from the ace attorney fandom wiki:
A breakdown is a special type of descent in the Ace Attorney series serving as the final transition of a character to some kind of defeated state. It typically involves a special, normally one-off animation, which can be quite long and over-the-top, […] which can employ entire scenes.
in short, a breakdown involves the character doing hell all do show that they are very upset/defeated, especially in an exaggerated matter. unfortunately, there are rules, but it's to keep order:
OC 1: [exists]
OC 2: because of their normally happy personality, i think they would start crying
OC 3: they're a pretty unhinged character. i imagine they lower their head first, before they start laughing like a maniac seconds later
the first person gets to take the freebie
barging in for that freebie hell yeah. edgeworth may or may not have slightly affected this mans design at one point
vvv ASCENDING TO HEAVEN READING THIS AJWKLFJLGKG;LS'GDF'GGK;ASLF'; canon. it's canon, thank you very much, i will be sketching this particular scenario at some point in time.
arkadiy would try his best to rely on his confidence and overall domineering presence throughout the trial. but as he hates being rightfully called out, its refutation over refutation that causes him to eventually snap into his breakdown. he would resort to ad hominem in the most classiest of ways to start. next, as he's getting snappier, he would start crushing freshly burned cigarette ashes within his palm to grip at composure. but when it's all over, his rage would burst through and focus on the billions of means of violence he would have at his disposal were his opponents to keep talking. at least 10,000 bullets would fire into the ceiling. (don't ask how he was able to get in with his firearms.)
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⏬ you are CORRECT for this 🗣 i made sana's arc solely to fulfill the Break the Cutie trope and you UNDERSTOOD
Coming into the courtroom at the defense of Liwliwa, Sana is polite, but genuine in his defense of his love. As more and more holes in his story come through, however, Sana becomes more and more defensive, not wanting to think of his love like that, and his alibi for her becomes increasingly more and more hectic and unconvincing.
Finally, the kicker, the defense postulates that this was all a scheme by her to use Sana to build her alibi. Pushed over the edge, Sana refuses beyond any logic, "No, that's not true! That can't be true, they wouldn't!" he yells losing all composure and breaking down into tears, becoming unresponsive afterward.
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I find the idea of him being largely quiet and having to paint in the middle of trial in order to convey what he's saying funny, feels like a particularly "Ace Attorney" way of presenting someone VVV
I think he would present his case visually, bringing along an easel and paint to give his answers. Stuff like painting the body with a no symbol on it to say he wasn't the murderer. Initially, these paintings would be highly detailed and resemble Da Vinci/Van Gogh paintings. They'd be full of flowers and sunshine in order to present positive, upstanding vibes. As the trial breaks down, his paintings get more erratic and gruseome, breaking down in style (ie. cubism/abstract art) with the final painting being just a bunch of knives stabbing the victim as his true M.O. is revealed. He then flies into a rage and throws his paintbrushes at the defense
V yeah that feels like something he would do I love that he just gives up lol
in the hopes that he gets less suspicion of being the culprit, sammy would try to charm the court with his witty acting antics. of course, this is sammy we're talking about, so it's not super successful, but it's there. as he testifies, he would put up random personas to emphasize each point of his testimony, all the while internally hoping he doesn't make at least one contradiction
the moment sammy gets revealed to be the true criminal of the trial, the courtroom suddenly starts shaking as if an earthquake's about to hit only to be suddenly stopped with a deeply saddened sammy at the stand. it's still a breakdown, but with a twist: sammy withdrawed last second because "what's the point anymore?", as he gives out a depressing speech with pictures of the crime being showcased throughout. he willingly turns himself in aftwards
NP, if hemocyte isn't your style, feel free to pick either dr. enigma or MC instead
Considering her already anxious and paranoid nature, she’d already be conscious about being ‘caught’ so she’d have quit the big breakdown. But, since she’s also so dead set in her beliefs, I imagine it’s less about her feeling guilty she got caught, but more or less begging the other person to just *believe* her. I imagine her sprite in this scenario would contain some type of radio or microphone? So she’d start screaming and pleading but over time would just go quiet. ( like the end of a radio show) Cus she’s just so tired of her theories plaguing her and then having people not believe her