justice brought him to the forefront of his career. Well, that is until he hit against a decision that would cost him both his career and his reputation.
Having grown cocky with his abilities, he presented forged evidence-- little did he know that this was actually all a cleverly disguised trap set up by none other than Kristoph Gavin (a man Phoenix had come to rely on as a friend). Kristoph used his brother's trust to frame Phoenix, having actually commissioned the very forged evidence that was used to disbar Phoenix several years before.
Phoenix lost both his case and his career, sending the defendant to do a disappearing act and vanishing before the courts very eyes, leaving his daughter Trucy behind. With no one else to look after her, Phoenix stepped up to become her father, and took her in as his own daughter. Trucy and Phoenix be
an to rely on eachother with a very strange father-daughter relationship, but a relationship all the same.
Phoenix came to trust Kristoph after he stood up for Phoenix's appeal, apparently being the only one to truly believe that Phoenix had been framed. The appeal was rejected, and Phoenix began to see Kristoph as a close friend as a result-- he quickly became someone Phoenix thought he could trust.
He had no idea Kristoph was behind the forging, though Phoenix had become increasingly paranoid throughout the seven years. He wore a hat that held a hidden camera inside its badge at all times, proving his paranoia and his desire to find out the truth of who ruined his career so many years before.
• verde history • From the time he was born, Phoenix had lived with his two parents. His mother was an English teacher and his father is a man Phoenix rarely talks about. He dislikes his father for many reasons, but mostly because he was a cowardly man who sought the feeling of power through hitting women. His father passed away when he was a teen, and though it broke his mothers heart, Phoenix was secretly pleased that she wouldn't have to deal with him and his abusive ways any more.
Phoenix had a relitively normal life, growing up with his two best friends and living near to next door to one another throughout most of their lives. Even when he moved out of the family home, he didn't move far, so that he was close enough to visit his mother whenever he or she felt the need. He completed school with average grades, decided to take up a drama course in university with the side of Art in British history, and he settled into his life as a student.
During his studies at university, he found that he enjoyed both acting and making people laugh. He had passed his course with excellent grades and had enough experience to enter the world and try his best at anything he chose to do. It took a long time for him to get settled into his new life, taking small jobs for commercials and local radio stations thanks to an extremely lucky break. He kept his rent payments up by just enough to keep him living happily enough, though soon he would finally find the real big break he'd been looking for.
At age 26, Phoenix was well on his way to becoming a famous comedian. Having tried his best with the actor side of things, he went on to find that his one of a kind cynical sense of humor was well recieved when actually spoken aloud, and so he decided to try and make a career out of it.
It was a long winding road until Phoenix would finally be recognized in most popular comedic circles, constantly working nightclubs with his stand up routines, but he enjoyed what he did. He stuck it through and quickly became one of the USA's finest comedians, offering satrical humor and a unique way of looking at certain situations with an air of sarcastic disbelief. He rode the wave of fame, getting roped into impressive parties with famous celebrities and musicians and enjoying every minute of it. He worked hard and partied even harder, enjoying his life of fame and fortune, though with every up, there comes a down.
The media became obsessive with him, tracking his private life and the one viewed by the public almost constantly. People he had come to rely on as friends stabbed in the back with stories of scandles and confirmed rumors, sending Phoenix's reputation to the dogs. Phoenix became paranoid of everyone he met, soon learning to keep his thoughts to himself and his words cryptic, though he had slipped into a trend of alcohol abuse and easy living. The damage had been done, and Phoenix now kept himself out of the limelight, choosing to do small and local venues to keep his income up. He soon became friendly with a local barman, who agreed to hire him as a friendly face and piano player, despite Phoenix not really having any experience in the art of music.
• sexual orientation • Bisexual, leaning towards straight.
Phoenix has mellowed out in the past few years, so much so that he's more than simply come to terms with his sexuality. As a lawyer, he attached the ideals of sex onto love, finding it hard to separate the two. Most people take a gap year to discover everything-- well, not Phoenix. He was flung into a career before he'd fully grown up; straight out of university and into a job before he had much of a chance to really work on himself as a person.
It was only when his career was taken away from him that he fully began to sober up to the world, where he became jaded and openly cynical. He becomes more comfortable within himself now that he's not out to please people, and I think that rings true for his sexuality.
