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Okay, I know we all give Phoenix a hard time for defending an orca (which he deserves, chaos beast that he is), but, like… there’s also the fact that Simon Blackquill had to prosecute an orca. And Edgeworth, chief prosecutor that he is, had to be notified this was happening and then assign the case to one of his prosecutors. And he chose Simon. Just… imagine that conversation. Imagine it.

Edgeworth: Prosecutor Blackquill, here’s the file with your new trial.

Simon: Hmph, I suppose I can find time to- wait. (opens file, scans it, slowly looks back up) Edgeworth-dono… are you out of your damned mind?

Edgeworth: You’ll have to investigate around the aquarium. They have a penguin exhibit.

Simon: Come Taka, Fool Bright, we have work to do!

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Also, I like to think that, by the time he becomes chief prosecutor, Edgeworth is just… enured to the madness. He’s been friends with Phoenix for the better part of a decade, he’s been through the crazy events of AAI 1 and 2, he’s tripped over more dead bodies than is statistically probable… He’s still passionate about truth and justice and rooting out corruption, but just about everything that happens, he’s got a ‘reminds me of the time’ story for. Athena’s being held hostage? Oh yeah, Maya was held hostage once by a professional assassin. We’re bringing possession and spirit mediums into court? That’s nice, tell them to say hi to Mia when they’re done, and also tell the crazy red-head to stay away. Someone’s boss/mentor/father turned out to be corrupt and also a murderer? Hoo boy, the stories he could tell.

I think the most telling comparison for how chill he’s gotten about all this is that time a dog stole his jabot when he was twenty and he went running after it and fell on his face, versus Khura’in where he’s just standing there, a small dog literally dangling from his ruffles, and just,

This is the face of a man who has been through some crazy shit and just high-key doesn’t care anymore, could we just focus on the investigation, please, he’s got paperwork to do after this.

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The article says that the guidelines have been updated. Instead of asking if you’re a man that’s had sex with another man in the past 3 months it asks everyone regardless of gender if they’ve had anal sex with a new partner or if they’ve had anal sex with multiple partners in the past 3 months.

This both opens up blood donation to msm in exclusive relationships or who don’t have anal sex and more accurately identifies hiv risk from people who aren’t msm. This is exactly the sort of guidelines we’ve been fighting for for years. This is a major win for both gay rights and blood donation in the US. Now a bunch of people who couldn’t donate before can donate now.