#Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies

[spoopup]

apollo’s no good very bad day

[beelikesbirds]

GOD they really said “how thick can we lay on the weird courtroom flirting when phoenix and edgeworth face off again?” and went with AS THICK AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. JESUS CHRIST.

like i understand it’s hard for you guys to be normal about this but i feel there are some. important stakes here?? like multiple lives maybe??? no???? ok you do you i guess

[reaperjoshua]

I keep thinking about Simon and Klavier and thinking about what relationship they may have. Due to their very different personalities, it is safe to say they both would have a very intriguing, albeit humorous, relationship. Maybe even a bit complex - after all, they are very complex characters themselves. But the complexity can lead them down a path that can be limitless in exploration and thus end up very fascinating in the end.

And yet I keep cycling back to

[bluberrytea]

my steel samurai

[trlvsn]

kristoph pointing out apollo's "screeching" voice is the first time we see him subtly manipulate apollo. comments like these are his way of establishing his superiority, reliability: "i'm only pointing this out to you so that a stranger doesn't" combined with "you are inexperienced, nervous, emotional, and can't do this on your own because of that. you need me". as judgemental as i am about aa5 and 6, i like that the first scene starts off with a direct parallel: except, like it often happens in ace attorney, apollo isn't becoming like kristoph but rather reclaiming and transforming that past experience. he remembers kristoph's words as the words of a guiding, caring mentor, as at the time, his image of him wasn't yet tainted; to apollo, that comment was caring to a degree. when he says this to athena, that's the feeling he says it with: genuine, somewhat playful, caring, sympathetic, words from the person who has been in that place and remembers how nervous he was.

if i had a nickel for ever time an ace attorney character experiences a situation similar to a tragic past but changes the context instead of repeating history, i would drown in the nickels.

[id of the first image: a screenshot from the first case in dual destinies, with apollo talking to athena in the lobby, his arms crossed. he's saying "i could've sworn i heard your voice crack for a second there". end of id].

[id of the second image: a screenshot from turnabout trump, with kristoph saying "i did detect a certain rasping quality to your speech". they are in the lobby and kristoph's arms are crossed. end of id].

[chibistarlyte]

i can’t help but imagine phoenix just opening his bag up and dumping everything on apollo’s desk like “here’s all the useless garbage i don’t need anymore, thanks polly!”

[r1ghtt1mewr0ngplace]

[justarandomidiot1]

really quick doodle based on the SaveDataTeam stream today

[space-heat3r]

Ok had to remake it because I forgot Chronicles..

[thelvadams]

APOLLO JUSTICE: ACE ATTORNEY TRILOGY • Early 2024

[lakevalorr]

[probablygayattorneys]

Name a better duo. I’ll wait.

[ace-attorney-smash-or-pass]

[violet-traitor]

[bluberrytea]

twisted samurai

[trlvsn]

some athena hairstyles (id under cut)

[id: a digital sketch page with five sketches of athena cykes, colored roughly with a light orange. there is a drawing of her looking straight ahead and smiling with short messy hair. in it, she is wearing her white shirt, tie and widget. there is a drawing of her looking sleepy and mischievous while holding a cup of tea with her hair down. in another sketch, her hair is also down, but it's a side profile drawing, in which she is smiling confidently. in one drawing, she is looking down with tears in her eyes and a bob cut. in the last drawing, athena is shown angry and screaming, with her usual hairstyle - a ponytail. there is also a small sketch of two widgets: one happy and one angry. end of id]