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| Topic | Ace Attorney Discussion Topic, Part 4 - Dark Age of the Law Edition |
| LeonhartFour 03/30/17 12:03:48 AM #96: | 5-2 day 1 complete! This was quite a day! Five testimonies in all: Two from Fulbright, two from Filch, and a Mood Matrix from Jinxie, which is the worst one in the game. Having to point out that the yokai she thought she saw in the room were common household items was dumb. Fulbright says a few "interesting in hindsight" things here. The big one is, "I swear my investigation was flawless and foolproof, or my name's not Bobby Fulbright!" And it's not! When Blackquill is introduced and Fulbright seems to be impervious to his mind games, Apollo and Athena chalk it up to him just being too oblivious to know what Simon's trying to do, when it's really because, well, he's the Phantom. Speaking of Blackquill, I love this guy (Preemptive SILENCE! before SD attempts to interject his lame opinions here). Fantastic animations, excellent theme, great opponent, especially here in 5-2. I've said it many times before, but Apollo was the perfect guy to have Blackquill debut against in DD. Blackquill stays one step ahead of him almost the entire trial day, has an answer to every objection, and it's only by Apollo proposing a theory that turns out to be 100% wrong that they can't debunk at that point that he escapes alive. From the moment Blackquill steps into the courtroom, Apollo is clearly rattled, and it only gets worse. First, he sics Taka on Apollo to stop him from Perceiving because he considers it to fall into the category of trickery and fraud. Then Simon breaks the shackles, and everyone freaks out. Blackquill's perceived greatest weapon is his power of suggestion, where he can manipulate and guide people into thinking what he wants them to think. He shows it off early by coaxing the Judge into giving the opening statement. However, I think Blackquill's greatest skill is how crazily adaptable he is to any situation. Apollo proves that Filch at least heard Tenma Taro, and Blackquill accuses Jinxie of wearing the costume to goad a confession out of Damian Tenma. When Damian starts putting on the Tenma Taro act, Blackquill doesn't miss a beat and plays right along with it, saying he must have been possessed after the murder and that was the Tenma Taro everyone saw. When Apollo tries to challenge how absurd that is, Blackquill says if it's not Damian, then it's Jinxie, so which one is it? Of course, it's secret option number three in the end, but he puts Apollo right on the horns of a seemingly lose-lose dilemma like it was nothing. I like Filch as a witness. He's got a wide array of good animations, and his reactions to everything are great because he's a jittery little pickpocket. It's interesting that Blackquill gets furious at Filch for lying, even when that lie was beneficial to his case, to the point that he sics Taka on him, so it shows that he does have some semblance of a moral code. Another neat moment is when Jinxie sees the bags under Blackquill's eyes and gives him a charm to help him sleep better. In a rare moment of vulnerability, Simon is so disarmed by her gesture that all he can do is accept it and thank her for it. Some other fun moments: I love it when Blackquill tells silly stories about fellow inmates. Makes him very Godot-like. There was one moment when Filch calls Apollo a shyster, and his reply is, "Being called a shyster by a lying thief is definitely the low point of my fledgling career so far." Also, I love that Damian pretending to be Tenma Taro gets his own unique speech sound effect. The fact that he can put on an act so well should've been our biggest hint that he was actually the Amazing Nine-Tails all along! --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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