#i love horrific necktie

[palmonlink]

i love this freak so much. i mourn all the people who never got to hear its beautiful voice.

[randomisedmongoose]

He listens to Babymetal and is into visual kei

[failbettergames]

And the new necktie is great, love that, though I must ask, is it a refrence to the horrific necktie from disco elysium?

Ugly neckties transcend game universes, we've found

[bat-yellow-eyes]

Love how much two Disco Elysium playthroughs can vary in so few hours from the start.

The first time I played I had Inland Empire as my main. I didn't have the courage to reveal my face, and I was amused by the horrific necktie. And, honestly, I felt bad and confused when I succeeded the Conceptualitation check and was told to wait. (I didn't even finish day one)

The second time I had Encyclopedia (I love him so much). This time I knew my appearance. Oh boy I was questioning myself if the necktie did really spoke last time. Funny thing is, I failed the Conceptualitation check catastrophicly and got the perfect name for me, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau lol.

[yamada-ryo]

Thoughts on Disco Elysium:

Went into the game completely blind other than the obvious "inner speech characterisation" thing and the following

The game calls you a centerist if you don't pick a political stance

Our lucky racist will grant you 3 wishes

Lamby

There's something with this Cuno kid

Drove his own car into the sea

Kim Kimball Kitsuragi

And that's it

Thoughts:

Grabbed the horrific necktie so quick I didn't even do the skill check and was wondering why the tie wasn't speaking to me

I thought the inner monolouge voice was his actual voice. Until the karaoke part.

Loved how the game lets you call yourself Raphael as an option at every point in the game despite multiple characters calling him Harry. I never once made him call himself Harry.

I didn't believe the ex wife thing one bit. Still don't. Genuinely think it's just part of his mind acting up. After all if he forgot everything how can I trust that this one supposed memory of his is real

Didn't drink or use speed at all. Bought one pack of smokes just to set the paint on fire.

Didn't go after any women because I thought he was homosexual by default and was wondering when I could romance Kim (didn't know homosexuality had to be unlocked first)

^also why I didn't buy the ex wife thing one bit. That and half light insisting that I don't pursue the thought

"A major part of being a communist is arguing with other communists"

The part about the game developer being fired from his own company

Died in the chair about 5 times because I didn't know the number above the health bars was the number of heals I had at the time (2) and not an indicator of my maximum health (also 2). Also didn't know how to heal

Bought about 20-25 health pills just to tank the ruby encounter only for her to run away before I used most of it

Lady who bought the pawned gun straight up didn't spawn. Like I could hear the police sirens at the spot where she was supposed to be but there was no one there

I thought Kim would get shot no matter what but apparently not. Raphael got shot in the leg and Kim was hit on the head

Softlocked myself from the ice cream maker machine and had to forget a skill to retry it

Didn't buy any dice or sneakers or speakers

Didn't know it at the time but I learnt indirect modes of taxation and had the +1 shoes on so I was getting 2 real every time I talked to someone and had more money than I ever needed

Gym guy (sunday friend's friend) actually noticed I was wearing the hat I knicked from his room which was cool

There is no way Cunoesse's last name is actually "vittu"

Royalty free alternate universe Karl Marx

Measurehead finally got off the gangway and it turns out you can't even press the button. And the box behind him there all this time only had 1.10 real in it. SAD!

The fact that there even is an option to shoot Cunoesse

Was hoping Kim would wear the matching PISSFAGGOT jacket (he didn't)

Ran about shoeless on the first day. Found the balcony shoe just before debreifing with Kim. Then found the shoe in the starting room.

Thought there would be more to Contact Mike but no Raphael just confuses one poor girl about it

Didn't buy the map until day 3 and didn't figure out how fast travel worked until day 5

Is the expression rigor mortis? Did he have The Expression during all that? Even the gunfight?

The pawn shop owner is the only character that responds to you having a torch in your hand. Also cool detail where if the cursor is in front of Raphael the torch will shine in the direction of the cursor

Paid 20 real for the motel room first thing in the morning before I realised I had free accomodation for the night at the pier

Not much to say about the harbour since my screen fucking died

[escargoonie-goo]

THIS WHOLE TIME THE HORRIFIC NECKTIE'S BEEN CALLING ME BRO???? OH MY GOD

I love you, Horrific Necktie...

