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twifairy · 8 days ago

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"Barok van Zieks is absolutely covered in scars from all his years being attacked" is like, pretty solidly in fanon at this point but I hope the other results of this constantly happening is that he fights dirty. No amount of being a respectable, well-trained gentleman who fights with honor is going to matter after a certain point.

I hope he bites people. I hope he spits blood onto the ground. I hope he has broken bones and left men bleeding in the street while he himself has to limp back to safety half alive. He may have never taken a life, but I hope he's come close.

#normally 'ooooh hes never killed anyone' is a kind of implausible notion for media with a lot of action (off “camera” in this case)#but i think barok is someone who scares himself if he goes too far in his violence #and sometimes that leads to him losing badly #i think even before the events of the game he quietly regrets how much control he has over life and death #even if he won't admit it and even if he thinks some people Should Die #“don't you find that... disturbing?” “an angel with bloody hands?”#i think his calm acceptance of McGilded burning to death in front of him is more desensitization than feelings of vengeance #violence is not his nature but he's still capable of extreme cruelty etc etc #also barok/kazuma's parallel of “I wasn't the one who killed him in the end- but does that matter? i wanted him dead”#tgaa #tgaa2 spoilers #the great ace attorney #dgs #barok van zieks

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