#de spoilers

[faoluoo]

what did she mean by this

[cupozo]

they exist

[mercuriobebop]

YOU - Why are you doing this? I just want to sleep. I can almost see the dark. ANCIENT REPTILIAN BRAIN - We're trying to help you. All these processes -- these tortures, voices and tremors -- are all just distractions. Flares and countermeasures. To keep you from the last dream. The worst of them all. YOU - The… last dream? LIMBIC SYSTEM - The last dream will be total annihilation. Cinders peeling off the fuselage. We won't be there to help you anymore, Harry. We will be dormant. You will be naked and alone.

Skills version and what came to mind after reading "A Spilled Kaleidoscope" fanfic, what are the consequences of The Pale

YOU - "The pale can damage the mind?" JOYCE MESSIER- - "Extensively." YOU - "How?" JOYCE MESSIER- - "Some say the damage stems from extreme sensory deprivation. Others argue that pale somehow consists of past information, that's degrading. That it's rarefied past, not rarefied matter. They call it the blend-over of the self. The pale does not only suspend the laws of physics, but also the laws of psychology, maybe History, even… The human mind becomes over-radiated by past."

[zkyeline]

Good morning Elysium, today I bring you the sequel to the Rad Cop animatic… COMRADE Cop animatic.

[placeboelysium]

I'm so sorry to whoever most definitely did this already but I have not seen it yet

(credits to @hadrosoh for coming up with the usernames because I could not)

Also I have so many WIPs rn bear with me

[rm-cain]

[catgirlscratches]

Been playing disco elysium and so far my favorite lore is that communists are better at sex because of the communism

[arcadiabaytornado]

This was NOT casual.

[yourpalmalika]

kim really got to live out the crazy girl fantasy and nurture his crush to health like a baby bird huh

[escargoonie-goo]

hey

[spursthatjinglejanglejingle]

The way that Kim breaks his one cigarette a day rule if Harry doesn't ask him to join precinct 41 at the end of the game but not after the tribunal when he (depending on the ending) kills two people, gets the shit beaten out of him, and watches his partner almost die breaks my heart. Especially with how the cigarette he smokes after the tribunal is described as "having medicinal properties", it implies that being left behind is more painful to him than getting beaten until he's concussed.

[faoluoo]

ordered yaoi and got served yuri wtf

[bdsmrist]

theres something so endearing about the church dancing scene and how the characters moves match their personalities.

kim’s dancing is solely based on footwork. it takes finesse, and you can *see* him thinking every step through, focussing his gaze to the floor. like hes trying to remember a dance he learned in his 20s during his juvie days. but he could “break the floorboards” with just how confident every step is. hes calculated, but assertive all at once.

then theres harry, who’s going absolutely insane on the dance floor— erratic, big movements that on their own seem completely impulsive and improvised —but they all seem to come together into one majestic disco infernum number. kind if like how he is as a detective and as a person in general; winging it, but doing so passionately with every single fiber in his bones. i remember busting into laughter when i first watched it. the mind boggling ordeal of watching a man in his 40s recovering from a three day bender bust such legendary moves on the dance floor was priceless. a truly amazing sight.

and then theres andre— the only youngster of the bunch —whos just straight up vibin, shuffling side to side. not moving much. nothing too out there, nothing fancy. if anything, it looks like hes mainly enjoying the scene before him; two random middle aged officers who came out of nowhere and helped them organize their night club, for no other reason than because “fuck yeah, music!”, letting lose and having fun on the dance floor with them. the “delinquents”. a part of him probably doesn’t believe it. its most likely the most positive interaction hes ever had with police officers in his life. but he lets it happen and enjoys himself like the chill guy he is.

its just such an absurd scene, its fun and energetic, but it still conveys so much without saying anything at all. truly one of the most, if not *the* most exciting and remarkable part of the game.

[tikiface]

This still fucks me up on the daily.

[katt1281]

It's been discussed before how Kim is trigger-happy. A common example used is when he pulls his gun on The Pigs, and nearly blasts her head off. I was looking through Fayde and found some dialogue options I have never seen before/seen discussed before so I wanted to bring them up because I'm going to be thinking about them for a WHILE…

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant's eyes stay fixed on the woman and her gun -- he studies them closely, then mumbles: "Fascinating."

SetVariableValue("boardwalk.pigs_kim_noticed_gun_not_loaded", true) --[[ Variable[ ]]

KIM CAN NOTICE THAT THE GUN ISN'T LOADED.

I'm not 100% certain what's required to get this, but it looks like you need to pull the gun at Cunoesse earlier. Here's (basically) the whole thing:

(then theres the normal Harry dialogue/check. he fails it, and The Pigs tries to shoot him)

As you can see, Kim notices that the gun isn't loaded, which in itself is impressive considering the stress and dark and everything- it shows how adept and familiar with police guns he is. Then he silently urges Harry to go get the gun. 'It's safe' he thinks.

Then, the line that has me freaking out over this scene:

'I was 95% sure the gun is empty and still that instinctual muscle twitch could have ended in an unnecessary death.'

Like oh my god?? He thought the words 'it's safe' yet STILL felt compelled to shoot her. I wonder how many of his kills were unnecessary, how many times he couldn't control that instinctual muscle twitch. How fucking haunting. For him to be actively aware of this too…I have so many feelings about this, ones I can't exactly put into words. Something about a pair of traumatized cops, one fighting against shooting himself and one fighting against shooting everyone else

[fawntastic]

Hellooooooo rubyklaasje nation (OG image under cut)