#in which i channel my own frustrations into chara

[neitherlightnordark]

Now, you have an extraordinary amount of time and the entire void at your disposal, and yet your ability to come up with an idea you actually like has been rendered null. Nothing. Rararrgh.

You are floating through the void with a notebook and a red pencil with an anatomically accurate human brain eraser on one end (you love that red pencil! It has chew marks all over it. Asriel would be so mad).

And you are squinting down at the first page of your notebook, which has holes stabbed, into it and scribble marks over scribble marks, and a huge word written and bolded in its center: FREEDOM.

The concept of freedom is so nebulous, so complex, so personal to you- how can you possibly boil down all your spiraling ideas about it into one narrative thread, one interpretation, when EVERYTHING is good and NOTHING is good? Everything you're writing down is TRASH. And it could be so. much. better.

Your name is Chara (just Chara), and you are nine years old and a Narrator and a newly official scientist who could do so much better with your ideas than you are now.

However! However, instead of screaming (which is against the rules, you remember from a distant timeline- and then you ball that memory up and throw it into the trash), you shut the notebook and float through the hypothetical to where he probably is.

He's behind a door, as usual.

"Greetings, Doctor," you say, opening it without knocking.

"HELLO, MY CHILD," the Doctor says, without turning around.

It looks like he's in Snowdin this time, in a clump of pines under the shade of a great cliff. There is a cottage nearby with an unlit lamp in its window.

"What is this place?" you ask him, closing the door behind you.

"ANOTHER HOME," he says.

You stand next to him and watch snow fall through both of you, making little piles inside your feet. It isn't cold at all. You don't know if Gaster has feet.

"Do you have feet?" you ask him.

"I HAVE, IN FACT, EXACTLY. ONE. FOOT."

"Like a snail," you say.

"THAT S RIGHT. JUST LIKE A SNAIL." Gaster's lower body ripples, as though to prove his point. Or maybe that's one way he shows emotion. In this case, what emotion would it be? Amusement? Excitement, at being able to show off a curiousity of his new body? Is it still new to him, as new as a place outside time and space would let something be? How long has it taken, to get used to a melting body?

(For you, it didn't take long at all. But maybe for dragon skeletons, or whatever he was before, it's different.)

"WHY WERE YOU LOOKING FOR ME, CHARA?" he asks, as a chilly gust picks up and begins tossing fallen snowflakes about.

"Your assignment." You draw out your notebook like a weapon. "I am... struggling with bringing it to perfection."

"IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE PERFECT. ALL THAT IS NEEDED. IS FOR YOU TO EXPRESS HOW YOU FEEL."

"Then I am having trouble expressing how I feel!" Your face twists. "I'm- I'm sorry."

"YOU SHOULD NOT. APOLOGIZE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT YOUR FAULT." A hand emerges from the Doctor's form. "WILL YOU SHOW ME WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED?"

Your face flushes with warmth as you hand your notebook over to Gaster. He opens it to the first page and, presumably, begins scanning it (you can't really tell, since he doesn't have eyelights, or eyes).

"VERY INTERESTING," he says.

"The problem isn't my ability to come up with ideas," you add quickly, face reddening further around your blister scars. "I simply haven't come up with one I find worthwhile. And knowing we have all the time needed, conventionally speaking, doesn't mean that everyone won't grow impatient. They deserve-" You begin gesturing frantically. "They deserve something worthwhile! Something that has something for everyone! And, and-"

"DO TRY TO CALM YOURSELF," Gaster suggests, flipping the first page over to find that the second page is blank.

"Oh. Right." You lift your hands up and push down on an imaginary object, letting out your breath. "I'm... calm. Yes. My apologies, sir."

"YOU ARE FINE." Gaster hands the notebook back to you, although his hand stays close. "YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT OUR. EXPECTATIONS. ARE NOT UNFOUNDED. AND FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE."

He folds his hand over one of yours- his very large, and yours suddenly very tiny. "THIS SHOULD NOT BE STRESSFUL FOR YOU. WE DO THIS. FOR YOU AS WELL. YOU MUST REALIZE THIS."

You look down at his hand, frowning.

Gaster hesitates, and starts to pull away- only to stick to your hand. "OH."

He attempts to push himself off with another hand, and then another, until there are several large hands floating about. "OH, GOODNESS ME. OH MY."

You hesitate, trying very hard not to smile- you must admit this is very silly, no matter how many times he does it.