• sample post • please include a third person writing sample of your character in Verde. the sample should have a minimum word count of 250 words.
• name • Charlie
• age • 20
• contact • AIM: edgewrthsdisdain
CHARACTER
• name • Phoenix Wright
* series • Ace Attorney
• personality •
Phoenix was once a man who attempted to please everyone else on a daily basis. He made an extra effort at keeping his very sarcastic and cynical mouth shut, instead fixating on what he thought he needed to be to get ahead. He's been known to change his personality and grow throughout the series, for instance: When he was in college, he dumbed himself down in the hopes to get a girlfriend, and he a wore pink sweater whilst exclaiming in a court of law that his girlfriend 'doesn't poop'. A few years later, he reappeared and had apparently grown up enough to realize the error of his fashionable ways (granted, the pink sweater was a gift) and to appreciate the fine art of acting polite when really being cynical and sarcastic.
During his lawyering days, he set everything about himself aside. Other people were more important than his own development; he had to help Edgeworth and every innocent client that wandered into his life either by mistake or by force. His goals were purely other peoples happiness as opposed to his own-- and although he enjoyed being a lawyer, he hadn't wandered down his own life's path until his disbarment took effect. It took something hard to accept to force him along a path he probably would never have noticed had he kept his badge; he wouldn't have adopted Trucy, he wouldn't have put a mass maniac behind bars (with Apollo's help, of course), and he wouldn't have realized how flawed the system can truly be. His naive optimism might have diminished, but it would have diminished much slower and with the stripping of his badge, he began to see the systems faults, which, in turn, forced him to grow up all the more. He could no longer hide behind the truth and expect everything to 'work out in the end'; he had to take action to manipulate the odds into his favor.
Throughout the games, Phoenix becomes more and more jaded, which, when disbarred, finally leads onto the Phoenix we know today. He's still just as clever as before, but instead of running his mouth, he generally keeps his important thoughts to himself, and allows his unimportant, sarcastic comments to be spoken aloud whenever he feels the need (which is fairly often). By keeping his thoughts quiet and dressing down to appear sloppy, he instantly gained the benefit of the doubt. People would assume subconsciously that Phoenix wasn't a threat, and he would use that to his advantage.
Even now that he's sarcastic openly, it's still easy to see that he believes in the truth above all else, and although his methods have become somewhat uncaring of the law, his heart is definitely in the right place. He's a lot more sacrificing than he used to be, (especially towards new members of the law, such as Apollo and his license) and a lot more confident in the things he believes in. He thought that by presenting Apollo with forged evidence, it wouldn't have any repercussions at all, and whilst some might argue that he's incredibly selfish, whilst it's more likely that he used it as a means to an end.
He has a tendency to ignore those who don't interest him long enough, allowing himself to go off into his own world and contemplate things that are, in his opinion, much more interesting. Phoenix has a habit of talking in riddles; he never gives anyone any information they need outright. He figures it would be beneficial for newcomers, like Apollo, to figure things out for themselves whilst he gives them a gentle prod (or in some cases, harsh shove) towards the right direction. In Phoenix's eyes, something worth learning is worth fighting for.
Phoenix holds his friendships in high regard; when he trusts someone, he trusts them with his life (unless they do something untrustworthy!). Kristoph left Phoenix with a heightened sense of paranoia, and it's something that will take a long time to for him to get over. He was forced to push everyone who was close to him away to hold onto what he knew was important at the moment-- to prove himself innocent. He didn't want the people he cared about to be caught in the crossfire, and although he missed everyone deeply, he had to hold off on contact and act distant. Throughout this period in his life, his love for Trucy and her love for him kept him sane. She quickly became a very important part of his life; if he ever found everything closing on him and had trouble coping with his double life, he would think of her and everything would quickly seem manageable again.
• canon history • Phoenix Wright was once a famous Defense attorney, having worked his way up from rookie to professional in a mere 3 years. He had everything going for him-- a well trusted face within the public eye and a keen sense of justice brought him to the forefront of his career. Well, that is until he hit against a decision that would cost him both his career and his reputation.