[omorinintendoswitchedition]

so i ran the skills through the hunger games simulator because i was feeling nostalgic

thankyou @biocrafthero for suggesting this i love youuuu

-lots of runners here

-holy shit authority is already going for it.

-half-light fucking drowned. how.

-picking flowers is such a conceptualisation thing to do

-suggestion holy shit??? already????

-perception and viscalc both finding a cave is very fitting

-drama :(

-drama and savvy <3

-the horrific necktie coming in very handy rn

-IT IS ONLY DAY 2 SO MANY FUCKIGN PEOPLE ARE DEAD

-inland empire and viscalc…

-thats so fitting for pain threshold

-SHIVERS. NO. I WANTED HER TO WIN.

-pretty uneventful night

-pretty uneventful day. dont know why endurance didnt kill here.

-theres a poem in volition and composure making a suicide pact somewhere

-FUCK. INLAND EMPIRE MY FAVOURITE.

-dont have much to say abt this night. rip logic ig.

-the feast was brutal. shoutout echem for not going at all.

-also fairly uneventful

-????what????the fuck??????

CONGRATS TO HAND-EYE ON WINNING

[inland--empire]

The tie is an anomaly and it has breached containment and I want to befriend it for some reason. We love to see it

Ah yes the Horrific Necktie that SCREAMS IN YOUR EAR but also tell you to not kill yourself.

[objectumconfessional]

i got the disco elysium horrific necktie as an early christmas present and i cannot believe how in love i am with him

[wonderful101gecs]

Any chance of a Codex brand Disco Elysium playthrough/analysis sometime in the future?

I've considered it, but my big concern is just that I'm not sure what I'd bring to the table for it. It's one of those works of art that seemingly has had every piece of it so exhaustively examined, re-examined, and re-re-examined that I feel like anything I'd say would inevitably have already been discussed in more depth by someone else. It'd be a fun video to make, but also a redundant one. Perhaps a stream or a podcast tho, cause I would love to be able to just pop off about the Horrific Necktie with some friends for an hour or two.

[botoartist]

I'm currently working on a short comics with horrific necktie, so the drawings won't be posted as often. I love you all, guys!

feedback is very important to me, thank you very much💕

[deckof-dragons]

I started my next playthrough of Disco Elysium today. In my first run I went for a eccentric but nice guy. So I would pick some funny options but mostly I was trying to be as decent of a person as I could. This playthrough I'm going straight for the weirdest choice whenever possible. And it's already fantastic. xD

I also got the Horrific Necktie this time. I didn't wear it at all my first playthrough and thus didn't know there was anything special about it until I bought the medicinal alcohol, prompting the quest that mentioned it. But then when putting it on didn't do anything, I dismissed it and took it off. After finishing the game though and was thus allowed free reign in the DE tag, I saw mentions of it. So made sure to get it right away this time. Was prepared to save scum for it an everything (didn't have to though). I was missing out because I love it/him/them/whatever the neckties pronouns are.

[seasalt-burn]

Some of the Disco Elysium events I experienced on my first playthrough include, but in no way are limited to:

-dying because he tried to grab the horrific necktie a little too close to the Sun and had a fucking heart attack

-dying to a notion of his motor carriage

-dying to a chair

-passing out from reading the note that smells like apricots

-making a dish soap vinegar soup with boots and necrotic tissue (yummy)

-dedicating a karaoke song to Kim in front of Jean, I just know he cried that day, maybe even every day

-being the sorriest cop this world has ever to endure

-channeling the inner Contact Mike and beating the living laughing loving shit out of Measurehead

-passing the church check that gets Kim to dance, then passing out on a dance floor and waking up to everybody standing there like nothing ever happened

//seriously, get my guy some medical attention//

-giving speed to a child because skills told me this is how we get Cuno to trust us so he can actually get a nice life in the end, disappointing Kim because we gave speed to a child

-vandalism

-not having enough suggestion points (couldn't get Kim to wear the Pissf****t jacket), still parading around in Fuck The World jacket like the lone and misunderstood wolf I am

-stressing WAAAAY TOO MUCH about that one bunker door you cannot open, refusing to accept it (the very reason this door is there is so that you can't open it)

-savescumming the tribunal because Cuno is cool and I love his character growth, but I just missed Kim so much

-three bad ass men nodding stoically

-being a raging communist and getting violently humbled by the final communist boss on his remote island

-never taking a drop of speed/alcohol, yet still being told off for being drunk by Jean in the end sequence

[disco-elysium-via-polls]

🎵 Whirling in Rags, 8 AM

"A police woman."