"JUST A MOMENT. THIS IS QUITE. IMPROPER." Gaster's eyelights flicker on in his empty eye sockets. "OH DEAR. CHARA. HELP ME."

You finally crack a bright smile, drawing your dagger. "Alright, alright, I will."

After a while of concentrating on cutting Gaster loose (is it weird to say that slicing off a friend's goop is almost exactly like pruning vines?), you finally say, "...can you help me? I don't think... I don't think I can figure this one out myself."

"OF COURSE," Gaster says as you slice the last tendril off with a schlorp. "TEAMWORK. MAKES. THE DREAM WORK."

You stare at him for a moment, and then burst into full-on cackling, falling to the snowy ground.

"WHAT."

"Did- did you get that from-" You wheeze. "I-"

Gaster looks disconcerted. "I CAME UP WITH IT MYSELF."

This does not help you stop laughing in the slightest.

-

"SO," Gaster says, as the two of you drift through the void, with you tapping your pencil against your notebook. "WHAT COMES TO MIND. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM?"

"A..." You pause, curling into yourself. "A... human child." You glance at him. "Don't laugh."

"NO, NO. OF COURSE NOT." Gaster gestures. "WRITE IT DOWN."

"A... a human child with all the power they could ever hope for," you add after a moment, scribbling a child with hidden, shaded eyes into your book. "But... the best characters are ones with contradictions, aren't they? So... what if this power... doesn't give them freedom at all? What if it imprisons them- takes their agency away?"

"YES, YES," says Gaster, smiling. "KEEP GOING."

The two of you keep writing and thinking into the night.

#chara #gaster #safeutdr #deltarune #undertale #in which i channel my own frustrations into chara #writing is hard!!!!! writing is hard!

[starlightshore]

anon frankly i should block you but clearly blocking you twice wasn’t enough.

first off, when someone blocks you -let alone twice that’s a sign to stop. i told you to go get some perspective and leave me alone. get off your high horse and literally calm down and stop bothering me because this is turning into literal harassment.

if you calm down i’d be fine talking but meet me in the middle. clearly, you’re upset and you want to be understood otherwise you wouldn’t spend so much time ranting to me and working around the blocks. if you actually want to talk to me or teach me a lesson or whatever your mission is, i’ll meet you half way but you have to go the other half. which frankly is more than what you deserve when you’re behaving like this. you are better than this.

the reason why i blocked you was because you were agreeing with someone who was painting chara fans to be horrible for emphasize with a murderer. “typical chara fan having a bad take” kinda comment thrown into the end of it. (never mind the game’s messages of empathy and how it’s the player who is killing)

i’ll admit it’s been a couple days since i saw the reply and frankly i deal with so much fandom bullshit on the regular that this wasn’t a big enough deal for me to screenshot or remember the original reply. so i can’t be sure i’m remembering the interaction right so apologies on that.

if i’m not mixing up your behavior with my memory, it’s because this person threw in a “typical chara defender” comment at the end of the debate post. that’s enough of a reason for a block in my book.

it was not because the person disagrees with me, it’s because that person was being needlessly rude and i know from experience when someone doesn’t treat you right from the start, there’s no point from arguing publicly. that’s just opening myself up to being dog-piled by this person’s fans. i’ve been in this fandom long enough to know that’s exactly what happens! if someone actually wanted to talk to me about chara, they could send an ask, a DM, or reblog without throwing at the end how much “chara defenders” suck. that’s not good faith debate.

the post was also a personal post that wasn’t tagged with undertale. it’s not like i wanted it to make rounds and become a big debate post -this isn’t discord where there could be a channel for debating, this is my own personal post. if i don’t want to argue through reblogs -because i don’t consider that a good form to debate through, it’s lengthy, messy, and i frankly don’t want to put my followers through huge walls of text (sorry followers! i know this post is a wall of text!) and hey, this form of communication where we both have these long posts allows for miscommunication that makes debating so much more frustrating. which like, if you read my original reply, i stated my acceptable forms of debating was asks or DMs. not reblogs. granted I didn’t elaborate, but maybe that would of clued you in to why i didn’t want to do deal with this.

and if I AM misremembering the original reply i blocked, i frankly got 2 other people i blocked for agreeing with this person which showed me more of this person’s followers were going to be commenting and, if it got bad enough, dog piling my posts. i’ve been dogpiled before. i’ve been harassed by a stalker before, i’ve seen said stalker harass other ut fans for months. i have no fuckin way of knowing if this is going to spiral into a harassment campaign. i’m not taking any chances, i’m blocking and i’m nipping it in the bud before it gets that bad. 1 person with 2 people already siding and going at a personal post is a red flag for me. that’s why i advocate for asks and DMS, because i can at least control the flow of text and ensure i’m not being blasted with a bunch of angry people.

talk to me at my own terms where i feel safe and i’m fine discussing fandom crap. you don’t know my reasoning, you assumed the worst of me and you felt that justified your awful behavior towards me. i get you couldn’t have understood my history or my intent, but that doesn’t justify your actions. please apologize or leave me alone, that’s all i ask. otherwise if you’re going to continue to attack me and evade my blocks, i’ll just keep blocking.

