#hotline miami henchman

[delafiseaseses]

I just had a Hotline Miami 2 realisation.

So, after Execution is Ambush, right? I'm guessin' a decent amounta ya know The Fans appear in the bar at the starta the intro, but I just realised their actions in the previous scene are analogues to the ending of the level.

Since, in the end of the level, Barnes has remorselessly killed (and is still beating) a Russian Army captive. There's a certain callousness to the way the still alive ones are being held too: Jacket holding that gun right to the crying man's head, Daniels maybe joking maybe not about 'Letting Barnes deal with' the captives to make life easier. The soldiers who have the exact same bald heads and tan skin The Henchman does.

Y'see where I'm goin' with this, right? The Fans in their... fandom of Jacket and the Ghost Wolves were emulating them in Execution in their merciless treatment of The Henchman.

If I was to be extra daring, I could also say that Tony's lack of involvement is something of a mirror to Daniels mild disapproval and point out that the two of them also share the same eyebrow colour and shaved heads.

I might also point out that while the Ghost Wolves were holding 5 (formerly 6) presumably sober men captive The Fans only have 1 and he's high out of his mind, and the man Barnes has killed with his bare hands is a larger 'more powerful' man than The Henchman. Showing their emulation is lesser than their idols.

The positioning of the scenes in this game I'm sure feel random t' some, but I think they've all been placed with very particular purposes.

[sacophy]

[jadiixmuln]

dudes asking him to drink. on a wednesday. at 12 in the afternoon

[mtmfmofu]

📞💔

[siniyvanya]

Without context. Wanna say ....lm not sorry. And Sasha(The Son) and Misha(Henchman) :Р

[cottongery]

[sodafrog13]

finally was able to get down my visual hcs for mary :] i think she, hench, and the son have a Very interesting dynamic. more thoughts under the cut if u care to peek (careful, it's wordy)

i think hench and mary have been together long term by events of the game and i specifically think they started dating when hench wasn't working for the son yet

i actually think he used to work for the columbians, based mostly on mary's intense shock that the son would be so willing to let him leave and also the fact that his skin tone matches the default skin tone of the normal columbian mobsters (though the latter could admittedly just be attributed to dennaton's heavy use of palette swapping and sprite refurbishing). in my thinking, he and/or mary got into some sort of trouble with his former boss and pledged his loyalty to the son and his family if they would be able to get him out.

in doing so, it was made specifically clear to the henchman (likely by the father) that if he were to ever double cross them, he'd have both him and mary killed. thusly, the henchman did everything in his power to be an asset to the russian mafia, so much so that the son, more lenient when it came to the terms of their agreement than his father though perhaps more willing to actively test them, took a shine to him.

the son is curious of mary. as a gay man who doesn't really know he's gay, he honestly has the tendency to be misogynistic to women he doesn't see as his equal (ie the bodyguard), as his interests truly lie in patriarchal views of masculinity and power. he at least has enough foresight to recognize how important she is to the henchman and is fine with letting her be (past the occasional remark about her to the henchman directly). that said, he does consider her a bit of a hindrance re: the henchman's ambitions, but again, never to the extent he'd do anything about it.

mary is genuinely unnerved by the son. she has every right to be, considering both her and her partner's safety are basically up to his family's whims, but she lets the henchman go as he pleases. she recognizes that he has a genuinely fondness for his boss (because it's the same kind of fondness that he has for her) and quite honestly, she doesn't mind him having another partner so long as he's honest with her. it's just the fact that it's him that puts her off. she, however, also has concerns re: the henchman's plans for the future. she doesn't really Mind that they're not married but it is something she'd enjoy. that, and she really does wonder how much longer he's willing to keep doing mob work. he's not old per se but he's definitely not as young as he used to be, and even she can see that he won't last very long with the life that he leads and that scares her.

the henchman is... well, he's indecisive. doesn't really know what he wants until it's hitting him in the face. he's honestly just fine coasting around until some other force leads him off his beaten path, something that annoys the son and concerns mary because it really does sometimes come to a battle of who can get through to him first, even if none of them really know it. he loves them both, he really does, but he's also fickle. because even though he wants them both, he also secretly wants a certain level of freedom that he just can't have by being both tied to people and also a job (as seen in that dream he has where he's driving out of miami, not only without his girl or his boss but in spite of the hurricane that he's sure to run into). so maybe it's not even that he's indecisive, he knows what he wants it's just that he knows, logically, that it is something he cannot have. so he just willingly keeps himself in that loop until something breaks, that something being all those dreams that richard was sending him in an attempt to break the bigger cycle of things.

in a different world, i'd like to imagine that they can work things out. i truly do not blame mary for what she did, because i truly would have done the exact same thing as her in that situation even if it wasn't necessarily what was 'right'. but i feel that in that same vein, hench could have done more to reassure her that things would be fine, esp considering he has a personal enough connection to the son to know that he's different from his father.

but also i mean we all know that nobody in miami has communication skills. that'd be ridiculous there'd be no game otherwise

[lawdusty]

[hotlinecharlie]

part 1 of several hlm plushie concepts!! all inspired by the jacket and biker plushies by steelwithteeth!

the son

^ design note: his paws r the same color as his gloves! also he's meant to be a panther, like the ones you see in showdown.

pardo

beard

henchie

[katanayume]

"how does henchman keep his head so shiny??" well well WELL boy u will not like the answer

[reggiethepup]

Day Four: Business!

