History WMG / AceAttorney

That's why everyone falls in love with Regina, even though nearly everyone is asexual, and why people are so easily attached to the other three. Because they ''make'' people fall in "love" with them. Regina is much closer to being a full-Veela than the other three because her charms affect nearly everyone, instead of just primarily the opposite sex. It also explains part of Ema's hatred for Klavier; she's attracted to him partially because of his Veela blood, and hates it because she's also secretly closeted about the fact that she feels romantic attraction (as evidenced by her crush on Edgeworth as a teenager) and his Veela blood makes her want to proclaim her attraction to him (as his fangirls do and are fine with doing). Dahlia and Thalassa likewise are part-Veela, as people fall all over them. Dahlia can even make things burst into flames (her butterflies) like how Veela can throw fireballs when they go into Harpy mode. However, the Veela trait that makes everyone attracted to them doesn't always get passed on (as it hasn't been to Trucy or Kristoph). Apollo inherited some of his mother's Veela abilities, but they don't always work. That would explain why he's the biggest ChickMagnet with the canon female characters. Oh. And Edgeworth. If I count Klaiver and his legion of fangirls, I should count Edgeworth since he has in-universe fangirls, too, according to Gumshoe.

Having a hard time explaining this one so it makes sense... Franziska doesn't seem to know anything about the DL-6 and what her father did during that case. She, in Investigations 2, is clearly shocked and horrified to learn her father forged evidence in the IS-7; she should have known this if she knew what happened in the DL-6 because that was the motive behind Manfred killing Gregory. It would also explain why she continues to talk about her father with praise in front of him. She's not being a jerk, she's InnocentlyInsensitive. As to a reason, that's easy; Edgeworth was sparing her feelings. She doesn't need to know that her father murdered Gregory Edgeworth. If she did, it would hurt her more than what Case 1-4 looks like if you remove the DL-6 aspects from the case: her father helping a stranger get revenge for being wronged by a defence attorney. He was simply not telling her the whole truth, especially since he probably knew that Franziska's whole world started to crumble with the knowledge that her father helped with a murder alone. Edgeworth neglected to tell her that he'd manipulated evidence, hid the truth for 15 years, tried to blame Edgeworth himself for murder, let someone else take the fall for the same murder, attacked and could have killed Edgeworth's own defence attorney and his assistant... Had he told her, Fran probably wouldn't have stayed as true to her father as she did up until I2, where she avoided mentioning him except when comparing Yumihiko's situation to her own.

** Considering that every birth parent in the series is either dead, [[DisappearedDad missing]], or an [[JerkAss asshole]], witht he exception of Damian Tenma, this is pretty clear.

* Double confirmed. [[spoiler: ''The Great Ace Attorney'' introduced Hart Vortex, not only a judge but cheif of justice, in case 5 of the second DGS game he became the judge and turned out to be not only the killer but the mastermind behind it all with a breakdown that can put everyone else's to shame.]]

I know this sounds crazy but hear me out. Dahlia had a lot to say about Iris in the last case, none of it good (generally Iris was called a "backstabber"), which suggests that Dahlia is not particulary fond of her sister. But in their backstory Dahlia plans to kill Phoenix right after Diego's poisoning and Iris talks her out of it. That's right, the vilest murderess in the series (maybe except Queen Bitchy) who cares about no one but herself was talked out of killing someone by her NiceGirl sister, whom Dahlia openly disliked, that's how convincing Iris can be. Later during Pheonix's trial Dahlia initially claims that Phoenix didn't do anything to Swallow, which, if Mia would take it at face value, could save Phoenix from guilty verdict. Now why would a person who cares about no one do such a thing? Because if Phoenix was found guilty Iris would be ''pissed'' and Dahlia wanted to avoid that. Initially she tried to frame him because she panicked after killing Swallow, and DidntThinkThisThrough, but then decided that she doesn't want to make Iris angry, and tried to fix this. That's also why she mentioned lightnings, she wanted to make it look like lightning strike rather than Phoenix. Why would she earlier try to kill him then? She didn't just try to kill him, she also wanted to frame Iris, to get rid of her. But framing Phoenix for Swallow's murder would leave her with no way of dealing with very angry Iris. Of course once Mia tried to expose her, Dahlia decided that pissed off Iris is still a lesser problem than guilty verdict for murder, and then tried to pin it on Phoenix to save herself. Now during Hazakura, when Maya locked herself in the cave she set only one Trick Lock. But later when Dahlia threw Iris into the cave she set up ''five'' just to make sure Iris ''stays'' in the cave. Because Iris is ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes that]]'' scary under that cute smile, and Dahlia being her twin sister knows this.