#personal stuff #sams replies #negative #also sorry this isn't a direct reply i'm keeping your ask incase i need to block you again #i'm sure you can understand why i'm doing that #also lmao honestly its fine to block people you disagree with btw? i'm allowed to culitate who sees my posts and engages with me. #like lol this is my blog and my social media experience i am allowed to be petty and block whoever i want and you need to accept that #i promise you fandom stuff is not the whole world i can tailor how i expereince tumblr to however i want #life is short and i don't need to spend it worrying over what chara haters think #so even like without the rest of the context of this post i just flat out disagree with you and think its NOT a big deal #you're making this to be a huge thing about respect and whatever but it truly is not that huge of a deal

[playinglleaflet]

Man, I bought FF12: The Zodiac Age, and it’s sooo fun. I remember again why I liked this game so much, it tickles my every fancy. I like the new separated job system too, and the fact that you can change character jobs on a whim. I can now freely chose which class each character will be, based on how cool the weapon animation looks like with each chara, lul.

So I've tried to base my job selections on a combination of cool weapon animation and "job least suitable for a chara (based on what the game suggests) and their stats". My selections thus far:

Vaan: Black Mage, staff and damage dealing magicks. When you think of Vaan, and you think of magick, they don't really combine. The fact that he's a damage dealing mage really channels all that 'lost his parents to the plague, his brother and friends and friends' families to war, his home city to a foreign invader, caught in a frustrating political intrigue' anger that bubbles on the inside. Plus his animation when he casts black magic is just neat. The screenshot below doesn't do him justice tho :(

Penelo: Foebreaker, one-handed axe/hammer, shield and heavy armor. This girl can take SUCH a beating. Like Vaan, she's lost so many things to the war that there's gotta be pent-up anger inside there. Heavy tank suits Penelo, because the game really wants her to be a white mage who's fragile and to be kept away from danger. No! I say embrace the danger! Embrace the characterization of a melee fighter in heavy armor and a big axe, who's a lithe girl who seeks support from those close to her, who cares about her loved ones, who leans on them, who gets frightened, but who has an iron will and will protecc. Plus she's super adorable with the axe/hammer: she almost loses her balance when she swings down on it. A heavy knight after my own heart.

Balthier: Red Battlemage, mace and shield, varied magicks to control the battlefield. Honestly, I get the feeling that he's a bit of a control freak, what with insisting on being ~The Leading Man~. I love his casting animation when his weapon is sheathed, he does this extravagant hand flip. Showoff.

Fran: Monk, pole. Main damage dealer. The game wants me to make her an archer? Nu-uh, melee fighter it is. Her pole animation is just sexy.

Basch: Archer, bow. Main healer with items. The game wants me to make Basch a melee brute? Support role it is, then! His standby pose with the bow is sexy.

Ashe: Machinist, gun. Main healer with items. Honestly, I'm still not sure if this is the one for Ashe. The game intends for the ladies to be at the back of the action, and I wanted to go against that. But I needed another healer. Plus she's sexy with the gun. I like a lady with a gun.

#liveblogging ff12

[simonsoys]

So what movie genres do you think the UT cast likes? I can imagine Alphys and Sans nerding out and nitpicking sci-fi movies together for one thing heh.

Ooh! Good question! Asks like these are my favorite haha!

I’m actually going to broaden this to TV shows too. Maybe like, what their Netflix history is.

Frisk

Loves Pokemon. Has watched every single episode in sequential order. (Toriel insists on knowing what Frisk is watching, so she’s had to sit through all of it too. She’s mostly confused by what the point of all this is, and is going to barf if she hears “Gooomygoomygoomy” one more time, but admits she quite likes Brock.) Also watches a lot of Pokemon-like shows.

Occasionally watches Sesame Street, even though it’s below their age range. It’s hard to find monster-positive shows.

