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One thing I love about self containment in Ace Attorney games specially AAI is how, by not wanting to name drop Phoenix but wanting to reference him THAT often through Edgeworth, he just ends up looking desperately down bad for him, like if he was mentioned once or twice sure but Edgeworth at this point they might as well declare you canonically gay bro

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you've heard of normallium and fatallium, now get ready for ubiquium and asphyxion.

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5-5 foreshadowing in 5-4

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How dare they include this in the game. How DARE they make me think about this.

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there arent enough words for how much i hate how the feys are treated post trilogy..... PEARL FEY IS NOT 4'6 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!! There is no way that she only grows five inches in 9 years im so sorry like.. idk it just is so clear to me that 0 effort was put into how peoples personalities change as they age like. phoenix had such a radical shift in 7 years but dual destinies A) reverted that and B) did not grant ANY thought to the changes of its reoccurring cast >:((((((( maya has 0 thoughts about how traumatic life as a fey women is despite how the trilogy ends, pearls is basically still treated as a baby despite being almost athena's age... i dont get it i dont get it!!! women get short-sticked again WHATEVERRR!!! WHAT EVEN EVER!!!!!!

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The difference in the quality of writing between AAI+2 and AA4+ is shocking imo. And I don't mean to be negative, I'm just... disappointed by the "second trilogy". Not that it's all bad, of course. I've been impressed by its loving writing of mental health matters, notably.

What's most shocking is who did and didn't make a comeback after AAI2. What felt like a love letter to Edgeworth and Gumshoe's work relationship was followed by removing the latter entirely. Ema replaced his role in a way that I'm still not convinced by. Sebeustace was left off looking for his new catchphrase and... never found another one.

Even Sim(e)on has, imo, another story to tell. Having him come back is not as obvious as, let's say, keeping Gumshoe around, but could tell a beautiful and interesting story about someone who is being reformed after receiving the help he needs - it would confirm the point of AAI2, that Edgeworth's work is to help victims led astray, that victims needs a support circle - and would easily make for an engaging character by use of his clear intelligence, not to mention the edge factor.

Of course, we're talking about a series that couldn't even keep Athena as a protagonist for more than one game, so such a strong continuation to a former story is never happening. My main beef with the "second trilogy" will always be the writing of Wright, and that Edgeworth's efforts at the end of AAI2 were never narratively linked to those of Wright by the end of AA4 is telling of the weakness of their new roles.

I love AAI2. It shouldn't have been hard to keep Sebastian around... And Ace Attorney has yet to show that its in-universe prison system reforms people.

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As I said years ago, this photo is kind of depressing to look at in retrospect.

Left to right, we have:

A guy who was murdered for little to no reason

A guy who was completely traumatized by an attempted terrorist attack

A guy who was conned into a difficult position due to a terrorist threat

A woman who was embittered by the death of her dear partner and incarceration of her brother

...A robot (I guess it was dismembered?)

A woman who was brutally murdered, orphaning her young daughter

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people apollo has defended

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Re-watching the documentary for Turning Red and there is one part where they show some of Domee Shi's fanart that she did back in the 2000s and one of them is straight up!!! Ace Attorney fanart!!!

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Why I think Klavier Gavin is Neurodivergent (either ADHD or autism or both)

First and most obvious : he's too much of a “perfectionist” on specific things but I think it's more of an issue with control it's very important for him to control his emotions, his performances and the events happening (4-1,4-3,4-4) he's freaking out if something important to him ,but not always for others ,doesn't go as perfectly planned or his routine is disturbed (this can also count as Kris's influence) as seen mostly in turnabout serenade.

I think he has a special interest in music. It's easy, it's lazy but eh it works.

He seems to experience sensory issues , referring to his “disbelief” sprite where he's covering his ears and shaking his head (can also count as a trauma response and probably is too) the sound accompanying the sprite is also an irritating guitar noise and the whole bit can be interpreted as a meltdown or overstimulation.The sprite is pretty realistic.I've seen many neurodivergent people do this exact thing (and I'm currently studying specialized education so I'm learning about them everyday lol) same thing with the sense of overstimulation.

Your room is a representation of your mind and after seeing his office i get it–

it's not THAT disorganized but there are multiple folders and papers on the ground ,his “desk” and sprouting out of his locker, there's also evidence on his desk chair,,, overall it's a solid representation of his disorganized mind (btw this is from real studies in psychology) also that's not a fucking desk that's just a speaker with cloth on it I can't with his dumbass.

The only pristine things in his office are his music related mementos so his special interest. And water for some reason which is impressive bc neurodivergent people often forget to eat or drink when deep in the grind (guilty).

His massage chair is peak ADHD! It's ergonomic and has a keyboard (clavier hehe) so he can sit comfortably for hours multitasking (working and playing plus his TVs) which is relatable to the ADHD experience, you either can't do multiple thing at once or you can use a distraction to help you doing your task.

I feel like his persona is a bit like masking, he learned what a basic rockstar is and leaned into that pre made persona to fit in but spoiler alert you can't keep your rockstar persona around people who aren't fans or when the context isn't appropriate because this mf air guitars in court … also did it in 4-4 when he was done being tormented by Kristoph, he puts on his persona , his mask to deal with a situation he normally can't handle and its observable before he confront Kris : he's clammy , quiet , overstimulated he's basically having a shutdown from intense emotions and horrible realizations.

✨ Probably just reaching ✨ :

His headphones in his teen concept art and official illustration + cover art illustration. This is probably because he's tied to music and promoting headphones but since I live 24/7 with headphones for noise regulation I just assume he also does this for it.

This is so dumb and not true at all but his finger snaps and air guitar bits are stimming bc why the hell not ?!

All of this is tied to the AuDhd experience from actual studies , multiple experiences from neurodivergents folks and me :)

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fun fact: January of this year i set a dl6 meme to pop up as my wallpaper on December 28. Instead of doing that it decided it would be my wallpaper every 28th

every 28th i wake up and see this image and then change it back and then immediately forget. then it pops up the next month

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yeah

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Can't believe Phoenix thinks it's appropriate to passive aggressively drop hints that he wants Miles to send him more flowers in the middle of a murder trial

a man is dead, boys; I think this can wait

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Basically Edgeworth wanting to face His fear of Elevators in Turnabout Airlines

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Today I found out that in 2020 - 13 years after the initial release of Gyakuten Saiban 4/Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Ace Attorney composer Noriyuki Iwadare (apparently worked on games like T&T, both investigations games, DD and SoJ) decided to join forces with a couple folks including Toshiyuki Kusuda (Klavier Japanese VA!!) and lyrics from Shu Takumi to make a full version of the Gavinners debut single "13 Years Hard Time For Love" (which previously had no versions at all, and was just mentioned once or twice in the game as a song that exists)

Love that this happened, that we to my knowledge have 2 full-length-with-vocals versions of Gavinners songs (Love Love Guilty has been kicking around since forever but is always fun to go back to)