#more disco Elysium because that’s all I can draw now apparently

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Things I would like to see written more, or would write about if I could write featuring Disco Elysium:

- Harrier Du bois is a Innocence ! It would start out very subtly, with Kim catching Harry just seemingly not breathing, of course his first concussion would be that Harry’s heart must’ve just stopped, que panicked moments where Kim shakes Harry awake or semi freaks out whenever he sees Harry napping at work or just sleeping in general, because Harry is just not breathing. (Because it’s stated in game that apparently Innocence’s are said to not even breathe, they just eternal like that.) or maybe Harry just makes one too many predictions that are scarily accurate which really fucks with Kim as he entertains the idea of Harry being an Innocence, like he doesn’t believe it, but it’s a entertaining thought to ponder until Harry’s lungs suddenly glow out of nowhere, maybe Harry doesn’t notice himself or Kim convinced himself it was a trick of the light… just alot of second guesses and whatnot!

- Harry dating (and it’s not Kim) Harry, after finding out about his sexuality and finally coming to terms to it — decides it’s time to head back into the dating scene! Maybe Harry just ASSUMES Kim is taken already because I mean… it’s Kim! Kim is so cool! Of course he has a partner! (He doesn’t.) and Kim is just like wow my lungs are burning with hurt right now. Kim painstakingly supporting Harry but also dying inside hearing about all of Harry’s dates and partner(s). I just want jealous Kim honestly. Or even possessive Kim teehee… like Kim overhearing Harry has a date tonight and before Harry himself can tell him Kim abruptly asks if Harry wants to hang out tonight, wanting Harry to choose him over his date, even sweetening the deal by saying he has alot of plans of *insert literally all of Harry’s favourite activities and also maybe Kim confessing or being willing to let Harry do XYZ for once* Harry of course just blurts out ‘YEAH ILL HANG OHT WITH YOU!!’ Without thinking and is like oh shit I have a date tonight. Oh god. Do I blow my date off or Kim?? Kim realllyy smug when Harry chooses him all while acting innocent. Even “scolding” Harry when Harry admits he choose Kim over his date. Just small moments where Kim feels guilty for sabotaging his dates but also just can’t help it, he keeps purposefully somehow ruining the relationship. Of course he feels really guilty but Harry will forgive him because it led to them finally dating. Maybe Kim takes it too far or EVEM GETS CAUGHT ACTIVELY TRYING TO RUIN HARRY’S DATES and for the smallest second Harry sees Kim as some sort of jerk (sorta rightfully so!) and gets mad at Kim until later he thinks about WHY Kim was doing that.

- Body swap au ! I know there’s already some of body swaps out there, but I want more! Like the idea of Kim hearing Harry’s skills and being like ‘This is what Harry is forced to hear all the time? It’s so noisy…’ and then Harry being like ‘wow it’s so… quiet… I don’t like it! I miss my friends!’ BUT ALSO!!! BUT ALSO!!! People always do Harry and Kim! I want to see some more variety! Hell even just adding Jean to the mix sounds so fun! Jean waking up at Harry and just being absolutely mortified. I think it would be funny if the skills know right away that the person in Harry’s body right now isn’t Harry, and are deathly quiet during those first few minutes when Jean first wakes up Harry’s body, until… let’s say perspective or reaction speed helps Jean stop a mug from falling and Jean goes very still at the sound of their voices. Harry in jeans body… or maybe KIM in Jean’s?! Oh Kim would be absolutely checking himself out in the mirror (and delighted at how he can SEE!!! WITHOUT GLASSES!) before catching himself and scolding himself to be more respectful. And I think we all know how Harry would be in Kim’s body…

- Furry Elysium ! Look… here me out. we all agreed that Harry and Kim have a very dog + cat dynamic — or at the very least it’s fun to draw them as animals! But alas… I have seen almost ZERO fanfics about them as actual animals/animal-like features! I want to explore a world like disco elysium filled with animal hydrids! … do you think Jean would be a horse? Or a bird like his name suggests? Would Harry actually be a dog or would he be something else? I feel like Kim being a cat or cat-like is perfect BUT if you think of another animal Kim would fit lmk!

- THEM AS KIDS !!! BUT, BUT… I want them to turn into kids! How? Idk! The pale did it maybe?! It doesn’t have to make logical sense. Maybe they remember their adults self maybe they don’t. I just want someone to hold Harry when he’s a toddler… he deserves some soft parental love… or Jean waking up as a teenager and being absolutely pissed because of it… MAYBE they all are different ages, Harry a toddler, Kim a little boy, Jean a teenager. Or just the classic one-person-magically-turns-into-a-toddler-and-then-the-remaining-adults-have-to-come-together-to-take-care-of-said-toddler.