As for movies, its pretty much anything animated or based on a kids’ book and nothing else right now. Everything must have a happy ending.

But even more than watching Pokemon shows, they’re into Youtube Let’s Plays. They like Minecraft videos, especially Stampy. (Undyne thinks the concept of watching other people play video games is ridiculous and yells at Frisk to go outside.)

Ambivalent about Frozen. Liked Olaf but that’s about it.

Favorite movies: Matilda; The Little Prince.

Toriel

Likes PBS Masterpiece Classics, like Downton Abbey and Indian Summer. 

Probably likes Benedict Cumberbatch.

A sucker for soppy British movies.

Loves The Walking Dead more than you’d expect. Carol is her favorite.

Likes the variety of crafting shows that humans make and put on TV and YouTube. Has thought about making and uploading some of her own.

Gets overly invested into some of Frisk’s kid movies. Bought Frozen on DVD for Frisk. Honestly. For Frisk. 

Favorite movie: Philomena

Sans

Into Sci-Fi movies a lot, even though he knows the science is bogus. He and Pap both like Star Wars, it’s got a lot of non-humans who are good guys! (A head canon I ACTUALLY had previous to this ask– the two of them have seen the first Star Wars, but it’s the only one that’s fallen into the Underground and circulated. They don’t know about Vader’s relation to Luke or what a Yoda is. The monsters are possibly the only fans on the planet who haven’t been spoiled on the ending of the OT yet. Some kind human souls learn about this and set up a screening of it in a theater, so that monsters have a chance to see it properly before having it ruined for them. It’s beautiful.)

He also has a large appetite for 90s high school romcoms? Like 10 Things I Hate About You and Clueless. It’s light and funny.

Not as big on TV shows. Likes to have the experience done and over with in one sitting.

Falls asleep without fail during Frisk’s movies.

Except for Frozen, which Toriel’s watched so many times, he managed to stay awake once for it. He thought it was kinda stupid through 2/3rds of it, but the final act got him. SIBLING LOVE is relevant to his interests and now he kind of digs the movie.

Favorite movie: The Fifth Element.

Papyrus

Watches The Bachelor religiously.

Watches Dancing with the Stars religiously.

Still watches anything MTT comes out with. 

Not a binge watcher. He likes shows that are on live.

Likes to watch random YouTubers’ Vlog channels, and no one’s totally sure why. It’s so weird… watching them daily, they feel like friends that haven’t met you yet. 

Animated shows are for children. …But Power Rangers is cool.

Sees every superhero blockbuster that comes out in the theater. 

Doesn’t typically watch anyone else’s shows or movies. If it’s not something he likes, he doesn’t have time for it.

Forced to sit through Frozen at least once. Whined about Elsa’s amateurish ice magic technique and poor casting form throughout the ordeal. 

Favorite movie: Star Wars.

MK

Probably watches PG-13 movies eVEN THoUGH THEY’RE NOT YET 13??? Scandalooz!

Is more of a Digimon kid. Arguments have been had.

Also likes superhero movies a lot, and Godzilla movies.

Watches a lot of Ninja Warrior/American Ninja Warrior, and has decided they’re going to take the challenge someday.

Hates Frozen, 0/10,literally the worse movie ever.

Favorite movie: Any Godzilla movie where he’s a good guy.

Undyne

Is disappointed to learn that anime isn’t real. But that’s okay because soon afterwards she discovers Jackie Chan movies and that’s even cooler?? Martial arts are her new jam.

Likes the idea of Ninja Warrior shows, but just feels like there’s a significant lack of real danger. Needs more fire and deadly pits.

Likes watching YouTube videos of people playing musical instruments in really crazy and incredible ways.

Sometimes likes more artsy films? Like with music, she’s not all action all the time.

Still watches anime with Alphys, even though she’s learned the truth.

Frozen had fighting! And magical transformations! And a gripping love story! It’s practically an anime! (Though not the best one she’s ever seen.)

Favorite movie: Hero

Alphys

Continues to be anime trash. Probably likes most of the gay sports anime the best.  Also cute romances like Ore Monogatari!

Watches MST3K with Sans sometimes. They also found this old show where people build RC robots with sawblades on them and fight each other and they LOVE it. They’re considering organizing their own tournament at some point.

Not as into sci-fi movies– but is very into complaining about sci-fi movies. Likes to write long blog posts about why they’re bad/inaccurate.

Likes Dr. Who, despite the above statement.

Really likes cheesy romances. Watches a lot of K/J/C-Dramas.

