One of my favorite things in media is when writers give otherwise stoic, logical characters "silly" interests and hobbies.
Literally, Shu Takumi COOKED when he gave Miles Edgeworth his Steel Samurai hyperfixation.
Edit: Just learned that one of the artists for Ace Attorney, Kumiko Suekane, was the one who came up with the idea of Edgeworth being similar in age to Phoenix and the idea of Edgeworth's Steel Samurai hyperfixation. Genuinely did not know that until now.
I already know some of y'all are gonna misinterpret this interaction (some people already have), so here's my thoughts on the Glisten & Blot interaction.
So, Blot is already not in the best mood. It's been shown that he doesn't like doing machines, and he doesn't like progressing through floors. So he's not exactly happy.
So Glisten is trying to strike up a conversation here. The only problem is that he knows NOTHING about the circus (mainly due in part that he hates/is afraid of clowns), so obviously, his first thought is, "hey, mimes are supposed to be silent, right?" It was meant to just be a simple comment.
But Blot is already not in the best mood, so hearing this, he takes it as an insult, and goes completely silent. Or perhaps he's being a smart ass and is taking his comment literally by being silent. Maybe both.
Glisten knows he screwed up here, so he tries to backtrack, but again, he does it in probably the worst way possible. He's not intentionally trying to be an asshole. This is more of a way of saying, "oh, c'mon, Blot. I was just messing with you. We're still cool." But he also tries to do so in a playful manner, potentially as a way to appeal to the fact that he's in a circus troupe.
Blot doesn't think it's sincere, so he remains silent. He probably also knows Glisten won't be able to understand him anyway.
Saying that Glisten is intentionally being mean here is just a really bad faith interpretation of this, and it really discounts the fact that:
1. He's kind of playing a character.
2. The two just aren't compatible. Their personalities clash.
No hate to anyone who might've interpreted that way in the beginning, I made the same mistake with Bassie and Cocoa, but characters are complex, guys. It's not black and white.
I NEED more of Glisten and Rodger acting like an old married couple. I NEED more of them fussing over eachother, getting into arguments over trivial matters (most of the time it's literally just one trying to prove that he's right about something and the other just dicking with him, intentionally or unintentionally) but still loving eachother.
Whenever Twisted Glisten finds a poster or one of those introductory cards of himself somewhere, he tears it to shreds and just has a violent meltdown because he knows that's him and he doesn't look like that anymore (and also because, in the case of that poster, he's alone now, and he knows this).
And he'd get dead quiet if someone were to ask him about it.
i like your glisten hc :D . but his default form Is just him with Just a big bow + legwarmers on. i do love his sweater skin so much though
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First off, thank you for the ask! I rarely ever get asks on here.
I imagine he just toughs it out usually, but he does put on his sweater when the cold gets really unbearable (i.e. during winter). Is that purely because he thinks that showing weakness to anyone is basically like confessing to a crime and admitting that he struggles with anything makes him weak? Mmmaybe.
I also love the sweater skin. They cooked with that.
