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just realized something

In Chapter 4 of Ghost Trick, you can use the lamp to shine a light on Lynne’s small pink notebook.

When you do, a ❗️mark appears above Inspector Cabanela’s head, which means he definitely saw Sissel shine a light on the book.

Since the notebook contains Lynne’s notes on Jowd’s case, Cabanela should be interested, but he shows no visible interest at all. Lynne even points out that Cabanela’s lack of reaction is strange, but Sissel casually dismisses it. “Inspector Cabanela is a strange man.”

Which means Cabanela must already know that Lynne is writing notes about Jowd’s case in her notebook.

But... how does he know that?

#*x files theme starts playing*#the possibilities range from “lynne left it out on her desk carelessly” to “cabanela stole her notebook and put it back”#every day my “yandere! inspector cabanela” interpretation inches closer to canon…#this is exactly like that moment in 3-5 where phoenix freaks out about maya “killing herself” but godot remains calm #godot risked everything to save maya; why isn’t he freaking out too? because: he already knows maya is alive.

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#inspector cabanela #ghost trick #ghost trick phantom detective #black coat cabanela #(singsong) “babygirl… you’re annoying me…”#the great thing about drawing cabanela is that I stylize his hair different every time! 🤪👈#alternate universe

color study

#miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #marvel comics #tgaac #mael stronghart #hart vortex #august fear and hunger #fear and hunger 2 #fear and hunger #if anyone asks me “why is miguel white/why does he have a beard” i’m gonna turn into the joker.#canonically miguel has red hair and a black beard. unlike godot he does not make the mismatch look good so I did not draw it #doing my part to add to the little amount of August fanart 🫡 i tried my best but he is very hard to draw #what I’ve learned: i like men with facial hair and you should not shoehorn a character into your sketch page at the last minute

Hello, i wanna ask a question about ghost trick’s english translation (specifically the differences between the original ds version and the remaster) if you don’t mind. In the english translation of the ds release, Sissel refers to the “murder machine” in chapter 5 as a Rube Goldberg machine, but that line was changed in the english version of the remaster.

(Here are the lines I’m talking about for reference. Apparently this was the only line changed outside of tutorial dialogue, the typos weren’t even fixed).

Was this change also present in the japanese versions of the ds release and remaster? Any ideas on why this line specifically was changed?

Oh, right, the device that killed Detective Jowd’s wife!

I don’t have the DS version handy at the moment, but I did check the 2023 JPN remaster, and Sissel’s line there is also basically just “this device”/“this machine.” So this particular wording wasn’t changed for the 2023 re-release in the original Japanese. Check it—screenshots and Japanese transcript are available below:

SISSEL: (。。。とにかく)

SISSEL: (この部屋の装置が “カギ” なのは、マチガイない。。。）

SISSEL: Anyway, there’s no doubt the device in this room is the “key”.

The ENGLOC just took a more stylized approach to Sissel’s dialog for the DS version. Which they’ve already done to Cabanela, see “Ye gods…” vs the original OGJPN “Unbelievable…/It can’t be…”

I don’t think this specific example is a censorship issue so much as the ENG localization team leaning into a snarkier and more “colorful” voice for Sissel, and then changing his dialogue back to the JPN version for the 2023 remaster.

“Rube Goldberg machine” communicates the same basic idea of Yomiel’s murder machine being comically overcomplicated, just with more “personality” inserted into Sissel’s dialogue.

Also. I would die for Anthy Himemiya. Very good taste in pfp. 💜

#ghost trick #ghost trick phantom detective #localization changes #in this case the ENGLOC team changed the 2023 remaster to be more similar to the original Japanese #but they still keep censoring Cabanela so… -_-#answered asks

drawing stonkhart and his hairstyle makes me want to cry like that one getting over it speedrunner

#wip #i like ojisans and i cannot lie #my anaconda don’t want none unless he’s 35 PLUS #mael stronghart #the h is for hart lmao. but nobody calls him hart vortex #“this isn’t even a real hammer. it’s plastic” dunkey; on getting over it

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#maya fey #capcom cafe #ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #prosecutor godot #trials and tribulations #mayoi ayasato #godomayo #godot x maya #cried over the color scheme for this. i hate rendering now #but my rendering muscle and girl drawing muscle has atrophied so i must force myself to do it

preliminary sketch

#paranormasight was nice: back to ace attorney posting #wip

finished playing paranormasight & 100%ed the achievements! a couple of comments:

i LOVE the art style. wish the VN was longer.

the main characters didn’t use their curse abilities often: i wanted to see a lot more character deaths. we get all this talk about having a Super Cool Murder Weapon and never use it except in a few instances in harue’s route. … speaking of harue. her route is the most interesting because she doesn’t get a yes-man partner like tetsuo and yakko. richter is her ideological opposite & very disloyal. it is fine because they have good chemistry. buuuuuut i feel that the writer really wanted to write from richter’s POV and harue was a convenient excuse to give him a curse stone without the icky “killing” stuff.

