#ouaghhhhhhh

[shikariiin]

GUYS. EDWARD X D10. ED10.

NO DON'T LEAVE JUST HEAR ME OUT-

[atrashmammall]

There is something in Carpenter, the first we meet to turn away from the trawler man; dead, and not dead yet, in the white gull that makes me so incredibly insane.

If she is dead she is dead in the white gull, dead in the heart of the trawler man, trapped forever in the grasp of the god she fought so hard to be rid of.

If she is not dead yet then she was saved by the white gull, saved because of the trawler man, forever indebted to the god she wanted nothing more to do with.

There is something so unbelievably insane about Anathema Carpenter; dead, and not dead yet.

[margindoodles2407]

FRA ANGELICO GETS IT

The Dance of the Beatified

Detail from The Last Judgement by Fra Angelico (c. 1425)

[stressfulsloth]

I've seen a couple of takes about Disco Elysium being copaganda going around recently, and beyond the fact that DE is relentlessly critical of the police force in general and makes explicit reference to the failures of the system that allow the officers in game to abuse their power, I also think it's important to note that there very literally is an in-world version of copaganda that the writers of the game use to parody that romanticised view of the brutality of policing. The RCM at their inception were structurally inspired by in-world copaganda- their culture, their "fashions, even weapon preferences, borrow heavily from classic Vespertine cop shows." Every investigation is it's own little drama, every officer imagining themselves to be the bad-ass hero of their own crime serial. Detectives name their cases like they're naming episodes of a TV series in a "robust but literary system"; a title that "draws inspiration from snoop fiction and Vespertine cop show staples". They give themselves nicknames to sound like cool, suave fictional officers- Ace, Dick Mullen, etc.- from the cool, suave world of copaganda.

The legend of the RCM's inception, the "point of contention" over its uncertain origins, is even an extention of that; the whole organisation is shrouded in this self-fictionalising mythos that allows for distance that in turn obfuscates much of its violence to the officers that participate in it. They get to convince themselves that they're not abusing their power; they're the hero of the story! The dichotomy of "good guy" taking out the "baddies," a manifestation of the libertarian fantasy of the "good guy with a gun" who does what it takes, just like in Annette's detective novels, and at the same time who rails against oversight bodies like Internal Affairs/'the rat squad' because due process slows down the immediate satisfaction of Swift Justice, despite Internal Affairs existing to protect the citizens from overreach on behalf of the police. "Wanton brutality" from police in their real world is a cold bitter reality but Dick Mullen was "made to crack skulls," "bend the rules and solve cases no one else can," and which version of that story is more comforting to the overworked, underfunded officers of the RCM?

The level of fantasy and detachment required for the cops to still see themselves as the good guys after everything that they do in the line of duty mimics The Pigs and her breakdown too; she parallels Harry so clearly. Both "did right by the kids" in the past, hoping for a better future- Marianne (The Pigs) by looking out for Titus and the Hardy boys when they were young, Harry in his role as a gym teacher. Both abandoned and left behind by the system that the RCM uphold- a brutal capitalist landscape with no safety nets. Both turning the source of their trauma into a costume, a performance, a shield, shaped by "radio waves and cop shows." The Pigs uses RCM items scavenged from the Esperance where they'd been thrown away, while Harry uses the Dick Mullen hat that Annette gives him but both are essentially in costume.

Harry identifies himself with the fictional detective as a kind of wish fulfilment; Dick Mullen is "wicked smart." He doesn't fuck up his cases and when he's sad it's not pathetic; it's effortlessly cool brooding and everyone sympathises. Everyone loves him. His violence- "skull crack[ing]"- is justified because he's a "good guy" enacting that violence against the victims of police brutality sorry "bad guys". He doesn't ever face repercussions; "Dick Mullen won't be sent to the clink for the sake of some legal niceties!" So if Harry is Dick Mullen then his failures, his breakdown, they're all just a part of being a "bad-ass, on-the-edge disco cop." He's not wrong, he's a hero! This idealised fictionalised idea of the police force, this "new, sadly better, reality" that both Harry and The Pigs cling to is "escapist stuff," "receed[ing] into a ludicrous fantasy world," so far removed from the brutal material reality that they're in.

My point is, idk. Disco Elysium is so far from being copaganda. It is a multi-million word long dissection of it, of the purpose of policing, of state sanctioned violence and its interaction with capital and the fallout experienced within the wider community as well as the trauma cycle created for individual officers. A dissection of how copaganda interacts with RCM culture and perception, and by extension how we interact with irl perceptions of police through that lens.