I like the idea of the Son and the Henchman having a normal office job.

[b0d1ly-st3w]

Rating Hotline Miami ships bc I can TW OPINIONS AND SPOILERS!!!!!!!!

Hotline Miami 1:

★Jacket/Girlfriend: 10/10, this ship is genuinely so cute I'm so mad GF fucking died.

☆Jacket/Biker: 5/10, not my fave in the whole world bc some of y'all love making Biker a little twink, but it can be okay sometimes ig.

★Jacket/Beard: 10/10, again, love this sm, but I'm content with them just being friends.

☆The Father/The Bodyguard: 6/10, don't hate this ship tbh, like it makes sense, just not my fave yk??

★Richter/anyone: 1/10, I don't like shipping Richter idk why it just feels wrong to me

Hotline Miami 2:

☆Alex/Corey: 10/10, very cute, love those lesbians fr.

★Corey/Tony: 10/10, also very cute, quiet women and her loud bf in the Taco Bell parking lot.

☆Alex/any man: 0/10, I'm sorry she's a lesbian in my eyes I don't like shipping her with men.

★Ash/Corey: 4/10, sure, idk if anyone actually ships this, but it could be cute.

☆Mark/Corey: 4/10, same as last one, has potential to be cute but idk if anyone actually likes this.

★Ash/Tony: 5/10, could be cute but idk.

☆Ash/Mark: 5/10, again, the same as above.

★Tony/Mark: 0/10, ABSOLUTELY NOT TONY IS SO MEAN TO HIM.

☆The Son/Henchman: 0/10, gagged, I used to ship this but I started hcing henchie as a sort of father figure to son so it just makes me feel gross.

★Henchman/Mary: 5/10, they would have been cute but they were both greedy bastards and were willing to abandon each other for money.

☆The Son/Product: 10000/10, THE ONLY GOOD SHIP!!! /J.

★Evan/Manny: 4/10, sure ig???? Idgaf enough about these two to care (sorry they're both annoying).

Cross over ships:

☆Biker/The Son: 0/10, just no, that's it I just don't like it

★uhh idk any other cross over ships but like drop some ships if you want and I'll rate them

[bbotan]

messing directly with the boss is risky business ... especially when he just wants to see you burn but still be his

translations top to bottom :

"forgive me, I'm sorry."

"stupid dog"

"you are such an idiot, you're so cute"

i drew son too young looking in the first photo ...

I'll fix that soon [ I won't ]

[jadiixmuln]

doodles

[j3st3r-luvr]

I’m bored so here’s what I think each non 50 blessings hotline Miami characters mask would be.

Biker- ik he is in 50B but if he did choose a traditional mask I’m 100% sure it would be a peacock. For one thing it’s a very elegant bird and would serve as a great foil to jackets rooster mask. For one a male peacock has very vibrant colors that match bikers (pink jacket can metaphorically match the flashy eye-feathers a peacock has). This would also complement bikers “guns blazing” play style. Showcasing how he’s more willing to question his part in 50Bs plot rather than put his head down and mindlessly obey their will (kinda like a chicken would). Bonus points for also mirroring the “cock joke” with richards mask. (Figure it out yourself)

Next is beard- a cat. Not a big cat but a regular orange tabby. Not only does he have chill “leave me be and I’ll be V. Cuddly vibes” like a cat but I 100% believe he would let a stray cat crash and live In his gas station. He’s just chill like a house cat and I respect that about him.

Evan wright- a vulture Lol. This one kinda explains itself, with some of mannys dialogue about “the press being vultures” aswell as Evan sniffing around dead bodies as opposed to killing the Russians himself. Not much else to say.

Onto the funny thicc skin man himself

Manny pardo- I’m more of the opinion that if he did have a mask, it would be a puppet mask (basically just phantoms face in mask form). Not only does him being a puppet suit him, with his actions mearly puppeting the fame of the masked maniac, he’s also a very hollow man. He chases fame to fill the void (it never works though). But if I 100% had to pick an animal it would be a German shepherd. Not only are they the dogs favored by the police but they also parallel the dogs used by the Russians. This club as a possible reference to manny being in kahoots with the son.

Speaking of which for the son- I’m torn between a panther or a shark mask. But Leaning towards a shark. As we can see he owns his own pet shark (I always assumed one given to him by his father) and I could definitely see his personality being compared to a sharks whole aesthetic. But a panther mask could work better as a reference to his fathers legacy. Aswell as showing how he lives in the shadows of his dad. Always wanting to win his approval but never getting it due to his death. All in all I’m more fond of the shark, as it is a mask not already in game (apposed to the panther) and it goes to show more of the son’s personality aswell as being his own thing not too connected to his dad.

Onto the henchman- he would be an eel all the way. A small fish with big Dreams only able to succeed at them by stealing the sons profits/hard work. He’s slippery and didn’t make too much of an impact outside of his bosses escapades. (No hate to the guy but he is unmotivated to work for what he wants. Floating in the middle rather than choosing his own destiny)

And for fun here’s a some bonus masks

Daniels- gives me big polar bear vibes. (An no not because he fat)

Barnes- coyote. I know it’s not a wolf but at least one of the “ghost wolves” had to be a canine.