cabanela > richter. yeah, sorry. in the realm of michael jackson-inspired detectives, ghost trick’s inspector cabanela stands head and shoulders above richter kai. richter, the ex-cop turned private investigator, is very weird about being involved with a murderous housewife, and he dances around violating his morals in a very weird way. he says he won’t help harue kill anyone, but he’ll lead her to other curse bearers in hopes that they have already killed someone and harue can just… pick up their stones opportunistically. but then, in one ending, where harue actually kills someone in front of him, richter doesn’t turn her in. he just tells spooky ghost stories about harue? what the…

major props for including bad endings for the main characters. i really miss when shu takumi included bad endings in ace attorney (1-5 & 2-4 are the only ones iirc).

wishful thinking time: the writers should’ve leaned harder into harue/richter & made richter a homewrecker. he is not very complex. he’s weirdly principled yet self-interested & it makes you question why he’s helping harue.

richter says to harue “I’m not trying to be a hero”, which would imply he’s only taking her job for the money, but he quit his job as a police officer because he was fed up with the corruption in the force. the math ain’t mathing.

instead, imagine a scene where harue finally goes through with killing someone to bring her son back, but richter gets on his knees, intervening in the attempt, and begs her not to become a murderer? by begging harue to move on from her dead son; richter looks selfish and desperate & it adds much needed complexity to his character.

he would be implicitly saying “i only agreed to help you because i was hoping i could change your mind.” it solves the inconsistency of “richter says he is taking harue’s case for the money but he had a better job that paid more before.”

which maintains richter’s “romantic” yet “impractical” characterization. richter’s whole concept is that he is a talented detective, yet his private investigation firm is losing money because he can’t stop taking unprofitable cases.

he’s the classic self-saboteur archetype.

#paranormasight #the handwaving of cabanela’s amorality is a weak point in ghost trick too but he’s funny. richter is not funny.#the other characters are not very complex besides tetsuo and his daughter so idgaf about them #i was disappointed that no character is seriously tempted by the evil curse stones & the other characters have to “talk them down”#there is zero interpersonal conflict other than harue/richter and even then he doesn’t put up much of an fight #rare case of older woman/younger man tho. i fear it is peak #I could write that scenario as a fic but i already have so many WIPS im putting off

richter ♡

#richter kai #paranormasight #square enix #paranormasight the seven mysteries of honjo #he is a beautiful man #if only he were tan #also he keeps going on about how “murder is wrong”. lame-o. just let harue set ppl on fire! geez

#ace attorney #capcom cafe #maya fey #prosecutor godot #gyakuten saiban #godomayo #godot x maya #I just realized the pattern on godot’s vest and coat is in the shape of flames & he gets a sword #because capcom is obsessed with 3-5 #(I mean I am too but that is besides the point)#when i was a kid i told ppl on the court-records site that I shipped godot/maya and one dude got so mad he cried #rough sketch

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#ghost trick #inspector cabanela #lynne ghost trick #cabalynne #ghost trick phantom detective #guess who finally read all of firefly wedding #firefly wedding #redraw meme #please don’t make me render

so about that one line about cabanela being the top inspector in the country…

The localization team changed it to “top inspector” in the ENGLOC. But Yomiel’s original Japanese rant refers to Cabanela as the most accomplished detective in the country, forgoing Cabanela’s rank to refer to him as keiji-san [刑事さん] and not keibu [警部].

Yomiel: So the most accomplished detective in the country can also “manipulate*” people.

Yomiel: この国で最も優秀な刑事さんも自由に “アヤツル” ことができる。

(Yomiel calls Cabanela “keibu-dono” in the previous screenshot. The ENGLOC may have changed the subsequent line of dialogue for consistency. However, that diminishes what Takumi is saying about Cabanela here. It’s more likely for native-born felons to get jobs in Japan than Black and Hispanic men with a clean record. Cabanela really just is that good of a detective!)

the word manipulate has an interesting connotation. アヤツル literally means “to move” which makes sense, since you play as a poltergeist the whole game.

however, it doesn’t just mean to move something “physically”, but also to be moved, i.e. to be reached psychologically/emotionally. cabanela has a justified reputation as a manipulative person, but lynne also “manipulates” characters as well. in the submarine, she “moves” yomiel psychologically by showing empathy for him.

yomiel also points out cabanela’s accolades without mentioning if they were attained legitimately. the ENGLOC’s translation of “top inspector in the country” flattens this nuance.

think about cabanela’s “flawless arrest record.” we, as the audience, know what cabanela is willing to do to launder his reputation—and what he’s willing to do to protect the people he cares about, like lynne and jowd. this is a deliberate word choice to obfuscate cabanela’s morality that’s largely lost in translation.

But why do this?

… because Shu Takumi famously is a huge fan of the show Colombo. Lieutenant Colombo has done many shady & morally dubious things to catch the culprit, including plant evidence at the scene of a crime, lying to suspects and witnesses, and forcing false testimony (?!).

Cabanela is just Colombo. Takumi put another colombo-clone in ace attorney, i.e.; Detective Dick Gumshoe!

#inspector cabanela #ghost trick #ghost trick phantom detective #“go to hell” is so basic. try using “i hope your favorite media gets a localization that butchers the author’s original intent!”#it’s terrifying and it CAN happen to YOU #im at the “trust me it’s complicated” stage of the dunning kruger curve