[moonpleaser]

welcome back host!vic !!!!!!!!!

[tomatosoupandpasta]

minoharu as mizisua OUAGHHHHH minoharu alnst OUAGHHHHHHH

[larsulrichsblog]

ooc// its fun vro !!!

i kinda wanna make a rp account...

(I’ve never done it before and would have no idea what the FUCK I’m doing but I mean, I can try??)

(I’VE DONE FANFICS BEFORE, SO…????)

BUT IDK WHO TO BE IF I DO

is it fun to be a rp account???

[fooligandan]

fuuuuck this is really good teto tuning. AND it's her utau bank and not the new synthv? ouaghhhhhhh

[daily-mafuena-vitamins]

I love IDSMILE so much ouaghhhhhhh

[balladofthelamb]

just watched. dw s10 e12 the doctor falls. most insane thing ive ever watched in my life i wont lie. bills ending is insane!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. heather..... wtf. man!!!!!! wtf....... OUAGHHHHHHH!!!!!

[glockmonkey]

ouaghhhhhhh

[amoural]

oooughhhhhhhhhh everyone editing the ep7 poseidon and sally scene with sandman’s “you came, you called” audio OUAGHHHHHHH im sleeping on the highway tonight SO bad

[lightning-chicken]

yes yes yes yes!!!! you! you get it!

firstly - that explanation of why jay specifically trains arin makes so much sense and i’m adopting it immediately. especially since it gives jay and arin a good excuse to stick together (instead of the flimsy “we’re friends? maybe?” excuse).

and your jordana thoughts ouaghhhhhhh. i think that maybe at first jordana saw him as a potential ally(/subordinate) but once arin started growing more and more powerful then that’s all gone. he’s another person who’s out to beat her.

but whilst jordana may think that, arin most likely doesn’t view their relationship that way (more like an awkward friendship/rivalry) and yes, he does see a bit of himself in her. but, as you said - trying to help her isn’t what ras would want, and besides, how could he help her if he’s gotten himself into the same situation as her?

(and, in a way, that would be one final rejection of a ninja’s way of life. help others who cannot help themselves. the best way to defeat an enemy is to make them your friend. arin considers both, but he does neither.)

and ras. gahhhhh you’re so right about the cycle. manipulative characters trapping people in the same cycle they themselves got caught in. head in hands. looks at my fics. yeah that’s a definitely a concept i love.

“wolf clan jay becomes jordana’s mentor” yes i love that idea. but have you considered: wolf clan jay becomes a corrupted arin’s mentor.

arin finding jay on the opposite side of the battle.

arin seeing one of his heroes, fallen, and learning that if one of the ninja uses shatterspin then maybe there’s nothing stopping him from using it too. all he needs is a mask and the gong. a mask and a gong. it’s easy.

arin getting to know jay, and discovering a person just as conflicted as he is. a person who is still, underneath layers of doubt and skepticism and bitterness and sorrow, trying to do good. looking at himself in a mirror and finding it easier and easier to picture the wolf clan’s mantle draped over his shoulders.

arin thinking that with shatterspin, maybe he can finally grow powerful enough to have a chance to prove himself - because if shatterspin was really that bad, why would a ninja be using it? ninja fight for good. he can use shatterspin for good. it’s not dangerous. this is his chance. this is how he can finally be useful. this is how he can still be a hero.

arin considering that maybe it’s not so bad to fall.

[angelinabowtie]

THE NIGHTBRINGER TRAILER. NIGHTBRINGER TRAILER. Spoilers(?) Under the cut

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD

MY BABYGIRL HE LOOKS SO GOOD

THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Fucking cinematic master piece idfc. Go watch it. Go watch it. Go watch it

[beth-bunkus]

well congratulations to me bc my stupid little brain is going to be ping-ponging between heehoo Horse and ISWM for the better part of the next month or longer

[lektricfergus]

and caleb’s used to having a younger sibling too AUUUGGGGGHHHH OUAGHHHHHHH screaming and hollering. begrudging younger brother homer. i think having A Role to settle into (older brother) would be good for caleb and he’d be more integrated in the group since like. they kind of have to pull the Nuclear Family act in some populated areas i think. even though i don’t necessarily see them as that

CALEB TREATED HOMER LIKE A KID JUST LIKE DI TREATED HIM LIKE A KID, WE MISSED OUT SO MUCH ON THAT DYNAMIC