#liveblogging tgaa

[milesdadworth]

fjoweiafjeol we are officially into 2-3 of tgaa and I am SO ready for van zieks lore PLEASE

[klaviermylove]

he brings me so much joy

[badaceattorney]

Every day I am more and more confused about why most people think narumitsu is the gayest thing in ace attorney

[jidem]

Replaying Tgaa, there really are a whole bunch of moment where I get the impression that van zieks is trying to help out.

Not in like. A nice way. He's being a real dick about it. But in 1-3 and now in 1-4 I really get the impression that he figures out the truth before us, and then try to. Passive-agressively nudge us towards it as well as he can while still opposing us diligently.

That's a GOOD ASS angle for a prosecutor. This man HATES US, but he cares about the truth more than he cares about how much he wish we weren't here lmao.

[neutrallyobsessed]

it's not a competition (but i'd still win lol)

[earlgraytay]

One of the things I really value about Ace Attorney is...

It's a story that's not meant exclusively for children, that's got the whimsy and earnestness of a really good middle grade novel. Chameleon Moon, Outer Wilds, and The House In The Cerulean Sea are some of the rare other things that scratch that itch for me.

Stories like that are SO FUCKING RARE because they're hard to make work- done badly they can feel corny or insincere. You have to believe in your story with your whole goddamn chest if you're telling a story like that.

And Ace Attorney **does**, more often than not.

[catteries]

I think it'd be remiss if I do not highlight the fact that, being both an ACD canon and Granada adaptation enjoyer, and also a member of one of the British Empire's ex-colonies, that I'd like to be in a comfortable enough headspace to share a perspective on this text site on how a Straits Settlement person views the works.

There's enough references to the Crown Colonies to make it interesting for me, so I just need to sit down and type it out, I guess? Just off the top of my head:

- The Penang lawyer cane reference

- The Haj pilgrims boat that departed from Singapore (presumably from Kampong Bugis)

- Lascars and Malays being explicitly referenced as part of certain subset and communities

- References to opium, which the Straits Settlements were one of the largest port of call for the Empire's supply

- Anything Sumatra region, given proximity

There's also a lot to be said about Granada's The Last Vampyre episode, which is such a profound piece of work about the othering of 'different' people by society, as well as the criticism and calling out of the quintissential brand of British racism that remained in ex-Straits Settlements' mentality today and how the general British public still practices it, that more expert people that is Not Me should talk about it.

But then again, how many would be able to reflect on this from a Malay peninsular residents' perspective?

[karuma-meii]

Just finished DGS1-3. There's a lot of things I really like about dgs so far but also a lot of things that I feel like were massive missteps in the dev process. Overall I am definitely enjoying my time though, so far.

I feel like this case is when things started to get really interesting (naturally the first two being mostly used for set up). The jury mechanic, the clearly probably definitely guilty defendant, all the loose ends, gina "will return to be important later" lestrade, barok "racist vampire" van zieks, the implication that he set the fucking coach on fire with mcgilded locked inside... Definitely feels like a natural and interesting evolution of the og trilogy.

Current predictions: next chapter will prominently feature Sholmes and the little inventor girl, and the final chapter will feature the return of Kazuma "Faked my death maybe" Asougi (maybe).

[ritard4ndo]

you would think only 15 people live in London based on the jury selection for each trial LMFAO

[memoryofamurder]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mikotoba Susato & Mikotoba Yuujin, Asougi Kazuma & Mikotoba Susato, Mikotoba Susato/Murasame Haori | Rei Membami Characters: Mikotoba Susato, Mikotoba Yuujin, Murasame Haori | Rei Membami, Mamemomi Heita | Raiten Menimemo Additional Tags: i didn't tag MCD but a lot of this is about the Kazuma thing, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Father-Daughter Relationship, Post-Episode 2-1: The Adventure of the Blossoming Attorney, Post-Episode 1-5: The Adventure of the Unspeakable Story, just a smidge of period-typical internalized homophobia, the susahao isn't a major part of this but it is there, alternate title: yuujin mikotoba isn't a bad father he just underestimates the power of weirdgirls Summary:

Susato returns home from London to a cold and empty home full of secrets.

(Set between the end of dgs1-5 and the start of dgs2-3)

[perilegs]

THEY'RE BLINKING AND THEIR MOUTHS MOVE WHEN THEY SPEAK?!??!??? THERE'S SMOKE THAT ALSO. MOVES?????

[milesdadworth]

delighted that tgaa has the Tussaud/Tusspells bc my memory of going to Madame Tussauds while in London was taking the tube to Baker St and seeing and the Sherlock Holmes stuff around the tube station and going 'oh huh this is around where Sherlock Holmes was huh, interesting'

and it was literally 2 weeks before my 2011 Sherlock Holmes obsession and then looking back now going I WAS RIGHT THERE AND I DIDN'T SEE IT AOWEIGHAWEOIFHAWEOIFAWEHFA

so when it was brought up i was like 'oh well that's convenient it's right by baker street' and Iris was immediately like 'well, at least it's nearby baker street!!' I WAS LIKE

[klaviermylove]

🤨🏳️‍🌈?

[badaceattorney]

I think Herlock Sholmes needs to die as slowly and painfully as possible

[jidem]

I wonder if van zieks knows that we aren't a lawyer. Or even a law student. He's racist so it's fully possible he thinks Japanese law schools are so bad oneof their student wouldn't know what tampering with the crime scene is

[neutrallyobsessed]

ARSENE LUPIN REFERENCE?????!?!??!?!?!??!