- Kid fic OR parent fic I know I just mention kids but this time I want one of them to HAVE a kid. Of course Kim would likely be excluded from this biological wise but adoption works too! I just like the idea of of Harry being a father or Jean awkwardly holding a youngster or Kim looking around to see if he’s alone before cooing at a cute little kid. Harry would have a blast dressing the baby up. Also imagine just Harry walking into work with a baby strapped to him on day and Jean just spits out his coffee like WHAT is HARRY doing with a baby?? And Harry is just like ‘this is my baby! And you’re the godfather… kinda rude of you to not know!’ I read some kid fics and they were so, SO sweet.

- MAGICALLY TURNING INTO AN ANIMAL ! Yes. We are pulling out ALL the classics. It doesn’t have to be a cat but I WILL be using a kitty here. I’m so sorry this one is the longest. I wanted a fic like this for so long so please allow me to ramble my ass off:

They can’t change back… or maybe when they do change back to being a human it’s not their choice! Think of ‘A Whisker Away’ type of situation. Kim waking up as a kitty absolutely terrified and thinking the one person who would be able to tell it’s him would likely be Harry, right?! Like he gets premonition and predictions and insights all the time! Surely Harry will immediately know it’s Kim! …. Harry does not know or find out actually. Harry just immediately scooping Kitty-Kim once he ‘gains it’s trust’ (but really it’s just Kim stuck between indecisiveness of just running back home or not and trying to figure this out on his own because he already trusts Harry!) and Kim allowing himself for ONCE in his life to be held and loved and pampered and cooed at without shame. BUT I also love the idea of this happening to the others too, like Harry immediately using this to get to know what Kim is like behind closed doors, feeling guilty but also just can’t help but still go and try to get adopted by Kim (newsflash, it takes FOREVER for Kim to finally let Kitty-Harry inside his apartment, and even LONGER for Kim to officially adopt Kitty-Harry, (bonus points if Kim is still in/at precinct 57) but then ! Kim wants to introduce Harry to his cat! uh-oh! Kitty-Harry also kinda afraid of Jean’s reaction to Kitty-Harry but going to be nosy anyways and turns out — Jean is a big animal lover! It barely takes any convincing for Jean to decide to adopt Harry. Harry feeling jealous that he doesn’t get this soft side of Jean but also gives Harry a new perspective on Jean overall. Que Kitty-Harry awkwardly being owned by two of his friends and THEN also imagine them both talking about the cat they own and finding out it’s the same kitty and they both feel sorta backstabbed(?) or are like ‘wow my/our cat isn’t loyal…’ Jean as a Kitty sounds very amusing… just hissing and very annoyed that they don’t clock it right away that it’s him! Knocking over mugs to get their attention and whatnot, getting scolded and put in kitty jail.. :( !

- SWAP AU! Do I really have to go into detail here? I love the idea of a ‘very, very sane’ Harrier du bois and just an absolutely pathetic failure of Kim Kitsuragi in the swap au… shout out to @/Danielcalmdown0 on Twitter for the new perspective/dynamic on this au!! Kim doesn’t own the kineema in this au because they gave it to a more dedicated officer and Kim is just… absolutely heartbroken over it, but also a bit petty and jealous like ‘I WOULDVE TAKEN CARE OF IT THE BESTEST!’ I wish people discussed Jean and Harry’s relationship in this au more though! I like to think in this particular au they would have a bit of a more father-son dynamic?? MAYBE? not necessarily father-son, but something close for sure, just older figure Jean looks up too… (Maybe Harry baby’s or coddles Jean too much in this au and it PISSES Jean off.) would he still be his brooding self?! Let’s just say yes. I think Jean would have a bit of a crush on this Harry, of course he denies it to himself but it’s there, until Kim joins the picture then its pathetic loser vs pathetic loser and Harry wanting them to be friends but it doesn’t really work to much at first… they figure it out later though. IDK! I have a lot of ideas! And a lot of them contradict eachother!

I have alot more ideas. But I been typing for far too long so I’m gonna call it wraps. If you read the entirety of this I love you. AND if you’re a writer… and you get inspired by ANY of these and if you write it?? Please let me know! I would love to read it!

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End of the Year 2020 pt. 1

Howdy. Another year, come and gone, and woo what a year it was huh? Just general misery all around eh? Generally speaking anyway, I am aware of how this will sound but I had a pretty good year all things considered. Sure the pandemic shut everything down, but I work overnights so I didn't really notice too much of a difference in that regard. Anyway, I'm not here to regale you with the tales of misery and woe that was this year. Let's talk instead about the best games that I personally experienced this year.

Before getting to the “awards” and pseudo awards: Games I wanted to play this year but didn't for some reason: Persona 5 Royal, Othercide, Baldur's Gate 3, Shiren the Wanderer The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, Sense, Mortal Shell, Tower of Time, Banner of the Maid, Gujian 3, Xuan Yuan Sword VII, Necromunda Underhive Wars, Daymare 1998, Going Under, Hades, Legal Dungeon, Legend of Keepers Career of a Dungeon Master, Genshin Impact, Chronos Before the Ashes, Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, Grim Dawn, Warhammer 40K Mechanicus, Wasteland 3, Disco Elysium, Darksiders Genesis, Minoria, Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, XCOM: Chimera Squad, 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, and Azur Lane: Crosswave. Probably more, but this is what comes to mind.

