#this would also leave poor valant alone as the only member of (the original) troupe gramarye left which is also incredibly sad tbh

[jinxedshapeshifter]

Alright time for the "I am not ready for the circumstances that will lead to Apollo and Trucy finding out they're related" explanation (a day late but it's fine)

I am fully convinced that Thalassa's going to be murdered and the Wright Anything Agency is going to take the case. This would inevitably lead to Phoenix panicking, because "oh shit they never even met her after she got her memories of them back and HOW DO I EVEN EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THEIR MOTHER WAS MURDERED" (assuming Trucy doesn't know Thalassa was alive in the first place) and when he does tell Trucy and Apollo they're siblings Apollo's freaking out because what the fuck and "what do you mean Trucy's my sister????" and Trucy's freaking out because "what do you mean she was alive and Apollo's related to me by blood???" which inevitably sends the WAA into chaos because Phoenix and Athena (presumably, because I am quite sure after finding out Thalassa's his mom Apollo would refuse to touch the case) are defending the person accused of killing Apollo and Trucy's mom (maybe if this does happen the investigation segments on this case switch between Trucy and Apollo's investigation and Phoenix and Athena's investigation because you can't convince me Apollo wouldn't pull a Dual Destinies with Trucy if this happened).

Alternatively, Phoenix is spending the entire case trying to keep Thalassa's identity a secret from both Trucy and Apollo by never mentioning the case's victim by name and ends up giving them both trust issues because that's not something he usually hides and THAT'S THEIR MOTHER (maybe we still get separate segments for a Trucy and Apollo investigation and a Phoenix and Athena investigation).

Why am I convinced this is what's going to happen when Trucy and Apollo find out they're siblings? Ace Attorney has a habit of orphaning characters by killing off parents and it's Ace Attorney, this feels like something that would actually happen in an Ace Attorney game. You can't tell me this doesn't feel like an official Ace Attorney plot line and I'd be genuinely surprised if Capcom doesn't at least go a similar route for Trucy and Apollo finding out they're siblings because Ace Attorney is just Like That. Also they already basically did this with Dhurke. I wouldn't be surprised if they do it again. I think I'd be more surprised if they don't actually