Total weekly intake of movies and shows in hours is obscene and embarrassing to repeat.

Has blogged about Frozen’s clunky narrative and weak execution of its core themes, but has to admit the characters are lovable and has drawn at least one fanart of it. Has the unpopular ship of Elsa/Hans and just won’t let that shit go.

Favorite movie: Mew Mew Kissy Cutie: Super Lovely The Movie: Extra Doki Extended Cut Edition

Blooky

YouTubing music videos all day.

Watches concert recordings.

Watches MTT’s show every day.

Downloaded the Frozen soundtrack off the internet, but has never watched the movie and genuinely has no idea what it’s about.

Forgets they own a TV 90% of the time.

Favorite movie: ?? Doesn’t really have one. …Sorry…

MTT

Competition shows are great, but he gets frustrated by how long and drawn out human reality tv is. Between each commercial break it should be wall to wall excitement! That’s his philosophy anyway.

Is actually consuming as much film as possible now that he’s on the surface, from a variety of genres. Where Napstablook and Undyne are passionate about music, MTT sleeps and breathes film studies.

Watches the news a lot too?? Probably the best informed monster besides Asgore. He has a news program of his own, and filters a lot of the world’s current events through to monsterkind. He has to always be in the know! …It also helps for making funny, topical statements. His 1.5 million viewers love topical statements!

He’s actually a really effective reporter. There’s no region too dangerous for him, he’ll report from anywhere. War zones. Active volcanoes. Maybe even space? All while doing it in a stunning blazer and perfect hair.

He’s busy a lot, so doesn’t actually have time to watch too many things.

Frozen is exactly the kind of movie he’d make, except that Elsa’s sparkly dress did not have enough screen time. For that matter, more characters needed sparkly clothes. Someone bedazzle that reindeer, stat. 

Favorite movie: Grease; Moulin Rouge

Asgore

New to movies and TV, but is slowly getting into them. There are so many violent movies and shows out there! So he mostly lets other people recommend things to him. A member of Oprah’s Book Club. He watches the movie versions of the books he’s read.

He likes stories about peoples’ lives. Watches Dr. Phil every afternoon. Recently he’s been touched by the stories of My 600 Lb Life and Teen Mom.

Is the only sports fan in the bunch. Prefers being there in person to watching on TV, but that’s not always feasible. Paints his face, even when he’s watching from home.

Frozen was a good movie and he enjoyed it quite a lot. Thank you, Undyne.

Favorite movie: Tuesdays With Morrie; Fried Green Tomatoes

Flowey

Loves YouTube Poops and he doesn’t know why.

Hates sad movies. Hates any movie that makes any attempt to make him feel things. Up is a dumb movie.

Doesn’t really care about TV or movies, but likes to watch with other people and chatter over it to ruin their experience. He really just wants to be the center of attention.

Probably pretends to like Adam Sandler movies, but doesn’t actually like Adam Sandler movies.

Likes America’s Funniest Home Videos, especially the ones where people fall off water skis.

Frozen is disgusting and would’ve been better if everyone turned into ice and died. The end.

Favorite movie: Anyone else’s favorite, so he can ruin it for them.

Chara

Doesn’t have much experience with TV or movies outside of what Frisk consumes.

Secretly has the same crappy taste in anime and K-Dramas as Alphys, but is stuck with Frisk’s over-indulgence in YouTube and Pokemon.

Sibling estrangement and isolation is a theme too close to home. Spends too much time drawing parallels between themselves and the rest of the cast, to the characters in Frozen.

Favorite movie: Frozen

#infullmoon #ask #Simon UnderTalks #undertale spoilers #getting through as many asks as i can lol #sorry i still have a few more old ones

[akashiayakashi]

I finished playing SoJ last week and oh boy

[will contain spoilers]

I started playing the game with zero expectations. Gameplay-wise, I really didn’t like Dual Destinies. I felt like the fun from Ace Attorney was taken away and all the evidence and stuff was staring right at you. I finished that game in a day and a half and left it feeling like I blew $30 for very little satisfaction.

Not to mention, I felt like any development Phoenix’ character had from Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice had just disappeared. It’s like the maturity he gained from those years he wasn’t practicing law just vanished. 

On a side note (which is more on a purely preferential reason), my best girls Trucy and Ema had little to no role in this game so I found it even harder to appreciate. To be fair, I did see that they took a step back so that Athena’s and Apollo’s stories could be explored but while I liked the new charas like Athna and Simon enough, I didn’t love love them so eh

On the other hand, SoJ is probably my favorite game of the series so far.

