#moam aa liveblog

[memoryofamurder]

Sorry I’ve given up on my liveblog and like, this account in general. I’m still very much into ace attorney and still playing through tgaa2, I just haven’t felt as motivated to post about it. I might come back someday or I might not! I have a couple of meta analyses in my drafts that I’ll post if I can ever figure out how to word them correctly. Just thought I should update you guys on where I’ve been.

[memoryofamurder]

Fits right in with the squad of “ace attorney girls who desperately want to do crime”

[memoryofamurder]

Awwww they’re just a happy family

[memoryofamurder]

Holy shit I just realized the common theme between all the tgaa2 cases so far… and it has concerning implications for where this is going! Long post below:

Okay so I have a very long essay in my drafts that I will probably never finish, but basically it talks about how the aa games tend to use similarities between cases to empathize an overarching theme. Usually this is through the relationships between the characters or the way the murder played out, but in the case of tgaa, I find it much more interesting to look at the motives of each case’s killer. In tgaa1, we have:

1-1: ??? (Plot stuff)

1-2: accident/desperation

1-3: Being Evil (basically lol)

1-4: accident

1-5: revenge

So, other than the two accidents, nothing too notable overall. But! Tgaa2, up to the point I’ve played, has this:

2-1: vigilante justice

2-2: revenge

2-3: revenge

Almost universally in revenge! This is a really interesting theme for this game to be focusing on, given that its other major throughline is the slow reveal of a complex crime involving the entire older generation of characters. And with everything this game is hinting at with van Zieks and Kazuma…

Van Zieks and the idea of extralegal justice keeps being brought up with his “Reaper” curse! IMO the most interesting discussion about this idea was when Gina said that he was like God (lol) because he knew who was good and bad on the inside. Given that he has a personal connection to the overarching mystery, it seems like there are plenty of opportunities for this to come into play when the truth is finally revealed, and with him as the defendant in 1-4, they have plenty of room to play with this!

Kazuma’s connection is more tenuous, but there’s a lot of stuff about family legacy there, especially with Karuma being very symbolic of, well, karma. I think there was a line about “the sword that strikes down evil” or something like that… Kazuma is, of course, a Good Person, but there’s enough setup there that if it’s revealed that his father wasn’t actually the killer, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a “revenge is Bad Actually” arc where we have to convince him not to kill people. If they do this, it will make me a little bit insane! But it would be a very interesting direction for the story to take

Tl;dr tgaa2 seems to be talking about revenge a lot and I think that can lead to some really interesting character moments as the plot moves forward! Excited to see where this will go or if I’m completely wrong

[memoryofamurder]

I realize I’m still in the middle of 2-2 but I started playing the Escapades for whatever reason… they’re super fun and I love getting to see my boys be silly :)

[memoryofamurder]

Ooooh she’s back in her Thalassa outfit! Idk how I missed earlier that the diamond was her Gramarye symbol, and Lamiroir had one her outfit

[memoryofamurder]

Alright, I have to stop for the night, and in typical Apollo Justice fashion, I have more questions than answers! I will continue some time soon!

[memoryofamurder]

Unexpected sarcasm from the judge

[memoryofamurder]

Truly an iconic trio

[memoryofamurder]

HELLO??? Victorian shipper lady says “gay people real”, I guess

[memoryofamurder]

A very good question, Ema, lol

[memoryofamurder]

Forensic science saves the day again!

[memoryofamurder]

I though Rise from the Ashes was originally made after this game? But there have been so many references to it that I’m not sure anymore- there’s still the possibly that the less vague ones were added later somewhere in the localization or remastering

[memoryofamurder]

HOLY SHIT

[memoryofamurder]

Magnifi had it too? Weird, the only missing link here is Apollo… did he buy his bracelet at a Gramarye yard sale or something?

[memoryofamurder]

….why do I believe that he would? If he had a good reason, of course, but this is Mr. Ran-across a-burning-bridge…