#plus like a general ‘fuck cops’ ‘fuck capitalism’ vibe I’m really digging. his racism is narratively appropriate. sadly.

[timemachineyeah]

damn it lord van zieks I would find your absurdity so hot if you weren’t a fucking racist

#timemachine wuz here #it’s always such a tragedy when hot people ruin their appeal by having insufferable worldviews #why couldn’t you just be a fictional mass murderer or something else sexy why’d you hafta make it rancid #I really wanna get into this cape and epaulets and shattering glasses of wine by hurling them into the gas lamps behind you #but then you’re like ‘I hate the Japanese’ and it’s like aw fuck dude that sucks you’re like actively repulsive now #like 🤢 #obviously in the real world there are worse things about racism than how it affects my ability to find a person hot #but in Ace Attorney that is actually the worst part #like he’s a villain and the racism against the Japanese is being written by Japanese writers in what is clearly a criticism #of the bad qualities always inherent in the British Empire and the many ways they impacted Japanese history upon their introduction #plus like a general ‘fuck cops’ ‘fuck capitalism’ vibe I’m really digging. his racism is narratively appropriate. sadly. #idk if this satire IS more overt and pointed or if the fact that for once the system being satirized is one I’m more familiar with #makes it more apparent to me #but boy people are not wrong. the satire of this franchise is NOT subtle #ace attorney #ace attorney chronicles #lord van zieks