The mix of all previous ace attorney elements (the psychology, the bracelet, the magatama, etc) and the whole seance system did wonders to make the gameplay so much more interesting. It reverted to how you have to be creative in using your evidence since the game is super specific in what it wants to hear. The only real complaint I have is that the game script is really long so it does feel frustrating to go thru dialogue that can be avoided if other evidence could just be presented right away (which is with all other aa games except dd but the script was really just so long).

Storywise, I loved how everything was connected right from the start just like Trials and Tribulations. And even better, the side cases were really good unlike the 3-2 and 3-3 which I will never speak of again. In any case (ha, get it?), the side stories just showed a lot about the main cast. You see Trucy worrying about her legacy and skill as a magician, you see Trucy’s and Apollo’s bond and Apollo’s maturity and growth as a lawyer. You see Athena’s growth as a lawyer as well and how she and Simon have really patched things up.

The overarching story was one hell of a ride. Case 5 in particular was full of parallels. I saw a lot of things coming but DHURKE’S FUCKING SECRET RUINED ME AND I CRIED FOR 30 MIN AT LIKE 1 AM IN THE MORNING BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK HOW COULD YOU MAKE ME LOVE YOU BUT HURT ME LIKE THIS. HOW DARE YOU DHURKE HOW D A R E

Anyway parallels~

Khu’rain sisters as the older Fey sisters (Misty and Morgan) and as the Hawthorne sisters.

I mean you have these two sisters competing for a seat of power where one is chill and the other is involved in murder in some way. You also have two sisters where one loves the other a lot and helps said sister despite it being a crime. SHIT GUYS HOW MUCH IT MUST HAVE HURT AMARA TO HAVE CHANNELED DHURKE. THINK ABOUT FOR HOW MUCH SHE LOVED DHRUKE AND THOUGHT THAT HE HAS TRIED TO KILL HER FOR 10 YEARS AND THEN LEARNED IT WAS HER SISTER ALL ALONG BUT SHE HAS NO CHOICE TO CONCEDE BECAUSE RAYFA. DhurkeAmara hurts me like it should all of you. Dhurke hurts me.

Nahyuta and Rayfa as the Skye sisters.

Prosecutor helps out big bad in order to protect younger sister...hmmm :)))

I’m also a lowkey Nahyutema fan so :))

EMA WAS BACK IN THIS GAME AND SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND SHE ACHIEVED HER DREAM AND SHE LOVES HER FRIENDS AND I LOVE LIFE. She shits on Nahyuta but doesn’t hate him entirely which made their professional dynamic a pretty interesting one.

Nahyuta could definitely have been a better character but I still enjoyed him. There were moments in the 5th case where it didn’t look like he was forcing himself to support Ga’ran so it made the whole thing seem less believable that he hasn’t changed like Dhurke had kept on insisting. I think his sermons took a bit too much time and slowed down the pace of the cases but I appreciate the times when you can see how dorky he is. Like when he researches on smth and he just learns everything about it?? Cutie pie haha. And how he really appreciates science and how Ema helps him out. I default like someone who appreciates my bae soooo

Dhurke as Phoenix and Apollo

Dhurke parallels Phoenix no doubt with him having to stop practicing lawand adopting a child and raising them - but when he first appeared, I giggled so hard because he looked like Apollo from Dual Destinies. As much as I don’t like that game, I did enjoy the whole Apollo thing where he just went on to investigate on his own and etc and it did add a lot to his character.

Speaking of Apollo, the whole rollercoaster of Apollo’s development and learning about his past killed me. He is best boy no doubt but SHIT I JUST LOVED HIM EVEN MORE IN THIS GAME. WHAT A GREAT GUY.

Also Phoenix grew up a lot in this game? Or at least I felt like he reflected more of aa4 Phoenix than dd did, especially with the whole civil case. 

I missed Klavier tho. I know he’s in a dlc thing but I haven’t gotten around to playing that so eh. I was really looking forward to his chara dev’t since everything but I guess I’ll just need to wait for aa7. 

On a final note, I loved SoJ. It raised the bar for me and broke my heart to pieces. I want to not try and expect too much from aa7 but it’s futile at his point. I really hope we’ll see Apollo in the next game, as well as Klavier, and finally FRANZISKA and Gumshoe.

Okay that’s all.

#Ace Attorney #SOJ #AA:SOJ #Spirit of Justice #Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice #feels post