That was foreshadowing

[taotrooper]

I liked the first episode of FMA redux. Not perfect for an intro, true, but I had more fun watching it than I expected.

The opening sequence is gorgeous, I tell you. And yay for Hohenheim in it!

In other news, anon has enlightened me and I have now discovered I've spent a year roleplaying and developing a "pretty" character with "no personality" all based on my own imagination. Or something.

I'm not saying the characters in Apollo Justice aren't underdeveloped compared to the Phoenix Wright ones, and that their potential wasn't exploited enough in their own game, because they are. But to say there's absolutely nothing in any of them... I get a bit tired of these elitists pissing on them all the time because it's not Phoenix-Maya-Edgeworth. I find the main cast of AJ more likable and adorable than PW's, true, and that makes me this enormous weirdo. But even if I didn't, I'd still see the personality they have. It's not that loud because the game never emphasized in it, but it's there if you open your eyes.

Or maybe I was hallucinating while I played it, since I'm pretty sure my favorite character is Klavier because of his canon personality (that apparently is only in my head!!) Go figure: at the beginning I thought the pretty Gavin was Kristoph and I ended up not liking him nor trying to come up with traits. And I find Klavier attractive later on because of his dorkiness and honesty. I don't fangirl out of shallowness. I... just don't understand these wankers.

Comments

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Because it's not a personality they like? Because people might be fangirling over a character you don't like, and that must be because of shallowness? I'm getting so tired of this.

Then again, the anon and people agreeing with them are all saying no AJ character has a personality to begin with so...

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the other games so I don't know how developed they are in comparison, but still, less development =/= no personality at all. :/ And Klavier is not a shallow character dammit.

One day I'll have to make a post about "characters I love but don't talk about nearly enough". And Klavier is top of the list.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I think it's once again ANGST IS DEPTH. Edgeworth, Phoenix's main rival/friend, is considered the best developed character, when you have to consider that a) he had three games, soon to be four, to get it; b) he's had at least two cases where he was personally involved (in one of them he was the suspect) which helped loads to give insight on his past; c) you get to talk to him a lot in breaks and right after court; d) I'd say half of his screentime was TEH WANGST or social awkwardness (he gets better, thankfully).

I keep saying that it's the game's fault for not having Apollo and Trucy talking with Klavier after the trials, because I've noticed it's when most prosecutors and minor characters get to shine their personalities the most in the previous trilogy. If instead of just going right to the hospital at the end to talk only with Vera we had Klavier popping in somewhere, and have them chat about how he truly felt about Kristoph (and Daryan) and going against them, these people wouldn't be able to complain about this they'd complain about something else then because he'd have more or less the same development than Franziska and Godot.

...Sorry for teal deering D: And I'd love to read you about AJ and Klavier.