HORSE-FACED WOMAN - "Yes..." Her voice is quiet. "A police woman who just wants to do her job, that's all," she says quietly and looks away.

COMPOSURE [Medium: Success] - Something about the man with sunglasses and you, the energy between you two, is making her uncomfortable.

5. "Okay. Good-bye." [Leave.]

Alright, let's have another look at the bullet.

FRACTURED BULLET - The bullet is still safely sealed away in a plastic bag bearing the RCM stamp.

4. [Hand/Eye Coordination - Legendary 14] Try to determine what type of weapon shot this.

HAND/EYE COORDINATION [Legendary: Success] - You can't remember what happened last week -- what makes you think you're going to remember arcane firearm models?

-1 Morale

This is still a really hard check. It's probably worth waiting until we know more.

5. The bullet has nothing more to say. [Put it away.]

GORĄCY KUBEK - The man ponders his cooking utensils and gives you a little nod, acknowledging your presence.

"Do you know what's behind that door?" (Point to the blue door.)

"Leo said you're friends with Mañana. Is that true?"

"What is in that borscht you're making there?" (Point to the large pot.)

"You've got some impressive pots there."

"I don't think I need anything else. Stay masculine!" [Leave.]

GORĄCY KUBEK - The mention of 'Mañana' gets his attention. He smiles and delivers a whole slew of unfamiliar words and lively gestures. Then he falls silent again.

EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - They're friends.

2. "What is in that borscht you're making there?" (Point to the large pot.)

GORĄCY KUBEK - The man says a couple of sentences in that strange language of his and then seems to wait for you to speak.

"Yes." (Nod.)

"No." (Shake your head.)

"Sorry, I don't understand you."

GORĄCY KUBEK - Just one word. Sounds quizzical. Then he awaits your answer with his brow arched.

"Yes." (Nod.)

GORĄCY KUBEK - "*Barszcz* need…" He looks at the soup, then at you. "More *wódka*?" He picks up a bottle from the shelf.

KIM KITSURAGI - "Okay, so it's vodka that keeps the men happy and in good spirits." He nods. "Clever move by the Union."

HORRIFIC NECKTIE - Vodka-borscht! I love it, *bratan*! Turn it the fuck up and then ask for some yourself.

LOGIC [Trivial: Success] - Turning it up seems like a dangerous idea, honestly. The place is a powder keg.

[the-earth-refused-to-die]

Empathy - Love

Logic - Brain

Shivers - Heart

Composure - Control

Electrochemistry - Caffeinate!

Pain Threshold - Melatonin

Inland Empire - Love

Endurance - Heart

Authority - Control

Reaction Speed - Caffeinate!

Savoir Faire - You get me going

Encyclopedia - Brain

Esprits Du Corps - Heart

Volition - Control

Horrific Necktie - Wake up!

Kim Kitsuragi - "Nice to meet you, who could you be?"

You - "I am injury."

Kim Kitsuragi - "No you aren't, you made the choice to be."

You - "But I am!"

Kim Kitsuragi - "No."

You - "I am!"

Kim Kitsuragi - "No."

You - Dopamine...

I CAN FEEL THIS TO BE HONEST - Bibi

[shu-bullshit]

I don't like shaven Harry either guys (devastated when Kim told me he doesn't like it, thought he would). But this is how I imagine he was a few years ago. Black RCM uniform, stubble and slightly longer hair as he had a hard time managing his life.

According to the necktie, I imagine he started to get colorful clothings, as well as growing out his hair and mutton chops after he got the horrific necktie. The tie is the only thing that speaks cause it's the start of everything disco.

I just love that story explained this was his way of coping with his sadness.

The Beautiful Necktie

One day, a sad man walked into a clothing store.

Process under the cut

Sometimes when I watch the time lapse I don't know how I made it through the ugly stages.

This one was pretty fast tho, perhaps 3 hrs last night and 3 hrs tonight.