#lets face it ace attorney has never made a great redemption from a prosecutor

[volvolts]

i love van zieks but kinda bummed that his racism is more of "one japanese guy betrayed my trust and now im a bigot even though i feel guilty about it" but then he also says he hates everyone as if the story felt the need to show that he's "less racist" by saying "i hate everyone but i hate the japanese a bit more so"

like he says he doesnt trust anyone or the justice system after the professor case but rarely do we see him deride the british justice system and when he does it feels more to discredit ryunosuke and it feels more that he's just being a bigot or "you think youre safe from me? i want the truth" but he actually enforces the law by doing this because the people he demands answers from people who use loop holes (being a juror, info is top gov secrets, stronghart said no) and van zieks is like "you cant hide from the law" and i feel if the narrative had it more of van zieks being "the british people always try to find loopholes or appeal to emotions to avoid the law and i feel that we let that happen too much" and NOT try to make it about the japanese somehow id feel that his trust issues would feel a bit less tacked on?

also i remember this part from that one tumblr blog that analyzed van zieks throughout the game (i cant for the life of me remember their blog name but its pretty good) where they said that it would have been better if some of van zieks' more racist sentiments came from stronghart and i think itd be really interesting because not only would it make van zieks feel less like he was ready to be racist just but needed an excuse but it also shows van zieks' and stronghart's closeness (which was alluded to but never felt fleshed out imo) and foreshadows stronghart's villainy. like if ryu and susato first come to england and stronghart says an offhand racist comment but it isnt acknowledge and then van zieks could say the same thing but meaner in the courtroom it could immediately add a connection between the two and set up for the second game.

#talkin #ace attorney #the great ace attorney #barok van zieks #this isnt barok hate btw if you have genuine hatred over van zieks thats ur opinin but i dont want your comments on my post please #honestly tho i think the racism thing is kinda hard to properly write in a way to have the bigot be properly redeemed and #lets face it ace attorney has never made a great redemption from a prosecutor #and because if constraints in the story we just have to accept that their redemption is good enough #it couldve gone worse but i feel that van zieks reaches enough redemption as he actually apologizes up front and actively tries #to change his prejudice with what little interaction he would have with ryu off court #and even though he could have he never makes a racist or petty remark to asogi despite #fully believing kazuma's father was a serial killer like i dont think he ever says anyting racist about kazuma #not even when he found out he was watching over a japanese man for 3 months does he seem pissed about it #so idk #but anyway if you only comment on this post just to hate on barok just dont #im not really in the mood to see one of my favorite characters get hate on my post