Having grown cocky with his abilities, he presented forged evidence-- little did he know that this was actually all a cleverly disguised trap set up by none other than Kristoph Gavin (a man Phoenix had come to rely on as a friend). Kristoph used his brother's trust to frame Phoenix, having actually commissioned the very forged evidence that was used to disbar Phoenix several years before.
Phoenix lost both his case and his career, sending the defendant to do a disappearing act and vanishing before the courts very eyes, leaving his daughter Trucy behind. With no one else to look after her, Phoenix stepped up to become her father, and took her in as his own daughter. Trucy and Phoenix be
an to rely on eachother with a very strange father-daughter relationship, but a relationship all the same.
Phoenix came to trust Kristoph after he stood up for Phoenix's appeal, apparently being the only one to truly believe that Phoenix had been framed. The appeal was rejected, and Phoenix began to see Kristoph as a close friend as a result-- he quickly became someone Phoenix thought he could trust.
He had no idea Kristoph was behind the forging, though Phoenix had become increasingly paranoid throughout the seven years. He wore a hat that held a hidden camera inside its badge at all times, proving his paranoia and his desire to find out the truth of who ruined his career so many years before.
• verde history • From the time he was born, Phoenix had lived with his two parents. His mother was an English teacher and his father is a man Phoenix rarely talks about. He dislikes his father for many reasons, but mostly because he was a cowardly man who sought the feeling of power through hitting women. His father passed away when he was a teen, and though it broke his mothers heart, Phoenix was secretly pleased that she wouldn't have to deal with him and his abusive ways any more.
Phoenix had a relitively normal life, growing up with his two best friends and living near to next door to one another throughout most of their lives. Even when he moved out of the family home, he didn't move far, so that he was close enough to visit his mother whenever he or she felt the need. He completed school with average grades, decided to take up a drama course in university with the side of Art in British history, and he settled into his life as a student.
During his studies at university, he found that he enjoyed both acting and making people laugh. He had passed his course with excellent grades and had enough experience to enter the world and try his best at anything he chose to do. It took a long time for him to get settled into his new life, taking small jobs for commercials and local radio stations thanks to an extremely lucky break. He kept his rent payments up by just enough to keep him living happily enough, though soon he would finally find the real big break he'd been looking for.
At age 26, Phoenix was well on his way to becoming a famous comedian. Having tried his best with the actor side of things, he went on to find that his one of a kind cynical sense of humor was well recieved when actually spoken aloud, and so he decided to try and make a career out of it.
It was a long winding road until Phoenix would finally be recognized in most popular comedic circles, constantly working nightclubs with his stand up routines, but he enjoyed what he did. He stuck it through and quickly became one of the USA's finest comedians, offering satrical humor and a unique way of looking at certain situations with an air of sarcastic disbelief. He rode the wave of fame, getting roped into impressive parties with famous celebrities and musicians and enjoying every minute of it. He worked hard and partied even harder, enjoying his life of fame and fortune, though with every up, there comes a down.
The media became obsessive with him, tracking his private life and the one viewed by the public almost constantly. People he had come to rely on as friends stabbed in the back with stories of scandles and confirmed rumors, sending Phoenix's reputation to the dogs. Phoenix became paranoid of everyone he met, soon learning to keep his thoughts to himself and his words cryptic, though he had slipped into a trend of alcohol abuse and easy living. The damage had been done, and Phoenix now kept himself out of the limelight, choosing to do small and local venues to keep his income up. He soon became friendly with a local barman, who agreed to hire him as a friendly face and piano player, despite Phoenix not really having any experience in the art of music.
• sexual orientation • Bisexual, leaning towards straight.
Phoenix has mellowed out in the past few years, so much so that he's more than simply come to terms with his sexuality. As a lawyer, he attached the ideals of sex onto love, finding it hard to separate the two. Most people take a gap year to discover everything-- well, not Phoenix. He was flung into a career before he'd fully grown up; straight out of university and into a job before he had much of a chance to really work on himself as a person.
It was only when his career was taken away from him that he fully began to sober up to the world, where he became jaded and openly cynical. He becomes more comfortable within himself now that he's not out to please people, and I think that rings true for his sexuality.
• sample post • please include a third person writing sample of your character in Verde. the sample should have a minimum word count of 250 words.