Alternative to the theory above about asexuality. It actually does ''better'' job at explaining why we hardly ever hear about both parents and most times we hear about single one the other is dead. No one ever remaries. Let's look at the couples so far shall we?

[[WMG:Trilo Quist is some kind of disturbing eldritch parasite creature living off of Ben, Pheonix is delusional throughout most of JFA, Max never had feelings for Regina, and Bat's "crush" on her was really just a very agressive internship.]]

The reason I made this theory is because it is '''incredibly''' unclear whether or not Ben and Trilo are the same person or if Trilo is some kind of cursed muppet, and I'm probably the only person in the entire universe who cares. Another reason is to somewhat Retcon (is that the right word? i think it's the closest to what i mean, but i don't know if retcon is the right word to use here) the love triangle.

You see, neither Trilo nor Ben actually have feelings for Regina at all. Trilo simply sees Regina as a potential host since Ben is close to death, so he's trying to get closer to her so she'll be more likely to attempt to use him as a puppet for some reason, even though I can't imagine a single scenario where she would (i guess his plan's just not working very well or something, which possibly explains his disappearance in gyakuten kenji 2? idk i haven't played it).

"But what about Max?" I hear you say in a normal tone of voice. I've seen this headcanon a few times before (referring to the one i'm about to talk about), but I'd like to say that I don't think Max has feelings for Regina either, but thinks Ben does, which is why he attacked him. He just wanted to be friends with her and Pheonix is still kind of delusional from being hit on the head by Richard Wellington.

As for Bat I genuinely have no idea how to fix him, his whole part of the case kinda hinges on his crush for Regina, so it wouldn't make much sense to remove it...unless the guy's just trying to hire her for some kind of internship instead of a date (inspired by a random tumblr post i saw) and Pheonix is wildly misinterpreting it because of the amnesia mentioned earlier.

You know, now that I think about Pheonix being delusional, I've come up with a new theory that somewhat integrates into this one...

[[WMG:Pheonix is completely delusional throughout all of Justice For All (or at least turnabout big top).]]
He still has his amnesia from when Richard Wellington hit him. The events of the game are based on what is actually happening, except with a great deal of twists, turns, retcons, wild misinterpretations, and general delusions, because, he's, well, delusional. This includes things that are focused on that have no reason for being so, or just plain don't make sense (for example, Max attacks Ben because he thought he was in love with Regina, and Pheonix whimsically decides he didn't want that to happen because he also had feelings for Regina), not to mention Acro literally calling him insane.

* The Judge can't be a defendant and a judge at the same time either, so in either scenario [[CanadaEh his brother]] will have to come to reside over the court proceedings. Cue dramatic flashbacks and insight into both judge's characters, and an enormous plot twist when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the bailiff did it]].

* Jossed as of ''VisualNovel/SpiritOfJustice''.

[[WMG: Damon Gant is a relative of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Volgin]].]]

It would make sense too, considering what Phoenix has been through. Having lost the job he worked so hard on, after all he did and all the people he helped, after dealing with so many problems, seeing how many of his friends left him and/or went their own ways, having to deal with a newfound parenthood despite having no (successful) job, dealing with new problems because of the change of business Fey & Co had to undergo, all the legal problems…it would easily push any guy, strong or not, to the [[DespairEventHorizon breaking point]]. He would direly need something that would soothe him, and since he doesn’t seem to get too drunk on “grape juice”, and considering he has some contacts with the underworld, it would not be too hard for Phoenix to get some pot to smoke on secret. Maybe he hides his stashes on the piano or somewhere in the basement/poker room of the bar, and during his stay at the hospital he hid it on some of the “Steel Samurai” boxes or in other places.

[[WMG: The WMG above in mind, the Ace Attorney series is created, not by Capcom, but by [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid the La Li Lu Le Lo.]]]]