Honorable Mentions!

Doom 2016. The Reason why this game is relegated to Honorable Mentions and not the pre-2020 list is because of the fact that this was one of the winners years ago for one of my favorite games of the year. It still is one of my favorites this year, I played it three times to completion (twice on PS4, once on PC), and honestly I don't see how you can go wrong playing it. I kind of want to see how they got the game to run on the Switch.

Tainted Grail. I bought this expecting it to be a roguelike just set in a version of Arthurian England. I was not expecting to to be a turn-based card action game. I like it quite a bit, sadly there's not really a whole lot in the game at the moment. Apparently they've recently updated it, so who knows, maybe I'm wrong here. Definitely worth getting if you dig games with card combat.

Cyberpunk 2077. I know this game is a bit of a punching bag right now, probably deservedly so. I am also aware of the raft of problems people are having in terms of the game actually functioning. However with my admittedly short amount of time with it I'm having a real fun time with it. I'd probably be farther along if I didn't stop because I'm playing around five RPGs and once and wanted to give more attention and time to something else. I hope to complete it while it's still in this state though, just so I can go back later on when "it's fixed" so I can properly compare and contrast.

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem. It's like they took Diablo III, gave it a nice coating of Warhammer, and made it an actually fun game to play. This is pretty much what I thought Tainted Grail was going to be like in terms of gameplay, and I like it quite a bit.

Godfall. Honestly this was a contender for the 2020 games. I like this game, something about the combat is very enjoyable to me. Some of the wind ups to attack are a bit long, but I don't really hold that against this game. It's positively gorgeous to look at, and I really like the design of the characters and monsters. The story is a bit lacking, and characterization is practically non-existent, and it most certainly isn't worth paying $60+ for it ($70 if you get it on the PS5), but if you're able to snag it for around $40 (which is what I paid) it's well worth the money.

Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath. Look I just thought Shang Tsung was a delightful shit in this whole story mode. He made it a real gem of a thing to play. Also Sindel. For entirely different reasons.

Magic Arena. Admittedly I've sort of fallen off from Magic since my local game store shut down, and then the pandemic happened. But I really like the cards from Ikoria, and Zendikar Rising, I felt they were a great balm to what I was thinking was a pretty lackluster year for Magic. Zendikar Rising has greatly streamlined the process of playing a match in Arena. Soon as someone plays an island and a Ruin Crab you can concede with no regrets.

Legends of Runeterra. It's a fun alternative to Arena, and one of the best card games I played this year. I keep meaning to get back to it.

Gears Tactics. I recall seeing this game at E3 in 2018 and being relatively intrigued by the idea of a Gears of War strategy game. If you have the Xbox game pass for PC it's an okay enough game to play for a bit. Basically it's a far more forgiving XCOM style of game, and it features some ideas that I wish actual XCOM would implement. The energy meter in regards to movement and actions is nice, and I like that you can move after taking a shot at an enemy. I should maybe finish it some day.

World of Horror. It's a really fun retro style RPG horror game. I love its monochrome look and retro aesthetic. Unfortunately when I played it there wasn't a whole lot available yet. I intend on going back to it at some point in 2021.

Dead by Daylight/Friday the 13th. They were pretty fun little versus games to play over the course of the year. Between the two I would recommend Dead by Daylight, Friday the 13th is kind of really lame by comparison. It looks much worse when compared to Dead by Daylight, and I can't really get into the general gameplay of searching around the camp for items to escape Jason. I wonder if in some parallel universe there is a version of DbD where Jason is just part of the roster of movie killers? I generally prefer the smaller maps and more focused objectives in DbD, there's a lot less bumbling around achieving nothing compared to F13. I like the variety of the available slashers more than the dozen or so Jasons that exist because the killers seem to be mechanically different from each other by comparison to F13. Perhaps it's only because I didn't spend much time with it, but the only real variation between the Jason's seems to be the general look of them.

Among Us/Unfortunate Spacemen. I don't really have much to say about these two other than they were a great deal of fun to play for a while. The gameplay in Among Us is really basic and can really burn you out pretty quickly. I feel the real draw of the game is the discussion/accusation section of each match, those were always a hoot. Unfortunate Spacemen meanwhile is kind of like Among Us except there's a lot more direct interaction with the alien impostor in comparison. The fact you can actually fight back against the other players is fun. There's also a singleplayer campaign which I felt was a nice addition.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I love the turn-based combat in this game. But once again, I was trying to play around twelve RPGs at the same time and something had to take the backseat, and sadly it was Yakuza.